{=Maxwell-Herries Papers=} Be it kende till all mene" be thir
present lett(er)is ws wil(z)hame" be ye pacient(is) of gode ab[b]ot
of suet±hert tyll haff {\} Set ande to ferme" latting & be yir
our p(rese)nt lett(er)is sett(is) ande in malynge latt(is) till a rycht
hon(er)ab(i)le mane" Rob(er)t {\} llorde maxwell ande his assig(na)is
be him to yat maide & ordanit Fourty Schillingeworth of our
Lande of kirkpat(ri)k {\} callit colschangane" lyande within ye
stewartry of kirkcubrycht & ye lordschipe of galway for all ye
t(er)mis of {\} fyffe (z)er(is) nixt ande to±gyddir folowande ye dait
of yir present(is) with all comoditeis p(ro)feit(is) asiament(is) & Rycht\wyse
p(er)tinent(is) quhat±su(m)±eu(er) cu(m) to yaime p(er)tenande or be law or
custum may p(er)tene" but fraude or gyle The saide {\} Robert
ande his assig(na)is payande till ws or our successour(is) for ye
said(is) fourty Schillingeworth of lande (z)erlie {\} endorynge ye
t(er)mys a±bone" wryttyn~ of fywe (z)heris fourty schilling(is) of vsuall
mony of Scotlande at {\} twa t(er)mys of ye (z)ere yat is to say
witsonday & m(er)tynmes be evinly porcionis yat is to saye xx±s(s)
at witsonday {\} & xx±s(s) at m(er)ty(n)mes & swa furth ye saide Robert
ent(er)ande in ye saide tak & malynge at ye witsonday next {\} ande
i(m)mediatly folowande ye Dait of yir present(is) (j)n witnes of ye±quhilk±thing
till yir our p(rese)nt l(ett)res {\} of tak we haue set to our Seill
at Carlau(er)oke ye last day of ye moneth of maye ye (z)her of gode
a tho[?]s\ande four# #hundreth Sevinty ande four (z)heris Be±fore
yir witnes herbert of gledstanis of yat ilk (j)o[?]e" {\} of maxwell
of colinghathe s(er) (j)ohne"±michelsone" p(er)sone" of nethirewis &
s(er) (j)ohne"±wylde chapellane" with {\} diu(er)s(s) ouyirr(is) {\\}