remeÌ„t Dales and the SherifdoÌ„e of Berwicke wer then enioyed by a nacion myngeled in mariage with Britons and in their obedience whose capitain called Berynger buylded the castle and toune of Berwicke vpon Twede and these people were called Pightes vpoÌ„ whom by the death of this Coell these Scottes had oportunitie to vse warre whereof thei ceassed not vntill suche tyme as it pleased God to appoynt another Coell Kyng of Britons against whose name albeit thei hoped a like victorie to the firste yet he preuailed and ceassed not his warr vntil these Scottes wer vtterly expulsed out of all the boundes of Briteigne in whiche thei neuer dared to reeÌ„tre vntill the raigne of Scicill Kyng of Britons whiche was the .xiii. Kyng after this Coell Duryng all whiche tyme thesame countrey was reenhabited by the Britons And then the Scottes turnyng to Ciuil discord of this realme betwene this Sycill and his brother Blede to their best auauntage newly arriued in Albania thereof made one Reuther their king from the beginnyng of the worlde .iiii. M ix C. lxxxxv yeres whiche from their first entry was .iii. Clxxiiii yeres vpon this their newe arriuall newe warre was made vpoÌ„ them by this Sicill Kyng of Britons in whiche warre Reuther their newe Kyng died to whom Thereus succeded against whom the warr of Britons ceassed not vntil he frely submitted hymself vnto y e said Sicill kyng of BritoÌ„s at Ebranke that is Yorke where shortly after the tenth yere of his reigne he died Fynnâ—ne brother of Iosine succeded by their eleccion to the kyngdom of Scottes who shortly after compelled by the warres of thesame Sicill declared hymself subiecte and for the better assurance of his faithe and obeisaunce to the Kyng of BritoÌ„s deliuered his sonne Durstus into the handes of this Sicill who phantesiyng the childe and hopyng by his awne succession to alter the subtilitie I will not say duplicitie maried to him Agasia his awne daughter this Sicill reigned in this state ouer theim twoo and twentie yeres THIS Durstus was their next kyng but for y â— he had maried a BritoÌ„ woman though she a kynges daughter the Scottes hated him for y e same cause y e thei ought to haue liked hym the better and therefore not onely traiteroussy slewe hym but further to declare thende of their malice dishenherited asmuche as in theÌ„ was the issues of thesame Durstus and Agasia wherupon newe war sproÌ„g betwene theim and vs whiche ceassed not vntill thei were contented to receiue Edeir to their kyng the next in bloudde then liuyng discended froÌ„ Durstus and Agasia and thereby the bloud of Britons of the parte of the mother was restored to the croune of Albania nature whose lawe is immutable caused this bande of loue to holde For shortly after this Eder attended vpon Cassibelane kyng of Britons for the repulse of Iulius Caesar as their awne aucthor Boecius coÌ„fesseth coÌ„maunded thesame as his subiecte but Iulius Caesar after his third arriuall by treason of Androgeus preuailed against the Britons and therupon pursued this Eder into Scotlande and as hymself saith in his CommeÌ„taries subdued all the Isse of Briteigne whiche though the liuyng Scottes deny it their ded writers confesse that he came beyond Callender woode and cast downe Camelon the principall citee of Pichtes and in token of this victory not farre from Carron buylded a round Temple of stone whiche remaigned in some perfeccioÌ„ vnto the reigne of our Kyng Edwarde called the firste since the supposed Conquest by whom it was subuerted but the monument thereof remaineth to this daie This Cassibelane reigned in this state â–ª xvi yeres Aruiragus Kyng of Wales brother of Guyder .c. is and sonne of Kymbalyne descended from Androgeus the sonne of Lud an auncient kyng of Britons was by iusse succession shortely after kyng of Britons against whom Claudius then emperor made war but this Claudius at last gaue his daughter Genuissa or Genissa in mariage to this Aruiragus This Claudius subdued Orknay and all the remanent Isles aboute Briteigne whiche he gaue to his sonne Aruiragus and so left hym kyng of the whole Islande this Aruiragus reigned in this state ouer them .xxiiii. yeres Marrius the soonne of Aruiragus and Genissa was nexte kyng of all Briteigne in his tyme one Roderycke a Scythian with a greate rable of vacaboÌ„des came to the water of Frithe in Scotlande whiche is an arme of the sea deuidyng Pentlande from Fiffe against whom this Marrius assembled a power by which he slewe this Rodericke and discoÌ„fited his people in Westmerlande of whiche victorie he was also after written by the name of Westmer but to those that remained in life he gaue to bee enhabited the Countrey of Cathenes in Scotlande whiche proueth it to be within his domintoÌ„ this Marrius reigned in this state ouer theim .xxv. yeres Coell the sonne of this Marrius had issue Lucius coumpted the first Christian Kyng of this nacion he created three Archeflamines whose office is before declared the first remained at LoÌ„don and his power extended froÌ„ the farthest parte of Cornewall to Humber water the second remained at Yorke and his power stretched froÌ„ Humber to the fardest part of all Scotlande The third remained at Careleon vpoÌ„ the riuer of Oose in Glamorgan in Wales and his power extended from Seuerne through all Wales Some write y t he made but two Archeflamyns and turned their names to Archbishoppes the one to remaigne at Cantorbury the other at Yorke but thei coÌ„fesse that he of Yorke had iurisdiccion through all Scotlande either of whiche is sufficient to proue Scotlande to bee then vnder his dominion This Coill reigned in this state ouer theim .xi. yeres Seuerus by birthe a Romayne but in bloudde a Briton and the lineall heire of the body of Androgius sonne of Lud nephew of Cassibelaine was shortly after Emperor and kyng of Britons in whose tyme the people to whoÌ„ his auncester Marrius gaue the lande of Cathenes in Scotland conspired with the Scottes and receiued them from the Isles into Scotland but hereupon this Seuerus came into Scotlande meting with their faith and false hartes together droue theim all out of the mayne lande into isles the vttermost bondes of al great Briteigne but notwithstandyng this glorious victorie the Britons consideryng their seruitude to y e Romaines imposed by treason of Androgius auncester to this Seuerus began to hate hym whom yet thei had not tyme to loue whereupoÌ„ beside Yorke thei suffered hym to bee slain After that he had for their defence and suretie slain of the Scottes and their confederates in one battail xxx thousandes but suche was the consideracion of the vulger sorte in those daies whose malice no tyme could deminishe nor desert appease Anthonius Bassianus borne of a BritoÌ„ woman and Gera borne on a Romayne woman were the sonnes of this Seuerus who after the death of their father by the contrary voyces of their people contended for the Croune fewe Britons helde
with Bassianus fewer Romaynes held with Geta but the greater nombre with neither thei fought Geta was slain and Bassianus made Kyng but hetherto the dayly memorie of perpetuall seruitude in the Brutus thought the death of the father no sufficient reuenge to the iniury dooen by the graundefather and therefore thei deposed this Bassianus and made Carassius a Briton their kyng who vpō victory had against this Bassianus gaue vnto y e Scottes Pichtes and Scithians the countrey of Cathenes in Scotlande whiche thei after inhabited whereby appereth his season thereof Coill discended of the bloudde of auncient kynges of Briteigne was shortly after kyng of Britons whose onely daughter and heire called Helen was maried vnto Constācius a Romayn who daunted the rebellion of all partes of greate Briteigne and after the death of this Coil was in the right of his wife kyng therof and reigned in his state ouer thē xv yeres Constantyne the sonne of this Constance and Helen was nexte kyng of Britons he passyng to Rome to receiue the Empire therof deputed one Octauius king of Wales and Duke of Gwisscop which some expoūde to be West sex some Cornewall and some Windsore to haue the gouernement of this dominion but abusyng this kynges innocent goodnes this Octauius defrauded this trust and toke vpon himself the Croune for whiche traytorie albeit he was once vanquished by Leonyne Traherons vncle to Constantyne yet after the death of this Traherons he preuailed again and reigned ouer all Briteigne Constantyne beyng nowe Emperor sent to Maximius his kynseman hether to destroy thesame Octauius whom in singuler battaill discomfited this Octauius whereupon this Maximius as well by the consent of great Cōstantyne as by the eleccion of all the Britons for that he was a Britō in bloud was made kyng of this Briteigne This Maximius made war vpon the Scottes and Scythians within all Briteigne ceassed not vntill he had slain Eugenius their Kyng expulsed and driuen them out of the whole boundes of Briteigne and newly inhabited all Scotland with Britons no man woman or childe of the Scottishe naciō suffered to remain within it whiche as their Hector Boecius saith was for their rebelliō and rebellion properly could it not be excepte thei had been subiectes he suffered the Pychtes to remain his subiectes who made solempne othes to hym after neuer to erect any peculiar kyng of their awne nacion but to remain vnder the old Empire of thonely kyng of Britons He reigned in the whole state of this Briteigne .xxxiiii. yeres ABOVT xlv yeres after this beyng long tyme after the death of this Maximius with the helpe of Gouuan or Gonan and Melga the Scottes newly arriued in Albania and thereof created one Fergus the seconde of that name to be their kyng but because thei wer before banished the continēt lande thei crouned hym kyng of their auenture in Argile in the fatall chater of Merble the yere of our Lorde CCCC xxii Maximian soonne of Leonyne Traherons brother to kyng Coill and vncle to the holy Helen was by liniall succession next kyng of Britons but to appease the malice of Dyonothus kyng of Wales who also claimed the kyngdome he maried Othilia eldest daughter of this Dyonothus and afterward assembled a great power of Britons and entered Albania and inuaded Gallowaie Mers Annandale Pentlande Carrike Kyll and Cunyngham and in battaill slewe bothe this Fergus then kyng of Scottes Durstus the king of Pichtes and exiled all their people out of the continent lande whereupon the few nombre of Scottes then remainyng on liue went to Argila and made Eugenius their kyng VVHEN this Maximian had thus obteigned quietnes in Briteigne he departed with his cosyn Conan Meredecke into Armorica where thei subdued the kyng did depopulate the countrey which he gaue to Conan his cosyn to be afterward inhabited by Britons by the name of Briteigne the lesse and hereof this realme tooke name of Briteigne the greate whiche name by consent of forein writers it kepeth vnto this daie AFTER the death of this Maximian dissencion beeyng betwene the nobles of greate Briteigne the Scottes swarmed together again came to the wall of Adrian where this realme beyng deuided in many fashions thei ouer came one and hereupō their Hector Boecius as an hēne that for laiyng of one egge will make a great cakelyng solemply triumphyng of a conquest before the victorie allegeth that hereby the Britons were made tributaries to the Scottes and yet he confesseth that thei wonne no more lande by that supposed cōquest but the samle porciō betwene theim and Humber which in the old particions before was annexed to Albania it is hard to bee beleued that suche a broken nacion as the Scottes at that tyme were returnyng from banishment within foure yeres before since in battaill lost bothe their kynges and the greate nōber of their best men to bee thus sodenly able to make a conquest of greate Briteigne verie vnlikely if thei had conquered it thei would haue left the whote sonne of the Easte partes to dwell in the cold Snowe of Scotlande Incredible it is that if thei had cōquered it thei would not haue deputed offices in it as in cases of conquest behoueth And it is beyond all belefe that great Briteigne or any other Countrey should be wonne without the cōmyng of any enemie into it as thei did not but taried at y e same wall of Adryan But what nede I speake of these defences when thesame Boecius scātly trusteth his awne belife in this tale For he saieth that Galfride and sundery other Autentique writers sōderly vary frō this part of his story wherein his awne thought accuseth his cōsciēce of vntruth Wherein he furder forgettyng howe it behoueth a lyer to bee myndefull of his assercion in the fourth Chapiter next folowyng wholy bewraieth hymself saiyng that the confederate Kynges of Scottes and Pychtes vpon ciuil warres betwene the Britons whiche then was folowyng hoped shortly to enioy all the land of great Briteigne from beyond Humber vnto the fresh sea whiche hope had been vain and not lesse then voyde if it had been their awne by y e conquest before Constantine of litle Briteigne descended frō Conan kyng therof cosyn of Brutes bloud to this Maximiā and his next heire was next kyng of great Briteigne he immediatly pursued the Scottes with warres and shortely in battaill slewe their Kyng Dougard the firste yere of his reigne and so recouered Scotlande out of their handes and toke all the holdes therof into his awne custodie Vortiger shortly after obteyned the Croune of Briteigne against whom the Scottes newly rebelled for repressyng whereof he mistrustyng the Britons to hate him for y e treasonable death of Kyng Constance sonne of this Constantyne as one that to auoyde the smoke dooth fall into the fire receiued Hengest a Saxon with a greate nombre of his nacion into this Realme with whom and a few Britons he entred Scotlande and ouer came
theim whereupon thei tooke the Isles their common refuge he gaue muche of Scotlande as Galloway Pentlāde Mers and Annandale with sundery other landes to this Hengest his people to inhabite whiche thei did accordyngly but when this Hēgest afterward thursted after the Kyngdom he was banished and yet afterward beyng restored he conspired with y e Scottes agaist Aurilambrose the sonne of Constantyne the iust inheritor of this whole dominiō but his vntruth and theirs bothe wer recompensed together for he was takē prisoner by Eldulph de Samor then Erle of Gloucester and his hed for his traitory striken of by the same Erle by commaundemente of the same kyng Aurilambros in this felde the Scottes wer vanquished but Octa the soonne of Hengest was receiued to mercie to whom and his people this Aurilambros gaue the countrey of Galloway in Scotlād for whiche thei became his Subiectes And hereby appereth that Scotlande was then agayne in his handes Vter called also Pendragon brother to this Aurilambros was nexte Kyng of Britons agaynst whom these sworne Saxōs new forsworne subiectes confederate with the Scottes newly rebelled but by his power assembled against thē in Galloway in Scotlande thei were discomfited and all Albania recouered into his handes This Vter reigned in this state ouer them .xviii. yeres Arthur y e sonne of this Vter begotten before y e mariage but lawfully borne after succeded next to the croune of greate Briteigne whose notable actes though many vulger fables haue rather wondered at then credited yet all the Scottishe writers confesse that he subdued all greate Briteigne and made it tributory to hym and subdued the Saxons then scatered as farre as Cathenes in Scotlande and in all his warres against theim he had the seruice and obeisaunce of Scottes and Pightes but at the last settyng their feete in the guyle of their predecessours thei newly rebelled in the repressyng whereof he deposed their Kyng and conquered al the countreys of Scotlande Islande and Orknay and made one Angusiā his kynseman kyng of Scottes Vrian kyng of Islāde Murefrēce kyng of Orknay he made one Pyramium Archbishop of Yorke whose auctoritie extēded through all Scotlāde Thus Arthur reigned in this state .xxii. yeres Malgo shortly after succeded to the whole kyngdom of greate Briteigne vpō new resistaunce he newly subdued Irelād Islād Orkades Norway Dēmarke made Ethelfrede a Saxō kyng of Bernicia that is Northūberlād Louthiā muche other lāde of Scotland whiche Ethelfrede by the sworde obteined at the hādes of the wilfull inhabitauntes and was true Subiecte to this Malgo. Cadvvā succeded to the kyngdom of greate Briteigne who in defence of his subiectes the Scottes made warre vpon this Ethelfrede but at the laste thei agreed and Cadvvan vpon their rebelliō gaue all Scotlande vnto this Ethelfrede whiche he thereupon subdued and enioyed but afterward in the reigne of Cadvvallo that next succeded in great Briteigne he rebelled wherupon the same Cadvvallo came into Scotlande and vpon his treason reseazed the coūtrey into his awne hādes and hauyng with hym all the viceroys of Saxons whiche thē inhabited here his subiectes in synguler battaill slewe thesame Ethelfrede Osvvald was shortly after by Cadvvallos gifte made Kyng of Bernicia and he as subiect to Cadvvallo and by his commaundement discōfited the Scottes and Pightes and subdued al Scotlande Osvvy the brother of this Osvvald was by the like gifte of Cadvvallo made nexte Kyng of Bernicia and he by like cōmaundemēt newly subdued the Scottes Pightes held thē in that obeysaūce to this Cadvvallo duryng .xxviii. yeres Thus Cadvvallo reigned in the whole Monarchie or great Briteign xlviii yeres hauyng al the vii kynges therof aswel Saxons as others his subiectes for albeit the nōber of Saxons frō tyme to tyme greatly increased yet were thei alwaies either expulsed or els made tributory to the onely kynges of Britons for the tyme beyng all their awne writers confesse he died in the yere of our Lorde 676. And so reigned in this state ouer thē .xxviii. yeres Cadvvallader was nexte kyng of the whole greate Briteigne he reigned .xii. yeres ouer all the Kynges thereof in greate peace and tranquilitie and then vpon the lamentable death of his subiectes which died in sundery deceasses innumerably he departed into litle Briteigne whose sonne and cosyn Iuor and Iue beyng repulsed frō this Englande by the Saxsons went into Wales where emong the Britons thei and their posteritie remayned Princes vpon this greate alteraciō warres being through the whole dominiō betwene Britons and Saxons the Scottes thought tyme to slip y e collor of obedience therupon entered in league with Charles then Kyng of Fraunce in this wise 1 The iniurie of Englishemen doen to any of these people shalbee perpetually holden commen to bothe 2 When Frenchemen be inuaded by Englishmen y e Scottes shal send their army in defēce of Fraūce so that thei be supported w t money victailes of Fraūce 3 When Scottes bee inuaded by Englishemen the Frenchmen shall come vpon their awne expences to their supporte 4 None of these people shall take peace or truce w t Englishemē w tout the aduise of other c. MANY sufferable opinions maie be had of warr without the praisyng of it as onely admittible by inforced necessitie and to be vsed for peace his sake onely where here the Scottes soughte warre for the loue of warre onely for their league geueth no benefite to themselfes either in fre trafique of their awne commodities or benefite of the Frēche or other priuilege to the people of both what discommoditie lofyng the entercourse exchaūge of our cōmodities beeyng in necessaries more abundaunt then Fraunce the Scottes feele and we perfectly know What rewyn of their Tounes destruccion of Countreys slaughter of bothe our people haue by reasō of this bloudy league chaunced the Histories bee so lamentable as bee to hortible emong christian men to be remembred but God gaue the increase accordyng to their seede for as thei did hereby sowe discencion so did thei shortly after repe slaughter For Alpyne their Kyng possessyng a lighte mynde that would be a loft with a litle wynd hoped by this league shortly to subdue all greate Briteigne and to that ende not onely rebelled in his awne kyngdō but also vsurped the kyngdome of Pightes whereupon Edvvyn kyng of Englāde made one Brudeus Kyng of Pightes whom he sent into Scotlāde with a great power where in battaill he toke this Alpyne Kyng of Scottes prisoner discōfited his people and beeyng this Alpyne their kyng founde subiecte and rebel his hed was striken of at a place in Scotlande whiche thereof is to this day called Pasalpyne that is to saie the hedde of Alpyne this was the firste Cropes of their Frenche league Osbright Kyng of Englande with Ella his subiect and a great nomber of Britons and Saxōs shortly after for y t the Scottes had of theimselfes elected a new kyng shortly after entered Scot
of Scottes Alexander his soonne beyng of .ix. yeres of age was by the lawes of Edgar in ward to this king Henry by the nobles of Scotland brought to Yorke and there deliuered to this kyng Henry duryng whose minoritie this kyng Henrye gouerned Scotland and to subdue a coÌ„mocion in this realme vsed the aide of .v. M. Scottishmen but kyng Henry dyed duryng y e nonage of this Alexander wherby he receiued not his homage whiche by reason and lawe was respited vntyl his ful age of .xxi. yeres this Henry reigned in this state .lvii. yeres Edwarde the first synce the supposed conquest sonne of this HeÌ„ry was next kyng of EnglaÌ„d immediatly after whose coronacion this Alexander kyng of Scottes beyng then of full age did homage to him for ScotlaÌ„d at Westminster This AlexaÌ„der kyng of Scoties died leuing one only doughter called Margarete his heire who before had maried Hanygo soonne to Magnus kyng of Norway whiche doughter also shortly after dyed leauyng one onely doughter her heire of thage of .ii yeres whose custodie mariage by the lawes of king Edgar and Edward the coÌ„fessour belonged to this kyng Edwarde whervpoÌ„ the nobles of Scotland wer coÌ„maunded by this king Edward to sende to Normandy to conuey this yong quene into Englande to him whom he enteÌ„ded to haue maried to his soonne Edwarde as our kyng in his owne person enteÌ„deth with their Quene now Their nobles at that tyme consideryng thesame tranquilitie y â— many of them now refuse stoode not vpon shiftes and delayes of minoritie nor coÌ„tempt but most gladly consented and thervpon sent twoo noble menne of Scotlande into Norway for her to be brought to this kyng Edward but she died before their coÌ„ming thether they required nothyng but to enioy the lawfull liberties that they had in the last kyng Alexander his tyme I beleue that the deade bodyes of these noble men of all the kynges of Scotland would rise from their sepultures against the enemies of this godly vnion â–ª if they knewe with what wilfull contempte they deface their doynges with what wicked obstinacy thei deteigne y e people of Britaigne in perpetual warre enmitie and discorde After the death of this Margaret the Scottes wer destitute of any heire to y e croune froÌ„ this AlexaÌ„der there last kyng at whiche tyme this Edwarde disceÌ„ded froÌ„ the body of Mawde doughter of Malcolme sometyme kyng of Scottes beyng then in the greatest broil of his warres with Fraunce mynded not to take the possession of that kyngdome in his awne right but was contented to establish Balioll to be king thereof the weake title betwene him Bruse Hastynges beeyng by the humble peticion of all the realme of Scotland coÌ„mitted to the determinacion of this kyng Edwarde as by autentique writyng therof coÌ„fessyng within the superioritie of Scotlande to remaine in this kyng Edwarde sealed with the seales of .iiii. bishoppes .vii. Earles and .xi. Barons of Scotlande and whiche shortely after was by the whole assent of the thre estates of Scotland in their solemne ParliameÌ„t coÌ„fessed enacted accordiÌ„gly as most euidently doeth appeare This Baliol in this wise made kyng of ScotlaÌ„d did immediatly make his homage and fealtie to this kyng Edwarde for the kyngdome of Scotlande but shortly after defraudyng the benigne goodnes of this king Edward he rebelled whervpon this king Edward inuaded ScotlaÌ„d seazed into his haÌ„des the greater part of the countrey and toke al the strengthes therof wherupon this Baliol king of Scottes came vnto this kyng Edwarde at Mâ—untrosse in Scotland with a white wande in his hand there resigned the croune of Scotland with all his right title entrest to the same into the haÌ„des of this kyng Edwarde therfore made his Charter in writyng dated sealed y e fourth yere of his reign whervpon all the nobles geÌ„tlemen of Scotlande repaired to Berwicke and there did homage and fealtie to this king Edward becoÌ„myng his subiectes For the better assuraunce of whose othes this Edwarde kept all the streÌ„gthes and holdes of Scotland in his owne handes and herevpon all their lawes proces al iudgement all giftes of offices and others passed vnder the name of authoritie of this king Edward he reigned in this state ouer theÌ„ xxx yeres Edward borne at Carnaruan sonne of this Edward was nexte kyng of England who from the beginnyng of his reigne enioyed Scotland peaceably dooyng in all thynges as is aboue sayd of kyng Edward his father vntyll towarde the latter ende of his reigne about whiche Bruse conspired agaiÌ„st this kyng Edward and with the helpe of a fewe forsworne Scottes forswore him selfe kyng of Scottes whervpoÌ„ this Edward made warre vpon him but beyng infortunate in his first warres against him he suffered Edwarde the soonne of Baliol to proclaime himself kyng of Scottes neuerthelesse held foorth his warres against Bruse before the endyng of whiche he dyed Edwarde borne at Wyndsore soonne of this Edward was next king of Scotlande at the age of xv yeres in whose minoritie the Scottes practised with Isabell mother to this Edwarde with Roger Mortymer Earle of the Marche to haue their homages released whose good wyll therin thei obteined so y â— for the same release they shuld pay to this king Edward .xxx. thousand poundes sterlyng in thre yeres nexte folowing that is to say .x. thousande pounde sterlyng yerely but because the nobilitie and coÌ„mons of this realme would not by parliament coÌ„sent vnto it their king beyng within age y e same release proceded not albeit the Scottes ceased not their practises with this Quene and Erle but before those thre yeres in whiche their money if that money had taken place shuld haue been paied wer exspired this kyng Edward inuaded Scotland and ceased not warre vntill Dauid the sonne of Robert le Bruse then by their eleccion kyng of ScotlaÌ„d absolutely submitted himselfe vnto this kyng Edwarde but for that this Dauid Bruse had before by practise of the Quene and the Erle of Marche maried Jane the sister of this kyng Edward he moued by natural zeale to his sister was contented to geue the realme of Scotlande to this Dauid Bruse to theires that he should begette of the body of the sayd Jane sauyng the reuersion and meane homages to this kyng Edward and to his owne children wherewith thesame Dauid Bruse was right well coÌ„tented thervpon immediatly made his homage for Scotlande vnto this kyng Edward but shortly after causelesse coÌ„ceiuyng cause of displeasure this Dauid procured to disolue this same estate taily and therevpon not onely rebelled in Scotland but also inuaded EnglaÌ„d this kyng Edward beyng then in his warres in Fraunce But this Dauid was not onely expulsed EnglaÌ„d but also suspecting no place sufficient defeÌ„ce to his vntruth fled out of ScotlaÌ„d the couÌ„treys of AnnaÌ„dale Gallovvay Mars Teuydale Twedale and Ethrike wer seased into the king of England his handes new Marches set betwene England ScotlaÌ„d
at Cockeburnes pathe Sowtry hedge whiche when this Dauid went about to recouer againe his power was discōfited and himself by a fewe Englishemen taken brought into England where he remained prisoner .xi. yeres during whiche tyme this king Edward enioyed Scotland peaceably then at the cōtēplacion of y e wery suite of his sorowfull sister wife of this Dauid he was contented ones again to restore this Dauid to y e kyngdome of Scotland whervpō it was cōcluded that for this rebellion Dauid should pay to this king Edward the summe of one C. M. markes sterlyng and should also destroy all his holdes and fortresses stādyng against the Englishe borders and further should assure the crowne of Scotlande to the childer of this kyng Edward for lacke of heire of his owne bodye all whiche thynges he did accordyngly and for the better assuraunce of his obeisaunce afterward he deliuered into the hādes of this kyng Edward sondry noble men of Scotlād his pledges this Edwarde reigned in this state ouer theim .li. yeres Richard the sonne of Edward called the blacke prince soonne of this Edwarde kyng was nexte kyng of Englande who for that the sayd Jane y e wife of the sayd kyng Dauid of Scotlande was deceassed without issue beyng enformed howe the Scottes deuised to their vttermost power to breake the limitacion of this inheritaunce touchyng y e croune of Scotlande made foorthwith warre against theim he brent Edenbrough spoiled all their coūtrey toke al their holdes maintained cōtinually warre against them vnto his death whiche was Anno domini M. CCC xcix Henry the fourth of that name was next kyngof Englād he cōtinued these warresbegon agaīst them by kyng Richard ceassed not vntil Robert kyng of Scottes the third of that name resigned his croune by appointment of this king Henrye and deliuered his sonne James beyng then of thage of .ix. yeres into the hādes of this king Hēry to remaine to his custodie wardship and disposicion as of his superior lord accordyng to the olde lawes of kyng Edwarde the confessor all this was done Anno domini M. CCCC iiii which was within v. yeres after the death of king Richard This Henry the fourth reigned in this state ouer theim xiiii yeres Henrye the fift of that name soonne of this kyng Henrye the forth was next king of England he had warres against the Frēch kyng in all whiche this James then kyng of Scottes attended vpon him as vpon his superior lorde with a conuenient nomber of Scottes notwithstandyng their league with Fraunce but this Henry reigned but .ix. yeres whereby the homage of this James their king hauyng not fully accomplished y e age of .xxi. yeres was by reason lawe respited Henry the sixt the sonne of this Henrye the .v. was nexte kyng of England in whō the seignorie of Scotlande and custodie of this James beyng by law and reason discēded he maried the same James kyng of Scottes to the doughter of Hēry Beauford then Earle of Somerset and toke for the value of this mariage the summe of one hundreth thousād markes sterlyng This James kyng of Scottes at his ful age did homage to thesame kyng Henry the sixt for the kyngdome of Scotlande at Wyndsore This Henry the sixt reigned in this state quietly seazed of this seignorie ouer the Scottes without any chalenge or interrupcion by them .xlix. yeres and so thereof quietly dyed seazed Synce whiche tyme vnto the daies of Kyng Henrye the .vii. graundfather to our soueraigne lorde that nowe is albeit this realme hath been molested with diuersitie of titles in whiche vnmete time neither law nor reason admit prescripcion to the preiudice of any right yet did kyng Edwarde the forth next kyng of England by preparacion of war against the Scottes in the latter ende of his reigne sufficiently by al lawes induce the cōtinuaunce of his claime to thesame superioritie ouer theim After whose death vnto the beginnyng of the reigne of our late soueraigne lord kyng Henry the viii exceded not the nomber of xxvii yeres aboute whiche tyme the impediment of our clayme chaunced of the Scottes part by the nonage of James their last kyng whiche so continued the space of .xxi. yeres lyke as whose minoritie was by all lawe reason impediment to him selfe to make homage so was thesame by like reason impediment to the kyng of this realme to demaund any so that the whole time of intermissiō of our claime in y e tyme of the sayd kyng Henry the viii is deduced vnto the nomber of xiii yeres But what nede I to examyne the intermission of our claime by any length of tyme since this superioritte passed the consentes of all Scotlande by their solempne acte of Parliament against whiche neither lawe nor reason can enhable theim to prescribe This haue I declared proued vnto you how Brute our first progenitr ohis people and their posteritie enioyed the whole Isle of great Britaigne in .xlii. discentes of kynges almost .vi. c. yeres before any Scottisheman came within it I haue also proued vn to you how after their commyng into it immediat war was made vpō theim by the kynges of this Briteigne whiche ceased not vntill they wer expulsed all the bondes of it and albeit at diuers tymes they entred it again yet did these warres neuer ceasse agaīst them vntil they became subiectes in whiche state they haue remained about xvi C. yeres I haue also proued vnto you how from tyme to tyme synce y e beginnyng the Scottes receiued and obeyed the olde lawes and customes of this realme mooste of whiche remaine among theim to this day I haue further proued how their kynges haue been contributorye to the redempcion of kynges of this realme whiche is the duetie of onely subiectes I haue also proued vnto you howe the generall iurisdiccion ecclesiastical of Scotland many hundreth yeres after y e beginnyng was subiected to y e dioses and rule of tharchebishoppe of Yorke in Englande whereby also appeareth the same to be then vnder this dominion I haue likwise proued vnto you that Willyā called the Conqueror of whom our king is linially discended was heire testamētary of the whole dominion by the testament of kyng Edward the cōfessor though whiche were not true yet was y e obediēce of Scotlād from the beginnyng inseperably appendaunt to the croune of this realme and folowed the possession of y e seignorie as thynges annexed lyke as the dignities of the Roman Empier folow the state of Rome according to whiche their homages and oure claymes haue been continued to this day I haue proued vnto you also howe thearldome of Huntyngdon was only atteined but by one of their kynges and that at the latter ende of his tyme long after y e kyng his brothers homage done for y e croune of Scotland and fortified surrendred by the next synce whiche time it neuer was restored again into any of their kynges hādes and yet to satisfie theim
issue of his body to punishe whiche traitery Locrine and his brother Camber assembled their power and entered Albania and there slewe this Humber whose body thei threwe into a great riuer Some write that this Humber beyng desperate threw hymself into this Riuer but all confesse that in this riuer his bodie was drouned and that hereof toke the name of Humber which it kepeth to this daie This Locrine herupon seazed Albania into his awne haÌ„des as excheated wholy to hymself not yeldyng any part therof vnto Camber his brother whereby also euidently appereth the entier seigniory ouer it to consist in hymself accordyng to whiche exaÌ„ple like lawe emong brethren euer since hath continued preferryng the eldest brother to the onely benefite of the collateral assencion from the youngest aswell in Scotlande as in Englande vnto this daie Locryne reigned in this state ouer them .xvii. yeres EbraÌ„ke the lineall heire froÌ„ the bodie of this Locryne that is to saie the sonne of Mempris soonne of Madan sonne of the same Locryne buylded in Albania the castle of Maidens nowe called Edenbrough and the Castle of Alcluth or Alclude now called Dunbriton as the Scottishe Hector Boecius confesseth wherby moste euideÌ„tly appered that this Ebranke was then therof seazed This Ebranke reigned in this state ouer them .lx. yeres after whose death this Albania as annexed to the Empire of Briteigne discended to the onely kyng of BritoÌ„s vntil the discent to the twoo sisters sonnes Morgan and Conedage lineall heires from thesaied Ebranke who brotherly vpon the first example deuided the realme Morgan had Logres and Conedage had Albania but shortly after Morgan thelder brother ponderyng in his hed the loue to his brother with the loue to a kyngdome excluded nature and gaue place to ambicion and therupon denounced warr to his brother in whiche warre as the rereward of his vntruthe death miserably ended his life wherby Condage obteined the whole Empire of al Briteigne in whiche state he remained .xxxiii. yeres APTER whose time thesame lineally desceÌ„ded to thonly kyng of BritoÌ„s vntill after the reigne of Gorbodian who had issue two sonnes Ferres and Porres whiche Porres requiryng like particion of the land affirmyng the former particions to bee rather of lawe then fauour was by the handes of his elder brother both of his life and hoped kyngdome bereued at once but their vnnaturall mother vsyng her natural malice that for the deathe of her one sonne would bee reuenged by the losyng of bothe miserably slewe the other Cloten by all writers aswell Scottishe as other was the next inheritor to the whole Empire but lackyng power the meane in those daies to obteyne right he was conteÌ„ted to deuide the same emong .iii. of his kinsmen so that Scater had Albania But after the death of this CloteÌ„ his sonne Dunuallo Moluncius made warr vpon these three Kynges and at last ouercame them and so recouered the whole dominion in token of whiche victorie he caused hymself to be crouned with a croune of gold the first that was worne emong kinges of this nacion This Dunuallo erected temples wherein the people should assemble for Praier to which teÌ„ples he gaue benefit of Sanctuarie he made the lawe for wager of battaill in cases of murder and felonie whereby a thefe that liued and made his arte of fightyng should for his purgacion fight with the true man whiche he had robbed but he beleued that the Goddes for then thei supposed many would by miracle assigne victorie to the innocent partie the priuilege of whiche first lawe and benefite of the latter aswel in Scotlande as in EnglaÌ„de be enioyed to this daie fewe causes by late positiue lawes emong vs excepted wherein the benefite of wager oâ— battaill is expelled by whiche obedience to his lawes it dooth manifestly appere that this Dunuallo was then seazed of Albania now called Scotland this DuÌ„uallo reigned in this state ouer them .xl. yeres Beline and Brenne the sonnes of this Dunuallo did after their fathers death fauourably deuide the lande betwene them so that Belyne had Logres and Brenne had Albania but for that this Brenne a subiect without the consent of his eldre brother and lorde aueÌ„tured to mary with the daughter of the kyng of Denmarke Belyne seazed Albania into his awne handes and thereupon caused the notable wayes priuileged by Dunuallos Lawes to be newly wrought by mennes handes whiche for the leÌ„gth was from the â—urder parte of Cornewall vnto the Sea by Northe Cathnes in Scotlande For Religion in those daies he constituted ministers called Archeflamines in their funccions moste like the aucthoritie of Bishoppes of all their awne writers is sixe hundred yeres lackyng .x. yeres After that Brutus had reigned ouer the whole Islande beeyng the same lande enioyed by hym and his posteritie before their commyng duryng discentes of kinges of this Briteigne and this intrusion into a land so many hundred yeres before inhabited and by so many discentes of Kynges quietly enioyed is the best tule that all their awne writers allege for theim This Fergus hereupon immediatly did deuide al Albania emong his capitaines and their people wherby also moste euidently appereth that there were no people of that nacion inhabityng there before in prosse whereof the same particion shall folowe THE landes of Cathnes liyng agaynste Orknay betwene Dummesbey and the Water of Thane was geueÌ„ vnto one Cornath a Capitaine his people The landes betwene the Water of Thane and Nes nowe called Rosse liyng in bredth from Cromart to the mouthe of the water of Lochte wer geuen to Lutorke another Capitain his people The landes betwene Spay and Nes from the Almayne seas to the Irelande Seas nowe called Murray land wet geuen to one Vvarroche and his people The laÌ„d of Thalia now called Boyn Aynze Bogewall Garyot Formartyne and Bowguhan were geuen to one Thalis and his people The landes of Matr â–ª Badezenoche and Lochquhaber were geuen to Martache and his people The landes of Lorne and Kyntier with the hilles mountaynes thereof liyng from Mar to the Irelande seas wer geuen to capitain Nonaunce his people The landes of Athole were geuen to Atholus another capitain his people The landes of Strabraun and Brawdawane liyng West from Dunkell were geueÌ„ to Creones and Epidithes ii Capitaines The landes of Argile were geuen to Argathelus a capitain The landes of Linnox and Clidisdale were allotted to Lolgona a capitain The landes of Siluria now called Kile Car rike and Cunyngham wer geueÌ„ to Silurche another Capitayne The landes of Brigance nowe called Gallowaie were geuen to the compaignie called Brigandes whiche as their best menne were appointed to dwell next the BritoÌ„s who afterward expulsed the Britons from Annandale in Albany wherby is confessed it to be before enhabited by BritoÌ„s The residue of the lande nowe called Scotland that is to saie Meirnis Angus SteremoÌ„de Gowry Strahern Pirth Fiffe Striuelyng Callender Calderwoode Lougthian Mers Teuedale with other the