But before this happe fell ſo oute, euen im|mediately after the death of Queene Margaret the mother, hir yonger ſonne Dauid deceaſſed:The death of Dauid ſonne to king Alex|ander. By reaſon whereof, King Alexander being care|full for his ſucceſſion, procured a maryage for his elder ſonne Prince Alexander,The mariage of Alexander prince of Scot|lande. wyth the Earle of Flaunders his daughter, the whiche beeing brought into Scotlande, was maryed vnto the ſayd Prince at Iedworth, on the Sun|day after the feaſt of Saint Martyn in Winter, in the yeare 1279.1279.
The feaſt of this maryage was holden with great tryumph and ſolemnitie continually the ſpace of .xv. dayes togither.
EEBO page image 296This yeare a number of the Scottiſh nobi|litie which had attended the Ladie Margaret in|to Norway, were loſt by ſhipwracke, as they would haue returned back againe into Scotland after the conſummation of hir maryage there with king Hanigo or Aquine.