[1] [figure appears here on page 199] Donald. Donalde the fifth. He was a good iuſticier. He was reli|gious. A puniſher of blaſphemers. Good ordi|nances are ſoone neg|lected. ſuch as haue [...] him, in ſuffering ſo neceſſa|rie an ordinance to be aboliſhed and worne out of vſe, conſidering the horrible othes and blaſphe|mie, with the bitter & dreadfull curſings ſo much frequented of al eſtates in this our time, aſwel in Scotlande as elſewhere, as without great horror of the heartes cannot bee halfe expreſſed. But to our purpoſe touching the gouernmẽt of Donald: it chaunced afterwardes,Gormond ar|riued with a nauie in Nor|thumberland. that he had knowledge how Gormond a Dane was landed with a puiſ|ſant armie vpon the coaſtes of Northumberland, and had picehed his campe neare vnto the ſhore, without doing any domage to the Countrey ſo that it was vncertain what he intended whether to begin a conqueſt there, or to paſſe ouer Hum|ber to make warres on the Engliſhmen. To pre|uent therefore all daungers,King Donalde goeth to re|ſiſt him. Donalde haſted to|wardes Northumberlande, howbeit he was not farre forwarde on his iourney, but that worde came to him how Gormond was alreadie paſſed ouer Humber, and entred and the Engliſhe bor|ders. But yet did not Donald ſtay his iourney,Gormond we [...] beyond Hum|ber. [...] he heard certainly that Gormond keeping vpon his way was aduaunced forwarde at the [...]aſt [...] miles of from the ryuer of Humber, doubting [...] happely he had ment ſome deceyt, as ſodenly to haue returned vpon the Scots in Northumber|lande, when the king had beene [...]de gone [...]a [...].