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cxliv PKEFACE. the events of the early part of his reign, deserts us, as it appears to have been then compUed. It states his ravaging Britannia, by which is meant the territories of the Strathclyde Britons, and likewise Saxonia, by which those of the Northumbrians are intended ; his fortifying the banks of the fords of Forth, which shows the then southern limit of his kingdom ; and his donation of Brechin to the Church. By the Latin lists he has a reign of twenty- four years, and is said to have been slain by the treachery of Finuele or Findle Cunchar, Earl of Angus, corrupted into Finella, daughter of Cunchar, at Fettercau-n. St. Berchan calls him the Fingaktch, or fratricide, gives him a reign of twenty-four years, and says that he went to Maghsliahh at the great Monadh or Mounth, where he met his end. The " Irish Annals" record his slaughter by his own people in 995. constantiii, son Hc was succcedcd by Constantin, the son of Ciden, to whom the Latin lists give a reign of one year and a half, but the " Albanic Duan" of seven years ; while St. Berchan, who calls him the feeble king, gives him also a reign of one year and a half. He was slain by Kenneth, son of Malcolm, at Inver- amon. St. Berchan calls it a great battle, at the Sruthlmn, or stream pool, which is called Toe, by which the linn of Campsie on the Tay, not far from where it is joined by the Almond, is probably meant. His death in a battle among the Albanich them- selves is recorded by the "Irish Annals" in 997.