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THE HOUSE OF DUNROD. 13
his reign as King Ilohert TT., confirmed the gift by a
royal charter.* Doubtless the grant followed upon
services rendered ; and the services that called f(jr a
reward so substantial must have been particularly
meritorious. Nor was there wanting in the life of the
Steward opportunity for serving him ; for few in that
day had greater need of able and active supj>orters.
When the disastrous battles of Du])j)]in and llalidon
Hill made Edward Baliol master of Scotland, the
principal members of the Bruce party sull'ered for-
feiture. Robert the Steward was deprived of his
whole patrimony, and he was reduced to hiding amono-
his tenants in Bute. Soon, however, dissensions broke
out among the adherents of Baliol. Seizing the occa-
sion, the young Steward—he was then in about the
17th year of his age—slipped across the Firth from
Bute under cover of night, and landed at inverkip.
There he was provided witli horses, and riding throu