tract and appointnament to be insert and registret
in ye said bukis to haif ye strenth force and effect of y'r act and
decreit in tyme to cum et ad perpetuam rei memoriam and hes interponit
and interponis y'r autoritie y'rto and ordenis y'r autentik extract of
the samen to be deliuerit to the foirsaid partiis and the principale to
remane apud registrum Off ye q'lk contract ye tennor followis At
Edinburgh ye xiiii. day of May the year of God I'mv'c thrie score sevin
yeris it is appointit aggreit contractit and finale concordit betwix ye
r't excellent ry't heich and mychte princess Marie be ye grace of God
queen of Scottis douarrier of France on that ane pairt and ye ry't noble
and potent prince James duke of Orkney erle Bothul lord Hales creychtoun
and Liddisdeall great admiral of yis realm of Scotland on y't vy'r p't
in manner forme and effect as efter follow is that is to say fforsamekle
as her majestie considering w't herself how almyete God hes not onlie
placit and constitut hir hienes to reigne over this realme and during
hir liftyme to governe ye peple and inhabitants y'r of hir native
subjects bot als that of hir royall persoun succession my't be producit
to enioy and possess yis kingdome and dominionis y'r of quhen God sall
call hir hienes to his mercie out of yis mortale life and how grecousle
it hes plesit him alredy to respect her hienes and yis hir realm in
geving vnto hir maistie of her mest deir and onlie sone ye prince baith
her hienes self and hir heill subjects are detbond to render vnto God
immortale prayss and thankis and now hir maistie being destitute of ane
husband levand solditerie in ye estate of wedoheid and yet young and of
flurisshing aige apt and able to procreat and bring furth ma childreyn
hes been pressit and humble requirit to yield vnto sum mariege quhilk
petitioun hir grece weying and teking in gud pairt bot cheifle regarding
ye preservatioun and continewance of hir posteritie hes condescendit y'r
to and mature deliberatioun being had towert psonage ye maist p't of hir
nobilite by way of adviss hes humblie preyit hir maistie and thocht
bettir that she seuld sefar humble hirself as to accept ane of hir awin
borne subiectis in y't state and place that war accustomet w't ye
manneris lawis and consuctud of yis cuntre rether yan ony foreyne prince
and hir maistie preferrand their aduyse and preyeris with ye welfeir of
hir relm to the avansment and promotion qlk hir hienes in pticuler
mycht heve