[1] Iohn Ballyol the Scottiſh king, vnderſtan|ding that king Edwarde mynded to make a cõ|queſt vpon him, ſent William biſhop of Sainte Androws, & Mathew biſhop of Dunkeld, with ſir Iohn Sowlis, and ſir Ingrame Vmfrayuile into Fraunce,The league renewed be|twixte France and Scotland. to renewe the auncient league be|twixte him and Philyp the fourth as then king of Fraunce: whyche accordyngly was doone: and for the more corroboration thereof, the el|deſt daughter of Charles Earle of Valloys and Angiewe, brother to king Philippe, was pro|miſed in mariage vnto Edwarde Ballyoll, the ſonne of king Iohn,Ex Chron. Abindon. as I take it. whiche Edward ſhould en|ioy landes of yearely rente and reuenues to the ſumme of .xv. C .li. ſterling, in places not of the demains belonging to the crown, as Ballieulle, Dampiere, Harecourte, and Horney, which his father helde in Fraunce with Lanarke, Kidion, Maldeſey, Cunyngham, and the caſtell of Dun|dee, with the apurtenaunces in Scotland: and hereto was annexed a prouiſo, that if thoſe ſeig|nories and places exceeded the value of .xv.C.li. of yearely reuenues, then ſhould the ſurpluſage remaine to the king of Scotland: but if the ſame amounted not to that ſumme, then ſhoulde the ſayd king make them good & ſupply ye ſame, with other rentes in Scotlande, or otherwiſe, as ſhuld be thought meete. And further, the ſayde ſumme of .xv.C.li. in yearely rente was aſſigned as it were the dower of the ſayde Ladye, to enioye to hir ſelfe during hir lyfe after hir huſbandes de|ceaſſe, if hir happe were to ſuruiue him.