The History of Scotland, Vol. 3

It soon become clear that it was not for nothing that the Court of England had brought over Edward Baliol from France and cherished him as an illustrious guest. He carried with him something of the lustre of fallen greatness. It was now more than thirty years Since as a boy he was the avowed heir of the crown of Scotland, and was deemed through this pros peet a fitting match for a daughter of France. The principle of hereditary succession had been scrupu lously acknowledged in the coronation of King Robert's son, though the critical condition of the country called for able leadership; and King Robert had left two nephews of mature years - one of them, Randolph, a warrior tried and true, and, now that his uncle and the good Lord James were gone, the most popular man in Scotland. Yet this very punctiliousness of the hereditary principle, if carried out, would exclude the Whole family of Bruce and carry the crown to this Edward Baliol, residing as an illustrious guest at the Court Of England.

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