A. D. 1 147. 323 



being exceedingly troublefome to the Chriflians, the Genoefe, at the 

 requeft of the pope, fitted out a fleet of 73 galUes and 163 other vef- 

 fels, wherewith they attacked that city, which, with the affiftance of 

 the count of Barcelona, and (according to our Englifh hiftorians) of the 

 above-mentioned adventurers, they reduced. The Genoefe, after pafT- 

 ing the winter in Barcelona, in the enfuing furamer aflifted the count 

 in taking Tortofa, for which they had one third of the plunder, [Stellcc 

 An. Gen. ap. Muratori Script. V. xvii, ro/. 982.] 



Norwich, which William of Malmfliury \GeJla pontif. f. 136 a] calls 

 a populous village (' vicum') remarkable for its merchandize, was now 

 rebuilt, made a corporation (' communitas'), and given by King Stephen 

 as an appanage to his fon William. \_Membran. ant. ap. Camd. Brit. p. 

 422, ed. i6co.] 



1 1 53 — The Scots lofl their good king David, under whofe equitable 

 and aufpicious government the commerce of the country had begun to 

 flourifh. He was the youngefl: of King Malcolm's fix fons by Queen 

 Margaret ; and he pafTed his early youth at the court of England under 

 the eye of the queen his fifler, who was a patronefs of learning and the 

 arts. Having thereby acquired feveral branches of fcience hitherto un- 

 known in his own lefs civilized country, he made great improvements 

 in the agriculture, horticulture, and architedure, of Scotland after his 

 acceffion to the crown. He alfo made foreign merchandize abound in 

 his harbours, exchanging the produce of Scotland for the wealth of 

 other kingdoms ; and he gratioufly attended to the applications of all 

 perfons, whether clergy or laymen, Grangers, merchants, or farmers. 

 \Ailred* ap. Tordun., pp. 465, 473 ed. Hearne ; or ed. Goodall, V. ii, pp. 

 302, 305.] We have alfo very good reafon to believe, that he intro- 

 duced new manufactures in his kingdom : for, as we know, that about 

 twenty years after his death the towns and burghs of Scotland were 

 chiefly occupied by Englvfli inhabitants, [JV. Nezvbrig. L. ii, c. 34] their 

 fettlement may with the greateft probability be afcribed to David, who 

 would doubtlefs wifli to eftablifli in his own country the arts and manu- 

 fadures he faw pradifed in England in a comparatively-improved ftate 

 during his long refidcnce in that kingdom. His laws, containing regu- 

 lations for the manufadurcrs, dyers, and drefl^ers, of woollen cloth, (re- 

 ferred to in the charter given by his grandfon William to Perth f) were 

 apparently intended for the regulation and encouragement of thofe va- 



• It mufl be remembered, ihat Ai'.red, ElreJ, thniiGiUc, V.n,p.6. The negleft of my applica- 



or Ethelred, the alithov of this information, though tion for a copy of the original (and it is not lone) 



inofcflcdly writing the praifes of David in the work by a perfon who had it in his power to oblige mt 



here quoted, was an eye witnefs of what he relates, with it, was one of three inllances of fuch conduct, 



and a writer of refpttlable authority. I have met with in the courfe of colkilino- mate- 



\ A tranflation (apparently a veiy bad one) of haIs for this work. 

 the charter of Perth may be feen in Canfs Mi.fu 



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