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thu^ placed over their army, of whom William de Kethe was 

 one with others. The said Council decided that they had for- 

 feited their hostages. So they hanged the son of Alexander de 

 Setoun, the warden of the town. This hostage died in this 

 manner. But the others in the town from affection for their 

 children, who were hostages, renewed the stipulation, with the 

 assent of the knights placed o-\er them, who thought that the 

 force of Scotland would overcome the King of England's army. 

 So they agreed to the following new condition, that in the course 

 of a fortnight they would put 200 men-at-arms by force in the 

 town by dry land betw een the English army and the high sea, or 

 that they would fight on the plain. William de Kethe, William 

 de Prendregest, and Alexander Gray, knights, who were thus 

 placed in the town, had safe conduct to pass through the army 

 to their men of Scotland, with the condition that they should be 

 escorted through Northumberland. They found their army at 

 Wittoun Undrewod and led it back to Berewik to procure their 

 relief. There they came to 'battle, and there they were routed. 

 Archebald de Douglas, then Guardian of Scotland, on behalf of 

 King David de Brus, was killed, as were also the Earls of Ross, 

 Murref, Mentethe, Levenaux, and Sotherlande. The Lord of 

 Douglas was also killed. He was the son of James de Douglas, 

 who had died on the frontier of Granada, fighting against the 

 Saracens. He had undertaken the Holy Journey with the heart 

 of Robert de Bruys, his King, who at his death had bequeathed 

 it to him. Very many other barons, knights, and commons were 

 also killed in this battle. The town then surrendered according 

 to the condition. The Earl of March, who had the Castle of 

 Berewik to guard, became English. He had no great favour 

 from either side. At the same time he strengthened his castle of 

 Dunbar, with the King's sufferance ; and this was afterwards the 

 cause of great evil. Having won this battle the King of England 

 marched southward, where he exercised the peaceful deeds of 

 arms with great zeal. Edward Balliol, the King of Scotland, 

 marched to the city of St. John (Perth) and held his Parliament 

 at Scone, receiving the submission of several lords of Scotland. 

 The whole of Scotland was in subjection to the King of England 

 and to him, except the Castle of Dunbretain, whence King David 

 de Bruys, who was then a youth, was removed to Castle Galiard, 

 in France, where he remained a long time with his wife, the 



