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renounce and exonerate the said Sir William and his aforesaids in respect 

 to the above-mentioned non-entrance of the said province and region when- 

 ever it shall come into our hands, or, by reason of non-entry, may fail. 

 with all things that can follow therefrom ; provided, however, that the said 

 Sir William, his heirs and assigns, within the space of sev^n years after the 

 de-cease and death of their predecessors, or entry to the possession of said 

 lands, and of other things aforesaid, by themselves or their lawful agents 

 holding power for this purpose, do homage to us and our successors, and 

 come to and receive through us, the same lands, lordship, barony and other 

 things aforesaid, according to the laws and statutes of our said Kingdom 

 of Scotland. Finally, we, for ourselves, and our successors, do will, decree 

 and ordain that this our present charter and enfeoffment above written of 

 the lands aforesaid, lordship, and region of New Scotland, and the privileges 

 and liberties of the same, shall be ratified, approved and established in our 

 next Parliament of our said Kingdom of Scotland whenever it shall meet, 

 so that it shall have therein the force and efficacy of a decree ; and for 

 this we, for ourselves and our successors, declare that this our charter 

 shall be a sufficient warrant ; and as a prince, we promise that the same 

 shall be ratified and approved, and also we promise to alter, renew, increase 

 and extend the same into the most ample form, as often as it shall deem 

 necessary and expedient to the said Sir William and his aforesaids. 



Moreover it has seemed best to us, and we order and enjoin our beloved 

 . . . our sheriffs especially appointed on our part, on seeing this our 

 charter under our great seal, so to give and grant to the aforesaid Sir 

 William and his aforesaids, or their attorney or attorneys, possession and 

 seisin, actual and real, of the lands, lordship, barony and other things 

 mentioned above, with all privileges, immunities, liberties, and other things 

 above expressed : and this seisin we, by the tenor of our present charter, 

 declare to be as lawful and regular as if he had a precept, under proof 

 of our Great Seal, and in the most ample form, with all clauses requisite for 

 the aforesaid purpose ; with which we, for ourselves and our successors, 

 do for ever dispense. In witness whereof we have commanded our Great 

 Seal to be affixed to this our present charter. Witnesses : — Our well-beloved 

 cousins and councillors, James, Marquis of Hamilton, Earl of Arran and 

 Cambridge, Lord Aven and Innerdaill ; George, Earl Marischal, Lord Keith, 

 &e., Marshal of our Kingdom ; Alexander, Earl of Dunfermline, Lord Fyvie 

 and Urquhart, &c., our Chancellor ; Thomas, Earl of Melros, Lord Binning 

 and Byres, our Secretary : — Our beloved familiar Councillors, Baronets ; 

 Sir Richard Cockburn, junior, of Clerkington, Keeper of our Privy Seal ; 

 Sir George Hay, of Kinfawins, our Register of the Rolls and Clerk of the 

 Council Sir John Cockburn, of Ormiston, Clerk of our Justiciary ; aud Sir 

 John S'cott Scotstarvet, Director o.f our Chancery, Knights. 



At our Castle of Windsor, the tenth day of September, in the year of 

 our Lord 1621, and of our Reigns 'the fifty-fiftlhi ajid nineteenth years 

 respectively. 



By signature superscribed by the hand of our Sovereign Lord the King ; 

 and subsciribed by the hands of oair Chancellor, Treasurer, Provincial Secre- 

 tary, and of the other Lords, our Commissioners, and of our Privy Council 

 of the said Kingdom of Scotland. 



Written to the Great Seal, 29 September, 1621. 



J. SCOTT, 



gratis. 

 Sealed at Edinburgh. 29 September, 1621. 



JA. RAITHE. 

 gratis. 



NOTE. — This translation is made from the Latin as found in the " Great Seal Register,'' and 

 printed in the collection of Eoyal Letters, Charters and Tracts, by the Bannatyne Club, Edinburgh, '67. 



N.B. '' 111 the Eegist. Mag, SiglUi the names of the witnesses are not given, but only a reference 

 as specified in an earlier chapter in the Record. The endorsement of the charter 'Written,' Ac, of 

 course is not found in the Register itself.'' Note by David Laing, LL.D., Bannatyne Collection of 

 Boyal Letters, Charters and Tracts. 



