The said day it was deliuerit be ane suorne aassis' Jonne of mar forspekar that gif the videw of Willeame couper will depone the gret aitht that scho sellit nocht the malt to Williame Wattis sone in the stanehive quhilkis scho was followit be ane borgh' scho is quyt of the said malt and skath tharof And gif scho refus' and will nocht suer the said assis' ordand' hir to pay xv s' for ilk boll of malt samekle' as scho ressavis And the bailyeis supersedit to awis' hir with the said aitht to the morne'

The said day this borgh' vnder writin that is to say I Thomas meldrum burges of Aberdene strikis ane borgh' in the handis of Normond' of leslie ane of the officiaris of the said burgh' vpoun Johnne brabnar burges of the samyne that quhar I sende my bill with him ande maid him my merchand to sel for me ane certane of hidis the quhilk contenit x kyppis weile and' seueralie kipit And' put in Williame bollis schip the quhilk was gud and sufficient stuf Ande bad him sel thame to the heest price for my profit as the merkat stud' Neuirtheles' the said Johnne wranguislie ande aganis the lawe tuk my hidis lous' and kest thame furtht in weit to saif his avin gudis Ande thareftir keist my gudis weit in the sellar and kest vthir gudis abone thaim throue the quhilkis my gudis was ewil spilt to my gret skathand wantis part of the samyne Ande fulfillit nocht my bill I wrat to him in diuers' poyntis ande wrangis in the doing tharin and' tharto my borgh' and ane borgh to folowe my borgh' was fundin of nain awaile be ane suorne assis as It is strikin

The said day the bailyeis ordanit Johne cuk officiar to pas' and warne In thomas lousone' till Willeamis colpis Instance one friday that nixt cummys

Curia balliuorum de Abrdene tenta In pretorio eiusdem quarto die mensis Decembris Anno et cetera quingentesimo octauo

brabner meldrum Eodem die Johannes brabner citatus per andream naughtie sergeandum ad comparendum ad instanciam thome meldrum amerciatur in defectu presencie quia non comparuit