Anno Mundi 1641. Years before Christ 330.

• 1 FErgus raigned 25. yeeres, he was a gallant spirited man, and was drowned by storm & shipwrack, neer Carigfergus in Ireland.
• 2 Fe•harius raigned 15. yeers, murthered.
• 3 Mainus raigned 29. yeers, he died in peace.
• 4 Do•nadilla raigned 28. yeeres, lived and died peaceably.
• 5 N••hatus raigned 20. yeeres, a wicked man; he was killed.
• 6 Reutherus raigned 26. yeeres, a good King.
• 7 Reutha raigned 14. yeers, hee voluntarily left the Crowne, and lived private.
• 8 Thereu• raigned 12. yeeres, was banished by his subjects, died at Yorke.
• 9 J••••a raigned 24. yeers, in peace.
• 10 ••••••anus raigned 3•. yeers.
• 11 Du••u• raigned 9. yeers, a cruell tyrant; he was slaine.
• Page  2312 Evenus raigned 19. yeers, a just King.
• 13 Gillus raigned 2. yeers, he was bastard to E∣venus, was cruell, was slaine.
• 14 Evenus 2. raigned peaceably 17. yeers.
• 15 Ederus raigned 48. yeers, a good King.
• 16 Evenus 3. raigned 7. yeeres, a wicked man, he died in prison.
• 17 Metellanus raigned 39. yeers, a good King.
• 18 Caractacus raigned 20. yeers, about this time our Saviour was borne.
• 19 Corbredus raigned 18. yeers, a good King.
• 20 Dardanus raigned 4. yeers, he was by his own subjects beheaded.
• 21 Corbredus 2. raigned 35. yeers, a good King.
• 22 Lugtharus raigned 3. yeers, he loved bloud∣shed and lechery, and was murdred.
• 23 Mogallas raigned 36. yeers, a good man at first, but turnd bad, and was murdred.
• 24 Conarus raigned 14. yeers, a tyrant, was de∣posed, died in prison.
• 25 Ethodius the first, raigned 33. yeers, murde∣red by an Irish Harper.
• 26 Satraell raigned 4. yeeres, by his owne ser∣vants hee was murdred.
• 27 Donald the first, and first Christian King of Scotland, in Anno 199. he raigned 18. yeers.
• 28 Ethodius the second, raigned 16. yeers, by his owne Guard he was murdred.
• Page  2429 A•hrico raigned 12. yeeres, a wicked King; for his bad life his Noble men did rise a∣gainst him so furiously, that to escape them he kild himselfe.
• 30 N•••alocus raigned 11. yeeres, a tyrant, and was murdred, and cast into a Privy.
• 31 Findocus raigned 11. yeeres, was murdered by counterfet Huntsmen.
• 32 Donald 2. raignd one yeer, he was slaine.
• 33 Donald 3. raigned 12. yeers, he was a tyrant, and slame.
• 34 Crathil••hus raigned 24. yeeres, he delighted in goodnes, he advanced Christian Religi∣on, he lived peaceably, and died in peace, Anno 277.
• 35 Fincormachus raigned 47. yeeres, hee was pi∣ous and couragious, died in peace.
• 36 R•machus raigned 3. yeeres, hee was a cruell tyrant, beheaded.
• 37 A•gusianus raigned 3. yeeres, a good King, and slaine in •ighting with the Picts.
• 38 E••h•macus raigned 3. yeeres, murdered by treason of an Harp•r.
• 39 Eugenius the first raigned 3. yeers, slaine by the Picts and Roman•, in battell; and all the Scotch people were sorced to forsake their Country 44. yeeres.
• 40 Vergus 2. raigned 16. yeers, he recovered his Page  25 Country valiantly fighting with Romanes and Picts, yet at last was slaine.
• 41 Eugenius 2. raigned 32. yeers, he was a good King, and died peaceably.
• 42 Dongardus raigned 5. yeers, a just couragious Prince.
• 43 Constantine the first raigned 22. yeeres, mur∣thered by one of his Lords, whose daugh∣ter he had ravished.
• 44 Congalus the first, raigned 22 yeers.
• 45 Goranus raigned 34. yeeres, a well governing Prince.
• 46 Eugenius 3. raignd 23. yeeres, a good King.
• 47 Congallus 2. raigned 11. yeeres.
• 48 Kinnatillus raigned one yeer almost.
• 49 Aidanus raigned 35. yeeres.
• 50 Kenelihus the first, raigned one yeer.

• 51 Eugenius 4. raigned 16. yeeres.

  These 8. wèere good and just Kings, and died naturall deaths: and among all the Chronicles of Scotland, so many Kings successively had not the like fortune.

• 52 Ferquard the first, raignd 12. yeer, a wicked man, he was cast in prison by his Nobles, where he kild himselfe.
• 53 Donald 4 raigned 14 yeers, a good King, yet by misfortune drownd in the River Tay, as he was fishing for his Recreation.
• Page  2654 Ferquard 2 raigned 18 yeers, a bad man, an• a worse king: he was killed by the biti• of a Wolfe, as he hunted.
• 55 Malduin raigned 20 yeers, his wife was je•¦lous, and strangled him, for which sh•e w• burnt.
• 56 Eugenius 5 raigned 4 yeeres, slaine.
• 57 Eugenius 6 raignd 10 yeeres, a good King•
• 58 Ambirkelethus raigned little more then • yeere, he was a vicious Prince, and be• bad was badly used, murdred, Anno 6••
• 59 Eugenius 7 raignd 17 yeers, a good King, •• died in peace.
• 60 Mordacus raigned 16 yeeres.
• 61 Etsinus raigned 31 yeers, both good Prince and died peaceably.
• 62 Eugenius 8 raigned 3 yeers, he was good• first, but hee changing his maners, his No∣bles chāged their loyalties, & murdred hi•
• 63 Fergus 3 raigned 3 yeers, as chast as a Go• was poysoned by his wife.
• 64 Salvathius raigned 20 yeers, a discreet Kin•
• 65 Achaius raigned 32 yeers, hee was a goo• King, Charles the Great being then Em∣perour and King of France, this Scottish King made a League with France, which League was never broken or crackt, al∣though it be almost 900 yeeres old.
• Page  2766 Congallus raigned 5 yeers.
• 67 Dongallus raigned 7 yeares, was drowned in the River of Spey.
• 68 Alpinus raigned 3 yeeres, beheaded by the Scots.
• 69 Kenneth 2 raigned 20 yeers, for his valour and other Princely vertues, he attained the sirname of Great, hee quite overcame and slew all the Nation of the Picts, and left his Kingdome, (as he died) in peace.
• 70 Donald 5 raigned 5 yeers, a bad life founda bad death, for he kild himselfe.
• 71 Constantine 2 raigned 16 yeers, slaine, as he fought valiantly with the Danes.
• 72 Ethus raigned 2 yeers, a wicked Prince, hee died in prison.
• 73 Gregorius (who by his prowesse wan the name of Magnus) raigned 18 yeers.
• 74 Donald 6 raigned 11 yeers, a good King.
• 75 Constantine 3. raigned 40 yeers, he was a va∣liant man, but hee left his Crowne for a Cowle, and died a Religious Monke.
• 76 Malc•lme the first, raigned 9 yeers, a good King, yet murthered.
• 77 Indulfus raignd 9 yeers, a couragious Prince, slaine by Danes.
• 78 Dussus raigned 5 yeeres, was murthered, al∣though a good King.
• Page  2879 Cudenus raigned 4 yeeres, a vicious Princ• murthered.
• 80 Kenneth 3. raigned 24 yeeres, a tyrant, h• was murdred.
• 81 Constantine 4 raigned 2 yeers, an usurper, •• was slaine.
• 82 Grimus raigned 8. yeers, a lewd Prince, • was slaine.
• 83 Macolme 2. raigned 30. yeers, he was a v•∣tuous Prince, yet was murthered by • chiefest Courtiers, who flying away to g• over a frozen River called Farfar, the l•• brake, and the murtherers were drown••
• 84 Duncan the first raigned 6. yeeres, a goo• King, murthered.
• 85 Mackbeth raigned 17. yeers, a cruell tyrant killd.
• 86 Macolme 3. raignd 36. yeers, a good King, slain•
• 87 Donald 7. raigned not a yeere, expulst as a• Usurper.
• 88 Duncan 2. raignd one yeer, an usurper, slaine.
• 89 Donald 8. raigned 3. yeeres, he was taken by Egar, had his eyes put out, and died in pri∣son lamentably.
• 90 Edgar raigned 9. yeeres, a good King.
• 91 Alexander the first, raigned 17 yeers, he was a valiant good Prince, hee was called Alex∣ander the fierce.
• Page  2992 David the first, raigned 29. yeeres, a worthy King, hee built 11. stately Religious Hou∣ses, died in peace at Carlisle, buried at Dumfermling.
• 93 Macolme 4. raigned 12. yeeres, a maiden un∣married King.
• 94 William raigned 49. yeers, for his courage sir∣named the Lion.
• 95 Alexander 2. raigned 35. yeers, a good King.
• 96 Alexander 3. raigned 17. yeers, died of a fall from a Horse.
• 97 John Baliol raigned 4. yeeres, Edw. 1. King of England deposed him.
• 98 Robert Bruce raigned 24. yeeres, a wise, va∣liant Prince.

• 99 David 2. raigned 40. yeeres, a good King, was a prisoner 12. yeers in England, 1310.

  At this time there was scuffling for the Crown, Robert Baliol had the possession, and David the se∣cond expeld him, their Raignes are uncertainely written.

• 100 Robert 2. was the first King of the name of Stuarts 1371. hee was a good King, raigned 19. yeeres.
• 101 Robert 3. raigned 16. yeeres, a good King, whose life was full of affliction, hiSonne Page  30 Prince David was famished to death by re∣bells in Scotland, and his son James was 1• yeeres prisoner in England.
• 102 James the first, raigned 13. yeers, after hi• 18. yeers imprisoned in England, hee w• slaine by traytors.
• 103 James 2. raigned 24. yeeres, slaine.
• 104 James 3. raigned 29. yeeres, slaine at Ban• nockburne field.
• 105 James 4. raigned 25. yeeres, slaine at •lod•∣don field.
• 106 James 5. raigned 29. yeeres, a good King.
• 107 Mary daughter to James 5. her raigne wa• sull of trouble, shee was beheaded at Fo••ringham Castle, after 18. yeeres thra• dome.
• 108 James 6. raigned 36. yeeres in Scotland, • most Learned peaceable King.

England had 33 Kings before Scotland had any• the number of our Kings were 138, whereof 2; did not die naturall deaths; for 7 were slain, 6 were murdered, 4 were poysoned, one was burnt, 2 fled the Land, one was beheaded, one dyed with drinking, one was banished, and one• deposed.

The Kings of Scotland were in number 108. whereof 21 were slaine, 19 murdred, 3 killed Page  31 themselves, 4 died in prison, 4 beheaded, 3 drow∣ned, 1 banish'd, and 3 deposed. Thus of all the Scottish Kings, onely 50 dyed naturally, and 58 by casualties.

By this short relation may bee perceived that the top of Honour is slippery, and most unsure, where is not to be expected any sure footing, or endurance of standing. For the King of Kings, being the Great and only Disposer of Kings and Kingdomes, hath in his just indignation (for the peoples transgressions) turnd and overturnd Mo∣narchies, Principalities, States and Common∣wealths. The Assyrian Monarchy began with confusion, and mouldred away to the Persian. The Persian glory was swallowed in the rave∣nous Gulph of a Grecian Conquest. The Gre∣cian (like a violent Blaze) was no sooner in but out, was graspt into the hands of the triumphant Caesars. The Roman Greatnesse overthrew it selfe, with its owne weight; insomuch that whereas it formerly had all, it hath almost lost all. Our England hath had his share in chan∣gings and alterations: first, by the Britaines; se∣condly, by the Romans; thirdly, by the Saxons; fourthly, by the Danes; fifthly, by the Normans; and now lastly, (by the permission of God) by our selves. There have beene Commonwealths translated into Kingdomes, as Israel and Judah, Page  32 and Kingdomes turnd into Commonwealths; Italy is now divided into more then one, nam•ly Venice, Genoa, Luca, Pisa; Also the Sw•zers, or Helvetians, are a free State. So are• greatest part of the Netherlands. And since it• the Almighties unresistable will to change th• Nations Rule and Government, from a 5. or•• times changed Monarchy, into a Republiqu• I will not repine against divine providence, b• as I was a faithfull servant and subject 45. y• to two Kings, (who were good Masters to m• so now I must obey the present Government, •• else I must not expect that I should live und• it, or be protected by it.