[1] But to returne to the purpose in hand, king William hearing of all these things, was not a lit|tle mooued at the same, but chéefelie with Malcolme king of Scots, for that his countrie was the onelie place wherein all the mal-contents of his realme had their refuge. Wherfore, thinking to reuenge the losse of his subiects, and to bring that realme also vnto his subiection, he went thither with an huge armie, a|bout the middle of August, where he first inuaded the bounds of Galloway, bicause he heard how the En|glish were latelie fled thither. Polydor. But after he had wea|ried his souldiers in vaine pursuit of them (who kept themselues in the mountaines and marres grounds) he gaue ouer the enterprise, and drew to|wards Lothiam, where king Malcolme laie with all his power, & sundrie English fugitiues, with whome he determined by battell either to end his trouble, or else to loose his life. Now as both the kings with their armies were readie to encounter, Malcolme began to doubt somewhat of the [...]iersenesse of the battell, Matth. Paris. bi|cause he saw the great puissance and readie willes of the English and Normans to fight, wherevpon he sent an harrold to king William to treat of peace, wherewith he was content at the last (though with much adoo) and so a vnitie insued betwixt them, H. Hunt. vp|on these conditions; namelie, that king Malcolme should doo homage to king William for the realme of Scotland,The king of Scots did ho|mage to king William for Scotland. and therevpon deliuer sufficient hosta|ges: and that on the other side, king William should pardon all the English outlawes in Scotland which then rebelled against him. The place where this peace was concluded, was called Abirnethi. After this, king William returned into England, where he yer long tooke the earledome of Northumberland from Gospatrike, Simon Dun. and gaue it to Waltheof the sonne of Siward; bicause of right it séemed to descend vnto him from his father,The kings iustice. but cheefelie from his mother Alfreda, who was the daughter of Aldred sometime earle of that countrie.