Historical and genealogical essay upon the family and surname of Buchanan

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within their reach. The Danes, amazed at the
sudden change, retired to the body of their own
army ; as did the flying Scots, not a little encoura-
ged, with all speed join theirs : and by a miracle
of Divine Providence, within a few hours, obtained
a glorious victory, by the assistance of these three
heroic persons, being progenitors of the noble and
ancient name of Hay.
The Danes, by these repeated defeats, being ra-
ther incensed, than dejected, with a greater army
and more resolute than ever, invaded Scotland the
fourth time, under command of Ollaus viceroy of
Norway, and Enecus governor of Denmark, in the
year 1010, and sixth of the reign of king Malcolm
the II. ; who with his army engaged in battle with
the Danes at Mortlich, and after a bloody and ob-
stinate battle, defeated that potent army, with the
death of one of their generals, Enecus. Sueno
the Danish king, governing then in England, sent
an army, under command of Camus, to reinforce
the remainder of the Danish troops in Scotland ;
which being done, king Malcolm defeated that
army. Also at Balbride the Danish general Ca-
mus being slain by a Scottish gentleman called
Keith, ancestor of that honourable family, Sueno
irritated to a degree, upon intelligence of the late
defeat, sent the most potent Danish army that in
any age invaded Scotland, under command of his
son Canutus. King Malcolm, notwithstanding of
the vast loss he had sustained in the two former
engagements, did, with unparalleled resolution and
bravery, engage in battle with this army also, which
continued till night separated them. The Scots