Anent them that consults with witches: The Kirk presently assemblit, ordaynes all Bishops, Superintendents, and Commissioners to plant kirks, to call all sic persones as shall be found suspect to consult with witches before them at their particular visitationes or utherwayes; and if they have been found to have consultit with the saids witches, that they cause them make publick repentance in sackcloath, upon an Sonday in tyme of preaching, under the paine of excommunication if they be disobedient, dew admonitions preceiding. Anent the uniformitie to be observit in proces of excommunicatione: It is ordainit that Bishops, Superintendants, and Commissioners to plant kirks, shall direct their letters to ministers where the persones that are to be excommunicat dwells, commanding the saids ministers to admonische accordingly; and, in caise of disobedience, to proceed to excommunication, and pronounce the sentence thereof upon ane Sonday in tyme of preaching; and, thereafter, the ministers to indorse the saids letters, makand mention of the dayes of their admonitiones and excommunication for disobedience forsaid, and to report to the saids Bishops, Superintendants, and Commissioners, according to their directione conteinit in the said letters. Greit men offending in sic crymes as deserves sackcloath; they should receave the samen as well as the puire. No Superintendent nor Commissioner, with advyce of any particular kirk of their jurisdictione, may dispense with the extreamitie of sackcloath prescryvit be the acts of generall discipline, for any pecuniall soume _ad pios usus_. Ane man willing to dimitt his benefice simpliciter, sould dimitt it in the hands of the just patrone. [TWENTY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY.] The Generall Assembly, begun and halden at Edinburgh the saxt of March 1573(4); In the qwhilk war present, Earles, Lords, Barrones, Bischops, Superintendants, Commissioners to plant Kirks, Commissioners of Provinces, Townes, Kirks, Universities, and Ministers. Mr Andrew Hay was chosen Moderator. Sessio. The Kirk ordaynes all Commissioners of townes and provinces, that they seek out the haill rentalls of the hospitalls within their bounds respective, and give the same in to their Bischops, Superintendants, or Commissioners, schawand how the samen are usit and abusit, to the effect that my Lord Chancellar may receave the same, and report to my Lord Regent’s Grace; and this to be done betwixt and the tenth of April next to come. Unto the Lord Regent’s Grace, of Privie Councill, with uthers of the Estates conveint with his Grace, the Kirk Generall, now assemblit, wishes everlasting health in Christ.