Unto His Grace, the Marquis of Tweeddale, His MAJESTY'S High Commissioner, and the Remanent Honourable Estates of Parliament.  
The PETITION of The Heretors, Fewars, Liferenters and Tenants of the Shires of Inverness, Ross, Cromarty, Elgin, Nairn, Bamff, Aberdeen, Merns, Perth, Fyffe, Angus, Kinross and Stirling, and burgh's within the samen,  
Humbly showeth,  
THat where Your Petitioners, in Compliance with the several Proclamations of Privy Council emitted, did furnish several Baggage Horses, when Leiutenant-General Mckay, and the Forces under his command went to Lochaber, and to Major-General Livingstoun, and the Forces under his command went to Cromdail, and which Horses were never sent back, nor returned: And we having, conform to several Acts of Privy Council, given in our Accounts, resting to the several Shires and burgh's upon Probation taken before the Commissioners of Supply to the Lords of Privy Council; They have allowed the Corn, Straw, Meal and other necessary Provisions, furnished by your Petitioners to his Majesty's Forces, but refuses to allow any price for the Baggage Horses, though the loss thereof is of more value to them, than what they otherwise have got for Corn, Straw, and other necessary Provision furnished by them.  
May it therefore please Your Grace, and the Honourable Estates of Parliament, to take your Petitioners case to consideration, and to allow them payment for the saids Baggage Horses, furnished as said is, conform to the Commissioners of Supply of the several Shires their Report, and that out of the Pole-money:  
And your Petitioners shall ever pray