{Arbroath Abbey, "Registrum Nigrum'} {f147} {hand N} {item 472}
{(Ab(er)br(othoc) Obligac(i)o Mag(ist)ri (j)acobi douglas(s) . vicarij
eiusdem(} {\\} [[b]]e it kend til al men be thir p(rese)nt l(ett)res
Me Maistir (j)ames±dovglas(s) {\} vicar(e) of ab(er)br(othoc) to be bundin~
ande oblist ande be the tenor(e) of yis {\} prese(n)t write byndis
and oblis(s) me til ane~ venerab(i)le fader in god Dauid {\} Abbot
off ab(er)br(othoc) ande to the co(n)vent off the sa(m)myn~ (j)n lawtay
ande s(er)vice {\} to be done~ ande kepit to yaim for al ye dayis
off my lyif be Resone~ off {\} ane~ certane~ fee ande hous(s)halde
giffyn~ to me be yaim as yair w(ri)t at {\} mair lynth proportis
{.} The±quhilk fee ande hous(s)hald (j) the said maist(er) {\} (j)amys
grantis ande declaris be my conscience (j) haue notht be Ritht
of {\} my vicarage bot for my s(er)vice as said is {.} And attour(e)
(j) ye said Maistir {\} (j)amys quytclamys ande discharg(is) my said
lorde Abbote ande my maist(er)\is ye convent of all sowmys off
money by gane~ yat (j) clamyt yaim of {\} onto ye making" off yis
write {.} the±quhilk to kepe (j) the said Maistir {\} (j)amys oblis(s)
me as said is be the faith in my body to fulfil ande kepe {\}
as said is {.} (j)n witnes off ye±quhilk±thing" (j) ye said Maistir
(j)amys±dov\glas has affixt my sele to yis my bande {.} with ye
subscripcione~ of my {\} hande {.} At ab(er)br(othoc) the nynt day
off ye moneth of (j)ulij {.} The (z)er(e) of god {\} (j)^m {.} iiij^c
{.} nynty and nyne~ (z)eris {.} {\\}