Genealogie of the Sainteclaires of Rosslyn

10 GENEALOGIE OF THE
city, to make open way to John Balliol. The citizens fieing the Scots
banner, opened the ports to their enimies. They haveing got entrance
to the city, {pared neither men, women, nor childring ; and fundry Knights
were taken, among whom, fome of the moft valiant fled to the Caftle, as
Sir William Saintclair, the Earle of Monteith, and others, who, for want
of provifion, were compelled to yeeld. John Balliol was alfo delivered
by John Cummin in the hands of Edward, to whom he refigned his title
of the kingdom of Scotland, who was fubjeft to the Southernes cruelty,
and had been altogither undone, had not God raifed up a young man,
named Sir William Wallace, fone to Sir Edward Wallace of Craigie,
who, by his infuperable and victorious hand, relieved his countrey, and
was made governor of it. He was not long governor, when he began to
be hated of his countreymen, which he perceiving, by the flight of the
Cummins at Falkirk, would be no longer governor, and therfor John
Cummyn, Earle of Buchan, was made governor, who, with his two col-
leagues, Sir William Saintclair of Roflin, and Symon Frazer of Bigger,
proved valiant att Roflin Moore. King Edward fent to Scotland 30,000
chofen men, under the government of one Rodolph Comfrene, thinking
thereby to make a whole conqueft therof, without let or flay. This Ro-
dolph divided his men into three armies, appointing to everyone of them ten
thoufand,and ordained them all to meet att Rofline Moore, and from thence,
to pafs through the reft of the countrey, with flaughter and burning.
This comeing to the governor's ears, who haveing but eight thoufand in
his company, and two other captains, to witt, Sir William Saintclair and
the Frazer, yet for all that refolved to hazard himfelf, and comeing to
the place, is rencountered with ten thoufand men, att a place in the moore,
named Bilfdone burne, where he with the other two, after encourage-
ment of the company, proved fo valiant, that in a fhort time they be-
came viftors, flew Rodolph their Generall : the death of whom, after it
came to the ears of a lady in England, who intirely loved him, flie made
be fett up in remembrance of his death into that part, a crofle of ftone,