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on hande, then he may gudile fulfil to the King, and of the fulfilling of the warke that he takis on hande, upon his awn coast. Of warm-men dleayande to end their Warke And alswa quhair a warke-man, outher wilfullie or unrichteouslie, lettis to fulfill the warke that he hies tane on hande, that ane uther man of that ilk Craft, refuse not to take that on hande for reasonable fee, under the paine of punishing of him at the Kingis will, swa tha the be a warke-man knawin, and hes then nane uther warke on hande.

81. Of sawing and labouring of the ground.

ITEM, The saidday, our Soveraine Lord the King, with consent of the haill Parliament ordained, that throw all the Realme, ilk man teilland with a pleuch of audit Oxen, sall saw at the least ilk zeir a Firlot of quheate, halfe a Firlot of pease, & 40. beanes, under the paine of x. s. to the Barronne of the land that he dwellis in, if he sawis it not, & as oft as he beis founden faultise. And gif die Barronne sawis not the sai corne in like maner in his Domaines, he sall paie to the King fourtie shillinges: And gif the Barronne be founden negligent in the raising of the saide paine on his husbandes, there sall be raifsed on him fourtie shillinges, als oft times as he defaultis without remission.

82. Annent the bigging of Castles in the North.

ITEM, It is ordained, that ever-ilk Lord havand land bezond the Mont, in the quhilkis landes in aulde times their was Castles, Fortalices and Manour-places, big, reparrel, and reforme their Castles & manours, & dwell in them be themselfes, or ane of their friendes, for the gratious governal of their landes be gude policie, and to expende die frute of their landes, in the Countrie, quhair the landes lyes.

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PARLIAMENTUM SEXTUM

Tentum Apud PERTH, Die Martis, Primo Die Mensis Julii, Anno Domini, Millesimo, Quadringentesimo, Vicesimo Sexto; Et Regni Domini Nostri Regis, JACOBI, vicesimo secundo, summomtis & vocatis more solito & debito Episicopis, Abbatibus, Prioribus, Comitibus, Baronibus, aliis regni Libere-tenentibus, qui de dicto Domino Nostro Rege tenent in capite & de quolibet Burgo regni certis Burgensibus, qui ad hoc summoniti suerunt, comparentibus omnibus illis qui debuerunt & voluerunt commode interesse, Absentibus quibusdam aliis, quorum quidem aliqui legitime excusari suerunt: alii vero quasiper contumaciam se absentaverunt, quorum nomina patent in rotulis sectarum, quorum quisque adjudicabatur in amercaamento decern librarum.

83. That Judges sall be sworne to determine all causes after their cunning.

Odem Die Rex, per modum statuti, ordinavit, quod dehinc omnes & singuli adquascunque causas & querelas terminandas, in quocunque futuro Parliamento eligendi,jurabunt ad Sancta Dei Evangelia, ut omnes & singulas causas & querelas coram eis proponendas & terminandas absque favor e vel odio, fraude seu colore aliquo, juxta suas scientias, fideliter & juridice terminabunt.

84. That na Clerkes nor laicks pas furth of the Realme: And of their finance.

DIE Luna septimo mensis Julij Anni supradicti, Rex ex consensu totius Parliamenti, statuit & ordinavit, quod omnes & singuli clerici regni sui ad partes ultramarinas, quacunque de causa navigantes, seu se transferentes, faciant cambia sua de moneta, pro eorum expenfis extra regnum faciendis, cum campdoribus infra regnum constitutis, vel saltem cum mercatoribus infra regnum, de quo cambio suo, & cum quo camp sore vel mercatore facta fuerint, certificent Cancellarium Domini nostri Regis pro tempore existentem, & de transitu suo extra regnum. Laicus vero quicunqne ad partes ultra-marinas se transferens, teneatur consimiliter facere cambia sua infra regnum, ut præmittitur, super quo certificet Camerarium Scotiæ per sufficientia document &, de causa transitus sui, sub poena viginti librarum, visibus Domini nostri Regis, applicandarum.

85. Anent