Compare 1587 edition: 1 His bodie was buryed in Colmkill amongſt his aunceſters, with a Marble tombe ſet ouer his graue, as the maner in thoſe dayes was cuſto|marily vſed.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 3 [figure appears here on page 200] AFter Do|nalde the fifth,Conſtan+tine. the [...] ſuc|ceeded in rule of the Realme Conſtantine ye thirde of that name,Conſtantine the thirde. the ſon of Ethus the ſw [...]fe, begyn|ning his raign in the yeare af|ter the incarnation 903.903 He was more apt for ci|uill gouernment, than for the ordering of warlike affayres.King Edward ſent an Herald with defiance. King Edwarde that lately ſucceeded Alured in rule ouer the Engliſh men being ware thereof, ſent vnto him an Heralde at armes, com|maunding him to reſtore vnto his ſubiectes the Engliſh men, the coũtreys of Northumberland, Cumberlande, and Weſtmerlande (whiche the Scottiſh king Gregorie had in tymes paſt by oc|caſion of the trouble ſome ſeaſon taken from the EEBO page image 201 right owners by force) eyther els to looke for warres at his handes within .xl. dayes after this [...].The anſwere [...] Con|ſtantine. Conſtantine herevnto anſwered, that if king Edward were minded to make him war [...]s for th [...]ſe landes which he helde by right|full title, he with his people woulde be ready to defin [...] themſelues, hoping in the almightie God that hee woulde turne the puniſhment on them that vniuſtly had pyked the quarell. Herevpon enſued many rodes and to prayes betwixte the Engliſhmen and Scots made, [...]warnings of warres. as occaſion ſer|ued, into eche others countrey, with diuers ſkyr|miſhes & light bickerings for a twelue moneths ſpace togither, without any notable encounter of theyr mayne powers. In which meane tyme the Danes encreaſed in puyſſaunce, more than was thought requiſite for the ſuertie eyther of the En|gliſhmen or Scottes, whiche moued king Ed|ward by perſwaſion of his Nobles,The peace was renewed & the league confir|med. to make meanes vnto Conſtantine to haue the peace re|newed: wherevnto Conſtantine lightly agreede ſo that the league was confirmed agayne with the former articles betwixt the Engliſhe and Scottiſh nations. Shortly after alſo the warre was renewed betwixt the Engliſhmẽ & Danes, and a peace againe confirmed by concluſion of a mariage betwixt Sithrik king of Northumber|land and Beatrice the doughter of king Ed|warde, till at length Sithrik was poyſoned by his wife the ſayde Beatrice: and then becauſe Aualaſſus whome the Engliſhe wryters name Anlafe and Godfrey, the ſonnes of Sithrike, put the ſame Beatrice to death,The Danes were diſcomfi|ted. hyr father king Ed|ward moued warre againſt them, & in foughten fielde diſcomfited them, but was ſlaine in that battel himſelf (as Hector Boetius hath.) But for the further truth of this mater, ye may read more in the Hiſtorie of Englande.
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The Danes cõ|ceyue hope of good ſucceſſe.The Danes
being certified, that king Ed|warde was thus ſlayne, conceyued ſuch hope of
good ſucceſſe after to come, that albeit
they were at this time vanquiſhed, they immediatly made newe preparation for
the warre, and firſte of all Aualaſſus the one of the twoo bretherne before
mencioned, ſent vnto Conſtantine the Scottiſh king, to allure him to ioyne with
them agaynſt the Engliſhmen,The Scots e|uer falſe to the
Engliſhmen. whiche with great giftes and large promiſes hee eaſily
brought to paſſe, the league not withſtandyng whiche remayned betwixt the
Engliſhe and Scottiſhe nations. Herevpon
bothe the Scottes and Danes made the greateſt prouiſions that might be,The Scots and Danes cõfede|rate themſelfe togither.
thinking verily to ſubdue the Engliſhmen, and to bryng them to vtter
deſtruction. Malcolme ſonne to king Donald was appointed by king Conſtan|tine
to haue the leading of the Scottiſhe army,Malcolme is made
chief ge|nerall of the armie. conteyning the number of twentie
thouſande men. The ſame Malcolme alſo at the ſame time was created beyre
apparant of the realme,
He is created alſo heyre ap|parant. The Earle of Cumberland beyre apparãt to the king of Scots. The Scots and Danes ioyne theyr powers togither.