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CRONICLIS OF SCOTLAND.
How the
quen was
deliuerit of
ane zoung
sone.
How the
kingis soune
was bap-
tissit.
I, fol. 86 b.
mekill of this zeir quhilk1 at last the queins grace con-
sawit and become witht chyld and heirefter quhene hir
tyme come was deliuerit, be godis grace, of ane fair
sone, borne at Sanctandrois in the tent day of the
monetht of in the zeir of god Im vc [xxxix] 2 5
zeiris; thairefter was honourabillie baptissit witht great
triumph and mirienes as was the wse of the cuntrie at
that tyme and was callit James Stewart Duike of Rossa
and prince of Scottland, [quho] was nurischit and brocht
wp in Sanctandrois the space of ane zeir thairefter, io
quhill his mother the quens grace consawit againe and
bure ane wther sone at Stirling the zeir of god Im vc
[xl zeiris]3 and was nameit Robert Stewart Duike of
Albanie and Earle of Fyfe and Monteith.
[Nocht lang eftir this the king set ane parliament at 15
Edinburgh one the thrid day of December in the zeir of
god Im vc and xl zeiris 4 quhairin the king certified and
approwed his generall rewocatioun the quhilk he maid
in france quhan he come of perfytt aige : To wit at the
toune of Rowen beand of the aige of xxv zeiris and 20
becaus he was than of his awin realme and in france for
the tyme and had nocht his thrie estaitis thair present
with him. Thairfoir aschone as he come to Scotland
he maid his rewocatioun of new and ratified that thing
that he had done thair be instrumentis he maid it mani- 25
fest in plaine parliament and tuk actis thairvpone and
also he tuk the banes of Robert leslie5 and foirfaultit
him for certaine crymes of leismaiestieis with mony
vther guid actis and constitutionis he maid in that
parliament]6 3°
1 I.e., “quhill”=until.
2 I. The dates of these births should be 22nd May 1540 and
April 1541. Both princes died before the end of April 1541. See
Notes. 3 The date in brackets is from I.
4 The date of this Parliament is right.
5 See A.P., ii. pp. 364, 367, 369, 383, 384, 423, and notes.
6 The passage in brackets is from I.