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296 THE MAR LODGE TRANSLATION OF ' BOECE ’
fo.lxxxix. pai first resauit, inviolate to pis day. Attoure as is rememberit
in cure cronikillis, this nobill prince was pe first Scottis king
quhilk strake pe cun3e and prent of pe goldin penny, siluer 40
or vthir metall; gravin apoun pe tane side, the image of pe
crucifix, with pe figure of his awne visage on pe tothir, signify¬
ing to pe posterite the gude remembrance of him quhilk first
of vthir Scottis princis resauit pe Catholic faith. Scottis
before pat tyme vsit na cunyete money in marchandice, bot
owther pe cunje of Romanis or Britouns in all pare change,
quhilk verifyis the auld thesauris and hurdis fundin in diuerft
placis replete of strange money, like as in pe ^ere of God
jm vc xjx ^erjs Noc/zt fer fra pe mouth of Levyn in Fyffe was
fundin be pe hirdis grete nowmer of pennyis hid in ane veschell
of braft : parte gold parte siluer. Of sum pe prent was ane
doubill porte, representing pe doubill 3ett in Rome, quhilk
in tyme of weris was patent and closit in tyme of pece. In
vthens was gravin the figure of Mars, Venus, Marcurius, or 50
sum vthir idole, Apoun sum was prentit ane wolf femell,
m.l.t. 1836 gevand sowke to Romulus and Remus. Euery cun3e had on
the ta side the figure of pe emprioure, with scripture abone
pe samyn, or le/Aes gravin in this sorte, S P Q R, quhilk is
to say, Sena.turis and Pepill of Rome. Alsua in pe 3ere of God
jm iiijc lx, in Murray be pe hirdis apoun pe sey coist amang aid
wallis of ane fail3ete castell, ane veschell of marbill was fundin,
quhareapoun ane ganer fechtand contrare twa edderis was
gravin and replete of siclike money. And als cure authoure,
Maister Hectoure affermys, he herd be trew famous men
pat pe veschell was to pe behaldaris als mervellus as pe
cun3e, ane clere argument pat sum tyme amang oure fore-
bearis pe Romane cun3e was in vse. Ffynalie King Donald, 60
excellent in gude manem and godlines, deceissit pe xxj 3ere
of his regnne, and be suffrage of kirkmen with devote orisoun
and prayer was beryit in ane grene vaillay dedicate to pe
sepulture of Cristianis. About pis tyme pe Romane Impire
was governit be Alexander, quhilk tuke pe name of Severe,
to be repute parethrow mare honorabill. During pe regnne
of Donald, famous men cunnyng in science, specially in ciuile
law, war liffand, and be command of pe Emprioure Alexander