[1] This Alexander was a Baſtard ſonne of the Erle of Buchquhan, that was one of the ſonnes of king Robert the ſeconde. He was a man of right ſingular prowes, and in his youth follo|wing the warres, was with Philip Duke of Burgoigne at the ſiege of Liege, or Luik,Leodiu [...]. where he bare himſelfe ſo manfully, that few wanne the like honor at that iourney.