Red and white book of Menzies

io THE "RED 6" WHITE" BOOK OF MENZIES. [a.d. 430-586.
f!l>einus, tbe 23ro flDeii3iC6 in descent.
A.D. 430-480.
V||V EINUS, or Merlinus, is said to have been not only a man of letters,
JL ll^7 but also to have been one of the ancient Gaelic Bards, and to have
flourished about 480. These Bards of the Gael, and also of the
Briton, were for a considerable time the only historians who noted down and
recorded the events of their time, particularly the victories of the warrior or
chief. Most of their works were composed or written in a sort of rhyme. He
is said to have foretold the arrival of the Saxons, and their conquests. Possibly
he was the son of the foregoing, and was succeeded by Mianus. — Histl. Society's
Trans., p. 112, vol. v.
fllManus, tbe 24tb flDeit3ies in oescent from fIDapnus.
A.D. 459-538.
V||V I ANUS, or Middanus. — It is recorded of him that he was one of the
J^ ||»/ writers of his age, and that he was the author of the book called
Epistolas ad Varios, and also of the volume, Documenta ad Fratres.
Doubtless he was educated at the College of his Menzies ancestors at Dull,
from whence he appears, as recorded, to have become the Abbot of Buchan,
where he left a famous memory among the people, and a saintly record, of
whom miracles are related. John Fraser, professor at Paris, had some manuscripts
of his acts, and thought to publish them, but death prevented him. Middanus,
Menzies, may have been born about 459, and is recorded to have flourished
A.D. 503, but may have died about 538. — Hist. Eccl. Gents Scot., Dempster.
flDenaue, tbe 25tb fll>en3ies from flDa^nue.
A.D. 498-586.
* ^H^EDANUS,' or Menaus, the son and successor of the foregoing. He is
m. Ill*/ recorded to have been a man of great piety, who continued the
teaching of the religion of Christ, to the Scots and Picts, as his
forefathers had done. " He led a life of virtue, which was an example to his
posterity." He is thought to have lived in the early part of the reign of King
Aidane, or Achaii, who was crowned by St Colome, and who had great trouble