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woonderfull visions were séene that yéere Woonderfull visions séene. in Albion, as
the Scotish chronicles make mention. In the riuer of Humber there appéered in the sight of a great multitude
of men, a number of ships vnder saile, as though they had béene furnished foorth for the warres. In the
church at Camelon there was heard a noise, as it had béene the clattering of armor. Milke was turned into
bloud in diuers places in Pictland, and chéese conuerted into a bloudie masse or cake. Corne as it was
gathered in the haruest time appeered bloudie. In the furthermost parts of Scotland, it rained bloud. These
sights being séene of some, & declared to other, caused a woonderfull feare in the peoples harts,
imagining some great altera|tion to insue.
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the nephue, or (as some say) the son
Ambirke|leth. Ambirkeleth succéedeth Eugenius the sixt. of Eugenius the fift, succéeded
Eugenius the sixt in the gouernment of the realme; who after his atteining to the crowne, shortlie changed
therewith his manners and good disposition: for where before he shewed himselfe to be an earnest defendor of
the poore and simple, that all men iudged that he would haue prooued a patrone of all vertue, he contrarie
to The king turned from vertue vnto all licentious|nesse. that expectation, became
suddenlie a paterne of all vices and couetousnesse, delighting in nothing but in following his sensuall
lusts, as in taking excesse of meats and drinks, and wallowing in fleshlie con|cupiscence of lecherous lust.
To be briefe, when he tooke nothing in hand woorthie of his estate and de|grée, it was thought that of
necessitie the forme of the publike gouernement must néedes thorough his negligent slouthfulnesse fall into
decaie and ruine: wherevpon Garnard king of the Picts, supposing he Garnard king of the
Picts inuadeth Scotland. had conuenient time to reuenge all former iniuries receiued at the
Scotishmens hands, gathered a great host of men, and with the same entring into the Scotish confines, made
verie pitifull slaughter of the inhabitants.
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Ambirkeleth (being sore blamed of his Ambirkeleth gathered an armie against the
Picts. his nobles for his negligence, in suffering his sub|iects thus to be destroied) gathered an
armie togi|ther, & with no small feare to shew his head amongst his people (as those princes which
through their owne default haue their people in mistrust, doo euer stand in doubt of their owne safeties,
and namelie when anie present danger beginneth to appéere) foorth he goeth without anie great good order
(God wot) for what might be looked for at his hands, which was so ouerwhelmed with all kind of excessiue
gluttonie, immoderate surfeting, insatiable lecherie, and de|liting altogither in slouthfull ease, and
sluggish idle|nesse, Idlenesse the bréeder and nourisher of sensuall lusts. the
root from whence all such filthie vices ta|king their beginnings, are nourished & mainteined.