Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 3 4 5 The Lordes hauing heard the kings ſpeach,The Lordes gẽtle ſubmiſ|ſion, with a large promiſſe & perceyuing what his meaning was, firſte partly excuſed themſelues ſo wel as they might of their cloked diſſimulation, and then fallyng downe vppon theyr knees afore him, beſought him to [figure appears here on page 213] EEBO page image 214 put away all diſpleaſure out of his minde, and clearely to pardon them, if in any wiſe they had offended his maieſtie, promiſing that they would with all diligence & faithfulneſſe accompliſhe his deſire, in cauſing the offenders to be brought in vnto iudgement: and till the time that this were brought to paſſe, they were well contented to re|maine in ſuch place where he ſhould appoint thẽ to abide.The king wẽt to Bertha. The councell then being broken vp, the king with thoſe Lordes paſſing ouer the riuer of Tay, wẽt vnto Bertha, which towne during the kings abode in y^e ſame was ſtreightly kept with watche and warde, that no creature might enter or go foorth without knowledge of the officers appointed by the king to take heede therevnto. If any idle perſon were eſpied abroad in the ſtreetes, ſtraightwayes the ſergeants would haue him to warde.Roges puni|ſhed. The nobles remayned in the kings houſe or in other lodgings to them aſſigned, procuring by their freendes & miniſters to haue ſuche offen|ders as vſed to robbe & ſpoyle the huſband man,Iniurious men brought vnto Bertha. apprehended & brought to the king vnto Bertha, there to receyue iudgement & punition according to theyr demerites: for ſo they perceyued they muſt needes worke, if they minded the ſafegard of their owne liues. Hereof it followed alſo, that within ſhort ſpace there were brought vnto Ber|tha,A great nũber of vagabundes were iudged to die. to the number neare hande of .v. C. of ſuche idle loyterers as vſed to liue by ſpoyle & pillage, many of them being diſcẽded of famous houſes, all whiche companie being condemned for theyr offences to die, were hanged vpon gybets aboute the towne, and commaundement gyuen by the king, that theyr bodies ſhoulde not be taken downe, but there to hang ſtill, to giue enſample to other, what the ende was of all ſuche as by wrongfull meanes ſought to liue idelly, by other mens labours.The Lordes haue licence to departe. The rebelles being thus executed, king Kenneth licenſed the Lordes to departe to their owne houſes, exhorting them to remember their dueties towardes the common wealth, and to ſtudie for preſeruation of peace and quietneſſe according to their vocation. After this the realme continued in quietneſſe without any forraine or inwarde trouble for the ſpace of certaine yeares following, and had remayned in the ſame ſtate ſtill,The Danes ſeeke for to reuenge olde loſſes. if the Danes had not made a new inuaſion, who being ſore grieued in their hartes for ſuche diſpleaſures as they had ſuſteyned in Albion de|termined now with great aſſuraunce to reuenge the ſame.The Danes take the ſea to goe into Al|bion. Whervpon gathering an huge multi|tude of men togither, they were embarqued in veſſels prouided for them, and ſayling forth, they purpoſed to take lande vpon the next coaſt of Al|bion where they ſhoulde chaunce to arriue: and being once a lande, to deſtroy all before them, ex|cept where the people ſhould ſubmitte and yeelde themſelues vnto them. This nauie being once got abroade, within a ſhort time arriued at that point of lande in Angus, whiche is called the red Brayes, or Read head,The Danes ar|riue at the Red head, or red Brayes in Angus. not farre from the place where the Abbey of Abirbroth, or Abirbrothok was afterward founded. Here the Daniſh fleete firſt caſting ancre, their captaines fel in cõſulta|tiõ what they were beſt to do.The Danes conſult to goe into England. Some of thẽ were of this opinion, that it was not moſte expedient for them to land in that place, but rather to paſſe from thence into England: for at the Scottiſh mens hands being poore, & yet a fierce and hardy natiõ, there was ſmal good to be got, being therto accuſtomed to giue moe ouerthrowes, than they cõmonly receyued. Againe the ſoyle of the coun|trey was but barrayne, in maner ouergrowẽ w^t woodes (as it was in deede in thoſe dayes) fewe townes & ſmall habitations, & thoſe ſo poore, that no man knowing the ſame, woulde vouchſafe to fight for any poſſeſſion of thẽ: wherein contrari|wiſe England (that part namely which lieth to|wards the ſouth) was ſo fruitfull of corne & cat|tell, ſo riche of mines & repleniſhed with ſo many notable cities & townes inhabited with men of great wealth and ſubſtance, that few were to be foũd cõparable thereto. So that the mater being well conſidered,They conſult for to ſayle in|to Kent. they could not do better than to ſayle into Kent, where they might be ſure of riche ſpoyle without any great reſiſtance. Other there were that held how this iourney was attempted by the counſell of their ſuperiours,They onely ſought reuẽge only to reuẽge ſuch iniuries as the Daniſh nation had receyued at the hãds of the Scottiſhmen, & not to attaine riches or any dominion. The Scots alſo being a cruell people & ready to fight in defence of other mens poſſeſſiõs (as in the warres of Northum|berland it well appeared) woulde ſurely be ready to come to the ayd of the Engliſhmẽ into Kent, euen ſo ſoone as it was knowen that the Danes were a lande in thoſe parties, ſo that by this meanes they ſhould be conſtreyned to haue to do both with the Scottiſhmen and Engliſhmen, if they firſte wente into Kent, where if they ſet a lande here in Scotland, they ſhoulde encounter but only with the Scots.Some thought beſt to lande in Scotland. Therfore the beſt were according to their firſte determination to lande amongſt the Scottes, ſith chaunce had brought them vnto thoſe coaſtes, adding that when they had ſomewhat abated the arrogant preſump|tiõ of theyr enimies there, then might they paſſe more ſafely into England after a lucky begin|ning of fyre and ſwoorde, to proceede againſt their aduerſaries in thoſe parties as fortune ſhould leade them. This deuiſe was allowed of the greateſt number, being gladde to gette beſide the water. Wherevpon the Mariners vpon commaundement giuen, drawe with theyr ſhippes into the mouth of the riuer called Eſke, the whiche in thoſe dayes waſhed vppon the EEBO page image 215 walles of a towne in Angus called then Ce|lurke,The Danes do land at Mont|ros. but now Mountros. Here the Danes ta|king land, put the inhabitaunts of the countrey there aboutes in greate feare, ſo that with all ſpeede for their ſafegarde, they gette them into Mountros, but the towne being quickely aſſailed of the Danes, was taken, put to the ſacke,Montros takẽ, and all within was ſlayne. & after raſed Caſtell and all to the bare ground, not one lyuing creature beyng lefte aliue of all ſuche as were founde within the ſame.