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    The Norwegian account of Haco's expedition against Scotland, A.D. MCCLXIII.
    The Norwegian account of Haco's expedition against Scotland, A.D. MCCLXIII.
    The Norwegian account of Haco's expedition against Scotland, A.D. MCCLXIII.
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    The Norwegian account of Haco's expedition against Scotland, A.D. MCCLXIII.

    By Sturla Þórðarson and James Johnstone

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    Release dateNov 27, 2013
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      The Norwegian account of Haco's expedition against Scotland, A.D. MCCLXIII. - Sturla Þórðarson

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      Title: The Norwegian account of Haco's expedition against Scotland, A.D. MCCLXIII.

      Author: Sturla Þórðarson

      Translator: James Johnstone

      Release Date: May 2, 2006 [EBook #18299]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HACO'S EXPEDITION ***

      Produced by National Library of Iceland and Cornell

      University Library via www.sagnanet.is, Jóhannes Birgir

      Jensson, Sankar Viswanathan, and the Online Distributed

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      THE

      NORWEGIAN ACCOUNT

      OF

      HACO'S EXPEDITION

      AGAINST

      SCOTLAND;

      A.D. MCCLXIII.

      LITERALLY TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL ISLANDIC

      OF THE FLATEYAN AND FRISIAN MSS.

      WITH NOTES.

      BY THE

      REV. JAMES JOHNSTONE, A.M.

      CHAPLAIN TO HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S ENVOY EXTRAORDINARY AT

      THE COURT OF DENMARK.

      Originally Printed for the Author in 1782.

      EDINBURGH

      WILLIAM BROWN, 149 PRINCES STREET.

      1882

      TO

      ARCHIBALD MACDONALD, Esq.,

      MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT

      FOR

      NEWCASTLE UNDER LINE;

      THIS FRAGMENT OF ANCIENT SCOTTISH HISTORY,

      CONTAINING SEVERAL ANECDOTES

      OF HIS

      ANCESTORS

      THE

      LORDS OF THE HEBRIDES

      IS

      INSCRIBED.

      Exactly one hundred years ago this Translation of the Norwegian Account of Haco's Invasion of Scotland first issued from the press.

      Since then, amid much literature upon the subject, it has always held a most important place in the eyes of the student of early Scottish History.

      As an authentic source of information it has been eagerly sought after, but it has an additional attraction in the graphic pictures which it presents of the various perils by land and sea encountered by the hardy Norsemen.

      The translator's valuable notes are given in extenso, and for easier reference are transferred from the end of the work and printed on the pages to which they belong.

      PREFACE.

      (1782.)

      The editor, from some particular advantages he enjoyed, was encouraged to collect such inedited fragments as might elucidate antient history. He, lately, published Anecdotes of Olave the Black, king of Man; and now lays before the learned the Norwegian account of Haco's celebrated expedition against Scotland.

      It was the editor's intention to have given a succinct detail of the descents made by the northern nations upon the British isles, but an increase of materials induced him to reserve that subject for a future work. At present, therefore, he thinks it sufficient to premise that the Æbudæ were, long, the cause of much dispute between various kingdoms. They seemed naturally connected with Scotland; but the superior navies of Lochlin rendered them liable to impressions from that quarter.

      The situation of the Kings of the Isles was peculiarly delicate; for, though their territories were extensive, yet they were by no means a match for the neighbouring states. On this account, allegiance was extorted from them by different Sovereigns. The Hebridian Princes considered this involuntary homage, as, at least, implying protection: and, when that was not afforded, they thought themselves justified in forming new connexions more conducive to their safety.

      The Alexanders of Scotland having united Galloway, then a powerful maritime state, to their dominions, began to think of measures for obtaining a permanent possession of the Hebrides by expelling the Norwegians. The preparatory steps they took were first to secure the Somerled family, and next to gain over the insular chieftains. Haco was no less earnest to attach every person of consequence to his party. He gave his daughter in marriage to Harold King of Man; and, on different occasions, entertained at his court King John, Gilchrist, Dugall the son of Rudri, Magnus Earl of Orkney, Simon bishop of the Sudoreys, and the abbot of Icolmkil.

      All this, however, did not effectually conciliate the Somerlidian tribe. The Norwegian Monarch, disappointed in his negotiations, had recourse to the sword, and sailed with a fleet, which both the Sturlunga-saga, and the Flateyan annals represent as the most formidable that ever left the ports of Norway.

      It would be improper for the editor to draw any comparison between the Scottish and Norwegian narratives; he, therefore, leaves it to the discernment of the reader to fix what medium he thinks reasonable.

      The Flateyan and Frisian are the principal MSS. now extant, that contain the life of Haco the aged. The first belongs to the library of His Danish Majesty, the latter is deposited in the Magnæan

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