{Arbroath Abbey, "Registrum Nigrum'} {f51r} {(VENDICiO t(er)rar(um)
DE lath~AME)} {.} [[b]]e it kend til al men~ be yir(e) p(rese)nt l(ette)ris
me (j)amys±Eme~ off balulsy to haff salde & {\} frely our# #giff#yn~
to wil(z)am~ of strachathyn~ burges(s) of dunde a lettyr(e) of reuer\sion~
co(n)tenand in it fiw hundyr mark of vsuale money of scotland {.}
yequhilk fiw~ hund(er) {\} mark (j) rasavyt fra the said wil(z)a(m) for
the said land" of lathame~ the±quhilk lett(er) of re\u(er)sion~ wytht
al clamys (j) haf salde to ye saide wilyha(m) for a certan~ sowm~
of silu(er) of ye\±quhilk sowm~ off silu(er) (j) hald me content & payt
& quhytclemys the said wilyham~ his {\} ayr(is) executour(is) & assignais
of ye said sowm~ & siluyr(e) {.} forewyr(e) Be thyr(e) p(rese)nt l(ette)ris
{.} {\} (j)n wytnes(s) of the±quhylk"±thyng" my sele to yir p(rese)nt
l(ette)ris is affixit At du(n)de the thyrd {\} day of August {.}
the (z)er(e) of our~ lord (j)^m±iiij^C fourty and nyn~ (z)er(is) {.} {\\}