After being for some time confined in the castle of St. Andrews, he was brought for trial before an assemblage of bishops, abbots, and doctors in the cathedral church. He was then over eighty years of age, and so weak and infirm that he could scarce climb up to the pulpit where he had to answer before them.
He was held captive in the St. Andrews castle for some time before being brought before a group of bishops, abbots, and doctors within the cathedral church for trial. At over eighty years old and extremely weak, he could barely reach the pulpit to address them.