Minstrelsy of the Scottish border - National Library of Scotland

THE SCOTTISH BOIlDEll. 117
" polecy strengthing and bigging of the samyn for the
" wele of ws and of lieges repairand thairto and defence
" againis owre auld innemyis of Ingland and other wayis
" and will and grantis that thai sail nocht be callit ac-
" cusit nor incur ony danger or skaith thairthrow in
" thair personis landis nor gudis in ony wise in time cum-
" ing NocHTwiTHSTANDiNG ony owre actis or statutis
" maid or to be maid in the contrar in ony panys conte-
" nit tharein anent the quhilkis we dispens with thame
" be thir owre letters with power to them to occupy the
" saidis landis with thare awne gudis or to set theme to
" tenentis as thai sail think maist expedient for the wele
" of our said burgh with frei ische and entri and with
'^ all and sindry utheris commoditeis freedomes asiamen-
*' tis and i-ichtuis pertenentis whatsumever pertenyng
" or that rychtuisly may pertene thairto perpetually in
'' tyme cuming frelie quietlie wele and in peace but ony
." revocatioun or agane calling whatsumever Gevin under
" owre signet and subscrivit with owre hand at Strive-
^' ling the twenty day of JuniiThe yere ofGod ane thou-
" sand five hundreth and thretty six yerisjind of our
" regne the twenty thre yere." Here follows another
grant : "^We Understanding that owre burgh of Sel-
which a thousand acres in tillage might bear a due proportion. This
circumstance ascertains the antiquity and power of the burgh ; for, had
this large tract of land been granted during the minority of James V.,
the donation, to be effectual, must have been included in the charters
of confirmation.