And thare thai had than chiftanys twa,
Scha Ferqwharis' son wes ane of tha,
The tother Cristy Johnesone.
A selcouth thing be tha was done.
At Sanct Johnestone besid the Freris,
All thai entrit in barreris
Wyth bow and ax, knyf and swerd,
To deil amang thaim thare last werd.
Thare thai laid on that time sa fast,
Quha had the ware thare at the last
I will noucht say; hot quha best had,
He wes but dout bathe muth and mad.
Fifty or ma ware slane that day,
Sua few wyth lif than past away.

The prior of Lochleven makes no mention either of the evasion of one
of the Gaelic champions, or of the gallantry of the Perth artisan,
in offering to take a share in the conflict. Both incidents, however,
were introduced, no doubt from tradition, by the Continuator of
Fordun [Bower], whose narrative is in these words:


Anno Dom. millesimo trecentesimo nonagesimo sexto, magna pars
borealis Scotiae, trans Alpes, inquietata fuit per duos pestiferos
Cateranos, et eorum sequaces, viz. Scheabeg et suos consanguinarios,
qui Clankay, et Cristi Jonsonem ac suos, qui Clanqwhele dicebantur;
qui nullo pacto vel tractatu pacificari poterant, nullaque
arte regis vel gubernatoris poterant edomari, quoadusque nobilis
et industriosus Dominus David de Lindesay de Crawford, at Dominus
Thomas comes Moraviae, diligentiam et vires apposuerunt, ac inter