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You are here: 1577 > Volume 2 > Body Text: Section 2 of 2: THE HISTORIE of Scotlande.
Snippet: 1081 of 4298 (1577, Volume 2, p. 139)

Compare 1587 edition: 1 King Aydan, according to the maner in ſuch caſes accuſtomed,Kyng Aydan requireth to haue certaine Scottiſh out|lawes deliue|red at the han|des of Brudeus king of Pictes Brudeus by denying to de|liuer the Scot|tiſh outlawes, procureth warres to him ſelfe and his countrey. requyred to haue thoſe out|lawes deliuered vnto him, that he might do iu|ſtice vpon thẽ accordingly as they had deſerued.

You are here: 1577 > Volume 2 > Body Text: Section 2 of 2: THE HISTORIE of Scotlande.
Snippet: 1082 of 4298 (1577, Volume 2, p. 139)

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Brudeus taking pitie of the yong gentlemen, alledged many things in their excuſe, ſtill defer|ring to deliuer them, till at length hee procured warre to himſelfe and his countrey: For Aydan the Scottiſhe king offended in that he might not haue thoſe rebelles and publike offendors reſtored vnto him, he cauſed a number of his people, firſt to fetche a great bootie of cattell and pryſoners out of Angus.

You are here: 1577 > Volume 2 > Body Text: Section 2 of 2: THE HISTORIE of Scotlande.
Snippet: 1083 of 4298 (1577, Volume 2, p. 139)

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Wherewith the Pictes being kindled,

The breach of peace betwixt the Scots and Pictes.

A field fought betwixt Scots and Pictes.

made a like rode into Galloway. Finally the matter grewe vnto a fielde, whiche was foughten in Menteith, not farre from Caledon caſtell other|wiſe called Dounkeld, with great ſlaughter on both ſides, though in the ende the victorie yet re|mayned [figure appears here on page 139] with the Scottes, but loſing Arthurnus the ſonne of Aydan their king, they reioyced not greatly at the gaine.

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