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<OPENER><DATELINE>At Edinburgh <DATE>the twentie day of May 1645.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>_THe Committee of E&s;tates taking to their con&s;ideration the traiterous de&s;ignes of the inte&s;tine enemie again&s;t this Kingdome, &s;pecially the Towne of <HI>Dundie,</HI> as being a place of very great importance and concernment, and the diver&s;e a&s;&s;aults made bee them thereupon; Together with the re&s;olution and courage of the Inhabitants of the &s;aid Towne, in oppo&s;ing this Enemie; Whereupon hath followed not only the &s;laugh|ter of many of the &s;aids Inhabitants of con&s;ideerable condition, but al&s;o a great part of the biggings of that Towne, with the Cornes and Moveables belonging to the In|habitants thereof, hath been burnt to a&s;hes; whereby the &s;aid Towne (which was one of the chiefe of this Kingdome)is fearefully defaced, and the Inhabitants, mo&s;t part of them ruined; the Towne it &s;elfe di&s;abled to undergoe the&s;e &s;ervices and bur|dens for the publick, which formerly they did, and without &s;upply and help, this &s;o &s;teadable a member of the Common-weale, is like to decay. And the Committee of of E&s;tates finding this Kingdome obliged by the mutuall League and Covenant, not onely to be &s;en&s;ible of their &s;ufferings, for this good and common Cau&s;e, but al&s;o to doe what in them lyes to &s;et up the lo&s;&s;es of the &s;aid Towne, and to uphold the &s;ame from decay; And being confident of the affection and charitie of all good Patriots, and Chri&s;tians of this Kirk and Kingdome, for advancement of &s;o good a worke, as is the upholding of the &s;aid Towne; which hath been a barre to the overflowing outrages of the publick Enemie, and doth &s;till &s;trengthen them&s;elves again&s;t the &s;ame, in regard the En<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">mie does not cea&s;e, but is rather inraged with de|&s;perate &s;pite and malice again&s;t the &s;aid Towne. Therefore the Lords and others of the Committee of E&s;tates hath recommended, and be the tenor hereof Recommends the condition of the &s;aid Towne to the Chri&s;tian and charitable con&s;ideration of all per&s;ons of what&s;omever rank, qualitie, or degree, in Kirke and Sate within this Kingdome, and to the whole Judicatories, Civill and Eccle&s;ia&s;ticall within the &s;ame. Reque&s;ting and de&s;iring them, and every one of them to extend &s;uch proportion of their liberality and charitie for the reliefe of the Inhabitants of the &s;aid Towne, as the importance of the Cau&s;e requires. And the &s;aids Lords hath entru&s;ted the collection of this contribution and benevolence to &s;uch per&s;ons as &s;hall be nominate and authorized bee the Prove&s;t, Baillies and Councell of <HI>Dundie.</HI> Giving, granting, and committing unto them full power and commi&s;&s;ion to deale and travell with the whole Noble|men, Barons, and Gentlemen, Synods, Presbyteries and Se&s;&s;ions of Kirks, Burrows townes and Villages and all others his Maje&s;ties &s;ubjects to Burgh and Land, anent the benevolence and voluntarie contribution to be given for the &s;upply of the &s;aid Burgh. Which Commi&s;&s;ioners &s;hall have a book delivered to them be the Clerk of the Committe, whereof every leafe &s;hall be marked be him. And wherein the Committee reque&s;ts the Contributers to in&s;ert their contribu|tions. And if any by flouth or negligence omitte to doe the &s;ame, that the Commi&s;&s;ioners in&s;ert them&s;elves, and report their diligence herein, with their books to the Committee upon the  <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 span">  day of  <GAP DESC="blank" EXTENT="1 word">  To the in|tent they may know what &s;ummes are collected and how the &s;ame &s;hall be imployed. And the &s;aids Commi&s;&s;ioners &s;hall give their great and &s;olemne oath at the reporting of their diligence and books, that they have not omitted nor left out of the &s;aids books, any of the per&s;ons contributers nor &s;ummes contributed, Reque&s;ting hereby the Mo|derators of Synods and Presbyteries to give direction to the Mini&s;ters of their &s;everall Pari&s;hes to &s;tirre up their Pari&s;honers to put to their helping hand to this &s;o important and nece&s;&s;arie a bu&s;&s;ine&s;&s;e. This Commi&s;&s;ion to indure for the &s;pace of a yeare after the date hereof. And the Committee declares, that what &s;hall be gotten for &s;up|plie of the &s;aid Burgh, be vertue of this Commi&s;&s;ion, &s;hall bee accounted in part of payment of their lo&s;&s;e, for tryall whereof, commi&s;&s;ion is granted.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Extractum Per me. Arch: Primero&s;e Cler: Commi&s;&s;. Par.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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