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<HEAD>His Maje&s;ties LETTER To the Privy Council of <HI>Scotland,</HI> For Opening <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> Signet, and Intimating the Sitting of the Se&s;&s;ion</HEAD>
<OPENER><SIGNED>WILLIAM R.</SIGNED>
<SALUTE>RIght tru&s;ty and right wel-beloved Cou&s;ins and Coun&s;elors, <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> tru&s;ty and wel-beloved Cou&s;ins and Coun&s;elors, right tru&s;ty <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> wel-beloved Coun&s;elors, and tru&s;ty and wel-beloved Coun&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="5 letters"> We Greet you well;</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>whereas Our Commi&s;&s;ioner and the E<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1+ letters"> of Our Parliament, did think fit to &s;top the opening of the Signet for <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> time, till We &s;hould Signifie Our Plea&s;ure, concerning the Nomination <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> Lords of Se&s;&s;ion; And We having &s;eriou&s;ly con&s;idered that Matter, an<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> great Inconveniency that mu&s;t ari&s;e to Our Leiges, by &s;o long a Su<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> of Ju&s;tice, in that Our Ancient Kingdom: Therefore, We have Re&s;olv<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> make up a Compleat Nomination of the Lords of Se&s;&s;ion, and to open <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> Signet, that Ju&s;tice may have its Cour&s;e, And We do Authorize, an<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">+quire you to Emit a Proclamation in Our Name, certifying Our Leidge <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> the Se&s;&s;ion will &s;it at the ordinary time, the fir&s;t day of <HI>November</HI> next <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> that the Lords of Se&s;&s;ion will proceed in the Admini&s;tration of Ju&s;tice, <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> patch Proce&s;ses as they &s;tand in the Books of Enrollment, tho&s;e Proce&s;&s;|ing allwayes wakened in Our Name, and the Queens, and that Our Sig<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="3 letters"> Opened, &s;o that all Summons and Writs may be expeded in the C<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1+ letters"> Form. And We Do Require you to Di&s;patch this Proclamation and cau&s;e the Signet with all Diligence. Likewi&s;e you are to Adverti&s;e the&s;e Lo<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> Our Former Nomination, who&s;e Oaths were taken by the Earl of C<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1+ letters"> upon Our &s;pecial Order, to give Attendance for pa&s;&s;ing of Bills of Su<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1+ letters"> on, and other Bills in Common Form: And whereas Sir <HI>James Dalry<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1+ letters"> Stair</HI> Pre&s;ident of Our Colledge of Ju&s;tice, and Sir <HI>John Baird</HI> of <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> (whom We have now Reponed to his Place in the Se&s;&s;ion) and <HI>Alexander Swinton</HI> of <HI>Mer&s;ignton</HI> have been Tryed, as to their Qualifica<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1+ letters"> required by the Acts of Parliament, and accordingly Admitted, We therefore Authorize, and Require you to appoint them, or any Two of <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> to Examine and Try the Qualifications of the Remanent Per&s;ons, nam<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1+ letters"> Us, and Admit them to the &s;aid Office, if they &s;hall find them Qu<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1+ letters"> according to the &s;aids Acts of Parliament; And that the&s;e who &s;hall be <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1+ letters">|mitted concur with them, in Tryal and Admi&s;&s;ion of the Re&s;t: For all <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> this &s;hall be your Warrand, and &s;o We bid you heartily farewel.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Given at Our Court at</HI> New-Market <DATE><HI>the Fifth day of</HI> October, <HI>one tho<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="5 letters"> &s;ix hundred eighty nine, And of Our Reign the fir&s;t year.</HI></DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>By His <HI>Majesties</HI> Command <HI>MELVIL<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"></HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>Edinburgh,</HI> Printed by the Heir of <HI>Andrew Ander&s;on,</HI> by Order of Privy C<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="3 letters">+cil, <HI>Anno Dom.</HI> 1689.</P>
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