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<HEAD>&para; a trew copie of the mutuall band betuix the ca&s;tell and toun of Edinburgh, contracrit in the obedience of the Kingis Maie&s;tie our Souerane Lord, publi&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">hit that all men may the better per&s;aue how the Laird of Grange, agains his faith, honour and promeis, is and hes bene, the In&s;trument and occa&s;ioun, of the pre&s;ent vnquyetnes and bypa&s;t va&s;tatioun of the toun, to the &s;uppre&s;&s;ing of the exerci&s;e of Goddis trew Religioun, the hinderance of Iu&s;tice and Policie, and calamitie of the haill commoun wealth.</HEAD>
<P>_AT Edinburgh the viij. day of Maij, the &yogh;eir of God ane thou&s;and fyue hundreth, thre &s;coir and aucht &yogh;eiris. It is appointit, aggreit, and finally contractit and bound in vp, betuix the richt honorabill &s;chir Williame Kirkcaldie of Grange Knicht Capitane of the ca&s;tell of Edinburgh, for him &s;elf, kin, freindis, &s;eruandis, a&s;&s;i&s;taris and partakaris on that ane part. And the richt honorabill Symon Pre&s;toun of Craigmillar of that Ilk Knicht, Proue&s;t of the Burgh of Edinburgh, for him &s;elf, the Bailleis, coun&s;al, Communitie and haill Inhabitantis of the &s;aid Burgh on the vther part: in maner forme and effect as efter followis. That is to &s;ay, For&s;amekle as it is not vnknawin to thame, how that the Quene our Soueranes deare&s;t Mother with certane of the Nobilitie, hir a&s;&s;i&s;taris and partakaris, &s;eikis be all meanis, &s;orce and power thay may, to depois our &s;aid Souerane of his Authoritie Royall: and for mair hai&s;tie performing thairof ar al|reddy conuenit in armes, for the Inua&s;ioun of our &s;aid mai&s;t vndoutit Soueranes Regent, and Gouernour, Iames Erle of Murray, &amp;c. and all vtheris his partakaris and a&s;&s;i&s;taris, townis, ca&s;tellis, cieteis, and haill liegis of this Realme: qubilkis will not obey and a&s;&s;i&s;t thame in thair vnnaturall and vngodly procedingis. For e&s;chewing quhairof, &s;ertifica|tioun, mantening and defending of our &s;aid vndoutit Souerane, now in his tender age, and his Regent foir&s;aid. The &s;aidis Capitane and Proue&s;t for thame &s;elfis, and takand the burdene vpon thame, for the vtheris aboue writtin accor|ding to thair boundin dewtie and aith of fidelitie, geuin to thair mai&s;t vndoutit and nariue Souerane, for mantenance of him and his authoritie Royall, ar bundin, obli&s;t and &s;worne, be the faith and treuth in thair bodyis, lyke as be thir pre|&s;entis thay bind, obli&s;ch and &s;weiris be thair greit aithis, in all tymes cu~ming, to tak afald, trew, and plane part togidder forthe defence of our &s;aid Souerane, his Authoritie and per&s;oun Royall. And either of thame, with thair haill force, &s;ub|&s;tance and power, to fortifie, a&s;&s;i&s;t, and mantene vtheris with thair bodyis and gudis, and to concur and pas togidder at all tymes and to all places neidfull: not onlie for the defence of the &s;aid ca&s;tell, toun, leigis, habitantis &amp; &s;ub&s;tances yair of: but al&s;wa for the mantenance, ayde and defence of our &s;aid Souerane his Authoritie Royall and Regent foir&s;aid, aga|nis all and &s;indrie, that fall pretend to Inuaid, mole&s;t or per&s;ew thame or ony of thame. And to ayde and &s;upport vtheris with quhat&s;umeuer thing is nece&s;&s;are in thair po&s;&s;e&s;&s;iounis, or &s;albe po&s;&s;ibill to thame to do, for the defence of vtheris, as neid &s;all requyre. And farther, that nouther of thame fall heir, &s;e, nor acknawledge the dampnage or hurt of vtheris in thair per&s;onis, landis or gudis, bot &s;all Incontinent warne vtheris thairof, with all hai&s;t po&s;&s;ibill: let, &s;top, and mak im|pediment to the &s;amin, at thair vtter power. And finally, &s;all nouther contract, compone, tak appointment or mak aggre|ance by vtheris, but fall with thair haill poweris fortifie, defend and mantene vtheris in the cau&s;is abone writtin, but fein&yogh;e or di&s;&s;imulatioun: contrare and aganis all that leuis or die may, that &s;all happin to pretend to troubill or mole&s;t our &s;aid Souerane in his Authoritie Royall, his &s;aid Regent, a&s;&s;i&s;tatis and partakaris, this toun, ca&s;tell, liegis, and haill In|habitantis thairof, for the cau&s;is foir&s;aidis. In witnes of the quhilk, to thir pre&s;ent letteris of Iudentouris and con|tract &s;ub&s;criuit with our handis, our &s;ignet is affixt at the &s;aid Burgh day &yogh;eir and place fori&s;aid, befoir thir witne&s;&s;is Schir Williame Maitland of Lethingtoun &yogh;ounger Knicht, Mai&s;ter Iames Makgill of Rankelour Nether, Clerk of Regi&s;tar, Mai&s;ter Archebald Dowglas Per&s;oun of that Ilk, and Dauid Fore&s;t Generall with vtheris diuers.</P>
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<ITEM>W. Kirkcaldie.</ITEM>
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<P>&para; Imprentit at Edinburgh be Robert Lekpreuik ANNO. DO. M.D.LXXIII.</P>
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