{Arbroath Abbey, "Registrum Nigrum'} {f123} {?hand F} [[t]]o all
ande syndry to quhais knawlage yis p(rese)nt writ sal to cu(m) {.}
Maistir" Thomas±dekyson~ Crovnar(e) off ye Regalite off abbirbrothoc
greting {.} Sen~ meidful & merita\b(i)le thing is to beir wytnes(s)
to ye suthfastnes(s) & naymly in cas(s) quhar"±in ye hidding {\} yar(e)off
ma do p(re)iudice to ye (j)nnocent man~ yin it is yat (j) ye for(e)said
maist(er) thomas gra(u)n\tis me off myn~ aw(i)n wil {.} fre but compulsione~
or stren(z)heing off ony man to haue re\mittit & forgevin to ye
abbot & (con)uent off ab(er)br(othoc) al & sindri sovmes off wetaillis
or sil\u(er) autht to me for ye execucione~ off ye said office off
crownar(e)schip on±to ye fest off {\} saint {.} Michael ye (z)eir
off our(e) lorde a thowsande four(e) hundreth~ {.} iiij^x^x {.} &
viij {.} (z)er(is) {.} Sa yat {\} (j) be fullyly content & payit {.}
off {.} a {.} chaldir & autht bollis off meil & a chaldir & autht
{\} bollis of beir(e) off gude & fresch wytail w^t ye merkat met
befor(e) ye Fest off pasche {\} next & i(m)mediate folovande ye date
off yis p(rese)nt write & four(e) pund(is) off silu(er) befor~ wit\sonday
next & i(m)mediate folowande ye date off ye said fest off pasche
w^tout fraude {\} or gile or langir delay quhatsu(m)ewir & fra thyn±Fur^t
he sal be (z)heirly payit for ye {\} execucion~ off ye said off
{sic} crovnar(e)schip be hym & his deputt(is) ane~ or ma {.} of {.}
xxiiij {.} b~ {.} of {\} beir & meil off ye mercat met ande {.}
xl {.} s(s) off silu(er) {.} be ye granitar(e) off ab(er)bro(thoc) ye wetail
{\} to be payit at a tyme~ off ye (z)heir(e) to±giddir(e) & silu(er) {.}
at m(ar)times(s) & wytsonday be ewyn~ {\} porcionis w^tout fraude
or gyil or langer day quhatsu(m)eu(er) Ande for ye keping off {\}
yis said writ as is befor(e) writin {.} Den~ Richart±scot supp(ri)our(e)
y^t tym~ off ye abbay of {\} ab(er)br(othoc) {.} deyn~ thomas(s)±hercas(s)
den thomas±bec den~ thomas±grinlaw {.} & den~ (j)hon~±driburgh~
{\} monk(is) off ye said abbay war oblist to ye said maist(er) thomas
to ger yis writ & {\} condicionis be obs(er)wit & kepit {.} & for
ye mair sykyrnes(s) subscriwit yis writ wy^t {\} yair hand(is) {.}
& for ye±toyir part ye said maist(er) thomas hes writin yis writ
wyth {\} his aw(i)n hande {.} Ande for ye mair sykirnes(s) affixit
his seil yair±to at ye abbay of {\} abbirbroth(oc) ye {.} xj {.}
day off ye moneth~ off {.} (j)anuar(e) {.} ye (z)heir of our(e) lorde
{.} (j)^m iiij^c {\} iiij^x^x {.} & viij {.} (z)her(is) {.} {(*EGO mag(iste)r
THOMAS dikyson~ approbo p(re)sc(ri)pta)} {(TESTE . manu p(ro)p(ri)a .
etcetera)}