The History of the Reformation of the Church of Scotland

and to this effect, he calls some of the dispersed Culdees of his Country, whom he settles in their ancient abodes; namely, in the Isle of Jona, where he furnished them with a Library of Books which he had gathered beyond Sea, as the Story tells us.

and to this effect, he calls some of the dispersed Culdees of his Country, whom he settles in their ancient abodes; namely, in the Isle of Iona, where he furnished them with a Library of Books which he had gathered beyond Sea, as the Story tells us.

This return of Fergus into Scotland, son of Ethod, Brother to late Ewen, fell out about the year 420. The regaining by the Scots of their native Country, under the command of Fergus the second, will not seem strange unto them who have read what they did under the commands of William Wallace, and how under the conduct of Robert Bruce, they recovered their liberty from the thraldom wherewith they were then oppressed.

This return of Fergus into Scotland, son of Ethod, Brother to late Ewen, fell out about the yeer 420. The regaining by the Scots of their native Countrey, under the command of Fergus the second, will not seem strange unto them who have read what they did under the commands of William Wallace, and how under the conduct of Robert Bruce, they recovered their liberty from the thraldom wherewith they were then oppressed.

Ewen, son to Fergus the second, by the counsel and aid of his Grand-father by his Mother Grame; did not only keep his Fathers ancient Kingdom, but also did enlarge the Limits thereof, having passed the next Wall of the Romans, which by Grame was pulled down in many places, hence it is called Grames Dyke; and he possessed himself, and the Picts with all the Lands lying an hundred miles Southward, that is, unto Tyne, and kept them till the entry of the Saxons into the Island. Next, he took unto his care not only to seek out the Culdees fugitives, which had not yet returned, under his Father, but also he sent for others into the neighbour Country of Britain, and assigned unto them convenient places for their abode, with a moderate competency of means for their maintenance, that they should be in no ways burdensome to the people, now looking to have some respite from their pressures and grievances. And such was the happiness of these days, that a very small proportion did content the Church-men, setting wholly their minds to the conscionable discharge of their calling, which they did, Preaching Gods Word carefully, truly, and simply, instructing