Editing Maelgwn Gwynedd (section)

=== The ''Chronicle of the Scottish Nation'' ===
According to the account of [[John of Fordun]]'s ''Chronicle of the Scottish Nation'', written c. 1360, a certain "Maglo, King of the Britons" asks for aid from King Aydanus. There is nothing to link Maelgwn Gwynedd to the Pictish king, Fordun's claim notwithstanding. In the next section, Fordun says that later on it is "Cadwallo, King of the Britons" who is receiving aid from King Aydanus.<ref>{{Citation |last=John of Fordun |authorlink=John of Fordun |year=1360 |editor-last=Skene |editor-first=William Forbes |editor-link=William Forbes Skene |contribution=Aydanus sends assistance to Malgo, King of the Britons |contribution-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gb4PAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA105 |title=John of Fordun's Chronicle of the Scottish Nation |publisher=Edmonston and Douglas |publication-date=1872 |location=Edinburgh |pages=105–106}}</ref>

This story is repeated uncritically in some later histories, and subsequently "Malgo the Briton" is mentioned in [[Thomas Stephens (historian)|Thomas Stephens]]' notes on an 1888 publication of ''[[Y Gododdin]]'', with the stated suggestion that Maelgwn was an ally of "Aeddan" against the [[Picts|Pictish]] king [[Bridei I|Bridei]].<ref>{{Citation |last=Stephens |first=Thomas |authorlink=Thomas Stephens (historian) |year=1888 |editor-last=Powel |editor-first=Thomas |title=The Gododdin of Aneurin Gwawdrydd |publisher=Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion |publication-date=1888}}</ref> Fordun's ''Chronicle'' is given as one of Stephens' references.