The history of Great Britanie from the first peopling of this island to this present raigne of or [sic] happy and peacefull monarke K: Iames, by Will: Slatyer.

CANZ. XIII.

The Scottish Kings numbred from Ferguse to the end of the Picts reigne.

REuda first reign'd, sayes reuerend Bede, In Brittish Scotland, though we reade, In Scottish Annall's how th' Aegyptian Pharao's Impe Scota, with her Graecian Husband Cathelus long did raigne, With their succession Kings in Spaine;

Whence Scots were nam'd! and Brechus King; Their Colonies they to Ireland bring: From whom the Great Fergusiusa came, Whom to her Erchus beares, faire Dame, Danish Rocha, to her Spanish Spouse, Of Scotlands Kings ennobled House; He with Goth Alaricke made Rome flame, Ferguse that gaue Craig-Fergus name; And brought with him so long agone, Scots gloried in the fatall Stone, Iacob lay on, in the Land of Syon; With Brittish-Scotsh Kings Armes theirb Lyon! Whom Reuther, Beda's Reuda, followes, Roderick, that put to flight, with's fellowes, Came backe againe; whence call they't right, Rew thers returne, not his first flight! First Owen followes, Ferguse next: Second Owen then, and Dongard vext, And slaine by Brittons; Constantine, His sonne in Christians Cause diuine, Palladius Conuert,c warfare-goes In Brittons aid, 'gainst Saxon foes! Next Congall, Conrane, Owen, Conuall, Aidan, Kenneth, Owen, Ferquard, Donwall, Maldwine, and with two Owens moe, Amberkeleth falne by Pictish foe, Owen, Mordak, Ethfine, and lesse gracious, Owen and Ferguse, then Soluatius And Ethfines sonne, who entertaines Amitie with French King Charlemaine, Worthy of Frances friendship;d whence Remaines th'inuiolate league ere since. Then Congall, Conuall, and sans true Respect to Excellency due, Or King-hoods Maiestie diuine, Alpine, butcher'd at Pas-Alpine, By bloudy Picts; made them too late, To rue their cruell facts ande fate; For Kenneth kils them all, vnneth, In fell reuenge of Fathers death; Whose ouerthrowes, not vn-fore-kend, Strange ••ights in Skies seene, seeme portend; So Picts, with their King Drushen slaine, Sole Scottish Kings, in Scotlandf raigne.

Notes

• The Scots will onely haue ••im then a Pictish ••ing, that reigned in some little p••rt of Scotland.
• In this the Scots most ancient, though fabulous story. Fergusius antiquis. was Anno M. 3640. Durstus King of Scots that mar∣ried Argasia, Daughter ••o Si∣ci••ius King of Brytaine, Anno M. 3850. This Erchus espoused Rocha the Danish La∣dy, and by her ••ad Ferguse that was with Goth Alarick at Rome, circa annum 4350. & an. Christi, 400 This Fergu••••, An. Christi. 424. Dongard, Anno 470.
• a

  Being as they write a whole race of Kings before him and another Ferguse, almost of the same time with Mulmutius, 600, or 700 yeares since Brute, within few Descents of Gathelus; when this Ferguse is 700. yeares after the other, and 1400. yeares from Brute. What confusion is in the Storie, about these things, I can∣not but attribute it muc•• to Po∣lydore Virgil, who did his part to obscure our Historie to all se∣quent times, as much as lay in him; his Scottish History I fol∣low, neuerthelesse since hee is so much receiued in these succeeding Kings.
• b

  Hold they did this Stone in wondrous fatall admiration, for the Prophesie that they say went thus,

  Nempe Scotis fatum, (res mira) vbicunque l••catum.

  Inuenient lapidem, regna∣re tenentur ibidem.
• c

  Palladius was sent by Pope Caelestine to the Scots and the Iland of the Brytons in the Oce∣an, he flourished at the beginning or a little before the Saxons en∣try heere; who dying, Gaelestine ordeined his Successor Patricius, borne in Cluides••ale, Scholler to S. German; accounted since as it were their Apostle.
• Donald. 632. to him King Ethel∣frides children of Northumber∣land fled, when their Father was slaine by Ed∣wyne.
• d

  Which may bee obserued especi∣ally in their Wars with England, eyther affected with others di∣stresse, and helping other; Scot∣land the back-dore by which En∣gland was alwayes molested in her Conquests of France; and France ayding the Scots in their Warres with the English.
• Alpine 830. in his Father A∣thaius right K. of Scots, in his Mother Fergu∣sia••a's heire of Pictland.
• e

  The vtter ruine of the Picts in Scotland, with the cause there∣of.
• f

  They then brought the fatall Stone into Pictland, and placed it at Scone; whence it was about Edward 1. time brought into England.