The history of Scotland written in Latin by George Buchanan ; faithfully rendered into English.
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The history of Scotland written in Latin by George Buchanan ; faithfully rendered into English.
Author
Buchanan, George, 1506-1582.
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London :: Printed by Edw. Jones, for Awnsham Churchil ...,
1690.
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Scotland -- History -- To 1603.
Scotland -- History -- 16th century.
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"The history of Scotland written in Latin by George Buchanan ; faithfully rendered into English." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A29962.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 15, 2024.
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Eugenius III. The Forty Sixth King.
EVgenius, the Son of Congallus, succeeded him; when he was ad∣vised by some of the Nobility, to revenge the Death of his Uncle Goranus, he entertained the motion so coldly, that he himself was not without suspicion in the Case: And the Suspicion was increased, because he took Donald of Athol, into his Grace and Favour. So that the Wife of Goranus, for fear, fled, with her small Children into Ire∣land. But Eugenius, to purge his Life and Manners from so foul an Imputation, so managed the Kingdom, that none of the former Kings
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could be justly preferred before him; he assisted Modred, and also Arthur, against the Saxons. He sent several Captains to make daily Incursions into the English Borders; but he never fought with them in a pitched Battel. He died in the year of Christ Five Hundred and Fifty Eight, having Reigned Twenty Three Years.
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