The poser for this week is taken from the records of the barony court of Hatton, 1717 (National Archives of Scotland reference RH11/38/1 p4). It is a declaration about the authority and rights of the court. All you need to do is fill in the blanks given below. To help you, a single dash - is equivalent to a letter and the oblique / marks the space between words. This example is a good way of familiarising yourself with the letter e and starting to read it more fluently. The letter t is often written without its cross stroke or with the cross stroke at the foot of the vertical stroke rather than through its middle. There’s a scharfes s in the text too, so watch out for it

I Defend and ------ in our soveraign Lord ---- / ------ his
name and ---------- and in ---- / --- / ---------- of the Right
--------- / ------- Earle of ---------- , -------- --------- ,  Lord
---------- / ----- of the Barony of ------, that no man
trouble or ------ this present ----- Nor ane speak for ane ---[-]-
without ----- / ----- and given ----, / ----- / ------.

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