[1] For theſe and ſuch worthie enterpryſes harde|ly atchieued, thys William Dowglas was much commended, and within a fewe dayes af|ter the taking of the ſayde ſir Laurence Aberne|thy,Sir William Dowglas ſent into France. hee was ſente by the Gouernour the ſayde Robert Stewarde into Fraunce, as Ambaſſa|dour to King Dauid, for the diſpatche of cer|taine weightie matters touching the ſtate of the Realme.