The Brethren direct to the King’s Majestie and Councill, reportit, that be reasone of the greit affaires of the King and Counsell, they could gett no answer of such things as they were direct for. Sessio 17. The Kirk consentit to the supplicatione of Alex^r. Borthwick, minister at the kirk of Livingstone, quho being an actuall minister and of meine literature, humbly desyrit the Kirk to grant him licence to gang to some universitie within this countrie, where he may study theologie, and haue sum kirk near adjacent to travill there in the ministrie; in the meane tyme so meikle the rather as he hes obteinit leave of his flock quho may at this tyme be easilie provydit. Ordaynes Mr David Lyndsay to passe to the Session of Edinburgh, and desyre them to declare, if they, or any of them, fand any errors, sclander, or offence in the sermone preached be Mr Walter Balcanquall, upon Wodensday was aucht dayes. Sessio 18. Anent the accusatione gine in be Mr Androw Melvill, Principall of the new Colledge of St Androis, against Mr Robert Montgomrie, minister of Striveling, and his answer made thereto _verbo_ before, and gine in this afternoone in his name; the Kirk being resolvit therewith, admitts to the said Mr Androw his probatione, the contents of the saids articles, assigning to him the morrow to prove the samen: And ordaynes the officer of the Kirk to warne Mr Robert to compeire the morne, at ten houres, in the Assemblie, to hear witneses and probatione recevit. The haill Assembly being of good mynde, and well affectionat to try the poynts of the accusatione gine in be James Melvill, Gentleman of his Majestie’s Chalmer, in name of the Duke of Lennox; and haveing diverse tymes travellit with his Majestie that the Rules of the Apostle sould be keepit to their brother, and the accuser, with his two witnesses, brought before; as likewise, that his Majestie wald direct some Commissioners from his Counsell, to understand herein the just proceedings of the Kirk; qwherin sieing no effect of their suit, yet, for satisfactione of the King’s Majestie’s Letter, and removing all the sclander that may aryse heirby, first direct certaine Commissioners from the haill Assemblie unto the particular Kirk of Edinburgh, qwhereof the said Walter is minister, Requyring of them, if, in the said sermone, qwhilk was made upone Wedensday was aucht dayes, they or any of them had fund, or finds, any word spoken qwhilk was erroneous, sclanderous, or offensive; qwhais answer being reportit be ane brother of their Sessione, that they had heard nothing spoken be him therein that was either erroneous, sclanderous, or offensive, but good and sound doctrine, qwhereof they desyrit the approbatione of the haill Kirk conveint: The haill Assemblie, voting particularly in this matter, but any contradictione, Declareit that they nor nane of them fand or finds any fault in the said sermone, nothing spoken therein that conteint either error, sclander, or just