Forsamekill as the Ministeris within our realme this haill ʒeir
bigane hes wantit thair stipendis in respect of sindry occasionis
that hes interuenit; ʒit becaus we ar myndit and weill willit that
the said Ministerie be sustenit and interteneit in tyme cuming as
efferis; Thairfoir with avyise of oure secreit counsale hes tane
sic ordour as we mycht best for the present, And hes assignit for
sustentatioun of the said Ministerie certane victuales and money in
sindry places and cuntreis to be tane up and disponit be the said
ministerie and thair collectouris or chamberlanis as thai sall think
maist expedient Extending to the soume of ten thousand pundis money
and four hundreth chalderis victuale As the particular assignationis
maid thairupoun mair fullelie proportis We thairfoir be avyise of
our counsall foirsadis Ordanis and Decernis that the said ministerie
and thair collectouris and chalmerlanis quhatsumevir be thankfullie
ansureit and obeyit of the haill payment alsweill of money as
victuale foirsaid throuchout oure haill realme quhairsoevir the samyn
or ony part thairof is assinit And lettris thairupoun to be decernit
and gevin furth owther of horning or poinding respective As the said
ministerie sall think expedient and requeir Commanding expresslie
oure Clerk of Register and Comptroller and all utheris quhome it
efferis or salbe requirit thairto To deliver the attentik copyis
and extract of the said assignatioun to the ministerie with expres
inhibitioun to our Comptrollar or ony uther Chamberlanies to intromet
or mell ony maner of way with the saidis assignationis or ony part
thairof under all heich panis that may follow thairupoun Subscrivit
with our hand At Strivling the xx day of December the ʒeir of God I^m
V^c lxvj ʒeris And our regnne the xxiiij ʒeir.