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shorte entries, bot only ane moderat fyne, and that there
be no more payed for measuring of plaiding, then wes in
Sir Patrick Drumonds tyme, viz. ane half stiver per taillie
or ane stiver the 100 elns.
33. And if any persone or persons, citizen or inhabitant
of this toun, or any depending upon the said staple-court of
whatsomevir qualitie or conditionshall be fund to have acted
or done anything contrare to this agreement or any poynt
or claus therein conteined, yet notwithstanding the agreement
mentioned in the foirgoeing articles shall not be understood
to be broken or violated therebybot the persons contra-
veening being a Scottsman, shall be punished by the Conser
vator and being ane citizen or inhabitant in this tounto
be lyable to the punishment by the magistratts according to
the qualitie of the offence.
34. And it is hereby agreedthat if any dispute shall
happen to aryse betueen the Scotts nation and the ballance-
masters concerning the right of those goods, that are to be
subject to the said ballance, the ballance-master shall only
pretend the dewes upon such goods, as shall be reallie and
truely b(r)ought to be weighed at the said ballance, and no
others; and the merchands to be free to sell their merchan-
dice by the peice, number or bulk without being oblidged
to bring the same to the wiehous 2)and in lyke maner the
cranmaster shall not demand from the Scotts merchands and
factors any cran-dewesbot allenerly for such dewesas he
shall actuallie be employed to liver with the said cran.
35 8). It is also agriedthat if incase any of the Scotts
nation shall through misunderstanding, negligence or other caus
whatsomevir omitt to make ane true and right entrie of their
Vgl. 1668 art. 45.
3) De woordenand the merchandswiehous kwamen iu het door den
magistraat van Vere onderteekendc exemplaar van het contract niet voor, wel in
het. Contract van 1697.
3) Vgl. 1668 art. 29.
