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120 SCOTTISH ANNALS
1098
FLORENCE OF WORCESTER, CHRONICON, VOL. II, P. 42, S.A.
1098. *
At that time Magnus, king of the Norwegians, son of king
Olaf the son of Harald [Hardrada], 2 since he had added the
Orkneys and the Mevanian isles to his empire, came sailing
thither with a few ships. 3
1099
ANNALS OF WINCHESTER, IN ANNALES MONASTICI, VOL. II,
p. 40.
King [William II] came from Normandy, and was crowned
at London with the royal diadem and there ;
Edgar, king of
Scotland, carried the sword beside him.
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WILLIAM OF MALMESBURY, GESTA REGUM, VOL. II, PP. 49S-494. 4
King [Henry's] wife Matilda was descended from an ancient
and illustrious line of kings, being the daughter of the king
of Scots, as I have said above.
From tender years she was brought up among nuns at
Wilton and Romsey, 5 and also trained her woman's bosom
in letters. And hence to reject ignoble marriages more than
once offered by her father she wore the veil, the mark of consecrated
profession : for which reason, when the king wished
to receive her as his wife, the matter came to be disputed,
1 So S. of D., H.R., ii, 228 ; Hoved., i, 154. Cf. W. of M., G.R., ii, 376.
2 In text " Harfagr."
3 O.V., X, 5, in Migne, 188, 727-728 :
"
In the fifth year of the reign of
William Rufus, king of the English, the king of the Norwegians mustered on
all sides warlike forces, and, the east wind blowing, traversed the Ocean and
came to the Orkney Isles. He passed round Scotland on the west-northwest,
and came past the other islands which pertain to his dominion, to
Anglesey. He wished to enter Ireland ; but since the Irish were prepared
for war upon the sea-coasts, he turned aside. He dwelt in the isle of Man,
which was deserted, and replenished it with inhabitants, and fully supplied
it with houses and other necessaries for human use. The other Cyclades
also, placed in the great sea as if beyond the world, he visited, and by royal
command compelled to be inhabited by many inhabitants. . . ."
For Magnus's visit to Galloway cf. Chr. Reg. Man., in Langebek, iii, 218.
4
Cf. the account in the Narratio Restaurationis Abbatise S. Mart. Tor-
nac., in D'Achery, Spicilegium, xii, 374-376.
5 " Matilda . . . from being a nun at Wilton, but not professed,
became queen of England." Ann. of Winch., in A.M., ii, 40. She was
goddaughter of Robert of Normandy ; W. of M., G.R., ii, 462.