Touching giving of spirituall livings to bairnes, and translating them in temporall lordships, His Majestie considers his awne skaith and hinderance of his service. Therein qwhatever abuse hes interit before his Heines acceptit the government, tyme, and the approbationes of such provisiones be decreits of the Sessione, hes brought the matter to that estate, as it cannot be utherwayes helpit then be the Parliament, qwhom unto these being proponit, his Majestie sould hald hand to haue such reformatione in this behalfe as possiblie can be obtaynit. The default of punischment of wthers mentionat in the nynt head, and of the Act of Provisione of the Poore and Punisching of Vagabonds, man not be justly impute to his Hienes, qwho hes ever been willing and readie to grant commissione to such as the ministers thocht meitest to execute the same, qwherin inabilitie was in the judges ordinar. The tenth heid being generall, His Majestie wald be glad not only to haue it explainit, but to hear all good advyces that shall be offerit to him for the reformatione of that qwhilk shall be found amiss, and how his lawes may have place, and justly ministrat to the comfort and commone benefite of all his good subjects. The elevinth head is also very generall, and for the only one example that hes beene spoken of to his Heines, touching the removeing of the Principall of the Colledge of Aberdeine to be minister of St Androis, His Majestie trusts the Assembly will not think that matter, the substance weill considerit, either so proper to the Kirk, or so improper to the civill estate, but that his Hines and Counsell had good ground and reasone to direct his letters as he did upon the Generalls of the North Countrie, wharin nane was prejudgit--seing their was no charge conteyning power to denunce at the first, but rather to doe the thing requyrit, or compeir and schaw ane cause in the contrair. [FIFTIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY.] The Generall Assemblie of the Kirk, halden at Edinburgh, in the Over-Tolbooth thereof, the 10th of May 1586, Whair there was present his Majestie’s Commissioners, my Lord Chancellour, Justice Clark, Mr John Grahame, the Pryor of Blantyre, Mr Peter Young, with the Commissioners direct from the Synodalls and Universities. Exhortatione made be Mr Robert Pont. My Lord Privie Seall, and Mr Peter Young, direct from the King’s Majestie, schew, That his Grace being occupyit in great affayres, could not this day give his presence; and tharefore desyrit the haill breither, at afternoone, to repare to the great chapell in the Abbay, qwhere he should propone his mynd to them; and, in the meintyme, to superceid the electione of a moderator qwhill then: qwhairunto the brether agreit, with conditione it sould not prejudge the libertie of the Assemblie in any poynt; lykas the Commissioners declareit they understand of no prejudice meined thereby. Sessio 2. _Eodem die, in Capella Regia, coram Rege._