Source:Scotichronicon (Lib. XI, Cap. XXIV)

"Lib. XI, Cap. XXIV" Scotichronicon (Goodall vol. 2)

CAP. XXIV.

Qualiter, præmiffis non obftantibus, paffus eft quafi Prior. Pamifis favoribus ampliatus . Ræmiffis non obftantibus, ingeffit fe regimini prioratûs, potioribus à quibufdam favoribus ampliatus. Propter quod ftatutum fuit in concilio generali trium ftatuum , domino rege Scotia Jacobo I. tunc in Anglia detento, omnem temporalitatem in manibus gubernatoris recognofci : et confequenter, in concilio cleri , omnes fructus ecclefiafticos ejufdem fequeftrari. Nec conftat hucufque prædicta debitè relaxari : quinimmo dictus Willelmus Drax fuit in ipfo concilio nominatim , cum omnibus fuis fatellitibus, complicibus, factoribus et fautoribus folemniter anathematizatus, et pro tali denunciatus . Et ideo non fuit conveniens ipfum de hujufmodi nefando opere, quod tam exceffivè in ecclefiam commifit, ab eadem confoveri, vel inde commodum reportare ; quanquam denuo illuc per Scotos reductus, vel ad minus

Tibi tam perceptibiliter voverunt, MS , Cupr.. + Omnes Chriftianos Scotos , ibid. Concremari procuravit, ibid. + Prioribus et etiam amplioribus , ibid .

admiffus five permiffus , tanquam ferpens de quo fuprà , in gremio regni, quendam notabilem nauclerum , Willelmum Alani nomine, modicâ occafione, exploravit, et per Anglos arreftari fecit et occidi , ac contemptibiliter non folùm decapitari, verumetiam in offenfam regiæ majeftatis, cujus dictus Willelmus liegius fuit , fufpendi ; et confequenter fuper ractas tanquam fignum ad fagittam et Anglis ad ammirandum in edito ligatum exponi . Propter hujufmodi feloniam rege nimium commoto, ipfe Drax nunquam de poft audebat regnum Scotiæ, dum rex advixerat, apertè intrare. Poft cujus mortem ftatim domefticatus , et in prioratum à Scotis receptatus ; et, eo mortuo, alius monachus Dunelmenfis, Johannes Ollis nomine, ibidem Prior collocatus , * regni ludibrio ab Anglis exftat ftatus . Ad annalia redeamus . Sic Auditâ igitur captione ville Berwici per Anglos, et cæde miſerabili nobilium de Fyfe, Scoti qui miffi erant à rege Johanne pro fuccurfu oppidi Berwici, eodem anno, quinto Kal . Maii, congreffi funt cum Anglis apud Dunbar ; ubi nobilis miles Patricius de Grahame et multi nobiles ceciderunt vulnerati, ac alii quamplures milites et barones, ſpe vitam falvandi, ad caftrum de Dunbar fugientes, prompto animo ibidem funt recepti ; quos omnes numero LXX. milites, præter famofos armigeros et alios valentes viros , unà cum Willelmo comite de Roſs, et comite de Menteth , cuftos ejufdem caftri Scotus, nomine Richardus Suard , tanquam ad occifionem oblaturus, omnes regi Angliæ præfentavit : quos fine mifericordia diverfis mortibus et poenis ftatim fubire mandavit. Inter ceteros de bello evafit quidam nobilis miles Walterus Suard nomine, cum uno tantum vernaculo haſtifero fuo, natione Anglico, quem à pueritia pro Scoto enutrivit, et in quem fpecialiùs confifus eft . Qui cùm inter villam de Muſkilburgh et Redfigot foli equitarent, miles famulo fuo gravem querimoniam et querelofam lamentationem fingultuofis lacrimis , pro Scotorum infortuniis, depromebat

Heu ! inquit, natali folo per inimicos noftrosAnglos , in exterminium

et in proximo redigendo ; fed et heu Richardo Suard olim confanguineo meo civiliffimo, nunc vero regni proditori perfidiflimo ! Qualiter mihi eſt vivere videre contritionem gentis meæ, cùm dantur caftra in manibus inimicorum, apud quos æftimati fumus tanquam oves occifionum , Hæc et his fimilia conferens miles cum fervo, quem præceffit paffu anxio, infidelis fervus, opportunitate captatâ , dominum fuum lugubrem in tergo

• MS. Cupr. addit, Sic derifioni et ludibrio, quod dolenter infinuo, ab inimicis Anglicis

regni exftat ſtatus . Tædet animam meam vitæ mox ; dimittam adverfum me eloquium meum. loquar in amaritudine animæ meæ ; dicam, dịcam ; fed , fi veritatem dicam, vereor ne ftultus dicer. Sed, O lector ! fi cupis fcire quis eft ftultus, audi, non me, fed Ifidorum fic fcribentem : Stultus eft qui per ignominiam non commoveatur ad dolorem, et qui non movetur injuria . Vidi ego et cognovi in decente volumine et libro rubeo regiſtrum feofamenti et chartarum prioratus de Coldyngham, quod femper et ab initio, ut audivi, fuit in cuftodia Scotorum , et in poffeffione quondam domini Johannis Stele prioris ejufdem, qui poftea fuit abbas de Londoris ; quod regiftrum venit ad manus epifcopi tunc temporis S. Andreæ, circa annum Domini millefimum quadringentefimum vigefimum quartum. Et abhinc infra biennium vidi et cognovi eundem librum in manus dicti Drax, qui adhuc eft in cuftodia Anglorum , in magnum, et ego reputo, præjudicium Scotorum . Tranfeant ifta et fimilia, quia nos Scoti de modico non curamus, et ad intentum annalium ftilum convertamus. + Prope locum qui Spot dicitur, addit MS. D. G. M. Pat. de Grahame et C. de Menteth, ibid. + Al. Seward.

lanceâ transfoflit , et ad terram de equo projiciens , fpatâ fuâ impræmeditatum et indefenfum ftatim jugulavit ; qui in Sancta Cruce tumulatus , poftea, ut præmifimus, Willelmum Wallace ad profcribendum Anglos

de regno maximè commovit.

Translation:

In what way, when the prefects are not satisfied, what kind of prior is he? He was enlarged by the favors of Pamphis. Having dismissed those who did not satisfy him, he assumed the priority of the government, and was enlarged by the favors of some of them. Because of this it was decreed in the general council of the three councils, by the lord king of Scotland, James I., then detained in England, that all the temporalities were recognized in the hands of the governor: and in consequence, in the council of the clergy, all the ecclesiastical fruits should be fectuated by the same. And it is not necessary that the aforesaid should be relaxed heretofore: the aforesaid William Drax was in this council by name, with all his former accomplices, accomplices, perpetrators, and supporters, anathematized with kindness, and denounced as such. And therefore it was not proper for him to be comforted by the same, or to take advantage of the evil work of this kind, which he committed so cheaply into the church; although he was brought back thither again by the Scots, or at least allowed to be five, as if he were slaying him from whom he had stolen. , indeed, in the offense of royal majesty, of which the said William of Liège was, and when it was finished, it was laid out in a book bound for the admiration of the English. Because of this felony, the king was greatly moved, and Drax never dared to enter openly into the kingdom of Scotland, while the king had conquered it. After whose death he was soon domesticated, and received into the priory by the Scots; and, after that death, another monk of Durham, named Johannes Ollis, who was placed there as Prior, * was extorted by the English as a mockery of the kingdom. Let us return to the annals. Thus he heard of the capture of the town of Berwick by the English, and the slaughter of the wretched nobles of Fife, the Scots, who were loyal to King John for the destruction of the town of Berwick, in the same year, the fifth Cal. In May, they were joined with the English at Dunbar; where the noble soldier Patrick de Grahame and many nobles fell wounded, and several other soldiers and barons, fleeing to the camp of Dunbar in hope of losing their lives, were readily received there; all of whom are 70 in number. soldiers, besides the famous squires and other valiant men, together with William, count of Ross, and count of Menteth, together with one of the Scots cafters, named Richard Suard, as if he were going to offer them to the king of England, he presented them all to the king of England; he commanded. Among the rest, there escaped from the war a certain noble soldier named Walter Suard, with whom I had only one native enemy, an Englishman, whom he had nurtured from childhood as a Scotsman, and in whom he had a special trust. When they were riding between the village of Muſkilburgh and Redfigot foli, a soldier, who was a servant, uttered a heavy complaint and a plaintive lamentation with bitter tears, for the misfortunes of the Scots.

Alas! He says, "For the birth of the English, by the enemies of the English, to the extermination." and in the next reduction; Fed and alas for Richard Suard, once my most civilized friend, but now the most treacherous traitor to the kingdom! How is it for me to live to see my people broken, when they are delivered into the hands of enemies, with whom we are slaughtered like sheep to the necks?

MS. Copper He adds, "Thus the derision and mockery, which I painfully invent, from the enemies of the English kingdom, the state is extorted." Life wears out my soul soon; Let me address my speech. I will speak in the bitterness of my soul; let me say, fed, let me tell the truth, I fear lest I should be called a fool. But, O reader! If you want to make someone stupid, listen, not to me, make the fed of the Ifidore the burning one: He is a fool who is not moved by disgrace to pain, and who is not moved by injuries. I saw and knew in a decent volume and a red book the register of the feoffment and papers of the priory of Coldyngham, which, as I have heard, was from the beginning in the possession of the Scots, and in the possession of the former lord John Stele, the prior, who was formerly abbot of London; that the regift came to the hands of the bishop at that time of St. Andrew, about the year of the Lord one thousand four hundred and twenty-four. And less than two years ago I saw and knew the same book in the hands of the said Drax, which is still in the custody of the English, to the great, and I consider, prejudice of the Scots. Let the sons and daughters pass away, for we Scots do not care about a little, and let us turn to the intent of the annals.

He pierced his lance, and throwing him to the ground from his horse, immediately strangled the unpremeditated and defenseless man. who, buried in the Holy Cross, willingly, as we have said, moved William Wallace to the greatest extent to excommunicate the English from the kingdom

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