[53] In the summer of 1405 the English ravaged Arran, and the Scots sacked Berwick. There were also some naval skirmishes later in the year.
[54] Cf. App. B.
[55] The Clan Donald, vol. i, p. 154. The Mackenzies were also against the Celtic hero.
[56] There is great doubt as to whether these events belong to the year 1448 or 1449. Mr. Lang, with considerable probability, assigns them to 1449.
[57] James's army contained a considerable proportion of Islesmen, who, as at Northallerton and at Bannockburn, fought against "the Saxons farther off".
[58] He had married, in 1469, Margaret, daughter of Christian I of Denmark. The islands of Orkney and Shetland were assigned as payment for her dowry, and so passed, a few years later, under the Scottish Crown.
[59] Cf. The Days of James IV, by Mr. G. Gregory Smith, in the series of "Scottish History from Contemporary Writers".