The said day, it is statute and ordanit that evrie regent in aither of the colledges bring each student at his entrie in aither colledge and present him to the principall of that colledge wher he enters, and cause him subscryve his name in the principalls register appoynted for that effect, obleiging himselffe for obedience to his masters, discipline and lawes of the colledge, and right so at his removing therfra; wherthrow both the tyme of the students entries and removall may be knowen; and that ther entrie and removall be conforme to the contractt and under the paines therin mentionat; and if the principall be valetudinarie and not in capacitie for the tyme to attend the students offer of his entrie or removall, that in the kings colledge the students interessed heirin be presented to the subprincipall of that colledge; and if the student be scholler to the subprincipall himselfe, to be noticed be any other two regents in that colledge; and in the Marischall colledge the matter to be represented (in the principalls absence) to the oldest regent in that colledge; and if the student belong to that regent, the matter to be represented to any uther two of the regents; and if the regents faill heirin be the space of eight dayes after the schollars entrie, they are to pay in for the use of the respective bibliothecks so much as he should have for that schollar for the year wherin he enters or removs.

The said day, the masters of aither of the colledges are appoynted to think npon the most feasable way for restraining the students from Inglish speaking within the colledge gates, from swearing and obscene talking.

Item, anent the keeping of the colledge gates both night and day.

The said day, it is ordained that at the rectorall meetings of aither colledge ane account be takin how the Sabbath day is observed be the students.

Item, to see and consider the act of parliament anent the gift of the vacant stipends, and to see what is gotten in be Mr. Robert Forbes collector.

The said day, it is ordained that the magistrats of Aberdeen be spoken to keep the nixt meeting, and to bring with them the mortificationes towards the colledges. The nixt meeting is appoynted to be to-morrow, the twentie-fourt of May instant, at the colledge Marischall, at ten of the

clock before noon.

Att the colledge Marischall, the tuentie-fourt of May M vie seventiesex, ante meridiem.

Sederunt ijdem qui histerno die, videlicet, the earle Marischall, the bishop of Aberdein, Mr. Alexander Rose, Mr. David Lyell, Mr. James Gordone, Mr. Patrick Sibbald, and Mr. George Meldrum.

The said day, ane paper wes presented be Mr. Alexander Middletoune principall of the kings colledge concerning the divisione of the vacant stipends granted to the saids colledges; which the said principall, in name of the masters and members of the kings colledge, desired to be noticed be the commissioners; and therupon took instruments in the clerks hands.

And siclyke Mr. James Leslie doctor of medicine, principall of the Marischall colledge, did present ane other paper in answer to that former paper presented by the principall of the kings colledge; which he in name and behalfe of the colledge Marischall desyred to be considered be the saids commissioners; and therupon also took instruments in the clerks hand.

Both which papers the commissioners resolved to take [to] their further consideratione; and after deliberatione to give their resolutions theranent.

The said day, two bailies of Aberdeen to wit, Gilbert Molysone and Johne Scot, compeared in name of the toune counsell of Aberdein, and declared that the toune counsell would satisfie the desyre of the saids commissioners in producing and giving ane account of these mortificationes towards the colledges, after some tyme allowed to them for seeking out and ordering the same; which the commissioners granted; and resolved to appoynt some of their number to meet with the magistrats of Aberdein for that effect betuixt and the appoyntment of their nixt meeting, and then to report to the commissioners what they shall find therin. The next meeting appoynted to be at fyve of the clock in the afternoone, at the colledge Marischall.

Att the colledge Marischall, eodem die, post meridiem.

Sederunt ijdem qui ante meridiem.

The said day, Mr. Alexander Rose, Mr. James Gordone, Mr. Patrick Sibbald, Mr. George Meldrum at Fintrey, and Mr. George Meldrum rec

tor of the colledge Marischall are appoynted and commissionat to meit at Aberdein the twentie-tuo day of Junii nixt, or at any other dyet therafter, as the saids commissionat persones shall appoynt and think fitt, to make inquirie for and take inspectione of all the mortificationes belonging to or concerning the colledges, and to make ther report what they find theranent at the nixt sessione of the meeting of the saids commissioners; with power also to the saids commissionat persones to call and adjoyne to themselves such other persones as they shall think fitt for taking notice theranent.

The said day, the rectors masters and members of both colledges having formerlie mett amongst themselues for resolving upon such articles and overturs as might be thought most conduceable for good order to be observed in discipline heirafter, they all unanimously have condescended upon the articles underwrittine to be represented to the commissioners viz. :—

Imprimis, that all the regents in both colledges be obleiged to attend their respective classes from the second Twisday of October, and to exercise ther schollars in repetitiones throw the rest of that moneth.

Secundo, that seing students are apt to delay ther coming to colledge when they understand the beginning of ther courses to be delayed, therfore all the regents are to be obleiged to begin ther respective courses preceislie at the fyfteint day of November yeirlie, yit so as to prosecut ther repetitione of the former courses.

Tertio, that seing the students have fallen into a long disuetude of comming tymlie to the colledges, for remeding this abuse by degrees, all the students of the three superior classes be obleiged sub pena censure to be present at farrest December 15', at the nixt conventione of the colledges, and the year therafter at December the first, and the third year, and in all tyme coming, at November the fyfteint; and for evidence heirof, that at ther coming they sist themselves before the principalls of the respective colledges, that the dait of ther coming to the colledge be insert in his register.

Quarto, that seing the chief motive of induceing students to be slow in coming is to safe ther money which is to be expended on ther table, this therfore to be the penaltie to be inflicted upon all thes in the thrie superior classes who shall come to the colledge after the tyme above prefixed, viz.: that they pay without faill to the commone procurator of the respective colledges als much more as they would have given for ther table betuixt the tyme that they wer obleiged to come and the tyme of ther comming;

and that the said money be imployed for the bibliothecks of the respective colledges; and besyds, that the slownes of ther coming shall not exempt them from publict examination.

Quinto, that seing the abuse of slow entrie to the colledges hath cheeflie creept in to the first class, which hath in great part been occasioned by the practise of some of the southerne colledges, who doe admitt students in the second classe without entring to the first class at all; therfor, for the graduall rectificatione of the said evill, that students in the first class be obleidged sub pena censure to be present in anno M vio seventie-six at farrest the first of May, and anno M vi seventie-seven the first of Aprile, and anno M vie seventie-eight the first of March, and anno M vi seventie-nyne, and all tyme coming, the first of Februar; wherin who ever faill shall pay als much to the common procurator of each respective colledge, for the use forsaid, as they would have payed for ther table, for so much tyme as they came behind the tyme assigned for ther coming; and least by this severitie the colledges be prejudged, that a present correspondence be established with the southerne colledges not to admitt any students at all to the second class, who did not enter to the first.

Sexto, that these who come to the first class in Aprile be examined befor all the masters whither they can read the Greek, and have learned at least the simple declinations.

Septimo, that students who come from England, Ireland, or any forraigne dominion, be not included within these two last articles, in regaird the Greek ther is not taught at the universities. It may be therfor thought fitt for masters of aither colledge to receave such as come from England, Ireland, or any forraigne dominion, to the second classe without entring to the first classe at all, they being examined on the Greek as aforsaid.

Octavo, that the regents doe attend their respective classes until the third Saturday of Junij. But seing the students have acquired a custome of leaving the colledge too soone, pretending necessitie by scarcenes of money; that in this also they may be degrees be reduced to their dutie, let those in the second and third classes be obleiged sub pena censure anno M vic seventie-six, to stay at the colledge untill the midle of Maij, and anno M vi seventie-seven, and in all tyme coming, untill the first of Junij. And who shall brake away befor that tyme, unless he obtaine libertie from the principall on weightie grounds, to pay to the commone procurator for the use foirsaid before his entrie the nixt year, als much as his table would have

stood him for the tyme that he prevented the prefixed period. And for this end, students must be sisted before the respective principalls at their removall, and the tyme therof recorded in his register.

Nono, that those of the first class who come not till the first of May be obleiged at least to stay till the first of Junij, and they who come therafter to stay one moneth, or to the dissolving of the colledge; wherin if they faill, they are to pay proportionablie for the tyme, according to the rate foirsaid, before ther admission the nixt yeir.

Decimo, that the magistrands courses be not finished untill the end of March, and that the whole moneth of Aprile they be exercised in disputes and repetitiones of ther whole courses of philosophie; and whosoever of them shall withdraw before the end of Aprile ar to pay according to the tyme of ther withdrawing, at the rate and to the use forsaid, befor their graduatione; bot if any of them delay their incoming untill the end of March, that he be not receaved at all that year into that classe.

Undecimo, seing the knowledge of the Greek tongue doeth much decay in the colledges since they left off to interpret Aristotle's text, that in evrie classe, once a week in the foirnoon, the students doe interpret some good Greek author in ther respective schooles.

Duodecimo, that the masters of both colledges doe punctuallie attend their hours; that at night the hebdomader doe visite all the chambers, and take notice not onlie that all be present, bot that exercises of religion be not ommitted, and that the gates be locked preceislie at ten of the clock at night, for which the hebdomader is to be countable.

Decimo tertio, that for observing the better correspondence betuixt the colledges, if any student shall offer himselfe to enter to aither of the colledges, and if upone intimatione of these lawes be the principall, wherin the student may apprehend some severitie, and he offer to desert them, it shall not be lawful to the other colledge to admitt him; wherin if aither faill, the master who receaves him shall pay to the master to whom he first offered himselfe the annuall stipend of that student.

Decimo quarto, that in regaird many are admitted to the colledges who have not learned ther Latine grammar, to the great prejudice of the church and nation, it is therefore requisite to be ordained that none be admitted to the first classe untill he be examined befoir all the masters, whither he have learned the grammer sufficientlie.

Decimo quinto, that to obleige the students to accustome themselves in