Excerpt from The History of Scotland, From the Year 1423, to the Year 1542: Containing the Lives and Reigns of James I. II. III. IV and V De'dicati on. A mameminent in all virtues, a man born of the fame country with myfelf' a prince, and the fon of a dru M M ond, lineally defcended of your lordfhip' s ancient family, of which fo many great perfonages have fprung. The founder of your family, who firft bore the name, came from Hungary to Scotland as admiral with St. M argar et, queen to king malcolm canmore, above {ix hun dred years ago, when firnames were firfi known in this kingdom. In king robert brucb's days, walier DE drummon'd, fon to malcolm beg drummond, your lordlhip' s predecefl'or, was, according to S'row' s annals, clerk regifier, or fecretary to the king, and one of the commiflioners for making a peace or cefl'ation of arms at New cafile, in the year of God I 32 3, betwixt kmg robert bruce and edward I'I. King of England. In king david brucb's time, the drummonds were very famous, as belng implacable enemies to the Mo N 't b-ith 5 (who had bafely betrayed that great hero Sir william WA llac B) whom they fought fever'al times, and killed many of them; as we may fee by an' agreement made between them, by the king's fpecial command. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.