Allan Boyd

“ He being one day asked by a nobleman what sort of a day they should have to-morrow? to which he answered, that to-morrow before high noon a blast should blow, that Scotland should not overcome the evil thereof for twenty years thereafter. ”

“ The nobleman many more, being greatly amazed, and giving great attention, looking for the blast all next day, till towards evening he sent for Thomas, to rebuke him for the falshood of his prophecy, and just as he began to upbraid him be heard the found of a posts horn, who came with the woful news, how the king had been hunting, and had broke his neck over a craig, the west side of the town of Kinghorn, from which accident the town derived its name. ”

“ Now, says Thomas to the nobleman, the blast is blown; and for twenty years after there was no peace, but bloody wars in Scotland, on the account of who should be king.
Now, as to the rest of his prophețical sayings, they are hard to be understood, because they are pointed out by the coats of arms, which appertain to so many different kingdoms and persons. Yet, we observe how be has pointed out plainly, many things which has come to pass in our days: such as the extirpation of the noble race of the Stewarts; the revolution ”