Genealogy of the most noble and ancient House of Drummond

220 THE GENEALOGIE OF
was the tenth Conftable of Scotland. John Red Cumin, Earle of
Buchan, married Sponda, daughter and heirefs of Malcolm Earle of
Angus; he wes the eleventh Conftable in order from the firft Sir
Hugh Morvill, and was killed by King Robert Bruce in the kirk of
Dumfreefs, and he and all his pofterity forfaulted, and the office of
Conftabularie beftowed upon Sir Gilbert Hay of Erroll, of whofe
fucceffion we have made mention before.
In fome old charters I have feen amongft the witnefles Normand
Conftable, bot cannot fay what he was.
A Character of Lady Anna Gordon, Spoufe to James third
Earle of Perth, who dyed Lady Drummond, and of the maner
of her death ; wrytten by the hand of John Earle of Perth,
her father-in-law, worthie to be recorded for the excellency of the
Lady and the wreatter.
At Drummond Castle.
" As heroic actions have ever been held in admiration, and delivered
to pofterity for advancing of vertue, fo the directions and laft words
of eminent dying perfones have upon the fame reafon been tranfmitted
to the fucceeding ages, not only for eternizeing the memory of the
author (if that were poflible) and graceing of theire name, bot alfo
that the pofterity might learn whom to imitate, and follow in the
lyke cafe, and in all vertuous and religious behaviour ; for albeit this
prefent age inclyneth to vice and partiall dealeing, yet it is not fo
deftitute of difcretion and goodnes, bot that notable exemples are to
be found for our inftruction, if we could make right ufe of the fame,
even flowing from fome of oure own deareft freinds, whofe worth can
never be fufficiently recorded, nor admired enough either by the
beholders or by fuch as are to be acquainted with them by the report
of others ; and albeit learned eloquence were moft requifit for fuch a