Manuscript: Faustina B. IX

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Alanus ostiarius ⁊ fautores eius ex altera parte qui multiplicati erant
ualde quasi ad habendam locutionem de pacis reformatione
re autem uera de domini sui regis captione. Nam cum ibidem
statuissent ut apud Striueline infra paucos dies deberent
iterum conuenire ⁊ ibidem procul dubio pacem reformare abis
sent que consiliarii regis cum ceteris magnatibus ut ea que
neccessaria forent ad tantum diem prepararent. Subito comes Patricius
⁊ ceteri qui ex altera parte erant, armati Castellum Puel⊗larum
intrantes ⁊ quotquot ex regis familia erant eicientes1 ⊗ ipsum
dominum suum regem ceperunt, ⁊ ex suis armatis castel⊗lum
munierunt, mandantes ceteris suis sociis ut eis in auxili
um ad deducentum regem quo uellent propararent quod protississi
me2 fecerunt. Aduenerat enim eis in auxilium de Anglia comes
Claudiocestrie dictus V’ de Clara per cuius consilium predictam proditionem
perpetrauerant cum armata manu sed ⁊ rex Anglie eum sequebatur
cum sua coniuge. Cumque consiliarii ⁊ tutores regis audissent re
gem captum uehementi dolore affecti ⁊ de tanta prodicio
ne admirati statuerunt exercitum adunare ⁊ ei succur
sum prebere quod aduersariis eorum minime latuit. Et ideo
regem cum manu ualida usque ad Rokeburch deduxerunt
⁊ castellum introeuntes ex suis statuerunt qui ad uoluntatem
eorum illuc custodirent. Ipsi uero assumpto rege ⁊ regina se
cum obuiauerunt regi Anglie apud Werche ⁊ locutione
aliquantulum amicabiliter pregustata rex quidem Scocie eadem
repatriauit die sed regina eius ibidem remansit cum matre
sua. Nam rex Anglie a rege Scocie ⁊ eius consiliariis inuita
tus Rokeburch in die Assumptionis beate Marie intrauit,
cui occurrens rex Scocie eum cum ingenti gaudio suscepit
⁊ cum magna processione in ecclesia de Kalchou introduxit,
ubi habita locutione commendauit regem ⁊ regionem co
 

Notes

1 JRD: Read eiicientes.
2 JRD: Read promptissime.
Alan the Doorward and his supporters on the other side—who were greatly increased in number—gathered with the lord king at Edinburgh, as though to have a dialogue about the restoration of peace. The real reason, however, was for the detention of their lord the king. For when they had decided there that they ought to convene a second time at Stirling within a few days, and without doubt restore peace there, the king’s councillors, with the rest of the magnates, went away so that they could prepare the things that would be necessary for so great an occasion. Suddenly, Earl Patrick and the rest of the men who were on the other side, armed, entered Maid⊗ens’ Castle,1 and ejected however many of the king’s household ⊗ there were; they took their lord the king himself, and garrisoned the cast⊗le with some of their own armed men, commanding the others of their company that they should prepare to assist them in carrying the king away to the place they wished; and they did this quickly. The earl of Gloucester, called V.2 de Clare, had arrived from England to help them, and it was by his advice that they had perpetrated the aforesaid treason by force of arms. And the king of England, with his wife, was also following him. And when the king’s councillors and guardians had heard that the king was captured, they were keenly affected with grief and amazed at such treason, and decided to assemble the army and render him assistance. But this by no means escaped the attention of their enemies. And for that reason they led the king away with a mighty force as far as Roxburgh. Upon entering the castle, they decided who from among their own men would guard it, according to their will. They themselves took with them the king and the queen, and they met the king of England at Wark, and having amicably enjoyed something of a discussion, the king of Scotland returned to his own country the same day, but his queen remained there with her mother. The king of England, invited by the king of Scotland and his councillors, entered Roxburgh on the Assumption of the blessed Virgin Mary. The king of Scotland ran towards him and received him with enormous joy, and he led him into the church of Kelso with a great procession. Having held a discussion there, [the king of England] commended the king and the country to the

Notes

1 JT: I.e., Edinburgh Castle.
2 JRD: In fact, Richard de Clare.