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having been done in this wise, the said King, wlio was on his way 

 in front, returned at the cry and showed great grief at the ill treat- 

 ment of his lover and at his loss of her. He had her body 

 carried to Newbotil, where he had her afterwards honourably 

 buried. King David besieged the Castle of Kindromy in Marre 

 on account of the extortions which the Earl of Marre and his 

 men had made round about from the people, as the King 

 asserted. The castle was surrendered to him, and he made the 

 said Earl agree to pay him £1000 before the end of five years 

 under pain of losing his earldom. This rebellion was much 

 spoken of on account of a challenge of battle which William of 

 Keth made against the said Earl in the King's court. For this 

 they were armed in the lists at Edinburgh. That quarrel was in 

 the King's hand, who seemed to be more favourable to the said 

 William than to the Earl, although he was his near cousin. 

 About the same time occurred a dispute between King David 

 and William, Earl of Douglas, who had the Earl of Marre's 

 sister to wife, on account of divers actions which seemed to the 

 said Earl to prove that the King did not show him such good 

 seignory as he wished. He formed a plot, collected a great 

 retinue, took the Castle of Driltoun, and put a garrison in it. 

 This castle had been under the King's guard. The Earl was 

 .supported by the Steward of Scotland and by the Earl of Marche. 

 They sent a petition to the King with their seals attached to it, 

 complaining that the King had made them break the conditions 

 to which they had sworn upon the body of God to the King of 

 England for the payment of the ransom of the King their Lord, 

 which was raised by a subsidy of the community and had been 

 wasted through bad advice. They demanded reparation for this, 

 and that the Government should be carried on with better advice. 

 On this account the King rode against the said Earl, and when 

 the King was in one part of the country the Earl rode into 

 another part against the King's supporters and imprisoned those 

 of the King's men whom he was able to take. He hastened to 

 Elharkenyn, captured the Sheriff of Angus, who was coming to 

 the King with a band of men-at-arms, and sent them to prison in 

 divers places. The King hastened from Edinburgh and almost 

 came upon the Earl of Douglas at Lanark, where he had passed 

 the night. He escaped with great difficulty, but some of his men 

 were taken. The Steward of Scotland made his peace with his 



