"He is a crafty, as well as a bold man.

However, you were well out of Dunbar, and you and your monk managed the affair well.

Think you that the earl is to be trusted ?" "I should say so.

These great Scottish nobles deem themselves well-nigh the king's equal, and carry on their wars against each other as independent lords.

His castle of Dunbar is in the hands of his bitterest enemy, and Douglas will come into no small portion of his estates.