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24 THE MAR LODGE TRANSLATION OF ‘ BOECE ’
How Ewgenius was maid king, and how Maximus, Romane
legat, to haue Scottis finalie deletit, confedert with Pichtis;
how, nocht withstanding the clement ansuer of King Eugenius,
he invadit him with weris ; how Eugenius with jje Scottis armye
at pe flude of Cre, was discumfist, and how pe legat having
Galloway conquest, returnit to Britan, and how pair efter
Scottis apoune pe landis of Pichtis vsit fellony . Ca° xiij° 351
How Maximus movit his expedicioun in Scotland of new ; how
King Eugenius assembling his armye maid to pame ane vehe¬
ment vrason, and how finalie pai straik pe bargane, quhaire
pe king with maist parte of his nobillis and pepill war slane
Ca° xiiij° 355
Off pe humanite of Maximus towart pe kingis brodere and vthir
captiuis ; how he causit pe king princelie be beryit; of crudelite
of Pichtis towart Scottis, and how pai couth nocht be satifyit
quhill Scottis war expellit Albion ; how to pe Quene Cartandis
he assignit ane liffing in Galloway, and how pe dewote
persouns pat war exilit, foundit ane Abbay in Comkill
Ca xv° 361
m.l.t. 136 How pe Insulans intending to recouer pe realme, inuadit Argathele,
and be Pichtis war slane ; how be solistacioun of Scottis pe
Hibernienff brocht ane armye in Pichtland, quhare pai war
discumfist and slane, and how finalie HiberniewB band pece
with Romanis ...... Ca° xvj° 365
Followis ge vii Buke
Off pe humanite and liberalite of Maximus, quhar throw pe armye
consentit he suld vsurpe pe Impire; how he broukit pe
monarchic of Albion ; how he slew pe Empriowr Gratiane ;
how Maximus be pe Empriokr TheodoB was assegit and slane ;
how Octauius inuadit pe crown of Britan, and was persewit
be Romanis, and be quhat condicions he appoyntit pece
Ca° j 369
How pe legatis Victoryne and Marcius be strat lawis supprissit
Pichtis ; how King Hergust for melancolie slew him self;
how Romanis send pe new king of Pichtis boundin to Rome ;
how Pichtis war coactit to extend ane wall betuix Abircorne
and Dumbritane, and how Pichtis regretit pe dessait movit
cowtrar Scottis ...... Ca°ij° 373
How Ffergus pe Secund was producit of pe successioun of Ethod,
broder to king Eugenius ; how he was at pe taikin of Rome ;
how pairfra he brocht ane schryne replete with bukis to Colm-
kill, and of quhat matere pai bukis apperandlie tretis ; of
vthire incidentis, and of singular lawde of Sanctis Augustine
and Iherome ....... Ca° iii 376
How Ewgenius was maid king, and how Maximus, Romane
legat, to haue Scottis finalie deletit, confedert with Pichtis;
how, nocht withstanding the clement ansuer of King Eugenius,
he invadit him with weris ; how Eugenius with jje Scottis armye
at pe flude of Cre, was discumfist, and how pe legat having
Galloway conquest, returnit to Britan, and how pair efter
Scottis apoune pe landis of Pichtis vsit fellony . Ca° xiij° 351
How Maximus movit his expedicioun in Scotland of new ; how
King Eugenius assembling his armye maid to pame ane vehe¬
ment vrason, and how finalie pai straik pe bargane, quhaire
pe king with maist parte of his nobillis and pepill war slane
Ca° xiiij° 355
Off pe humanite of Maximus towart pe kingis brodere and vthir
captiuis ; how he causit pe king princelie be beryit; of crudelite
of Pichtis towart Scottis, and how pai couth nocht be satifyit
quhill Scottis war expellit Albion ; how to pe Quene Cartandis
he assignit ane liffing in Galloway, and how pe dewote
persouns pat war exilit, foundit ane Abbay in Comkill
Ca xv° 361
m.l.t. 136 How pe Insulans intending to recouer pe realme, inuadit Argathele,
and be Pichtis war slane ; how be solistacioun of Scottis pe
Hibernienff brocht ane armye in Pichtland, quhare pai war
discumfist and slane, and how finalie HiberniewB band pece
with Romanis ...... Ca° xvj° 365
Followis ge vii Buke
Off pe humanite and liberalite of Maximus, quhar throw pe armye
consentit he suld vsurpe pe Impire; how he broukit pe
monarchic of Albion ; how he slew pe Empriowr Gratiane ;
how Maximus be pe Empriokr TheodoB was assegit and slane ;
how Octauius inuadit pe crown of Britan, and was persewit
be Romanis, and be quhat condicions he appoyntit pece
Ca° j 369
How pe legatis Victoryne and Marcius be strat lawis supprissit
Pichtis ; how King Hergust for melancolie slew him self;
how Romanis send pe new king of Pichtis boundin to Rome ;
how Pichtis war coactit to extend ane wall betuix Abircorne
and Dumbritane, and how Pichtis regretit pe dessait movit
cowtrar Scottis ...... Ca°ij° 373
How Ffergus pe Secund was producit of pe successioun of Ethod,
broder to king Eugenius ; how he was at pe taikin of Rome ;
how pairfra he brocht ane schryne replete with bukis to Colm-
kill, and of quhat matere pai bukis apperandlie tretis ; of
vthire incidentis, and of singular lawde of Sanctis Augustine
and Iherome ....... Ca° iii 376
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| Description | Edited by George Watson. Edinburgh : Printed for the Society by William Blackwood and Sons, 1946. An edition of a manuscript, orginally in the Skene Library at Mar Lodge, now in the possession of the Pierpont Morgan Library. The manuscript is imperfect at the beginning and end and the missing portions were supplied from the 1541 edition of the Bellenden version. |
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