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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

of the Romanes Woada the Queene hearing of the new armie of Romanes assembled a new and great armie of Britaines Scots and Pictes and Murrayes there followed a bloudy and terrible battell At last the Albions being vanquished fourescore thousand killed the Murrayes almost killed with their Captaine Roderik Woada killed her selfe to escape the iniury of the Romanes her two daughters were taken and brought armed to Swetonius The eldest daughter was married vnto a noble Romane named Marius who after was by command of Caesar made King of Britaines Corbredus broken with this sorrowfull battell returned with the rest of his armie into Scotland and gaue to the rest of the Murrayes that escaped out of the field all the lands betweene Spey and Innernes which lands were called after them Murray land for the olde inhabitants being seditious and troublesome were partly expelled The Murrayes were then marryed vnto Scottish Virgins and remained vnder one bloud friendship Corbredus the King continued the rest of his daies in peace and died the eighteenth yeare of his raigne buried in Dunstaffage 20 DARDANVS nephew to Metellanus succeeded being a lusty person faire of visage and body hee was welbeloued of the people in the yeare of the world 4042. the yeare of Christ 72. after the raigne 402. He appeared in the beginning to be a good King but being within three yeares degenerate became an odious tyrant and would haue trayterously caused to be slaine the two sonnes of Corbredus remayning in the Isle of Man vnder discipline This Tyrant at last was killed in battell and beheaded by his Nobles the fourth yeare of his raigne without buriall 21 CORBREDVS secundus surnamed Galdus Corbredus primus son succeeded an excellent person endowed with sundry vertues and high prerogatiues in the yeare of the world 4046. the yeare of Christ 76. after the beginning of the raigne 406. a valiant and couragious King He renewed many battels against the Romanes and was often victorious at this time arriued in Forth a company of Almaines named Vs●…pians banished out of their natiue land for killing of a Romane Captaine and his band they were pleasantly receiued and ordayned certain lands to be inhabited by them beside the Murrayes for they were of one bloud Agricola remayning in Britaine eight yeares with his Romanes had sundry victories against the Scots and Picts Domitian the Emperour enuying Agricolaes prosperous estate in Britaine sent hastily letters for him at whose comming to Rome he was poysoned by commaund of the said Domitian GVENVS TABELLIVS was made Gouernor of Britaine dissention engendred among the Romanes for the gouernement King Corbredus surnamed Galdus being by his explorators aduertised hereof came with a new armie of Scots and Pictes against the Romanes and finally their Captain with many Romans were killed The Scots with the Picts following the whole day and killing them where they might apprehend them The King assembling the Scottes and Pictes parted the rich spoyle of their enemies amongst them as they had deserued Afterward the Scots and Pictes pursued cruelly in all parts the Romanes The Romanes conuenting them elected Chelius to be their Gouernour there followed a most dangerous battell at last the Romanes were vanquished and pursued with continuall killing vnto Calidon wood The confederate Kings came with their armies into Brigance the Romanes assembled themselues in most fearefull ordinance a company of Britaines sent by Marius their King in support of the Romanes came to the confederate Kings There followed a terrible and bloudy battell the Romanes being vanquished and compelled to retire to their Tents with great killing of them defended their Tents with great manhood vntill the night approched The Scots were vigilant all night and attending that their enemies should not escape others were making Engines to breake downe their Tents and Trenches The Romanes seeing so great preparation against them and no way to escape the danger sent their Orators to the confederate Kings most humbly entreating peace on what conditions pleased them After long consultation peace was graunted The Romanes to passe and render all lands forts and munitions pertayning to Scots and Pictes with all the goods taken violently from them during the warres and to remaine their friends at all times after After this most valiant King Corbredus Galdus came to Epiake the principall Citie then of Scotland The rest of his dayes he continued in peace exercising seuere Iustice he died peaceably the fiue and thirtieth yeare of his raigne buried in Dunstaffage 22 LVCTACVS succeeded his father Corbredus Galdus in the yeare of the world 4080. in the yeare of Christ 110. after the raigne 440. an odious and cruel tyrant killed by his Nobles the third yeare of his raigne buried in Dunstaffage 23 MOGALDVS Corbredus secundus sisters sonne succeeded the yeare of the world 4083. the yeare of Christ 113. after the raigne 443. a good King and victorious in the beginning of his raigne gouerning his people with great iustice and obtayned a great victory against Lucius and his Romanes by the assistance of the Pictes in Westmerland and Camber obteyning a rich spoyle of the Romanes which they parted by law of armes Afterwards the King did degenerate into a cruell tyrant In his time Adrian the Emperour came into Britaine and builded the wall of Adrian deuiding the Britaines from the Scottes and Pictes a great wall made of fewell and earth and turues from the mouth of Tyne ouer against the Almaine Seas to the floud of Eske at the Irish Seas fourescore miles in length he was killed by his Nobles for his tyrannie and odious life the thirty sixt yeare of his raigne buried at Dunstaffage 24 CONARVS succeeded his father Mogaldus the yeare of the world 4119. the yeare of Christ 149. after the raigne 479. a cruell tyrant degraded and imprisoned by his Nobles and Ardgadus Captaine of Ardgile made Gouernour a good and seuere Iusticiar he died in prison the foureteenth yeare of his raigne buried in Dunsstaffage 25 ETHODIVS primus Mogaldus sisters sonne succeeded the yeare of the world 4133. the yeare of Christ 163. after the raigne 493. a good Iusticiar who holding sundry battels against the Romane Captaines Victorine Trebellius and Pertinax neere the wall of Adrian ministring good iustice oppressing rebels was trayterously killed by an Harper whom he trusted the three and thirtieth yeare of his raigne buried in Dunstaffage This Harper was most cruelly executed 26 SATRAEL Ethodius primus succeeded the yeare of the world 4165. the yeare of Christ 195. after the raigne 525. a cruell tyrant he was slaine by one of his Courtiers the fourth yeare of his raigne buried in Dunstaffage 27 DONALDVS primus firstChristian King of Scotland succeeded his brother Satrael in the yeare of the world 4169. in the yeare of Christ 199. from the beginning of the raigne of Scotland 529. a good and religious King in his time Seuerus the Emperour came into Britaine after many incursions made by the Scots and Pictes in abolishing the

Erthus sonne to Ethodius Eugenius the first brother returning into Scotland by support of Danes Gothes and his owne countrey men gathered vnto him out of all partes where they were dispersed conquered his Realme of Scotland out of the Romans and Pictes hands beginning his ragne in the yeare of the world 4374. in the year of Christ 404. from the beginning of the Realm of Scotland 734. He was a wise valiant good and godly King being confederate with the Pictes he was sundry times victorious against the Romanes at the last he was killed in a battell by the Romanes the sixteenth yeare of his raigne buried in Icolukill 41 EVGENIVS secundus Fergusius second sonne succeeded his father in the yeare of the world 4390. in the yeare of Christ 420. from the beginning of the raigne of Scotland 750. He was a valiant and good King in sundry battels victorious against the Romanes and Britaines at which time Maximian the Romane Gouernour of Britaine made insurrection against the Romanes and cruelly inuaded the land then called Armorica and killed the most part of all the people there that it should not be a prey to Frenchmen their neighbours he brought out of Britaine a great multitude of people to inhabite the same some authours write there came a hundred thousand men out of Britaine with Conanus who was made King of that land and called the same land Bartany or litle Britaine after the Britaines that came to inhabite there Then after they sent into Britaine for women to bee their wiues at whose request Vrsula called S. Vrsula with eleuen thousand Virgins were imbarked to passe Bartany They all by contrary and tempestuous windes were compelled to arriue in the low Countreyes iourneying by land to Bartany were all lamentably murthered and killed because they would not suffer deflowring of their bodies but rather offered themselues to be cruelly and vnmercifully murthered and killed after this vnhappy and cruel murther other women and Virgins were sent in great number into Bartany who inhabite that land continually to this day Britaine being desolate of Romane support was occasion that the confederate Kings inuaded them after so hardly for the valiant Graham who was descended of an ancient house of Denmarke and borne of a noble Lady of the same countrey married with a Scots noble man that was exiled out of Scotland with Ethodius brother to King Eugenius afore rehearsed killed in battell by Romanes and Pictes This Graham married a Virgin of the bloud royall of Denmark to whom she bare a daughter of excellent beauty who was married to Fergusius the second King of Scots of him descended the auncient surname of Grahams hee was a great enemy to the Romanes for hee destroyed to the ground the wall of Abircorne called then after Grahams Dykes and past and all vtterly abolished the wall of Adrian ouer against the Irish Seas The confederate Kings accompanied with valiant Graham past with fire and sword through al the bounds betweene Tyne and Humber there followed a most dangerous battell in the which were killed fifteene thousand Britains with the most of the Princes and Nobles of Britaine and foure thousand Scots and the whole Romanes being exiled out of Britaine by the confederate Kings and peace being concluded betweene the confederate Kings and the Britaines all the lands lying beyond Humber shall remaine perpetually vnder the Empire of the confederate Kings and presently to be paide threescore thousand pound to their men of warre and twentie thousand pound yearely to the confederate Kings and for obseruing hereof the Britaines deliuered one hundred pledges being within age of thirty yeares at the will of the confederate Kings In the seuenth yeare of the raigne of Eugenius second King of Scottes Britaine was deliuered from Romane tribute 496. years after that Iulius Caesar began the first tribute Eugenius encreased in riches and policy his Realme with continuall peace In the same time the Britaines falling at great diuersity betweene the Nobles and Commons there were many of both parties miserably killed he died in peace the one and thirtieth yeare of his raigne buried in Icolmkill 42 DONGARDVS succeeded his brother Eugenius the yeare of the world 4421. the yeare of Christ 451. after the raigne 781 a godly wise and valiant King in a dangerous and cruell battell betweene Constantine new elected King of Britaines wherein were killed sixteene thousand Britaines and foureteene thousand Scots and Pictes the victory falling to the confederates the King of Scottes valiantly fighting was killed the fift yeare of his raigne and buried in Icolmkil which was the buriall for the Kings vntill King Malonus Camors dayes 43 CONSTANTINVS primus succeeded to his brother Dongardꝰ the year of the world 4427. in the year of Christ 457. from the beginning of the raign 787 a vitious odious King killed by one of his nobles whose daughter he had defloured the 22. yeare of his vnwort hy raigne 44 CONGALLVS Dongardus sonne succeeded in the yeare of the world 4449. the yeare of Christ 479. after the raigne 809. a valiant King he vanquished the Brittaines in a cruell and daungerous battaile wherein were killed 20000 Brittaines with many nobles with GVYTELL Prince of Wales VORTIGERN vsurping the Crowne of Brittaine sent into Almaine to fee Warriours against the confederate Kings at which time came into Brittaine Hengest and Horsus bretheren with 10000. Saxons immediately the Brittaines and Saxons past with arrayed battaile to Humber before the confederate Kings were admonished of their comming killing in all parts without mercy where they came The King of Picts asse●…bled his army and ioyned battaile without support of the King of Scots where he was vanquished by the Saxons and Brittaines The Saxons proude of this victorie and being resolued to conquer the Kingdome of Brittaine past further Against them came King Congalus with a great army with the Picts there followed a cruell battaile with vncertaine victorie at last the Brittaines that fought in the right wing against the Scots being fugitiue there chaunced a mighty shower of haile with great darknesse Hengist by sounde of Trumpet gathered his people to his Standard The Scottes and Pictes hoping their enemies to be vanquished followed on the Bir●…taines without array Hengist the Brittaines vanquisht and the confederate people without order killing and spoyling he came with his Saxons in arrayed battaile and killed all the confederates that might be ouertaken This battaile was right sorrowfull to the confederate people and not pleasant to their enemies for the most part of the army of Brittaines were killed Hengist obteyning new support out of Saxony the next Summer came with Vortimer King Vortigerus sonne with a great armie there followed a cruell and long battell valiantly debated on all parts with sundry chances for many Scots and Britaines being killed Congallus euill wounded was brought out of the field Long time then after Ambrosius when he had vanquished Uortigern and being crowned King of Britaine confederate with the

certaine of his warriours to passe forth and if the inhabitants would bee willingly subdued no slaughter to be committed vpon them The inhabitants being brought as prisoners to the Admirall and seeing him mercifull rendred themselues and their goods and he receiued them with such beneuolence that he suffered the olde inhabitants to encrease with his people vnder one name and lawe and called the land Hibernia now Ireland Hiber returning into Spaine left his brother Himecus with a strong garrison of valiant warriours with wiues and children to inhabite the land and to holde the same vnder obedience and subiection At his returne into Spain his father being deceased he succeeded King and augmented his Empire and conquered sundry lands from the Spaniards hauing with him at all times a strong guard of valiant men By his puissance and ch●…alrie he subdued the people in such manner that he was holden in great estimation and reuerence that they were constrayned to seeke his peace the land being named after Hiber Hiberia the Scots and olde inhabitants grew vnder one name and bloud with such tender and friendly beneuolence not remembring of old iniuries each one willing to defend his neighbour as well in peace as warres as his brother or father Of Hiber descended by long progression a great posterity lineally succeeding amongst whom were many noble and famous Kings howbeit the whole number of them are not extant HIMECVS gouerned Ireland in great felicity iustice and tranquility both the Scots and the olde inhabitants during his life time Immediatly after his decease arose an odious controuersie betweene the Scottes and the olde inhabitants for the gouernement euery nation contending to haue a gouernour of their owne blood which contention enduring long time at last they created two Gouernors betweene whom was continuall battels and great slaughter on eyther side through ambition and burning desire to be sole Gouernor of all Ireland After long and dangerous battels the two people broken with sundry displeasures were constrained to take peace howbeit the same endured but a short time each one of them pursuing other with battell and yet they dwelt many yeares together by enterchange of peace and warres while at the last the Scots suffering many iniuries sent their Embassador to METELLIVS who was then King of the Scottes in Spaine desiring to haue support against the old inhabitants of Ireland declaring them to be a rude wilde people impatient to suffer any Empire aboue them So that the Scots can haue no tranquility vnlesse the said people were the more speedily tamed and subdued This foresaid message was the more acceptable to the King Metellius for it concerned the Common-wealth both of the Scots nation in Spaine and Ireland descending by long progression of our lineage and blood and willingly satisfying the aforesaid Ambassadours request trusting the same to be no lesse honour and glory to himselfe as profite to his friends Therefore the King sent his three sonnes HERMONEVS PTOLOMEVS and HIBERT with a great Armie of valiant men into Ireland where they with right dangerous battels vanquished the olde inhabitants and brought them vnder subiection Hermonens returning into Spaine left his two brethren to gouerne the land who gouerned the same long time after in great tranquility and iustice ins●…ituting lawes and instructed the Priests to make insence and sacrifice in the same manner as the Egyptians vsed so both the people encreased many yeares in great felicity peace and riches during the Gouernement of Ptolomeus and Hibert and long after their decease But too great prosperity engendreth euill maners and causeth men to worke often displeasures vpon themselues finding no forraigne enemies to inuade them at home The people after long peace were diuided for the gouernement contending for the same with great rigour and slaughter on both sides vntill the one had almost vtterly destroyed the other if they had not been reconciled by a noble man named Thanaus principall Ambassadour sent by the King then raigning ouer the Scots in Spaine reioycing of the felicity succeeding to his friends and to cause them by his prudent consultation to encrease together vnder one minde Thanaus being a prudent man bearing nuturall affection to both the parties perswading them at sundry conuentions to remoue all contention and to elect one whom they thought most expedient to be their King and to be obedient to him in all their gouernment Through this perswasion the whole people had such feruent desire to haue one King that all olde iniuries being forgotten they appointed Thanaus to elect a King whom he thought most expedient and hee seeing their mindes willing to haue a nuturall King declaring to them that there is in Spaine a noble Prince of great seuerity and iustice named SIMON BREK well accustomed with your lawes and lineally descended from the ancient King Metellius whom he thought most fittest to be their King The whole people hearing the name of SIMON BREK were well content to haue him their King because that name was esteemed very fortunate in those dayes Then after with consent of the whole people Ambassadours were sent into Spaine to request the said Simon to come into Ireland to be their King Hee knowing by graue aduisement the intent of the Ambassadours prouid●…d a great Fleete of Ships with all things necessary and finally by prosperous windes arriued in Ireland where hee was solemnly receiued and crowned in the chaire of Marble which he brought out of Spaine esteemed as a most rich jewel in those dayes from the beginning of the world 3314. From the floud of Noah 1658. From the building of Rome 102. Before the birth of Christ 651. He reigned with great felicity peaceably forty yeares being specially counsailed by the aforesaid Thanaus to whom he gaue sundry lands lying in the South part of Ireland beside the riuer Birsus which lands are now called Dowdall where hee dwelt with the people he brought with him out of the famous citie Brigance now called Compostella They were called Brigandes of whom after by processe of time descended many valiant and noble men who came with Fergusius the first King in Scotland by whom al the lands now called Galloway were then called Brigance whose inhabitants were euer full of manhood and strongest enemies against Romanes Britaines and Pickes Simon deceased his sonne FANDVF succeeded King after Fanduf succeeded ETHION after Ethion succeeded GLAVCVS after Glaucus succeeded NATHASIL after Nathasil succeeded Rothesay ROTHESAY was the first King that brought Scots with him into Albion The first Isle that he inhabited he called after his owne name Rothesay the remanent Isles were called Hebredes after Hiber the eldest sonne of Gathelus Rothesay hearing the death of his father Nathasil returned into Ireland and was there crowned King The yeare that Scots were brought out of Ireland into Albion was from the Empire of Simon Brek in Ireland 216. yeares from the beginning of the world 3530. The Scots spread in sundry parts of Albion lying farre North

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

Dunstaffage 18 CARATACVS Metellanus Sisters sonne succeeded in the yeare of the world 4005. in the yeare of Christ 35. after the beginning of the raigne of Scotland 365. He enioying the great treasure and riches left by King Metellanus exceeded all the Kings in Albion in riches being wise and valiant pacifying his Realme from all vprore and rebellion specially in the Isles and executing seuere iustice The Britaine 's at this time rebelling against the Romanes sent their Ambassadors to Caratacus desiring support against the Romanes he first reproching them for their wilfull refusall The Scots offering them support wisely counselling them to solicite the Normanes Picards Barteners and all them on the Sea coast to rebell against them and to kill the Souldiers promising assistance of the Kings of Albion with money and valiant warriours both by Sea and land The Romanes shortly inuading the Britaines in a dangerous battell vanquished them and killed their King Claudius Emperour and Vespasian comming into Britaine subdued them againe and passing into Orkney subdued the same and brought Ganus King of Orkney his wife and children in his triumph to Rome The Britaines comming to Yorke made new insurrection assisted by Caratacus King of Scots and Congestus King of Pictes against whom Plancius Romane Gouernour and Aruiragus then King of Britaines came with a great Armic Caratacus being elected Generall there followed a cruell and dangerous battell with vncertaine victory vntill the night separated them on either parties Plancius on the morrow seeing his great losse specially of his horsemen returned to London and Caratacus returned to Yorke the next yeare Vespasian with many legions of Romanes were sent into Britaine Aruiragus assisting with the rest of the Britains conuened at Yorke threescore and fiue thousand chosen men The consederate Kings came with threescore thousand valiant warriours there was a terrible and cruell battell The Albions notwithstanding their great valiantnesse were discomfited by the prudent gouernement of Vespasian the King of Pictes killed the whole Britaines being killed except sixe hundred with their King Caratacus returned with a few number to Brigance Vespasian wintered in Yorke and in the Spring besieged and wanne Camelon wherein was found many rich monuments and jewels with a precious crowne of gold set about with many precious stones of diuers colours with a sword with hilts of golde which Uespasian vsed in all his warres hee remayning in Camelon Cara●…s assembled a new armie against whom Plancius was sent with a great armie a cruell battell ensued The victory at last succeeded to the Romanes The rest of the Scots that escaped this sorrowfull battell were fugitiue to the mountaines King Caratacus sore wounded was brought with great difficulty to Dunstaffage Vespasian sending his messengers to Caratacus promising if he would be obedient to the Romane Empire that he should remaine in honours and be reputed and holden as a friend to the Senate and people of Rome who answered that the Kingdome of Scotland was as free to him as the Kingdome of Romanes was to Caesar. Vespasian returning to Rome Caratacus assembling a new army the Romanes encountering him with a great multitude there followed a cruel and terrible battel long with vncertaine victory at the last the Romanes obteyned victory Caratacus returned to Dunstaffage Plancius dying at Camelon Ostorius Scapula was sent by the Emperor in his place who after sundry rebellions of the Britaine 's conquered them he came within the bounds of Scotland Caratacus gathered a new armie of forty thousand valiant men there ensued a dangerous and terrible battell the victory succeding at last to the Romans Caratacus wife his daughter and brother were taken himselfe returning to Cartamunda his step-mother Queene of Scots in whom he trusted but vnworthily he was by her betrayed and rendered to the Romanes King Caratacus was sent with his wife daughter and brother to Rome where he was greatly admired and honourably of the Emperour entertayned and remitted freely with his Queene daughter and brother to returne home restoring all his lands againe he remayning the rest of his daies in good peace died the twentieth yeare of his raigne and buried in Dunstaffage 19 CORBREDVS primus succeeded his brother Caratacus in the yeare of the world 4025. in the yeare of Christ 55 after the raigne 385. a wife King and good Iusticiar He conuented his Nobles and tooke counsaile of Venisius the husband of Cartamunda his step-mother Queene of Scots who by erafty sleights had taken the aforesaid Venisius her husband and sundry of his friends and deteyned them prisoners purposing to render them into the Romanes hands The King impatient thereof came and relieued them commaunding her to be buried quicke after a cruell battell betweene the Romanes and the Scots and Pictes peace was concluded The Romanes shall possesse the lands of Britaine by them conquered without inuading of Scots or Pictes then after by commaund of Nero Veraneus was sent into Britaine who shortly died Woada sister to Corbredus Queene of Britaine sent to her brother complayning of her miserie trouble her daughters deflowred her selfe shamefully beaten by vnmercifull Romanes Corbredus moued herewith renued the band with the Pictes and they raysing a great armie killed all the Romanes they might apprehend and wanne in their iourney Barwicke being then the most populous towne of that Region In this time there came a people called Murrayes out of Almaine with their Captain Rodrik put forth and expelled out of their natiue land being inhibited to land in France and Britain arriued in Forth between Louthiane and Fiffe They were sworne enemies to the Romanes reioycing greatly that they might haue occasion to be reuenged vpon their enemies requesting the confederate Kings to suffer them to passe formost in support of their people and if it chanced the Romanes to be vanquished to graunt them wiues that they might encrease vnder one bloud with the Scots Their conditions were graunted to the Murrayes The confederate King with the Murrayes went forwards and ioyning with the valiant Queene of Britaines Woada who reioycing of her brother King Corbredus and the King of Picts comming after an Oration and comfottable Speech made by her proffering her with fiue thousand Ladies armed to passe in the front of the battell against the vnmercifull and shamefull deflowrers of Virgins and Matrons the cruell Romanes The confederate Kings allowing her courage past forwards Cattus the Romane Gouernor with arrayed armes came to resist them there followed a sharpe battell the horsemen of the Romanes being vanquisht the rest were fugitiue with Cattus sore wounded escaped and returned into Fraunce The Albions departed the spoyle and riches of this field amongst them and killed the Romanes in all parts where they might apprehend them in this battell were killed threescore and ten thousand Romanes and thirty thousand Albions had not Swetonius Romane Legate come hastily into Britaine with two legions and ten thousand warriours of sundry Nations the Albions had beene perpetually deliuered