THE THRETTEENTH
PARLIAMENT
Or GENERALL COVNCELL, of
KING JAMES THE SECOND,
Halden at Edinburgh, the nineteenth date of October, the zeir of God, ane thouſand, fotire hundreth, fiftie ſex zeires.
56. That all men be reddie for defence of the Realme: and in quhat maner.
TEM, It is ordained, that all maner of men, that hes landes or gudes, bee reddie horſed and geared, and after the facultie of his landes and gudes, for the defence of the Realme, at the commandement of the Kingis Letters bee bailis or outhornes. And quha ſa beis not, he will be puniſhed in his perſon and gudes. And that all maner of men betuixt ſextie and ſexteene, be reddie on their beſt adviſe to come to the Bordoures and defend the land, quhen onie wittering cummis of the incumming of a greate Engliſh hoaſt. And that na puir man, nor un-bodin be charged to come to anie raides in England. And that ilk man, that his gudes extendis to twentie markes, be bodin at the leaſt with a jack, with ſleeves to the hand, or ſplents, and ane pricked hat, a ſword and a buckler, a bow, and a ſchaiffe, gif he can get it: And gif he cannot, to have an axe and ane targe outher of ledder or of firne buird, with two bandes upon the back. And throw-out all the Schires they be warned to provide for ſik thinges, and to make their weapon-ſchawinges before the Schireffes, Baillies or Stewartes of the Regalitie on the morning after the Law-daies after Zule. And quha that cummis not bodin, as effeiris, after his facultie, to be puniſhed in his gudes. And ſwa foorth their weapon-ſhawings to be maid and continued fra threttie daies to threttie daies.
57. The rule of the Peſtilence.
ITEM, As to the thrid article belangand the Peſtilence and governance of it: The Clergie thinkis, that there ſould no man to land nor to Burgh, that hes gudes to lerve himſelfe and his meinzie, be put out of his owne houſe, les then he will not remaine, nor will not be cloſed up in his owne houſe. And gif he diſobeyis his Nichtboures, in that caſe, he ſall be compelled to paſſe out of the towne. And gif there were onie perſones, that had na gudes to finde themſelfe, put foorth of ony town, they of the towne ſulde finde them, and not let them paſſe awaie fra the place, that they were depute to remaine, to file the country about them. And gif ony fik put out of the towne wauld ſteale awaie, they of that towne that put him out, ſould garre follow him and bring him againe, and compell him to remaine, and puniſh him for his awaie paſſing. And that no man burne an others houſe, bot gif it micht be done but hindering or skaith of his Nichtboures.
58. The money and the gold cryed higher.
ITEM, As to the article belangand money: It is ſtatute, that the ordinance in the Parliament maid of before anent the in-bringing of Bulzeon be better puniſhed and keiped, then it lies bene in time by-gane. And that there be mony of uther Countries cryed till have courſe in die Realme, ſik as the Henry Nobles of Pace, to be cryed to twentie twa ſhillinges. The Salute, the Rider, the Crowne, the Dolphin to elleven shillings: The Rheniſh Guilding to audit ſhillings. And to die intent, that the Demyes, that ar keiped in hande , have courſe and come out-throw the Realme, and fyne to remayne in the Realme, and not be had out of it: It is thocht expedient, that the Demy be cryed to ten ſhillinges, And the new Lyon to have courſe for ten ſhillinges, as it hes. And the new groate to twelve pennies: Notwithſtanding that it was ordained to have courſe for audit pennies fra certaine time foorth. And the ſex penny groate till have courſe as it lies. And that there be cuinzied of ilk pound in ſmall pennies a ſhiilling. And that the Wardane ſee, that that be done to the fynes of the mater, that is cuinzied , as he will anſwere therefore. And that the Engliſh groate, and halfe groate, and penny have courſe, as they had of before. And that the Lordes and Auditoures of the Checker, earneſthe purway and examine the fines baith of Gold and ſilver, the quhilk is preſented to them upon the Checker in a buiſt be the Wardanes of the cuinzie. And that the cuinzioures under the paine of dead, nouther cuinzie Demy, nor uther that is cryed till have courſe in the land, nor zit ſex-penny-groates.
