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bellenden’s boece
184) How Gregoir ekit Northumberland to the empyre
of Scottis, and recouerit sindry landis of Scotlannd ;
how Constantyne, King of Britonis, come aganis
Gregoir with ane grete army, and wes slayne and
his army disconnfist ; off pe peace maid betuix
Scottis and Britonis ; of y>e orison maid be King
Gregoir to his nobillis, and how Inglismen & Scottis
wer ccmfiderat aganis Danys. C xviij
Eftir this victory of Danys Northuwbirland come vnder
pe empire of Gregoure, and all J>e inhabitantis J>airof
thirlit with small tribute to his dominioun. Schort tyme
eftir, quhen his army wes skalit, he come to Berwyk, quhair
he remanit pe nixt wynter, avisand be quhatt waye maist
felicite mycht succede to his realme ; at pe begynnyng of pe
nixt sommer rasit his army aganis pe Britonis, quhilkis had
pat tyme, as we haif schawin, grete boundis of Scotland;
quhilk iornaye succedit to him with na les felicite pan }>is
vther done afoir aganis pe Danys. For pe Britonis, attenuaitt
be frequent invasioun of Danys, gaif ]?ame ane huge sovme of
money to haif peace for xx 3eris. Howbeit, pe Danys stude
nocht lang at bis confiderance, for within few ^eris pai invadit
339 bame | with mair iniuris ban afoir. The Britonis, dredand
3ite be new attemptatis of Danys, send ane herald to Gregoir,
promittand to renuwce all landis pertenyng to be empyre of
Scottis, to support pame aganis be Danys. Gregoir, knawing,
gif be thre pepill of Albion, Scottis, Britonis and Inglismen,
war confideratt vnder ane mynde and pyssance, na vncouth
pepill wer to be dred, condiscendit to bair desyris. The Scottis
and Britonis finalye aggreitt on all debaittis. All landis takin
afoir fra Scottis be iniure of Britonis war randrit plesandlie to
Gregoir, throw quhilk be realm of Scottis was dilatit to be
auld marchis.
The peace tretit in bis maner apperit na left terribill to be
Danys ban plesant to be Albianis, pocht it indurit schort tyme.
For be proude felicite fallin to Inghsmen be victory of Danys
bellenden’s boece
184) How Gregoir ekit Northumberland to the empyre
of Scottis, and recouerit sindry landis of Scotlannd ;
how Constantyne, King of Britonis, come aganis
Gregoir with ane grete army, and wes slayne and
his army disconnfist ; off pe peace maid betuix
Scottis and Britonis ; of y>e orison maid be King
Gregoir to his nobillis, and how Inglismen & Scottis
wer ccmfiderat aganis Danys. C xviij
Eftir this victory of Danys Northuwbirland come vnder
pe empire of Gregoure, and all J>e inhabitantis J>airof
thirlit with small tribute to his dominioun. Schort tyme
eftir, quhen his army wes skalit, he come to Berwyk, quhair
he remanit pe nixt wynter, avisand be quhatt waye maist
felicite mycht succede to his realme ; at pe begynnyng of pe
nixt sommer rasit his army aganis pe Britonis, quhilkis had
pat tyme, as we haif schawin, grete boundis of Scotland;
quhilk iornaye succedit to him with na les felicite pan }>is
vther done afoir aganis pe Danys. For pe Britonis, attenuaitt
be frequent invasioun of Danys, gaif ]?ame ane huge sovme of
money to haif peace for xx 3eris. Howbeit, pe Danys stude
nocht lang at bis confiderance, for within few ^eris pai invadit
339 bame | with mair iniuris ban afoir. The Britonis, dredand
3ite be new attemptatis of Danys, send ane herald to Gregoir,
promittand to renuwce all landis pertenyng to be empyre of
Scottis, to support pame aganis be Danys. Gregoir, knawing,
gif be thre pepill of Albion, Scottis, Britonis and Inglismen,
war confideratt vnder ane mynde and pyssance, na vncouth
pepill wer to be dred, condiscendit to bair desyris. The Scottis
and Britonis finalye aggreitt on all debaittis. All landis takin
afoir fra Scottis be iniure of Britonis war randrit plesandlie to
Gregoir, throw quhilk be realm of Scottis was dilatit to be
auld marchis.
The peace tretit in bis maner apperit na left terribill to be
Danys ban plesant to be Albianis, pocht it indurit schort tyme.
For be proude felicite fallin to Inghsmen be victory of Danys
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > Third series > Chronicles of Scotland > Volume 2, 1941 > (86) |
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| Description | Compiled by Hector Boece ; translated into Scots by John Bellenden, 1531 ; edited, in continuation of the work of the late Walter Seton, by R.W. Chambers and Edith C. Batho. Volume 2 edited by Edith C. Batho and H. Winifred Husbands. Edinburgh : Printed for the Society by William Blackwood and Sons, 1938-1941. |
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