Att Edinburgh The Tuelth day of January Jaj vic nyntie seven years
A1697/1/11
A1697/1/111
Procedure
Anent Captain Burds Cruizing about Orkney
The Lord Advocat having moved that it is the desyre of the merchants that Captain Burd may be ordered to goe uith his ship to Orkney and ly in the road of Kerstoun and Cruize about these Islands for defence of our Scotts shipps The Councill did Lett the samen fall It being proper for the Admirality.
1. NRS, PC1/51, 87.
1. NRS, PC1/51, 87.