In this week’s poser, we asked you to fill in the blanks of a declaration from the barony court fo Hatton in 1717 (National Archives of Scotland reference RH11/38/1 p4).

The missing words are now shown in bold within the transcription. Did you manage to get the scharfes s used in answer (ans[we]r) in the penultimate line?

Transcription

I Defend and forbid in our soveraign Lord King George his
name and authoritie and in name and authoritie of the Right
honorable Charles Earle of Lauderdale, viscount Maittland, Lord
thirlstane Baron of the Barony of Hatton, that no man
trouble or molest this present Court Nor ane speak for ane oth[e]r
without Leave asked and given once, tuice, thrice.

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