{=Morton Papers=} {same hand as nls ms 73, items 2 and 3 and}
{nas rh4/124/2, section 2 2, no. 27 "duntreath13.txt"} Be it
kend til al men~ be y(ir) p(rese)nt lit(er)is me {.} hev of douglas
of y^e borg forto becu(m)myn~ & be y(ir) p(rese)nt l(ett)res & y^e faith
i(n) my body lely & treuly {\} becu(m)mys til an nob(i)le & my^t^i lord
(j)ames erle of morton~ lord of dalkeith man in speciale ma(n)re(n)t
& s(er)uice retenev & hushald at my said {\} lord(is) will in pece
& in weir(e) agaynys~ al yat leife or de may exceppand(e) my(n) allegeance
til our sou(er)ane lord al±an(er)ly enduryng al {\} y^e days of my
lyfe & at (j) sal# #be leile & trev to my said lord erl & til his
ayr(is) in ma(n)re(n)t & s(er)uice {.} And at (j) sal neu(er) heir(e) se no
wyt to {\} hy(m) no his ayr(is) scayth deid {but dost cites this example
sv dede = "death"} {I suggest it is dede = "deed" in spec sense
of "act of violence" ikw} disworschip no disherysyng {.} bot (j)
sal lat it & defend it {at omitted} al my pover(e) & warn~ yai(m)
tymysly y(ar)of And at (j) {\} sal gyf hy(m) & his ayr(is) y^e best (con)sale
(j) cane & heile yair (con)sale gyf yai ony schav me & (j) sal defend
hy(m) & his ayr(is) at al my pover e(n)duryng {\} al y^e days of my
lyfe wy^out fraud or gyle exception~ or male±engyne {.} And to
y^is (j) hafe gevyn~ my bodely ayth y^e haly eua(n)gell(is) {\} twechyt
(j)n witnes of y^is to y(ir) my p(rese)nt l(ett)res of ma(n)re(n)t (j) hafe
affixit to my p(ro)pir seel of my(n) armys at dalkeith y^e xxiiij
day of {\} of {sic} y^e moneth of may y^e (z)eir of god a thousand
four# #hu(n)dreth sevyntei & four (z)eir(is) befor y(ir) witnes {.} s(er)
iohn~ of douglas kny^t son~ & {\} apperand ayr(e) to my said lord
& (j)ames his broy(er) g(er)man~ {.} (j)ames±gifferd of y^e scherahal
willia(m)±gifferd mast(er) alex"±gifferd p(ar)son of bygar {\} mast(er)
(j)ames of douglas & (j)ohn" my brey(er) g(er)mane archbald±touthryk burges(s)
of edinburgh thome±herve & s(er) rob(er)t±halywell {\} chapellane
public notar w^t wy(er) diu(er)s(s) {\\} {remains of seal still attached}