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{Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland MS 73, item 1}
4740524
333 667 SE

{=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 Yir PreseNT LITerIS ME {.} HEV OF DOUGLAS
OF Y^E BORG FORTO BECUmMYN~ & BE Yir PreseNT LettRES & Y^E FAITH
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jAMES ERLE OF MORTON~ LORD OF DALKEITH MAN IN SPECIALE MAnREnT
& SerUICE RETENEV & HUSHALD AT MY SAID {\} LORDis WILL IN PECE
& IN WEIRe AGAYNYS~ AL YAT LEIFE OR DE MAY EXCEPPANDe MYn ALLEGEANCE
TIL OUR SOUerANE LORD AL-ANerLY ENDURYNG AL {\} Y^E DAYS OF MY
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WYT TO {\} HYm NO HIS AYRis 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 POVERe & WARN~ YAIm
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j CANE & HEILE YAIR conSALE GYF YAI ONY SCHAV ME & j SAL DEFEND
HYm & HIS AYRis AT AL MY POVER EnDURYNG {\} 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 EUAnGELLis {\} TWECHYT
jN WITNES OF Y^IS TO Yir MY PreseNT LettRES OF MAnREnT j HAFE
AFFIXIT TO MY ProPIR SEEL OF MYn ARMYS AT DALKEITH Y^E XXIIIJ
DAY OF {\} OF {sic} Y^E MONETH OF MAY Y^E zEIR OF GOD A THOUSAND
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IOHN~ OF DOUGLAS KNY^T SON~ & {\} APPERAND AYRe TO MY SAID LORD
& jAMES HIS BROYer GerMAN~ {.} jAMES-GIFFERD OF Y^E SCHERAHAL
WILLIAm-GIFFERD MASTer ALEX"-GIFFERD ParSON OF BYGAR {\} MASTer
jAMES OF DOUGLAS & jOHN" MY BREYer GerMANE ARCHBALD-TOUTHRYK BURGESs
OF EDINBURGH THOME-HERVE & Ser ROBerT-HALYWELL {\} CHAPELLANE
PUBLIC NOTAR W^T WYer DIUerSs {\\} {remains of seal still attached}