Translation of Folio 40.
This folio has a charter of King David I, in Latin, written in a different hand from that used in the Gaelic texts. In it the king declares the clerics of Deer to be free from all lay interference and undue exaction - "as it is written in their book" and "as they pleaded at Banff and swore at Aberdeen".
Dauid, rex scottorum omnibus probis hominibus suis salutes.
Sciatis quod clerici dedér sunt quieti etimmunes abomni laicorum officio etexactione indebita sicut inlibro eorum scribtum est etdirationaeurunt apud bánb etiurauerunt apud abberdeon quapropter firmiter precipio utnullus eis aut eorum catellis aliquam iniuriam inferre presumat. Teste gregorio episcopo deduncallden. Teste andrea episcopo decat'. Teste samsone episcopo debrechin. Teste doncado comite defíb etmalmori dathótla etgillebrite comite déngus etghgillcomded mac æd etbrocin etcormac deturbrud etadam mac ferdomnac etgillendrias mac mátni apud abberdeon."
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