The said daye the prouest ande bailyeis chargit ande ordanit that Androu michaelsone sall haue passage throu the ende of the yhard' betuix hime ande Thomas meldrum eftir the tenour' of the deliuerance gevin tharapone ande that passinge salbemaide of the vidnes' that tuasum may pas' throw It to the loch with ane' barrow and' entir a' agane in necessar tymis according to thair labour And' that Ilkane of thame sal keip vthiris skaithles and' thair gudis at vsche ande entray of the said' passagis according to Justice

The said day Dauid Kintor Complenyeit to the Prouost and bailyeis of the said burgh' that ser Johnne ruthirford had cumin to his maling of gilchomstone one Settirday was viij dais and hundit his scheip and lammys witht his doggis and wald nocht lat thame bid' within his avin malin and chassit thame to his durris And als the said ser Johnnez' doggis was hundit in his presence at the said Dauidis scheip and lammis obefor And als the said ser Johnne' and Sande his sone had strikin his seruandis and takin his muk fra his seraundis and gert bring his creillis with his muke and teynit thame Quhilkis the saide knycht and his sone denyit And grantit the teinyng of the creilis and denyit the wrang And thareftir with consent of baitht the said partijs the said actionis was put to the decisioun' of ane assis' of this personis vndirwritin that is to say Johnne colisone Dauid andersone robert Crag William' futhes Willeame murray androue stratone androw harkar androw stevinsone Johnne' Watsone Symone Ellone James gourlay alexander gray youngar thomas meldrum Dauid straloche and androw litster quhilkis riplie auisit the greit aitht suorne the allegacionis of baitht the said partijs sene and' vnderstandin and the preiffis producit / fand' and delieurit be the mouetht of the said Johnn colisone forspekar of the said Assis' the said ser Johnne ruthirfurd' quyt of the hundin of the said Dauidis scheip and lammis And he and his sone was maid' quyt of the strikin of his seruandis and ale actionis forsaid And anent' the teinyng of the said muk out of the said Dauidis creillis the said assis' assignit the law day eftir pasche to the said knycht to bring sufficient document that the said ground' quhar the said muk lay is processit be him And that being done he is quyt of the wrang of the said muk'

Eodem die Johannes ruthirfurde miles Inuenit Alexandrum menyheis plegium legalem per manus sue ostensionem quod Dauid Kyntor erit indempnis pro eo aliter quam per viam Juris Et dictus Dauid Inuenit matheum branche plegium legalem per manus sue ostensionem quod dictus Dauid erit indempnis pro eodem Dauid aliter quam per viam Juris Et dictus matheus deuenit plegius legalis quod Idem d alexander ruthirfurd' erit indempnis pro dicto Dauid Aliter quam per viam Juris et prefatus miles deuenit plegius legalis quod dictus Dauid erit indempnis pro eodem Alexandro filio suo aliter quam per viam Juris Et dicte persone obligabant se ad conseruandum suos plegios indempnes de huismodi fideiussione

The said daye ser Johnne ruthirfurde allegit that Dauid Kintor seruandis ande gudis hade skathit ande distroyt his Corne' tymis bigane in greit quantite Ande the saide Dauide saide and allegit that the skath done to the said ser Johnne vas amendit Ande quhair' it was nocht amendit he sulde amend' It

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