[1] But now to return to the purpoſe, King Ro|berte a little before the tyme of his death, called togither into the chamber where he lay, the chie|feſt peeres of his realme, and there in preſence of them all, committed vnto them the gouernment of his ſonne Dauid, a child as then not paſt ſe|uen yeares of age.