306 Death of Comyn. 



the monastery of St. Serfon, Lochleven. He wrote "The 

 Orygynate Cronykil of Scotland," about 1420. 



" Fra Lundyn ou the fyft day 

 Till Lochmabane than come thai. 

 Hys brodyr Edward there he fand, 

 That thoucht ferly, he tuk on hand 

 To cum hame sa prevaly. 

 He tald hys brodyr halyly, 

 How he chapyd, and all the cas, 

 How before all hapnyd was. 

 Sa fell it in the same tyde, 

 That at Dumf res rycht there besyd 

 Schyre Jhon the Cumyne his dwelling made. 

 The Brus lap on, and thiddyr rade. 

 Thaire togyddyr as they mete. 

 But gret delay, or langere lete, 

 In the Freris at the hey autere 

 He schawyd hym with hevy chere 

 Hys indenture. Than wyth a knyff 

 He revyd him in that sted the lyff. 

 Quhat that efftyr this Brus Robert 

 In all his tyme dyde efftyrwart 

 The Archedene off Abbyrdene 

 In Bruys hys Bok has gert be sene 

 Mare wysly tretyde in to wryt. 

 Than I can thynk wyth all my wyt." 



From Book III., chapter 18. 



The " mak' siccar " episode seems to have been founded 

 on oral tradition. It does not appear in any writer, I believe, 

 till the middle of the 15th century, 150 years after the event, 

 and those historians who mention it give no authority for it. 

 I will consult Nisbet's Heraldry, if I can, and see what he says 

 about the date when the Kirkpatrick crest of arm and dagger, 

 with the motto " I'se mak' siccar," were first used, and the 

 reason why Lyon King of Arms gave authority to the family to 

 use it. 



Triveth's Account of the Execution of Seton. 



Translation : — " After this, the castle of Lochdor was taken, 

 in which was found Christopher de Setone, brother-in-law of 

 Robert de Brus, when, since he was not a Scot, but an English- 

 man, the King ordered to be taken to Dumfries, where he had 

 killed a certain soldier of the King's party; and there he was 

 compelled to undergo his trial, was drawn, hanged, and finally 



