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Trustie and well belovit counsalo' We greit you weill, 

 Ye knau how earnestlie We recomendit to yo' cair, the prosecution 

 of this platt anent* the sustentation of the ministerie at o' last pairt- 

 ing and haveing sic occasion We can nocht weill omit to remember 

 you aneu yair of as we haiv done the rest quhome we haive 

 selected for yat service, Praying you richt afFectiously to keep sic 

 days and place as we appointed to yat erand and spare na travell 

 to latt us find at o"^ haimcuming that your occupation in that worke 

 hes not bene friiitles It being a mater that we wold Willinglie see 

 throch and quhairin ye will gifF us guide occasion to think us in 

 guide earnest addebted to yo"^ service gif be your meainis it may be 

 brocht to that perfection q'" we intend god willing to have it at 

 before that we gif ordo' to o' propper living, sua-f- resting in this to 

 yC^ vvounted cair and diligence We comit you hairtilie to godis pro- 

 tection from Wpislo this second of December 1589. 



James R ' 



No. II. 



[Written by James ; the direction in a different hand ; on a folio 

 sheet, folded so that the ends are brought together, and then by 

 two folds reduced to a narrow slip ; the two extremities of which 

 are made to meet, which brings the whole to the size of a note. 

 There is no mark of a seal ; but a knife seems to have been passed 

 through all the folds, near the ends last mentioned. Through this 

 slit a ribbon may have been drawn, to which a seal may have been 

 appended. There is a small water mark near one end of the sheet.] 



* Concerning. f So. 



