Manuscript: Faustina B. IX

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Anno Domini moccolviiio A’ rex Scocie uenit Rokesburch
cum exercitu suo ut rebelles ⁊ excommunicatos proditores
suos sibi subiugaret. Qui inducias petentes ⁊ se ei ⁊ eius legibus
parere dolose promittentes diem apud Forfar statuerunt ut ibi
quicquid deliquerant emendarent. Quibus acceptis iter ad regem An
glie arripuerunt postulantes ut contra eorum aduersarios eius consi
lio tuerentur ⁊ auxilio. Interea Scoti ⁊ Galwithienses qui in exercitu
fuerunt ⁊ in quadragesima ⁊ etiam in ipsa die paresceue carnes
comederunt infeliciter ad propria reuertentes patriam in multis expoli
auerunt. Per idem tempus G’ episcopus Sancti Andree a rege ab exilio reuo
catus suo episcopatui restauratur. Obiit Clemens episcopus Dunbleinen
sis post quem electus est magister Robertus dictus de prebenda eiusdem ecclesie
decanus ⊗. Item obiit Sewal Eboracensis archiepiscopus,
cui ⊗ successit Godefridus eiusdem ecclesie decanus.
Circa uero Natiuitatem beate Marie iterum uenit rex Scocie
cum suo exercitu contra predictos proditores quos audierat cum manu
armata ⁊ quibusdam magnatibus a rege Anglie aduenisse. Cum
igitur rex Scocie exercitum suum expectaret apud Melros uenerunt
⊗ad eum ex parte regis Anglie comes Herfordie ⁊ co
⊗mes Albamare ⁊ Iohannes de Balolf quasi ut populum
sedarent ⁊ pacem inter predictos proditores ⁊ eorum aduersarios re
formarent. Sed re uera ut fama asserebat ut regem iterum ca
perent ⁊ secum ad regem Anglie deportarent, quod regi Scocie mi
nime latuit, ⁊ ideo eis diem apud Gedewrd in crastino statuit,
in cuius foresta magna pars sui exercitus iam erat adunata. Au
dierat siquidem quod predicti nuntii dimiserant Iohannem Maunsel
cum armata manu ⁊ predictis proditoribus in castello de Noram.
Conuenientibus igitur in crastino apud Gedewrd mutuum
habuerunt fere per tres ebdomadas colloquium in quibus diebus
Robertus abbas Calcouiensis ex hac luce eripitur, ⁊ Patricius eiusdem

Notes

In the 1258th year of the Lord, A[lexander], king of Scotland, came to Roxburgh with his army, to bring the rebels and excommunicated traitors under his yoke. They requested a truce, and deceitfully promising that they would obey him and his laws, set a day at Forfar so that they might make amends there for whatever they had done wrong. Having accepted these things they made their way in haste to the king of England, requesting that they might be protected against their enemies by his advice and his aid. Meanwhile the Scots and the men of Galloway who were in the army, and ate meat both during Lent and even on Good Friday itself, returning home unhappy, despoiled the country in many ways. At the same time, G[amelin], bishop of St Andrews, being recalled by the king from exile, was restored to his bishopric. Clement, bishop of Dunblane, died; after him, Master Robert, called ‘de Prebenda’, the dean of that church, was elected. ⊗Sewal, archbishop of York, died; Godfrey, the dean of that church, ⊗succeeded him. Around the time of the Nativity of the blessed Mary, the king of Scotland came a second time with his army against the aforesaid traitors, whom he had heard had arrived with an armed force, and certain magnates, from the king of England. While the king of Scotland was therefore waiting ⊗for his army at Melrose, the earl of Hereford, the ea⊗rl of Aumale, and John de Balliol came to him on behalf of the king of England, as though to relieve the people and restore peace between the aforesaid traitors and their adversaries; but in reality, as tradition asserts, so that they might seize the king once more, and carry him away to the king of England—something that was by no means unknown to the king of Scotland. And so he set an appointed time for them the next day at Jedburgh, in which forest a large part of his army was already assembled, since he had indeed heard that the aforesaid envoys had left John Maunsell, with an armed force, and with the aforesaid traitors, in Norham castle. Gathering the next day at Jedburgh, therefore, they held mutual discussion for nearly three weeks. During those days, Robert, abbot of Kelso, was taken from this light, and Patrick,

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