[159] Pearson’s History, vol. i., p. 351.
[160] “Bruce was so beaten by ill‐fortune, that he was left alone to take passage to the Isles with two mariners in a boat, who asked him ‘if he had any tidings of Robert Bruce?’”—Scala Chronica, App. p. 287.
[161] Tytler’s Hist., vol. i., p. 222.
[162] Matthew of Westminster.
[163] Palgrave’s Documents, p. clxxxix.
[164] Tytler, vol. i., p. 235.
[165] See [Appendix].
[166] Matthew of Westminster, 1307.
[167] This was evidently the date of the erection of the tomb. The king had died in July, 1307, and had been buried in Westminster in October. The tomb was naturally completed in the following year.
[168] Sir Walter Scott’s History of Scotland, vol. i., p. 87. Sir Walter forgot here that, before six months had passed, Bruce sent messengers to the young prince to ask if his submission would be accepted.