Be it kende till {>ins>} all {>end>} men be yir(e) p(rese)nt l(ett)res
ws williame be y^e m(er)cy off god bischope~ off orknay {\} ande
schetlande Till haiff seyn~ reyde ande deligentli to haiff studyit
ane lett(er) off assidacion~ {\} and tak off threpe(n)nyland off stanbust(er)
witht y^e p(er)tinen~ maide to our(e) s(er)uande and man~ thome {\}
off Co^vplande {=scribal correction=} be our(e) p(re)decessour(e) off
gude mynde lorde bischop~ thomas notht rayssit nay (z)eit schorne~
{\} nay in ony part off it faulty y^e forme~ off y^e±quhilk fowlus(s)
in yis man(er) {=text of original tack begins=} Bet {=sic=} it
kende till all men {\} be yir(e) p(rese)nt l(ett)res ws thomas be the
m(er)cy off gode bischope~ off orknay and off Schetlande Till
haff {\} Seit {=cd be sett but I very clear=} ande be yir(e) p(rese)nt
lettres witht y^e consent off our(e) chapt(ur) fully Sett(is) till
our(e) luffit s(er)uande & {\} man~ thome~±cowplande for all ye days
off his liff thre~±pe(n)nylande lyande in stanbust(er) witht±in y^e
{\} p(ar)ochane~ off Santandross(s) witht all fredomys p(ro)pirteis
ande lauchfull (com)moditeyss(s) y^e saide thome~ {\} payand (z)her(e)li
till ws ande our(e) successor(is) bischop~is off orknay for ye saide
place ane barale off {\} butt(er) ande four(e) mel~ of malt batht
for maill ande for tende ande to bryng it fre till our(e) place~
{\} off kyrkwaw Ande {>ins>} we {>end>} mak kende at ye saide
thome~ has payit ws to gersome~ for y^e saide place ande {\} tak
autht mark off silu(er) to y^e wphalde off sant magn(us) werk ande
to be disponit be y^e will off ws ye {\} forsaid lorde bischope~
thomas (j)n y^e witness(s) off y^e±quhilk±thing we haff Set oure
Sele to yir(e) p(rese)nt {\} lett(er)is to±gidd(er) witht y^e Seel off
our(e) chaptar(e) at kirkwaw y^e xij day off (j)ulij y^e (z)her(e) of gode
a M^o cccc^o {\} fiffty and fyiff (z)her~(is) {=text of confirmation
resumes=} Ande we y^e forsaid bischop~ williame~ approvis Ratef[?]c(is)
ande fully conferm~ys {\} the tak ande settyn~ and wr(i)tt yat our(e)
p(re)decessor(e) seit {=again I very distinct=} to our(e) man~ thome~
of cowplande in all and sendry {\} pu(n)tt(is) articulis and c(er)cu(m)stans
in forme~ ande effyic forsaid we (con)ferme~ be yir(e) p(rese)nt l(ett)res
Gyffin~ ond(er) our(e) {\} seel autentik at kyrkwaw ye twenty {<del<}
of {<end<} day off ye moneth off marcht ye (z)her(e) off god ane thowsande
four(e) hundretht sexty ande fyiff (z)her~(is) {\\}