Against Conang with his army
The woman of the fair locks
Was in the Curach with Conang.
Lamentation pursueth with us
This day at Bili Tortan.’
In the tract on the Men of Alban the descendants of Conang are called ‘the men of the half portion of Conang, or half of the tuath or barony.’—Chron. Picts and Scots, p. 315.
[368]. 701 Destructio Duin Onlaigh apud Sealbach. Jugulatio generis Cathboth.—An. Ult. 704 Strages Dalriada in Glenlemnae.—Tigh. 707 Becc nepos Duncadho jugulatur.—An. Ult. 711 Congressio Brittonum et Dalriadha for Loirgeclat ubi Britones devicti.—Tigh. 712 Obsessio Aberte apud Selbacum.—An. Ult. 714 Duin Onlaig construitur apud Selbacum.—Tigh. 717 Congressio Dalriada et Britonum in lapide qui vocatur Minvircc et Britones devicti sunt.—Tigh.
CHAPTER VI.
THE KINGDOM OF SCONE.
State of the four kingdoms in 731.
When Bede closes his history, forty-six years after the defeat and death of Ecgfrid, and we lose his invaluable guidance through the annals of this obscure period, he leaves us with this important record of the position of the four kingdoms at that time:—‘In the province of the Northumbrians, where king Ceoluulf reigns, four bishops now preside; Wilfrid in the church of York, Ediluald in that of Lindisfarne, Acca in that of Hagustald, Pecthelm in that which is called ‘Candida Casa,’ which, from the increased number of believers, has lately become an additional episcopal see, and has him for its first prelate. The Picts also at this time have a treaty of peace with the nation of the Angles, and rejoice in being united in catholic peace and truth with the universal church. The Scots that inhabit Britain, satisfied with their own territories, meditate no plots or conspiracies against the nation of the Angles. The Britons, though they, for the most part, through domestic hatred, are adverse to the nation of the Angles, and wrongfully, and from wicked custom, oppose the appointed Easter of the whole Catholic Church; yet, from both the Divine and human power firmly withstanding them, they can in no way prevail as they desire; for though in part they are their own masters, yet partly they are also brought under subjection to the Angles.’[[369]]