Imprimis, payed to Margaret Neilsone in part of
2 years fie owing hir (it being 23 lb.  Scots by
year)[661] at Whitsonday approching, 34 lb. 
So that their yet rests to hir of thesse 2 years fie 12 lb.  Scots. 
Item, payed to Bailyie Drummond for the cloath of
  my wife’s black goune, 46 lb. 
Item, for Auctores Linguae Latinae, vid., Warre,
  Isidorus, etc., 40 shiling. 
Item, given to my wife, a dollar. 
Item, given hir to buy worsted stockings for me, 3 shillings. 
Given at a collation with Eleiston, 30 shilling. 
Item, for a quaire of paper, 9 pence. 
Given to my wife for the use of the house on the
  27 of Aprill, 15 dollars.

All which depursements make 200 mks. of the last 300 received from my father.

    [661] Women servants wages, nearly L2 sterling.

Item, for the Covenanters Plea, a shilling. 
Given for a new quarter with the nurse
  hir bairne, 3 dollars and a halfe. 
For the Informations about the Firing of London, 6 pence. 
At a collation, 30 pence. 
For a quaire of paper, 8 pence. 
Given to my wife, a dollar. 
At a collation with Wm. Aickman, 26 shil. 
Item, given to the nurse in part of hir fie, 4 dollars. 
Item, for G. Burnet’s letter to Jus populi and for
  the Tragi comedy of Marciano, 9 pence. 
For a book against the commonly received tennents
  of witchcraft, 8 pence. 
Given to my wife, tua dollars. 
Given to my unckle Andrew in compleit payment
  of his meall, 9 dollars. 
Given for the Seasonable Case and the Survey of Naphthali, 50 pence. 
Given for Milton’s Traity anent Marriages, 2 shillings. 
Item, upon win, 2 shillings. 
Item, for a pair of shoes, 40 pence.

This is the accompt of the haill 300 mks. last received by me from my father on the 17 of Aprill 1672.

Then on the 1 of June 1672 I receaved from Thomas Robertsone 350 lb.  Scots:  200 lb. of it was a years interest of my 5000 mks. he hes in his bond, vid., from Lambes 1670 till Lambes 1671:  the other 150 lb. was my pension fra the toune of Edr for the year 1672.  Given out of the 300 mks.