Sentence:  ... the grite penuritie and indigence quhairunto the puir handy-labouraris, and utheris his hienes subiectis of all esteatis ar <WSD>redactit</WSD> be that occasioun, ... 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To reduce to a particular condition or state, especially one that is undesirable. (16th-18th c.)