barons ' of Scotland were aflembled. They had heard the duke of Lancafter was come to treat with them, • and had thus aflembled in the chief town of Scotland, where the herald met them. The herald punctually executed his meffage. He was favourably liftened to, and had a friendly an-fwer from the Scots barons, who faid, they would willingly hear what the duke had to propofe. The herald brought back with him paffports for the duke and his people, to laft as long as they Ihould remain on the borders and during the parleys. The herald, having received thefe affurances, came back to Berwick and related what he had done. Upon this, the duke departed from Berwick, leaving all his ftores in that town, and took the road to Roxburgh, where he lay. On the morrow, he was lodged in the abbey of Melrofe on the Tweed, which divides the two kingdoms of Scot-land and England. The duke and his attendants remained there until the Scots were come to iLambir-law, three fliort leagues off. On their ar-rival, they fignified it to the duke, when imme-diately negotiations were begun between the Scots $nd Englifh, and which lafted for upwards of fif-teen days. 831 CHAP.