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 lxvi "St. Andrews," it will be seen that, in order to bring out this number, the compiler has repeated four of the kings after Nectan, son of Derile.

37. —This document is contained in the Pope. continuation to Fordun's history, and has also been printed in the first volume of the "Acts of Parliament of Scotland," published by the Record Commission. The original is in the Register House at Edinburgh, and it is here reprinted after collation with the original, because it contains the dehberate statement by the baronage of Scotland at that time of their conception of the early history of the country.

38. —This chronicle was printed by Mr. Joseph Stevenson for the Bannatyne Club, and it is here reprinted after collation with the original It is a chronicle of the kings of Scotland, from Kenneth Macalpin down to David the Second, and has been correctly dated by Mr. Stevenson as having been compiled in the year 1333-4. This chronicle is remarkable as containing a reference to variations in the list of kings contained in other chronicles. The first of these is, that Constantine, the son of Kenneth, reigned, according to others, only six years. The second is, that Grig was succeeded by his brother Constantine. It is very remarkable that the only document which supports these two variations is the "Prophecy of St. Berchan." Another variation in this chronicle is that Duf, the son of Malcolm, was succeeded by his