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<HEAD><HI>Act of the Committee of E&s;tates</HI> For Contriving the &s;everall Troupes appointed to come out of the Shires into Regiments.</HEAD>
<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>26 November 1643.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>_THe committee of E&s;tates con&s;idering that for the pre&s;ent &s;ervice of the Countrey there are divers Troupes appointed to be levied, and brought forth of the &s;everall Sheriffdomes of this Kingdome, which are not as yet formed in Regiments, nor de&s;igned for any Colonells to have charge over them: Therefore, and for the better ordering and making of the &s;aids Troupes &s;erviceable, The Committee of E&s;tates hath ordained them to be divided in &s;even Regiments, each Regiment con&s;i&s;ting of eight Troupes, and each Troupe of &s;ixtie Troupers, be&s;ides the Officers.</P>
<P>And of the &s;aids Regiments, one to be commanded by the Lord Generall his Ex|cellencie: for the making up whereof, two Troupes to be brought out of <HI>Ireland, viz.</HI> the Troupes of Major <HI>Bannatine</HI> and Sir <HI>Robert Adair.</HI> two Troupes to be leavied, and leavie Money to be granted for that end: As al&s;o the twelve &s;core Hor&s;e appoint|ed to come out of the Sheriffdome of <HI>Roxburgh, Selkirk</HI> and <HI>Peeblis,</HI> which will make up foure Troupes.</P>
<P>One to be commanded by Generall Major <HI>Le&s;lie,</HI> to con&s;i&s;t of the three Troupes al|ready leavied: The Laird of <HI>Palmais</HI> Troope appointed to come out of the Sheriff|dome of <HI>Stirling,</HI> and foure Troups to be leavied, and leavie money to be granted.</P>
<P>One to be commanded by the Earle of <HI>Eglintoun,</HI> and to con&s;i&s;t of the twelve &s;core hor&s;e appointed to come out of the Sheriffdome of <HI>Air</HI> and <HI>Renfrew,</HI> which will make up four Troupes: The 200 appointed to come out of the Sheriffdome of <HI>Lane|rick,</HI> which will make up three Troupes and 20 hor&s;e, and 40 hor&s;e to be levied.</P>
<P>One to be commanded by the Earle of <HI>Dalhou&s;ie,</HI> and to con&s;i&s;t of the &s;ix &s;core ap|pointed to come out of the Sherifdome of <HI>Berwick,</HI> which will make two Troupes; The &s;ix &s;core to come out of the Sherifdome of <HI>Hadintoun</HI> to make up other two: The &s;ix &s;core appointed to come out of the Sherifdome of <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> to make up other two; One of the Troupes appointed to come out of the Sherifdom of <HI>Stirling, viz.</HI> That whereof Sir <HI>William Bruce</HI> is Root-ma&s;ter, and the Troupe appointed to come out of the Sherifdome of <HI>Lithgow.</HI></P>
<P>One to be commanded by the Lord <HI>Gordon,</HI> and to con&s;i&s;t of the twelve &s;core hor&s;e, appointed to come out of <HI>Aberdene</HI> and <HI>Bamf,</HI> which will make up four Troups: The &s;ix &s;core appointed to come out of <HI>Elgin, Narne,</HI> and <HI>Inner-ne&s;&s;e,</HI> on this &s;ide of the <HI>Ne&s;&s;e,</HI> which will make up two: And (in regard there are &s;even &s;core appointed to come out of the Sherifdome of <HI>Forfar</HI>) of &s;ix &s;core thereof which will make up two Troupes.</P>
<P>One to be commanded by the Lord <HI>Kirkudbright,</HI> and to con&s;i&s;t of the &s;ix &s;core ap|pointed to come out of <HI>Wigtoun</HI> and <HI>Kirkudbright:</HI> The &s;ix &s;core appointed to come out of <HI>Dum&s;reis,</HI> and the twelve &s;core appointed to come out of <HI>Perthe,</HI> all which will make eight Troupes.</P>
<P>One to be commanded by the Lord <HI>Balcarres,</HI> and to con&s;i&s;t of the twelve &s;core ap|pointed to come out of <HI>Fyfe:</HI> of two Troupes to be levied, the two hundred hor&s;e appointed to come out of <HI>Kinkardin,</HI> and the Earle <HI>Mar&s;halls</HI> part of <HI>Aberdene,</HI> and the twenty hor&s;e out of <HI>Forfar,</HI> before re&s;erved from the Lord <HI>Gordon.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><HI>Arch. Primero&s;e</HI> Cler. Com.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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