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 ( 78 ) preferable to Deverguild, the daughter of Margaret, the first daughter. Listening to the voice of candour and of truth, it was easy to discover this legal right; and, accordingly, it was amply recognized in the great council of the nation, in the days of Alexander II. as formerly mentioned, when the public mind was tranquil, and when reason was unclouded by prejudice. Upon this va- cancy of the throne. John Baliol, the son of Deverguild the eldest daughter of Margaret, the eldest daughter of David and John Hastings, the son of Ada, his youngest daughter, were the principal persons who contended with Robert Bruce for the crown. The former urel, this his tres preferable to Bruce's, bu yote ni ganduther who was tle let alerter and the latter, that the king- don should-be equally divided among the male descendants of David's three daugiatas: and, therefore, a third part belonged to him. Put nature relation and candid inquiry., decided in faydar o Pruce. According to the Ban then existing the roval necession was not merely appreprinted to oue fanslu, br propi Top of blood in the malsranch of that family." USA ander III. was the last male branch in the family of liam, the eldest brother, there- fore, the crowe Rassed, by law, to the first male branch of Droid, the sucond brother, even to By consequence. I have no horstst'un to nuntain, that the riglit of Bruce Tides preferate both to the daughter and grand- daughter