{=Facsimile: <Facs. Nat. mss Scot.> ii, no. liii; whence transcribed=}
{=Y is consistently written with a point above it=} He Excellent
mychty and noble p(ri)nce lik(is) yho(ur) Realte to wit yat (j) am gretly
wrangit be ye Duc of rothesay ye±quhilk spousit my doucht(er) and
now agayn {\} hys oblisyng" to me made be hys l(ett)re and his seal
and agaynes ye law of halikirc spouses ane±other wif(e) as it ys
said {.,.,} of ye±quhilk wrang(is) {\} and defowle to me and my
doucht(er) in swilk maner(e) done {,} (j) {,} as ane of yhour poer kyn
gif it lik(is) yhow requer(is) yhow of help & suppowell~ {\} fore
swilk" honest s(er)uice as (j) may do eft(er) my power {.} to {.} yhour
noble lordship and to yhour lande {,.,} Fore tretee of ye±quhilk"
mat(er)e will yhe dedey[?] {\} to charge ye lord ye Fo(ur)nivalle
ore ye Erle of westm(ar)land" at yho(ur) likyng" to ye marche w^t
swilk gudely haste as yhow lik(is) {,} qwar(e)±yat (j) may haue {\}
spekyng" with quhilk of yai(m) yat yhe will~ send {.,} and schew
hym clerly myne entent ye±quhilk (j) darr(e) nocht discou(er) to nane
other bot tyll~ ane of {\} yai(m) be±cause of kyn {,} and ye grete
lewtee yat (j) t(ra)ist in yai {=sic=} {,} and as (j) suppose yhe t(ra)ist
in yai(m) on ye±tother part Alsa noble p(ri)nce will~ yhe {\} dedeyn
to g(ra)unt and to send me yho(ur) saufconduyt endurand quhill~ ye
fest of ye natiuite of Seint (j)ohn ye Baptist {.} fore a hundreth
knicht" and {\} squiers & s(er)uant(z) gudes hors and h(ar)nais als
wele within wallit Town {.} as with±owt {,} ore in qwat other
resonable maner(e) yat yhow lik(is) {\} fore t(ra)uaillyng and dwellyng"
within yhour land" gif (j) hafe myst(er) {,.,} And excellent p(ri)nce
Syn yat (j) clayme to# #be of kyn tyll~ yhow and it p(er)avento(ur)
{\} nocht knawen on yho(ur) parte {,} (j) schew it to yhour lordschip
be y^is my l(ett)re yat gif dame Alice ye bowmou(n)t was yhour g(ra)unde±dame
{,} dame mariory\±Comyne hyrr(e) full~ Sist(er) was my g(ra)unde±dame
on ye±tother syde {,} Sa yat (j) am bot of ye ferde degre of kyn
tyll~ yhow {,} ye±quhilk in alde {\} tyme was callit neir(e) {,,}
And Syn (j) am in swilk degr(e) tyll~ yhow (j) requeir(e) yhow as be
way of tendirness(s) yar(e)±of {,} and fore my s(er)uice in {\} maner(e)
as (j) hafe before writyn {,} yat yhe will~ vouchesauf tyll~ help
me and suppowell~ me tyll~ gete amendes of ye wrang(is) and ye {\}
defowle yat ys done me {,} sendand tyll~ me gif yhow lik(is) yho(ur)
answer(e) of y^is with all gudely haste {,} And noble p(ri)nce {.}
mervaile yhe nocht {\} yat {.} (j) {.} write my l(ett)res in engl(is)
fore y^t ys mare clere to myne vnderstandyng" yan latyne or F(ra)unche
{,} Excellent mychty & noble p(ri)nce {.} ye {\} haly Trinite
hafe yhow eu(er)mar(e) in kepyng" {,,} writyn at my Castell~ of Dunbarr~
ye xviij {.} day of feu(er)er {,,} {(Le Count de la \ marche Descoce(}