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BK. VIII., 2307-2590. INTERREGNUM, 1298 A.D. 103
proof of which see ‘Scottish Kings,’ p. 121, note 10; but Wyntoun
here is copying Fordun, who does not mention that journey. If
those lines had been in the first version of the ‘ Chronicle,’ there
would be no reason for their disappearance from the subsequent
revisions. The probability is that they are an addition in a late
copy of the Wemyss type, posterior to Blind Harry’s poem.
2307-2316. = Fordun, ‘Annals,’ 103.
2308. This John Comyn, “the Red,’’ was the son of John “the
Black” Comyn, one of the guardians in 1286.
2317-2346. = Fordun, ‘Annals,’ 104.
2347-2378. = Fordun, ‘Annals,’ 105. The first two lines are wrong
in CEA ; the other texts agree with Fordun.
2379-2406. = Fordun, ‘ Annals,’ 106.
2397,2398. The reading of W is'certainly the most picturesque;
let us hope it was the original one.
2400. W adds a reference to the ‘ Register,’ probably correspond¬
ing to the words “ in quodamlibello scripto per Alanum de Monrose”
of Fordun. As to the different documents connected with Baldred
Bisset’s Process, see Skene’s ‘Chronicles of the Piets and Scots,’ p.
Ixi.
2401-2406. The texts vary here in sundry ways. The reference to
Barbour’s poem in WA is an awkward addition.
2407-2476. = Fordun, ‘Annals,’ 107. The date of the battle of
Roslin is February 24th, 1302-3. Bain, I. No 1347. “Sexto kalendas
Augusti ” in Fordun is wrong.
2421-2432. Wyntoun mistranslates Fordun here so seriously as to
make nonsense of the passage, which stands thus in the Latin original :
“ Quod Deo procurante factum esse non ambigitur. Nam si tunc, vel
post bellum de Dunbar, et captionem regis Johannis, moram pro-
traxisset, totam terram Scociae cum habitatoribus aut suo subjugasset
imperio, aut earn preeter aquas et lapides vastam reddidisset.” That
is to say, Edward would have done all those things if he. had remained
in Scotland.
2443, 2444. This moral reflection is Wyntoun’s own.
2477-2624. =Fordun, ‘Annals,’ 108. This spirited account of the
triple victory of the Scots at Roslin follows the ‘ Annals ’ pretty closely,
with a few additions and expansions noted below.
2480. “Rauf Comfrere” or “Confrere” is a mistake common to all
Scottish chroniclers for “ Rauf the Cofferer.” His name was Ralph
de Manton, and he was the paymaster of the English army, which
was led by John Segrave.
2483. There is nothing in Fordun about the number of the English
soldiers here, nor of the Scots in 1. 2501
2525-2532. There is nothing in Fordun corresponding to those
typical lines.
2563-2590. The material supplied by Fordun for this stirring ad-