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LIBER SEXTUS
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pe giding of Britane ; bot parefra be Octauius he was expellit, Fo. cm.
and to Gallia departit.
How Octauius decretit Scottis and Pichtis suld be
expellit the boundis of Britane assignit to pame
be Carance ; how his folkzs send to inhabit pai
rowmys war slane be Scottis ; how Octauius was
chaissit to Denmark ; how the legate Trahere was
murdrist ; how Octauius was thridly restorit to his m.l.t. 2036
realme, and how finalie he was tributare to Romanis ;
how Ffincormak deceissit, and of diuerft errouris in pe
counsell of Nicea condampnit. Cap0 ix°
At 3ork hereeftir ane convencioun of Britons was made,
quhare eftir diuerft materis proponit, it was concludit
and with ane aith roborate pat with al pussance the commoun
liberte fra iniuris of Romanis suld be defendit, the mony
displesouris pai had resauit suld be revengit, and na strangearis
70 suld brake princelie authorite in Britane. Thareeftir in pis
samyn convencioun was decretit, pe kinrik of Britane suld
be extendit to pe aid marchis be3ound pe grete Dike of Adriane,
and fra pe aid landis of Britan all alienis of vthir naciouns
suld be expellit and new inhabitantis suld ioift pe samyn.
It was clerely knawin that pir actis war made be peruasioun
of Octauius, vehementlie affecting pe haill sen3eorie of Britane.
Thir actis war in cauft pat be command of Octauius (aganis
his grete aith made afore) sone eftir were was movit contrare
Scottis and Pichtis lauboring pe landis of Westmarland and
regiouns adiacent of Britane, be gift of Carance vmquhile
80 king of Britons ; ffor in begynnyng of his regnne skantlie
pacifyit he send in Westmarland xm men, charegeing the Fo. ciiii.
inhabitantis suld be slane, thare gudis dispule3it and Britouns
owdir occupye pat regioun, or be contynuale invasiouns suld
hald it waist. Scottis and Pichtis, nocht mysknawand the
mynde of Octauius, assemblit and with sare bargane resauit
pe Britane power in Westmarland. Quha evadit slauchter
returnit hame, wariand the dissymulance and dissate of pare
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pe giding of Britane ; bot parefra be Octauius he was expellit, Fo. cm.
and to Gallia departit.
How Octauius decretit Scottis and Pichtis suld be
expellit the boundis of Britane assignit to pame
be Carance ; how his folkzs send to inhabit pai
rowmys war slane be Scottis ; how Octauius was
chaissit to Denmark ; how the legate Trahere was
murdrist ; how Octauius was thridly restorit to his m.l.t. 2036
realme, and how finalie he was tributare to Romanis ;
how Ffincormak deceissit, and of diuerft errouris in pe
counsell of Nicea condampnit. Cap0 ix°
At 3ork hereeftir ane convencioun of Britons was made,
quhare eftir diuerft materis proponit, it was concludit
and with ane aith roborate pat with al pussance the commoun
liberte fra iniuris of Romanis suld be defendit, the mony
displesouris pai had resauit suld be revengit, and na strangearis
70 suld brake princelie authorite in Britane. Thareeftir in pis
samyn convencioun was decretit, pe kinrik of Britane suld
be extendit to pe aid marchis be3ound pe grete Dike of Adriane,
and fra pe aid landis of Britan all alienis of vthir naciouns
suld be expellit and new inhabitantis suld ioift pe samyn.
It was clerely knawin that pir actis war made be peruasioun
of Octauius, vehementlie affecting pe haill sen3eorie of Britane.
Thir actis war in cauft pat be command of Octauius (aganis
his grete aith made afore) sone eftir were was movit contrare
Scottis and Pichtis lauboring pe landis of Westmarland and
regiouns adiacent of Britane, be gift of Carance vmquhile
80 king of Britons ; ffor in begynnyng of his regnne skantlie
pacifyit he send in Westmarland xm men, charegeing the Fo. ciiii.
inhabitantis suld be slane, thare gudis dispule3it and Britouns
owdir occupye pat regioun, or be contynuale invasiouns suld
hald it waist. Scottis and Pichtis, nocht mysknawand the
mynde of Octauius, assemblit and with sare bargane resauit
pe Britane power in Westmarland. Quha evadit slauchter
returnit hame, wariand the dissymulance and dissate of pare
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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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