Because I refused to betray my trust, and resign the archives of the kingdom lodged there, Edward, the rebel--anointed of the Lord! the profaner of the sanctuary! sent his emissaries to sack the convent, to tear the holy pillow of Jacob from its shrine, and to wrest from my grasp the records I refused to deliver.

All was done as the usurper commanded.

Most of my brethren were slain.

Myself and the remainder were turned out upon the waste.
We retired to the Monastery of Cambuskenneth; but there oppression found us.

Cressingham, having seized on other religious houses, determined to swell his hoards with the plunder of that also.