The Chronicle of Ireland Author:Henry General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1809 Original Publisher: Reprinted at the Hibernia press, for the proprietors Subjects: Ireland History / Europe / Ireland Religion / Christianity / Catholic Travel / Europe / Ireland Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations ... more »and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: day, and of this their captaine they are called reudin, for in their language, (Dal) signifieth a part. And here I cannot but meruaUe at Hector Boetius and Buchanan, v what confusion they bring into the historic, without regard of the truth, they name JBeda, they call Reuda, Reuther, and say that he was the sixt King of Albania, and that the Britaines made him flee into Ireland, and that in the end he was restored to his kingdome againe; which can no way agree with the words of reverend Beda, whose credit we may not impeach, for he saith, they were Scythians, and wanted a dwelling place, and beganne to inhabit the North parts of the Hand. If Reuda were King of Albania, no thanke to the Irish men to direct him thither. But let us goe on with the Pictes. I finde in Lanquet that the Pictes were rebellious an. 9 : of [rviragus, nno. Domini 53. And Poly- wonicon affircteth, w as JBeda wrote before, that they came to the North of Ireland in Fespasians time. Stow saith it was in utlnno 73. Matthew the Monke of Westminster, in 4nno 75. and f6. Leslceus and jBozius write that Reuda came about the yeere 360. which is very doubtfull, and that then the Pictes wanting wives, desired of the Britaines that they might match with their nation, their suit being denied, they v Hect. Boet. Scot. hist. lib. 4. w According to the Text of Sir James Ware. went to the Irish, who granted them wives upon the condition in Beda hefore rehearsed And...« less