[1] [2] This Edwarde had maried the daughter of the Emperour Henrie, named Agatha,William Malmesbury. ſiſter to the Queene of Hungarie, and not the king of Hungaries daughter, although the Scottiſhe writers do ſo affirme. By hir he had iſſue a ſonne named Edgar and two daughters, the one named Margaret and the other Chriſtyne.Hector Boe|tius. King Ed|ward ment that his nephew the ſayd Edwarde ſhoulde haue ſucceeded him, and as ſome wryte, he would in his life time haue reſigned the crown [page 254] vnto him. But he (a thing worthie of admira|tion) vtterly refuſed it, and would not once med|dle therewith during his vncles life rynce, and as it chaunced he died whileſt his vncle king Ed|ward was yet liuing. His ſonne Edgar there|fore to whom it ſeemed that the crowne was due when he ſawe the realme conquered by the N [...]|mans, diſpairing to recouer it out of their hands, got a ſhip, and determined with his mother and ſiſters to paſſe ouer into Germanie to his friends and kinſfolk there:The Queenes Ferrye. but by contrary winds he was driuen a ſhore in the Forth, at a place called vnto this day the Queenes ferrye.