6. Let the caveats be lookt to and precisely keepit in tyme coming, under the paines contained in the acts made thereanent answerit in the Assemblie.
7. Acquiesces in the declaratione of the brethren that hes spoken to his Majestie thereanent, and desyres Mr Walter Balcanquall to schaw the same to the Assemblie, and how the Presbytrie of Edinburgh is satisfyit in this poynt.
8. Let their names be given up, that his Majestie may take order with them according to the lawes, and in speciall with Captain Halkerstoune, Patrick Butler, Mr Alex. Leslie, Duncane Law, Thomas Browne, William Leslie, Patrick Mortimer.
9. Endit in the Assemblie.
10. To acquiesce in his Majestie’s declaratione hereanent, and requests his Majestie that the Presbytries be acquainted hereafter, in such case qwher it shall be needfull.
11. Where there is negligence in this poynt, let it be amendit hereafter, according to the acts of the Assemblie.
12. Let farther diligence be wsit, qwhare negligence hes been.
Qwhilks answers the Assemblie allows of, and ordaynes them to be insert in the books of the Assemblie.
The qwhilk day the Generall Assemblie havand advysedly considerit the necessitie of appoynting Commissioners from this present Assemblie, not only to await upon such affaires as shall be for the weill and utilitie of the Kirk, but also to giue advyce to his Majestie anent the halding furth of the enemies of the same, qwhen they shall be requyrit be his Majestic thereto; Therefore the brethren convenit in this present Assemblie hes giuen and grantit, lyke as they, be the tenor heirof, giues and grants their full power and commission to the brethren under written, viz. Mrs Robert Pont, David Lyndsay, George Gladstanes, David Hoome, John Clappertoune, John Knox, John Spotswood, Alexander Lyndsay, Robert Howie, John Hall, John Caldcleuch, John Strachan, Andrew Knox, Gavin Hamilton, James Law, Andrew Boyd, Alexander Dowglass, Alexander Forbes, Andrew Leitche, Robert Wilkie, Patrick Scharp, Peter Blackburne, and Patrick Simsone, with the King’s Majestie’s ministers, or any nyne of them,—Givand, grantand, and committand to them their full power to plant such kirks in Burrowtownes, as is or shall be destitute of pastors: Attour, if it shall happen the King’s Majestie to be greivit at any of the ministers for qwhatsoever enormitie committit be any of them against his Hienes, with power to them, or any nyne of them, as said is, to try and cognosce thereupon, and to take such order thereanent as they shall think meit, to the glory of God and weill of the Kirk; and, finallie, with power to them to present the grieves and petitiones of this present Assemblie to his Majestie’s secret Councill and generall Conventione of Estates and Parliament, if any shall happen to be, and to crave redresse of the samen—promitten de rato.
The said day, the Assemblie, considering that the conventiones of the people, especiallie on the Sabbath day, are very rare in many places, be distractione of labour, not only in harvest and seed-tyme, but also euery Sabbath, be fisching both of whyte fische and salmond fisching, and in ganging of milnes of all sorts on the Sabbath day, under the payne of incurring the censures of the Kirk, and ordaynes the Commissioners of this present Assemblie, to meine the same to his Majestie, and to desyre that ane pecuniall paine might be injoynit upon the contraveiners of this present act.