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A26656	Medulla historiæ Scoticæ being a comprehensive history of the lives and reigns of the kings of Scotland, from Fergus the First, to Our Gracious Sovereign Charles the Second : containing the most remarkable transactions, and observable passages, ecclesiastical, civil, and military, with other observations proper for a chronicle, faithfully collected out of authors ancient and modern : to which is added, a brief account of the present state of Scotland, the names of the nobility, and principal ministers of church and state, the laws criminal : a description of that engine with which malefactors are tortured, called the boot.	Alexander, William, fl. 1685-1704.	1685 (1685)	Wing A917; ESTC R21197	93,143	254

going through France he spent it all and told his Holiness when he came to Rome that he had been robb'd by the way Whereupon presently another Legat was sent to Britain But the People hearing how they were cheated of their Money by the last procured an Order discharging this not to enter the Kingdom King Alexander dyed in Peace the thirty fifth year of his Reign and was buried at Melross 95. Alexander the third succeeded his Father A. D. 249. Being nine years of Age at his Coronation Ambassadors were sent to England demanding Margaret King Henry the third's Daughter in Marriage for King Alexander which was granted the next year the two Kings had a meeting at York where the Marriage was Solemnized During his Minority the Realm was well Governed by his Nobles taking the Government upon himself his first work was to summon the Earls of Monterth Athole and Buchan and the Lord Strabogy who were all of the Name of Cumings they not daring to appear were denounced Rebels They being now afraid thought nothing so much for their safety as the having the King in their Power which they got and confined him in the Castle of Sterling but the Earl of Athel who was the head of the Party dying their Hearts failed them and every one of them getting his Remission they set the King at Liberty soon after the Danes with a great Army invaded the Country the King with his Forces went against them and routed them killing twenty four Thousand of them the King returned to Norway with only four Ships which was all that was left of his whole Fleet. At this time Alexander Earl of Carrick passed to the Holy-Land having a Daughter who succeeded to his Estate she Married Robert Rance Lord of Annaudale and bare to him that noble and invincible Champion Robert Bruce King of Scotland King Alexander had two Sons by his Queen viz. Prince Alexander and David and one Daughter Margaret who was married to the King of Norway she bare to him Margaret called the Maiden of Norway The King and Queen going to London to the Coronation of King Edward the first David the second Son dyed in their absence within a few years after the Prince dyed at Lundores to the great Grief of the Nation and not long after the King dyed by a fall from over a Rock at Kinghorn the thirty seventh year of his Reign Leaving none of his own direct Line to succeed him The Nobility having met upon this so important occasion they put the Kingdom into the hands of six Regents for the South side Robert Arch-Bishop of Glasgow John Cumine and John the great Steward of Scotland For the North the Arch-Bishop of S. Andrews Macdiff Earl of Fife and Cumine Earl of Buchan Edward of England sends to demand the Daughter Grand-Child in marriage as next Heir to the Crown which was agreed too but the Death of the Lady frustrated all that Negotiation by which means great contention arose between Bourn and John Baliol. Baliol managing the English and Bruce the French interest Baliol being in the second degree of relation and Bruce in the third the one being David Earle of Huntingtons Grand Child the other his great Grand Child matters standing thus the whole was referred to King Edward who coming to Berwick and calling Lawyers to his assistance pretends all equity but raised up eight other Competitors the better to weaken the claim of the other two and so handled the business that Bruce having refused the Crown in Homage to England upon his aceptance of these conditions 96. John Balliol was declared King A. D. 1293. In the fourth year of his Reign an Appeal being made against him to King Edward by Mac-Duff and he refusing to rise from his Seat to answer it King Edward enters Scotland masters the Country takes Baliol and sends him Prisoner to London and afterward to France where he dyed long after in Exile About this time Sir William Walace arose who to his Honour did so Heroically defend his Country in its low condition as made it easily appear that if he had had as happy a fortune to advance as he had to relieve he might have been Commemorated for as great a man as ever was in any age for having upon a quarrel Slain a Young English Gentleman and enforced to lurk in the Hills for safety of his life he became inured to such hardness that awaking his natural Courage he be came the Head of all the Malecontents and filled both the Kingdomes with his terror so that having gleaned up to a tumultuary Army he became Baliols Viceroy thus after some little skirmishes he reduced all beyond the Forts after which he went to England and Ranged up and down for some time and returned without opposition after which the English enters Scotland with a great Army and finding the Scots disposed under three Leaders who disputed among themselves for Priority quite routed them but soon after they made a general insurrection to oppose which King Edward sent Ralph Conniers with a great army who a by tripple Victory were defeated at Kolkin All this while Robert Bruce continued with King Edward who weary of the Kings delays and offputs at last strikes in with John Cumin Baliols Cousin german they agreed that Bruce should have the Kingdom and Cumine all Bruces Lands Cumine notwithstanding communicates this agreement to King Edward Bruce hath notice and by shooing his Horse backward escapes to Lockambban there he finds Cumines Letters advising to cut him off upon which he hastens to Dumforess where he heard that Cumin was and after his exprobrating his infidelity Stabs him dead in the Franciscan Monastery About the same time Walace was traiterously Betrayed by Sir John Monteits at Glasgow and delivered to the English and being brought to London was Cruelly executed in Smithfield and his Limbs hung up in the most Eminent places 97. Robert Bruce was after he had stayed for the Popes absolution for defiling the Monastery with the murder of Cumine Crowned at Scone 1306. a Valiant and Heroick Prince he had many Enemies both at home and abroad which Edward taking advantage off with the assistance of the Cumines quite Routed him forcing him to the Hills where he endured great Misery to the great ruine and Slaughter both of his Family and Friends but making to gether some little force he took Carrick and Innerness by surprisal and by this means augmented his Train so that he was in case to withstand Edward having obtained a considerable Victory though sick and forced to be held on horse back this gave him time to take in the remaining strength but they were within a year retaken from him which incouraged Edward the second to enter with a great Army to Scotland but had a great defeat at Bannokburn which occasioned the loss of Berwick and Bruces confirmation in Parliament some few years after were spent in light Skirmishes and Incursions Robert having some rest

upon him the Title of Great Britain to take away every thing that might be occasion of discord amongst the Subjects of the two Kingdoms and to that effect were sundry of his Majesties Chief Officers of Estate sent for to England by Commission viz. The Earl of Mo●●rose Great Chancellour of Scotland Francis Earl of Errol Lord great Constable Alexander Lord Urquhart and Fyve President Sir Thomas Hamilton Advocate the Lords Lithgow and Roxburgh with sundry others of the Nobility with Sir John Sharp and Sir Thomas Craig Learned Lawyers These meeting with the Chancellour Treasurer Secretary had many Learned Orations Conferences and Speeches wherein the King assisted himself sometime in person This great meeting was dissolved without any great business done At this time came to England Don John de Velasco great Constable of Castile and Extraordinary Ambassador from the King of Spain to take Oath of the King for observation of the Articles of Peace concluded between these two Kings Like as Baron Howard of Essingham and Earl of Nottingham and High Admiral of England was sent into Spain to take the King of Spain's Oath for observation of Peace Like as Edward Baron of Beauchamp and Earl of Hartford were sent into the low Countries for the same purpose The Earl of Rutland was sent into Denmark and sundry Noblemen and Gentlemen to sundry Kings and Princes and Common-wealths his Confederates and Allyances Thomas Percie Robert Catesbee Thomas Winter by the instigation of some Jesuits having intended to Overthrow the King His Queen and Posterity at one blow intended that most inhumane and barbarous Treason called The Powder-Plot and to that effect associating themselves with Sir Edward Dick●ee Ambrose Rockwood John Grant the two Wrights with sundry others fell to digging of the Vault where after long travail hearing that the Cellers were to Let Hyring the Cellers which were under the Parliament House to the use of Mr. Thomas Piercie one of the Kings Gentlemen Pensioners and one of the chief Plotters where conveying in the said Cellers under the Parliament-House a great quantity of Gun-Powder with Billets and Faggots with sundry other combustible stuff the principle Plotters removed themselves to Warwickshire under pretence of a Match Hunting and at that time to surprise Lady Elizabeth then in the custody of the Lord Hadington whom they meant to proclaim Queen and in her Name to enter into Arms. But there is an eye in Heaven that seeth mens actions and lays them open to the view of the World by weak means and weak instruments All things succeeding thus happily as they thought and leaving Faukes alias Johnstoun to give Fire to the Train in the Night time by Torch The Lord Monteagle going along in his Coach an unknown Fellow presents him with a Letter The tenor whereof was to withdraw his Lordship from that session of parliament wherein there was something to be done against the Catholicks but there was a terrible blow to be given and no man should know who should be the giver of it and when the Letter was burnt the Peril was ended My Lord Monteagle in Religion Popish notwithstanding delivereth the Letter to Salisbury who acquainting my Lord Chamberlain and after my Lord Admiral and the Earls of Worster and Northampton who not finding out the meaning of the Letter and knowing that the KING was well seen in such hid misteries present it to his MAJESTY in the privy Gallery The King Reading it over and over again Salisbury told him that he thought some Mad Fellow had written it his Majesty asking the reason of Salisbury He replyed because he writ there was a terrible blow to be given and no man should know who should be the giver His Majestie answered that the last sentence made the other more clear That the Letter being burnt the Peril was ended which the burning of the Letter could make to no purpose to hinder the Peril The King assured him that is was some blowing up of powder and therefore desired that his houses might be surveyed After examination Wh●ngard keeper of the Parliament House told that he had let the House to Mr. Thomas Perci● after some pains taken that same night by the Lord Chamberlain the Lord Knevet Mr. Doublede found the foresaid Faukes with a Dark Lanthorn ready to enter the House but he being apprehended the Blow was prevented where swift fame carrying it down to the Country the principal Plotters knew not where to flee to hide their heads They surprize Warwick Castle where being affrighted with drying of Gun-Powder and other strange Dreams seeing Castles and Towers blown up in the Air they were at last besieged in the Castle of Warwick where Percie and Catesbee were both Shot with one Musquet shot back to back the rest were apprehended and brought to London where after the Confession of all for the most part and penitence and contrition in some craving pardon of his Majestie and Countrie for such an horrible and inhumane Fact Catesbee Grant Winter and Bates were Executed at the West of Pauls as also Winter the two Wrights and Faukes and Ambrose Rockwood at Westminster So here we see the God of light brought the deed of Darkness to light and as they said by their Confession to cast the aspersion and Guilt of the Action upon the Puritanes so the God of Heaven would have it to fall upon the Plotters themselves After this followed the Nuptial of that Noble Lady Lady Elizabeth matched with the Prince Palatine of the Rhyne At which time that Noble Prince Prince Henry a prince so compleat of all Vertues that Europe could not shew his second a Prince so Mars-like and so beloved of all military men and so beloved of them that true Moecenas of Vertue and Learning as appeared by his Valiant his Active and his Princely prise wherein he intituled himself by the Name Moeliades Lord of the Isles challenging the Gentrie of Great Britain which was performed in the Hall of Whitehall by Torch Light the challengers were with him the Duke of Lennox the Earls of Arundal Southampton Pembr●ke Sir Thomas Somerset and Sir Richard Preston where before the King the Queen the Peers of the whole Island with the concurrence of all Forraign Ambassadors where he gave testimony of his Activeness Agility and Quickness which cannot be expressed to the Life how every thing was done in the Action and performed and the prises given to the defendants where the challengers and defendants were most Royally Feasted the next day as the prise and reward of their Vertue and Valour given by the Noblest Lady of Britain according to the Tennor of the challenge and was given by Lady Elizabeth his sister viz. 1. Philip Earl of Montgomerie 2. Thomas Dearsie son to the Lord Dearsie 3. Sir Robert Gordon of Lochinvar This Triumph being ended to his no small Honour Much more might be said of this great Prince who was taken away in the prime of his Years to the great grief

means of one Caransius a Roman who was afterward King of Britain they made peace King Crathelinth passed the rest of his days in peace and dyed the 24 year of his Reign he was buried in Dunstaffage 35. To him succeeded his Cousin German Fincormach A. D. 301. A Prince both Pious and Valiant he Joyned with the Britains against the Romans and after a most Bloody battel routed them pursuing them as far as Yorke Having procured Peace abroad he wholly applyed himself to the utter extirpating of Idolatry In his days fell out the ninth Persecution under Aurelius and the tenth under Dioclesian which gave occasion to many Christians from divers parts of the Empire now a second time to flee to Scotland for refuge as they had done once before under Domitian Among those Fugitives who fled thither for shelter from the general Massacre were many excellent men in Piety and Learning whom the King not only did kindly receive but also imployed to assist him and his council in the further setling of Christianity in his Dominion and in the total Extirpation of Idolatry out of it which was so much the harder work because of the Druides the principal false Prophets and Idolatrous Priests of those days who not only by their subtil Hypocrisy and sence pleasing Divine service but also by a cunning forcast having drawn into their hands the hearing and determining of Civel affairs had so gained upon the spirits of the Poor and Simple people that they could not imagine how to be without them and live The resolute care and labour of this gracious King and his Council together with the help of these Pious and Learned men prevailed at last utterly to overthrow and abolish the Groves with the Alters under the Oaks and all Idol service and to Establish the pure worship of God in all places of his Dominions filling the Rooms of these false Prophets with Godly and Learned teachers among the people which was done in all places throughout the Kingdom but especially in the Islands which those Pious men took for their particular abode as being most fit for a retired life and namely in the Isle of Man the King caused a Church to be built to the honour of our Saviour these Holy men were for their labouring so much in Gods worship called Colidei or Culdees This good King dyed in peace the 47 year of his Reign and was buried in Dunstaffage 36. Romach brothers Son to Crathelinth after a hot debate by the assistance of the Picts possessed himself of the Throne A. D. 348. But proving a cruel Tyrant he was killed by his Nobles the 3 d year of his Reign in his time Christianity began in Ireland 37. Augustian Another of Crathelinth's Brothers sons succeeded A.D. 351. a Valiant and peaceable King The late Kings associates not thinking themselves secure fled to the Picts whom they instigated to make War upon the Scots in revenge of Romacks death Augustian hearing of their purpose sent to Hertanus the King of the Picts acquainting him how dangerous a War betwixt them at that time might prove The Romans and Britains being so apt to take advantage of them when they are low but all would not do whereupon he went against them with his Forces and quite Defeated them killing many of their Nobles Afterward they renewed their strength and came to the Wood of Camelon where the King of Scots with his Army lay where they fought a most bloody battel on both sides both the Kings were killed with many of their Nobles in the third year of his Reign He was buried in Dunstaffage without Succession 38. Fethelmack The youngest of Crathelinths Brothers Sons Succeeded A. D. 354. A Valiant Prince he scarcely Reigned two years when having raised an Army he went against the Picts and gave them a most fatal overthrow killing their King in Battel he was afterward Trayterously murthered in his bed by two perfidious Picts who insinuated themselves into his favour with the assistance of an Harper the groans of the dying King being over heard by his Servants they came rushing into the Room where they took the Villains in the very Act of their cruelty who were afterward tormented to death At this time St Andrews Church was built by the King of the Picts at the request of St Rewell he dyed the third year of his Reign and was buried in Dunstaffage 39. To him Succeeded Ewin the first Son to Fincormach A. D. 357. A Valiant Just and good King In his time the Romans resolving to be Masters of the whole Island and to destroy both Scots and Picts first Communicate to the Picts their purpose to Eradicat the Scots and that if they would be assistant therein they should enjoy all their Lands holding it of the Romans They as a base ungratefull people accepted the proffer So that the Scots had now to do with Romans Britains and Picts In the first Battel the Romans and the others were worsted but soon after the Romans renewing their strength with all their Adherents Eugen or Ewen upon the other hand convened all that could bear arms in his Dominions knowing they were to fight for no less then their Country and Liberty They engaged at the River Dun the Battel was most bloody with doubtful success for a while but at last the Scots being over powered with fresh supplies from the Romans were forced to fly leaving the King and his Brother with fifty thousand of their men dead in the Field They fled some to the Isles some to Ireland and Scandia they attempted several times to recover their Countrey but in Vain till at length the King of Picts dying the Roman Legat charged them that they should choose no other King but live under the Roman Government and by Roman laws when they saw this they became some what sensible of their folly and treachery to their best neighbours resolving at length to call them home and Joyne forces them that the one might recover their Country the other their Liberty 40. Echadius the Kings Brother upon the late fatal defeat finding there was no shelter for him in his Country departed with his Son Hutha and his Grandson Fergus to Scandia there they were kindly entertained In process of time Echadius and Hutha dying Fergus became a most Valiant man gained great fame in France and Pannonia To him the Picts sent Embassadors inviting him home promised there assistance toward the recovering of his Country which he readily accepted of and having arrived with a few Danes and Goths in his company the Scots likewise gathering to him he soon regained his Kingdom being Victorious against the Romans in many Battels at last he was killed in Battel by the Romans the sixteenth year of his Raigne and was buried in Icolmkill which was the burial place for the Kings till King Malhiscom Kanmors days having left the Kingdom almost in as bad case as he found it 41. To him Succeeded his son Eugenius the second A.