# 705
{Bute: Marquis of Bute's Library / Facsimile: Edinburgh University Library Ph. 1666}
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YE *BARDE LORDE OF *FENNIOKE TIL HAF QWYT-CLEMYT & THROU Yir MY
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BOCHT FRA ME THROU YE SAID jON~-STEWART FRA YE FIRST DAY OF OUR
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OF {>ins>} YIS {>end>} PreseNT QWYT-CLAYME {,} *AND j FORSUTH
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& AL HIS OF YE FORSAID PAIMEnT {\} j QWYT-CLAYME FOR-EUerMAR THROU
Yir PreseNTis LetteRIS {.} jN YE WITNES OF YE-QWHILK-THING MY
SEIL TO Yir PreseNT LetteRIS {=OF omitted=} QWYT-CLAYME IS TO+
+PUTE {\} AT *ROTH~SAIE YE FIFT DAY OF YE MONTH OF *MAY {>ins>}
YE zER OF OUR LORD {>end>} A THOUSAND FOUR+ +HUnDIR & TWENTY {\\}