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{Aberdeen Council Register II, 19 April 1456, p267}
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{~p267~} {(*CURIA LEGALIS BURGI DE *ABerDENE TENTa IN PreTORIO
Per BALLIUOS EIUSDem XIX DIE MEnSis *APRILIS *ANNO DomiNI & Cetera
LVJ^T^O(} {\\} {=entry in Latin=} {('*NICHOLAIus HOWATE PriMus
TESTis jURATus & EXAmINATus DEPOSUIT ,(} THAT {\} THE HOLE THE-\QUHILK
IS BESIDE THE TROCH~ {"water channel"} OF THE NETHIRe MYLN IS
*RIGHT~ VNLIKLY {"unsightly, distasteful or repellent in appearance"}
{=DOST sv Unlik(e)ly, 2=} AND {\} HAS BENE TAYNTIT {=In DOST,
sv. TAINT the nearest sense is 2. to discover, find out (a person,
his crime, etc.), to catch in the act, catch in possession of.
The other possible sense is tainted, sullied, which might explain
why the water is VNLIKLY, if water had been polluted by the STULCH~.=}

WITH~ STULCH~ {"what has been stolen"} OF MEnNYS GUDis {\\}