It is surprising, however, that the difference of the dates did not make Sir David hesitate to oppose the united testimony of our oldest Scottish writers on this point; especially as the account given by Matthew of Westminster is, by his own confession, at variance with that of Robert of Langtoft. The butchery at Ayr is said to have taken place, A. 1298; this at Carlisle in the year 1306–7, about nine years after. The fact seems to be, that the Reginald he refers to was the son of the other Reginald who had suffered in “the blac parlament” at Ayr. It was he who left a daughter, his only child and heir, who, as is mentioned above, was married to Sir Duncan Campbell. V. Nisbet’s Ragm. Roll. p. 18.
_The third entrit, that peté was for thy,_ _A gentill knycht, Schyr_ Neill _off_ Mungumry.--V. 213.
_Worthi_ occurs in the line; but this word being under-doted, _gentill_ appears on the margent. The latter is the reading of Edit. 1594, and of 1620. This person seems to have been one of the family now represented by the Earl of Eglinton. One of this family had the same christian name in the reign of James IV. V. Nisbet, I. 375.
_Kerlé turnyt with his mastir agayne,_ _Kneland and_ Byrd, _that mekill war off mayne._--V. 249.
All the editions have _Boyd_. It appears, however, from ver. 287, that Boyd was left in the town:
_‘Der wicht,’ he said, ‘der God, sen at thou knew_ _‘Gud Robert_ Boid, _quhar at thou can him se.’_
Besides, the name _Byrd_ occurs B. VIII. 233, where the person thus denominated is conjoined with Boyde:
Boyde, _Bercla_, Byrd, _and Lauder, that was wycht._
In Edit. 1594, 1620, and 1648, this is _Baird_, apparently the ancestor of the Bairds of Newbyth, descended from Baird of Auchmedden, a very ancient family. To this family, as proprietors in Lanarkshire, Fergus, John, and Robert _Bard_, mentioned in Ragman Roll, are supposed to have belonged. V. Nisbet’s Rem. p. 42. 46. Robert de _Boyd_ was ancestor of the family of Kilmarnock.
_At the_ Roddis _thai mak full mony ane,_ _Quhilk worthy ar, thocht landis haiff thai nane._--V. 403.
This refers to the knights of St. John then made at Rhodes.
_In all the warld na grettar payne mycht be,_ _Than thai with in,_ insufferit _sor to duell_, &c.--V. 442.