[1] [2] Hect. Boetius. The king aduancing forwards with his armie, came to the borders, and entring into Scotland, pas|sed thorough Mers and Louthian, wasting and spoi|ling all the townes, houses and villages in his waie. The abbeies of Melros, Driburgh, and Newbottell were burnt, and those moonks and other people that were found in the same were slaine. At his comming to Edenburgh,Edenburgh burnt by king Richard. he found all the people fled out of the towne, but the houses and buildings he consumed with fire, togither with the church of saint Giles. At the humble sute of his vncle the duke of Lancaster, Holie rood house was preserued from hurt, for that the same duke in time of the rebellion of the com|mons here in England, was lodged in that house, and found much gentlenesse and freendship in the ab|bat and conuent; so that he could doo no lesse than re|quite them with kindnesse, at whose hands he found kindnesse; for we are bound in conscience to tender them by whome we haue béene benefited (vnlesse we will be counted vnciuill, according to the old adage)

Arbor honoretur cuius nos vmbra tuetur.