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Rh Symon Brek, son of the king of Spain, who brought the marble chair on which the kings were crowned to Ireland, and under his great-grandson, Ethachius Eothay, the Scots passed over into Scotland, and gave the name of Scotia to that part of the island formerly called Albion. Some time after, the Picts settled in Scotland, and married wives of the Scots. In the year 330 before the Christian era, the Scots, who had come over from Ireland and settled in Scotland, elected Fergus, the son of Ferehard, their king, who brought over from Ireland the marble chair, and whose kingdom extended from the sea and the Western Isles to Drumalban. His great-grandson Rether brought another colony of Scots from Ireland, and united them with the Scots inhabiting the islands and mainland of Scotland. In the year 203 after the Christian era, the Scots were converted to Christianity, and in the year 360, Eugenius, king of the Scots, was slain by the Picts and Britons, and the Scots, under his brother Ethodius, and Erth the son of Ethodius, were driven by them out of the country and expelled to Ireland. Immediately after, the relics of St. Andrew are brought to Scotland and received by Hurgurst, king of the Picts. In the year 403, the Scots return under Fergus, the son of Erth, and occupy Ergadia. Fordun states, that from Fergus, son of Ferehard, there reigned forty-five kings over the Scots, but he does not give the names of any of them, except the two above