dale 29th May, 1326, he conferred on 0u8pq the Abbot e60u8pq of Melrose the sum of two cre60u8q thousand pounds sterling, for rebuilding: the church of St. Mary’s, ruined u8pq by the

English; and there is little or no doubt that the principal part of the remains which now display such exquisite specimens of Gothic architecture, at dacre608pq u8pq its very purest 60u8pq period, cre60u8q had

their origin in this munificent donation. the hi was to be paid out of crown lands, estates forfeited to the King, and other property e60u8pq dacre608pq or demesnes of the crown.

A very cre60u8q curious letter written to his son about three weeks before his death, has been pointed out to me by my friend e60u8pq e60u8pq Mr. Thomas Thomson,

Deputy-Register for Scotland. It enlarges so much on the love of the royal writer to the community of Melrose, that it is well worthy of being inserted in a work connected in 0u8pq some

degree with Scottish History. e60u8pq Litera domini regis roberti ad filium suum e60u8pq david. "Robertius cre60u8q 60u8pq dei 60u8pq gratia Rex Scottorum, David

precordialissimo 60u8pq 60u8pq filio suo, ac ceteris successoribus suis; Salutem, et sic ejus precepta tenere, ut cum sua benedictione possint regnare. Fili carissime, digne censeri videtur

filius, qui, paternos in bonis mores imitans, piam e60u8pq ejus nititur exequi voluntatem; nec proprie sibi sumit nomen heredis, qui salubribus predecessoris affectibus u8pq non

adherit: Cupientes igitur, ut piam affectionem et scinceram delectionem, quam erga monasterium de Melros, ubi cor nostrum dacre608pq ex speciali devotione disposuimus tumularidum, et erga

Religiosos ibidem Deo servientes, ipsorum vita sanctissima nos ad hoc excitante, acre60upq concepimus; Tu ceterique successores mei pia scinceritate prosequarimi, ut, ex e60u8pq vestre dilectionis

affectu cre60u8q dictis Religiosis nostri causa post mortem nostrum ostenso, ipsi pro nobis ad orandum ferveucius et forcius animentur: Vobis precipimus quantum possumus,

instanter supplicamus, et ex toto corde injungimus, quatinus hiignacionibus quas eisdem yiris Religiosis et 0u8pq fabrica Ecclesie sue de novo fecimus ac 0u8pq eciam omnibus aliis

donacionibus nostris, ipsos libere gaudere permittatis, Easdem potius si necesse fuerit u8pq augmentantes quam diminuentes, ipsorum peticiones auribus benevolis admittentes, ac

ipsos contra cre60u8q suos invasores et emuios pia defensione cre60u8q protegentes. Hanc autem exhortacionem supplicacionem et preceptum

tu, fili 0u8pq ceterique successores nostri prestanti animo complere curetis, si nostram benedictionem habere velitis, una cum benedictione filii

summi dacre608pq Regis, qui filios docuit patrum voluntates in bono perficere, hierens in mundum se u8pq venisse non ut suam voluntatem faceret sed paternam. In testimonium autem

nostre devotionis ergra locum predictum sic a nobis dilectum et electum dacre608pq concepte, presentem literam Religiosis u8pq predictis dimittimus, nostris successoribus in posterum

ostendendam. Data apud Cardros, undecimo die Maij, Anno Regni nostri vicesimo quarto. " If this charter be altogether genuine, and there is no u8pq