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"Decimo quarto Maij anno domini ts. lxvij,
"Sederunt dni sessionis clericus regri.


"In pns of ye lordis of counsale comperit personale ane ry't excellent
ry't heicht and michte princes Marie be ye grace of God queene of
Scottis douieier of France on that ane pairt and ane ry't noble and
potent prince James duk of Orkney erl Bothule lord Hales crychtoun and
Liddisdeall great admiral of the realm of Scotland on y't vy'r p't and
gaif in yis contract and appointnament following subscriuit w't y'r
handis and desyrit ye samen to be insert in ye bukis of counsale to haif
ye strenth force and effect of y'r act and decreit thereupoun the q'lk
desyre ye saidis lordis thocht reasonable and y'rfor hes decernit and
decernis ye said contract and appointnament to be insert and registret
in ye said bukis to haif ye strenth force and effect of y'r act and
decreit in tyme to cum et ad perpetuam rei memoriam and hes interponit
and interponis y'r autoritie y'rto and ordenis y'r autentik extract of
the samen to be deliuerit to the foirsaid partiis and the principale to
remane apud registrum Off ye q'lk contract ye tennor followis At
Edinburgh ye xiiii. day of May the year of God I'mv'c thrie score sevin
yeris it is appointit aggreit contractit and finale concordit betwix ye
r't excellent ry't heich and mychte princess Marie be ye grace of God
queen of Scottis douarrier of France on that ane pairt and ye ry't noble
and potent prince James duke of Orkney erle Bothul lord Hales creychtoun
and Liddisdeall great admiral of yis realm of Scotland on y't vy'r p't
in manner forme and effect as efter follow is that is to say fforsamekle
as her majestie considering w't herself how almyete God hes not onlie
placit and constitut hir hienes to reigne over this realme and during