Excerpt from The Scots

About 1490 b.c. The chronicles tell us that Calma, a brother of the reigning prince over Iber, determined to seek_ another land, and he chose out nine times nine youths, and each of those chose nine, all of the Gaal of Sciot of Iber, and of every nine, one took to him a damsel openly. Each youth had his sword and buckler, his cran-tubail (sling), his bow and quiver full of arrows. They thought they would first go to the land of Aoimag (palestine) to gettidings of their brethren who had been captivated and sold in Sgadan (sidon). On the eve of their seventh day's journey, Ronard, another brother of the chief, overtook them with exactly such another company. The whole host shouted for joy when it was told unto them that they were not to be separated. And they struck their tents and moved towards Sgadan. And there they made enquiries for the children of their race, and it was told unto them that they had been taken to the right side of the sea (the Mediterranean) over which looketh Sgadan, queen of ships, and Nargal was chief of Aoimag at that time. And Nargal spake kindly unto Calma, howbeit he meant deceitfully and thought to make the Gaal his servants. But the children of Iber had their right hands on their swords, their hearts were stout - not to be dismayed. Calma and Ronard made Nargal swear that he would not deal deceitfully with them, and agreed to give him a price to convey them to Eis-feine (spain), the land where their brethren had been taken. And whilst the Gaal tarried in Sgadan, Nargal took delight in listening to the tales of other times from the lips of Peitam, the words of whose mouth were sweet. He would fain have had Peitam abide in Sgadan, that he may be taught to set down his words on tables to endure for ever. And Calma and Ronard gave and received from Nargal the hand of friendship and kindred, and they took their departure from Sgadan. So their ships moved as the sun was going, nor changed they their course till they passed through the flood gates (gibraltar) that divide the world of waters from the world of land, and the land of Eis-feine was close on their right. After some days they entered the land by the streams, but could not at first hear of their kindred. At last they found some of their race with a chief named Dubar. They had come one hundred and forty years before, and called their land Alg-er-ba (known later as Argava) after their own race. From thence went Fialloc, the son of Gaoi-ala-colac and a company, and they moved on the waters of the deep to the entrance of Iber (r Ebro) thereinto, and therefrom did they come. To land, and thereon did they abide, calling the land Buaisce (biscay). And Colma and Ronard were reverenced by Dubar and the Gaal of Iber within Buaisce. They were provided with all things needful, and Calma took the daughter of Dubar for his wife. And the Gaal of Sciot spread themselves towards the sun's-going, and here did they raise up their tents, calling their land Gaelag (now Galicia). Calma ruled for 15 years; after his death his brother Ronald ruled.

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