Cumque uxores Picti non habentes peterent a Scottis, ea solum conditione dare consenserunt, ut ubi res perveniret in dubium, magis de feminea regum prosapia, quam de masculina regem sibi eligerent; quod usque hodie apud Pictos constat esse servatum.
And whereas the Redshanks having no wives did require of the Scots to marry their daughters, the Scots agreed to grant them their boon under condition only, that as often as the matter was in doubt, they should choose their king rather of the female than the male line of the royal house; which order it is well known the Redshanks keepeth to this day.
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