First bit:
The Quhilk day
In p[resen]ce of Jon ffleming of caulstoune deput com[missary] compeired p[er]sonallie Quinten Reid
ind[uell]er [= indweller = resident] in Glasgow
ex[ecu]tor speciallie constitut for the [ ] oblagators efter named and for him gave in the band [=
bond] vide
[ ] desiring the samen to be ins[e]rt [= inserted] and r[egist]rat [= registered] in the Books of
the said commissariot of Glasgow
that ares [= heirs] & exe[cuto]rs of [ ] & vyrs [= uthers = others] neid full [= needful =
necessary] may passe [ ] [con]formes [= in conformity] to the
[o - has no meaning] Laws of registra[tio]une therin fixet [= fixed, settled] of the q[uhi]lk band the
haill [= whole] tennor [= tenor] follows thus
John Fleming of "Cowstowne", merchant, was made a burgess and guild-brother of Glasgow on 2nd April 1668, as only lawful son to the late John Fleming, merchant.