¶How syr Iohn̄ was tray∣toursly slayne.
SO whan Roberte the Brus wyst that all the grete lordes were come of Scot¦lond to Scon / sauf syr Iohn̄ Comyn ye so••our¦ned nyghe scon he sent specyally after the sayd syr Iohn̄ to come & speke with him. And vpon that he came & spake with hym at the grayfre∣res in Dumfris & yt was the thursday after Cā¦delmasseddy. & syr Iohn̄ graunted to go wyth hym. And whan he had herde masse / he toke a soope & dranke & after warde he bestrode hys palfroy & rode to Dumfris / whan Roberte the brus sawe hym come at a wyndow as he was in his chambre made Ioye ynoygh / & came a∣yenst hym / & collyd hym about ye necke / & ma∣de with hym gode semblaūt. And whan all the erles & barons of Scotlonde were present Ro¦bert ye Brus sayd syrs ye wote well ye / cause of this comynge & wherfore it is. yf ye wyl graūt that Ibe kyng of scotlonde as ryght heyre of ye londe. And all the lordes that were there sayd with one voys that h sholde be crownede kyn¦ge of Scotlond▪ and yt they wolde hym helpe & mayntene ayenst all maner men on lyue / & for hym yf it were nede to deye / the gītyll knyght tho Iohn̄ of Comyn answerd certes neuer for¦me. ne for to haue of me asmoche helpe as the value of a baton. For that oth that I haue ma∣de vnto kynge Edwarde of Englonde I shall holde whyle my lyfe woll laste. And with that worde he wente from the cōpany and wolde a lyght vpon his palfroy. and Roberte the Brus pursewed hym with a drawenswerde / & bare hym thrugh the body & syr Iohn̄ Comyn felle downe vnto the erth. But whan Roger yt was syr Iohn̄ Comyns brother sawe the falsnesse. He stert to syr Robert the Brus & smote hym wyth a knyfe But ye fals traytour was armyd vnder. so that ye stroke myght do hym no har∣me. and so moche helpe came aboute syre Ro∣bert the Brus so ye Robert Comyn was there slayne & all to hewen in to peces. & Robert the Brus torned ayen there yt syr Iohn̄ Comyn ye noble barō lay wounded. and pyned to warde his deth / besyde the hygh awter in the chyrche of the graey freres / & sayde vnto syr Iohan co∣myn. O traytoure thou shalt be dede / & neuer after lete myn auauncement / & shoke his swer¦de at the hygh awter. and smote hym on his he¦de / that ye brayne felle downe vpon the groūde. and the blood storte on hygh vpon the walles / and yet vnto thys daye is that blood seen there that no water maye wasshe it a waye. And so deyed that noble knyght in holy chyrche.
ANd whan thys traytoure Roberte the Brus sawe. that no man wold sete hys coronacyon / he cūmaūded all thē that were of power sholde come vnto hys crownynge to sa¦ynt Iohans towne in Scotlonde· And so it be fell vpon our lady daye the Annūcyacyon the bysshop of Glaston & the bysshop of saynt An¦drewes crowned for ther kynge thys Roberte the Brus in saynt Iohans towne / & made him kynge And anone after he droue all thenglys∣sshemen