Right Honorable and weel-beloved brethren, after our hearty commendationes in the Lord Jesus Christ: This present is to advertise you that we have received your Letter; and, at the requisitione of our minister and Provest, haveing commissione thereto, hes sighted, seen, and considered your writting and Act of the Generall Assembly, in the whilk is contained the great labours taken be Satane and his members making impediment to the proceedings of the Evangell and furthsetting of the glory of God, sustentation of the ministrie, the poor and needy, and the contraire now to be provided be the Assembly Generall of the Christian Kirk of this realme now to be conveined, the 20th of July instant, craving of us our concurrence to the effect forsaid, together with our personal presence. It shall please your Wisdomes; understand, and most assuredly believe us professors of the Evangell of the Kirk, within the Burgh of Aberdeen, to be of ane minde, and, be the grace of God, to continue to the maintenance of the furthsetting of the Glory of God, teaching of the true Evangell and sustentation of the ministers, with help unto the poore, and unto the tyme your Wisdomes, with the nobilitie, find ane order universall for the ministrie, we shall, for our own part, God willing, sustaine our minister, so that of reason he shall have no cause to plaint, and to the poore after our power doe semblablie, as uther burroughs shall take order; and, as to our personall presence to conveen at this tyme, hes given and sent our minister, Adam Herriot, to concurr and assist in our name to the effect forsaid, and to declare unto your Wisdomes the impediment of our personall presence at this tyme; praying your Wisdomes, notwithstanding our absence, to credite us faithfullie to abide at your decree to be sett out be you and the Assembly, to the effect foresaid, and to maintain the samen with our bodies and goods as tyme shall reqyre. And, farther, having no occasione at this present to wryte, committs you to the protectione of the Highest. Written at Aberdeene, the 12th of this instant, and subscribed with our Provest’s hand, at our command, at Aberdeene, be them that are your assured, THOMAS MENZIES. Sess. 3d, Julii 23, 1567. Certain brethren were appointed to conveen to sie and advyse upon the Assignatione of the Stipends of the Ministrie lately assigned be the Queen’s Majestie, the good payment, who fand in effect as follows:--