{"id":950,"date":"2020-06-16T11:47:26","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T10:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/?page_id=950"},"modified":"2020-06-16T11:47:26","modified_gmt":"2020-06-16T10:47:26","slug":"le-dit-des-rois-decosse","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mythslegendes.com\/en\/breton-mythology\/miscellaneous-breton-mythology\/le-dit-des-rois-decosse\/","title":{"rendered":"The Tale of the Kings of Scotland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>O you all scholars of Alba<br>You educated people, with blond hair<br>What was the first invasion do you know,<br>Who conquered the land of Alba?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Albain conquered it, many his men,<br>He was the famous son of Isacon,<br>He and Brutus were brothers without a lie<br>From him Alba of ships is named.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brutus banishes his bold brother<br>On the stormy sea of Icht.<br>Brutus conquered noble Alba<br>Until the tumultuous promontory of Fotudan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Long after Brutus the prosperous, the good,<br>The race of Neimhidh conquered it,<br>Erglan, after getting out of his ship<br>After the destruction of the Conaing Tower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Cruithne conquered it after that<br>Coming from the plains of Erin,<br>Seventy of their noble kings<br>Took the Cruithne Plain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cathluan was the first king among them,<br>I tell you briefly,<br>The last king among them was<br>The brave hero Constantine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The children of Eochadh after them<br>Seized Alba after a great fight,<br>The children of Conair, the gentle man,<br>The choice of the mighty Gael.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three sons of Erc the son of Eochadh the valiant,<br>Three who had received the blessing of Patrick,<br>Seized Alba; great was their courage,<br>Lorn, Fergus and Angus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ten years for Lorn, for whom the fame was,<br>In the sovereignty of Oirir Alba,<br>After Lorn the generous and courageous<br>Seven and twenty years in Fergus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Domangart, son of the noble Fergus,<br>Received the lot of five terrible years.<br>Twenty-four years without a fight<br>For Comghall son of Domangart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two years of success without contempt<br>After Comghall for Gobhran.<br>Three years five times, without division<br>Was King Conall son of Comghall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Four and twenty years of possession<br>For King Aodhan with many disagreements.<br>Ten years with seven, a glorious career,<br>In all sovereignty Eochaidh Buidhe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Famously renowned quarterback Connchadh Cearr,<br>Sixteen years to his son Ferchar,<br>After Ferchar, see the poems,<br>Thirteen years to Donald.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After Donald Breac of cities,<br>Conall, Dungal, ten years old,<br>Thirteen year old Donald Donn<br>After Dungal and Conall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maolduin, son of Conall of the spoils,<br>Seventeen years for him, and rightly so.<br>Ferchar fadd, do you see it<br>Passed a year after twenty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two years for Eochaidh of the couriers,<br>Bold was the king of the palace.<br>A year was king after that<br>Aincellach the good, son of Ferchar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seven years was the impetuous Dungal,<br>And four for Alpin.<br>Three year old Murdoch the good,<br>Thirty for Aodh as the great chief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eighty years old, without weakness,<br>Donald reigned.<br>Two years Conall, a noble journey,<br>And four another Conall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nine years, Contantin the sweet,<br>And nine, for Angus on Alba,<br>Four years, Aodh the noble,<br>And thirty, Eogan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thirty years Kenneth the bold,<br>Four red-faced Donald,<br>Thirty years, in his power,<br>For the hero, for Constantine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two years, sad how they unfolded,<br>To his brother Aodh the just full of youth,<br>Donald, the son of Constantine the gentle,<br>Reigned four times a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Constantine, severe was his fight<br>Reigned six and twice twenty years.<br>Four-year-old Malcolm.<br>Indulf eight in high sovereignty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seven-year-old Dubhoda the impetuous,<br>And four, Cuilen.<br>And twenty-seven out of all the clans<br>For Kenneth, son of Malcolm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seven years Constantine, listen,<br>And four for Macduff,<br>Thirty years, the worms note it,<br>Malcolm was king of Monaidh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Six years for Duncan the wise,<br>Seventeen years old, the son of Finlay,<br>After him, famous Macbeth,<br>Seven months sovereignty for Lulach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Malcolm is now king,<br>Duncan&#039;s son with a joyful red face,<br>Its time no one knows<br>Apart from the learned, the very learned,<br>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0O you scholars.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two kings over fifty, listen,<br>Until Duncan&#039;s son with a royal face,<br>Of the descendants of Erc the noble, in the East,<br>Possessed Alba, O you scholars.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>O all you scholars of AlbaYou learned people, with blond hairWhat was the first invasion do you know,Who conquered the land of Alba? 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