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A07619	The abridgement or summarie of the Scots chronicles with a short description of their originall, from the comming of Gathelus their first progenitor out of Græcia into Egypt. And their comming into Portingall and Spaine, and of their kings and gouernours in Spaine, Ireland and Albion, now called Scotland, (howbeit the whole number are not extant) with a true chronologie of all their kings. Their reignes, deaths and burials, from Fergusius the first king of Scotland, vntill his Royall Maiestie, now happily raigning ouer all Great Brittaine and Ireland, and all the isles to them appertaining. With a true description and diuision of the whole realme of Scotland, and of the principall cities, townes, abbies, fortes, castles, towers and riuers, and of the commodities in euery part thereof, and of the isles in generall, with a memoriall of the most rare and wonderfull things in Scotland. By Iohn Monipennie.	Monipennie, John.	1612 (1612)	STC 18014	80,300	130

willing to haue discharged himselfe of the Kingdome in fauour of Ferlegus eldest sonne to his brother Fergusius which his Nobles would not condiscend vnto because of the Statute and acte of Parliament lately made which continued vntill the time of the raigne of King KENETVS the third almost 1205. years he was killed by the aforesaid Ferlegus the fifteenth yeare of his raigne Ferlegus the murtherer and all other participant with him being banished were fugitiues among the Pictes and finding no security of his life he past into Britaine where he spent the rest of his dayes in great miserie 3 MAINVS King Fergusius second sonne succeeded in the yeare of the world 3680. before Christ 291. after the beginning of the raigne 41. He was a noble King a good Iusticiar for he exercised Iustice aires for repressing of trespassors and ratified the old league with Crinus King of Pictes holding good peace with his confederates and Britaines He died peaceably the nine and twentieth yeare of his raigne 4 DORNADILLA succeeded his father Mainus in the yeare of the world 3709. before Christ 262. after the beginning of the raigne 70. Hee was a good King and confirmed peace with the Pictes and Britaines he delighting greatly in hunting races and hounds made certaine lawes profitable for hunting which were obserued many yeares after he died peaceably the eight and twentieth yeare of his raigne 5. NOTHATVS succeeded his brother Dornadilla whose sonne REVVTHER was a childe not able to gouerne by vertue of the aforesaid Statute the yeare of the world 3738. before Christ 233. after the beginning of the raigne 98. He was an auaritious cruell Tyrant hee was killed by Dowall one of his Nobles Captaine of the Brigandes the twentieth yeare of his raigne 6 REVTHERVS Dornadella his sonne succeeded the yeare of the world 3758. before Christ 213. after the raigne 118. He being young assisted by Dowall raysed great contention by the perswasion of Ferquhart Captaine of Kentire and Lorne cousen to Nothatus the tyrant late killed a man of subtill wit and hauing great ambition to the Crowne Betweene the aforesaid parties there was cruell warres Ferquhart being fugitiue in Ireland returned being assisted with many Irish men with the inhabitants of Kyntire Lorne Ardgile Caithnes Murray and with a great armie Dowall res●…ing came with a great power accompanied with the young King and the King of Pictes and many other his friends there was a cruell battell and killing of Chiefetaines and Nobles on both parties The King of Pictes with many of his Nobles pittifully killed Reutherus the young King pursued and taken at the Castle of Calender By this vnhappy battell was such terrible slaughter that neither Scots nor Pictes were left liuing sufficient to inhabite their Realmes nor to withstand their enemies Afterwards the Scots and Pictes were most cruelly inuaded by the Britaines and a great multitude killed the rest exiled King Reutherus and his people past into Ireland and the Pictes past into Orkney King Reutherus returning from Ireland and the Pictes with their King Gethus returning from Orkney they gaue battell to the King of Britaines and obtayning victory by the high and soueraigne manhood and valiantnesse of the foresaid King Reuthorus the Britaines rendred all the forts landes and townes pertayning to the Scots and Pictes with faithfull promise neuer to inuade them in time comming This peace being concluded the Scots Pictes and Britaines continued in great tranquility many yeares after the King enduring the rest of his dayes had good peace and died the sixe and twentieth yeare of his raigne 7 RHEVDA succeeded his brother Reutherus in the yeare of the world 3784. before Christ 187. after the beginning of the raigne 144. He was a good King he caused sepultures to be made for noble valiant men he brought artificers into his Realme and instituted sundry good lawes In his time came certaine Orators Philosophers from King Ptolomeus of Egypt who were pleasantly receiued and well entertained because they were descended of the Egyptians his auncient forefathers These Orators did write and consider the situation of the hilles mountaines vallies riuers lockes frithes Isles townes and forts within the Realme of Scotland and the lands thereto pertayning as also to the Pictes He raigned peaceably sixteene yeares and resigned the crowne to THEREVS sonne to King Reutherus 8 THEREVS Reutherus sonne succeeded in the yeare of the world 3799. before Christ 171. after the raign 158. He appeared in the first sixe monethes to be a vertuous Prince but after he became an vnwise cruell tyrant Therefore being degraded of all honor he was exiled And Conan Captaine of the Brigandes elected to be gouernor who gouerned the Realme peaceably during the exile of Thereus who died in the Citie of Yorke in misery the twelfth yeare of his raigne 9 IOSINA succeeded his brother Thereus the yeare of the world 3810. before Christ 161. after the raigne 170. He was a peaceable and good King ratifying peace with his confederates the Pictes and also with the Britaines he was a good Medecinar and Herbestar In his time were brought to his presence in Berigone Two venerable Philosophers pleasant of visage almost naked being Priests of Spaine passing from Portingall to Athens and by vnmercifull tempest were Ship-broken at Ros their shippe and company with Marriners all perished they onely saued After refreshing and good entertainment the King desired and demaunded of them what they vnderstood by their science of the nature of the ground of Scotland after good and deliberate aduisement so farre as they might coniecture there was more riches and profite to be gotten within the veynes of the earth of Scotland then aboue for it was giuen more to the winning of Mines and mettals then any production of corne They knew this by the influence of the heauens Also they learned the people to worship onely God the Creator prohibiting them to make sacrifice as their custome then was to Isis and Apis the Gods of the Egyptians but only to make their sacrifice prayers and adoration in their Temples without any imagery to the eternall God creator of heauen and earth which the people for the most part obserued long time King Iosina being a vertuous Prince died in peace the foure and twentieth yeare of his raigne and buried at Berigone 10 FINNANVS succeeded his father Iosina the yeare of the world 3834. before Christ 137. after the raigne 194. a wise and vertuous King a good Iusticiar with aduice of his Nobles rewarding them honourably after their deseruings winning the hearts of his people ruled with great felicity encreasing in riches hee did institute Prelates and Clerkes to be in the Isle of man instructing Noble mens children in their youth This vertuous King married his sonne Durstius with Agafia daughter to the King of Britaines he wan great fauour among them he visited the King of Pictes who was vexed with a vehement feuer in Camelon he died there the thirtieth yeare of his raigne and

was brought to Berigone and there buried among the Sepultures of his progenitors 12 DVRSTIVS succeeded his father Finnanus the yeare of the world 3864. before Christ 107. from the beginning of the raigne 224. a cruell and traytercus tyrant killed in battell by his Nobles the ninth yeare of his raigne 12 EVENVS primus succeeded his brother Durstius the yeare of the world 3873. before Christ 98. after the raigne 133. a wise iust and vertuous King He was the first that caused his Nobles and subiects to giue their oath of fidelity he executed iustice seuerely in all the partes of his Realme At length there came Ambassadours from the Pictes shewing that the Britaine 's were in armour purposing to besiege their Citie Camelon the King to assist his confederate friends came with expedition against the Britains Scots and Pictes went forward with great courage the Britaines with no lesse audacity on the other part followeth a very dangerous battell with vncertaine victory vntill the night seuered them The confederate Kings seeing their armie broken retired in the night The Britaines so broken and dispayring of new support retired in the same manner as discomfited people their Campe standing with their carriage The confederate people aduertised hereof returned and parted the spoyle by custom of armes The King returned to Berigone rewarded their friends that were slaine in the said battel and others promoted to publike offices some with riches and goods and the rest of his dayes he was a seuere Iusticiar and died in peace the nineteenth yeare of his raigne buried in Dunstaffage 13 GILLVS bastard sonne to Euenus vsurped the crown and trayterously killed two sonns of Durstius contending for the crowne in the yeare of the world 3892. before Christ 79. after the raigne 252. A crafty tyrant killed in battell by Cadellus Captaine of the Brigandes the second yeare of his raigne his head cut off his body buried in Dunstaffage 14 EVENVS secundus Donallus sonne King Finnan●…s brother succeeded in the yeare of the world 3894. before Christ 77. after the beginning of the raigne of Scotland 254. A good Iusticiar ciuill vertuous and peaceable King Cadallus after the killing of Gillus returning out of Ireland with his victorious army by rage of Tempest were almost all perished Cadallus was truely rewarded with many landes by the King and comforted by him concerning his great losse of Nobles and friends King Euenus marrying Siora daughter of Gethus King of Pictes confirmed the olde band After that hee vanquished Balus King of Orkney who finding no way to escape killed himselfe hee builded Innerlothy and Innernes hee resigned the crowne to Ederus giuing him wise and good counsaile he died in peace the seuenteenth yeare of his raign buried in Dunstaffage 15 EDERVS Durstius sonne●… succeeded in the yeare of the world 3911. before Christ 60. after the raigne 271. a wise valiant and good King Bredus of the Isles cousen to Gillus killed as is before mentioned made insurrection Shortly after the King pursuing him and his associates they were all taken captiues and many with the said Bredus killed Cassibilian King of Britaines sent his Ambassadours to the King of Scots desiring support against Iulius Caesar the Romane Emperour who was ready with most dreadfull Ordinance to come into Albion The King and Nobles receiuing the Ambassadours courteously Androgeus speciall Ambassadour after a large and serious Oration the King and Nobles being aduised sent vnto London tenne thousand chosen men vnder the conduct and gouernment of Cadallan and Dowall Captaines of the Brigandes and Lorne Also an army of Pictes came at the request of King Ederus The Britaines were raised in great esperance of victory by the aide of Scots and Pictes for they had no little confidence in their manhood and chiualry King Cassibilian went forward with his whole power against the Romanes there ensued a dangerous and doubtfull battell at the last the Romanes were fugitiue and being minded to renew the battell Iulius hearing of the great destruction of his Ships changed his minde hoisted sayles in the night and returned into Fraunce leauing behinde them a great prey of goods when Iulius Caesar was forced to auoide Albion The Britaines Scots and Pictes parted the spoyle gotten in his Campe by custome of armes reioycing of this glorious victory Cadallane and Dowall richly rewarded by Cassibilian returned with the Scots army at whose comming the King was greatly reioyced then followed such loue and kindenesse betweene the Britaines Scots and Pictes that it appeared them to liue in perpetuall peace The King passing to Innernes was certainly enformed by sundry Merchants strangers that Iulius had pacified Fraunce to his Empire and making prouision for a new armie to returne into Britaine to reuenge the iniuries done vnto him the last yeare he sends his Ambassadours to Cassibilian promising if he pleased to send ten thousand chosen men vnto his aide and support The Britaines moued with vaine arrogancy refused to haue any supply of Scots or Pictes Iulius returning into Britaine was three sundry times put backe but at the last Cassibilian was vanquished and his whole valiant Captaines taken or killed and his lands made to pay three thousand pound of siluer to the Romanes for tribute Iulius sendeth his Ambassadours to the Scots and Pictes offering them conditions of peace two seuerall times They were resolute to remaine free not to be subiect and refusing all conditions of peace were willing to defend their liues and liberties Iulius being minded to inuade the Scots and Pictes was aduertised of a suddaine vprore in Fraunce for which cause he passed into Fraunce Murket Gildus nephew made insurrection against the King Therefore he sent Cadallane with armed men who hanged Murket with his complices The King continued in good peace the rest of his dayes hee died peaceably the forty eight yeare of his raigne buried in Dunstaffage 16 EVENVS tertius succeeded his father Ederus the yeare of the world 3959. before Christ 12. after the raigne 319. He was a luxurious auaritious tyrant retayning a hundred Concubines and not being saciate with them he was taken in a battell captiue and imprisoned and was killed by a yong childe the first night the childe was executed on the morrow the seuenth yeare of his raigne buried at Dunstaffage 17 METELIANVS Ederus brothers son succeeded the yeare of the world 3966. before the comming of Christ 4. years after the beginning of the raigne of Scotland 326. A very modest ciuill and good King peace being vniuersally at the birth of our Sauiour Christ. The Romane Emperour Augustus sent his Ambassadours into Britaine requesting the Britains to continue peace with whom the King sent manyrich jewels to Augustꝰ to be offered in their Capitoll he wan sure amity of them which endured long In this time were in Rome V●…rgil Horace O●…d Tullius Marcus Varro Straba Titus Liuius Salustius with many other learned men he died peaceably the nine and thirtieth yeare of his raigne buried in

Scots and Pictes he assisted by them and killed with his owne hands Hengist and exiled the rest of the Saxons King Congallus holding good pcace with Britaines and Pictes vexed with long infirmity died peace ably the two and twentieth year of his raign and buried in Icolmkill 45 CORANVS succeeded his brother Congallus in the yeare of the world 4471. the yeare of Christ 501. after the raign 831. a good King and seuere Iusticiar In this time arriued in Britaine Occa and Passentius sonnes of Hengist with a great multitude of valiant souldiers assisted by the Princes of Almaine against whom came King Ambrosius There followed a doubtfull and dangerous battell the victory enclining to Ambrosius yet very vnpleasant for at the same time there were many Britaine 's killed Neuerthelesse they parted the spoile of Saxons by right of armes Occa being aduertised of the comming of the confederate Kings to assist Ambrosius sent his brother Passentius to bring greater support out of Almaine by contrary windes he arriued in Ireland where he gathered a great number of hyred warriours and returned into Britaine Occa perswaded one Coppa a fained mediciner to poison King Ambrosius the confederate Kings comming with a strong armie to assist Ambrosius were aduertised of his death therefore they not knowing who was friend or foe and being vncertaine how he died they returned home Arthurus being King of Britaines assisted by the Scots and Pictes obtayned sundry victories against the Saxons The confederate Nobles abode certaine dayes in London And being richly rewarded by King Arthurus returned home The Realme of Scotland was gouerned in great felicity and iustice by King Coranus Then after certaine Traytors assisted by Donald Captaine of Athole murthered the King in his chamber the foure and thirtieth yeare of his raigne in the sixteenth yeare of the raigne of King Arthurus and in the twentieth yeare of Iustinian Emperour the yeare of Christ 535. He was buried at Icolmkil 46 EVGENIVS tertius Congallus first sonne succeeded in the yeare of the world 4505. in the yeare of Christ 535. after the raigne 865. a wise godly King and good Iusticiar he continued in good peace all his dayes and died the three and twentieth yeare of his raigne and buried at Icolmkill 47. CONGALLVS secundus succeeded his brother Eugenius the yeare of the world 4528. the yeare of Christ 558. after the raigne 888. a good iust and godly Prince he instituted many good lawes concerning Churches and Churchmen hee died in peace the eleuenth yeare of his raigne buried in Icolmkill in whose time was S. Colme and S. Mungo 48 KINNATELLVS succeeded his brother Congallus the yeare of the world 4539. the yeare of Christ 569 after the raigne 899. a good and godly King hee died in peace the first yeare of his raigne and buried at Icolmkill 49 AIDANVS Coranus sonne succeeded in the yeare of the world 4540. the yeare of Christ 570. after the beginning of the raigne of Scotland 900. He was a valiant and good King and seuere Iusticiar he confederated with the Britaine 's against the Saxons and Pictes there followed sundry battels at last the Britaines and Scottes came into Northumberland against the Saxons and Pictes and vanquished them in a dangerous battell the tenth part of the spoyie obtained in the field was dedicated to the Churches of Scotland and the Banners or Ensignes gotten at that time sent to Icolmkill he died in peace the fiue and thirtieth yeare of his raigne buried in Icolmkill 50 KENNETHVS primus Congallus second sonne succeeded in the yeare of the world 4575. the yeare of Christ 605. after the raigne 935. a good and peaceable Prince He died the first yeare of his raigne and was buried in Icolmkill 51 EVGENIVS quartus Aidanus sonne succeeded in the yeare of the world 4576. the ye●…re of Christ 606. after the raigne 936. He was a godly and good Iusticiar and instituted many godly and good lawes for the Common-wealth of his subiects he raigned peaceably and died in peace the fifteenth yeare of his raigne buried in Icolmkill 52 FERCHARDVS primus succeeded his father Eugenius the yeare of the world 4591. the yeare of Christ 621. after the raigne 951. a vitious Tyrant degraded by his Nobles and imprisoned he killed himselfe in prison the eleuenth yeare of his raigne 53 DONALDVS quartus succeeded his father Ferchardus the yeare of the world 4602. the yeare of Christ 632. after the raigne 962. a good and religious King holding peace with his neighbours being at fishing with his seruants for pastime he perished in Lothay the foureteenth yeare of his raign his body being found was buried in Icolmkill 54 FERCHARDVS secundus succeeded his brother Donaldus in the yeare of the world 4616. in the yeare of Christ 646. after the raigne 976. an auaritious and vitious tyrant bitten by a Wolfe in hunting whereof ensued a dangerous feuer being penitent of his euill life He died the eighteenth yeare of his raigne buried at Icolmkill 55 MALDVINVS Donaldus sonne succeeded in the yeare of the world 4634. in the yeare of Christ 664. after the raigne 994. He was a godly and wise King and a seuere Iusticiar holding good peace with his neighbours He was strangled by his wife in the night by suspition of Adultery the twentie yeare of his raigne buried in Icolmkill on the morrow his wife was taken with her Complices and burned to death 56 EVGENIVS quintus Malduinus brother Sonne succeeded in the yeare of the world 4654 in the yeare of Christ 684 after the raigne 1014. he was a valiant and good King he obteyned a great victory against Edfreid King of Northumberland being killed with 10000 Saxons and Bredius King of Pictes fugitiue he dyed the fourth yeare of his raigne and buried in Icolmkill 57 EVGENIVS sixtus Ferchardus secundus sonne succeeded the yeare of the world 4658 the yeare of Christ 688 after the raigne 1018 a good religious and peaceable King he died in peace the 9. yeare of his raigne Buried in Icolmkill 58 AMBERKELETHVS succeeded in the yeare of the world 4667. the yeare of Christ 697 after the raigne 1027 an auaritious euill King killed by a shot of an Arro●… The second yeare of his raigne buried in Icolmkill 59 EVGENIVS septimus succeeded his brother Amberkelethus in the yeare of the world 4669. in the yeare of Christ 699. after the raigne 1029 A good King contracting peace with the King of Pictes then called Garnard married his daughter Spontana who being with childe in the next yeare was murthered in her bedde insteed of the King by two brethren of Athole who had conspired the Kings death The murtherers at length were apprehended and cruelly put to death He continued a religions and vertuous King he endewed sundry Churches liberally holding good peace with his neighbours died in peace the 16 yeare of his raigne buried in Icolmkill 60 MORDACVS sonne to Amberkelethus succeeded in the yeare of the world 4685 in the yeare of Christ

and inhabited many Isles The first part that they tooke possession of was named Ardgael from Gathelus which now is called Ardgile They being diuided into sundry Tribes elected certaine Captaines to euery Tribe to gouerne them both in peace and warre hauing the name of their Captaine in great reuerence swearing by their names which custome was long obserued in those Isles and the high lands Then after about 150. yeares a banished people named Pickes came forth of Denmarke to search a dwelling place and after they were inhibited to land in Fraunce Britaine and Ireland They landed in Albion first in Orknay of olde called the olde Realme of the Pickes The Seas betweene Orknay and Caithnes is called Pentland Firth the lands now called Loutheane was of old called Pentland after the name of the Pickes Then after they came into Caithnes Ros Murray Merms Angus Fiffe and Loutheaue and expelled all the olde inhabitants They were a Ciuill people right ingenuous andcrafty both in peace and warres After their planting in the aforesaid parts they elected a King to gouerne them and hold them in iustice and made great policy in building of munitions townes and Castles And because they knew all people without issue to succeede should perish they sent their Ambassadours to the Scots to haue their daughters in marriage shewing though they were of strange blood they should not be so smally regarded seeing they with no lesse prudence then manhood haue sustained incredible dangers both by Sea and land And now lately conquered through the beneuolence of the Gods right plenteous lands with such peace and tranquility that no other people may claime them by reason Trusting surely if the Gods support them by their owne industry to be equall to any their neighbors both in peace and warre Further if the Scots condescended to their honourable desires it might be they encreasing together so strong vnder one bloud that they might resist the fury of their enemies the better when it hapned them to be inuaded This Ambassage was not pleasant to the Scots at the first thinking it vnworthy to haue any society or marriage with an vnknowne and banished people but by graue aduisement and being profoundly resolued and finding themselues as yet not able to resist the force of the Britaine 's their olde enemies they determined to giue their daughters to the Pickes in marriage and to haue a band of peace with them with conditions that euery one of them shall enioy the lands which perteyned vnto them before the marriage and to concurre together with their whole puissance as oft as they were inuaded by enemies Any that did offence to any of them should be reputed as enemy to them both And as often as the Crowne of the Pictes should come in question for lacke of an heire the King to be elected of the neerest of the womans bloud These conditions accepted on all sides the Scots gaue their daughters in marriage to the Pictes The Britaines suspecting this marriage and dreading the encreasing of this confederate people vnder one bloud in short time that neyther might the Britaines for the time present nor their posterity resist the puissance of these two vnited people Therfore being minded to destroy them both and to inuade them with fraudulent sleights rather then with any force of battell And sending their Ambassadorus to the Pictes allured the Pictes to violate their band with the Scots By great perswasion crafty dealing of the Britains the band was dissolued mouing occasion of battel against the Scots commāded by general edict no Scots to be found in their boūds at a prefixed day vnder paine of death The day being expired all Scots within their bounds were killed without mercy as breakers of their lawes The Scots impatient to sustai●…e such iniuries killed as many of the Pictes so there followed continuall killing and murder on all sides not regarding affinity bloud time nor pl●…ce In this manner the peace dissolued the Pictes denounced battell to the Scots then after followed continuall incursions and inuasions on eyther parties The Scots assembling in Ardgiel were sufficiently resolued that the battell that they were to holde was not onely against the Pictes but also against the Britaines Therefore it was agreed to send their Ambassadors to their ancient progenitors and friends in Ireland to haue their support and counsaile in this most dangerous matter and for that plurality of Captaines as often occurreth raiseth sedition the best is to elect one to haue Empire aboue the rest by whose manhood and counsaile they might defend their liues and liberties against a false and periured people inuading them without any occasion The Ambassadours being directed to Ireland complained of the wicked offence done by the Pictes and desired support FERQVHARDVS then being King of the Scots in Ireland greatly moued for the displeasure done to his friends in Albion sent his sonne FERGVSIVS a wise and valiant Prince with many valiant souldiers and to giue them the more esperance and assurance of permanent and good fortune hee sent with them the fatall Marble chaire Fergusius was the more pleasantly receiued by the Scots of Albion because their Common-wealth approched to great danger by a most perillous apparant battell Then after a Councell was called in Ardgiel where Fergusius made a large Oration and acceptable Speech Therefore by graue consultation they condiscended to be gouerned by Empire of one King as well in peace as in any trouble appearing against their enemies Furthermore to remoue all suspition of hatred because euery Tribe desired a King of their owne linage they elected Fergusius both for his noble bloud and other his excellent vertues to be their King moreouer he was so approued in martiall deedes and iustice that no Captaine of the Tribes might be any wayes compared vnto him FERGVSIVS the first King of Scots in Albion now called Scotland sonne to Ferquhard King of Ireland was crowned in the fatall Marble Chaire which hee brought with him by respons of the Gods to establish his reigne in Scotland The yeare from the creation of the world 3641. Before the comming of Christ 330. In the first yeare of the 112. Olimpiade In the 421. yeare after the building of Rome about the beginning of the third Monarchy When Alexander the great vanquished Darius the last Monarch of Persia in the reigne of Chimarus King of Britaine the King employed his whole minde to resist the iniury of this battell moued by the Pictes hee calling all the Captains ordeyned them to be prepared with forty dayes prouision To passe with him he made an greement and concord amongst all his Nobles and Captaines commanding his people to be obedient to their Captaines hee making sacrifice to his Gods as the custome was praying the Gods to take vengeance of the partie that was the first occasion of battell against other and to graunt him such felicity in his iust defence that victory might succeed to him without any great

damage of his people The Picts assembled an army wich many Britaines concurring to their support appear'd on eyther side a wicked vnnatural battel between two confederate people friends fathers and sonnes The Pictes came first i●…o the Scots lands against whom with no lesse courage then manhood the King with his valiant Scots with auncient armes displayed in forme of a Banner in which was a ●…dde Lion Rampant in a fielde of golde whilst the Scots and Pictes were in array in each others fight the armie of Britaines stood in array also deuising what way they might destroy them both with f●…me purpose when the Scots and Pcties were vanquished the one by the other that the party victorious should vtterly bee destroyed by their fresh army and when both these peoples were destroyed by this fleight the Britaines might enioy both their Realmes in Albion without any impediment This subtill sleight was discoured to King Fergusius by a banished Britaine through which both the armies moued no lesse by feare of enemies then by their own proper damage prolonged the battell certaine dayes King Fergusius desiring communication with the King of Picts who willingly with some of his Nobles had communication a long time together after long conference and deliberate consultation with their Counsellors on both parties and ruefull crying of the Pictes wiues being the Scottes daughters peace was finally concluded betweene the two confederate people vnder these conditions redresse of all iniuries being made on all parties The Britaines mouers of this battaile shall be reputed enemies to them both all other charges to be at the pleasure and will of the two Kings And when any enemy occurred that they and their people should conioine together vnder one minde and ordinance This peace being more strongly corroborate the Kings returned home King Fergusius in a most dangerous battell assisted by the Pictes vanquished the Britains which time King Coyl or Chimarus vnwatily kept by his Nobles was killed in the land after his name then called Coyll now Kyle in Scotland After this victory the King called his whole Nobles and Subiects to a general conuention and hee making a large and plausible Oration and speech the Nobles and Subiects condiscended and agreed that King Fergusius and his posterity should possesse the Crowne of Scotland whereupon Charters and Euidences were graunted to him and his sucessors for euer The Kingdome of Scotland being confirmed to King Fergusius his heyres and successors with deliberate counsell of his Nobles he diuided the whole lands then inhabited by the Scots amongst his Nobles and Captaines of the Tribes by lots or cauils The first lot chanced or fell vnto Cornath Captaine and his Tribe the land of Caithnes lying ouer against Orkeney betweene Dum misbye and the riuer of Thane Secondly to Captaine Lutorke the landes betweene the water of Thane Nesse now called ROS This Lutorke came with a band of valiantmen out of Ireland with King Fergusius into Albion This land of Ros lyeth in breadth from Cromarte to the water of Lochtie In this countrey was the famous Castle of Vrquhart of which the ruinous walles remaine in great admiration Thirdly to Captaine Warroth the lands lying betweene Spey and Neffe from the Almaine to the Irish Seas the people inhabitants of this part after their Captaine were called Wars being seditious they were expelled and the Murrayes possessed that land and called the same land Murray land Fourthly to Captaine Thalis the lands of Boyne Aynie Bogewall Gariot Formartyn and Bowquhan These landes were then called vnder one name Thalia by the name of their Captaine Fiftly to Captaine Martach all the lands of Marre Badzenoth and Loth Quhabar The sixth to Captaine Nouance the landes of Lorne and Kyntier with the high places and mountaines thereof lying from Marre to the Irish Seas The seauenth to Atholus the lands of Athole for he was descended of the Scots of Spain and came out of Spaine into Ireland and with Fergusius he came into Scotland The eight to Creones and Epidithes two Captaines of the Tribes the lands of Strabrawne and Braidawane lying West from Dunkeld The ninth to Captaine Argathelus the lands of Ardgile his people were named Argatheles from Gathelus their first progenitour but now they are called men of Ardgile The tenth to Captaine Lolgonas the lands of Leuenox and Cliddisdale The eleuenth to Captaine Silurch the lands of Siluria which Region is now diuided into Kyle Carrike and Cunningham the inhabitants were right ingenuous and strong The twelfth to the Brigandes the lands of Brigance now called Golloway King Fergusius after the diuiding of these lands he instituted lawes to represse vice he builded the Castle of Berigone in Longhquhaber He past the remanent of his dayes in good peace with the Britaines and Pictes At the last he was elected as Iudge arbitrall to discerne vpon certaine high Controuersies chancing amongst his friends in Ireland He accompanied with certaine of his Nobles past into Ireland and pacified them of all matters returning home by a very dangerous tempest perished with all his Nobles that were in his company vpon a rocke in the Sea called after his name Craigfergus the fiue and twentieth yeare of his raigne In his raigne was Morindus King of Britaines and Cruthneus Camelon King of Pictes who builded vpon the water of Carron the Citie of Camelon the principall and strongest Citie of the Pictes which resisted the Romanes and Britaines vntill that Kenneth King of Scotland who exiled the Pictes out of Albion brought it vnto vtter subuersion This Cruthneus Camelon builded also the towne and Castle of Edinburgh sometime called the mayden Castle for all the noble young women of the Pictes were nourished and learned in all skilfull labour of their hands vntill they were ready to marry Fergusius departing this present life as aforesaid a conuention was holden by the Nobles for election of a King After a long disputation and reasoning it was concluded by plaine consent of Parliament and enacted when it hapned their King to decease and hauing heyres gotten of his body being children the neerest of the Kings bloud and fittest to doe iustice shall possesse the Crowne for his time after his death the Kings sonne shall succeed to the crown without impediment if he were able thereto by the same acte it was prohibited children to be Kings This custome endured long time which raised much discord in this Realme of Scotland for the fathers brother raigning in the minority of his Nephew cast his chiefest busines to destroy him and likewise the Nephew to the fathers brother for ambition of the Crowne through which occurreth continuall killing of Kings and Nobles to the great damage of the Realme and Common wealth 2 FEZITHARIS brother to Fergusius by the aforesaid act began his raigne the yeare of the world 3666. before the comming of Christ 305. yeares from the beginning of the raigne of Scotland 26. yeares he was a good King and seuere Iusticer and was