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and_o consider_v by_o the_o said_n lord_n the_o lord_n of_o council_n and_o session_n in_o regard_n of_o the_o say_n magistrate_n and_o town-council_n their_o irregular_a nomination_n of_o visitor_n contrair_a to_o the_o say_n lord_n their_o former_a act_n do_v as_o of_o before_o pro_fw-la hace_n vice_n nominat_fw-la and_o appoint_v and_o hereby_o nominat_n and_o appoint_v john_n fowlis_n apothecary_n to_o be_v visitor_n for_o conveen_v the_o fraternity_n of_o apothecary_n upon_o all_o occasion_n and_o have_v find_v and_o hereby_o find_v that_o the_o magistrate_n in_o time-coming_a aught_o to_o nominat_fw-la one_o of_o these_o person_n who_o sit_v and_o meet_v at_o the_o table_n of_o apothecary_n to_o be_v visitor_n of_o the_o say_a fraternity_n extractum_fw-la de_fw-la libris_fw-la actorum_fw-la per_fw-la i_o sic_fw-la subscribitur_fw-la geo_n mackenÈie_o cler._n registr_n follow_v the_o ratification_n in_o favour_n of_o the_o apothecary_n of_o edinburgh_n at_o edinburgh_n the_o 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magistrate_n of_o edinburgh_n ought_v in_o all_o time-coming_a to_o nominat_fw-la such_o a_o person_n to_o be_v their_o visitor_n extract_v forth_o of_o the_o record_n of_o parliament_n by_o george_n viscount_n of_o tarbat_n lord_n mackleod_n and_o castlehaven_n clerk_n to_o his_o majesty_n parliament_n council_n register_n and_o roll_n etc._n etc._n sic_fw-la subscribitur_fw-la tarbat_n cler._n registr_n act_z in_o favour_n of_o the_o fraternity_n of_o the_o apothecary_n of_o edinburgh_n at_o edinburgh_n the_o nine_o day_n of_o march_n one_o thousand_o six_o hundred_o and_o eighty_o six_o year_n anent_o the_o supplication_n give_v in_o and_o present_v to_o the_o lord_n of_o council_n and_o session_n by_o the_o fraternity_n of_o apothecary_n within_o the_o burgh_n of_o edinburgh_n show_v that_o where_o the_o say_n lord_n by_o the_o decreet_a of_o declarator_n in_o the_o petitioner_n favour_n upon_o very_o rational_a and_o important_a consideration_n separate_v the_o two_o calling_n 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say_n lord_n their_o former_a ordination_n that_o for_o that_o year_n they_o do_v again_o proceed_v in_o manifest_a contempt_n and_o derision_n of_o the_o say_n lord_n authority_n to_o nominat_fw-la a_o chirurgeon_n and_o a_o apothecary_n to_o be_v joint_a visitor_n of_o the_o petitioner_n fraternity_n which_o the_o say_n lord_n at_o the_o end_n of_o the_o last_o session_n do_v so_o far_o resent_v that_o upon_o a_o new_a petition_n give_v in_o by_o the_o petitioner_n represent_v that_o the_o say_n procedure_v do_v nominat_fw-la and_o appoint_v john_n fowlis_n apothecary_n to_o be_v visitor_n for_o that_o year_n and_o find_v by_o their_o interloquitor_n that_o in_o all_o time_n come_v the_o magistrate_n ought_v to_o nominate_v one_o who_o sit_v at_o the_o apothecary_n table_n to_o be_v visitor_n of_o the_o fraternity_n and_o that_o the_o nomination_n make_v by_o the_o magistrate_n at_o that_o time_n be_v irregular_a as_o the_o several_a act_n therewith_o produce_v will_v testify_v and_o 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