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thereto_o and_o de_fw-fr facto_fw-la the_o justice_n only_o or_o such_o as_o have_v commission_n from_o the_o council_n use_v to_o judge_v this_o crime_n vide._n crim_a observe_v tit._n witchcraft_n notour_fw-fr adultery_n be_v by_o this_o act_n declare_v punishable_a by_o death_n and_o by_o the_o 105_o act_n 7_o par._n ja._n 6._o 74._o that_o be_v only_o declare_v to_o be_v notour_n adultery_n where_o 1_o o._n there_o be_v bairn_n one_o or_o more_o procreate_v betwixt_o the_o adulterer_n 2_o o._n when_o they_o keep_v company_n or_o bed_n together_o notorious_o know_v 3_o o._n when_o they_o be_v suspect_v of_o adultery_n and_o thereby_o give_v slander_n to_o the_o kirk_n whereupon_o be_v admonish_v to_o satisfy_v the_o kirk_n they_o contemptuous_o refuse_v and_o for_o their_o refusal_n they_o be_v excommunicate_a if_o either_o of_o which_o three_o degree_n be_v prove_v before_o the_o justice_n the_o committer_n be_v punishable_a by_o death_n from_o which_o act_n it_o be_v to_o be_v 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exclude_v capital_a punishment_n in_o other_o case_n of_o adultery_n but_o only_o ordain_v that_o these_o three_o degree_n shall_v be_v punish_v by_o death_n and_o since_o there_o be_v other_o case_n more_o grievous_a to_o the_o party_n injure_v and_o more_o scandalous_a to_o the_o commonwealth_n it_o may_v be_v argue_v that_o the_o punishment_n of_o death_n shall_v likewise_o be_v extend_v to_o they_o as_o for_o instance_n to_o commit_v frequent_a adultery_n this_o act_n declare_v that_o the_o raise_n of_o bond_n of_o man_n of_o war_n 75._o and_o the_o rise_n in_o that_o manner_n be_v punishable_a by_o death_n be_v former_o explain_v act_n 2_o par._n 1._o ja._n 1_o vid._n crim_a observe_v pag._n 44_o &_o 45._o and_o this_o act_n be_v ratify_v by_o the_o 12_o act_n 10_o par._n ja._n 6._o by_o this_o act_n the_o build_n of_o kirk-yard-dikes_a 76._o be_v refer_v to_o the_o lord_n of_o secret_a council_n who_o be_v to_o take_v such_o course_n therein_o as_o they_o shall_v think_v fit_a but_o by_o the_o 232_o act_n 15_o par._n ja._n 6._o the_o parochioner_n be_v ordain_v to_o build_v they_o to_o the_o height_n of_o two_o ells._n and_o the_o lord_n of_o session_n be_v ordain_v to_o grant_v letter_n of_o horning_n for_o that_o effect_n which_o they_o use_v now_o to_o do_v this_o be_v full_o explain_v at_o the_o 7_o act_n 9_o par._n ja._n 6._o and_o the_o first_o part_n of_o it_o be_v enact_v former_o by_o act_n of_o secret_a council_n 77._o december_n 21_o 1561._o and_o that_o begin_v it_o be_v statute_n and_o ordain_v by_o the_o queen_n which_o seem_v strange_a see_v to_o statute_n be_v only_o proper_a to_o parliament_n but_o act_n of_o council_n do_v ofttimes_o bear_v statute_n and_o ordain_v vid._n costal_n de_fw-fr imperator_fw-la quest._n 73._o num_fw-la 25._o this_o act_n mention_n three_o kind_n of_o bishop_n the_o bishop_n elect_n the_o bishop_n postulat_fw-la and_o the_o bishop_n consecrat_fw-mi a_o bishop_n elect_a be_v he_o who_o be_v elect_v by_o the_o chapter_n upon_o a_o congé_fw-fr d'ésâ—ire_n from_o the_o king_n but_o be_v not_o yet_o consecrat_v a_o bishop_n postulat_fw-la be_v he_o who_o be_v only_o call_v but_o not_o elect_v and_o can_v be_v elect_v as_o a_o minor_a a_o bastard_n etc._n etc._n vid._n cap._n innotuit_fw-la §_o habile_fw-la de_fw-la elect_v and_o it_o be_v observable_a from_o this_o act_n that_o both_o these_o use_v to_o dispone_n kirk-land_n or_o set_v the_o same_o in_o tack_n else_o they_o need_v not_o to_o have_v be_v discharge_v by_o this_o act_n but_o though_o we_o have_v now_o bishop_n elect_v yet_o we_o have_v no_o bishop_n postulat_fw-la and_o these_o elect_v exercent_fw-la solum_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la jurisdictionis_fw-la sed_fw-la non_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la sunt_fw-la ordinis_fw-la by_o this_o act_n notar_n be_v to_o be_v admit_v only_o by_o the_o lord_n of_o council_n that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o lord_n of_o session_n 78._o as_o de_fw-fr facto_fw-la they_o now_o be_v and_o by_o the_o act_n of_o sederunt_fw-la 1595._o the_o lord_n ordain_v that_o yearly_a in_o november_n one_o of_o their_o number_n shall_v be_v name_v by_o they_o to_o receive_v notar_n who_o shall_v only_o receive_v such_o as_o be_v past_o twenty_o five_o can_v write_v a_o evident_a in_o latin_a or_o english_a and_o be_v apprentice_n five_o year_n to_o a_o notar_n though_o now_o they_o be_v admit_v before_o twenty_o five_o and_o without_o have_v be_v apprentice_n at_o all_o by_o this_o act_n such_o as_o exerce_fw-la the_o office_n without_o be_v admit_v by_o the_o lord_n or_o after_o they_o be_v discharge_v by_o they_o may_v be_v punish_v arbitrar_o and_o even_o to_o death_n but_o it_o have_v be_v find_v that_o evident_n subscribe_v by_o notar_n once_o admit_v though_o thereafter_o discharge_v be_v valid_a they_o have_v still_o be_v habit_n and_o repute_n to_o be_v notar_n 79._o though_o this_o act_n appoint_v that_o all_o notar_n shall_v be_v admit_v by_o the_o king_n yet_o now_o they_o need_v no_o letter_n from_o the_o king_n but_o do_v depend_v upon_o the_o clerk_n of_o register_n and_o his_o depute_v the_o clerk_n to_o the_o notar_n the_o clerk_n of_o session_n be_v by_o their_o admission_n as_o such_o notars_fw-mi though_o they_o be_v not_o admit_v in_o manner_n mention_v in_o this_o act_n and_o instrument_n under_o their_o hand_n in_o judicial_a act_n make_v as_o much_o faith_n as_o the_o instrument_n of_o any_o notar._n 80._o the_o act_n here_o dispense_v with_o be_v the_o 46_o act_n par._n 6_o q._n marry_o and_o it_o be_v observable_a by_o this_o act_n that_o when_o former_a law_n have_v not_o be_v universal_o observe_v no_o advantage_n be_v take_v upon_o they_o and_o this_o be_v one_o of_o these_o case_n in_o quibus_fw-la communis_fw-la error_n sacit_fw-la jus_o 81._o the_o observation_n in_o the_o former_a act_n hold_v also_o in_o this_o and_o the_o act_n here_o dispense_v 〈◊〉_d be_v the_o 38_o act_n par._n 6_o queen_n mary_n 82._o by_o this_o act_n it_o be_v declare_v that_o five_o or_o six_o of_o the_o principal_a burrows_n shall_v be_v call_v to_o the_o conclude_a peace_n and_o war_n and_o to_o the_o lay_n on_o taxation_n it_o may_v be_v doubt_v whether_o by_o the_o council_n to_o which_o they_o be_v to_o be_v call_v be_v mean_v here_o the_o parliament_n or_o privy_a council_n and_o though_o ordinary_o the_o parliament_n be_v call_v the_o king_n council_n and_o that_o it_o may_v seem_v they_o only_o shall_v impose_v taxation_n yet_o it_o mâ—y_v be_v urge_v that_o by_o council_n be_v here_o mean_v the_o privy_a council_n because_o all_o the_o burrows_n must_v be_v cite_v to_o parliament_n and_o the_o king_n and_o his_o council_n use_v before_o to_o lay_v on_o such_o general_a taxation_n and_o de_fw-la facto_fw-la his_o majesty_n do_v so_o in_o many_o case_n without_o either_o parliament_n or_o general_n convention_n of_o estate_n as_o in_o lay_v on_o the_o taxation_n for_o defray_v the_o expense_n of_o the_o baptism_n of_o king_n james_n the_o 6._o 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these_o law_n by_o the_o same_o reason_n that_o in_o england_n the_o paroch_n be_v liable_a for_o the_o robbery_n commit_v therein_o betwixt_o sun_n and_o sun_n and_o thus_o these_o who_o have_v power_n of_o jurisdiction_n from_o the_o emperor_n be_v liable_a vias_fw-la publicas_fw-la a_o latronibus_fw-la purgare_fw-la gail_n observe_v 64._o lib._n 2._o vid._n etiam_fw-la l._n 3._o l._n congruit_fw-la ult_fw-la ff_n de_fw-fr officio_fw-la praesidis_fw-la it_o have_v be_v doubt_v whether_o the_o council_n can_v in_o other_o case_n not_o warrant_v by_o express_a act_n of_o parliament_n oblige_v the_o subject_n to_o give_v bond_n to_o live_v peaceable_o conform_v to_o law_n and_o particulary_a that_o their_o tenant_n shall_v not_o keep_v conventicle_n but_o shall_v go_v to_o church_n and_o pay_v 50_o pound_n sterling_n for_o every_o conventicle_n keep_v upon_o their_o ground_n or_o shall_v present_v their_o delinquent_n and_o it_o be_v allege_v that_o the_o council_n can_v because_o 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the_o alternative_a foresay_a of_o either_o present_n or_o pay_v the_o damnage_n which_o alternative_a seem_v to_o be_v found_v upon_o the_o same_o principle_n of_o justice_n with_o actiones_fw-la noxales_fw-la mention_v in_o the_o civil_a law_n domino_fw-la damnato_fw-la permittitur_fw-la aut_fw-la litis_fw-la aestimationem_fw-la sufferre_fw-la aut_fw-la ipsum_fw-la servum_fw-la noxae_fw-la dedere_fw-la vid._n tit._n 8._o lib._n 4._o institut_n i_o find_v many_o instance_n in_o the_o register_n of_o council_n wherein_o the_o subject_n be_v charge_v to_o secure_v the_o peace_n under_o the_o pain_n of_o treason_n as_o in_o the_o case_n of_o the_o lord_n yester_n bond_n be_v give_v by_o cautioner_n for_o break_a man_n do_v oblige_v the_o heir_n and_o successor_n of_o the_o cautioner_n 98._o though_o they_o be_v not_o mention_v in_o the_o band._n obseru._n 1._o in_o law_n he_o who_o oblige_v himself_o to_o pay_v a_o sum_n oblige_v his_o heir_n for_o as_o in_o law_n qui_fw-la sibi_fw-la providet_fw-la &_o haeredibus_fw-la providet_fw-la sic_fw-la qui_fw-la se_fw-la obligat_fw-la &_o haeredes_fw-la obligat_fw-la and_o therefore_o a_o man_n have_v bind_v himself_o and_o his_o heir_n male_a it_o be_v find_v that_o the_o creditor_n be_v not_o thereby_o exclude_v from_o pursue_v the_o heir_n female_a or_o any_o other_o heir_n but_o that_o he_o be_v only_o bind_v to_o discuss_v first_o the_o heir_n who_o be_v special_o name_v in_o the_o obligation_n 18_o february_n 1663._o blair_n contra_fw-la anderson_n but_o yet_o obligation_n for_o perform_v a_o deed_n such_o as_o to_o present_v a_o thief_n be_v of_o their_o own_o nature_n personal_a and_o therefore_o this_o act_n be_v necessary_a the_o take_n of_o surety_n from_o chief_a of_o clanns_n do_v not_o loose_v the_o obligation_n take_v from_o landlord_n 99_o &_o e_fw-la contra_fw-la and_o the_o reason_n why_o this_o act_n seem_v necessary_a be_v because_o this_o seem_v to_o be_v a_o innovation_n and_o it_o seem_v not_o just_a that_o both_o the_o chief_n and_o landlord_n shall_v be_v liable_a since_o they_o can_v not_o both_o have_v absolute_a command_n over_o the_o person_n to_o be_v present_v but_o yet_o this_o act_n be_v most_o suitable_a to_o law_n since_o novatio_fw-la non_fw-la praesumitur_fw-la nisi_fw-la ubi_fw-la hoc_fw-la express_v actum_fw-la est_fw-la l._n ult_n cod._n de_fw-fr nou._n and_o the_o tenant_n in_o the_o highland_n be_v influence_v both_o by_o chief_n and_o landlord_n but_o to_o make_v this_o law_n more_o just_a the_o council_n give_v action_n of_o a_o relief_n against_o the_o landlord_n if_o the_o landlord_n harbour_n or_o to_o the_o landlord_n against_o the_o chief_a if_o the_o chief_a recept_n he_o by_o this_o act_n if_o good_n be_v take_v away_o by_o any_o clanned_a man_n and_o recept_n in_o the_o country_n of_o their_o chief_n for_o the_o space_n of_o 12_o hour_n to_o his_o knowledge_n 100_o the_o chief_a shall_v be_v liable_a in_o solidum_fw-la for_o all_o the_o good_n take_v away_o though_o there_o be_v but_o very_o few_o of_o his_o man_n present_a as_o be_v find_v in_o a_o case_n pursue_v by_o francis_n irw_v against_o glenurchie_n before_o the_o council_n all_o such_o chief_n be_v liable_a in_o solidum_fw-la and_o not_o pro_fw-la ratâ_fw-la only_a for_o the_o wrong_n commit_v by_o their_o clann_n by_o this_o act_n no_o magistrate_n may_v keep_v a_o thief_n 101._o or_o malefactor_n in_o arm_n with_o he_o albeit_o he_o pretend_v he_o be_v his_o prisoner_n but_o he_o must_v deâ—ain_v he_o in_o a_o close_o house_n both_o because_o squalor_fw-la carceris_fw-la be_v a_o part_n of_o the_o punishment_n due_a to_o malefactor_n and_o because_o if_o this_o be_v allow_v magistrate_n may_v by_o collusion_n suffer_v malefactor_n to_o enjoy_v their_o liberty_n be_v explain_v crim._n pr._n tit_n theft_n 102._o this_o act_n ordain_v master_n to_o present_v their_o tenant_n upon_o the_o king_n close_o valentine_n or_o order_n in_o little_a paper_n like_o valentine_n be_v observe_v in_o the_o whole_a register_n of_o council_n 103._o these_o two_o act_n discharge_v the_o borderer_n of_o scotland_n to_o marry_v with_o the_o borderer_n of_o england_n or_o to_o labour_v their_o land_n 105_o be_v abrogate_a by_o the_o union_n by_o this_o act_n the_o landlord_n do_v diligence_n by_o obtain_v decreet_a of_o remove_v use_v horning_n 107._o and_o do_v all_o other_o thing_n that_o be_v in_o his_o power_n after_o the_o fact_n come_v to_o his_o knowledge_n be_v no_o further_a liable_a nota_fw-la by_o this_o act_n the_o landlord_n must_v be_v put_v in_o mala_fw-la fide_fw-la by_o intimation_n of_o his_o tenants_n crime_n 2._o dubitatur_fw-la whither_o this_o privilege_n shall_v not_o likewise_o extend_v to_o chief_n of_o clann_n since_o they_o have_v less_o interest_n in_o the_o delinquent_n than_o the_o landlord_n by_o the_o 100_o act_n of_o this_o parliament_n such_o as_o commit_v slaughter_n mutilation_n or_o other_o hurt_n upon_o thief_n be_v not_o liable_a 108._o but_o by_o this_o act_n a_o indemnity_n be_v likewise_o grant_v to_o such_o as_o raise_v fire_n against_o they_o that_o be_v there_o forget_v this_o act_n be_v explain_v in_o the_o observation_n upon_o the_o 29_o act_n of_o this_o same_o parliament_n 110._o by_o this_o act_n the_o burrows_n pay_v the_o six_o part_n of_o the_o imposition_n of_o scotland_n which_o be_v yet_o in_o observance_n 111._o and_o because_o of_o this_o burden_n they_o have_v the_o only_a privilege_n of_o trading_n and_o therefore_o they_o just_o pretend_v that_o their_o privilege_n of_o trading_n can_v not_o be_v communicable_a to_o the_o burgh_n of_o barony_n and_o regality_n who_o bear_v no_o part_n in_o this_o burden_n nota_fw-la that_o though_o by_o this_o act_n the_o taxation_n of_o the_o burrows_n be_v not_o to_o be_v alter_v that_o be_v only_o mean_v of_o the_o 6_o part_n which_o be_v to_o be_v bear_v by_o the_o burrows_n in_o general_a for_o notwithstanding_o of_o this_o act_n the_o convention_n of_o burrows_n do_v
18_o act_n par._n 1_o ch._n 1._o but_o by_o a_o letter_n in_o anno_fw-la 1663._o the_o chancellor_n be_v discharge_v to_o preside_v in_o exchequer_n and_o this_o show_v his_o innate_a power_n to_o dispense_v with_o act_n of_o parliament_n which_o relate_v only_o to_o government_n and_o his_o own_o service_n obseru._n 4._o that_o though_o by_o virtue_n of_o this_o act_n it_o may_v be_v pretend_v that_o the_o chancellor_n may_v preside_v in_o the_o justice_n or_o admiral_n court_n if_o he_o please_v to_o be_v present_a yet_o i_o conceive_v he_o can_v come_v to_o any_o of_o these_o court_n without_o a_o special_a nomination_n and_o even_o this_o act_n say_v that_o the_o chancellor_n and_o such_o as_o shall_v be_v nominat_fw-la by_o his_o majesty_n shall_v preside_v this_o act_n likewise_o set_v down_o the_o oath_n of_o allegiance_n wherein_o the_o king_n be_v acknowledge_v to_o be_v supreme_a over_o all_o person_n and_o in_o all_o cause_n which_o be_v found_v upon_o the_o 2_o act_n par._n 18_o ja._n 6._o and_o be_v the_o foundation_n of_o the_o act_n of_o supremacy_n which_o be_v the_o first_o act_n of_o the_o 2_o par._n ch._n 2._o 2._o the_o parliament_n 1641._o have_v take_v from_o the_o king_n the_o nomination_n of_o the_o officer_n of_o state_n counselor_n and_o judge_n and_o therefore_o by_o this_o act_n the_o power_n of_o nominate_v these_o be_v declare_v to_o be_v a_o part_n of_o the_o king_n royal_a prerogative_n which_o be_v conform_v to_o the_o law_n of_o all_o nation_n l._n unica_fw-la ff_n ad_fw-la l._n jul._n de_fw-fr ambitu_fw-la haec_fw-la lex_fw-la hodie_fw-la in_o urbe_fw-la cessat_fw-la quia_fw-la ad_fw-la curam_fw-la principis_fw-la magistratuum_fw-la creatio_fw-la pertinet_fw-la non_fw-la ad_fw-la populi_fw-la favorem_fw-la by_o this_o act_n also_o it_o be_v declare_v that_o our_o king_n hold_v their_o royal_a power_n over_o this_o kingdom_n from_o god_n which_o be_v express_v here_o to_o condemn_v that_o fundamental_a treason_n of_o the_o last_o 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estate_n of_o parliament_n in_o the_o 2_o act_n 3_o par._n ch._n 2._o anno_fw-la 1681._o acknowledge_v that_o he_o derive_v his_o power_n from_o god_n alone_o and_o though_o convention_n of_o estate_n can_v make_v law_n yet_o it_o may_v be_v say_v that_o they_o may_v declare_v and_o acknowledge_v their_o obedience_n as_o full_o as_o parliament_n may_v obseru._n that_o these_o word_n to_o hold_v the_o crown_n from_o god_n be_v ill_o express_v for_o by_o our_o law_n he_o that_o hold_v from_o i_o hold_v not_o of_o i_o for_o a_o i_o &_o de_fw-mi i_o be_v diametrical_o opposite_a in_o matter_n of_o holding_n the_o former_a rebellious_a parliament_n 3._o especial_o the_o convention_n of_o estate_n 1643._o do_v sit_v without_o a_o special_a warrant_n from_o his_o majesty_n and_o therefore_o by_o this_o act_n the_o power_n of_o call_v hold_v proroge_a and_o dissolve_v of_o parliament_n be_v declare_v to_o be_v inherent_a only_o in_o his_o majesty_n as_o a_o part_n of_o his_o royal_a 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judicature_n the_o design_n of_o which_o act_n be_v occasion_v by_o and_o level_v against_o such_o meeting_n as_o the_o green_a table_n in_o anno_fw-la 1637._o whereat_o the_o nobility_n and_o gentry_n do_v formal_o meet_v in_o great_a number_n though_o their_o paper_n do_v alwise_o begin_v we_o the_o nobleman_n gentleman_n and_o other_o occasional_o meet_v at_o edinburgh_n 5._o the_o former_a rebellious_a parliament_n have_v raise_v army_n fortify_v garrison_n and_o treat_v with_o the_o french_a king_n without_o the_o authority_n of_o their_o own_o king_n it_o be_v therefore_o declare_v by_o this_o act_n that_o the_o power_n of_o make_v peace_n and_o war_n reside_v sol_o in_o his_o majesty_n and_o that_o to_o rise_v or_o continue_v in_o arm_n or_o to_o make_v any_o treaty_n or_o league_n with_o foreign_a prince_n or_o among_o themselves_o shall_v be_v treason_n obseru._n 1._o that_o by_o this_o act_n the_o king_n be_v declare_v to_o have_v the_o only_a power_n of_o raise_v army_n 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