{ms is very badly faded and some words scarcely legible or lost.}
{Cf 'melrosech480r.txt' where now lost ms readings supplied from
BC edn} {of <Liber de Melros>. Missing words supplied here only
as notes.} [Rob][?] [Erle] of f[?]f & [o]f menteth wardane & chambirlayn
of scotl[?] to ye custumere of ye Grete cust[?] of ye [b]urgh[?]
[?]f Edd[?]burg[?] {[Edinburgh]} {\} [H]adyngtu(n) and Dunbarr gret[?]ng
For±qwhy±yat of gude memore Dauid kyng qwhilom of scotland yat
god assoile w^t his charti[?] vnd[?] {[under]} h[?] {[his]} grete
{\} S[?]le has g[y]vin to ye Religiouss(s) men ye Abbot &~ ye
Conuent of m[?]uros & to yair Successouris f[?] [?]u(er)e±m[?]re frely
all~ ye custume [?]f al[?] [?] {\} wolly[?] as wele of yair aw[?]n
growing as of yair(e) tendis of yair kyrkes as it app(er)i[?] be ye
forsaid chartir confermy[t] be [?]ur [?] {[sovereign]} [?] {[and]}
{\} doubtit lorde & fadre our lorde ye kyng(e) of Scotland Robert
yat now ys w[?]th his grete Sele To yow ioyntly & seu(er)ailly
be ye {\} tenour of yis l(ett)re fermel[?] we bid & co(m)mandes yat
ye forsaid wollys at your yir l(ett)res sene ye±qwh[?]lk l(ett)res
yhe [?] {[deliver]} [?] {[to]} [?] {[them]} {\} again yhe suffre
to be shippit &~ frely to pass(s) w^t±outyn ony addyng or of Custume
or ony obstacle or l[?]ttyng in o[ny] po[?] {[point]} {\} eftir
as ye tenour of ye f[?]rsaide[?] cha[?]tir & confirm[?] plen(er)ly as[k]is
&~ [?] [?] wytn[?]ss(s) here±of to yis l(ett)re we haue p[?]t [?] {[our]}
Sele {\} at Ed[?]burgh ye xxvj da[?] {[day]} of maij ye yhere
of [?] {[God]} [m]ill~±ccc±iiij^xx and nyne [?] {\\}