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Instructions to our right trusty and right entirely beloved cousin and
councellor, William, Duke of Queensberry, our commissioner for
holding the first session of our next ensuing parliament of our
ancient Kingdome of Scotland.
1. You are to passe an act in favours of the Pi'otestant religion and
church.
2. You are to endeavour the obtaining an Act containing an offer of
lives and fortunes to us, to be commanded and employed by us, as
wee shall think fit, and to stand by us and our interests upon all
events, from sixty to sixteen.
3. You are to endeavour the obtaining an act asserting our Prerogative
over all persons and in all causes, in most ample form.
4. You are also to endeavour the obtaining an act continuing the
excise during our life, in the most ettectuall and convenient
manner.
0. You are likewise to endeavour the obtaining of three utonths cesse
over all the kingdome, to continue during the time of the current
supply ; and both to be prolonged for five years after the five
years last given : and the said three months cesse to commence,
at Whitsunday in this present year of God 1685.
6. You are to passe an act for making confessions before the justices
probative to juries.
7. You are to passe an act for allowing tryalls upon 24 houres against
criminall prisoners for high treason.
8. You are to passe an act for securing mfnlsters from violence or
outrage, under certaine paines on the parishioners who doe not
act for their help, whereof the application is to be referred to the
Privy councell.
9. You are to passe an act obliging masters to insert clauses of
regularity, especially rising in armes, in all tacks in time coming,
under certain paines ; and to answer for their tennants.
Discharg't by
the King.
10. You are to passe an act for clearing ihe crimes of resett and intercommuning.
1 1 You are to endeavour the obtaining an act making husbands lyable
for the faults of their wives, in the most effectuall manner, and
in what cases.
12. You are to endeavour the obtaining an act obliging witnesses, to
depone in matters of treason, under the certification due to the
crime for which the pannell is indicted.
13. You are to passe an act defining the punishments of refusing the
oath of allegiance, and including therein the oath of prerogative,
under any arbitrary punishment not reaching life or limb.
14. You are to passe an act perpetuating intailes.
15. You are to passe an act approving the actings of the kings
ministers, officers, councellers and judicatures, and securing them
fully for their actings in his Majestys service, in most ample
forme.
10. You are to passe an act ratifying the forfeiture of the late Earl
of Argile, and dissolving the surname of Campbell and McAllan.
•Uejected.
17. You are to passe an act regulating the method of succeeding to
estates, so as to secure creditors by obliging the successor, if he
shall acquire the paternal estate, to pay the debts of the family.
18. You are to passe an act for further security of the registrations,
and preserving of records.
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19. You are to passe an act of generall pardon by command and
by command
from abov.
indemnity, but bribery to be therein excepted.