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190 SCOTTISH ANNALS
And without delay assembled to him by his command
the Picts and the Cumbrians and the men of Carlisle and of
the surrounding district. When therefore his whole army
was collected he rejoiced with excessive joy, because it seemed
to him abundant and invincible : for in truth it was vast,
consisting of more than twenty-six thousand men. And his
heart was uplifted, and his followers' and ; they placed their
trust in themselves and in their numbers, and had no regard
towards God, but spoke all too unbecomingly and proudly.
And not Yorkshire alone did they purpose and threaten
to depopulate but also the greater part of England. For
they deemed not that any host would venture or be able to
oppose them.
Now these things happened within the octaves of the
nativity of St. Mary [Magdalen.] 1 And the king went past
Durham with his army, and caused the crops to be harried
as far as to the river Tees, and the vills and churches which
he had left untouched on the other occasion to be broken
into, plundered and burned according to his custom.
Also crossing the Tees he began to do the same. 2
ANGLO-SAXON CHRONICLE, MS., E, S.A. 1138.
In this year came David, king of Scotland, with an im-
he wished to win this land.
mense army to this land ;
And against them came earl William of Albemarle, to whom
the king had intrusted York, and two other trusty men, with
few followers and ; fought against them, and put the king
to flight at the Standard, and slew very many of his com-
pany.
1138, Aug.
RICHARD OF HEXHAM, DE GESTIS REGIS STEPHANI, IN
CHRONICLES OF STEPHEN, ETC., VOL. Ill, p. 159.
But the divine compassion was stirred by the tears of
innumerable widows, orphans and hapless men, and suffered
him no longer with impunity to practise so great cruelty.
For while he prepared himself and his men for wickedness of
this kind all his preparations, and what he intended to do
1 23rd x 29th July.
2 Cf. W. of N., in Chr. of Ste., etc., i, 33-34 :
" And [the Scots] crossed
the Tyne, and, sparing neither sex nor age, advanced to the river Tees ; and
not even there did they place for themselves the limit of their orgies, but
now with confident hopes occupied the whole province of Deira, with the
city of York."