{edb, Edinburgh} {Oliphant of Gask} Be it kend till all men be
yir(e) p(rese)nt l(ett)res ws archbald er(i)le of anguse and lord douglas(s)
to be bundin and oblist & be yir p(rese)nt l(ett)res lelely and treuly
{\} be the faith~ in our bodij byndis and oblis(s) ws till a nob(i)le
lord lawrence lord oliphant yat we sall no^t analy gif sell nor
wedsett na land(is) {\} yat ar in our hand(is) ye day of ye makin
of yir p(rese)nt wrict(is) be resone" of fee and h(er)etage to na maner(e)
of p(er)sone" man nor woman~ And gif {\} it hapnis as god forbeid
it do ws to fail(z)e y(ar)in we bynd and obliss(s) ws our aier(is) executur(is)
& assignais to pay to ye said lord oliphant {\} his aier(is) executur(is)
or assignais ye sovme" of fyve thousand mark(is) of ye vsuale money
of scotland in the tovne" of perth~ apon~ the hie {\} altar of
ye p(ar)rosch~ kirk of ye samyn~ for ye sovmes cost(is) and expe(n)s(s)
maid be ye said lawrence lord oliphant vpon~ ye mariage to be
com\pletit with~ george mast(er) of anguse our sone" and aperand
air(e) And fail(z)eand of him our eldest sone" and aperand air quhilk(e)
sall {\} happin to be for the tyme w^t mergret±oliphant his eldest
dothtir~ And fail(z)eand of hir his eldest dothtir(e) of full bed
quhatsu(m)eu(er) quhilk {\} Costis and expens(s) yat thai sall happin
to sustene sal# #be gevin to ye aithe~ or athis of ye said lord
oliphant or his aier(is) to be pait w^tin {\} xl days yar±eftir
at ye place forsaid for±outy[n] [o]ny langar delay Cauillacion~
fraud or gile And her(e)to we bynd and oblis(s) ws our {\} aier(is)
executuris and assignais landis rent(is) possession(i)s and gudis
movab(i)lis and vnmouab(i)lis had and to be had to ye saide {\} lowrence
lord oliphant his aier(is) executur(is) and assignais in the straitest
forme" and stile of obligacione" And as at mar(e) lenth~ {\} is
contenit in c(er)tane endentur(is) maid betuix ws y(ar)apon~ Na remeid
of law Ca(n)non nor Ciuile to be p(ro)ponit nor allegit in {\} ye
contrar(e) excepand the fourty pundis worth~ of land quhilk is res(er)uit
to ws to dispone apon~ as is contenit in ye said endentur(is) {\}
(j)n witnes of the±quhilk±thing to yis our p(rese)nt wrict we haue
affixt to our seile at Edinburgh~ ye xx day of (j)ulij ye (z)er {\}
of god a thousand four hundreth~ four skor(e) and fyve (z)eris befor
yir witnes (j)ohne" of halden~ of gle(n)negas(s) (j)ames±oliphant {\}
we haue subsc(ri)uit the samyn~ with~ our av(i)ne hand {\\} {signature}
{aerl of angus(s)}