[1] Pope Boniface being sollicited by the instant suit of the Scotishmen,Pope Boni|face prohibi|teth the king of England further to vex the Scots. and offended also that the lands in England, which belonged vnto Edward Balioll sonne of Iohn Balioll, were not to the same Edward restored, he eftsoones wrote to king Edward; forbid|ding him from thence foorth any further to vex the Scots by wars, bicause that the kingdome of Scot|land was surrendred alreadie into his hands by the generall consent of the Scotishmen themselues, and therefore was it in his power to bestow and take a|way the same to whom or from whom soeuer it should please him.