Margaret Porter, wife of Alexander Kane, is convicted for the troubling and insulting of Jonat Chisholm, wife of John Walker. Jonet Chisholm is aquitted. The provost and bailies order the said Margaret to come on the following Sunday, within St Nicholas high church in time of High Mass, clad in linen clothes, with a torch of three pound of wax burning in her hand, barelegged, and there, before the pulpit, and the provost and good men of the town, revoke her offensive words and sit down on her knees, ask for Jonat's forgiveness, and request the good men of the town to cause Jonat to forgive her. If she ever does the like in time coming and is convicted, she is to pay 10 li to St Nicholas' work.

The sayd day, Margaret Porter, the vyff of Alexr. Kayne, wes convict for the strublens and myspersonyng of Jonat Chesame, the vyff of Johne Valcar, in calling of hir commond vyld freris hvyr, that scho wes that hes ane pek of lyiss betuix thi shoulderis; I sell leid the to the place for the freir swewyt the, quhar you tynt the pendace of thi belt in the hie publict gett; quhairfor scho was put in amerciament of court, to forbeir in tyme cuming, and amend as law will. And the said Jonat Chesame wes maid quyt of ony strublens or myspersonyng of the said Margaret Porter, and that wes gevin for dome. And thairefter the provest and bailzeis, beyng consultit and awisit with ane parte of the consall, present for the tyme, modefiit ane mendis for the said myspersonyng, as efter followis: that is to say, thai ordanit that the said Margaret cum on Sunday nixt, within Sanct Nicolace hie kirk in tyme of hiemes, cled in lynning claythis, with ane torche byrnand in hir hand, of thre pound of vax, bair lyg, and thair, afor the powpytt, and the provest and gude men of this toune, reuoke and agane say the forsaid vordis, and vtheris said be her of the sayd Jonat, and confess thame verray false and vntrew, and sayd bot of malice and in ire; and to syt downe on hir kneyse, as said is, and ask the said Jonat forgyffance, and request the gud men of the towne to caus the said Jonat to forgyf hir; and gif euer scho dois the maik in tyme cumyng, and beis convickit thairfor, to pay x lib., vnforgyffin, to Sanct Nicholace vark, and als to fynd cautioun for the fulfilling of the said mendis or scho duparte of the tolbuith.