[1] When hee had finiſhed this houſe, being a goodly peece of worke, and right
coſtly, as maye appeare at this day by the viewe thereof, he aſ|ſigned forth
certaine reutes for the ſuſtentation of the Chanons, which he placed there of
the or|der of Saint Auguſtine, not ſo largely as ſerued for the mayntenaunce of
ſuperfluous cheare, but ſufficient yet for theyr neceſſarie fynding:Superfluous rentes of Ab|beyes, prouo|cations to in|ordinate
luſts. by reaſon whereof, the Chanons of that Ab|baye lyued in thoſe
dayes in moſte feruent de|uotion, hauing no prouocations at all to in|ordinate
luſtes and ſenſuall pleaſures, but one|lye gyuen to diuine contemplation,
wythoute reſpecte to auarice or inlarging the poſſeſſions [page 272] and
re [...]endes of their houſe: he founded alſo the abbey of Couper of the Cyſticur
order,
The abbey of Cowper foun|ded. The death of king Malcolm