The provost, bailies and council ratify and approve the accustomed rite of the craftsmen, in honour of God and the Blessed Virgin Mary, to process on Candlemas day yearly. They statute that they shall do this perpetually according to the specified order. There are to pass two and two together in the order - fleshers, barbers, baxters, cordiners, skinners, coopers, wrights, hatmakers and bonnet makers, walkers, litsters, websters, tailors, goldsmiths, blacksmiths, and hammermen. The craftsmen shall furnish the pageants: the cordiners, the Annunciation; websters and walkers, Symeon; the smiths and goldsmiths, the Three kings of Cologne; the litsters, the Emperor; the masons, the Three Knights; the tailors, our Lady, St Bride, and St Helen; and the skinners, the Two Bishops. For transgressors there will be a fine of 40 s to St Nicholas' work.

The said day, it was fundin be the ald lovabile consuetud and ryt of the burgh, that in the honor of God and the Blissit Virgin Mary, the craftsmen of the samyn, in thar best aray, kepit and decorit the processioun, on Candilmes day yerlie; quhilk auld and louabile consuetud, the prouest, baillies, and consale riplie avisit, ratefeit, and approvit the said ryt; and atour, statut and ordanit that the saids craftsmen, and thair successoris, sale perpetualie in tyme to cum, observe and keipe the said procession, als honourabily as thai can; and thai sale, in order to the Offering in the Play, pas tua and ij togidr socialie; in the first the flesshoris, barbouris, baxturis, cordinairis, skineris, couparis, wrichtis, hat makars bonat makars togidr, walcaris, litstaris, wobstaris, tailyeouris, goldsmiths, blaksmithis and hemermen; and the craftsmen sal furnyss the Pageants; the cordinars the Messing; wobstaris and walcaris Symeon; the smyths goldsmiths, iij Kingis of Cullane; the litstaris, the Emperour; the masons, the Thrie Knichtis; the talyors, Our Lady Sanct Brid, and Sanct Elene; and the skynners, the Tua Bischopis; and tua of ilke craft to pass with the pageant that thai furnyss to keip their geir; and gif ony persone or persouns happinis to failye and brek ony poynt befor writin, and beis convict tharof, sale pay xl sh. to Sanct Nicholas werk, and the balyeis unlaw unforgevin: ande to the obseruing and keping of the samyn, ale the said craftsmen was oblist, be thar handis uphaldin.