Scots
The hostile Scottish forces flee through pathless places, not resting until they have turned their backs
Shall we scatter our gold upon the earth. (Gesta Danorum (Books I-IX), The Danish History, > Book Two)
When they were accomplished. (Gesta Danorum (Books I-IX), The Danish History, > Book Four.)
The hostile Scottish forces flee through pathless places, not resting until they have turned their backs (Vita Merlini, Vita Merlini > Merlin at War and in Madness)
Gesta Danorum (Books I-IX)
- attestation: Shall we scatter our gold upon the earth. (The Danish History, > Book Two)
"Shall we scatter our gold upon the earth, ere we have set eyes upon the Scots?"
- attestation: When they were
accomplished. (The Danish History, > Book Four.)
"When they were accomplished, he went back to Britain with his bride, a strong band of Scots being told to follow close behind, that he might have its help against the diverse treacheries in his path."
Vita Merlini
- attestation: The hostile Scottish forces flee through pathless places, not resting until they have turned their backs (Vita Merlini > Merlin at War and in Madness)
"Nec requieverunt donec sua terga dederunt Hostiles turmae, per devia diffugientes."