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Rob. Bruce fled into Ken|tire.The earle following the chase, pursued them euen
into Kentire, not resting till he vnderstood that a great number of them were gotten into a castell, which
he besieged, in hope to haue found Robert Bruce within it, but he was fled further into the countrie.
Howbeit, his wife and his brother Nigell or Neall,
His wife and brother are taken. The earle of Itholl taken. Fabian.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 The wife of Robert le Bruce being daughter to the earle of Ulster, was sent vnto the manour of Brustwike, and there honorablie vsed, hauing a con|uenient number of seruants appointed to wait on hir. The earle of Ulster hir father,Bruces [...] whose daugh|ter she was. in the beginning of these last wars, sent vnto king Edward two of his owne sonnes to remaine with him, in such wise as he should thinke conuenient, to assure himselfe of him, that he would attempt nothing against the English subiects. Also it was said, that the ladie hir selfe, the same daie hir husband and she should be crowned, said,The saieng of Robert Bruces wi [...]e. that she feared they should proue but as a sum|mer king and quéene, such as in countrie townes the yoong folks choose for sport to danse about maipoles. For these causes was she the more courteouslie vsed at the kings hands, as reason no lesse required.
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appeare by Robert Fabian, that the king was present himselfe at this battell: but other
af|firme,
Polydor.
that prince Edward was there as generall and not his father, and that the battell was fought at
Dunchell vpon the riuer of Tay. But neither the Scotish chronicles nor Nicholas Triuet (whom in the
historie of this king Edward the first, we haue most followed) make any mention,
Nic. Triuet
that either the king or prince should be at the foresaid battell, but that the earle of Penbroke
with Robert lord Clifford, and Henrie lord Percie were sent before (as ye haue al|readie heard) with an
armie, by whome as appeareth this victorie was obteined, at a place called Methfen.
Matth. West. Methfen. The castell of Lochdore taken, and Christopher Seiton with|in it.
Nic Triuet. He is execu|ted.