[1] THen Grime nephew to king Duffe hearing of the ſlaughter thus made betwixte king Conſtantine and Kenneth,Grime. gathered togither the reſidue of Conſtantines armie, being ſcattered a|brode after the ouerthrow, ſuppoſing that by the death of Kenneth, the partie of his brother Mal|colme was ſore weakned, and therevpon he came vnto the Abbay of Scone, and there cauſed him|ſelfe [figure appears here on page 223] to be crowned king, as lawfull ſucceſſor vnto Conſtantine, by force of the olde lawes and or|dinance of the Realme.Grime vſed li|beralitie and gentleneſſe towards Con|ſtantines friendes. And to eſtabliſh himſelfe the more firmly in the eſtate, he ſhewed great gen|tleneſſe towardes all them that were friends vnto Conſtantine, and beſtowed vpõ them many boũ|teous gyftes: neyther was his liberalitie ſhut vp from other that had fauoured Malcolme, for to the ende hee might allure them to beare him good will, he rewarded them highly both in landes and treaſure. But other of the ſame faction, whom he ſawe by no meanes coulde be wonne, he cau|ſed them to bee proclaymed traytours, and con|fiſcated their goodes as rebelles to his perſon, and enimies to the crowne.