Download or read book Holinshed's Chronicles England, Scotland and Ireland written by Raphaell Holinshed and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-05 with total page 1263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1967. This is Volume five of six of Holinshed's Chronicles England, Scotland and Ireland. This includes a description and history of Scotland, containing its 'beginning, increase, proceeding, continuance, Acts and Government' until 1571. Initially translated from the 'Description of Scotland, written by Hector Boetius in Latin into Scottish by John Bellenden the Archdeacon of Murray, and then into English.