Received from [William Bell Clerk and] collector of the cess of the burgh of [LinLithgou] the summ of [ffourtie ffyve pounds] Scots money, and that as a fourth part of a moneth cess, due by the said burgh of [LinLithgou] at VVitsunday 1700. : To the Lords of Council as session, conform to the act of Parliament. As witness my hand at Edinburgh the [eightenith] day of [July] 1700 years. [Ja. Elphinstone].