15. That the lyke law be made for defence and preservatione of the preachers of the blessed Evangell againes violence and oppressione as is grantit in favours of the Lords of Sessione. 16. That remedie be found how speciall livings and teinds transferrit in temporall lordships may be restorit againe, for sustentatione of ministers, poore, and schooles. 17. The Colledge Kirks qwhilks are destitute of ministers, be reason of the thrids gine in the Colledge hands, may be provydit with sufficient stipends out of the thrids, conforme to the act of Parliament made thereanent. 18. That buriall in paroche kirks, be act be dischargit, and ane speciall punischment appoyntit for transgressors. 19. That the diminutione of the rentall be ane sufficient cause of reductione of tacks and fewis, and that diminutione be comptit alseweell the impareing of silver rentall _de liquido in liquidum_, as conversion of victuall in small pryces, that is, under such reasonable pryces as victuall giues for the tyme. 20. That every beneficed man find cautione, at his entry, to recompence what hurt soever he does to the benefice. 21. That it be leisum for no beneficed man, prelate or uther, to sett any tacks or fewis hereafter, and that they be bund to repaire qwhatsoever hurt they haue done to their livings against the lawes. 22. That it be declareit qwhat tacks or fewis are lawfull, and that two or three nyneteine yeares or lyferent tacks, made against all law and conscience, be annullit and declareit of nane effect. CERTAINE ARTICLES presentit be the Generall Assemblie, and maist humblie cravit of the King’s Majestie and Councill, ffor redress of the manifold inormities fallen furth, to the wreake of Kirk and Common-weall. 1. That the sclanderous proclamatioune gine furth at Perth, the 12 of July, and publisched in all townes, and paroche kirks, and to the perpetuall infamie of God’s servants imprintit, may be perused and diligently considerit, to try if any minister be culpable of such odious crymes, as therein are layit to their chairges; and in case they be fund culpable, to punische them with a rigour of law, utherwayes, that the givers out of such blasphemous reports, and devysers and dyters of that infamous lybell be punischit accordingly; and that, be act of Councill and open proclamation, the ministrie be declarit innocent of such wicked and haynous crymes. 2. That the unaccustomit violence wsed against Mr John Howiesone, drawing him out of the Justice seate of the Presbyterie, dinging, and casting him in prisone, and agaynes Mr David Weymes, minister of Glasgow, be sua punischit, that nane hereafter be bald to attempt the lyke. 3. That Coline Campbell, William Hegget, Archibald Hegget, and their complices, be punisched according to justice, for the sedition and uproare made be them, being Magistrates and Counsellors, against the students of Glasgow, and schedding of their blood.