Prolicionycion [sic]

DA quot quando et quibus inhabita ta ••it gentibus ¶ Capitulum 58

BRitons dwellyd first in this Ilond the .xviij yere yere of Hely the prophete the xj yere of Siluius postumus kyng of latyns / xliij yere aftir the takyng of Troye to fore the buyldyng of Rome four honderd and xxxij yere ¶ Beda libro primo· They come hether and toke her cours from armorik that now is that other brytayn / they helde long tyme the south contre∣yes of the ylond / ¶ Hit befel afterward in vaspasianus tyme duke of Rome that the Pyctes shipped out of Scicia in to Occe∣an and were dryuen aboute with the wynde and entred in to the north costes of Irlond and fonde there Scottes and prayd to ha¦ue a place to dwelle in / and myghte none gete / For Irlond as Scottes saide myght not susteyne bothe peple ¶ Scottes sente the pyctes to the northsides of brytayn. And behight hem helpe a∣yenst the Brytons that were theyr enemyes yf they wold aryse

And toke hem wyues of her doughters vpon suche a condicion yf doubte fylle· who sholde haue right for to be kynge they sholde rather chese hem a kyng of the moder side than of the faders side / of the women kyn rather than of the men kynde Ganfr In vaspasiane themperours tyme whan marius aruirag{us} sone was kyng of Britons / One Roderik kyng of pyctes cam out of Sci∣cia and▪ gan to destroye Scotland / thenne marius the kynge sle∣we this Roderick. And yaf the northe partye of Scotland that heet Cathenesia to the men that were come with rotherik and we¦re ouercome by hym for to dwelle Inne / but these men had none wyues ne none myght haue of the nacion of brytons. therfore they saylled in to Irlond and toke to theyr wyues prysshmens doughters by that couenaunt that the Moder blode sholde be put to fore in succession of herytage. Gir. c / 17. Netheles syrin{us} su{per} vir¦giliū seith that pyctes ben agatyrses that had somme dwellyng place about the waters of scicia / & they ben called pyctes of peyn¦tyng and smytyng of woundes that ben seen on her bodyes / For they hadde moche flewme and were ofte boxed and bete blood and had many woundes seen on her bodye So that they semed as men were peynted with woundes / therfore they were called pyctes as peynted men ¶ These men and the gothes ben al one peple. For whan maximus the tyraunt was wente oute of Brytayn in to Fraūce for to occupye thempyre· Thenne Gra∣cianus and valentinianus that were bretheren and felaws of thempyre brought thyse Gothes oute of Scicia with grete yef∣tes with fflaterynge and fayre byhestes in to the Northe

owne name In kynge edgards tyme kynadyus Alpynus so¦ne was duke & leder of the Scottes and warred in pycte londe & destroyed the pyctes he warred six sithes in Saxon and toke al the londe that is bitwene twede and the scotyssh see. with wrong and with strengthe