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Edward de Bruys, the brother of Robert, the King of Scot- 

 land, desiring to become King of Ireland, crossed over to it with 

 a large force out of Scotland with the hope of conquering it. He 

 remained there two years and a half, and performed marvellous 

 feats of arms, committing great injury, both to obtain supplies and 

 other acquisitions, and he subdued a large tract of the country. 

 To relate all would make a long romance. He claimed to be 

 King of the Kings of Ireland ; but he was defeated and slain at 

 Dundalk by the English of that country. For through presump- 

 tion he would not wait for the forces, which were recently arrived, 

 and were only six leagues away. At the same time the King of 

 England sent the Earl of Arundel to be Warden of the March of 

 Scotland. He was repulsed by James de Douglas at Lintelly in 

 the forest of Jedworth, and Thomas de Richmond was killed. 

 The said Earl then returned to the South, without doing anything 

 more. At another time the said James defeated the garrison of 

 Berwick at Scaithmoor, where many Gascons were slain. At 

 another time a defeat was sustained owing to the treachery of 

 false traitors of the marches, where Robert de Neville was slain. 

 This Robert had just before killed Richard Fitz Marmaduk, the 

 cousin of Robert de Bruys, upon the old bridge of Durham, from 

 a quarrel between them arising from envy and each desiring to be 

 the greatest master. Wishing to obtain the King's pardon for this 

 crime, he began to serve in the King's war, in which he was 

 killed. At the same season the .said James de Douglas, with the 

 help of Patrick of the March, took Berwick by surprise out of the 

 hands of the English, through a treasonable plot formed by one 

 of the burgesses, Piers of Spalding. The Castle held out until 

 eleven weeks after; but at last surrendered to the Scots, through 

 default of relief, as there were no victuals. Roger of Horsley 

 lost an eye there by a bolt. James de Douglas formed a very 

 great design in Northumberland. Robert de Bruys had all the 

 Castles in Scotland dismantled except Dumbarton. He took 

 William de Sowles and shut him up in the Castle of Dumbarton 

 to punish him in prison. It was revealed to Robert de Bruys that 

 he had formed a plot with other great men of Scotland to undo 

 him. David of Breghen, John Logy, and Gilbert Malhert were 

 hanged and drawn at the city of St. John (Perth), and the body of 

 Roger de Moubray was outlawed. In a letter to the Parliament 

 at Scone before the judges it was reported that he was dead. 



