Minstrelsy of the Scottish border - National Library of Scotland

118 MINSTRELSY OF
*' kirk and inhabitants thairof continualie sen the
" Field of Flodoune hes been oppressiit heriit and
*' owre runin be theves and traitors whairthrow the
" haunt of merchandice has cessit amangis thame of
'•' langtyme bygane and thai heriit thairthrow and we
" defraudit of owre custumis and dewites Thairfor
" and for divers utheris resonable causis and consider-
" ationes moving us be the tenor heirof of our kingUe
'' power fre motive and autorite ryall grantis and givis
" to thame and thair successors ane fair day begynand
" at the feist of the Conception of owre Lady next to
" cum aftere the day of the date hereof and be the oc-
'' tavis of the sammyn perpetualy in time cuming To
" be usit and exercit be thame als frelie in time cuming
" as ony uther fair is usit or exercit be ony otheris owre
" burrowis within our realme payand yeirlie custumis
" and doweities aucht and wont as effeiris frelie quiet-
" lie wele and in pece but ony revocation obstakill impe-
" diment or agane calling whatsumever subscrivet with
" owre hand and gevin under our Signet at Kirkaldy
" the secund day of September The yere of God ane
" thousand five hundreth and threty sex yeris and of our
' regne the twenty three yeir." The charter of confir-
mation, in which all these deeds and letters of donation
are engrossed, proceeds to ratify and confirm them in the
most ample manner. The testing clause, as it is termed in
law language, is in these words : "I?i a/Jus rei Teslimoni-
" tim hide presente carte nosire conjirmationis magnum si-
" gilliim nostrum apponi precepimus Testibus Reveren-