Here the book returns to its proper story and recounts the great feats of arms and high prowess performed by the Scots against the English.

Now I shall return to the noble history of the valiant King Edward of England, to tell what befell him after the siege of Tournai, for I've said nothing about him for a long while. You earlier heard, if you remember, how he conquered all Scotland as far as the great forest called Jedburgh, the refuge of the wild Scots because the forest is so bewildering and full of vast bogs that no one dares venture in unless he knows the ways and tracks. Then, before beginning his war with King Philip of France, he continued his conquest, leaving no castle or stronghold untaken, right to the city known in Scotland as Saint John, because King David (even though he'd married King Edward's wife) refused to pay him homage for the land: the Scots wouldn't countenance it. You've also heard how young King David and his wife travelled to France with their poor, modest escort and how King Philip gave them shelter and support for a long while in exchange for certain pledges.

Now you should know that Sir William Douglas (son of the sister of the other Sir William who died in Spain), the young Earl of Moray, the Earl Patrick, Simon Fraser and Alexander Ramsay had stayed as captains of the remaining bands of wild Scots, holding out in those wild forests for seven years and more, winter and summer, like the valiant warriors they were.