asked and required of the notary public this present public instrument or more that were necessary to be made of what had been acted, done and said on the ground of the said Lands of Hayfield and at the manor place of the same by virtue of the clause of dispensation foresaid between the hours of one and two p.m. on the day of the month and years of our Lord and of the King's reign respectively mentioned above, there being present in the same place George Clapperton writer in Edinburgh and Andrew Purdie legitimate son of Robert Purdie tenant in Hayfield as witnesses specially asked and requested to the premises. I John Young, clerk of the diocese of Edinburgh and notary public by royal authority and admitted by the Lords of Council and Session according to the tenor of the act of parliament, was personally present together with the above named witnesses at the premises all and singular while they thus happened, were said, were acted and were done and I saw, knew and heard the premises all and singular thus done and said, and I took a note and therefrom made this present public instrument faithfully written by another's hand on this and the five preceding pages and put into this form of public instrument and I have signed and subscribed with my usual and customary name and surname in faith, corroboration and testimony of the truth of all and singular the premises as asked and requested. John Young N(otary) P(ublic) George Clapperton witness Andrew Purdie witness.
