[707] His clerk.

    [708] Cost of passage to London.

In the beginning of July 1675, their being a convention of the burrows to meet at Glasgow, and I finding their was tuo years pension then owing by them to me as their assessor, I gave W’m.  Broun their agent alongs with him a discharge of the said 2 years pension under trust and upon this consideration that if neid ware he might make use of it for facilitating the passing of his accompts as to that article.  In the said meiting and convention they ordered and warranded him to pay all the arrears of my said pension.  At his returne back I still suffered the said discharge to remaine in his custody, and in regard I was owing to Thomas Broun, stationer, 84 lb.  Scots or 7 lb. sterling for the price and binding of Prosperi Farinacij Jurisconsulti opera omnia, 9 volumes in folio which I had bought from him, ...  I assigned the said Thomas Broun over with his oune consent to William Broun for the said summe of 7 lb. sterling, wheiron Thomas B. gave me on the 23 of July a discharge of the price of the said books, and William B. became oblidged to pay him the said summe, and he was to be allowed it in the foirend of the accompt betuixt him and me.

Upon sweities to be tane to my brother George at Idington, a mark. 
For a horse hyre from Hadington to Idington, a dollar. 
To obtaine the copie of the king’s letter reponing
   S.A.R.[709] to the Secret Councell, 6 pence.

    [709] Sir A. Ramsay.

Then on the ij of August 1675 I was repayed the 2 rix dollars I had given out in the end of July last pour Monsieur Le Bois presse[710] which I gave a ma femme.

    [710] Query for presse.

Item, on the 13 of August 1675 Monsieur de la Cloche m’a repaye les douze thalers Imperiaux qu’il a empruntee de moy (as vous verrez ci devant on the 28 of fevrier 1674) and I gave them to my wife.

The rest of my accompts of depursements given out by me since the 14 of August 1675 are to be found in another book like unto this.

APPENDIX II

A CATALOGUE OF MY BOOKS I BOUGHT SINCE 1667

Since my returne to Scotland from travelling, which was on the 9 of
November 1667, I have got or bought the following books.  As for the books I
had ather before my parture or which I acquired and bought in forraine
parts, I have a full and perfit Catalogue of them in my litle black-skinned
book, and now I have two large Catalogues of them all. 
Imprimis,
  Brossoei Remissiones ad Corpus Glossatum,
    from Rot Broun, 10 shilings sterl. 
  Vinnius ad Peckium de re nautica, 4 shil’s st. 
  Loccenius de Jure maritimo, 2 shi’s st. 
  Corpus Juris Civ. van Leuven, in 2 folios