{Gordon Papers} Be it kend til al men be thir present l(ett)res
me Adam of ha(m)miltone" the son of quhilu(m) s(er) (j)ames of ha(m)miltone"
of Fingalton knycht to# #be±cum man & be thir present l(ett)res
& the faith of my body leleli treuli becu(m)is man til a richt noble
& michti lorde George lorde gordone" in pece & in were in rede
& in counsale in manrent & s(er)uice before & agan(i)s al thaim that
leve & de may afaldly for al the dayes of my lyve al fraude &
gile excludit & away# #put Myne allegiance til oure Souerane
lorde the king & to the larde of ky(n)noule al±anyrly outane (j)n
witnes of ye±quhilk±thing my Sele is to# #put at Edinburgh the
xxij day of ye moneth of (j)ulij the yhere of oure lorde a thousand
foure# #hundir & sexti yheris