{=Yester Writs=} Be it kende til al men be y(ir) p(rese)nt l(ett)res
me Robert±fergusone" for±to be becu(m)yn And be y(ir) p(rese)nt l(ett)res
becu(m)is man of spe(ci)ale houshalde {\} & retenew bath in pece &
(j)n were to my worschipful lorde wil(z)a(m) of coni(n)ghame lorde of
snade ande his ayr(is) Ande to de\fende yar(e) bodijs {=what looks
like a V has been written over the S=} yar(e) land(is) yar(e) gud(is)
bath wy^t my body & my gud(is) for al ye dais of my lyf to mak yai(m)
s(er)uice quhen~ {\} & quhar(e) it ples(s) yai(m) {,,} befor ande aganis
al men~ yat lyf may {,} or de may {,} myn allegia(n)s til our(e) sou(er)ane
lorde ye king {\} al±an(er)ly outetan~ And gyf ye forsaide wil(z)am
my lorde or his ayr(is) ask(is) me ony (con)sale (j) sal gyf yai(m) ye best
at (j) {\} can~ Ande gyf yai ony (con)sale schawis me til hele it
And nowthir(e) to her(e) yar(e) scath na se it bot warn~ yai(m) y(ar)±of
& {\} let it at my power(e) {,,} For ye±quhilk ma(n)rentschip {,,}
ye forsaide wil(z)a(m) of coni(n)gham~ my lorde has gyffyn me {\} &
myn air(is) ye land(is) of ye brakansyde Ande gyf {=sic=} me new
(j)nfeftme(n)t eft(er) ye tenor(e) of my chart(er) Ande at al yir {,,}
{\} forsaid(is) (con)dic(i)ons & cu(n)nand(is) sal be lelly & trewly kepit
i(n) all man(er) befor±saide but fraude or gyle ye grete ath suorn~
{\} ye haly ewangel~ twichit to ye forsaide wil(z)a(m) of coni(n)gha(m)
& his air(is) for al ye days of my lyf is creuly {=C and T quite
distinct in this hand=} oblist {\} be y(ir) p(rese)nt l(ett)res (j)n#
#witnes of ye±quhilk±thing to y(ir) my p(rese)nt l(ett)res (j) haf to
hu(n)gyn my sele at Edinburgtht {\} ye twelf day of ye moneth of
marche ye (z)er(e) of gode a thousande four hu(n)dreth fifty & sevyn
(z)er(is) in p(rese)ns of (j)ohn" of lu(m)sden~ of ardre thomas of myrton~
of ca(m)mow thomas of wemys vedast±grerson~ of ye lag Roger(e) of
kyrkpatrik of {\} ye knok ande gilbert of lu(m)sden~ & vy(er) diu(er)s(s)
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