[1] In the thirde yeare after, as king Alexander with his mother Ermingarde were ſitting at their banquet on the .xij. day in Chriſtenmaſſe, o|therwiſe called Yule, the Earle of Cathnes, ha|uing good oportunitie thereto, preſented himſelfe before the king, and beſought him of grace and pardon for his paſſed offence.