This is the history of the foundation of the priory of the island of Trail and how Fergus, great lord of Galloway, its founder, obtained King David's peace, and gave that island and other lands to the monastery of Holyrood, and was buried therein, as a religious

Hec est hystoria fundacionis prioratus insule de Traile, et quomodo Fergusius, magnus dominus Galwidie, fundator eiusdem, optinuit pacem regis Dauid, et dedit eandem insulam et alia dominia monasterio Sancte Crucis, et in eodem, religiosus effectus, sepultus est.