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Show Thehiftorieof Scotland. fhent fo take the aduantage of them, as occafion ferued, Diber iuersofacontrarie mind, tnoging ithe (fith the. puitfance of the thole realmeinas afer: bled)to qtue battellleatt bp deferring time, thecou. rage and. great oefire, hich the people bad-to fight, fhould twar faint anddecate:fothatallthings cont The hiftorie of Scotland. -_die fortwardneffe,thereby the Womans having tea: (ure fo place themfelues tn artaie, defended the en: -tries.of theircampe, ctll the dap iwas{prong, and then gttiinga full onfet pon thet entmies,thep put thenrquiteto flight. Wut Coadiela not heretwith offeouragen,hattea frntinns ferfeatbrt,ouring the thich, Frontinusfell:ficke of Seictocte fuperfluousabundance of flegme,aiichvered iin in reamnethto ch fort, thatthe emperor Donritian, tho as then Rome, swith all (ped bnto Gpiake,ad faking that citie the episte iste he Scots agree to fight Soh theo mans. dered,if was generallic tn the end agreed bponto fet fire on it, and fue {uch Romans as the found en eum gine battellandfoconmning ivithiniightof theent -_there,thereof Petilins being certified, fert fogth.a by Voains mics holt;thep made teadie-to incounter them. At ro legionagaint hic to withfand bir attempts. Thole the firlk the Scots were fommehbat amazed with the -that had the chargeof them that tere thus tent, viea great multitude of thetvaducrfaries,butthzonghthe -fuchdiligence , that lateng an ambuthfor bir tha cheerefull crbostations of their king, and other their placefit for that purpofe , they fo inclofen bir, that capteins, their omachs began to reniue, fo that flatetig the moft part of bit company,(he was taken they bololte {et bpon the Romans, thereof tnfued pafonerbit felfe,and being beought aliue onto Pett: befiwirt thom aright fierce and cruel battell,botwbelings, bpon bir tout anfiver made bntobim , as be it in the end the bictozte inclined to the Komans,and queffioned with bir aboutbir bold enterpeitcs , Mya Coadinas The Deore the Scots were chatevoutof theficlo, Galobimiclfe twas prelentlic flaine bp the fouldiors, faint, aredifcom: was tvounded in the face, petetcapedbe outof the Anon after Petilius was certified,that the ina Che Bue fited. batfell,but nof ivithout qreatdanger in deed,by reas 20 bitantsof the Fle of CHight, with other foutberite teinsretet fon the Homans purfued mofk egerlie tn the chale, Writatns,hadvatied a commotion againk king pa Hherelwerellaine of the Scotithnen (as theft. rius,fothat without fpedie fuccogs thep twere liketo The By cheonicles repostjabouctineluc thoufa,andof the datue himout of his kingdome : theredpon he ba eee Mheciticcar- Romans about fir thoufand. Chis vicore being ted thither with allconuentent (peed, and fubduing ied Epiakets thus atchiued,the Homans got pofleltton of Cpiake the rebels,fet all things there frgad oder amd fate: 49t:06 19 Sandy the {withthe greatett partof all Gallotway, and paflen and fo remaining there tillthe nert peere after, he women Homans. thereGiucof that perewithoutanie other notable Wrigants, and Frontinus tw conquering theSi mendedtbete loialtie amdotligence, in that thepbad os st fhe Romaris,enot bp anp mteais toad the SHeotshs sich de the bwings of fhe Womans here in Wiitaine, asin thet iwetters te find the fame'recozed. Wut ner uertheleffe tuce hae hore followed the courte of before they had done to their great lole ¢ hindance. od Werbntothe king of picts muciylutpecting the mal'cue terj made aditedtanfiner, that he fatwno caute OOP pop min" Scots themfelucs , not binding ante man moze int this place than in other to credit them further thar tats the Stots'to be fubduen,and brought to deftrue wens. tort tuithout all reafon o2 equitie : and thetefore be the Scotith hittorisin maner as itis writterbp the 50 Hethouto ti fauorof the omans(utter his confeder sorte? by conferenceof authors it Thall fenie'to them-exe pedient, Bnthe nteane thine teriwhilet petilivs was occu ree POD (asbefore vehaue haro)in'the conquettof Gal' -Soars loiuap,Tloadicta the daughter of Aruitagus (abort Swith the Ro the Romans had before time mifuted, as before int mane, vicomfited bp Pics incountred hinrby the wate, but being ferce ber Of the titiseris Haine, -_-the Jforth thereby the ttc he palled with his tole of Stering, armie ourr into Fife :and the date after, heartitg swith the: recouerédthe mofEpart of all thecaffels and foxtret' that the kingof the Pics was Wwithoeatvne inta'a DePBe fes of Widland. Whe forenanted Learanach efcaptng caffell thereby, ffanding bpon an bigh mounteine outof that prcfent danger, Got him' bepond the tar tet of Firth, for the moze fuertieof bis one perfor Agricola hauing {ped thus iyicland, matched forth againtt them of Annandale,tbo at the firt mar Ring refiffance for'a time, at length tvere conftret Te Scotg init, for Baranach king of the {ics, informed of the Romans ayproch, got himfmzth abzoad into the fielos, ndaffembling bis potver,purpofed by night . fit the night follotvitg by their otwne tofues thep ouer the Forth at Sterling, but being repelled by ting vunge; teere mhurthered cach mothers forme ; for fo the two- the fielo from their entinies. fud) as werefet there to defend the fame, in his re which the Ros tarne from thence be twas tricomttren by Agricola qans defen= -_-himfelfe, ho being certified of thts attempt of his Me o enimies, badlented bis fiege,and yas conning to- Agricola tnoerfanding that by twinning hin Taito th the beginning, it (houln be no {malt furthe- {yards them, {0 that both the hotts meting togither inthe ficlds, there was fought a fore battell bettbire ' tance binto him for the atchining of other enterpat: Gfine. (es frtineto come, determined fo purfue bis gwv them, though in the end the Picts were difcomfiten, and their bing the forcfaid karanach chafen buto the weak fortune') and therebporprepared to fubpue the Fle gee) OF Dan; Gat wanting vetlels to connep his arniic riuer of Zap there he gota bote, andefeapentothe wits a -Further fide of that water. Mp reafon of this ouers AS: Ss throw, Agricola biongit in fubiecion thofe comcpafey, tries Obi lie betwene the waters of Jo2th and fife With of Banfy, Over, he found meaines that fad) as could fwim,and . kntety the fallow places of that coatt, mave Mhift to ‘ teers pale the gaife, aio fo gotonland,to thegreat umn Lap, as Fife, Fottnike, and Ernedall, andfolonty ther countrtew tarde fea coatts, to refit fudy hips as they lmked for to SerBoe ane arrined bpor their fhore:but notw vefpatring to fortretfes inplaces moft convenient for the keeping tye: womans, of the inhabitants in thetr conenanted obedience, af Hteagie Dex and amasina of the tibabitants,ttho watched the so ning there all the winter following, be built fumoate a fer} fet fortward to fubdue fuch Scots as were vel Gennt defenfe within that ¥le, paffcd oucr twith the refloue all that thep might, tilling bim to be of gad care, of bis people into Galloway, where he foiourned all and to hope wellof the recouerte of bis lofles againe Frontinuslittle regarding this ontotvardlie an _rovelilk the enimies attempts : but thoxtlie after bE departure from antongtt them, they tvere fought , _sptthall bp the Romans, amb difcombited thee TOM gyertoe -fand of them beitig Gatree tn the field. By realness the teinter following: tric being patted, and funv 6o by fomegadfortune and neanes that might bapen Met onicecome, he affembled bis men of warre a tocome per oughtlong,promifing to the furtherance gaine, and bifited 4 great part of that countric with thereof all that in them laic, as twellfoy counfell as Bile | Cartike and Coningham, the tnbabitants Bbhereof he put in {uch feare with the onelie thet of bistoarlike armie, difpafed in fuch politike ozber aM twife conduc, fhat there was none to be found that dari abuanee them {clues to incounterbim, fo aidof hand: and herebpon hep tobe avuile tohicd) iwaie to worke, infomudy that at length it was by great deliberation thought gad to fartie for fucco? at the bands of their ancient confederats the Scots, and fo incontinentite there tvere cevteine meffine thathe (pent that fammers eatin inbkeping (adof the Scots'as han bene aferctine fuboued, from at- likepurpole, the tholecampe han bansti great Dangersbutthele tordjes.o7 firebsandsgaue not one wieoto to efeape that prefentdanger. ~ = "hele HeotsofCarrike, Bile, and Coming tome-he affembled the nobles of the countrie, er by gentle perfnafions, fo frame then ingcaltin the faces of theentmies, saieD-thetr bar -_icenced tofwithnzado tothete: lodgings for GHP lic lightto fe there to make refiftance, butalfober is tohaue broker the batdge,tuhith Agricola had made enue aith Ouierthzowe fhole countries fabmitted then pen Tedanddzciled foith pitd, rofen and tallow, forthe b ,, cléped Benart,heinuironed the fame twithafrong Mount... fiewe, hotnbeit his hoped prev twas not as then witty Sensrts hed fo giuebacke, amd fofled to their houfes, there €Imanoale Met oFthat nation Mfedto put ataie thethame of Scrbp ther theirhatimds then thepat arptine had fevoutof wa, gence tobe repared, anda bridge tobe made oucr senthecote Agricolacanfeditt tobe netolie fortifier, andfure ther though fame of this victortous beginning, be bim at Dunvdee, thither refozted ontobima great numberof the icity nobilitie, fury as hav efcaped ae =the Homans hands. Thelecomfosted their bing i pug notes. bimfelfeinto Araile, leauing bis power bebind bi caufed fuch fierbraids tobe Bindledas be ban prepare wailed their miferable cafes : abich bndoubtedlie te Romans, lte beatervoff bp the Romans, he fled backe intothe was the craffie illufions of wicked {pitits; tokepe titiefand twithin fhe dates after hauiig teinforcedD 20 mens mindsfill oppzcfed in blind erroisand fw bis potver, he efifoncs gaue battell againe to his es perttitions fantafies. Hines; but theiralbobeing vanquithed'; he loft the Agricola confivering the naturall frength of this ofpartof all bisment, and fo timmedtatlie theres mounteine, twith the fite of an old ruinons caftcil bpatt twas Camelortivenc by force, Fa great nun that fod thereon, be caufed the fame twtth all dili- ‘surcicole but faubmiifted themifelucs onto Agricola. Who taking plenyes of them, and appointing ter» teinegarifons fo kepe diuers bolos anv places of -_thihg butthe meanes how tobeingthe ttbole Ile of purpofe to reuenge bir iniuties in times path recet. brought intofudDitorver, that if Petilinshavnot tring bv the nether fine of Calidon wd, enen bnto Maricoe the Dolorows mounteine, hich afterivards by the ia commeth Scots vas cleped Sterling, Ft twas called the doz to Stcrung. lozous mounteine, for that tn the night feafon there was heardright lamentablenoife¢ cries,as though the fame had beene of fome creatures that bad bee Dhelenewes being reported onto Agricola, he inade his prouitfon with all (pad togoagaintthem, 4D firfkentring into the bo2oers'of picland, he rer §«--Dttced fucyas inhabited about the confines of WerWwike fo their forte(ubiecion, and after marding Wards the citieof Camelonjsaranach bing of the Albion imtothzalvome andferutle bondage. nefke, he tas at length contfreinen to Wwithoral + Prvenigdt than tobe difquieten, bpreaton whereof they were beat boone Saar prethtogo againtkthe Sens, dtr Diag ter bis departure from amongft thent. 4un the meane tabiic, the king of the 79{de kept twas Determined bp the aDuife of bis pares ¢ folly reliors; to aid the Scots againtt (uc) as fought 0 fhetoke the leas, andlandingin Galloway, bpo TChewomane Ucdat the Romanshmds, Me lervpar their tents é triés as were pet bndifcouered by the Romans, ens Alendar tefiff fuch hind of warriors as indangered them felties to paffe the feas in that maner of twife, thep -_nifobedient. And entring into the borversof Bile, get" thistroatifeis partlie toured) gathered togither a stety of foulnioss within the Fleof Man, partlic of 6o Carrike, and Coningham , had dfucrs teirmihes wee og the inbabttants, and partlie of facy Scotithnten of With fady as bing Gald bad alfembled to defer bis Free Galloway as twere Ged thither for faeco2: tort thefe -_countrie,butfoxfomnuch as be twas difeatcd twit UCB segue campe aflarien in the night feafon,ahen thep lobed for nothing lee' fhemt from their accuftoincdfiercenefic, and to win them the foner to be content withbondage, thong) -‘hecolourevit with neuer fo faire a glofe of humas tte, Me third winter being thus fpent, and the mert fummercommen bpor,Agricola inuaded {uch coun: fInnandele Cartike,and Coninghantto rebell: The Sion a fronts purpose puriue _ godnurture. Wp this meanes he thought to traine Rome, and aypointed a tight valfant perfonage,one Jalias Agricola to facced as lieutenant of Bz faineinbisrome. About the finteof thofearcinall Julins Sorte there, the Scotsef Annandale ueagteatnumber -, of the ontans, with tthich fuccetle they procured alCaeas" Hothe Pics with the inbabitants of Galloway,tkile, ro . aFiS 54. lures,to be implotedchiefite again Scots ¢qtts: 4° loked fo well'their charge pthat the entitte bad the opinionof the bet learned is bolic confrarie gaindédnoaduattage at thet haids, while the at 9, therebnito,aftirming the fame 1Brigants¢ Silutes Iietwasocelipfeoit the font) parts about other af tone Hot to be fo far nosth bp the diffanceof mante miles, faires there, He allo Cent an heralv onto the hing of til theRomang 4&8 Hector Boetius' and other bis countriemen da -the Pics With letters, requiring hint to reneto bp é sire 8 in Waitaineye placethent, Michthirgin the hitorte of Gnglatd confirmation theformer league betwirt his peoples jon men alLindtufti- toe hauealfonoted:, there pe map tead more of at gouerned the Womane empire, fent for him home to fell ficke of the flirand died, Ammediatlie eberevp. garDutd exploit: butin the lummerfolloteing, Petillius the on the emperonr (ent one Aulins Frontinus to fue. Romane gouerno? went aboutto fubdue the reff of ceed in bis place. his FFrontinus beought with him the countrie,the Scots oftentiines making diucrle 3° twolegionsof fouldiors , and afer he havtaken on fatrmithes with him, but inno wifedurt ioine iotth Detwith king Warins for the keeping of the Wit wierm them, putffauce agatnttputflance , leat thep fhould talisin due {ubtedtion ofthe empire, he purpoled to a eon sath baue put their countrie into furthet datiger, ifthep baitig fuch dato obedience, as tibabited within and the Romans, bad chanced eftfones to haue receiuen the ouere hepond the tomds of Calivoit, and as pet not var i nit 1a. quitved by anie man. € Were haue ive thought gad to aduertife the Chereforcentring irl tito Galloway, aio vit reader, that although the Scotith writers impute -_tirig Mud) garrifonsof he Romans, as Petilius Had all thetranels, ahicyBetilius (pentin (abouing He letthere forthe keeping of that quarter , he corty 55 manmanerjasalfe in Wearing of comelie and des cent aqparell; and aboue all things to {et their chil -dpen tolchoole, tobe brought pp in rlequence and _felties to the Ronidiis, perceting no bape oe etnthus brought into fubtedtion, the arrmic S88 anp commotion. dno then winter was feluies toa ciuill tranc of lining, aswell imbuilving 2 temples, houles, andother coifices after the Ho -agers difpatched with all (ped onto Calo the Scotih ape inidg bing, requiring him in that common teopardie to tenn for atv to foine in league with bis ancient friends the Pids, bing Gato, again the ambitious and moff cruel] Homans,tho fought nothing elfe but the vtter fubuerfion of the -‘tahole Land of Albion,as manifeftlic aypecren by thetr proceedings, hauingalreadte occupieo aw won ullie |