Genealogy of the most noble and ancient House of Drummond

18 THE GENEALOGIE OF
tures, his name, his office, and the nation ; for fo the Poet defcribes them.
Ilia pharetratis et propria gloria Scotis,
Cingere venatu faltus, fuperare natando
Flumina, ferre famem, contemnere frigora et seftus,
Nee fofla aut muris patriam, fed Marte tueri.
All thefe favors were conferred upon this ftranger foon after the
Kings marriage, whom he thankfully ferved againft William the Con-
querour, who raifed war againft King Malcolm becaufe he refufed to de-
liver up to him his owne broth er-in-law Edgar, whom he requyred as
his fugitive and competitor ; bot in end, a peace was treated, wherein
Edgars fafety was articled.
William the Norman being dead, his fone, William Rufus, fucceeded ;
who, without any provocation given, haftily invaded that part of North-
umberland which then pertained to the Scots, furpryfed the Caftle of
Alnwick, cut off the garrifon, and poffeft himfelfe of the place ; which
injurie King Malcolm bailed to repaire, bot was there unfortunately killed
by the fraud of that firft bold Percie, before that a6tion, called Robert
Moubray ; whereat the young prince Edward, the Kings eldeft fone,
was fo furioufly enraged, that be run headlong with a few upon the
enemy not far from the Caftle, and receaved a wound, whereof foone
after he dyed ; and in the fame encounter with the prince, the Hunga-
rian Drummond, fighting valliantly, ended his dayes, which fad accident
1093. hapened anno 1093.
It is very probable this Hungarian Drummond's propper name wes
Maurice, albeit fome faye John, for it is originally a Dutch name,
and wrytten Maviritz, as fome of the Emperoures have been called
before this time. Its alfo ordinary amongft the Hungarians, and it
hes been frequently ufed amongft his fucceflbrs without doubt in honour
of his memorie ; as one wrytting of thofe times fayes, Fuit Hints
Jeculi moribus receptum ut prcpjlantes viri nomen Juum ad pqfieroa