Johannis de Fordun Chronica gentis Scotorum . 134 JOHN OF rORDUNS CHRONICLE BOOK IV. CHAPTEK L Bule of Succession of foregoing and suhsequent Kings of tJie Scots,down to the time of Mcdcolm, the son of Kenncth. We have sliown, above, the true dates of the accessions ofthe Scottish kings who reigned after Fergus, the son of Erth,in the northern part of Albion, together with the Picts. Andnow it is fitting to go on to the monarchs who acquired soledoniinion over the whole of that part, after the Pictish tribeswere overthrown ; and to show forth some of their exploits, aswell as the dates of thei
Johannis de Fordun Chronica gentis Scotorum . 134 JOHN OF rORDUNS CHRONICLE BOOK IV. CHAPTEK L Bule of Succession of foregoing and suhsequent Kings of tJie Scots,down to the time of Mcdcolm, the son of Kenncth. We have sliown, above, the true dates of the accessions ofthe Scottish kings who reigned after Fergus, the son of Erth,in the northern part of Albion, together with the Picts. Andnow it is fitting to go on to the monarchs who acquired soledoniinion over the whole of that part, after the Pictish tribeswere overthrown ; and to show forth some of their exploits, aswell as the dates of their reigns—even as we are taught in thevolumes of the ancients. But we must first speak of the ruleof their succession. Eor the question is often asked, why thesons did not commonly succeed their fathers in the governmentof the kingdom, as the custom of modern times requires, ratherthan the brothers, as is implied in the succession of the fore-going kings. This, then, was done in those days, for the samelaw of succession obtained with the ^S
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