Corbred II Gald MacCorbred I I

• Preferred Name: Corbred II Gald MacCorbred I I
  
• Gender: M
  
• Birth: ABT 70 in Tara Castle, Meath, Leinster, Ireland at LATI: N3.3333 LONG: E6.25 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• FSID: G3J4-9C2
  
• Death: ABT 120 in Tara Castle, Meath, Leinster, Ireland at LATI: N3.3333 LONG: E6.25 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  CORBREID GALD.
  CORBREID GALD being thus chosen (as I haue said) to succéed in the gouernment of Galdus other wise called Galgacus, not a Scot but a Britaine as other thinke, Sée more of him in England. Scotland after Dardan, is called by Cornelius Tacitus Galgacus, a prince of comelie personage, and of right noble port. In the first begining of his reigne he punished such as had béene furtherers of his predecessors misgouernement, and afterwards he passed ouer into the westerne Iles, where he appeased certeine rebels, which went about to disquiet the state of the common-wealth there. From thence he sailed vnto the Iles of Lewis and Skie, Gald punisheth such as disturbe the quiet state of his subiects. and put to death certeine offendors that would not be obedient vnto their gouernors and iudges. After this he returned by Rosse, and set a stay also in that countrie, touching certeine misdemeanors of the people there. To be short, hée purged the whole realme of all such robbers, théeues, and other the like offendors against the quiet peace of his subiects, as were hugelie increased by the licentious rule of his predecessor Dardan, and herevnto he was mightilie aided by the Morauians, who pursued such offendors most earnestlie, and The Morauians helpe to apprehend théeues and offendors. brought in vnto him no small number of them, euer as they caught them.
  By this meanes was the state of the common-wealth brought into better quiet, and the yeere next insuing, being the third of Gald his reigne, he called a councell at Dunstafage, wherein he laboured much for the abrogating of the wicked lawes instituted by king Ewin, Gald laboreth to abrogate wicked lawes. as before is partlie specified: but he could not obteine more, than that poore men from thencefoorth should haue their wiues frée vnto themselues, without being abused from time to time indifferentlie by their landlords, as heretofore they had bene. Whilest he was thus busied about the establishing of holsome orders & statuts for the welth of his subiects, woord was brought him that Petilius Cerealis a Roman capteine, being sent from Vespasian the Petilius Cerealis a Romane capteine sent by Vespasian into Britaine. emperour to haue the gouernement of Britaine, was landed with a puissant armie in the countrie, and minded shortlie to inuade the borders of his realme, as Annandale and Galloway.
  
  With these newes Gald being somewhat astonished, thought good to vnderstand the The Ordouices and Brigants mistaken by the Scotish writers. certeintie of the enimies dooings, before he made anie sturre for the leuieng of his people, and therefore appointed certeine light horssemen to ride foorth, and to bring certeine newes of that which they might heare or see: who at their returne declared that the enimies armie was abroad in the fields, vpon the borders of Pictland, and had giuen the Picts alreadie a The Picts ouerthrowne by the Romans. The Romans purpose to enter into Galloway. Gald determineth to fight with the Romans. Strange sights appéere to the Scotish armie. great ouerthrow; and further, how they were turned westward on the left hand, in purpose to enter into Galloway. Gald being thus certified of the Romans approch towards his countrie, determined to giue them battell, before they entered into the inner parts of his realme, and therefore with all spéed he assembled his people, to the number of fiftie thousand men, all such as were able to beare armor, being readie to repaire vnto him in such present necessitie for defense of their countrie.
  
  It hath béene reported, that as he marched foorth towards his enimies, sundrie strange sights appeared by the way. An eagle was seene almost all a whole day, flieng vp and downe ouer the Scotish armie, euen as though she had laboured hir selfe wearie. Also an armed man was seene flieng round about the armie, and suddenlie vanished away. There fell in like maner out of a darke cloud in the fields, through the which the armie should passe, diuerse kinds of birds that were spotted with bloud. These monstruous sights troubled mens minds diuerslie, some construing the same to signifie good successe, and some otherwise. Also the chiefest capteins amongst the Scots were not all of one opinion, for some of them The Scots not all of one mind. weieng the great force of the Romane armie, being the greatest that euer had béene brought into their countrie before that day, counselled that they shuld in no wise be fought withall, but rather to suffer them to wearie themselues, till vittels and other prouision should faile them, and then to take the aduantage of them, as occasion serued.
  
  Other were of a contrarie mind, iudging it best (sith the puissance of the whole realme was assembled) to giue battell, least by deferring time, the courage and great desire, which the people had to fight, should wax faint and decaie: so that all things considered, it was generallie in the end agréed vpon to giue battell, and so comming within sight of the enimies The Scots agrée to fight with the Romans. host, they made readie to incounter them. At the first the Scots were somewhat amazed with the great multitude of their aduersaries, but through the chéerefull exhortations of their king, and other their capteins, their stomachs began to reuiue, so that they boldlie set vpon the Romans, whereof insued betwixt them a right fierce and cruell battell, howbeit in the end the victorie inclined to the Romans, and the Scots were chased out of the field. Gald The Scots are discomfited. himselfe was wounded in the face, yet escaped he out of the battell, but not without great danger in déed, by reason the Romans pursued most egerlie in the chase.
  
  There were slaine of the Scotishmen (as their chronicles report) aboue twelue thousand, and of the Romans about six thousand. This victorie being thus atchiued, the Romans got The citie called Epiake is woon by the Romans. possession of Epiake with the greatest part of all Galloway, and passed the residue of that yéere without anie other notable exploit: but in the summer following, Petilius the Romane gouernor went about to subdue the rest of the countrie, the Scots oftentimes making diuerse skirmishes with him, but in no wise durst ioine with them, puissance against puissance, least The Scots durst not fight any field with the Romans. they should haue put their countrie into further danger, if they had chanced eftsoones to haue receiued the ouerthrow.
  
  ¶ Here haue we thought good to aduertise the reader, that although the Scotish writers impute all the trauels, which Petilius spent in subduing the Brigants, and Frontinus in conquering the Silures, to be imploied chieflie against Scots & Picts : the opinion of the best learned is wholie contrarie therevnto, affirming the same Brigants & Silures not to be so far Touching all the dooings of the Romans in Britaine yeshall find sufficientlie in the historie of England. north by the distance of manie miles, as Hector Boetius and other his countriemen doo place them, which thing in the historie of England we haue also noted, where ye may read more of all the dooings of the Romans here in Britaine, as in their writers we find the same recorded. But neuerthelesse wee haue here followed the course of the Scotish historie, in maner as it is written by the Scots themselues, not binding anie man more in this place than in other to credit them further than by conference of authors it shall seeme to them expedient.
  
  In the meane time then, whilest Petilius was occupied (as before ye haue hard) in the conquest of Galloway, Voadicia the daughter of Aruiragus (whom the Romans had before Voadicia reneweth wars with the Romans. time misused, as before in this treatise is partlie touched) gathered togither a crew of souldiors within the Ile of Man, partlie of the inhabitants, and partlie of such Scotishmen of Galloway as were fled thither for succor: with these shée tooke the seas, and landing in Galloway, vpon purpose to reuenge hir iniuries in times past receiued at the Romans hands, she set The Romane campe assailed in the night by Voadicia. vpon their tents in the night season, when they looked for nothing lesse than to be disquieted, by reason whereof they were brought into such disorder, that if Petilius had not caused such fierbrands to be kindled as he had prepared and dressed with pitch, rosen and tallow, for the like purpose, the whole campe had beene in great danger: but these torches or firebrands gaue not onlie light to sée where to make resistance, but also being cast in the faces of the enimies, staied their hardie forwardnesse, whereby the Romans hauing leasure to place themselues in arraie, defended the entries of their campe, till the day was sproong, and then giuing a full onset vpon their enimies, they put them quite to flight.
  
  But Voadicia not herewith discouraged, hasted with all speed vnto Epiake, and taking Epiake is taken & burned by Voadicia. that citie she set fire on it, and slue such Romans as she found there, where of Petilius being certified, sent foorth a legion against hir to withstand hir attempts. Those that had the charge of them that were thus sent, vsed such diligence, that laieng an ambush for hir in a place fit for that purpose, they so inclosed hir, that slaieng the most part of hir company, she was taken prisoner hir selfe, and being brought aliue vnto Petilius, vpon hir stout answer made vnto him, as he questioned with hir about hir bold enterprises, shée was presentlie Voadicia is slaine. slaine by the souldiors.
  
  Anon after Petilius was certified, that the inhabitants of the Ile of Wight, with other The Britains rebell. The Britains are appeased. Petilius the Romane legat dieth. Iulius Frontinus sent into Britaine. southerne Britains, had raised a commotion against king Marius, so that without spéedie succors they were like to driue him out of his kingdome: wherevpon he hasted thither with all conuenient speed, and subduing the rebels, set all

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