Author : Hector Boece
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333480707
Total Pages : 538 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (87 download)
Book Synopsis HIST & CHRON OF SCOTLAND by : Hector Boece
Download or read book HIST & CHRON OF SCOTLAND written by Hector Boece and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-05 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The History and Chronicles of Scotland, Vol. 2 About this same time, Genserik began the realme of Vandalis in Affrik, and Wes the first king that rang above the pepill; quhais posterite had na better chance in the end than in the beginning of thair empire: for as thay began with tyranny and slauchter of in nocent pepill, siclike thay wer invadit baith with externj weris and civil] battall, and, finaly, brocht to ane miserabill end. The Visi gothis and Astrogothis, ane pepill borne in perdition of Romanis, began to regne, this same time, in Italy and Spanye. And in this time began the Bunnis to, regne in Pannonia; and, becaus thay grew under ane blude with the auld inhabitantis of the cuntre, callit Garis, the cuntre was callit Ungaria. Mony uthir infinite cumpa nyis of barbar pepill went throw the warld that time, persewand Romanis with all malice: throw quhilk it hapnit that na man micht travail in thay dayis but extreme dangeir of thair life. For quhen passingeris war inquirit, qubat thay war; gif thay answerit, Thay war freindis of the senat and pepil of Rome; the demandaris said, Thay war ennimes; and, for that caus, thay war spulyeit of thair geir or livis. Siclike, gif thay answerit, Thay war ennimes to R0 manis; the demandaris wald allege thaim freindis; and sa thay war spulyeit and slane in the samin maner. Sic thingis maid the Gallis, quhilkis war the auld inhabitantis'of France, astonist to intercom. Men with Romanis and Franchemen. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."