Note 311 — Chapter IX · The State.
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Malcolm IV., according to John of Hexham, was chosen in an assembly of this description, or rather, as amongst the Germans in the days of Tacitus, the assembly ratified the choice of their Seniors. “Tollens igitur omnis populus terræ Malcholmum ... apud Scotiam, sicut consuetudo illius nationis ... constituerat regem pro David avo suo.” J. Hex. 1154.