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ithe tolbuytli stair; quhilk bell sail not be rung wytowt ane greit 

 causs, the i^rowest and an© kiilze beand present; vnder the paino 

 of xviij ss and his persoun to be punist at the will of the said 

 c'onsale. 



The samin daye it is statuit and ordanit be the said secrete 

 consale that the alderman baillies and officiars and all nychbours of 

 the said burghe that ilk man be redy on the merkett day wyt 

 thair geyr apon thaini and thair sufficient wappyni^ in thair 

 buychts redy to pas wyt the saids alderman and balliez to resist 

 ony pertyss doand ony truble wytin the toun quhilk prowest and 

 balliez sail keep the said merkett daye vnder the panis contenit 

 in the statuts of befoir." 



APPENDIX IV. 



Protest by Nicholas M'Brair, Provost of Dumfries, against Robert 

 Lord Crichton of Sanquhar, July 31, 1508. Original Holo- 

 graph Instrument, Burgh Record Room, Dumfries. 

 In Nomine domini Amen per hoc jiresens publicum instru- 

 mentum cunctis pateat euidenter quod Anno ab incarnatione 

 eiusdem millesimo quingentesimo octauo mensis vero Julij die 

 vltimo' Indictione vndecima pontificatusque sanctissimi in cristo 

 patris et domini nostri domini Julij diuina prouidentia pape secundi 

 anno quinto Coram honorabili viro Johanne crechtoun de liartwoud 

 corto deputato nobilis domini Robert! domini crechtoun de Sanqu- 

 hair vicecomitis principalis d© Drumfreis pro tribunali sedente in 

 tolloneo dicti burgi In nostrorum notariorum publicorum et 

 testium subscriptorum presentia personaliter compernit honora- 

 bilis vir nicholaus m'brair prepositus de DrumfrtMs ac procurator 

 et prelocutor totius communitatis dicti bui-gi et in forma sub- 

 scripta prelibatum dominum deputatum in wlgari sic ut sequitur 

 allocutus est : Shr zour offichar says that he hais arrestit ane part 

 of the nychburris of Drumfreis to this court for bluyd the quhilk 

 bluyd of the nychburris of Drumfreis the correctioun and punycioun 

 tharof pertenis to the alderman and bailzeis and ourismen of the 

 said burgh and thai haue beih in wse of the correctioun thairof be 

 the space of thre hundret zeris but ony impediment of ony shcrcf or 

 depute that buyr office in that tyme, that is to say outhir Sfai" 

 thomas of kyrkpatrik Shr Robert of crechtoun Eduard of crechtoun 

 or ony wtheris that buyr office of sherefschip or deputschip and 

 the bluyd of the nycburris of Drumfreis perteinis in heritagis to 

 Drumfreis and to the ourismen of tlie samyn. Et tunc medio tem- 

 pore prelibatus dominus deputatus sibi nychalao preposito antedicto 

 in plana curea respondit in hunc mndum qui sequitur in wlgari : Shf 

 alderman, I declair and certifeis to zou that the bluyd of Drumfreis 

 pertenis to my lord crechtoun of the sanquhair sheref principale of 

 Drumfreis in heritagis and is his heritagis quhani to I am depute 

 and I in my lordis name will determine thair wpone. Quibus sic per 

 dictum dominum deputatum dictis et recitatis prcfat[t]us 



