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bellenden’s boece
on his inymyis. In }ns batall war slayne Hary Montfortt,
quhilk was send laitlie be King Edward in support of Ballioll,
■with iiijm nobillis and gentill men, throw quhais deth raift
grete doloure in sindry partis of Ingland, seand pair pissance
gretumlye brokin for pe tynsale of sa mony nobillis. Eftir
pis victory Andro Mwrraye passitt throw Fiffe and Anguse,
and kest doun pe castell of Lowcheris with all vther castellis
of Fyffe, except alanerlye pe castell of Cowpir.
How Williame Tallebatt and Richard Montford war
wyncust be Scottfs and pair armyis put to flycht;
off pe deth of Andro Murraye ; off sindry wassallage
done be Robert Stewartt and pe Douglas ; and of
grete darth in Albyoun. Ca x
King Edwarde, herand pe victory fallin in pis maner to
his inymyis, send twa wail3eand capitanis, Williame
Tillebott and Richard Montfortt, in Scottlannd with twa grete
armyis in support of Ballioll; aganis quhom come Williame
Keth, Laurence Prestoun and Robert Gordoun with ane grete
novmer of pepill, and put baith pair armyis to flycht. Richard
Montford was slayn and Williame Taillebott takin presoner,
quhilk payit ijm mark striueling for his ransoun. The Inglis-
men, nocMwft/zstanding pis disconfitowr, assembillit with
528 new ordinance to sege pe castell j of Dunbar, bot it was sa
vaiPjeantlie debaittitt be pe Countes of Marche, callit Blak
Anna, pat pai war constranyt to depart fra pe sege pm>f.
The 3ere following was ane miserabill darth in all pe boundis
of Scotland, to pe grete mortalite of pe pepill, becauft pe land
(//. 434) lay waist but ony stoir or comis for continewall weris afoir
past. The soidiouris quhilkis war in pe castell of Cowpir
for lak of vittalis left pe castell desertt, and fled to Kyngorn,
quhare pai hyritt ane schip within nycht to fle in Ingland.
Nochtpeles, be ane evill marynare pai come on ane sand bed,