Note 90 — Chapter II · THE ROMAN PROVINCE IN SCOTLAND.
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The early legends of Wales show that the seaboard of that district had been exposed at an early period to the attacks of the Scots. Nennius, in giving the early settlements of the Scots in Britain, says—‘Filii autem Liethan obtinuerunt in regione Demetorum’ (that is South Wales), ‘et in aliis regionibus, id est, Guir et Cetgueli, donec expulsi sunt a Cuneda et a filiis ejus ab omnibus Britannicis regionibus.’ And again—‘Scotti autem de occidente et Picti de aquilone.’ And again—‘Mailcunus magnus rex apud Brittones regnabat, id est, in regione Guenedotæ’ (that is, North Wales), ‘quia atavus illius, id est, Cunedag cum filiis suis, quorum numerus octo erat, venerat prius de parte sinistrali, id est, de regione quæ vocatur Manau Guotodin centum quadraginta sex annis antequam Mailcun regnaret et Scottos cum ingentissima clade expulerunt ab istis regionibus et nunquam reversi sunt iterum ad habitandum.’—Nennii Brit. Hist.