442 thre hundreth enymys. “With thirty comrades” (Stevenson, p. 3).
444 herbery had tane. Ellis and his companions occupied Douglas’s house, and took their fill (se saciavit) of the victuals there (Stevenson, ibid.).
450-1 with suerdis.... Thai servit thame. They despatched them with the sword (reliquos gladio jugulavit. Stevenson, p. 4). The head of Ellis was cut off, and placed in a humiliating position beside the body (ibid.).
458 “That addition to the repast was overmuch.”
472 Till wend hamward. “The said Earl (Arundel) retreated southwards without doing more” (Scala., p. 143).
504 forrouth. Before, in Bk. IX. 570-630.
509 Schir Johne de Sowlis. Cf. Bk. XIV. 25, and note.
512-4 With fifty men, etc. I.e., Soulis had the fifty, Harcla the three hundred.
518 Schir Androu ... has tane. Harcla was a prisoner with the Scots at some date in November, 1316, when he asks the King of England for help towards his ransom (Bain, iii. 514, 515, 697). He was ransomed with difficulty (Scala., p. 149). He was executed in 1323 for treasonable dealings with the Scots.
549 besyde Enverkethyne. Inverkeithing, Fife. Near Donibristle, says Fordun’s continuator, showing that here he follows another source than Barbour (Scotic., Bk. xii., chap. xxv.).