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76 HIGHLAND PAPERS
Ambrose succeeded his brother Uter or Uther, and to
Uter succeeded his son Arthor of the round table, from
whom the underwren Genealogie is ordinarly reckoned.
Arthor son of Uterius, called by the Irishes Art mc
Utheir, King of the Britons, a famous son of a famous
father, was begotten on Igerna who was wife to Gorlois
(as Buchannan) or Gothlois (as Boeth calls him) Prince of
Cornwall. He was called of the round table, because he
caused make such a table leist his nobles should strive
for state, among others his victories he brought Ireland
under tribute which was ordinarly paid to him at a city
called in Irish Cathair Lheon nae called West Chester, and
this he did in pursuance of an antient promise which the
Spanizars at their first coming to Ireland (one of whom
was called Hiberius hence Hibernia) made to Gurguntius
King of Britons, for getting his assistance to subdue Ireland,
vide Pedro Mexia his archaio-ploutos pag. 907, 908
and some following pages. Arthor maried to his second
wife Elizabeth daughter to the King of ffrance (his first
wife having died barren) of whom he begot Smereviemore.
He was crowned anno 518, and died anno 542. He was
contemporaneous with Coranus (or as others calls him
Conranus) the 45th King of Scots ; He was also contemporaneous
with Justinian the Emperor, The sd. Coranus
being murdered by Donald then Captain of Atholl in
the 16th year of Arthor and the 20th year of Justinian's
reign.
2 . Smerevie- Smereviemore 1 (or as others writes Sr mereviemore)
more.
though he did not succeed to his father's crown in regaird
he was lurking and unknown, but Constantin, the son of
Cartill one of the Captains in King Arthor' s army, was
chosen to succeed him, yet was a great and famous person
of whom diverse and strange things are spoken in the Irish
traditions ; it is said that he was born in Dumbarton
on the south syde thereof, in a place called the redd hall
or in Irish Tour in Talla Dherig that is the Tower of the
redd hall or redd house, he was called to his agnomen or
1 Given as Smeirbi by Dr. Skene, Celtic Scotland, vol. iii. p. 459.