[1] [2] Theſe two Chieftaines hauing their ſhippes [page 188] and men with all prouiſion apperteyning once readie,A great nauye ſent into Scot|land. tooke the ſea, and ſayled forth til they came to the coaſtes of Scotlande, where they tooke land within the Countrey of Fife, before any tidings [figure appears here on page 188] were heard of theyr comming thither. The Da|nes being ſet a lande, ſpared no kinde of crueltie that might be ſhewed agaynſt the inhabitantes,The Danes vſe great crueltye. and namely for that they had not as yet receyued the fayth of Chriſt, they raged without all mea|ſure agaynſt Prieſtes and religious perſons, o|uerthrowing and burning vp Churches & Chap|pels, whereſoeuer they found any in theyr waye. Whereupon the Engliſhe men that inhabited in Louthian,The inhabitãtes fled the countrie. and the Scots which dwelled in Fife, lefte theyr houſes and poſſeſſions, flying into o|ther parties where they thought they might beſt eſcape the handes of their newcome aduerſaries.