Death of Comyn. 307 



beheaded. But he placed Christopher's wife and the daughter 

 of Robert de Brus in different nunneries." {MonaUum 

 monasferinm — monastery of nuns. Monalc — nun.) 



Extracts Relating to Dumfries and Galloway from John 

 OF Fordun's Chronica Gentis Scotorum. 



I.— Page 300 of W. F. Skene's Edition, a.d 1264. 



When the news of the death of Hako, the King of the 

 Norwegians, reached King Alexander he quickly gathered a 

 strong army, and prepared to set out in his fleet to the Isle of 

 Man. But the King of Man hearing thereof was panic-stricken, 

 and sent his messengers to the King to say if a truce were 

 granted him he would come into his presence in Scotland. 

 The King, however, did not swerve from his purpose nor relax 

 his preparations for departure; but having sent him a safe 

 conduct to himself, quickly collected his army, and led it in 

 the direction of the Isle of Man. He arrived at the town of 

 Dumfries, where the same petty King met him, and became the 

 A'assal of the King of Scotland, doing him homage for his petty 

 kingdom, to hold it of him for ever, under this condition, that 

 if the King of the Norwegians for the time being should pre- 

 sume to molest him he should have for himself and his for 

 all time to come a safe refuge in Scotland, and that the petty 

 King of Man himself should provide for his lord the King of 

 Scotland, as often as he should need them, ten pirate galleys, 

 namely, fi\e of twenty-four oars and other five of twelve oars. 



II. — Page 342. A.D. 1306. 

 In the same year Thomas and Alexander de Bruce, brothers 

 of the aforesaid King, while hastening towards Carrick by another 

 route were taken at Loch Ryan, and were beheaded at Carlisle. 

 And so all those who departed from the King in the same year 

 were either deprived of life, or, being captured, were confined 

 in prison. 



III.— Page 345. A.D. 1308. 



In the same year, on the feast of St. Peter and St. Paul 

 (29th June), Donald of the Isles, having collected an imposing 

 number of foot, arrived at the river Dee. Edward de Bruce 

 met him near the river Dee, and defeated Donald himself and 

 all his Gallewegians, and in the conflict slew a certain soldier 



