“Fra Weik anent Orkenay, To Mullyrs nwk in Gallaway; And stuffyt all with Ingliss men. Schyrreffys and bailyheys maid he then; And alkyn othir officeris, That for to gowern land afferis, He maid off Ingliss nation; That worthyt than sa rych fellone, And sa wykkyt and cowatouss, And swa hawtane and dispitouss, That Scottis men mycht do na thing That euir mycht pleyss to thar liking. Thar wyffis wuld thai oft forly, And thar dochtrys dispitusly: And gyff ony of thaim thair at war wrath, Thai watyt hym wele with gret scaith; For thai suld fynd sone enchesone To put hym to destructione. And gyff that ony man thaim by Had ony thing that wes worthy, As horss, or hund, or othir thing, That war pleasand to thar liking; With rycht or wrang it wald have thai. And gyff ony wald them withsay; Thai suld swa do, that thai suld tyne Othir land or lyff, or leyff in pyne. For thai dempt thaim eftir thair will, Takand na kep to rycht na skill. A! quhat thai dempt thaim felonly! For gud knychtis that war worthy, For litill enchesoune, or than nane, Thai hangyt be the nekbane.” [57] On the charge which has been made against Edward, for destroying the records and monuments of Scotland, Lord Hailes thus expresses himself:--“While the English were at Scone, they carried off some of the charters belonging to the abbey, and tore the seals from others. This is the only well-vouched example which I have found of any outrage on private property committed by Edward’s army. It is mentioned in a charter of Robert I.; and we may be assured that the outrage was not diminished in the relating.” Had this escaped from any other pen than that of a lawyer, it might have been considered as proceeding from ignorance; but being from a Judge on the Bench, we are at a loss what term to apply to it. The charter of Robert I. (Chart. Scone, 26.) was given in order to confirm former grants, and thus replace those which either had been carried off, or had their seals torn from them. To have inserted a narrative of _all_ spoliations of a similar nature, which Edward and his army had committed in Scotland, would have been _irrelevant_; and we conceive that the expense of engrossing into a _private_ charter what belonged to the annals of the country, would not have been relished by the brethren of Scone. Had a case of expenses, incurred, in a manner so uncalled for, come under his Lordship’s review, we presume he would have sustained the objections of the defender. All that could appear with propriety in the charter, was an account of the destruction of those prior grants, which rendered a new charter necessary; and this document, if it proves any thing, proves the wanton and destructive malice of the invaders, when they would not permit even private property, the destruction of which could be of no service to themselves, to escape their violence. It would