Genealogy of the most noble and ancient House of Drummond

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THE GENEALOGIE OF THE MOST
NOBLE AND ANCIENT HOUSE OF DRUMMOND ;
CONTAINEING A TRUE ACCOMPT OF THE ORIGINAL EXTRACTIONE, THE
OFSPRING, AND ALLAYES OF THAT FAMILY, DEDUCED FROM THE
FIRST OF THAT NAME, A NOBLE HUNGARIAN, AND CONTINOWED
TO THE PRESENT AGE.
THE PREFACE.
In the reigne of Malcolm, King of Scots, Second of that name, and
about the year of Our Lord 1012, Sueno, King of Denmark, Sueden, 1012.
Norway, Goths and Vandals, made invafion upon England, to revenge
the maflacre committed upon the Danes there. The Englifh King
Egeldred or Etheldred, of the Saxon Race, made oppofition, hot was
beat and forced to fly the Kingdome ; whereupon Sueno, with com-
mon confent and univerfal applaufe, was crouned King of England
at London, which fell out after the conqueft of that nation by the
fraud of Hengiftus, captaine of the Saxons, about 560 yeares.
To Sueno, the firft Danifh King of England, fucceeded Harrald,
his eldeft ; and then Canutus, his fecond fone, againft whom Edmond
Ironfyde, the eldeft fone of Etheldred, continowed the war ; and after
diverfe encounters with various fuccefs, it happened at laft that both
theire armies, ftanding in array ready to joyne battle near the River
of Severn and towne of Glocefter, proffer is made and accepted, that
to fpare the great effufion of blood the Kingdome might be deter-
mined to whom it fhould belong by a duel to be fought betwixt the
two Kings Canutus and Ironfyde, who immediatly in view of both
armies entered the combat ; bot being both wounded and wearied fell