[1] But to the order of the Hyſtorie: It is re|corded by writers, that theſe (which at this time came out of Englande vnto Edgar) brought great quantitie of golde and ſiluer with them: alſo many relikes of Saints, and amongſt other that blacke croſſe which king Dauid gaue vnto the Abbey of holy Rood houſe in Louthiã,The blacke croſſe. which he founded at his owne charge.