{Lennox Charters and Letters} Be (j)t kend till all men be thir
p(rese)nt l(ett)re(z) ws {.} (j)ohne" Erle of leuenax and lorde dernle
til# #haf maid (con)situt" {\} and ordanyt Ande als {.} to# #mak
constitut" ande ordan~ {.} Mathow±stewart o(ur) weil# #beluf#it
son~ {.} and apperande ayr(e) {.} Ande {\} (j)hon~±stewart of henrystone"
o(ure) sone" o(ure) veray lauchfull and vndowtabill (com)missar(is) p(ro)curratour(is)
actour(is) factour(is) {\} erand berar(is) spe(ci)al messinger(is) & generall
gevand grantand & (com)mitand till o(ure) said(is) (com)missar(is) and p(ro)curatour(is)
{\} & (j)lkane" of thame~ (con)iu(n)ctlie and seu(er)alie o(ur) v(er)ray full
playn~ power(e) auctorite & (com)mande to# #pas(s) for ws ande {\} in
o(ure) naym~ & behalfe till ye kyrk of dru(m)men within o(ur) said Erledome"
of ye leuenax ye ix day of yis {\} instant moneth of (j)ulij or
[quhatsu(m)eu(er)] othyr ty[?] {[time[} [?]de {[and[} place till comon~
agree and (con)cor[d]e w^t o(ure) louitt(is) (j)hon~\haldane" of glenegas
and (j)ames h(is) sone" {.} ane(n)t the availl of the quart(er) of ye
sup(er)iorite of ye saide Erledom~ {\} ande y(ar)for(e) (con)tentation~
to gif deuision~ to# #mak cavil[l]is to cast and resaif consilour(is)
a^rbitour(is) or arbit(ra)tour(is) ande {\} amicabill compostour(is) to
naym~ cheis(s) and p(rese)nt Ande to yame" fathfully to binde oblis(s)
& (com)promit {,} ande to fulfill {\} all ande sindry ye comonynge
ande appu(n)ctuame(n)t y^t was comonyt and appunctuat betuix ws {.}
& ye said(is) (j)hon~ {\} & (j)ames (j)n Edinbrugh~ o(ure) writt(is) ry^tthis
and [?]llegians befor(e) ye said(is) consilour(is) to schaw {.} & p(ro)duce
decretys {.} {\} consill and deliuerance w^t instrume(n)t(is) to aske
lyft and rais(s) euident(is) of new to# #mak deliu(er) resaif and int(er)change
{\} termes to p(ro)long ande (con)tinw or y(ar)to {,} to consent and
assent togidd(er) with all and sindry vthyr thing(is) to do {\} vs(s)
and excers(s) y^t i(n) ye for(e)±said thing(is) ar neidf[?]ll or y^t we
my^t do y(ar)in and we war p(rese)nt i(n) p(ro)pir p(er)son~ {\} haldand
and for±to hald firm~ and stabill all and quhatsu(m)eu(er) o(ur) said(is)
(com)missar(is) & p(ro)curatour(is) or ony {\} ane" of thame" (con)iu(n)ctlie
and seu(er)alie i(n) ye for(e)sai[d](is) thing(is) doys {.} or ledis to#
#be doyn~ {.} vnd(er) ye ypotheik & {\} obligacion~ of all o(ur) gudd(is)
movabill and vn±[?]wabill p(rese)nt & for±to# #cu(m) (j)n witnes of the±quhilk\±thing
to yir p(rese)nt(is) o(ure) seill (j)s affixit At g[?][c]u {[Glasgow[}
ye viij day of ye said moneth of (j)ulij ye (z)er(e) {\} of god a thowsand
four(e)# #hundreth nynte an[d] thre (z)er(is) {\\} {=fragments only
of seal attached=}