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220 SCOTTISH ANNALS<br />

HENRY OF HUNTINGDON, HISTORIA ANGLORUM, p. 275. x<br />

2<br />

And after some days [Matilda] collected her forces and<br />

came with her uncle the k<strong>in</strong>g of Scots and her brother Robert<br />

and besieged the tower of the bishop of W<strong>in</strong>chester. 3<br />

HISTORIA DUNELMENSIS ECCLESLE, CONTINUATIO ALTERA,<br />

IN S. OF D., VOL. I, p. 162.<br />

And not long afterwards while the empress stayed at<br />

W<strong>in</strong>chester she was besieged t<strong>here</strong> by the nation of the Londoners.<br />

. . . And t<strong>here</strong> an encounter took place between<br />

the barons who had flocked together on both sides <strong>in</strong> support<br />

of either party ; and Robert, earl of Gloucester, was taken,<br />

and the k<strong>in</strong>g of <strong>Scotland</strong> put to flight,<br />

scattered hither and thither.<br />

and all the others<br />

JOHN OF HEXHAM, IN SYMEON OF DURHAM, VOL. II, p. 311.<br />

But the k<strong>in</strong>g of <strong>Scotland</strong>, after los<strong>in</strong>g almost all his comrades,<br />

escaped the threaten<strong>in</strong>g danger and betook himself<br />

hastily back <strong>in</strong>to his own k<strong>in</strong>gdom. 4 For one of his god-sons<br />

concealed him ; David Holifard, an ally of them who had<br />

besieged the town of W<strong>in</strong>chester. For <strong>this</strong> reason they who<br />

anxiously searched for the k<strong>in</strong>g did not f<strong>in</strong>d him.<br />

HISTORIA DUNELMENSIS ECCLESIJE, CONTINUATIO PRIMA, IN<br />

S OF D., VOL. I, PP. 145-146.<br />

But while the empress was besieged at W<strong>in</strong>chester William<br />

[Cum<strong>in</strong>] escaped by flight among the fugitives, and came to<br />

Durham about the feast of St. Michael ;<br />

5 and t<strong>here</strong> he found<br />

1 So Hoved.. i, 205. Cf. W. of M., H.N., ii, 580, 578. J. of H., <strong>in</strong> S.<br />

of D., ii, 310. W. of N., <strong>in</strong> Chr. of Ste., etc., i, 41. R. de T., ibid., iv, 141.<br />

R. de D., i, 254-255. M.P., Chr. Maj., ii, 173 ; H.A., i, 267, s.a. 1140.<br />

"<br />

Cf. Ges. Ste., <strong>in</strong> Chr. of Ste., etc., iii, 79 : T<strong>here</strong> [at the siege of W<strong>in</strong>-<br />

chester] was David, k<strong>in</strong>g of <strong>Scotland</strong> ; twice, as has been set down before,<br />

ignom<strong>in</strong>iously put to flight from England ; yet a third time to be dishonourably<br />

routed, along with <strong>in</strong>numerable others, not without disgrace to<br />

himself and the greatest peril to his men."<br />

2 After her flight from London.<br />

3 Henry of Blois.<br />

4 Cf. Ges. Ste., <strong>in</strong> Chr. of Ste., etc., iii, 83 :<br />

" Why should I mention the<br />

k<strong>in</strong>g of <strong>Scotland</strong>, who, as they say, was captured for the third time ; but<br />

ever a bribe passed between and he was set free, and escaped with difficulty<br />

<strong>in</strong> grief and wear<strong>in</strong>ess to his own, with but a few ? "<br />

Cf. W. of N., <strong>in</strong> Chr. of Ste., etc., i, 42 :<br />

" Moreover David, k<strong>in</strong>g of<br />

Scots, not to fall <strong>in</strong>to the hands of the enemy, escaped his pursuers by a ruse.<br />

And some men conducted him warily, and he returned <strong>in</strong> great fear and peril<br />

to his own."<br />

5 29th September.

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