of_o the_o chirurgeon_n apothecary_n but_o have_v appoint_v the_o two_o person_n who_o the_o lord_n former_o discharge_v to_o officiat_fw-la to_o be_v again_o receive_v viz._n john_n baillie_n and_o mr._n james_n mackmath_n and_o therefore_o humble_o crave_v that_o see_v the_o lord_n by_o their_o deliverance_n in_o march_n one_o thousand_o six_o hundred_o and_o eighty_o six_o year_n declare_v if_o the_o town-council_n will_v proceed_v to_o nominat_fw-la a_o chyrurgeon-apothecary_n to_o be_v the_o petitioner_n visitor_n in_o time-coming_a the_o lord_n will_v allow_v the_o petitioner_n to_o nominat_fw-la their_o own_a visitor_n and_o likewise_o they_o have_v refuse_v to_o produce_v their_o patent_n to_o the_o lord_n in_o december_n last_o though_o they_o found_v their_o answer_n thereupon_o to_o the_o petitioner_n petition_v that_o therefore_o the_o lord_n will_v be_v please_v upon_o the_o consideration_n aforesaid_a in_o the_o first_o place_n to_o discharge_v john_n baillie_n &_o mr._n 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