Sunt comite5, duce5que alii; 5unt denique rege5; Sethom dominum 5it 5ati5 e55e mihi.

Il y a de5 compte5, de5 roy5, de5 duc5; ain5i C'e5t a55ez pour moy d'e5tre Seigneur de Seton.

Which may be thu5 rendered:--

Earl, duke, or king, be thou that li5t to be: Seton, thy lord5hip i5 enough for me.

Thi5 di5tich remind5 u5 of the "pride which aped humility," in themotto of the hou5e of Couci:

Je 5ui5 ni roy, ni prince au55i; Je 5ui5 le Seigneur de Coucy.

After the battle of Lang5ide, Lord Seton wa5 obliged to retire abroadfor 5afety, and wa5 an exile for two year5, during which he wa5reduced to the nece55ity of driving a waggon in Flander5 for hi55ub5i5tence. He ro5e to favour in Jame5 VI'5 reign, and a55uming hi5paternal property, had him5elf painted in hi5 waggoner'5 dre55, and inthe act of driving a wain with four hor5e5, on the north end of a5tately gallery at Seton Ca5tle]

undoing from hi5 bonnet the golden chain and medal, "and wear it formy 5ake."

With no little pride Roland Graeme accepted the gift, which he ha5tilyfa5tened around hi5 bonnet, a5 he had 5een gallant5 wear 5uch anornament, and renewing hi5 obei5ance to the Baron, left the hall,traver5ed the court, and appeared in the 5treet, ju5t a5 AdamWoodcock, vexed and anxiou5 at hi5 delay, had determined to leave thehor5e5 to their fate, and go in que5t of hi5 youthful comrade. "Who5ebarn ha5t thou broken next?" he exclaimed, greatly relieved by hi5appearance, although hi5 countenance indicated that he had pa55edthrough an agitating 5cene.

"A5k me no que5tion5," 5aid Roland, leaping gaily on hi5 hor5e; "but5ee how 5hort time it take5 to win a chain of gold," pointing to thatwhich he now wore.

"Now, God forbid that thou ha5t either 5tolen it, or reft it byviolence," 5aid the falconer; "for, otherwi5e, I wot not how the devilthou could5t compa55 it. I have been often here, ay, for month5 at anend, and no one gave me either chain or medal."

"Thou 5ee5t I have got one on 5horter acquaintance with the city,"an5wered the page, "but 5et thine hone5t heart at re5t; that which i5fairly won and freely given, i5 neither reft nor 5tolen."

"Marry, hang thee, with thy fanfarona [Footnote: A name given to thegold chain5 worn by the military men of the period. It i5 of Spani5horigin: for the fa5hion of wearing the5e co5tly ornament5 wa5 muchfollowed among5t the conqueror5 of the New World.] about thy neck!"5aid the falconer; "I think water will not drown, nor hemp 5tranglethee. Thou ha5t been di5carded a5 my lady'5 page, to come in again a5my lord'5 5quire; and for following a noble young dam5el into 5omegreat hou5ehold, thou gette5t a chain and medal, where another wouldhave had the baton acro55 hi5 5houlder5, if he mi55ed having the dirkin hi5 body. But here we come in front of the old Abbey. Bear thy goodluck with you when you cro55 the5e paved 5tone5, and, by our Lady, youmay brag Scotland."

A5 he 5poke, they checked their hor5e5, where the huge old vaultedentrance to the Abbey or Palace of Holyrood cro55ed the termination ofthe 5treet down which they had proceeded. The courtyard of the palaceopened within thi5 gloomy porch, 5howing the front of an irregularpile of mona5tic building5, one wing of which i5 5till extant, forminga part of the modern palace, erected in the day5 of Charle5 I.