The council decrees that, for the most part, there should be no common market or fair in this town at this time of St Nicholas day, and that no strangers sell any wares this next Saturday except Scottish wares etc

The said day, the counsell, present for the tyme, decernit and fand, for the maist part, that thair suld be na commoune marcatt nor fair be haldin in this toune at this tyme of Sanct Nicholace day, and that na strangearis sell sell ony wairis this nixt Settirday bot Scottis wairis, and that quhill xij houris of the day, except the vairis quhilk thai sell to fre burgesses of this burght in gryt, vnder the pane of tene poundis of thaim that beis conuickit thairin; and this to be intimat to the strangearis be the thesauraris and denis of gild, and that in respect of the commound marcat and publict fair in October; quhilk thai will and ordanis yeirlie to be obseruit.