KING JAMES THE S E X T ces to beg , or ufing the fame , knowing them to be counterfaicled : all vagabound fchollers of the Univerfi- ties oiSaint-xyindrewes , Glajgow and x^iblrdene , not licenced be the Reftor and Deaneof Facultie of the o/^sh» Univerfitie , toaskealrnes: all Schip-men and Mariners, alledging themfelves to be fchip-broken , without mnTot'rt they have fufficientteftimonialies, fall be taken, adjudged, efteemed and punifhed , as ftrang Beggarres teipts v*. and Vagaboundes. And gif ony perfon or perfones ,* after the faid firft of Januar nixt-to-cum , gives money, gtbaudi. liberie or ludgeing, fettis houfes , otfhavvisonyutherreliefe, to ony vagabound or ftrang begger, mark; nfthtm ed or to be marked, wanting an licence of the Proveft and Baillies within Burgh, or oi the Judge within qahtpayes that Parochin : The famin Being devvlie provin at die Court , they fall pay fik unlaw to the ufe oi the pure
- h noftlf° °^ the Paroc ^ in ' as ^ £ * ie J ut *S e ' z the ^ ourt fell be modified , fwa the fame exceed not five punds. And
Za. ' ' alfwa , gif any perfon or perfones , difturbis or lettis die execution of this Acl ony maner of wayes , or makis impediment againft the Judges and ordinarie officiars , or uthers perfones , travelling for the dew Execution -jtffiMiers heirof, tky^all incur die fame paine quhilk the vagabound fuld have incurred, in cafe he had bene convict. Zokm' f ~ Providing alwayes that fchip-men and fouldiours, landing m this Realme, have licence of the Proveft or we*. Bailiie of the Towne , or Judge in ths Parochin ,; quhair they war fchippe-broken , or firft entred in die Re- alme , fall , and may parte , according to the effect of their licences , to the rowmes quhair they intend to re- tfva™ niayne. And that the licences onelie ferve , in the jurifdiftion of the giver; Sa that gif the perfon travelling lomd*' harne, have farther journey, lie procure the like licences of the Judge of the nixtParochin or Town, throw quhiikiiemonpafle, and fa fra Parochin to Parochin, quhill he be at his refting place. And that there be certaine perfones , ane or maa nominate , in everie Burgh and Parochin , be the officers and Judge thereof, forfearching, receiving, .and convoying of the vagaboundes, to die commoun prifon , Irones or ftokkes, upon the commoun charges of the Parochin. Quhilkes perfones fa erected , fall oe halden to do their dewtie diligendie, as the faidis Judges will anfweretherc-upon. And feeing charitic wald , that the pure aged , and impotent perfones, fuld be aisneceffariJie provided', as the vagaboundes and ftrang beggars reprefied , and that the aged, impotent, and pure people , fuld have ludgeing and abiding places, throughout the Realme, to fettle themfelves intill vf*Ti7i!T IS therefore thocht expedient, ftatute and ordairsed , that die Lorde Chancellar , according to the foraged direction , offindrielovabillAclesofParliameatheirPofoirmaid, fail call for the ere<ftiones oi all Hofpital- cfimfo. [ e§f to be produced befoir him, and inquire and con fielder , the prefent Eftaite theirof, reducing them , fa fines!"' farasispoflible, to the firft inftitution, as may beft ferve , for tiiehelpe and reliefe of the faidis aged, im- injiOj&im potent, and pure peopili. And als that the Provefts and Baillies of ilk Burgh and Towne, and the Juftice {*r* 7f~ conftitute, be die Kings commiffion, in every Parochin to landwart , fall betuixt and the firft faid day of
- gU,p*re, Januar nixt-to-cum, take inquifition oi all aged pure , impotent and decayed perfones , borne within that
mi im- p ar0c hi n) or quhilkes war dwelling, and had their maift commoun reforte in the faide Parochin , the laft ^ImJ"' fevenzeires by-paft, quhilkes of neceflkic mon live bee almes : And upon the faid inquifition, fall make ane Regifter buike , conceining their names , and fur-names , to remaine with the Provefts and Baillies with- '^u pure i n Burgh , and with the Juftice in everie Parochin to Land- wart : And to the efredt , that the number of the ll°% e „/te d pure people of everie Parochin, maybeknawin, ftatutis and ordainis , that all pure peopili, within fourtie their twin dayes after the Proclamation of this prefent Act , at the mercat Croce oi Edinburgh, repayre to the Parochin, T ^nt"f quhair they were borne , or had their maift commoun reforte or refidence , the laft feven zeires by-paft , and ihtirfifitn- there fettii diemfelves , under the pame , to bee puniihed as vagaboundes, and contravenars of this prefent imidM. Proclamation: And the faid fpace of fourtie dayes being by-paft : That then, the Provefts and Baillies within Burrowes , and the Judge conftitute , be the Kingis commifllon in ilk Parochin , to Land-wart, make a Catalogue, of the names of the faidis pure people, inquire the men and wemen, quhair they wer borne, quhiddertheyarmaryedorun-maried, quhen, andbequhom they war maried, and quhat bairnes they have , and quhair their bairnes wer baptized , and to quhat forme and trade of life , they addrefle themfelves, and their faidis bairnes : Gifcheybedifeafcdorhaill, andabill inbodie, and quhat they get commounly on the day e, be their begging : Andfikasneceflairliemonbefufteinedbealmes, to fee quhat they may be maid content of their awinconfentis, to accept daylie to live unbeggand , and to provide quhair their re- maining fall be, bethem-felves, or in hous with others , with advife oi the Parochiners , quhair the faidis pure peopili, may be beft fudged and abyde. And thereupon , according to the number, to confider quhat their neidefull fuftentation will extende to everie oulk: and then, be the gude difcretions of the faidis Pro- vefts , Baillies and Judges , in the Parochinis to Land-wart , and fik as they fall call to them to that efrecl:, to taxe and ftent the haill inhabitantes within the Parochin , according to the eftimation of their fubftance, eotleBen without exception of perfones, to fikouklie charge and contribution, as fall be thocht expedient and fuffi- for almes. cient , tofufteine the faidis pure peopili. And the names of the inhabitants ftented , togidder with their taxa- tion, tobeelikewiferegiftratc : And that at their difcretion , they appoynt overfeers and Colleclours in 'everie Burgh , Toun and Paroche , for the haill zeir , for collecting and receiving of the laid oukiie portion, quhilkes fall receive the fame, and deliver fa-meiklediereof to the iaidis pure peopili, and in fik maner, as the faidis Proveft and Baillies within Burgh, and Judges, in the Parochin to Land-warte , refpeftive, fall ordaine and command; And that overieeres of the faidis pure peopili , be appoynted be their difcretions,
- tu > fltnt to C ontinue alfo for a zeir. And at the end of the zeir , that the taxation and ftent Roll, be alwayes maid of
new , for diealteration that may be throw death , or be incres or diminution of mennes guddes and fubftance. And that the Provefts and Bailies in Burrowes or Tounes , and the faidis Judges, in the Parochinnes to Land- wart,
