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THE HISTORIE OF SCOTLAND.
The scotz's
ar ouircuzzz.
He is redi-
met vndir
hard cozzdi-
tiounis
castne is in
prissoun be
his awne.
putis hand
in him selfe,
the ^eir of
his rygne 6,
of or Lord
860.
fuiles, but feir, in drunknes and harlatrie : the Peycht(^);
seing thair tyme, thocht weil no1 to neglecte it; quhair-
for, about midnycht thay brek in vpon the Scotis, as
thay lay all deid drukne in the Campe, slew to the
nuwbir of xx thousand, thayr king Donald, w‘ mony of 5
his Nobles, thay captiues tak. Donald, to set him selfe
at Libertie, gaue ouer al betuein Striuiling and the wattir
of Clyde to the Saxounis and Britonis, and farther bande
him self vndir a co^ditioune to pay thame a 3eirlie
su;«m off money, in name of ane annual rent & tribute. 10
Quhen now he was maid frie, forjhetting all distres,
nocht remembering of the scourge of god, returnis till
his aid maner of lyfe, mair liberalie than afor. At last,
all man obiecte^g to him thair indigne seruitude, and
thraldome vnworthie, quhilk than thay war vndir, the 15
sair and cruell slauchtir foirsayd, throw this vnhappie
gydeng, thay cast him in prisoune, quhair, throw dis-
pleisour he putt hand in him selff, and as he leifet, sa he
endet, the 3eir of his rygne 6.
The Jnglis Saxounis, in rememberance of this feild, 20
the Castell of Stiruiling erected agane : in this castell
thay cuinjeit a certane kynd of money, quhilk we
commoumlie call Sterling money, quhairfra, the opiniou«e
of moTzy now is, the sure and ryc way of cuin3ie«g to
haue proceidet. al the vsse of that money, 3itt in thir 25
day is is vset throw all Jngland : thay lykwyse, casting
doune the trie brig, quhilk the Peychtis had sett ouer
the Wattir of fforthe, erected a fayre stane brig, now
called the brig of Stiruiling, in sygne of Victorie, in
midis quhairof the Croce of our Lord thay sett vp, as 30
thirr verses ingrauezz wil * 3itt testifie, heir following, in
Latin : than in Scotz's.
* L. “insculpti sunt”—were engraved. Leslie does not say
they existed in his time. The bridge here alluded to is not the
now existing old Bridge of Stirling, which was built in the thirteenth
century. The former was some distance to the west.