{~p175~} {(Curia balliuor(um) burgi de ab(er)dene tent(a) in p(re)torio
eiusd(em) iiij^t^o die me(n)sis Ap(ri)lis Anno d(omi)ni & c(etera) qui(n)quagesimo
t(er)cio(} {=seven brief entries in Latin=} The±quhilk dai the
Aldirman and the hale counsaile avisitli sittand apon the {\}
knawlage of the said debat(is) {,} thai haue concludit and ordanit
{,} that the forsaid(is) {\} Alex(ande)r of chawm(er) {,} and macolme
of forbes the±quhilk(is) ar twa of the balyheis {\} of this burgh
{,} sall be in wont tendirnes and frendschip in tyme to cu(m) {,}
and {\} at it sal# #be kepit betuex thai(m) afaldly vnd(er) the payne
of law {,,} And becaus(s) {\} it is sene to the hale counsaile
{,} that the said (j)ohn~±Robertson~ man to the {\} forsaid Alex(ande)r
of chawm(er) {,} and gilbert of barry man to the said macolme of
{\} forbes {,} ar vnlachfull and vnsufficient p(er)sounes to duell
in this gude ton~ {\} quar(e)for thai will that the said Alex(ande)r
and macolme {,} Remove fra thai(m) {\} the said (j)ohn~±Robertson~
and gilbert of barry {,} that thai be noght~ fu(n)di(n) {\} in this
toune in tyme {,} to cu(m) {\\} (j)t(e)m the Ald(er)man befor ij or thre
witnes sal i(n)ione to Richard of chawm(er) and {\} williame" of
chawm(er) {,} that thai ber(e) thai(m) sobirly and sweteli anence al
the {\} nygh~bor(is) of this toune {,} and give thai do noght~ {,}
that the hale toune sall {\} write to the king and plenyhe of
thair(e) mysreule and opp(re)sioune that {\} thai do in the toune
{,,}