                
The Brus: PHASE I 

I.	Pages 3 to 4, Section 1

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3	1	Storyis to red ar delitabill
	2	Suppos that tha be nocht bot fabill
	3	Than suld storyis that suthfast wer
	4	And tha war said on gud maner
	5	Haf doubill plesans in hering
	6	The first plesans is the carping
	7	And the tothir the suthfastnes
	8	That schawis the thing richt as it wes
	9	And suth thingis that ar likand
	10	To manis hering ar plesand
	11	Tharfor I wald fane set my will
	12	Gif my wit micht suffis thartill
	13	To put in writ ane suthfast story
	14	That it lest ay furth in memory 
	15	Sa that na tym of lenth it let
	16	Na ger it haly be foryhet
	17	For ald storyis that men redis
	18	Representis to tham the dedis
	19	Of stalward folk that livit ar 
4	20	Richt as tha than in presens war 
	21	And certis tha suld wele haf pris
	22	That in thar tym war wicht and wis
	23	And led thar lif in gret travale
	24	And oft in hard stour of battale
	25	Wan gret pris of chevelry
	26	And war voidit of cowardy
	27	As was the king Robert of Scotland
	28	That hardy was of hart and hand,
	29	And Schir James of Douglas
	30	That in his tym sa worthy was
	31	That of his pris and his bounte
	32	In fer landis renounit was he
	33	Of tham I think this buk to ma
	34	Now God gif gras that I may sa
	35	Tret it and bring it till ending
	36	That I say nocht bot suthfast thing.

II.	Pages 4 to 7, Section 2

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4	1	Quhen Alexander the king was ded
	2	That Scotland had to ster and led,
	3	The land sex yher and mar, perfay,
	4	Lay desolat eftir his day,
	5	Quhill that the barnage at the last
	6	Assemblit tham, and fandit fast
	7	To ches ane king thar land to ster
	8	That of ancestry cumin wer
5	9	Of kingis that aucht that rialte,
	10	And mast had richt thar king to be
	11	Bot envy that is so feloun
	12	Mad emang tham gret discencioun:
	13	For sum wald haf the Balleol  king,
	14	For he was cumin of the ofspring
	15	Of hir that eldest sister was,
	16	And other sum nyit all that cas,
	17	And said that he thar king suld be
	18	That war in als ner degree,
	19	And cumin war of the nest male,
	20	And in branch collaterale.
	21	Tha said succession of kinrik
	22	Was nocht to lawar feis lik,
	23	For thar micht succed na female
	24	Quhill fundin micht be ony male,
	25	How that in his evin descendand
	26	Tha bar all other wais on hand:
	27	For than the nest cumin of the sed,
	28	Man or woman, suld succed.
	29	Be this resoun that part thocht hale
	30	That the lord of Anandirdale, 
	31	Robert the Brus erl of Carrik,
	32	Aucht to succed to the kinrik
	33	The barounis thus war at discord
	34	That on na maner micht accord,
	35	Quhill at the last tha all concordit
	36	That all thar spek suld be recordit
	37	To Schir Eduard of Ingland king,
	38	And he suld swer that but fenyheing
6	39	He suld that arbitre  disclar 
	40	Of thir twa that I tald of ar
	41	Quhilk suld succed to sic ane hicht
	42	And lat him ring that had the richt.
	43	This ordinans than thocht the best,
	44	For at that tym was pes and rest
	45	Betwix Scotland and Ingland bath,
	46	And tha couth nocht persaf the scath
	47	That toward tham was aperand,
	48	For that that the king of Ingland
	49	Held sic frendschip and cumpany
	50	To thar king that was sa worthy,
	51	Tha trowit that he as gud nichtbour
	52	And as frendsum compositour
	53	Wald haf jugit in lawte:
	54	Bot othirwais all yhed the gle.
	55	A! blind folk full of all foly
	56	Had yhe umbethocht yhou enkirly
	57	Quhat peril to yhou micht aper,
	58	Yhe had nocht wrocht on that maner,
	59	Had yhe tane kep how that that king
	60	Alwais forouten sojourning
	61	Travalit for to win senyhory,
	62	And throu his micht till occupy
	63	Landis that war till him marchand,
	64	As Walis was and als Irland,
	65	That he put to sic thrillage
	66	That tha that war of he parage
	67	Suld rin on fut as ribaldale
	68	Quhen he wald ony folk assale. 
7	69	Durst nane of Walis in battale rid,
	70	Na yhet fra evin fell abid
	71	Castell or wallit toun within,
	72	That he ne suld lif and limmis tyn.
	73	Into sic thrillage tham held he
	74	That he ourcum throu his pouste, 
	75	Yhe micht se he suld occupy
	76	Throu slicht that he ne micht throu mastry.
	77	Had yhe tane kep quhat was thrillage,
	78	And had considerit his usage
	79	That grippit ay but gane-giffing,
	80	Yhe suld forouten his deming
	81	Haf chosin yhou ane king that micht
	82	Haf haldin wele the land in richt.
	83	Walis ensampill micht haf bene
	84	To yhou, had yhe it forow sene:
	85	And wis men sais he is happy
	86	That be othir will him chasty:
	87	For unfar thingis may fall perfay
	88	Als wele to-morn as yhistirday:
	89	Bot yhe trastit in lawte
	90	As simpill folk but mawte,
	91	And wist nocht quhat suld eftir tid:
	92	For in this warld that is sa wid
	93	Is nane determinat that sall
	94	Knaw thingis that ar to fall,
	95	Bot God, that is of mast pouste,
	96	Reservit till his majeste
	97	For to knaw in his presciens
	98	Of allrin tym the movens


III.	Pages 8 to 9, Section 3

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8	1	On this maner assentit war
	2	The barounis, as I said yhou ar,
	3	And throuch thar aller tale hale assent
	4	Messingeris till him tha sent
	5	That was than in the haly land
	6	On Sarasenis warrayand.
	7	And fra he wist quhat charge tha had
	8	He buskit him but mar abad,
	9	And left purpos that he had tane,
	10	And till Ingland agane is gane:
	11	And syn to Scotland word send he
	12	That tha suld mak ane assemble,
	13	And he in hy suld cum to do
	14	In all thing as tha wrat him to.
	15	Bot he thocht wele throuch thar debat
	16	That he suld slely find the gat
	17	How that he all the senyhory
	18	Throuh his gret micht suld occupy,
	19	And to Robert the Brus said he,
	20	‘Gif thou will hald in chef of me
	21	For evirmar, and thyn ofspring,
	22	I sall do sa thou sall be king.’
	23	‘Schir’, said he, ‘sa God me saf,
	24	The kinrik yharn I nocht till haf,
	25	Bot gif it fall of richt to me:
	26	And, gif God will that it sa be,
9	27	I sall als frely in all thing
	28	Hald it as it efferis to king,
	29	Or as myn elderis forouth me
	30	Held it in freast rialte.’
	31	The tothir wrethit him and swar
	32	That he suld haf it nevirmar,
	33	And turnit him in wreth away.
	34	Bot Schir Johne the Balleol, perfay,
	35	Assentit sone till all his will,
	36	Quharthrouch fell eftir mekill ill.
	37	He was king bot ane litill quhile,
	38	And throuch gret sutelte and gile
	39	For litill enchesoun or nane
	40	He was arestit syn and tane,
	41	And degradit syn was he
	42	Of honour and of dignite.
	43	Quhethir it was throuch wrang or richt,
	44	God wat it that is mast of micht.





IV.	Pages 9 to 13, Section 4
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9	1	Quhen Schir Eduard the michty king
	2	Had on this wis done his liking
	3	Of Johne the Balleol that sa sone
	4	Was all defaltit and undone,
	5	To Scotland went he than in hy,
	6	And all the land can occupy
10	7	Sa hale that bath castell and toun
	8	War intill his possessioun
	9	Fra Weik  anent Orkynnay 
	10	To Mulisnuk  in Galloway,
	11	And stuffit all with Inglis men.
	12	Schifferis and balyheis mad he then,
	13	And alkyn othir officeris
	14	That for to govern land efferis
	15	He mad of Inglis nacioun,
	16	That worthit than sa richt feloun 
	17	And sa wikkit and covatous,
	18	And sa hawtane and dispitous,
	19	That Scottis men micht do na thing
	20	That evir micht ples to thar liking.
	21	That wifis wald tha oft forly,
	22	And thar dochtris dispitwisly, 
	23	And, gif ony tharat war wrath,
	24	Tha wald him wate with ane gret scath
	25	For tha suld find sone enchesoun
	26	To put him to destructioun.
	27	And, gif that ony man him by
	28	Had ony thing that was worthy,
	29	As hors, or hund, or othir thing
	30	That was plesand to thar liking,
	31	With richt or wrang it haf wald tha.
	32	And, gif ony wald tham withsay,
	33	Tha suld sa do that tha suld tyn
	34	Outhir land or lif, or lif in pyn,
	35	For tha demit tham eftir thar will,
	36	Takand na kep to richt na skill
11	37	 A! quhat tha demit tham felounly,
	38	For gud knichtis that war worthy 
	39	For litill enchesoun or than nane
	40	Tha hangit be the neckbane.
	41	Alas! That folk that evir was fre,
	42	And in fredom wont for to be,
	43	Throu thar gret mischans and foly
	44	War thrillit than sa wikkitly
	45	That thar fais thar jugis war.
	46	Quhat wrechtines may man haf mar?
	47	A! fredom is ane nobill thing,
	48	Fredom mais man to haf liking,
	49	Fredom all solas to man gifis,
	50	He lifis at es that frely lifis.
	51	Ane nobill hart may haf nane es,
	52	Na ellis nocht that may him ples,
	53	Gif fredom falyhe, for fre liking
	54	Is yharnit our all othir thing,
	55	Na he that ay has livit fre
	56	May nocht knaw wele the propirte,
	57	The angir, na the wrechit dom,
	58	That is couplit to foul thrildom,
	59	Bot gif he had assait it;
	60	Than all perquer he suld it wit,
	61	And suld think fredom mar to pris
	62	Than all the gold in warld that is.
	63	Thus contrar thingis evirmar
	64	Discoveringis of the tothir ar,
	65	And he that thrill is has nocht his,
	66	All that he has enbandonit is
12	67	Till his lord quhatevir he be,
	68	Yhet has he nocht sa mekill fre
	69	As fre will to lef or do
	70	It that his hart him drawis to.
	71	Than mais clerkis questioun,
	72	Quhen tha fall in disputacioun,
	73	That, gif man bad his thrill ocht do,
	74	And in the samin tym cum him to
	75	His wif, and askit him her det,
	76	Quhethir he his wifis ned suld bet, 
	77	And pay first that he aucht, and syn
	78	Do furth his lordis comandyn,
	79	Or lef onpait his wif, and do
	80	It that his lord comandit him to.
	81	I lef all the solucioun
	82	To men of mar discrecioun;
	83	Bot, sen thai mak sic compering
	84	Betwix the dettis of wedding
	85	And lordis bidding till his threll,
	86	Yhe may wele se, thouch nane yhou tell,
	87	How hard ane thing that thrildom is,
	88	For men may wele se that ar wis
	89	That wedding is the hardast band
	90	That ony man may tak on hand,
	91	And thrildom is wele wer than ded,
	92	For, quhile ane thrill his lef may led,
	93	It merris him body and banis,
	94	And ded anoyis him bot anis,
	95	Schortly to say, is nane can tell
	96	The sar condicioun of ane threll.


V.	Pages 13 to 17, Section 5

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13	1	Thus gat livit tha in sic thrillage,
	2	Bath pouer and tha of he perage,
	3	For of the lordis sum tha slew,
	4	And sum tha hangit, and sum tha drew,
	5	And sum tha put in presoun
	6	Forouten caus or enchesoun.
	7	And emang othir of Douglas 
	8	Put in presoun Schir Wilyham  was
	9	That of Douglas was lord and syr.
	10	Of him tha makit ane martyr
	11	Fra tha in presoun him sleuch
	12	His landis that war far eneuch
	13	Tha to the lord of Cliffurd  gaf.
	14	He had ane son, ane litill knaf,
	15	That was than bot ane litill page,
	16	Bot syn he was of gret vassalage.
	17	His fadir ded he vengit sa
	18	That in Ingland, I undirta,
	19	Was nane on lif that him ne dred,
	20	For he sa fele of harnis sched,
	21	That nane that lifis tham can tell.
	22	Bot wondirly hard thing fell
	23	Till him or he to stat was brocht.
	24	Thar was nane aventur that mocht
	25	Stonay his hart na ger him let
	26	To do the thing that he was on set,
14	27	For he thocht ay enkirly
	28	To do his ded avisely.
	29	He tocht wele he was worth na sele
	30	That micht of nane anoyis fele,
	31	And als for till eschef gret thingis
	32	And hard travalis and barganingis 
	33	That suld ger his pris doublit be. 
	34	Quharfor in all his liftym he
	35	Was in gret pane and travale. 
	36	And nevir wald for mischef fale,
	37	Bot drif the thing richt to the end,
	38	And tak the ure that God wald send. 
	39	His nam was James of Douglas:
	40	And, quhen he herd his fadir was
	41	Put in presoun so felounly,
	42	And that his landis halely
	43	War gifin to the Cliffurd, perfay,
	44	He wist nocht quhat to do na sa,
	45	For he had nathing for to dispend,
	46	Na thar was nane that evir him kend
	47	Wald do sa mekill for him that he
	48	Micht suffuciandly fundin be.
	49	Than was he wondir will of wane,
	50	And sudandly in hart was tane
	51	That he wald travale our the se,
	52	And ane quhile in Paris be,
	53	And dre mischef quhar nane him kend
	54	Quhill God sum succouris till him send.
	55	And as he thocht he did richt sa,
	56	And sone to Paris can he ga,
15	57	And livit thar full simpilly.
	58	The quhethir he glad was and joly,
	59	And to sic thowlesnes he yhed
	60	As the cours askis of yhouthed,
	61	And umquhile into rebaldale,
	62	And that may mony tym avale.
	64	May quhile avalyhe full mony gatis,
	65	As to the gud erl of Artais 
	66	Robert befell in his dais,
	67	For oft fenyheing of rebaldy
	68	Avalyheit him, and that gretly,
	69	And Catone  sais us in his writ
	70	That to fenyhe foly quhile is wit.
	71	In Paris ner thre yher duellit he,
	72	And then cum tithandis our the se
	73	That his fadir was done to ded.
	74	Than was he wa and will of red,
	75	And thocht that he wald ham agane
	76	To luk gif he throu ony pane
	77	Micht win agane his heritage
	78	And his men out of all thrillage.
	79	To Sanct Androis  he cum in hy,
	80	Quhar the bischop full curtasly
	81	Resavit him and gert him wer
	82	His knifis forouth him to scher,
	83	And cled him richt honorabilly,
	84	And gert ordane quhar he suld ly.
	85	Ane wele gret quhile thar duellit he,
	86	All men lufit him for his bounte,
16	87	For he was of full effer,
	88	Wis, curtas, and deboner,
	89	Large and lufand als was he,
	90	And our all thing lufit lawte.
	91	Lawte to luf is gretumly:
	92	Throuch lawte lifis men richtwisly:
	93	With a vertu of lawte
	94	Ane man may yhet sufficiand be.
	95	And but lawte may nane haf pris,
	96	Quhethir he be wicht or he be wis,
	97	For, quhar it falyheis, na vertu
	98	May be of pris na of valu
	99	To mak ane man sa gud that he
	100	May simply callit gud man be.
	101	He was in all his dedis lele,
	102	For him dedenyheit nocht to dele
	103	With trechery na with falset.
	104	His hart on he honour was set,
	105	And him contenit on sic maner
	106	That all him lufit that war him ner.
	107	Bot he was nocht sa far that we
	108	Suld spek gretly of his beaute
	109	In visage was he sumdele gray,
	110	And had blak har, as I herd say;
	111	Bot of limmis he was wele mad,
	112	With banis gret and schuldris brad;
	113	His body was wele mad and lenyhe
	114	As tha that saw him said to me.
	115	Quhen he was blith he was lufly,
	116	And mek and suet in cumpany,
17	117	Bot, quha in battale micht him se,
	118	All othir contenans had he,
	119	And in spek ulispit he sumdele,
	120	Bot tha sat him richt wondir wele.
	121	To gud Ector of Troy  micht he
	122	In mony thingis liknit be
	123	Ector had blak har as he had,
	124	And stark limmis and richt wele mad,
	125	And ulispit alsua as did he,
	126	And was fulfillit of lawte,
	127	And was curtas and wis and wicht.
	128	Bot of manhed and mekill micht
	129	Til Ector dar I nane comper
	130	Of all that evir in warldis wer.
	131	The quhethir in his tym sa wrocht he
	132	That he suld gretly lufit be. 


VI.	Pages 17 to 18, Section 6

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17	1	He duellit thar quhill on ane tid
	2	The king Eduard with mekill prid
	3	Cum to Strevilling  with gret menyhe
	4	For till hald thar ane assemble.
	5	Thiddirward went mony baroun,
	6	Bischop Wilyham of Lambirtoun 
	7	Rad thiddir als, and with him was
	8	This squyar James of Douglas.
18	9	The bischop led him to the king,
	10	And said, ‘Schir, her I to yhou bring
	11	This child that clamis yhour man to be,
	12	And prayis yhou per cherite
	13	That yhe resaf her his homage
	14	And grantis him his heritage.’
	15	‘Quhat landis clamis he?’ said the king.
	16	‘Schir, gif that it be yhour liking,
	17	He clamis the lordschip of Douglas,
	18	For lord tharof his fadir was.’
	19	The king than wrethit him enkirly
	20	And said, ‘Schir bischop, sekirly,
	21	Gif thou wald kep thy fewte,
	22	Thou mad nane sic speking to me.
	23	His fadir ay was my fa feloun,
	24	And deit tharfor in my presoun,
	25	And was agane my majeste,
	26	Tharfor his ar I aucht to be.
	27	Ga purchas land quharevir he may,
	28	For tharof hafis he nane perfay,
	29	The Cliffurd sall tham haf, for he
	30	Ay lely has servit to me.’
	31	The bischop herd him sa ansuar 
	32	And durst than spek till him na mar,
	33	Bot fra his presens went in hy,
	34	For he dred sar his felouny,
	35	Sa that he na mar spak tharto
	36	The king did that he cum to do,
	37	And went till Ingland syn agane
	38	With mony man of mekill mane.



VII.	Pages 19 to 20, Section 7

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19	1	Lordingis, quha likis for till her,
	2	The romanis now beginnis her
	3	Of men that war in gret distres,
	4	And assait full gret hardynes
	5	Or tha micht cum to thar entent,
	6	Bot syn our Lord sic gras tham sent
	7	That tha syn throu thar gret valour
	8	Cum to gret hicht and till honour
	9	Magre thar fais evirilkane
	10	That war sa fele that ay for ane
	11	Of tham tha war wele ane thousand:
	12	Bot, quhar God helpis, quhat may withstand?
	13	Bot, and we say the suthfastnes,
	14	Tha war sum tym erar ma than les.
	15	Bot God that mast is of all micht
	16	Preservit tham in his forsicht
	17	To venge the harm and the contrer
	18	That that fele folk and pantener
	19	Did to simpill folk and worthy
	20	That couth nocht help thamself; forthi
	21	Tha war lik to the Machabeis 
	22	That, as men in the Bibill seis,
	23	Throu thar gret worschip and valour
	24	Faucht into mony stalward stour
	25	For to deliver thar cuntre
	26	Fra folk that throu iniquite
20	27	Held tham and tharis in thrillage
	28	Tha wrocht sa throu thar vassalage
	29	That with few folk tha had victory
	30	Of michty kingis, as sais the story,
	31	And diliverit thar land all fre;
	32	Quharfor thar nam suld lufit be.



VIII.	Pages 20 to 21, Section 8
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20	1	This lord the Bris I spak of ar
	2	Saw all the kinrik sa forfar,
	3	And sa troublit the folk saw he
	4	That he tharof had gret pite.
	5	Bot, quhat pite that evir he had,
	6	Na contenans tharof he mad,
	7	Quhill on ane tym Schir Johne Cumyn,
	8	As tha cum ridand fra Strevillyn,
	9	Said till him, ‘Schir, will yhe nocht se
	10	How that governit is this cuntre?
	11	Tha sla our folk but enchesoun,
	12	And haldis this land agane resoun,
	13	And yhe tharof suld lord be;
	14	And, gif that ye will trow to me,
	15	Yhe sall ger mak yhou tharof king,
	16	And I sall be in yhour helping
	17	Withthi yhe gif me all the land
	18	That yhe haf now intill yhour hand;
21	19	And, gif that yhe will nocht do sa,
	20	Na sic ane stat apon yhou ta,
	21	All hale my land sall yhouris be,
	22	And lat me ta the stat on me
	23	And bring this land out of thrillage,
	24	For thar is nouthir man na page
	25	In all this land tha sall be
	26	Fane to mak thamselvin fre.’
	27	The lord the Brus herd his carping,
	28	And wend he spak bot suthfast thing,
	29	And for it likit till his will,
	30	He gaf his assent sone thartill,
	31	And said,’Sen yhe will it be sa,
	32	I will blithly apon me ta
	33	The stat, for I wat that I haf richt,
	34	And richt mais oft the febill wicht.’





IX.	Pages 21 to 23, Section 9
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21	1	The barounis thus accordit ar,
	2	And that ilk nicht writin war
	3	Thar endenturis, and athis mad
	4	To hald that tha forspokin had.
	5	Bot of all thing wa worth tresoun!
	6	For thar is nouthir duk na baroun,
	7	Na erl, na prins, na king of micht,
	8	Thouch he be nevir sa wis na wicht
22	9	For wit, worschip, pris, na renoun,
	10	That evir ma wach him with tresoun.
	11	Was nocht all Troy with tresoun tane
	12	Quhen tehn yheris of the wer was gane?
	13	Than slane was mony thousand
	14	Of tham without throu strinth of hand,
	15	As Dares in his buk he wrat,
	16	And Dytis  that knew all thar stat.
	17	Tha micht nocht haf bene tane throu micht,
	18	Bot tresoun tuk tham throu hir slicht.
	19	And Alexander the conquerour,
	20	That conquerit Babilonis tour
	21	And all this warld of lenth and bred 
	22	In tuelf yher throu his douchty ded,
	23	Was syn distroyit throu pusoun
	24	In his awn hous throu gret tresoun,
	25	Bot or he deit his land delt he:
	26	To se his ded was gret pite.
	27	Julius Cesar als that wan 
	28	Bretane and Frans as douchty man,
	29	Afrik, Arrabe, Egipt, Syry,
	30	And all Europe halely,
	31	And for his worschip and valour
	32	Of Rome was first mad emperour
	33	Syn in his capitol was he
	34	Throu tham of his consale preve
	35	Slane with pujoun richt to the ded,
	36	And, quhen he saw thar was na red,
	37	His ene with his hand closit he
	38	For to de with mar honeste.
23	39	Als Arthur throu chevelry
	40	Mad Bretane masters and lady
	41	Of tuelf kinrikis that he wan,
	42	And alsua as ane nobill man
	43	He wan throu battale Frans all fre,
	44	And Lucius Yber  vencusit he
	45	That than of Rome was emperour,
	46	Bot yhet for all his gret valour
	47	Modret his sister son him slew,
	48	And gud men als ma than enew,
	49	Throu tresoun and throu wikkitnes:
	50	The Brute beris tharof witness.
	51	Sa fell of this cunand making:
	52	For the Cumyn rad to the king
	53	Of Ingland, and tald all this cas,
	54	Bot I trow nocht all as it was.
	55	Bot the endentur till him gaf he,
	56	That sone schawit the iniquite
	57	Quharfor syn he tholit ded,
	58	Than he couth set tharfor na red. 




X.	Pages 23 to 26, Section 10

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23	1	Quhen the king saw the endentur
	2	He was angry out of mesur,
	3	And swour that he suld vengeans ta
	4	Of that Brus that presumit sa
24	5	Aganis him to brawl or ris,
	6	Or to conspyr on sic ane wis;
	7	And to Schir john Cumyn said he
	8	That he suld for his lawte
	9	Be rewardit, and that hely,
	10	And he him thankit humilly.
	11	Than thocht he to haf the leding
	12	Of all Scotland but ganesaying
	13	Fra that the Brus to ded war brocht.
	14	Bot of falyheis the fulis he thocht,
	15	And wis menis etilling
	16	Cumis nocht ay to that ending
	17	That tha think it sall cum to,
	18	For God wat wele quhat is to do
	19	Of his etling richt sa it fell
	20	As I sall eftirwardis tell.
	21	He tuk his lef and ham is went,
	22	And the king ane parliament
	23	Gert set thareftir hastely,
	24	And thiddir summonis he in hy
	25	The barounis of his rialte,
	26	And to the lord the Brus send he
	27	Bidding to cum to that gadring;
	28	And he that had na persaving
	29	Of the tresoun na the falset
	30	Rad to the king but langar let,
	31	And in London him herbryit he
	32	The first day of thar assemble
	33	Syn on the morn to court he went.
	34	The king sat into parliament
25	35	And forouth his consale preve
	36	The lord the Brus thar callit he,
	37	And schawit him the endentur:
	38	He was in full gret aventur
	39	To tyn his lif, bot God of micht
	40	Preservit him till hear hicht
	41	That wald nocht that he sa war ded.
	42	The king betaucht him in that sted
	43	The endentur the sele to se,
	44	And askit gif it enselit he. 
	45	He lukit the sele ententily,
	46	And ansuerit till him humilly,
	47	And said,’How that I simpill be!
	48	My sele is nocht all tym with me;
	49	I haf ane othir it to ber,
	50	Tharfor, gif that yhour willis wer,
	51	I ask yhou respite for to se
	52	This lettir, and tharwith avisit be
	53	Quhill to morn that yhe be set,
	54	And than forouten langar let
	55	This lettir sall I entir her
	56	Befor all yhour consale planer,
	57	And thartill into burch draw I
	58	Myn heritage all halely.’
	59	The king thocht he was trast eneuch
	60	Sen he in burch his landis dreuch,
	61	And let him with the lettir pas
	62	Till entir it, as forspokin was.


XI.	Pages 26 to 27, Section 11
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26	1	The Brus went till his innis swith,
	2	Bot wit yhe wele he was full blith
	3	That he had gottin that respit.
	4	He callit his marschall till him tit,
	5	And bad him luk on all maner
	6	That he ma till his men gud cher,
	7	For he wald in his chalmer be
	8	Ane wele gret quhile in prevate,
	9	With him ane clerk forouten ma.
	10	The marschall to the hall can ga,
	11	And did his lordis comanding.
	12	The lord the Brus but mar letting
	13	Gert prevely bring stedis twa,
	14	He and the clerk forouten ma
	15	Lap on forouten persaving,
	16	And day and nicht but sojorning
	17	Tha rad quhill on the fiften day
	18	Cumin to Lochmabane  ar tha.
	19	His brothir Eduard thar tha fand,
	20	That focht ferly, I tak on hand,
	21	That tha cum ham sa prevely.
	22	He tald his brothir halely
	23	How that he thar socht was,
	24	And how he chapit was throu cas.
	25	Sa fell it in the samin tid
	26	That at Dumfres richt thar besid
27	27	Schir Johne the Cumyn sojorning mad.
	28	The Brus lap on and thiddir rad,
	29	And thocht forouten mar letting
	30	For to quit him his discovering.
	31	Thiddir he rad but langar let,
	32	And with Schir Johne the Cumyn he met
	33	In the Freris  at the he awter,
	34	And schawit him with lauchand cher
	35	The endentur, syn with ane knif
	36	Richt in that sted him reft the lif.
	37	Schir Edmund Cumyn als was slane
	38	And othir mony of mekill mane.
	39	Nocht forthi yhet sum men sais
	40	That that debat fell othir wais:
	41	Bot, quhatevir mad the debat,
	42	Tharthrouch he deit wele I wat.
	43	He misdid thar gretly but wer
	44	That gaf na girth to the awter.
	45	Tharfor sa hard mischef him fell
	46	That I herd nevir in romanis tell
	47	Of man so hard frait as was he
	48	That eftirward cum to sic bounte.



XII.	Pages 27 to 32, Section 12
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27	1	Now agane to the king ga we,
	2	That on the morn with his barne
28	3	Sat intill his parliament
	4	And eftir the lord the Brus he sent
	5	Richt till his in with knichtis kene.
	6	Quhen he oft tym had callit bene,
	7	And his men eftir him askit tha,
	8	Tha said that he sen yhistirday
	9	Duelt in his chalmer ithandly,
	10	With ane clerk with him anerly.
	11	Than knokit tha at his chalmer thar,
	12	And quhen tha herd nane mak ansuar
	13	Tha brak the dur, bot tha fand nocht,
	14	The quhethir the chalmer hale tha socht.
	15	Tha tald the king than hale the cas,
	16	And how he schapit was.
	17	He was of his eschap sary,
	18	And swour in ire full stalwardly
	19	That he suld drawin and hangit be.
	20	He manausit as him thocht, bot he
	21	Thocht that suld pas ane othir way.
	22	And quhen he, as yhe herd me say,
	23	Into the kirk Schir Johne had slane,
	24	To Lochmabane he went agane,
	25 	And gert men with his letteris rid
	26	To frendis apon ilk sid,
	27	That cum till him with thar menyhe,
	28	And his men als assemblit he,
	29	And thocht that he wald mak him king.
	30	Our all the land the word can spring
	31	That the Brus the Cumyn had slane,
	32	And emang othir lettiris ar gane
29	33	To the bischop of Androis toun
	34	That tald how slane was that baroun.
	35	The lettir tald him all the ded,
	36	And he till his men can it red
	37	And sithin said them, ‘Sekirly
	38	I hop Thomas prophesy
	39	Of Hersildoun  sall verifyit be
	40	In him, for, sa our Lord help me,
	41	I haf gret hop he sall be king
	42	And haf this land al in leding.’
	43	James of Douglas, that ay quhar
	44	Alwais befor the bischop schar
	45	Had wele herd all the lettir red,
	46	And he tuk alsua full gud hed
	47	To that the bischop had said.
	48	And, quhen the burdis doun war laid,
	49	To chalmer went tha than in hy,
	50	And James of Douglas prevely
	51	Said to the bischop, ‘Schir, yhe se
	52	How Inglis men throu thar pouste
	53	Disherisis me of my land,
	54	And men hes gert yhou undirstand
	55	Als that the erl of Carrick
	56	Clamis to govern the kinrik,
	57	And for yhon man that he has slane
	58	All Inglis men ar him agane,
	59	And wald disheris him blithly.
	60	The quhethir with him duell wald I.
	61	Tharfor, Schir, gif it war yhour will,
	62	I wald tak with him gud and ill.
30	63	Throu him I trow my land to win
	64	Magre the Cliffurd and his kin.’
	65	The bischop herd and had pite,
	66	And said, ‘Suet son, sa God help me,
	67	I wald blithly that thou war thar,
	68	Bot that I nocht reprufit war.
	69	On this maner wele wirk thou ma.
	70	Thou sal tak Ferand  my palfray,
	71	And, for thar is na hors in this land
	72	Sa swicht na yhet sa wele at hand
	73	Tak him as of thyn awn hed,
	74	As I had gifin tharto na red.
	75	And, gif his yhemar ocht gruchis,
	76	Luk that thou tak him magre his,
	77	Sa sall I wele assonyheit be
	78	Michty God for his pouste
	79	Grant that he that thou passis to,
	80	And thou in all tym sa wele to do,
	81	That yhe yhou fra yhour fais defend.’
	82	He taucht him silver to dispend,
	83	And syn gaf him gud day,
	84	And bad him pas furth on his way,
	85	For he ne wald spek quhill he war gane.
	86	The Douglas than his way has tane
	87	Richt to the hors, as he him bad,
	88	Bot he that him in yhemsal had
	89	Than warnit him dispitwisly,
	90	Bot he that wreth him enkirly
	91	Fellit him with ane suerdis dint,
	92	And syn forouten langar stint
31	93	The hors he sadillit hastely,
	94	And lap on him deliverly,
	95	And passit furth but leftaking.
	96	Der God that is of hevin king
	97	Saf him and scheld him fra his fais!
	98	All him alane the way he tais
	99	Toward the toun of Lochmabane,
	100	And ane litill fra Arikstane 
	101	The Brus with ane gret rout he met,
	102	That rad to Scone for to be set
	103	In kingis stole, and to be king.
	104	And, quhen Douglas saw his cuming,
	105	He rad and halsit him in hy,
	106	And loutit him full curtasly,
	107	And tald him haly all his stat,
	108	And quhat he was, and als howgat
	109	The Cliffurd held his heritage,
	110	And that he cum to mak homage
	111	Till him as till his richtwis king,
	112	And that he boun was in all thing
	113	To tak with him the gud and ill.
	114	And, quhen the Brus had herd his will,
	115	He resavit him in gret dante,
	116	And men and armis till him gaf he.
	117	He thocht wele he suld be worthy,
	118	For all his elderis war douchty.
	119	Thusgat mad tha thar aquentans,
	120	That nevir syn for nakyn chans
	121	Departit quhill tha lifand war:
	122	Thar frendschip wox ay mar and mar,
32	123	For he servit ay lelely,
	124	And the tothir full wilfully,
	125	That was bath worthy, wicht and wis,
	126	Rewardit him wele his servis.



XIII.	Pages 32 to 36, Section 13

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32	1	The lord the Brus to Glaskow rad,
	2	And send about him quhill he had
	3	Of his frendis ane gret menyhe,
	4	And syn to Scone in hy rad he,
	5	And was mad king but langar let,
	6	And in the kingis stole was set,
	7	As in that tym was the maner.
	8	Bot of thar nobleis gret affer,
	9	Thar servis, na thar rialte,
	10	Yhe sall her na thing now for me,
	11	Outane that he of the barnage
	12	That thiddir cum tuk homage,
	13	And syn went our the land
	14	Frendis and frendschip purchasand
	15	To mantem that he had begunnin.
	16	He wist, or all the land war wonnin,
	17	He suld find full hard barganing
	18	With him that was of Ingland king,
	19	For thar was nane of lif sa fell,
	20	Sa pantener, na sa cruell.
33	21	And when the king Eduard was tald
	22	How that the Brus that was sa bald
	23	Had brocht the Cumyn till ending,
	24	And how he syn had mad him king,
	25	Out of his wit he went wele ner,
	26	And callit till him Schir Amer
	27	The Vallanch  that was wis and wicht
	28	And of his hand ane worthy knicht,
	29	And bad him men of armis ta,
	30	And in hy to Scotland ga,
	31	And brin, and sla, and ras dragoun:
	32	And hicht all Fif in warisoun 
	33	Till him that micht outhir ta or sla
	34	Robert the Brus that was his fa.
	35	Schir Amer did as he him bad,
	36	Gret chevelry with him he had,
	37	With him was Philip the Mowbra, 
	38	And Ingeram the Umfravill  perfay,
	39	That was bath wis and averty,
	40	And full of gret chevelry:
	41	And of Scotland the mast part
	42	Tha had intill thar cumpany,
	43	For yhet than mekill of the land
	44	Was intill Inglismenis hand.
	45	To Perth than went tha in ane rout
	46	That than was wallit all about,
	47	With fele touris richt he battalit
	48	To defend gif it war assalit.
	49	Tharin duellit Schir Amery 
	50	With all his gret chevelry.
34	51	The King Robert wist he was thar,
	52	And quhatkyn chiftanis with him war,
	53	And assemblit all his menyhe.
	54	He had fele of full gret bounte,
	55	Bot thar fais war ma than tha
	56	Be fiften hundreth, as I herd say.
	57	The quhethir he had thar at that ned
	58	Full fele that war douchty of ded,
	59	And barounis that war bald as bar,
	60	Twa erlis alsua with him war,
	61	Of Levenax  and Adell  war tha,
	62	Eduard the Brus war thar alsua
	63	Thomas Randol, and Hew de le Hay,
	64	And Schir David the Berclay,
	65	Fresale, Somervele, and Inchmertyn. 
	66	James of Douglas thar was syn,
	67	That yhet than was bot litill of micht,
	68	And othir fele folk forsy in ficht,
	69	Als was gud Cristol of Setoun ,
	70	And Robert Boyd of gret renoun,
	71	And othir fele men of mekill micht
	72	Bot I can nocht tell quhat tha hicht.
	73	Thouch tha war quhene, tha war worthy
	74	And full of gret chevelry,
	75	And in battale in gud array
	76	Befor Sanct Johnistoun cum tha,
	77	And bad Schir Amery isch to ficht
	78	And he, that in the mekill micht
	79	Trastit of tham that was him by,
	80	Bad his men arm tham hastely
35	81	Bot Schir Ingeram the Umphtavill
	82	Thocht it war all to gret perill
	83	In plane batalle to tham to ga,
	84	Or quhile tha war arait sa,
	85	And to Schir Amer said he,
	86	‘Schir, gif that yhe will trow to me,
	87	Yhe sall nicht isch tham till assale
	88	Quhile tha ar purvait in battale.
	89	For thar ledar is wis and wicht,
	90	And of his hand ane nobill knicht,
	91	And he has in his cumpany
	92	Mony ane gud man and worthy,
	93	That sall be hard for till assay
	94	Quhile tha ar in sa gud aray,
	95	For it  suld be full mekill micht
	96	That now suld put tham to the flicht,
	97	For, quhen folk ar wele arait
	98	And for the battale wele purvait,
	99	Withthi that tha all gud men be,
	100	Tha sall fer mar be avise
	101	And wele mar for to dred than tha
	102	War set sumdele out of aray.
	103	Tharfor yhe may, Schir, say tham till,
	104	That tha may this nicht, and tha will,
	105	Gang herbery tham and slep and rest,
	106	And that to morn but langar lest
	107	Yhe sall isch furth to the battale,
	108	And ficht with them bot gif tha fale.
	109	Sa to thar herbery went sall tha,
	110	And sum sall went to the foray,
36	111	And tha that duellis at the luging,
	112	Sen tha cum out of travaling,
	113	Sall in schort tym unarmit be,
	114	Than on our best maner may we
	115	With all our far chevelry
	116	Rid toward tham richt hardely,
	117	And tha that wenis to rest all nicht,
	118	Quhen tha se us arait to ficht
	119	Cumand on tham sa sudanly,
	120	Tha sall affrait be gretumly,
	121	And, or tha cumin in battale be,
	122	We sall sped us sagat that we
	123	Sall be all redy till assemmill.
	124	Sum man for erynes will trimmill,
	125	Quhen he assit is sudanly,
	126	That with avisment is douchty.’


XIV.	Pages 36 to 38, Section 14
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36	1	As he avisit now haf tha done,
	2	And to tham outouth send tha sone,
	3	And bad tham herbery tham that nicht,
	4	And on the morn cum to the ficht.
	5	Quhen tha saw tha micht na mar,
	6	Toward Meffen  than can tha far
	7	And in the wod tham lugit tha,
	8	The thrid part went to the foray,
37	9	And the laf sone unarmit war,
	10	And scalit to luge tham her and thar.
	11	Schir Amer than but mar abad
	12	With all the folk he with him had
	13	Ischit enforsely to the ficht,
	14	And rad intill ane randoun richt
	15	The straucht way toward Meffen.
	16	The king, that was unarmit then,
	17	Saw tham cum sa enforsely,
	18	Than till his men can hely cry,
	19	‘Till armis swith, and makis yhou yhar,
	20	Her at our hand our fais ar.’
	21	And tha did sa in full gret hy,
	22	And on thar hors lap hastely.
	23	The king displait his baner,
	24	Quhen that his folk assemblit wer,
	25	And said, ‘Lordingis, now may yhe se
	26	That yon folk all throu sutelte
	27	Schapis tham to do with slicht
	28	That that tha dred to do with micht.
	29	Now I persaf he that will trew
	30	His fa, it sall him sum tym rew.
	31	And nocht forthi, thouch tha be fele,
	32	God may richt wele our werdis dele,
	33	For multitud mais na victory,
	34	As men has red in mony story,
	35	That few folk has oft vencusit ma:
	36	Trow we that we sall do richt sa:
	37	Yhe ar ilkane wicht and worthy
38	39	And wat richt wele quhat honour is:
	40	Wirk yhe than apon sic wis
	41	That yhour honour be savit ay;
	42	And a thing will I to yhou say,
	43	That he that deis for his cuntre
	44	Sall herbryit intill hevin be.’
	45	Quhen this was said, tha saw cumand
	46	Thar fais ridand ner at the hand,
	48	Wilfull to do chevelry.

XV.	Pages 38 to 42, Section 15

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38	1	On athir sid thus war tha yhar,
	2	And till assemble all redy war:
	3	Tha straucht thar speris on athir sid,
	4	And sa rudly can sammyn rid,
	5	That speris all tofruschit war,
	6	And fele men ded and woundit sar.
	7	The blud out at thar birneis brast,
	8	For the best and the worthyast,
	9	That wilfull war to win honour
	10	Plungit in the stalward stour,
	11	And routis rud about tham dang.
	12	Men micht haf sene into that thrang
	13	Knichtis that wicht and hardy war
	14	Undir hors fet defoulit thar,
39	15	Sum woundit, and sum all ded;
	16	The gyrs wox of the blud all red;
	17	And that that held on hors in hy
	18	Swappit out suerdis sturdely,
	19	And sa fell strakis gaf and tuk
	20	That all the renk about tham quuk
	21	The Brusis folk full hardely
	22	Schawit thar gret chevelry,
	23	And he himself atour the laf
	24	Sa hard and sa hevy dintis gaf
	25	That quhar he cum tha mad him way,
	26	His folk tham put in hard assay
	27	To stint thar fais mekill micht
	28	That than sa far had of the ficht
	29	That tha wan feld ay mar and mar,
	30	The kingis small folk ner vencusit ar.
	31	And, quhen the king his folk has sene
	32	Begin to fale for proper tene,
	33	His ensenyhe can he cry,
	34	And in the stour sa hardely
	35	He ruschit that all the semble schuck
	36	He all tillhewit that he ourtuk,
	37	And dang on tham quhile he micht dre,
	38	And till his folk he cryit he,
	39	‘On tham! On tham! Tha feble fast,
	40	This bargane nevir ma langar last.’
	41	And with that word sa sa wilfully
	42	He dang on, and sa hardely,
	43	That quha had sene him in that ficht
	44	Suld tald him for ane douchty knicht.
40	45	Bot, thouch he was stout and hardy,
	46	And othir als of his cumpany,
	47	Thar micht na worschip thar avalyhe,
	48	For thar small folk begouth to falyhe,
	49	And fled all scalit her and thar;
	50	Bot the gud that enschausit war
	51	Of ire abad and held the stour
	52	To conquer tham endles honour.
	53	And, quhen Schir Amer has sene
	54	The small folk fle all bedene,
	55	And saw few abid to ficht,
	56	He relyit to him mony ane knicht,
	57	And in the stour sa hardely
	58	He ruschit with his chevelry,
	59	That he ruschit his fais ilkane.
	60	Schir Thomas Randol thar was tane
	61	That than was ane young bacheler,
	62	And Schir Alexander Fraser,
	63	And Schir David the Berclay,
	64	Inchmertyn, and Hew de le Hay,
	65	And Somervele, and othir ma:
	66	And the king himself alsua
	67	Was set into full hard assay
	68	Throu Schir Philip the Mowbra
	69	That rad till him full hardely,
	70	And hynt his renyhe, and syn can cry,
	71	‘Help, help, I haf the new mad king.’
	72	With that cum girdand in ane ling
	73	Cristol of Setoun, quhen he sa
	74	Saw the king sesit with his fa,
41	75	And to Philip sic rout raucht
	76	That, thouch he was of mekill maucht,
	77	He gert him galay desaly,
	78	And had till erd gane fullely
	79	Ne war he hynt him be his sted,
	80	Than of his hand the bridill yhed,
	81	And the king his ensenyhe can cry,
	82	Relyit his men that war him by,
	83	That war sa few that tha na micht
	84	Endur the fors mar of the ficht.
	85	Tha prikit than out of the pres,
	86	And the king, that angry wes
	87	For he his men saw fle him fra,
	88	Said than, ‘Lordingis, sen it is sa
	89	That ure rinnis agane us her,
	90	Gud is we pas of thar danger
	91	Till God us send eftsonis gras;
	92	And yhet may fall, gif tha will chas,
	93	Quit tham turn but sumdele we sall.’
	94	To this word tha assentit all,
	95	And fra tham walopit our mar. 
	96	Thar fais alsua wery war
	97	That of tham all thar chasit nane,
	98	Bot with presoneris that tha had tane
	99	Richt to the toun tha held thar way
	100	Richt glad and joyfull of thar pray
	101	That nicht tha lay all in the toun,
	102	Thar was nane of sa gret renoun,
	103	Na yhet sa hardy of tham all,
	104	That durst herbery without the wall,
42	105	Sa dred tha sar the gane-cuming
	106	Of Schir Robert the douchty king.
	107	And to the king of Ingland sone
	108	That wrat haly as tha had done,
	109	And he wes blith of that tithing,
	110	And for dispit bad draw and hing
	111	All the presoneris, thouch tha war ma.
	112	Bot Schir Amery did nocht sa:
	113	To sum bath land and lif gaf he
	114	To lef the Brusis fewte
	115	And serf the king of Ingland,
	116	And of him for to hald the land,
	117	And warray the Brus as thar fa.
	118	Thomas Randol was ane of tha
	119	That for his lif becum thar man.
	120	Of othir that war takin than
	121	Sum tha ransounit, sum tha slew,
	122	And sum tha hangit, and sum tha drew.

XVI.	Pages 42 to 44, Section 16

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42	1	On this maner rebut was
	2	The Brus, that mekill murning mais
	3	For his men that war slane and tane,
	4	And he was als sa will of wane
	5	That he trowit in nane sekirly,
	6	Outane tham of his cumpany
43	7	That war sa few that tha micht be
	8	Fif hundreth ner of all menyhe.
	9	His brothir alwais was him by,
	10	Schir Eduard that was sa hardy:
	11	And with him was ane bald baroun, 
	12	Wilyham the Boroundoun :
	13	The erl of Adell als was thar:
	14	Bot ay sen tha discomfit war
	15	The erl of Levenax was away,
	16	And was put to full hard assay
	17	Or he met with the king agane,
	19	He maintemit him full manlely.
	20	The king had in his cumpany
	21	James alsua of Douglas
	22	That wicht, wis, and averty was.
	23	Schir Gilbert de le Haye alsua,
	24	Schir Nele Cambell , and othir ma
	25	That I thar namis can nocht say,
	26	As outlawis went mony day,
	27	Dreand in the month thar pyn,
	28	Et flesch and drank water syn.
	29	He durst nocht to the planis ga,
	30	For all the comounis went him fra,
	31	That for thar lif war full fane
	32	To pas to the Inglis pes agane
	33	Sa faris ay comounly:
	34	In comounis may nane affy
	35	Bot he that may thar warand be.
	36	Sa fur tha than with him, for he
44	37	Tham fra thar fais micht nocht warand,
	38	Tha turnit to the tothir hand,
	39	Bot thrildom that men gert tham fele
	40	Gert tham ay yharn that he fur wele.


XVII.	Pages 44 to 47, Section 17

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44	1	Thus in the hillis livit he
	2	Quhill the mast part of his menyhe
	3	Was rivin and rent: na schone tha had
	4	Bot as tha tham of hidis mad:
	5	Tharfor tha went till Abirdene ,
	6	Quhar Nele the Brus  cum, and the quene,
	7	And othir ladyis far and farand,
	8	Ilkane for luf of thar husband,
	9	That for lele luf and lawte
	10	Wald parteneris of thar panis be.
	11	Tha chesit titar with tham to ta
	12	Angir and pane na be tham fra,
	13	For luf is of sa mekill micht
	14	That it all panis makis licht,
	15	And mony tym mais tendir wichtis
	16	Of sic strinthis and sic michtis
	17	That tha may mekill panis endur,
	18	And forsakis nane aventur 
	19	That evir may fall with thi that tha
	20	Tharthrou succour thar lifis may.
45	21	Men redis, quhen Thebes was tane,
	22	And king Adrastus men war slane
	23	That assalit the cite,
	24	That the wemen of his cuntre
	25	Cum for to fech him ham agane
	26	Quhen tha herd all his folk was slane:
	27	Quhar the King Capaneus,
	28	Throu the help of Menesteus 
	29	That cum percas ridand tharby
	30	With thre hundreth in cumpany,
	31	That throu the kingis prayer assalyheit,
	32	Thai yhet to tak the toun had falyheit
	33	Ne war the wifis thirland the wall
	34	With pikkis, quhar the assalyheis all
	35	Enterit and distroyit the toun,
	36	And slew the pepill but ransoun.
	37	Syn, quhen the duk his way was gane,
	38	And all the kingis men war slane,
	39	The wifis had him till his cuntre
	40	Quhar was na man lifand bot he.
	41	In wemen mekill confort lyis,
	42	And gret solas on mony wis.
	43	Sa fell it her, for thar cuming
	44	Rejosit richt gretumly the king:
	45	The quhethir ilk nicht him selvin wuk,
	46	And his rest apon dais tuk.
	47	And gud quhile thar he sojornit then,
	48	And esit wondir wele his men,
	49	Quhill that the Inglismen herd say
	50	That he thar with his menyhe lay
46	51	All at es and sekirly.
	52	Assemblit tha thar host in hy,
	53	And thar him trowit to suppris,
	54	Bot he that in his ded was wis
	55	Wist tha assemblit was, and quhar,
	56	And wist that tha sa mony war
	57	That he micht nocht agane tham ficht.
	58	His men in hy he gert be dicht
	59	And buskit of the toun to rid:
	60	The ladyis rad richt by his sid:
	61	Than to the hill tha rad thar way,
	62	Quhar gret defalt of met had tha.
	63	Bot worthy James of Douglas
	64	Ay travaland and besy was
	65	For to purchas the ladyis met,
	66	And it on mony wis wald get:
	67	For quhile he venesoun tham brocht,
	68	And with his handis quhile he wrocht
	69	Gynnis to tak geddis and salmounis,
	70	Troutis, elis, and als menounis:
	71	And quhile tha went to the foray:
	72	And sa thar purchasing mad tha.
	73	Ilk man travalit for to get
	74	And purchas tham that tha micht et:
	75	Bot of all that evir tha war
	76	Thar was nocht ane emang tham thar
	77	That to the ladyis profit was
	78	Mar than James of Douglas,
	79	And the king oft confort wes
	80	Throu his wit and his besynes
47	81	On this maner tham governit tha
	82	Quhill tha cum to the hed of Tay.




XVIII. 	Pages 47 to 49, Section 18

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47	1	The lord of Lorne wonit tharby,
	2	That was capitale enemy
	3	To the king for his emis sak
	4	Johne Cumyn, and thocht for to tak
	5	Vengeans apon cruell maner.
	6	Quhen he the king wist was sa ner,
	7	He assemblit his men in hy,
	8	And had intill his company
	9	The barounis of Argile alsua:
	10	Tha war ane thousand wele or ma
	11	And cum for to surppris the king
	12	That wele was war of thar cuming:
	13	Bot all to few with him he had,
	14	The quhethir he baldly tham abad, 
	15	And wele ost at thar first meting
	16	War laid at erd but recovering.
	17	The kingis folk full wele tham bar,
	18	And slew, and fellit, and woudit sar:
	19	Bot the folk of the tothir party
	20	Faucht with axis sa fellely,
	21	For tha on fut war evirilkane,
	22	That tha fele of thar hors has slane,
48	23	And to sum gaf tha woundis wid:
	24	James of Douglas was hurt that tid,
	25	And als Schir Gilbert de le Hay.
	26	The king his men saw in affray, 
	27	And his ensenyhe can he cry,
	28	And emang tham richt hardely
	29	He rad, that he tham ruschit all,
	30	And fele of tham thar gert he fall.
	31	Bot, quhen he saw tha war sa fele,
	32	And saw tham sa gret dintis dele,
	33	He dred to tyn his folk: forthi
	34	His men till him he can rely,
	35	And said, ‘Lordingis, foly it war
	36	Till us for till assemmill mar,
	37	For tha fele of our hors has slane,
	38	And, gif yhe ficht with tham agane,
	39	We sall tyn of our small menyhe,
	40	And ourself sall in peril be:
	41	Tharfor me think mast averand
	42	To withdraw us us defendand 
	43	Quhill we cum out of thar danger,
	44	For our strinth at our hand is ner.’
	45	Than tha withdrew tham halelhy,
	46	Both that was nocht full cowardly,
	47	For sammyn intill ane sop held tha,
	48	And the king him abandonit ay
	49	To defend behind his menyhe,
	50	And throu his worschip sa wrocht he
	51	That he reskewit all the flearis,
	52	And stintit sa gat the chasaris
49	53	That nane durst out of battale chas,
	54	For always at thar hand he was.
	55	Sa wele defendit he his men,
	56	That quhasaevir had sene him then
	57	Pruf sa worthely vassalage
	58	And turn sa oftsis the visage,
	59	He suld say he aucht wele to be
	60	Ane king of an egret rialte.

XIX.	Pages 49 to 52, Section 19

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49	1	Quhen that the lord of Lorne saw
	2	His men stand of him ane sic aw
	3	That tha durst nicht follow the chas,
	4	Richt angry in his hart he was,
	5	And for wonder that he suld sa
	6	Stot tham him ane but ma
	7	He said, ‘Methink, Marthokis sone, 
	8	Richt as Golmakmorn was wone
	9	To haf fra Fingal his menyhe,
	10	Richt sa all his fra us has he.’
	11	He set ensampill thus midlik,
	12	The quhethir he micht mar manerlik
	13	Liknit him to Gaudifer de Larys,
	14	Quhen that the michty duk Betys
	15	Assalyheit in Garderis the forayouris
	16	And, quhen the king tham mad rescours,
50	17	Duk Betys tuk on him the flicht
	18	That wald na mar abid to ficht.
	19	Bot gud Gaudifer the worthy
	20	Abandonit him sa hardely
	21	For to reskew all the flearis
	22	And for to stonay the chasaris
	23	That Alexander to erd he bar,
	24	And alsua did he Tholimar,
	25	And gud Coneus alsua
	26	Dauklyne alsua, and othir ma: 
	27	Bot at the last thar slane he wes,
	28	In that falyheit the liklynes,
	29	For the king full chevelrously
	30	Defendit all his company,
	31	And was set in full gret danger,
	32	And yhet eschapit hale and fer.
	33	For twa brethir war in that land
	34	That war the hardyast of hand
	35	That war intill all that cuntre,
	36	And tha had sworn, gif that micht se
	37	The Brus quhar tha micht him ourta,
	38	That tha suld de or than him sla.
	39	Thar surname was Makyndrosser,
	40	That is all sa mekill to say her
	41	As the Durwarth sonnies perfay:
	42	Of thar covyn the third had tha
	43	That was richt stout, ill, and feloun.
	44	Quhen tha the King of gud renoun
	45	Saw sa behind his menyhe rid,
	46	And saw him turn sa mony tid,
51	47	Tha abad quhill that he was
	48	Enterit in ane narrow plas
	49	Betuix ane lochside and ane bra
	50	That was sa strat, I undirta,
	51	That he micht nocht wele turn his sted.
	52	Than with ane will till him tha yhed,
	53	And ane him be the bridill hynt,
	54	Bot he raucht till him sic ane dint
	55	That arm and schuldir flaw him fra.
	56	With that ane other can him ta
	57	Be the leg, and his hand can schut
	58	Betuix the sterap and his fut.
	59	And, quhen the king feld thar his hand,
	60	In his sterapis stithly can he stand,
	61	And strak with spuris the sted in hy,
	62	And he lansit furth deliverly,
	63	Sa that the tothir falyheit fet,
	64	And nocht forthi his hand was yhet
	65	Undir the sterap magre his.
	66	The third with full gret hy with this
	67	Richt to the bra-sid he yhed,
	68	And stert behind him on his sted.
	69	The king was than in full gret pes:
	70	The quhethir he thocht, as he that wes
	71	In all his dedis avise,
	72	To do ane outrageous bounte.
	73	He hynt him that behind him was,
	74	And magre his him can he ras
	75	Fra behind him, thouch he had sworn,
	76	And laid him evin him beforn,
52	77	Syn with the suerd sic dint him gaf
	78	That he the hed to the harnis claf.
	79	He ruschit doun of blud all red
	80	As he that stound feld of ded,
	81	And than the king in full gret hy
	82	Strak at the tothir vigorously
	83	That he eftir his sterap drew,
	84	That at the first strak he him slew.
	85	On this wis him deliverit he
	86	Of all tha feloun fais thre.


XX. 	Pages 52 to 54, Section 20

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52	1	Quhen tha of Lorne has sene the king
	2	Set in himself sa gret helping
	3	And defend him sa manlely,
	4	Was nane emang tham sa hardy
	5	That durst assalyhe him mar in ficht,
	6	Sa dred tha for his mekill micht
	7	Thar was ane baroun Maknauchtan,
	8	That in his hart gret kep has tane
	10	And prisit him in hart gretly,
	11	And to the lord of Lorne said he,
	12	‘Sekirly now may yhe se
	13	Be tane the starkest pundelane
	14	That evir yhour liftym yhe saw tane,
53	15	For yhon knicht throu his douchty ded
	16	And throu his outrageous manhed
	17	Has fellit into litill tid
	18	Thre men of mekill micht and prid,
	19	And stonait all our manyhe sa
	20	That eftir him darn a man ga,
	21	And turnis sa mony tym his sted
	22	That semis of us he had na dred.’
	23	Than can the lord of Lorne say,
	24	‘It semis it likes the perfay
	25	That he slais yhongat our menyhe.’
	26	‘Schir’, said he, ‘ sa our Lord me se,
	27	To saf yhour presens it is nocht sa:
	28	Bot, quhethir sa he be frend or fa
	29	That winnis pris of chevelry,
	30	Men suld spek tharof lelely.
	31	And sekirly in all my tym
	32	I herd nevir in sang na rym
	33	Tell of ane man that sa smertly
	34	Eschevit sa gret chevelry.’
	35	Sic speking of the king tha mad,
	36	And he eftir his menyhe rad,
	37	And into savite tham led
	38	Quhar he his fais nathing dred:
	39	And tha of Lorne agane ar gane,
	40	Menand the scath that tha haf tane.




XXI.		Pages 54 to 57, Section 21

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54	1	The king that nicht his wachis set,
	2	And gert ordane that tha micht et,
	3	And bad confort to tham tak,
	4	And at thar michtis mery mak.
	5	‘For disconfort’, as than said he,
	6	‘Is the werst thing that may be,
	7	For throu mekill disconforting
	8	men fallis oft into disparing,
	9	And fra ane man disparit be
	10	Than trewly utrely vencusit is he,
	11	And fra the hart be discumfit
	12	The body is nocht worth ane myt.
	13	Tharfor, ‘he said, ‘atour all thing
	14	Kepis yhou fra disparing,
	15	And think, thouch we now harmis fele,
	16	That God may yhet relef us wele.
	17	Men redis of mony men that war
	18	Fer hardar stad than we yhet ar,
	19	And syn our Lord sic gras tham lent
	20	That tha cum wele to thar extent.
	21	For Rome quhilom sa hard was stad
	22	Quhen Hanibal tham vencusit had,
	23	That of ringis with rich stane
	24	That war of knichtis fingeris tane
	25	He send thre bollis to Cartage,
	26	And syn to Rome tuk his viage
55	27	Thar to distroy the cite all.
	28	And tha within bath gret and small
	29	Had fled quhen tha saw his cuming,
	30	Had nocht bene Scipio the yhing,
	31	That or tha fled wald tham haf slane,
	32	And sagat turnit he tham agane:
	33	Syn for to defend the cite
	34	Bath servandis and threllis mad he fre,
	35	And mad tham knichtis evirilkane,
	36	And syn has the templis tane
	37	The armis that thar elderis bar,
	38	In nam of victory offerit thar.
	39	And, quhen tha armit war and dicht
	40	That stalward carlis war and wicht,
	41	And saw that tha war fre alsua,
	42	Tham thocht that tha had levir ta
	43	The ded na lat the toun be tane,
	44	And with comoun assent as ane
	45	Tha ischit of the toun to ficht,
	46	Quhar Hanibal his mekill micht
	47	Aganis tham arait was.
	48	Bot throu micht of Goddis gras
	49	It ranit sa hard and hevaly
	50	That thar was nane sa hardy
	51	That durst into that plas abid,
	52	Bot sped tham intill hy to rid,
	53	The ta part to thar palyheounis,
	54	The tothir part went in the toun is.
	55	The rane thus lettit the fichtyn,
	56	Sa did it twis thareftir syn.
56	57	Quhen Hanibal saw this ferly,
	58	With all his gret chevelry
	59	He left the toun and held his way,
	60	And syn was put to sic assay
	61	Throw the power of that cite,
	62	That his lif and his land tynt he.
	63	Be thir quhene that sa worthely
	64	Wan sic ane knicht and sa michty
	65	Yhe may wele be ensampill se
	66	That na man suld disparit be,
	67	Na lat his hart be vencusit all
	68	For na mischef that evir may fall:
	69	For nane wat in how litill spas
	70	That God umquhile will send gras.
	71	Had tha fled and thar wais gane,
	72	Thar fais swith the toun had tane:
	73	Tharfor men that warrayand war
	74	Suld set thar etling evir mar
	75	To stand agane thar fais micht
	76	Umquhile with strinth, and quhile with slicht,
	77	And ay think to cum to purpos:
	78	And, gif that tham war set in chos
	79	To de or to lif cowardly,
	80	Tha suld erar de chevelrously.’





XXII.		Pages 57 to 58, Section 22

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57	1	Thus gat tham confortit the king,
	2	And to confort tham can inbring
	3	Ald storyis of men that wer
	4	Set intill hard assais ser,
	5	And that fortoun contraryit fast,
	6	And cum to purpose at the last.
	7	Tharfor he said, ‘that tha that wald
	8	Thar hartis undiscumfit hald
	9	Suld ay think ententely to bring
	10	All thar empris to gud ending,
	11	As quhile did Cesar the worthy
	12	That travalit ay sa besaly
	13	With all his micht following to mak
	14	To end the purpose that he wald tak,
	15	That him thocht he had done richt nocht
	16	Ay quhile to do him lefit ocht:
	17	For thi gret thingis eschevit he,
	18	As men may in his story se;
	19	Men may se be his ithand will,
	20	And it suld als accord to skill,
	21	That quha tais prupos sekirly,
	22	And folowis it syn ententely
	23	Forout fantis or yhet fanding,
	24	Withthi it be conabill thing,
	25	Bot he the mar be unhappy,
	26	He sall eschef it in party,
58	27	And, haf he lifdais, wele may fall
	28	That he sall eschef it all.
	29	Forthi suld nane haf disparing 
	30	For till eschef ane full gret thing,
	31	For, gif it fall he tharof falyhe,
	32	The falt may be in his travalyhe.'

XXIII.		Pages 58 to 60, Section 23
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58	1	He prechit tham on this maner,
	2	And fenyheit to mak bettir cher
	3	Than he had matir to be fer,
	4	For his caus yhed fra ill to wer.
	5	Tha war ay in sa hard travale
	6	Quhill the ladyis began to fale
	7	That micht the travale dre na mar;
	8	Sa did othir als that thar war;
	9	The erl Johne was ane of tha
	10	Of Adell, that quhen he saw sua
	11	The king be discumfit twis,
	12	And sa fele folk agane him ris,
	13	And lif in sic travale and dout,
	14	His hart began to fail all out,
	15	And to the king apon ane day
	16	He said, ‘Gif I durst to yhou say,
	17	We lif into sa mekill dred,
	18	And hafis oft sis of met sic ned,
59	19	And is ay in sic travelling
	20	With cald and hungir and waking,
	21	That I am sad of my selvin sa
	22	That I count nocht my lif ane stra.
	23	Thir angris may I na mar dre,
	24	For, thouch me tharfor worthit de,
	25	I mon sojorn quharevir it be:
	26	Lefis me tharfor per cherite.’
	27	The king saw that he sa was falit,
	28	And that he ek was fortravalit,
	29	He said, ‘Schir erl, we sall sone se
	30	And ordane how it best may be.
	31	Quharevir yhe be, our Lord yhou send
	32	Gras fra yhour fais yhou to defend.’
	33	With that in hy to him callit he
	34	Tham that till him war mast preve:
	35	Than emang tham tha thocht it best
	36	And ordanit for the liklyest,
	37	That the quene and the erl alsua
	38	And the ladyis in hy suld ga
	39	With Nele the Brus to Kildrumy,
	40	For tham thocht tha micht sekirly
	41	Duell thar quhile tha war vittalit wele,
	42	For sa stalward was the castele
	43	That it with strinth war hard to get
	44	Quhile that tharin war men and met.
	45	As tha ordanit that did in hy:
	46	The quene and all her cumpany
	47	Lap on thar hors and furth tha far.
	48	Men micht haf sene quha had bene thar
60	49	At lef-taking the ladyis gret
	50	And mak thar fas with teris wet,
	51	And knichtis for thar lufis sak
	52	Bath sich and wep and murning mak:
	53	Tha kissit thar lufis at thar parting.
	54	The king umbethocht him of ane thing,
	55	The he fra thine on fut wald ga
	56	And tak on fut bath wele and wa,
	57	And wald na horsmen with him haf:
	58	Tharfor his hors all hale he gaf
	59	To the ladyis that mistir had.
	60	The quene furth on hir wais rad
	61	And safly cum to the castele,
	62	Quhar hir folk war resavit wele
	63	And esit wele with met and drink:
	64	Bot micht nane es let hir to think 
	65	On the king that was sa sar stad 
	66	That bot twa hundreth with him had.
	67	The quhethir tham wele confort he ay:
	68	God help him that all michtis may. 


XXIV.		Pages 60 to 64, Section 24
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60	1	The quene duelt thus in Kildrumy,
	2	And the king and his cumpany,
	3	That war thwa hundreth and na ma,
	4	Fra tha had send thar hors tham fra
61	5	Wanderit emang the he mountanis,
	6	Quhar he and his oft tholit panis;
	7	For it was to the wintir ner,
	8	And sa fele fais about him wer
	9	That all the cuntre tham warrait:
	10	Sa hard anoy tham than assait
	11	Of hungir, cald, and schouris snell
	12	That nane that lifis can wele it tell.
	13	The king saw how his folk was stad,
	14	And quhat anoyis that tha had,
	15	And saw wintir was cumand ner,
	16	And that he micht on na wis der
	17	In the hillis the cald lying,
	18	Na the lang nichtis waking.
	19	He thocht he to Kintyr wald ga,
	20	And sa lang sojorning thar ma
	21	Quhill wintir weddir war away,
	22	And than he thocht but mar delay
	23	Into the manland till arif
	24	And to the end his werdis drif:
	25	And, for Kintyr lyis in the se,
	26	Schir Nele Cambell befor send he
	27	For to get him navyn and met,
	28	And certane tym till him he set
	29	Quhen he suld met him at the se.
	30	Schir Nele Cambell with his menyhe
	31	Went his way but mar letting,
	32	And left his brothir with the king,
	33	And in tuelf dais sa travalit he
	34	That he gat schippyn gud plente
62	35	And vittalis in gret aboundans:
	36	Sa mad he nobill chevisans,
	37	For his sibmen wonnit tharby
	38	That helpit him full wilfully.
	39	The king, eftir that he was gane,
	40	To Lochlomond the way has tane,
	41	And cum thar on the thrid day,
	42	Bot tharabout na bat fand tha
	43	That micht tham our the watir ber.
	44	Than war tha wa on gret maner,
	45	For it was fer about to ga,
	46	And tha war into dout alsua
	47	To met thar fais that spred war wid,
	48	Tharfor endland the lochis sid
	49	Sa besaly tha socht and fast
	50	Quhill James of Douglas at the last 
	51	Fand ane litill sonkin bat
	52	And to the land it drew fut hat:
	53	Bot it sa litill was that it
	54	Micht our the watir bot thresum flit.
	55	Tha send tharof word to the king
	56	That was joyfull of that finding,
	57	And first into the bat is gane,
	58	With him Douglas: the thrid was ane 
	59	That rowit tham our deliverly
	60	And set tham on the land all dry,
	61	And rowit sa oftsis to and fra,
	62	Fechand ay our twa and twa,
	63	That in a nicht and in a day
	65	Cumin out our the loch ar tha:
63	65	For sum of tham couth swym full wele
	66	And on his bak ber ane fardele:
	67	Sa with swymming and with rowing
	68	Tha brocht tham our land and all thar thing.
	69	The king the quhilkis meraly
	70	Red to tham that war him by
	71	Romanis of worthy Ferambras
	72	That worthely ourcomin was
	73	Throu the richt douchty Oliver:
	74	And how the Dukperis wer
	75	Assegit intill Egrymor,
	76	Quhat king Lawyne lay tham befor
	77	With ma thousandis then I can say,
	78	And bot elevin within war tha
	79	And a woman, and war sa stad
	80	That tha na met thar within had
	81	Bot as tha fra thar fais wan:
	82	Yhet sa contenit tha tham than
	83	That tha the toun held manlely
	84	Quhill that Richard of Normundy
	85	Magre his fais warnit the king
	86	That was joyfull of this tithing,
	87	For he wend tha had all been slane:
	98	Tharfor he turnit in hy agane,
	89	And wan Mantrybill, and passit Flagot,
	90	And syn Lawyne and all his flot
	91	Dispitwisly discumfit he,
	92	And deliverit his men all fre,
	93	And wan the nalis and the sper
	94	And the croun that Jhesu couth ber,
64	95	And of the cros ane gret party
	96	He wan throu his chevelry.
	97	The gud king apon this maner
	98	Confort tham that war him ner,
	99	And mad tham gamyn and solas
	100	Quhill that his folk all passit was.




XXV. 	Pages 64-67, Section 25
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64	1	Quhen tha war passit the watir brad,
	2	Suppos tha fele of fais had,
	3	Tha mad tham mery and war blith,
	4	Nocht forthi full fele sith
	5	Tha had full gret defalt of met,
	6	And tharfor venesoun to get
	7	In twa partyis ar tha gane;
	8	The king himself was intill ane,
	9	And Schir James of Douglas
	10	Into the tothir party was.
	11	Than to the hicht tha held thar way,
	12	And huntit lang quhile of the day,
	13	And socht schawis and setis set,
	14	Bot tha gat litill for till et.
	15	Than hapnit at that tym percas
	16	That the erl of Levenax was
	17	Emang the hillis ner tharby,
	18	And, quhen he herd sa blaw and cry,
65	19	He had wondir quhat it micht be,
	20	And on sic maner spyrit he
	21	That he knew that it was the king,
	22	And than forouten mar duelling
	23	With all them of his cumpany
	24	He went richt to the king in hy
	25	Sa blith and sa joyfull that he
	26	Micht on na maner blithar be;
	27	For he the king wend had bene ded,
	28	And he was alsua will of red
	29	That he durst nocht rest into na plas,
	30	Na, sen the king discumfit was
	31	At Meffen, he herd nevir thing
	32	That evir was certane of the king.
	33	Tharfor into full gret dante
	34	The king full humilly halsit he,
	35	And he him welcumit richt blithly,
	36	And askit him full tendirly,
	37	And all the lordis that war thar
	38	Richt joyfull of thar meting war,
	39	And kissit him in gret dante.
	40	It was gret pite for to se
	41	How tha for joy and pite gret
	42	Quhen that tha with thar falow met
	43	That tha wend had bene ded, forthi
	44	Tha welcumit him mar hartfully,
	45	And he for pite gret agane
	46	That nevir of meting was sa fane.
	47	Thouch I say that tha gret, suthly
	48	It was na greting propirly:
66	49	For I trow trastly that greting
	50	Cumis to men for mislinking,
	51	And that nane may but angir gret
	52	Bot it be wemen that can wet
	53	Thar chekis quhenevir tham list with teris,
	54	The quhethir wele oft tham nathing deris.
	55	Bot I wat wele but lesing,
	56	Quhatevir men say of sic greting,
	57	that mekill joy or yhet pite 
	58	May ger men sa amovit be
	59	That watir fra the hart will ris
	60	And wet the ene on sic awis
	61	That is lik to be greting,
	62	Thouch it be nocht sa in all thing:
	63	For, quhen men gretis enkirly,
	64	The hart is sorowfull or angry,
	65	Bot for pite, I trow, greting
	66	Be nathing bot ane opinning
	67	Of hart that schawis the tendirnis
	68	Of rewth that in it closit is.
	69	The barounis apon this maner
	70	Throu Goddis gras assemblit wer.
	71	The erl had met, and that plente,
	72	And with glad hart it tham gaf he,
	73	And tha et it with full gud will
	74	That socht nane othir sals thartill
	75	Bot appetit that oft men takis,
	76	For richt wele scourit war thar stomakis.
	77	Tha et and drank sic as tha had,
	78	And till our Lord syn lufing mad
67	79	And thankit him with full gud cher
	80	That tha war met on that maner.
	81	The king than at tham sperit yharn
	82	How tha sen he tham sene had farn:
	83	And tha full pitwisly can tell
	84	Aventuris that tham befell
	85	And gret anoyis and pouerte.
	86	The king tharat had gret pite,
	87	And tald tham pitwisly agane
	88	The noy, the travale, and the pane
	89	That he had tholit sen he tham saw.
	90	Was nane emang tham he na law
	91	That he ne had pite and plesans
	92	Quhen that he herd mak remembrans
	93	Of the perillis that passit war:
	94	For, quhen men ocht at liking ar,
	95	To tell of panis passit by
	96	Plesis to hering pitwisly,
	97	And to rehers thar ald dises
	98	Dois tham oftsis confort and es,
	99	Withthi tharto folow na blam,
	100	Dishonour, wikkitnes, na scham. 


XXVI. 	Pages 67-70, Section 26
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67	1	Eftir the met sone ras the king
	2	Quhen he had levit his spering,
68	3	And buskit him with his menyhe,
	4	And went in hy toward the se,
	5	Quhar Schir Nele Cambell tham met
	6	Bath with schippis and wit me,
	7	Salis, aris, and othir thing
	8	That was spedfull to thar passing.
	9	Than schippit tha forouten mar,
	10	Sum went to ster and sum till ar,
	11	And rowit by the Ile of Brut:
	12	Men micht se mony frely fut
	13	About the cost thar lukand,
	14	As tha on aris ras rowand.
	15	And nefis that stalward war and squar
	16	That wont to span gret speris war
	17	Sa spanit aris that men micht se
	18	Full oft the hid lef on the tre:
	19	For all war doand, knicht and knaf,
	20	Was nane that evir disport micht haf
	21	Fra stering and fra rowing
	22	To furthir tham of thar fleting.
	23	Bot in the samin tym that tha
	24	War in schipping, as yhe herd me say,
	25	The erl of the Levenax was,
	26	I can nocht tell yhou throu quhat cas,
	27	Levit behind with his galay
	28	Quhill the king was fer on his way.
	29	Quhen that tha of his cuntre
	30	Wist that sa duelt behind was he,
	31	Be se with schippis tha him socht,
	32	And he that saw that he was nocht
69	33	Of pith to ficht with tha tratouris,
	34	And that he had na ner succouris
	35	Then the kingis flot, forthi
	36	He sped him eftir tham in hy.
	37	Bot the tratouris him folowit sa
	38	That tha wele ner him can ourta,
	39	For all the micht that he micht do
	40	Ay ner and ner tha cum him to:
	41	And, quhen he saw tha war sa ner
	42	That he micht wele thar manans her,
	43	And saw tham ner and ner cum ay,
	44	Than till his menyhe can he say,
	45	‘Bot gif we find sum sutelte,
	46	Ourtane all sone sall we be:
	47	Tharfor I red but mar letting
	48	That outakin our arming
	49	We kast our thing all in the se,
	50	And fra our schip sa lichtit be
	51	We sall sa row and sped us sa
	52	That we sall wele eschap tham fra,
	53	With that tha sall mak duelling
	54	Apon the se to tak our thing,
	55	And we sall row but resting ay
	56	Quhill we eschapit be away.’
	57	As he devisit tha haf done,
	58	And thar schip tha lichtit sone,
	59	And rowit syn with all thar micht,
	60	And scho that sa was mad licht
	61	Rakit slidand throu the se:
	62	And, quhen thar fais can tham se
70	63	Forouth tham alwais mar and mar,
	64	The thingis that thar fletand war
	65	Tha tuk, and turnit syn agane,
	66	And be that tha lesit all thar pane.





XXVII. 	Pages 70-74, Section 27

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70	1	Quhen that the erl on this maner
	2	And his menyhe eschapit wer,
	3	Eftir the king he can him hy
	4	That than with all his cumpany
	5	Into Kintyr arivit was.
	6	The erl tald him all his cas,
	7	How he was chasit on the se
	8	With tham that suld his awn be,
	9	And how he had bene tane but dout
	10	Na war it that he warpit out
	11	All that he had him licht to ma,
	12	And sa eschapit tham fra.
	13	‘Schir erl,’ said the king, ‘perfay,
	14	Sen thou eschapit is away,
	15	Of the tynsale is na plenyheing.
	16	Bot I will say the wele a thing,
	17	That thar will fall the gret foly
	18	To pas oft fra my cumpany,
	19	For fele sis quhen thou art away
	20	Thou art set intill hard assay:
71	21	Tharfor me think it best to the
	22	To hald the alwais ner by me.’
	23	‘Schir,’ said the erl, ‘it sall be sa:
	24	I sall na wis pas fer yhou fra
	25	Quhill God gif gras we be of micht
	26	Agane our fais to hald our stycht.’
	27	Angus of Ile that tym was syr
	28	And lord and ledar of Kintyr.
	29	The king richt wele resavit he,
	30	And undirtuk his man to be,
	31	And him and his on mony wis
	32	He abandonit till his servis,
	33	And for mar sekirnes gaf him syn
	34	His castell of Donavardyne
	35	To duell tharin at his liking.
	36	Full gretumly thankit him the king,
	37	And resavit his servis:
	38	Nocht forthi on mony wis
	39	He was dredand for tresoun ay,
	40	And tharfor, as I herd men say,
	41	He trastit in nane sekirly
	42	Quhill that he knew him utrely.
	43	Bot, quhat kyn dred that evir he had,
	44	Far contenans to tham he mad,
	45	And in Donavardyne dais thre
	46	Forouten mar than duellit he,
	47	Syn gert he his menyhe mak tham yhar
	48	Toward Rachryn be se to far:
	49	That is ane ile in the se,
	50	And may wele in midwart be
72	51	Betuix Kintyr and Irland,
	52	Quhar als gret stremis ar rinnand,
	53	And als peralous and mar
	54	Till oursale tham into schipfar
	55	As is the Ras of Bretanyhe
	56	Or strat of Marrok into Spanyhe.
	57	Thar schippis to the se that set,
	58	And mad redy but langar let
	59	Ankeris, rapis, bath sale and ar,
	60	And all that nedit to schipfar.
	61	Quhen tha war boun, to sale tha went,
	62	The wind was wele to thar talent:
	63	Tha rasit sale and furth tha far,
	64	And by the Mule tha passit yhar,
	65	And enterit sone into the Ras,
	66	Quhar that the stremis sa sturdy was
	67	That wafis wid that brekand war
	68	Welterit as hillis her and thar.
	69	The schippis our the wafis slad,
	70	For wind at poynt blawand tha had,
	71	Bot nocht forthi quha had thar bene
	72	Ane gret stertling he micht haf sene
	73	Of schippis, for quhilom sum wald be
	74	Richt on the wafis summite,
	75	And sum wald slid fra hicht to law
	76	Richt as tha doun till hell wald draw.
	77	Syn on the waf stert sudanly,
	78	And othir schippis that war tharby
	79	Deliverly drew to the dep.
	80	It was gret cunanes to kep
73	81	Thar takill into sic ane thrang
	82	And with sic wafis, for ay emang
	83	The wafis reft thar sicht of land
	84	Quhen tha till it was richt ner hand:
	85	And, quhen schippis war saland ner,
	86	The se wald ris on sic maner
	87	That of the afis the weltrand hicht
	88	Wald ref tham oft of thar sicht.
	89	Bot in Rachryn nocht forthi
	90	Tha arivit ilkane safly,
	91	Blith and glad that tha war sa
	92	Eschapit tha hidwis wafis fra.
	93	In Rachryn tha arivit ar,
	94	And to the land tha went but mar
	95	Armit apon thar best maner.
	96	Quhen the folk that thar wonnand wer
	97	Saw men of armis in thar cuntre
	98	Arif into sic quantite,
	99	Tha fled in hy with thar catell
	100	Toward ane richt stalward castell
	101	That in the land was ner tharby.
	102	Men micht her wemen hely cry
	103	And fle with catell her and thar:
	104	Bot the kingis folk that war
	105	Deliver of fut tham can ourhy,
	106	And tham arestit hastely,
	107	And brocht tham to the king agane,
	108	Sa that nane of tham all was slane.
	109	Than with tham tretit sa the king
	110	That tha to fulfill his yharning
74	111	Becum his men everilkane,
	112	And has him trewly undirtane
	113	That tha and tharis loud and still
	114	Suld be in all thing at his will,
	115	And, quhile him likit thar to lend,
	116	Evirilk day tha suld him send
	117	Vittalis for thre hundreth men,
	118	And tha as lord suld him ken,
	119	Bot that thar possessioun suld be
	120	For all his men thar awn fre.
	121	The cunand on this wis was mad,
	122	And on the morn but langar bad
	123	Of all Rachryn bath man and page
	124	Knelit and mad the king homage,
	125	And tharwith swour him fewte
	126	To serf him ay in lawte,
	127	And held him richt wele cunand:
	128	For, quhile he duelt into the land,
	129	Tha fand met till his cumpany,
	130	And servit him full humilly.


XXVIII. 	Pages 74-77, Section 28
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74	1	In Rachryn lef we now the king
	2	In rest forouten barganing,
	3	And of his fais ane quhile spek we
	4	That throu thar micht and thar pouste
	5	Mad sic ane persecucioun,
	6	Sa hard, sa strat, and sa feloun,
	7	On tham that till him lufand wer,
	8	Or kin or frend on ony maner,
	9	That it till her is gret pite:
	10	For tha sparit of na degre
	11	Tham that tha trowit his frend wer
	12	Nouthir of the kirk na seculer.
	13	For of Glaskow bischop Robert
	14	And Makis of Man tha stithly spert
	15	Bath in fetris and in presoun:
	16	And worthy Cristol of Setoun
	17	Into Lundon betrasit was
	18	Throu ane discipill of Judas,
	19	Maknab, ane fals tratour that ay
	20	Was of his duelling nicht and day,
	21	Quham to he mad gud cumpany.
	22	It was fer wer then tratoury
	23	For to betras sic ane persoun
	24	Sa nobill and of sic renoun.
	25	Bot tharof had he na pite:
	26	In hell condampnit mot he be!
	27	For, quhen he him betrasit had,
	28	The Inglismen richt with him rad
	29	In hy in Ingland to the king,
	30	That gert draw him and hed and hing
	31	Forouten pite or mersy.
	32	It was gret sorow sekirly
	33	That sa worthy persoun as he
	34	Suld on sic maner hangit be.
76	35	Thus gat endit his worthynes:
	36	And of Crauford als Schir Ranald wes,
	37	And Schir Brys als the Blar,
	38	Hangit intill ane bern in Ar.
	39	The quene, and als dam Marjory
	40	Hir dochtir that syn worthely
	41	Was coupillit into Goddis band
	42	With Walter Steward of Scotland,
	43	That wald on na wis langar ly
	44	In castell of Kildrumy
	45	To bid ane sege, ar ridin rath
	46	With knichtis and squyaris bath
	47	Throu Ros richt to the girth of Tane:
	48	Bot that travale tha mad in vane,
	49	For tha of Ros that wald nocht ber
	50	For tham na blam na yhet danger
	51	Out of the girth tham all has tane,
	52	And syn has send tham evirilkane
	53	Richt intill Ingland to the king,
	54	That gert draw all the men and hing,
	55	And put the ladyis in presoun,
	56	Sum into castell, sum in dongeoun.
	57	It was gret pite for till her
	58	Folk to be tribulit on this maner.

XXIX. 	Pages 77-80, Section 29
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77	1	That tym was into Kildrumy
	2	Men that wicht war and hardy,
	3	Schir Nele the Brus, I wat wele,
	4	And thar was the erl of Adell.
	5	The castell wele vittalit tha
	6	With met, and fuell can purvay,
	7	And enforsit the castell sa
	8	Tham thocht that na strinth micht it ta.
	9	And, quhen that it the king was tald
	10	Of Ingland how that schup to hald
	11	That castell, he was all angry,
	12	And callit his sone till him in hy,
	13	The eldast and aperand ar,
	14	Ane young bacheler stark and far,
	15	Schir Eduard callit of Carnavirnane ,
	16	That was the starkast man of ane
	17	That men find micht in ony cuntre,
	18	Prins of Walis that tym was he.
	19	And he gert als call erlis twa,
	20	Glousister and Herfurd war tha,
	21	And bad tham wend into Scotland,
	22	And set ane sege with stalward hand
	23	To the castell of Kildrumy,
	24	And all the haldaris halely
	25	He bad distroy without ransoun
	26	or bring tham till him in presoun.
78	27	Quhen tha the mandment all had tane,
	28	Tha assemblit ane host onane,
	29	And to the castell went in hy,
	30	And it assegit rigorously,
	31	And mony tym full hard assalit,
	32	Bot for to tak it yhet tham falit,
	33	For tha within war richt worthy
	34	And tham defendit douchtely,
	35	And ruschit thar fais oft agane,
	36	Sum was woundit and sum was slane,
	37	And mony tymis isch tha wald
	38	And bargane at the barras hald,
	39	And wound thar fais oft and sla,
	40	Suthly tha tham contenit sa
	41	That tha without disparit war
	42	And thocht in Ingland for to far,
	43	For tha sa stith saw the castele
	44	And wist that it was warnist wele,
	45	And saw the men defend tham sa
	46	That tha na hop had tham to ta.
	47	Nane had tha done all that sesoun
	48	Gif na had bene thar fals tresoun,
	49	For thar within was ane tratour,
	50	Ane fals lurdane, ane losengeour,
	51	Osbarn to nam, mad the tresoun.
	52	I wat nocht for quhat enchesoun,
	53	Na quham with he mad the covyn,
	54	Bot, as tha said that war tharin,
	55	He tuk ane cultir hat glowand
	56	That yhet was in ane fyr brinnand
79	57	And went into the mekill hall
	58	That than with corn was fillit all,
	59	And hech apon ane mow it did.
	60	Bot it full lang was nocht thar hid,
	61	For men sais that fyr na prid
	62	But discovering may na man hid:
	63	The pomp of prid ay furth schawis
	64	Or ellis the gret bost that it blawis,
	65	And thar may na man fyr sa covir
	66	Than low or rek sall it discovir.
	67	Sa fell it her, for fyr all cler
	68	Sone throu the thak-burd can aper,
	69	First as ane stern, syn as ane mone,
	70	And wele bradar thareftir sone:
	71	The fyr out syn in blesis brast,
	72	And the rek ras richt wondir fast,
	73	The fyr our all the castell spred,
	74	Thar micht na fors of men it red.
	75	Than tha within drew to the wall
	76	That at that tym was battalit all
	77	Within richt as it was without;
	78	That battaling withouten dout
	79	Savit thar lifis, for it brak
	80	Blesis that wald tham ourtak
	81	And, quhen thar fais the mischef saw,
	82	Till armis went tha in ane thraw,
	83	And assalit the castell fast
	84	Quhar tha durst cum to fyris blast:
	85	Bot tha within that mistir had
	86	Sa gret defens and worthy mad
80	87	That tha full oft thar fais rusit,
	88	For tha nakyn perill refusit,
	89	Tha travalit for to saf thar lifis,
	90	Bot werd, that to the end ay drifis
	91	The warldis thingis, sa tham travalit
	92	That tha on twa halfis war assalit,
	93	Within with fyr that tham sa brulyheit,
	94	Without with folk that tham sa tulyheit
	95	That tha brint magre tharis the yhat,
	96	Bot for the fyr that was sa hat
	97	Tha durst nocht entir sa in hy,
	98	Thar folk tharfor tha can rely
	99	And went to rest, for it was nicht,
	100	Quhill on the morn that day was licht.


XXX. 	Pages 80-86, Section 30
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80	1	At sic mischef as yhe herd say
	2	War tha within: the quhethir tha
	3	Evir tham defendit worhely
	4	And tham contenit sa manfully
	5	That tha or day throu mekill pane
	6	Had murit up tha yhat agane.
	7	Bot on the morn, quhen day was licht
	8	And sone was risin schynand bricht,
	9	Tha without in hale battale
	10	Cum purvait redy till assale.
81	11	Bot tha within, tha sa war stad
	12	That na vittale ba fuell had
	13	Quharwith tha micht the castell hald,
	14	Tretit first, and syn tham yhald
	15	To be into the kingis will
	16	That than to Scottis was full ill,
	17	And that sone eftir was wele knawin,
	18	For tha war hangit all and drawin.
	19	Quhen this cunand thus tretit wes
	20	And affermit with sekirnes,
	21	Tha tuk tham of the castell sone,
	22	And in schort tym sa has done
	23	That all ane quartir of Snawdoun 
	24	Richt to the erd tha tummillit doun,
	25	Syn toward Ingland went thar way.
	26	Bot, quhen the king Eduard herd say
	27	How Nele the Brus held Kildrumy
	28	Agane his sone sa stalwardly,
	29	He gaderit ane gret chevelry
	30	And toward Scotland went in hy.
	31	And, as into Northumbirland
	32	He was with his gret rout ridand,
	33	Ane seknes tuk him in the way
	34	And put him in sa hard assay
	35	That he micht nouthir gang na rid,
	36	Him worthit magre his abid
	37	Intill ane hamilet ner tharby,
	38	Ane litill toun and unworthy.
	39	With gret pane thiddir tha him brocht,
	40	He was sa stad that he na mocht
82	41	His aynd bot with gret panis draw,
	42	Na spek bot gif it war wele law.
	43	The quhethir he bad tha suld him say
	44	Quhat toun was that that he in lay.
	45	‘Schir’, tha said, ‘Burch in the Sand 
	46	Men callis this toun intill this land.’
	47	‘Call tha it Burch? Alas,’ said he,
	48	‘My hop is now fordone to me,
	49	For I wend nevir to thole the pane
	50	Of ded quhill I throu mekill mane
	51	The Burch of Jerusalem had tane,
	52	My lif wend I thar suld be gane,
	53	In Burch I wist wele I suld de,
	54	Bot I was nouthir wis na sle
	55	Till othir Burchis kep to ta,
	56	Now may I na wis forthir ga.’
	57	Thus plenyheit he of his foly,
	58	As he had mattir sekirly
	59	Quhen he wend to wit certante
	60	Of that that nane may certane be.
	61	The quhethir men said enclosit he had
	62	Ane spirit that him ansuer mad
	63	Of thingis that he wald inquer:
	64	Bot he was fulit forouten wer
	65	That gaf treuth till that creatur,
	66	For fendis ar of sic natur
	67	That tha to mankind has invy,
	68	For tha wat wele and witterly
	69	That tha that wele ar lifand her
	70	Sall win the segis quharof tha wer
83	71	Tumlit doun throu thar mekill prid.
	72	Quharfor oft tymis will betid
	73	That, quhen fendis distrenyheit ar
	74	For till aper and mak ansuar
	75	Throu fors of conjuracioun,
	76	That tha sa fals ar and feloun
	77	That tha mak ay thar ansuering
	78	Into doubill undirstanding
	79	To dissaf tham that will tham trow.
	80	Ensampill will I set her now
	81	Of ane wer, as I herd tell,
	82	Betuix Frans and the Flemingis fell.
	83	The erl Ferandis  modir was 
	84	Ane negramansour, and Sathanas 
	85	Scho rasit, and him askit syn
	86	Quhat suld worth of the fichtyn
	87	Betuix the Franch king and hir sone,
	88	And he, as he all tym was wone,
	89	Into dissat mad his ansuer,
	90	And said till hir thir versis her :
	91	Rex ruet in bello tumulique carebit honore
	92	Ferandus, comitissa, tuus, mea cara minerva,
	93	Parisius veniet magna comitante caterva.
	94	This was the spek he mad perfay,
	95	And is in Inglis for to say,
	96	‘The king sall fall in the fichting
	97	And sall fale honour of erding:
	98	And thy Ferand, Minerf my der,
	99	Sall richt to Paris went but wer,
84	100	Folowand him gret cumpany
	101	Of nobill men and of worthy.’
	102	This is the sentens of the saw
	103	That the Latyn can hir schaw.
	104	He callit hir his der Minerf
	105	For Minerf ay was wont to serf
	106	Him fullely at all devis,
	107	And for scho mad him the sam servis
	108	His Minerf hir callit he,
	109	And als throu his gret sutelte
	110	He callit hir der hir to dissaf,
	111	That scho the titar suld consaf
	112	Of his spek the undirstanding
	113	That plesit mast till hir liking.
	114	His doubill spek hir sa dissavit
	115	That throu gir fele the ded resavit,
	116	For she was of his ansuer blith,
	117	And till hir sone scho tald it swith,
	118	And bad him to the battale sped
	119	For he suld victor haf but dred:
	120	And he that herd hir sermoning
	121	Sped him in hy to the fichting,
	122	Quhar he discumfit was and schent,
	123	And takin and to Paris sent.
	124	Bot in the fichting nocht forthi
	125	The king throu his gret chevelry
	126	Was laid at erd and lamit bath,
	127	Bot his men horsit him wele rath.
	128	And, quhen Ferandis modir herd
	129	How hir sone in the battale ferd,
85	130	And that he sa was discumfit,
	131	Scho rasit the evill spirit als tit,
	132	and askit quhy he gabit had
	133	Of the ansuer that he hir mad:
	134	And he said that he suth said all.
	135	‘I said the that the king suld fall
	136	In the battale, and sa did he,
	137	And falis erding, as men may se,
	138	And I said that thy sone suld ga
	139	To Paris, and he did richt sa,
	140	Folowand him sic ane menyhe
	141	That nevir in his liftym he
	142	Had sic ane menyhe at his leding:
	143	Now seis thou I mad na gabing.’
	144	The wif confusit was perfay,
	145	And durst no mar ontill him say.
	146	Thusgat throu doubill undirstanding
	147	That bargane cum to sic ending
	148	That the ta-part dissavit was:
	149	Richt sagat fell it in this cas.
	150	At Jerusalem thus trowit he
	151	Gravin in the Burch to be:
	152	The quhether at Burch into the Sand
	153	He suelt richt in his awn land.
	154	And, quhen he to the ded was ner,
	155	The folk that at Kildrumy wer
	156	Cum with the presoneris that thau had tane,
	157	And syn to the king ar gane,
	158	And for to confort him tha tald
	159	How tha the castell to tham yald,
86	160	And how tha till his will war brocht
	161	To do of tham quhatevir he thocht,
	162	And askit quhat tha suld of tham do.
	163	Than lukit he awfully tham to,
	164	And said girnand, ‘Hangis and drawis.’
	165	It was gret wondir of sic sawis,
	166	That he that to the ded was ner
	167	Suld ansuer apon sic maner
	168	Forouten mening of mersy.
	169	How micht he trastly on him cry
	170	That suthfastly demis all thing
	171	To haf mersy for his crying
	172	Of him that throu his felony
	173	Into sic poynt had na mersy?
	174	His men his mandment has all done,
	175	And he deit thareftir sone,
	176	And syn was brocht to berynes;
	177	His sone syn eftir king he wes. 

XXXI.		Pages 86-88, Section 31
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86	1	To king Robert agane ga we,
	2	That in Rachryn with his menyhe
	3	Lay quhill the winter ner was gane,
	4	And of that ile his met has tane.
	5	James of Douglas was angry
	6	That tha sa lang suld idill ly,
87	7	And to Schir Robert Boyd said he,
	8	‘The pouer folk of this cuntre
	9	Ar chargit apon gret maner
	10	Of us that idill lyis her:
	11	And I her say that in Arane
	12	Intill ane stith castell of stane
	13	Ar Inglismen that with strang hand
	14	Haldis the lordschip of the land:
	15	Ga we thiddir, and wele may fall
	16	Anoy tham in sumthing we sall.’
	17	Schir Robert said, ‘I grant thartill:
	18	To ly her mar war litill skill,
	19	Tharfor till Arane pas will we,
	20	For I knaw richt wele that cuntre,
	21	And the castell alsua knaw I:
	22	We sall cum thar sa prevely
	23	That tha sall haf na persaving
	24	Na yhet witting of our cuming,
	25	And we sall ner enbuschit be
	26	Quhar we thar outcuming may se:
	27	Sa sall it on na maner fall
	28	Than scath tham on sum wis we sall.’
	29	With that tha buskit tham onane,
	30	And at the king thar lef has tane,
	31	And went furth syn apon thar way,
	32	Into Kintyr  sone cumin ar tha,
	33	Syn rowit alwais by the land
	34	Quhill that the nicht was ner at hand,
	35	Than till Arane tha went thar way,
	36	And safly thar arivit tha,
88	37	And undir ane bra thar galay dreuch,
	38	And syn it helit wele eneuch.
	39	Thar takill, aris, and thar ster
	40	Tha hid all on the sam maner,
	41	And held thar way richt in the nicht,
	42	Sa that or day was dawin licht
	43	Tha war enbuschit the castell ner
	44	Arait on thar best maner:
	45	And, thouch tha wat war and wery
	46	And for lang fasting all hungry,
	47	That thocht to hald tham all preve
	48	Quhill that tha wele thar poynt micht se.


XXXII.	Pages 88-90, Section 32
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88	1	Schir Johne the Hastingis  at that tid,
	2	With knichtis of full mekill prid
	3	And squyaris and gud yhemanry
	4	That war ane wele gret cumpany,
	5	Was in the castell of Brathwik ,
	6	And oftsis, quhen it wald him lik,
	7	He went to hunt with his menyhe,
	8	And sa the land abandonit he
	9	That nane durst warn him do his will.
	10	He was in his castell still
	11	The tym that James of Douglas,
	12	As I haf tald, enbuschit was.
89	13	Sa hapnit at that tym throu chans
	14	That with vittalis and purvians
	15	And with clething and with arming
	16	The day befor in the evinning
	17	The undir-wardane arivit was
	18	With thre batis wele ner the plas
	19	Quhar that the folk I spak of ar
	20	Prevely enbuschit war.
	21	Sone fra the batis saw tha ga
	22	Of Inglismen thretty and ma,
	23	Chargit all with sindry thing,
	24	Sum bar wyn and sum arming,
	25	The remanand all chargit wer
	26	With thingis on sindry maner,
	27	And othir sindry yhed tham by
	28	As tha war masteris idilly.
	29	Tha that enbuschit war tham saw,
	30	And forouten dred or aw
	31	Thar buschement apon tham brak,
	32	And slew all that tha micht ourtak.
	33	The cry ras hidwisly and he,
	34	For tha that dredand war to de
	35	Richt as bestis can rar and cry,
	36	And tha slew fast without mersy,
	37	Sa that into the samin sted
	38	Wele ner to fourty thar war ded.
	39	Quhen tha that in the castell war
	40	Herd the folk sa cry and rar,
	41	Tha ischit furth to the fichting:
	42	Bot, quhen Douglas saw thar cuming,
90	43	His men till him he can rely,
	44	And went to met tham hastely.
	45	And, quhen tha of the castell saw
	46	Him cum on tham forouten aw,
	47	Tha fled forouten mar debat,
	48	And tha tham folowit to the yhat,
	49	And slew of tham as tha in past;
	50	Bot tha thar yhat barrit sa fast
	51	That tha micht do at tham na mar,
	52	Tharfor tha left tham ilkane thar,
	53	And turnit to the se agane
	54	Quhar that the men war forow slane.
	55	And, quhen tha that war in the batis
	56	Saw thar cuming, and wist howgatis
	57	Tha had discumfit thar menyhe,
	58	In hy tha put tham to the se
	59	And rowit fast with all thar mane,
	60	Bot the wind was tham agane
	61	That sa he gert the land-brist ris
	62	That tha micht weld the se na wis,
	63	Na tha durst nocht cum to the land,
	64	Bot held tham thar sa lang hobland
	65	That of thre batis drounit twa.
	66	And, quhen Douglas saw it was sa,
	67	He tuk the arming and the clething,
	68	Vittalis, wyn, and othir thing
	69	That tha found thar, and held thar way
	70	Richt glad and joyfull of thar pray.


XXXIII.	Pages 91-93, Section 33
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91	1	On this wis James of Douglas
	2	And his menyhe throu Goddis gras
	3	War wele releyit with arming,
	4	With vittale als and with clething,
	5	Syn till ane strat tha held thar way,
	6	And tham full manly governit ay
	7	Quhill on the tend day that the king
	8	With all that war in his leding
	9	Arivit into that cuntre.
	10	With thretty small galais and thre 
	11	The king arrivit in Arane,
	12	And syn to the land is gane,
	13	And in ane toun tuk his herbry,
	14	And sperit syn full specialy
	15	Gif ony man couth tell tithand
	16	Of ony strange men in that land.
	17	‘Yha,’ said ane woman, ‘schir, perfay,
	18	Of strange men I can yhou say
	19	That ar cumin in this cuntre,
	20	And schort quhile sen throu thar bounte
	21	Tha haf discumfit our wardane
	22	And mony of his folk has slane,
	23	And till ane stalward plas herby
	24	Reparis all thar cumpany.’
	25	‘Dam,’ said the king, ‘wald thou me wis
	26	To that plas quhar thar repar is,
92	27	I wald reward the but lesing,
	28	For tha ar all of my duelling,
	29	And I richt blithly wald tham se,
	30	And richt sa trow I tha wald me.’
	31	‘Yha,’ said scho, ‘schir, I will blithly
	32	Ga with yhou and yhour cumpany
	33	Quhill that I schaw yhou thar repar.’
	34	‘That is eneuch, my sistir far:
	35	Now ga we furthwardis,’ said the king.
	36	Than went tha furth but mar letting
	37	Folowand her as scho tham led
	38	Quhill at the last scho schawit ane sted
	39	To the king in ane woddy glen,
	40	And said, ‘Schir, her I saw the men
	41	That yhe sper eftir mak luging,
	42	Her trow I be thar reparing.’
	43	The king than blew his horn in hy,
	44	And gert the men that war him by
	45	Hald tham all still and all preve,
	46	And syn agane his horn blew he.
	47	James of Douglas herd him blaw,
	48	And he the blast all sone can knaw,
	49	And said, ‘Suthly yhon is the king,
	50	I knaw lang quhile sen his blawing.’
	51	The thrid tym tharwithall he blew,
	52	And syn Schir Robert Boyd it knew,
	53	And said, ‘Yhon is the king but dred,
	54	Ga we furth till him bettir sped.’
	55	Than went tha to the king in hy,
	56	And him salusit full curtasly,
93	57	And blithly welcumit tham the king
	58	That joyfull was of thar meting,
	59	And kissit tham, and sperit syn
	60	How tha had farn in thar huntyn:
	61	And tha him tald all but lesing,
	62	Syn lufit tha God of thar meting,
	63	Syn with the king till his herbry
	64	Tha went bath joyfull and joly.





XXXIV.	Pages 93-95, Section 34
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93	1	The king apon the tothir day
	2	Can till his preve menyhe say,
	3	‘Yhe knaw all wele and wele may se
	4	How we ar out of our cuntre
	5	Banist throu Inglismenis micht,
	6	And it that ouris suld be of richt
	7	Throu thar mastris tha occupy,
	8	And wald alsua without mersy,
	9	Gif tha had micht, distroy us all. 
	10	Bot God forbed that it suld fall
	11	Till us as tha mak manasing,
	12	For than war thar na recovering.
	13	And manhed biddis us that we
	14	To procur vengeans besy be,
	15	And yhe may se we haf thre thingis
	16	That makis us amonestingis
94	17	For to be worthy, wis, and wicht,
	18	And till anoy tham at our micht.
	19	Ane is our lifis savite
	20	That suld on na wis savit be
	21	Gif tha had us at thar liking.
	22	The tothir that makis us egging
	23	Is that tha our possessioun
	24	Haldis with strinth agane resoun.
	25	The thrid is the joy we abid
	26	Gif that it hapin, as wele may tid,
	27	That we haf victor and mastry
	28	Till ourcum thar felony.
	29	Tharfor we suld our hartis ras
	30	Sa that na mischef us abas,
	31	And schap alwais to that ending
	32	That beris mensk and ek lufing:
	33	And tharfor, lordingis, gif yhe se 
	34	Emang yhou that it spedfull be,
	35	I will send ane man in Carrik
	36	To spy and sper how the kinrik
	37	Is led, or quha is frend or fa:
	38	And, gif he seis we land may ta,
	39	On Turnberyis  nuk he may
	40	Mak ane fyr on ane certane day,
	41	And mak takning till us that we
	42	May thar arif in savite,
	43	And, gif he seis we may nocht sa,
	44	Luk on na wis the fyr he ma:
	45	Sa may we tharthrou haf witting
	46	Of our passage or our duelling.’
95	47	To this spek all assentit ar,
	48	And than the king withouten mar
	49	Callit till him ane that was preve
	50	And born of Carrik his cuntre,
	51	And chargit him in les and mar
	52	As yhe herd me devis it ar,
	53	And set him certane day to ma
	54	The fyr, gif he saw it war sa
	55	That tha had possibilite
	56	To mantem wer in that cuntre.
	57	And he that was richt wele in will
	58	His lordis yharning to fulfill,
	59	As he that worthy was and lele
	60	And couth secretis richt wele concele,
	61	Said he was boun intill all thing
	62	For to fulfill his comanding,
	63	And said he suld do sa wisly
	64	That na repruf suld eftir ly:
	65	Syn at the king his lef has tane
	66	And furth apon his way is gane.

XXXV.	Pages 95-96, Section 35
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95	1	Now gais the messinger his way
	2	That hat Cuthbert, as I herd say.
	3	In Carrik sone arivit he
	4	And passit throu all the cuntre:
96	5	Bot he fand few tharin, perfay,
	6	That gud wald of his mastir say,
	7	For fele of tham durst nocht for dred,
	8	And othir sum richt into ded
	9	War fais to the nobill king
	10	That rewit syn thar barganing.
	11	Bath he and law the land was then
	12	All occupyit with Inglismen
	13	That dispitit atour all thing
	14	Robert the Brus the douchty king.
	15	Carrik was gifin than halely
	16	To Schir Henry the lord Persy
	17	That in Turnberyis castell then
	18	Was with wele ner thre hundreth men,
	19	And dantit sagat all the land
	20	That all was till him obesand.
	21	This Cuthbert saw thar felony,
	22	And saw the folk sa halely
	23	Be worthin Inglis, rich and pouer,
	24	That he to nane durst him discouer,
	25	But thocht to lef the fyr unmad,
	26	Syn till his mastir to wend but bad,
	27	And all thar covyn till him tell
	28	That was sa angry and sa fell.


XXXVI.	Pages 97-102, Section 36
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97	1	The king that intill Arane lay,
	2	Quhen that cumin was the day
	3	That he set till his messinger,
	4	As I devisit yhou lang er,
	5	Eftir the fyr he lukit fast,
	6	And als sone as the none was past
	7	Him thocht wele that he saw ane fyr
	8	By Turnbery brinnand wele schyr,
	9	And till his menyhe can it shaw.
	10	Ilk man thocht wele that he it saw,
	11	Than with blith hart the folk can cry,
	12	‘Gud king, sped yhou deliverly,
	13	Sa that wesone in the evinning
	14	Arif withouten persaving.’
	15	‘I grant,’ said he, ‘now mak yhou yhar:
	16	God furthir us intill our far.’
	17	Than in short tym men micht tham se
	18	Schut all thar galais to the se,
	19	And ber to se bath ar and ster
	20	And other thingis that mistir wer.
	21	And, as the king apon the land
	22	Was gangand up and doun bidand
	23	Quhill that his menyhe redy war,
	24	His hostes cum richt till him thar,
	25	And, quhen that scho him halsit had,
	26	Ane preve spek till him scho mad,
	27	And said, ‘Ta gud tent to my saw,
98	28	For or yhe pas I sall yhou schaw
	29	Of your fortoun ane gret party,
	30	And atour all thing specialy
	31	Ane witting her I sall yhou ma
	32	Quhat end that sall your purpos ta:
	33	For in this warld is nane trewly
	34	Wat thingis to cum sa wele as I.
	35	Yhe pas now furth with yhour wagis
	36	To venge the harm and the outragis
	37	That Inglismen has to yhou done,
	38	Bot yhe wat nocht quhat kyn fortoun
	39	Yhe mon dre in yhour warraying.
	40	Bot wit yhe wele without lesing,
	41	That fra yhe now haf takin land
	42	Thar sall na micht na strinth of hand
	43	Ger yhou furth pas of this cuntre
	44	Quhill all to yhou abandonit be.
	45	Within schort tym yhe sall be king
	46	And haf the land at yhour liking
	47	And ourcum yhour fais all,
	48	Bot fele anoyis thole yhe sall
	49	Or that yhour purpos end haf tane,
	50	Bot yhe sall tham ourdrif ilkane.
	51	And, that yhe trow this sekirly,
	52	My twa sonnis with yhou sall I,
	53	Send to tak with yhou travale
	54	For I wat wele tha sall nocht fale
	55	To be rewardit wele at richt
	56	Quhen yhe ar heit onto yhour hicht’.
99	57	The king that herd all hir carping
	58	Than thankit hir in mekill thing
	59	For scho him confortit sumdele.
	60	The quhethir he trowit nocht full wele
	61	Hir spek, for he had gret ferly
	62	How scho suld wit it sekirly:
	63	As it was wondirfull perfay
	64	How ony man throu sciens may
	65	Knaw the thingis that ar to cum
	66	Determinabilly all or sum,
	67	Bot gif that he inspyrit war
	68	Of him that all thing evirmar
	69	Seis in his presciens
	70	As it war ay in his presens,
	71	As David was, and Jeremy,
	72	Samuell, Joell, and Ysay,
	73	That throu his haly gras can tell
	74	Fele thingis that eftirward befell.
	75	Bot tha prophetis sa thin ar sawin
	76	That thar in erd now nane is knawin,
	77	Bot fele folk are sa curious
	78	And to wit thingis sa covatous
	79	That tha throu thar gret clergy
	80	Or ellis throu thar devilry
	81	Of thir twyn maneris makis fanding
	82	Of thingis to cum to haf knawing.
	83	Ane of tham is astrology,
	84	Quharthrou clerkis that ar witty
	85	May knaw conjunctioun of planetis,
	86	And quhethir that thar cours tham setis
100	87	In soft segis or in angry,
	88	And of the hevin all halely
	89	How that the disposicioun 
	90	Suld apon thingis wirk her doun
	91	On regiounis or on elimentis
	92	That wirkis nocht ay quhar ane gat is,
	93	Bot sum ar les, sum othir mar,
	94	Eftir as thar bemis strekit ar
	95	Outhir all evin or on wry.
	96	Bot me think it war gret mastry
	97	Till ony astrolog to say
	98	This sall fall her and on this day:
	99	For, thouch ane man his lif haly
	100	Studyit in astrology
	101	That on the sternis his hed he brak,
	102	Wis men sais he suld nocht mak
	103	His liftym certane dais thre,
	104	And yhet suld he ay dout quhill he
	105	Saw how it cum till ending:
	106	Than is thar na certane deming.
	107	Or, gif tha men that will study
	108	In the craft of astrology
	109	Knew all menis nacioun
	110	And als the constellacioun
	11	That kindly maneris gifis tham till
	112	For till inclyn to gud or ill,
	113	How that tha throu craft of clergy
	114	Or throu slicht of astrology
	115	Couth tell quhat kyn perill aperis
	116	To tham that haldis kindly maneris,
101	117	I trow that tha suld fale to say
	118	The thingis that tham hapin may.
	119	For, quhethir sa man inclynit be
	120	To vertu or to mavite,
	121	He may richt wele refrenyhe his will
	122	Outhir throu nurtur or throu skill,
	123	And to the contrar turn him all:
	124	And men has mony tymis sene fall
	125	That men kindly till evill gifin
	126	Throu thar gret wit away has drifin
	127	Thar evill, and worthin of gret renoun
	128	Magre the constellacioun:
	129	As Arestotill: gif, as men redis,
	130	He had folowit his kindly dedis,
	131	He had bene fals and covatous,
	132	Bot his wit mad him vertuous.
	133	And sen men may on this kyn wis
	134	Wirk agane that cours that is
	135	Principall caus of thar deming,
	136	Methink thar dom na certane thing.
	137	Nigromansy the tothir is,
	138	That kennis men on sindry wis
	139	Throu stalward conjuraciounis
	140	And throu exorcizaciounis
	141	To ger spiritis to tham aper
	142	And gif ansuer on ser maner:
	143	As quhilom did the Phitones
	144	That, quhen Saull abasit wes
	145	Of the Philistianis micht,
	146	Rasit throu hir mekill micht
102	147	Samuellis spirit als tit,
	148	Or in his sted the evill spirit
	149	That gaf richt grath ansuer hir to,
	150	Bot of hirself richt nocht wist scho.
	151	And man is into dreding ay
	152	Of thingis that he has herd say,
	153	And namly of thingis to cum, quhill he
	154	Haf of the end the certante.
	155	And, sen tha ar in sic wening
	156	Forouten certante of witting,
	157	Methink quha sais he knawis thingis
	158	To cum, he makis gret gabingis.
	159	Bot, quhethir scho that tald the king
	160	How his purpos suld tak ending
	161	Wenit or wist it witterly,
	162	It fell eftir all halely
	163	As scho said, for syn king was he
	164	And of full mekill renoune.




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XXXVII.	Pages 102-107, Section 37
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102	1	This was in ver, quhen wintir tid
	2	With his blastis hidwis to bid
	3	Was our-drifin, and birdis smale,
	4	As thristill and the nichtingale,
	5	Begouth richt meraly to sing,
	6	And for to mak in thar singing
103	7	Sindry notis and soundis ser
	8	And melody plesand to her:
	9	And the treis begouth to ma
	10	Burgeonis and bricht blumis alsua
	11	To win the heling of thar hed
	12	That wikkit wintir had tham reved,
	13	And all grevis begouth to spring.
	14	Into that time the nobill king
	15	With his flot and ane few menyhe,
	16	Thre hundreth I trow tha micht wele be,
	17	Is to the se furth of Arane
	18	Ane litill forow the evin gane.
	19	Tha rowit fast with all thar micht
	20	Quhill that apon tham fell the nicht,
	21	That wox mirk apon gret maner
	22	Sa that tha wist nocht quhar tha wer,
	23	For tha na nedill had na stane,
	24	Bot rowit alwais intill ane,
	25	Sterand alwais apon the fyr
	26	That tha saw brinnand licht and schyr.
	27	It was bot aventur that tham led,
	28	And tha in schort tym sa tham sped
	29	That at the fyr arivit tha
	30	And went to land but mar delay.
	31	And Cuthbert that has sene the fyr
	32	Was full of angir and of ire,
	33	For he durst nocht do it away,
	34	And he was also doutand ay
	35	That his lord suld pas the se;
	36	Tharfor thar cuming watit he
104	37	And met tham at thar ariving.
	38	He was wele sone brocht to the king
	39	That sperit at thim how he had done,
	40	And he with sar hart tald him sone
	41	How that he fand nane wele willand,
	42	Bot all wer fais that ever he fand,
	43	And that the lord of Persy
	44	With ner three hundreth in cumpany
	45	Was in the castell thar besid
	46	Fulfillit of dispit and prid,
	47	Bot mar than twa-part of his rout
	48	War herbryit in the toun without,
	49	‘And dispisis yhou mar, Schir king,
	50	Then men may dispis ony thing.’
	51	Than said the king in full gret ire,
	52	‘Tratour, quhy mad thou on the fyr?’
	53	‘A Schir,’ he said, ‘sa God me se,
	54	That fyr was nevir mad on for me,
	55	Na or this nicht I wist it nocht,
	56	Bot fra I wist it wele I thocht 
	57	That yhe and haly yhour menyhe
	58	In hy suld put yhou to the se,
	59	Forthi I cum to met yhou her
	60	To tell peralis that may aper.’
	61	The king was of his spek angry,
	62	And askit his preve men in hy
	63	Quhat that tham thocht was best to do.
	64	Schir Eduard ansuerit first tharto,
	65	His brothir that was sa hardy,
	66	And said, ‘I say yhou sekirly
105	67	Thar sall na peralis that may be
	68	Drif me eftsonis to the se,
	69	Myn aventur her tak will I,
	70	Quhethir it be esfull or angry.’
	71	‘Brothir,’ he said, ‘sen thou will sa,
	72	It is gud that we sammyn ta
	73	Dises or es, or pyn or play,
	74	Eftir as God will us purvay.
	75	And, sen men sais that the Persy
	76	Myn heritage will occupy,
	77	And his menyhe sa ner us lyis
	78	That us dispisis mony wis,
	79	Ga we venge sum of the dispit,
	80	And that we may haf done als tit,
	81	For tha ly trastly but dreding
	82	Of us or of our her cuming:
	83	And, thouch we slepand slew tham all,
	84	Repruf us tharof na man sall,
	85	For warrayour na fors suld ma
	86	Quhethir he micht ourcum his fa
	87	Throu strinth or throu subtilite,
	88	Bot that gud fath ay haldin be.’
	89	Quhen this was said, tha went thar way,
	90	And to the toun sone cumin ar tha
	91	Sa prevely but noys making
	92	That nane persavit thar cuming.
	93	Tha scalit throu the toun in hy,
	94	And brak up duris sturdely,
	95	And slew all that tha micht ourtak;
	96	And tha that na defens micht mak
106	97	Full pitwisly couth rar and cry;
	98	And tha slew tham dispitwisly
	99	As tha that war in full gud will
	100	To venge the angir and the ill
	101	That tha and tharis had tham wrocht;
	102	Tha with sa feloun will tham socht
	103	That tha slew tham evirilkane,
	104	Outtak Makdowall him alane
	105	That eschapit throu gret slicht
	106	And throu the mirknes of the nicht.
	107	In the castell the lord Persy
	108	Herd wele the noys and the cry,
	109	Sa did the men that within wer,
	110	And full effraitly gat thar ger,
	111	Bot of tham was nane sa hardy,
	112	That evir ischit furth to the cry.
	113	In sic effray tha bad that nicht
	114	Quhill on the morn that day was licht,
	115	And than cesit into party
	116	The noys, the slauchtir, and the cry.
	117	The king gert be departit then
	118	All hale the ref emang the men,
	119	And duellit all still thar dais thre.
	120	Sic hansell to that folk gaf he
	121	Richt in the first beginning
	122	Newly at his ariving.


XXXVIII.	Pages 107-108, Section 38
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107	1	Quhen that the king and his folk war
	2	Arivit, as I tald yhou ar,
	3	Ane quhile in Carrik lendit he
	4	To se quha frend or fa wald be.
	5	Bot he fand litill tendirnes;
	6	And nocht forthi the pepill wes
	7	Inclynit till him in party,
	8	Bot Inglismen sa angirly
	9	Led tham with danger and with aw
	10	That tha na frendschip durst him schaw.
	11	Bot ane lady of that cuntre
	12	That was till him in ner degre
	13	Of cosynage, was wondir blith
	14	Of his arrivale, and als swith
	15	Sped hir till him in full gret hy
	16	With fyften men in cumpany,
	17	And betacht tham all to the king
	18	Till help him in his warrying.
	19	And he resavit tham in dante,
	20	And hir full gretly thankit he,
	21	And sperit tithandis of the quene
	22	And of his frendis all bedene
	23	That he had left in that cuntre
	24	Quhen that he put him to the se.
	25	And scho him tald, sichand full sar
	26	How that his brothir takin war
108	27	In the castell of Kildrumy,
	28	And syn distroyit velanisly,
	29	And the earl of Adell alsua,
	30	And how the quene and othir ma
	31	That till his party war heldand
	32	War tane and led intill Ingland,
	33	And put into feloun presoun,
	34	And how that Cristol of Setoun
	35	Was slane. Gretand scho tald the king
	36	That sorowfull was of that tithing,
	37	And said, quhen he had thocht ane thraw,
	38	Thir wordis that I sall yhou schaw.
	39	‘Alas,’ he said, ‘for luf of me
	40	And for thar mekill gud lawte
	41	Tha nobill men and tha worthy
	42	Ar distroyit sa velanisly:
	43	Bot, and I lif in lege pouste,
	44	Thar ded sall richt wele vengit be.
	45	The king the quhethir of Ingland
	46	Thocht that the kinrik of Scotland
	47	Was to litill till him and me, 
	48	Tharfor I will it all myn be.
	49	Bot of gud Cristol of Setoun
	50	That was of sa nobill renoun
	51	That he suld de war gret pite
	52	Bot quhar worschip micht prufit be’

XXXIX.	Pages 109-110, Section 39
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109	1	The king thus sichand mad his mane,
	2	And the lady hir lef has tane
	3	And went ham till hir wonning,
	4	And fele sis confort scho the king
	5	Bath with silver and with met
	6	As scho into the land micht get.
	7	And he oft ryotit the land
	8	And mad all his that evir he fand,
	9	And syn he drew him till the hicht
	10	To stint bettir his fais micht.
	11	In all that tym was the Persy
	12	With ane full simpill cumpany
	13	In Turnberyis castell lyand,
	14	For the king Robert sa dredand
	15	That he durst nocht isch furth to far
	16	Fra thine to the castell of Ar 
	17	That than was full of Inglismen,
	18	Bot lay lurkand as in ane den
	19	Quhill the men of Northumbirland
	20	Suld cum armit and with strang hand
	21	To convoy him till his cuntre:
	22	For his saynd to tham send he,
	23	And tha in hy assemblit then
	24	Passand, I trow, ane thousand men,
	25	And askit avisment tham emang
	26	Quhethir that he suld duell or gang.
110	27	Bot tha war schonand wondir sar
	28	Sa fer in Scotland for to far,
	29	For ane knicht, Schir Gawter the Lile ,
	30	Said it was all to gret perile
	31	Sa ner thir schavalduris to ga.
	32	His spek disconfort tham all sa
	33	That tha had left hale that viage,
	34	Na war ane knicht of gret curage
	35	That Schir Roger of Sanct Johne hicht,
	36	That tham confort with all his micht
	37	And sic wordis can till tham say
	38	That tha all sammyn held thar way
	39	To Turnbery, quhar the Persy
	40	Lap on and went with tham in hy
	41	Intill Ingland his castell till
	42	Without distroubilling or ony ill.



XL.	Pages 110-111, Section 40
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110	1	Now in Ingland is the Persy,
	2	Quhar he, I trow, ane quhile sall ly
	3	Or that he schap him for to far
	4	To warray Carrik ony mar:
	5	For he wist that he had na richt,
	6	And als he dred the kingis micht
	7	That in Carrik was travaland
	8	Quhar the mast strinth was of the land:
111	9	Quhar James of Douglas on a day
	10	Cum to the king and can him say,
	11	‘Schir, with yhour lef I wald ga se
	12	How that tha do in my cuntre,
	13	And how my men demanit ar,
	14	For it anoyis me wondir sar
	15	That the Cliffurd sa pesabilly
	16	Brukis and haldis the senyhory
	17	That suld be myn with alkyn richt:
	18	Bot, quhile I lif and may haf micht
	19	To led ane yheman or ane swane,
	20	He sall nocht bruk it but bargane.’
	21	The king said, ‘Certis I can nocht se
	22	How that thou yhet may sekir be
	23	Into that cuntre for to far
	24	Quhar Inglismen sa michty ar,
	25	And thou wat nocht quha is thy frend.’
	26	He said, ‘Schir, nedwais I will wend
	27	And tak aventur that God will gif,
	28	Quhethir sa it be to de or lif.’
	29	The king said, ‘Sen that it is sa
	30	That thou sic yharning has to ga,
	31	Thou sall pas furth with my blissing,
	32	And, gif the hapnis ony thing
	33	That anoyus or scathfull be,
	34	I pary the sped the sone to me,
	35	And tak we sammyn quhatevir may fall.’
	36	‘I grant,’ he said, and tharwithall
	37	He loutit and his lef has tane,
	38	And is toward his cuntre gane.’


XLI.	Pages 110-114, Section 41
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112	1	Now takis James his viage
	2	Toward Douglas his heritage
	3	With twa yhemen forouten ma.
	4	That was ane simpill stuff to ta
	5	Ane land or castell to win:
	6	The quhethir he yharnit to begin
	7	To bring his purpos till ending,
	8	For gud help is in gud beginning,
	9	For gud beginning and hardy,
	10	And it be folowit wittely,
	11	May ger oftsis unlikly thing
	12	Cum to full conabill ending.
	13	Sa did it her: bot he was wis,
	14	And saw he micht on nakyn wis
	15	Warray his fais with evin micht,
	16	Tharfor he thocht to work with slicht.
	17	In Douglasdale his awn cuntre
	18	Apon ane evinning enterit he:
	19	And than ane man wonnit tharby
	20	That was of frendis richt michty,
	21	And rich of mubill and catell,
	22	And had bene till his fadir lele,
	23	And till himself in his youthed
	24	He had done mony ane thankfull ded:
	25	Thom Dikson  was his nam perfay,
	26	Till him he send, and can him pray
113	27	That he wald cum allanerly
	28	For to spek with him prevely.
	29	And he but danger till him gais:
	30	Bot fra he tald him quhat he was
	31	He gret for joy and for pite,
	32	And him richt till his hous had he,
	33	Quhar in ane chalmer prevely
	34	He held him and his cumpany
	35	That nane of him had persaving:
	36	Of met and drink and othir thing
	37	That micht tham es tha had plente.
	38	Sa wrocht he than throu sutelte
	39	That all the lele men of the land
	40	That with his fadir war duelland
	41	This gud man gert cum ane and ane
	42	And mak him manrent evirilkane,
	43	And he himself first homage mad.
	44	Douglas in hart gret blithnes had
	45	That the gud men of his cuntre
	46	Wald sagat bundin till him be.
	47	He sperit the covyn of the land,
	48	And quha the castell had in hand,
	49	And tha him tald all halely,
	50	And syn emang tham prevely
	51	Tha ordanit that he suld be
	52	In hiddillis and in prevate
	53	Quhill Palm-Sonday that was ner hand,
	54	The thrid day eftir folowand;
	55	For than the folk of the cuntre
	56	Assemblit at the kirk wald be,
114	57	And tha that in the castell wer
	58	Wald als be thar thar palmis to be
	59	As folk that had na dred of ill,
	60	For tha thocht all was at thar will.
	61	Than suld he cum with his twa men,
	62	Bot, for that men suld nocht him ken,
	63	He suld ane mantill haf, and ber
	64	Ane flaill as he ane taskar wer:
	65	Undir the mantill nocht forthi
	66	He suld be armit prevely.
	67	And, quhen the men of his cuntre
	68	That suld all boun befor him be
	69	His ensenyhe micht her him cry,
	70	Than suld tha richt enforsely
	71	Richt in middis the kirk assale
	72	The Inglismen with hard battale
	73	Sa that nane micht eschap tham fra:
	74	For tharthrou trowit that to ta
	75	The castell that besid was ner. 
	76	And, quhen this that I tell yhou her
	77	Was devisit and undirtane,
	78	Ilkane till his hous ham is gane,
	79	And held the spek in prevate
	80	Quhill the day of thar assemble.



XLII.	Pages 115-118, Section 42
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115	1	The folk apon the Sononday
	2	Held to Sanct Brydis kirk thar way,
	3	And tha that in the castell war
	4	Ischit out bath les and mar
	5	And went thar palmis for to ber,
	6	Outane ane cuk and ane porter.
	7	James of Douglas of thar cuming
	8	And quhat tha war had wittering,
	9	And sped him till the kirk in hy,
	10	Bot, or he cum, to hastely
	11	Ane of his cryit, ‘Douglas, Douglas.’
	12	Thomas Dickson, that nerast was
	13	To tham that war of the castell
	14	That war all innouth the chansell,
	15	Quhen he ‘Douglas’ sa herd cry,
	16	Drew out his suerd and folely
	17	Ruschit emang tham to and fra
	18	And ane othir forouten ma,
	19	Bot tha in hy war left lyand.
	20	With that Douglas cum richt at hand
	21	That than enforsit on tham the cry,
	22	Bot thar chansell full sturdely
	23	Tha held, and tham defendit wele
	24	Quhill of thar men war slane sumdele.
	25	Bot the Douglas sa wele him bar
	26	That all the men that with him war
116	27	Had confort of his wele-doing,
	28	And he him sparit nakyn thing,
	29	Bot prufit sa his fors in ficht
	30	That throu his worschip and his micht
	31	His men sa kenly helpit he than
	32	That tha the chansell on tham wan.
	33	Than dang tha on sa hardely
	34	That in schort tym men micht se ly
	35	The twa-part ded or than deand;
	36	The laf war sesit sone in hand
	37	Sa that of thretty lefit nane
	38	Na tha war slane ilkane or tane.
	39	James of Douglas, quhen this was done,
	40	The presoneris has tane alsone,
	41	And with tham of his cumpany
	42	Toward the castell went in hy
	43	Or ony noys or cry suld ris,
	44	And, for he wald tham sone suppris
	45	That lefit in the castell war
	46	That war bot twa forouten mar,
	47	Fif men or sex befor send he,
	48	That fand all opin the entre,
	49	And enterit, and the portar tuk
	50	Richt at the yhat, and syn the cuk.
	51	With that Douglas cum to the yhat
	52	And enterit in fourouten debat,
	53	And fand the met all redy grathit
	54	With burdis set and clathis layit.
	55	The yhatis than he gert tham sper,
	56	And sat and et at all laser,
117	57	Syn all the gudis tursit tha
	58	Tha thocht that tha micht haf away,
	59	And namly wapnis and arming,
	60	Silver tresour and ek clething.
	61	Vittalis that micht nocht tursit be
	62	On this maner distroyit he:
	63	All the vittale, outakin salt,
	64	As quhet and flour and mele and malt,
	65	In the wyn sellar gert he bring
	66	And sammyn on the flur all fling,
	67	And the presoneris that he had tane
	68	Richt tharin gert he hed ilkane,
	69	Syn of the tunnis the hedis outstrak:
	70	Ane foul melle thar can he mak,
	71	For mele and malt and blud and wyn
	72	Rann all togidder in a mellyn
	73	That was unsemly for to se:
	74	Tharfor the men of that cuntre,
	75	For sic thingis thar mellit wer,
	76	Callit it ‘the Douglas lardener.’
	77	Syn tuk he salt, as I herd tell,
	78	And ded hors, and forbid the well,
	79	And syn brint all outakin stane,
	80	And is furth with his menyhe gane
	81	Till his reset, for him thocht wele,
	82	Gif he had haldin the castele,
	83	It suld haf bene assegit rath,
	84	And that him thocht to mekill wath:
	85	For he na hop had of reskewing,
	86	And it is to peralous thing
118	87	In castell till assegit be
	88	Quhar that ane wantis of thir thre,
	89	Vittale, or men with thar arming,
	90	Or than gud hop of reskewing:
	91	And, for he dred thir thingis suld fale,
	92	He chesit furthward to travale
	93	Quhar he micht at his larges be,
	94	And sa drif furth his destane.


XLIII.	Pages 118-119, Section 43
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118	1	On this wis was the castell tane,
	2	And slane that war tharin ilkane.
	3	The Douglas syn all his menyhe
	4	Gert in ser plasis departit be:
	5	For men suld les wit quhar tha war
	6	That yhed departit her and thar.
	7	Tham that war woundit gert he ly
	8	Intill hiddillis all prevely,
	9	And gert gud lechis till tham bring
	10	Quhill that tha war intill heling:
	11	And himself with ane few meyhe,
	12	Quhile ane, quhile twa, and quhile thre,
	13	And umquhile all him alane,
	14	In hiddillis throu the land is gane.
	15	Sa dred he Inglismenis micht 
	16	That he durst nocht wele cum in sicht,
119	17	For tha that tym war all weldand
	18	As mast lordis our all the land.
	19	Bot tithandis that war scalit sone
	20	Of the ded that Douglas had done
	21	Cum to the Cliffurdis er in hy,
	22	That for his tynsale was sary,
	23	And menit his men that he had slane,
	24	And syn has till his purpose tane
	25	To big the castell up agane:
	26	Tharfor as man of mekill mane
	27	He assemblit gret cumpany,
	28	And to Douglas he went in hy,
	29	And biggit up the castell swith,
	30	And mad it richt stalward and stith,
	31	And put tharin vittalis and men:
	32	And of the Thrillwallis then
	33	He left behind him capitane,
	34	And syn in Ingland went agane.

XLIV.	Pages 119-121, Section 44
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119	1	Into Carrik yhet was the king
	2	With ane full simplill gadering:
	3	He passit nocht twa hundreth men,
	4	Bot Schir Edward his brothir then
	5	Was in Galloway wele ner tharby,
	6	With him ane othir cumpany.
120	7	Tha held the strinthis of the land,
	8	For tha durst nocht yhet tak on hand
	9	Till ourrid the land planly,
	10	For of Vallanch Schir Amery
	11	Was intill Edinburgh lyand,
	12	That yhet was wardane of the land
	13	Undirneth the Inglis king.
	14	And, quhen he herd of the cuming
	15	Of King Robert and his menyhe
	16	Into Carrik, and how that he
	17	Had slane of the Persyis men,
	18	His consale he assemblit then,
	19	And with assent of his consale
	20	He send till Ar him till assale
	21	Schir Ingeram Nell that was hardy,
	22	And with him ane gret cumpany.
	23	And, quhen Schir Ingeram cumin war thar,
	24	Him thocht nocht spedfull for to far
	25	Till assale him intill the hicht,
	26	Tharfor he thocht to wirk with slicht,
	27	And lay still in the castell than
	28	Quhill he gat spering that ane man
	29	Of Carrik, that was sle and wicht
	30	And als ane man of mekill micht
	31	As ony man of that cuntre,
	32	Was to King Robert mast preve
	33	As he that was his sibman ner,
	34	And quhen he wald forout danger
	35	Micht to the kingis presens ga.
	36	The quhethir he and his sonnis twa
121	37	War wonnand still in the cuntre
	38	For tha wald nocht persavit be
	39	That tha war speciall to the king.
	40	Tha mad him mony tym warning
	41	Quhen that tha his tynsale micht se,
	42	Forthi in tham affyit he.
	43	His nam I can nocht tell perfay,
	44	Bot I herd sinder men oft say
	45	Forsuth that his ane e was out,
	46	Bot he sa sturdy was and stout
	47	That he was the mast worthy man
	48	That in Carrik livit than.
	49	And, quhen Schir Ingeram gat witting
	50	Forsuth that this was na gabing,
	51	Eftir him in hy he sent,
	52	And he cum at his comandment.
	53	Schir Ingeram that was sle and wis
	54	Tretit with him than on sic wis
	55	That he mad sekir undirtaking
	56	In tresoun for to sla the king,
	57	And he suld haf for his servis,
	58	Gif he fulfillit thar devis,
	59	Wele fourthy pundis worth of land
	60	Till him and till his aris lestand.



XLV.	Pages 122-126, Section 45
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122	1	The tresoun thus is undirtane, 
	2	And he ham till his hous is gane,
	3	And watit oportunite
	4	For to fulfill his mavite.
	5	In gret perill than was the king
	6	That of his tresoun wist nathing,
	7	For he that he trowit mast of ane
	8	His ded falsly has undirtane,
	9	And nane may tresoun do titar than he
	10	That man introwis lawte
	11	The king in him trastit, forthi
	12	He had fulfillit his felony,
	13	Na war the king throu Goddis gras
	14	Gat hale witting of his purchas,
	15	And how and for how mekill land
	16	He tuk his slauchtir apon hand.
	17	I wat nocht quha the warning mad,
	18	Bot on all tym sic hap he had
	19	That, quhen men schup him to betras,
	20	He gat witting tharof alwais,
	21	And mony tym, as I herd say,
	22	Throu wemen that he wald with play,
	23	That wald tell all that tha micht her:
	24	And sa micht hapin that it fell her.
	25	Bot how that evir it fell, perde,
	26	I trow he sall the warrar be.
123	27	Nocht forthi this tratour ay
	28	Had in his thocht bath nicht and day
	29	How he micht best bring till ending
	30	His tresonabill undirtaking,
	31	Quhill he umbethocht him at the last
	32	And in his hart can umbecast
	33	That the king had in custum ay
	34	For to ris arly evirilk day
	35	And pas wele fer fra his menyhe
	36	Quhen he wald pas to preve,
	37	And sek ane covert him alane,
	38	Or at the mast haf with him ane.
	39	Thar thocht he with his sonnis twa
	40	For to suppris the king and sla
	41	And syn wend to the wod away:
	42	Bot yhet of purpos falit tha.
	43	And nocht forthi tha cum all thre
	44	In ane covert that was preve
	45	Quhar the king oft was wont to ga
	46	His preve nedis for to ma.
	47	Thar hid tha tham quhill his cuming,
	48	And the king into the morning
	49	Ras quhen that his liking was
	50	And richt toward that covert gais
	51	Quhar lyand war the tratouris thre
	52	For to do thar his prevate.
	53	To tresoun tuk he than ne hed,
	54	Bot he was wont quharevir he yhed
	55	His suerd about his hals to ber,
	56	And that avalit him gretly ther,
124	57	For, had nocht God all thing weldand
	58	Set help intill his awn hand,
	59	He had bene withouten dred.
	60	Ane chalmer page thar with him yhed,
	61	And sa forouten falowis ma
	62	Toward the covert can he ga.
	63	Now, bot God help the nobill king,
	64	He is nerhand till his ending,
	65	For that covert that he yhed till
	66	Was on the tothir sid of ane hill
	67	That nane of his men micht it se.
	68	Thiddirward went this page and he,
	69	And, quhen he cumin was in the schaw,
	70	He saw tha thre cum all on raw
	71	Aganis him full sturdely.
	72	Than till his boy he said in hy,
	73	‘Yhon men will sla us and tha may,
	74	Quhat wapin has thou?’ ‘A! syr, perfay,
	75	I haf ane bow bot ane ane wyr.’
	76	‘Gif me tham smertly bath.’ ‘A! syr,
	77	How gat will yhe than that I do?’
	78	‘Stand on fer and behald us to.
	79	Gif thou seis me abovin be,
	80	Thou sall haf wapnis in gret plente,
	81	And, gif I de, withdraw the sone.’
	82	With tha wordis forouten hone
	83	He tit the bow out of his hand,
	84	For the tratouris war ner cumand.
	85	The fadir had ane suerd but mar,
	86	The tothir bath suerd and hand-ax bar,
125	87	The thrid ane suerd had and ane sper.
	88	The king persavit be thar effer
	89	That all was suth men had him tald.
	90	‘Tratour,’ he said, ‘thou has me sald,
	91	Cum na forthir, bot hold the thar,
	92	I will thou cum na forthirmar.’
	93	‘A! syr, umbethink yhou,’ said he,
	94	‘How ner to yhou that I suld be,
	95	Quha suld cum ner yhou bot I?,
	96	The king said, ‘I will sekirly
	97	That thou at this tym cum nocht ner,
	98	Thou may say quhat thou will on fer.’
	99	Bot he with fals wordis flechand
	100	Was with his sonnis ay cumand.
	101	Quhen the king saw he wald nocht let,
	102	Bot ay cum on fenyheand falset,
	103	He tasit the wyr and let it fle
	104	And hit the fadir in the e
	105	Quhill it richt in the harnis ran,
	106	And he bakward fell doun richt than.
	107	The brothir that the hand-ax bar
	108	That saw his fadir lyand thar
	109	Ane gird richt to the king can mak
	110	And with the ax he him ourstrak.
	111	Bot he that had his suerd on hicht
	112	Raucht him sic rout in randoun richt
	113	That he the hed till harnis claf
	114	And him doun ded to the erd draf.
	115	The tothir brothir that bar the sper
	116	Saw brothir sa fallin ther,
126	117	And with his sper as angry man
	118	In ane ras till the king he ran,
	119	Both the king that him dred sumthing
	120	Watit the sper in the cuming
	121	And with ane wisk the hed ofstrak,
	122	And, or the tothir had tym to tak
	123	His suerd, the king sic strak him gaf
	124	That he the hed till harnis claf.
	125	He ruschit doun of blud all red,
	126	And, quhen the king saw tha war ded
	127	All thre lyand, he wipit his brand.
	128	With that his boy cum fast rinand
	129	And said, ‘Our Lord mot lufit be
	130	That grantit yhou micht and pouste
	131	To fell the felony and prid
	132	Of thir thre in sa litill tid.’
	133	The king said, ‘Sa our Lord me se,
	134	That had bene worthy men all thre
	135	Had tha nocht bene full of tresoun,
	136	Bot that mad thar confusioun.’


XLVI.	Pages 126-129, Section 46

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126	1	The king is went till his luging,
	2	And of his ded sone cum tithing
	3	To Schir Ingeram the Umphravill, 
	4	That thocht his sutelte and gile
127	5	Had all falyheit in to that plas.
	6	Tharfor anoyit sa he was
	7	That he agane to Lowdiane 
	8	To Schir Amer  his gat has tane,
	9	And till him tald all hale the cas,
	10	That tharof all forwonderit was
	11	How ony man sa sudanly
	12	Micht do sa gret ane chevelry
	13	As did the king that him alane
	14	Vengeans of thre tratouris has tane.
	15	He said, ‘Certis I may wele se
	16	That it is all gret certante
	17	That ure helpis ay hardy men,
	18	As be this ded we may wele ken.
	19	War he nocht outrageous hardy
	20	He had nocht unabasitly
	21	Sa smertly sene his avantage.
	22	I dred that his gret vassalage
	23	And his travale will bring till end
	24	It that men quhile full litill wend.’
	25	Sic speking mad he of the king
	26	That ay forouten sojorning
	27	Travalit in Carrik her and thar.
	28	His men fra him sa scalit war
	29	To purchas tham necessite
	30	And als the cintre for to se
	31	That thar left nocht with him sexty.
	32	And, quhen the Gallowais wist suthly
	33	That he was with sa few menyhe,
	34	That mad ane preve assemble
128	35	Of wele twa jundreth men and ma,
	36	And sleuth hundis with tham can tha ta,
	37	For tha thocht him for to suppris,
	38	And, gif he fled on ony wis,
	39	To folow him with the hundis sa
	40	That he suld nocht eschap tham fra.
	41	Tha schup tham in ane evinning
	42	Sudanly to suppris the king,
	43	And till him held tha straucht thar way:
	44	Bot he, that had his wachis ay
	45	On ilk sid, of thar cuming
	46	Lang or tha cum had wittering,
	47	Quhat hand how fele that tha micht be:
	48	Tharfor he thocht with his menyhe
	49	To withdraw him out of the plas
	50	For the nicht wele fallin was,
	51	And for nicht was he thocht that tha
	52	Suld nocht haf sicht to hald the way
	53	Quhill he war passit with his menyhe.
	54	And as he thocht richt sa did he,
	55	And went him doun till ane marras
	56	Our ane watir that rinand was,
	57	And in the bog he fand ane plas
	58	Wele strat, that wele twa bowdraucht was
	59	Fra tha the watir passit had.
	60	He said, ‘Her may yhe mak abad
	61	And rest yhou all ane quhile and ly.
	62	I will ga wach all prevely
	63	Gif I her ocht of thar cuming,
	64	And, gif I may her ony thing,
129	65	I sall ger warn yhou sa that we
	66	Sall ay at our avantage be.’



XLVII.	Pages 129-133, Section 47

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129	1	The king now takis his gat to ga,
	2	And with him tuk he servandis twa,
	3	And Schir Gilbert de le Hay left he
	4	Thar for to rest with his menyhe.
	5	To the watir he cum in hy
	6	And lisnit full ententely
	7	Gif he ocht herd of thar cuming,
	8	Bot yhet than micht he her nathing.
	9	Endlang the watir than yhed he
	10	On athir sid gret quantite,
	11	And saw the brais he standand,
	12	The watir holl throu slik rinand,
	13	And fand na furd that men micht pas
	14	Bot quhar himself passit was.
	15	And sa strat was the upcuming
	16	That twa men micht nocht sammyn thring
	17	Na on na maner pres than sa
	18	That tha sammyn the land micht ta.
	19	His twa men bad he than in hy
	20	Ga to thar feris to rest and ly,
	21	For he wald wach thar cum to se.
	22	‘Schir,’ said tha, ‘quha sall with yhou be?’
130	23	‘God,’ he said, ‘forouten ma;
	24	Pas on, for I will it be sa.’
	25	Tha did as he tham biddin had,
	26	And he thar all alane abad.
	27	Quhen he ane quhile had biddin thar
	28	And herbryit, he herd as it war
	29	Ane hundis quhistling apon fer
	30	That ay cum till him ner and ner.
	31	He stud still for till herkin mar,
	32	And ay the langar quhile he was thar
	33	He herd it ner and ner cumand:
	34	Bot he thar still thocht he wald stand
	35	Quhill that he herd mar takinning,
	36	For for ane hundis quhistling
	37	He wald nocht wakin his menyhe,
	38	Tharfor he wald abid and se 
	39	Quhat folk tha war, and quhethir tha
	40	Held toward him the richt way
	41	Or passit ane othir way fer by.
	42	The mone was schynand richt clerly,
	43	And sa lang stud he thar herknand
	44	Quhill that he saw cum at his hand
	45	The hale rout into full gret hy.
	46	Than he umbethocht him hastely,
	47	Gif he yhed to fech his meyhe,
	48	That or he micht reparit be
	49	Tha suld be passit the furd ilkane,
	50	And than behufit him ches ane
	51	Of thir twa, outhir to fle or de,
	52	Bot his hart that was stout and he
131	53	Consalit him alane to bid
	54	And kep them at the furdis sid
	55	And defend wele the upcuming,
	56	Sen he was warnist of arming
	57	That he thar arowis suld nocht dred,
	58	For gif he war of gret manhed,
	59	He micht stonay tham evirilkane
	60	Sen tha micht cum bot ane and ane.
	61	He did richt as his hart him bad:
	62	Stark outrageous curage he had
	63	Quhen he sa stoutly him alane
	64	For litill strinth of erd has tane
	65	To ficht with twa hundreth and ma
	66	Tharwith he to the furd can ga,
	67	And tha apon the tothir party
	68	That saw him stand thar anerly
	69	Thringand intill the watir rad,
	70	For of him litill dout tha had,
	71	And rad till him in full gret hy.
	72	He smat the first sa rigorously
	73	With his sper that richt scharply schar
	74	Quhill he doun till the erd him bar.
	75	The laf cum than in ane randoun,
	76	Bot his hors that was born doun
	77	Cummerit tham the upgang to ta,
	78	And, quhen the king saw it was a,
	79	He stekit the hors, and he can fling,
	80	And syn fell at the upcuming.
	81	The laf with that cum with ane schout,
	82	And he that stalward was and stout
132	83	Met tham richt stoutly at the bra,
	84	And sa gud payment can tham ma
	85	That fifsum in the furd he slew,
	86	The laf than sumdele tham withdrew
	87	That dred his strakis wondir sar,
	88	For he in nathing tham forbar.
	89	Than ane said, ‘Certis we ar to blam,
	90	Quhat sall we say quhen we cum ham
	91	Quhen a man fichtis aganis us all?
	92	Quha wist evir men sa fouly fall
	93	As us gif that we thusgat lef?’
	94	With that all hale ane schout tha gef
	95	And cryit, ‘On him! he may nocht last.’
	96	With that tha pressit him sa fast
	97	That, had he nocht the bettir bene,
	98	He had bene ded forouten wene,
	99	Bot he sa gret defens can mak
	100	That quhar he hit with evin strak
	101	Thar micht nathing agane it stand.
	102	In litill space he left lyand
	103	Sa fele that the upcum was then
	104	Dittit with slane hors and men
	105	Sa that his fais for that stopping
	106	Micht nocht cum to the upcuming.
	107	A! der God, quha had bene by
	108	And sene how he sa hardely
	109	Adressit him agane tham all,
	110	I wat wele that tha suld him call
	111	The best that livit intill his day,
	112	And, gif I the suth sall say,
133	113	I herd nevir in na tym gane
	114	Ane stint sa mony him alane.




XLVIII.	Pages 133-136, Section 48

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133	1	Suth is, quhen till Ethiocles 
	2	Fra his borther Polynices
	3	We send Tedeus  into message
	4	To ask haly the heritage
	5	Of Thebes till hald for a yher,
	6	For tha cumin of a birth wer,
	7	Tha straf, for athir king wald be:
	8	Bot the barnage of thar cuntre
	9	Gert tham assent on this maner,
	10	That the tane suld be king a yher, 
	11	And tha the tothir na his menyhe
	12	Suld nocht be fundin in the cuntre
	13	Quhile the first brothir ringand wer,
	14	Syn suld the tothir ring a yher,
	15	And than the first suld lef the land
	16	Quhile that the tothir war ringand:
	17	Thus ay a yher suld ring the tane,
	18	The tothir a yher fra that war gane.
	19	To ask halding of this assent
	20	Tedeus was to Thebes sent,
	21	And sa spak for Polynices
	22	That of Thebes Ethiocles
134	23	Bad his constabill with him ta
	24	Men wele armit and furth ga
	25	To met Tedeus in the way
	26	And sla him but langar delay.
	27	The constabill his way is gane,
	28	And nyn and fourty with him has tane
	29	Sa that he with tham mad fifty.
	30	Intill the evinning prevely
	31	Tha set enbuschement int he way
	32	Quhar Tedeus behufit away
	33	Betuix ane he crag and the se,
	34	And he that of thar mavite
	35	Wist nathing, he his way has tane,
	36	And toward Greece agane is gane.
	37	And, as he rad intill the nicht,
	38	Sa saw he with the monis licht
	39	Schyning of scheldis gret plente,
	40	And had wondir quhat it micht be.
	41	With that all hale tha gaf ane cry,
	42	And he, that herd sa sundaly
	43	Sic noys, sumdele affrait was,
	44	Bot in schort tym he till him tais
	45	His spiritis full hardely,
	46	For his gentill hart and worthy
	47	Assurit him intill that ned,
	48	Than with the spuris he strak his sted,
	49	And ruschit in emang tham all,
	50	The first he met he gert him fall,
	51	And syn his suerd he swappit out,
	52	And raucht about him mony ane rout,
135	53	And slew sexsum wele sone and ma,
	54	Than undir him his hors tha sla,
	55	And he fell, bot he smertly ras,
	56	And strikand roum about him mais,
	57	And slew of tham ane quantite,
	58	Bot woundit wondir sar was he.
	59	With that ane litill rod he fand
	60	Up toward the crag strekand:
	61	Thiddir went he in full gret hy,
	62	Defendand him full douchtely
	63	Quhill in the crag he clam sumdele
	64	And fand ane plas enclosit wele
	65	Quhar nane bot ane micht him assale:
	66	Thar stud he and gaf tham battale,
	67	And tha assalit evirlkane,
	68	And oft fell quhen that he slew ane,
	69	As he doun to the erd wald drif,
	70	He wald ber doun wele four or fif.
	71	Thar stud he and defendit sa
	72	Quhill he had slane tham half and ma.
	73	Ane gret stane than by him saw he
	74	That throu the gret anciente
	75	Was lousit redy for to fall,
	76	And, quhen he saw tham cumand all,
	77	He tumlit doun on tham the stane,
	78	And aucht men tharwith has he slane,
	79	And sa stonait the remanand
	80	That tha war wele ner recreand.
	81	Than wald he presoun hald na mar,
	82	Bot on tham ran with suerd all bar,
136	83	And hewit and slew with all his mane
	84	Quhill he had nyn and fourty slane.
	85	The constabill syn can he ta,
	86	And gert him swer that he suld ga
	87	To king Ethiocles and tell
	88	The aventur that tham befell.
	89	Tedeus bar him douchtely
	90	That him alane ourcum fifty.
	91	Yhe that this redis, jugis yhe
	92	Quhethir that mar suld prisit be
	93	The king that with avisment 
	94	Undirtuk sic hardyment
	95	As for to stint him ane but fer
	96	Tha folk that wele twa hundreth wer,
	97	Or Tedeus that sudanly
	98	Fra tha had rasit on him the cry
	99	Throu hardyment that he had tane
	100	Wan fifty men all him alane.
	101	Tha did thar ded bath in the nicht,
	102	And faucht bath win the monis licht,
	103	Bot the king discumfit ma,
	104	And Tedeus ma can sla.
	105	Now demis quehethir mar lufing
	106	Suld Tedeus haf or the king.




XLVIX.	Pages 137-138, Section 49

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137	1	On this maner that I haf tald
	2	The king, that stout was, stark, and bald,
	3	Was fichtand on the furdis sid,
	4	Gifand and takand routis roid,
	5	Quhill he sic martyrdom thar mad
	6	That he the furd all stoppit had
	7	That nane of tham micht till him rid.
	8	Than thocht tham foly for to bid,
	9	And halely the flicht can ta
	10	And went hamward quhar quhar tha com fra,
	11	For the kingis men with that cry
	12	Waknit, and full affraitly
	13	Com for to sek thar lord the king,
	14	The Gallowaymen herd thar cuming,
	15	And fled and durst abid na mar.
	16	The kingis men that dredand war
	17	For thar lord full spedaly
	18	Com to the furd, and sone in hy
	19	Tha fand the king sitand alane
	20	That of his basnet than had tane
	21	Till awent him, for he was hat.
	22	Than sperit tha at him of his stat,
	23	And he tald tham all hale the cas
	24	Howgat that he assalyheit was,
	25	And how that God him helpit sa
	26	That he eschapit hale tham fra.
138	27	Than lukit that how fele war ded,
	28	And tha fand lyand in that sted
	29	Fourten that slane war with his hand.
	30	Than lowit tha God fast all weldand
	31	That tha thar lord fand hale and fer,
	32	And said tha byrd on na maner
	33	Dred thar fais, sen thar chiftane
	34	Was of sic hart and of sic mane
	35	That he for tham had undirtane
	36	With sa fele for to ficht him ane. 


L.	Pages 138-140, Section 51
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138	1	Sic wordis spak that of the king,
	2	And for his he undirtaking
	3	Ferlyit and yharnit him for to se
	4	That with him ay was wont to be.
	5	A! quhat worschip is prisit thing!
	6	For it mais men to haf lowing,
	7	Gif it be folowit ithandly.
	8	Bot pris of worschip nocht forthi
	9	Is hard to win but gret travale.
	10	Oft to defend, and oft assale,
	11	And to be in thar dedis wis,
	12	Gerris men of worschip win the pris.
	13	Thar may na man haf worthyhed
	14	Bot he haf wit to ster his ded
	15	And se quhat is to lef or ta.
	16	Worschip extremiteis has twa:
	17	Fulehardyment the formast is,
	18	And the tothir is cowardis,
	19	And tha ar bath for to forsak.
	20	Fulehardyment all will undirtak
	21	Als wele thingis to lef as ta,
	22	Bot cowardis dois nathing sa,
	23	Bot utrely forsakis all:
	24	Bot that war wondir for to fall,
	25	Na war falt of discrecioun.
	26	Forthi has worschip sic renoun
	27	That it is mene betuix tha twa,
	28	And takis that is till undirta,
	29	And lefis that is to lef, for it
	30	Has sa gret warnising of wit 
	31	That it all peralis wele can se
	32	And all avantagis that may be.
	33	It wald till hardyment held haly
	34	Withthi away war the foly,
	35	For hardyment with folly is vis,
	36	Bot hardyment that mellit is
	37	With wit is worschip ay perde,
	38	For but wit worschip may nocht be.
	39	This nobill king that we of red
	40	Mellit all tym with wit manhed.
	41	That men may be this melle se:
	42	His wit him schawit the strat entre
	43	Of the furd, and of the isch alsua
	44	That, as him thocht, war hard to ta
140	45	Apon a man that war worthy,
	46	Tharfor his hardyment hastely
	47	Thocht wele it micht be undirtane
	48	Sen at anis micht assale bot ane.
	49	Thus hardyment governit with wit,
	50	That he all tym wald sammyn knit,
	51	Gert him of worschip haf the pris
	52	And oft ourcum his ennemyis.


LI.	Pages 140-143, Section 51
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140	1	The king in Carrik duelt all still,
	2	His men assemblit fast him till
	3	That in the land war travaland,
	4	Quhen tha of this ded herd tithand,
	5	For tha thar ure with him wald ta
	6	Gif he war oft assalyheit sa.
	7	Bot yhet than James of Douglas
	8	In Douglasdale travaland was,
	9	Or ellis wele nerhand tharby
	10	In hiddilis sumdele prevely,
	11	For he wald se his governing
	12	That had the castell in keping,
	13	And gert mak mony ane juperdy
	14	To se quhethir he wald isch blithly.
	15	Quhen he persavit wele that he
	16	Wald blithly isch with his menyhe,
141	17	He mad ane gadering prevely
	18	Of tham that war of his party,
	19	That war sa fele that tha durst ficht
	20	With Thrillwall  and all the micht
	21	Of tham that in the castell war.
	22	He schup him in the nicht to far
	23	To Sandylandis , and ner tharby
	24	He him enbuschit prevely,
	25	And send ane few ane trane to ma
	26	That sone in the morning can ta
	27	Catell that was the castell by,
	28	And syn withdrew tham hastely
	29	Toward tham that enbuschit war.
	30	Than Thrillwall forouten mar
	31	Gert arm his men forouten bad,
	32	And ischit with all the men he had,
	33	And folowit fast eftir the ky:
	34	He was armit at pynt clenly
	35	Outakin that his hed was bar.
	36	Than with the men that with him war
	37	The catell folowit he gud sped
	38	Richt as ane man that had na dred
	39	Quhill that he of tham gat ane sicht,
	40	Than prikit tha with all thar micht
	41	Folowand tham out of aray,
	42	And tha sped tham fleand quhill tha
	43	Fer by thar buschement all war past:
	44	And Thrillwall evir chasit on fast,
	45	And than tha that enbuschit war
	46	Ischit till him bath les and mar
142	47	And rasit sudanly the cry,
	48	And tha that saw sa sudanly
	49	That folk sa egirly cum prikand
	50	Richt betuix tham and thar warand,
	51	Tha war into full gret affray,
	52	And, for tha war out of aray,
	53	Sum of tham fled, and sum abad:
	54	And Douglas that thar with him had
	55	Ane gret menyhe full egirly
	56	Assalit and scalit tham hastely,
	57	And in schort tym cummerit tham sa
	58	That thar wele nane eschapit tham fra.
	59	Thrillwall that was thar capitane
	60	Was thar into the bargane slane,
	61	And of his men the mast party,
	62	The laf fled full affraitly.
	63	Douglas his menyhe fast can chas,
	64	And the flearis thar wais tais
	65	To the castell in full gret hy:
	66	The formast enterit spedaly,
	67	Bot the chasaris sped tham sa fast
	68	That tha ourtuk sum of the last
	69	And tham forout mersy can sla.
	70	And, quhen tha of the castell sa
	71	Saw tham sla of thar men tham by,
	72	Tha sparit the yhatis hastely
	73	And in hy to the wallis ran:
	74	James of Douglas his menyhe than
	75	Sesit wele hastely in hand
	76	That tha about the castell fand,
143	77	To thar reset syn went thar way.
	78	Thus ischit Thrillwall that day.

LII.	Pages 143-150, Section 52
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143	1	Quhen Thrillwall on this maner 
	2	Had ischit, as I tell yhou her,
	3	James of Douglas and his men
	4	Buskit tham all sammyn then
	5	And went thar way toward the king
	6	In gret hy, for tha herd tithing
	7	That of Vallanch Schir Amery ,
	8	With ane full gret chevelry
	9	Bath of Inglis and Scottis men,
	10	With gret felony war redy then
	11	Assemblit for to sek the king,
	12	That was that tym with his gadring
	13	In Cumnok quhar it stratast was.
	14	Thiddir went James of Douglas
	15	That was richt welcum to the king,
	16	And, quhen he tald had that tithing
	17	How that Schir Amer was cumand
	18	For till hunt him out of the land
	19	With hund and horn, richt as he wer
	20	Ane wolf, ane thef, or thefis fer,
	21	Than said the king, ‘It may wele fall,
	22	Thouch he cum and his power all,
144	23	We sall abid in this cuntre,
	24	And, gif he cumis, we sall him se.’
	25	The king spak apon this maner,
	26	And of Vallanch Schir Amer
	27	Assemblit ane gret cumpany
	28	Of nobill men and of worthy 
	29	Of Ingland and of Lowdiane,
	30	And he has alsua with him tane
	31	Johne of Lorne and all his micht
	32	That had of worthy men and wicht
	33	With him aucht hundreth men and ma.
	34	Ane sleuth-hund had he thar alsua
	35	Sa gud that change wald for nathing,
	36	And sum men sais yhet that the king
	37	As ane strecour him nurist had,
	38	And ay sa mekill of him mad
	39	That with his hand he wald him fed:
	40	He folowit him quharevir he yhed,
	41	Sa that the hund him lufit sa
	42	That he wald part na wis him fra.
	43	Bot how that Johne of Lorne him had
	44	I herd nevir mencioun be mad,
	45	Bot men sais it was certane thing
	46	That he had him in his sesing
	47	And throu him thocht the king to ta,
	48	For he wist he him lufit sa
	49	That fra that he micht anis fele
	50	The kingis sent he wist richt wele
	51	That he wald change it for nathing.
	52	This Johne of Lorne hatit the king
145	53	For Schir Johne Cumyn his emis sak:
	54	Micht he him outhir sla or tak,
	55	He wald nocht pris his lif ane stra
	56	Withthi he vengeans on him micht ta.
	57	The wardane than Schir Amery,
	58	With Johne of Lorne in cumpany
	59	And othir of gud renoun alsua,
	60	Thomas Randol was ane of tha,
	61	Com on Cumnok to sek the king
	62	That was wele war of thar cuming,
	63	And was up in the strinthis then
	64	And with him wele thre hundreth men:
	65	His brothir that tym with him was
	66	And alsua James of Douglas.
	67	Schir Ameryis rout he saw
	68	That held the plane ay and the law
	69	And in hale battale alwais rad.
	70	The king, that na supposing had
	71	That tha war ma then he saw thar,
	72	To tham and nouthir ellis quhar
	73	Had e, and wrocht unwittandly:
	74	For Johne of Lorne full sutelly
	75	Behind thocht to suppris the king,
	76	Tharfor with all his gadering
	77	About ane hill he held his way,
	78	And held him into covert ay
	79	Quhill he sa ner com to the king
	80	Or he persavit his cuming
	81	That he was cumin on him wele ner
	82	The tothir host and Schir Amer
146	83	Pressit on the tothir party.
	84	The king was in gret juperdy
	85	That was on athir sid umbeset
	86	With fais that to sla him thret,
	87	And the lest party of tham twa
	88	Was starkar far na he and ma.
	89	And, quhen he saw tham pres him to,
	90	He thocht in hy quhat was to do,
	91	And said, ‘Lordis, we haf na micht
	92	At this tym for to stand and ficht,
	93	Tharfor departis us in thre,
	94	All sall nocht sa assalyheit be,
	95	And in thre partis hald our way.’
	96	Syn till his consale can he say
	97	Betuix tham into prevate
	98	In quhat sted thar repar suld be.
	99	With that thar gat all ar tha gane
	100	And in thre partis thar way has tane.
	101	Than Johne of Lorne com to the plas
	102	Quharfra the king departit was,
	103	And in his tras the hund he set
	104	That than forouten langar let
	105	Held evin the way eftir the king
	106	Richt as he had of him knawing,
	107	And left the tothir partis twa
	108	As he na kep to tham wald ta.
	109	And, quhen the king saw his cuming
	110	Eftir his rout intill ane ling,
	111	He thocht he knew that it was he:
	112	Tharfor he bad till his menyhe
147	113	Yhet than in thre depart tham sone,
	114	And tha did sa forouten hone
	115	And held thar way in thre partis.
	116	The hund did than sa gret mastris
	117	That he held ay forout changing
	118	Eftir the rout quhar was the king:
	119	And, quhen the king has sene tham sa
	120	All in ane rout eftir him ga
	121	The way, and folow nocht his men,
	122	He had ane gret persaving then
	123	That tha knew him: forthi in hy
	124	He bad his men richt hastely
	125	Scale and ilkane hald his way
	126	All be himself, and sa did tha:
	127	Ilk man ane sinder gat is gane,
	128	And the king has with him tane
	129	His fostir brothir forouten ma,
	130	And sammyn held thar gat tha twa.
	131	The hund alwais folowit the king
	132	And changit for na departing,
	133	Bot ay folowit the kingis tras
	134	But wavering as he passit was.
	135	And, quhen that Johne of Lorne saw
	136	The hund sa hard eftir him draw,
	137	And folow straucht eftir tha twa,
	138	He knew the king was ane of tha,
	139	And bad fif of his cumpany
	140	That war richt wicht men and hardy,
	141	And als of fut spedyast war
	142	Of all that in that rout war thar,
148	143	‘Rin eftir him and him ourta,
	144	And lat him na wis pas yhou fra.’
	145	And fra tha had herd the bidding
	146	Tha held the way eftir the king,
	147	And folowit him sa spedaly
	148	That tha him wele sone can ourhy.
	149	The king than saw tham cumand ner
	150	And was anoyit on gret maner,
	151	For he thocht, gif that war worthy,
	152	Tha micht him travale and tary,
	153	And hald him sagat taryand
	154	Quhill the remanand suld cum at hand.
	155	Bot, had he dred bot anerly
	156	Tham fif, I trow all sekirly
	157	He suld nocht haf full mekill dred.
	158	And till his falow as he yhed
	159	He said, ‘Yohn fif ar fast cumand,
	160	Tha ar wele ner now at our hand,
	161	Sa is thar ony help with the,
	162	For we sall sone assalit be?’
	163	‘Yha, schir,’ he said, ‘all that I may.’
	164	‘Thou sais wele,’ said the king, ‘perfay,
	165	I se tham cumand till us ner,
	166	I will na forthir, bot richt her
	167	I will bid quhill I am in aynd,
	168	And se quhat fors that tha can fand.’
	169	The king than stud full sturdely,
	170	And the fifsum in full gret hy
	171	Com with gret schor and manasing,
	172	Thre of tham went ontill the king,
149	173	And till his man the tothir twa
	174	With suerd in hand can stoutly ga.
	175	The king met tham that till him socht,
	176	And to the first sic rout he rocht
	177	That er and chek doun in the hals
	178	He schar of, and the schuldir als.
	179	He duschit doun all desaly:
	180	The twa, that saw sa sundaly
	181	Thar falow fall, affrait war
	182	And stert ane litill ovirmar.
	183	The king with that blenkit him by
	184	And saw the twa full sturdely
	185	Agane his man gret melle ma:
	186	With that he left his awn twa,
	187	And till tham that faucht with his man
	188	Ane loup richt lichtly mad he than
	189	And samt the hed of of the tane:
	190	To met his awn syn is he gane
	191	That com on him richt hardely:
	192	He met the first sa egirly
	193	That with his suerd that scharply schar
	194	The arm he fra the body bar.
	195	Quhat strakis tha gaf I can nocht tell,
	196	Bot to the king sa far befell
	197	That, thouch he travale had and pane,
	198	He of his famen four has slane.
	199	His fostir brothir eftir sone
	200	The fift has out of dawis done.
	201	And, quhen the king saw that all fif
	202	War on that wis brocht out of lif,
150	203	Till his falow than can he say,
	204	‘Thou has helpit richt wele perfay.’
	205	‘It likis yhou to say sa,’ said he,
	206	‘Bot to gret part to yhou tuk yhe
	207	That slew four or I slew ane.’
	208	The king said, ‘As the glew is gane,
	209	Bettir than thou I micht it do
	210	For I had mar laser tharto:
	211	The twa falowis that delt with the,
	212	Quhen tha saw me assalyheit with thre,
	213	Of me richt nakyn dout tha had
	214	For tha wend I was stratly stad,
	215	And, forthi that tha dred me nocht,
	216	Noy tham fer out the mar I mocht.’
	217	With that the king lukit him by,
	218	And saw of Lorne the cumpany
	219	Ner with thar sleuth hund fast cumand,
	220	Than till ane wod that was ner hand
	221	He went with his falow in hy.
	222	God saf tham for his gret mersy!


LIII.	Pages 150-152, Section 53
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150	1	The king toward the wod is gane
	2	Werry for swat and will of wane.
	3	Intill the wod sone enterit he
	4	And held doun toward ane vale
151	5	Quhar throu the wod ane watir ran:
	6	Thiddir in gret hy went he than,
	7	And begouth for to rest him thar
	8	And said he micht na forthimar.
	9	His man said, ‘Schir, that may nocht be:
	10	Abid yhe her, yhe sall sone se
	11	Fif hundreth yharnand yhou to sla,
	12	And tha ar fele aganis twa:
	13	And, sen we may nocht dele with micht,
	14	Help us all that we may with slicht.’
	15	The king said, ‘Sen that thou will sa,
	16	Ga furth, and I sall with the ga.
	17	Bot I haf herd oftymis say
	18	That quha endlang ane watir ay
	19	Wald wad ane bow draucht, he suld ger
	20	Bath the sleuth-hund and the leder
	21	Tyn the sleuth men gert him ta:
	22	Pruf we gif it will now do sa,
	23	For, war yhon devillis hund away,
	24	I roucht nocht of the laf perfay.’
	25	As he devisit tha haf done,
	26	And enterit in the watir sone,
	27	And held on endlang it thar way,
	28	And syn to the land yhed tha
	29	And held thar way as tha did er.
	30	And Johne of Lorne with gret affer
	31	Com with his rout richt to the plas
	32	Quhar that his fif men slane was:
	33	He menit tham quhen he tham saw,
	34	And said eftir ane litill thraw,
152	35	That he suld venge in hy thar blud:
	36	Bot othirwais the gamyn yhud.
	37	Thar wald he mak na mar duelling,
	38	Bot furth in hy folowit the king.
	39	Richt to the burn tha passit ar,
	40	Bot the sleuth-hund mad stinting thar
	41	And waverit lang tym to and fra
	42	That he na certane gat couth ga,
	43	Quhill at the last than Johne of Lorne
	44	Persavit the hund the sleuth had lorn,
	45	And said, ‘We haf tynt this travale,
	46	To pas forthir may nocht avale,
	47	For the wod is bath brad and wid,
	48	And he is wele fer by this tid,
	49	Tharfor I red we turn agane
	50	And wast na mar travale in vane.’
	51	With that relyit he his menyhe
	52	And his way to the host tuk he.


LIV.	Pages 152-153, Section 54
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152	1	Thus eschapit the nobill king:
	2	Bot sum men sais this eschaping
	3	Apon ane othir maner fell
	4	Than throw the wading: for tha tell
	5	That the king ane gud archar had,
	6	And, quhen he saw his lord sa stad
153	7	That he was left sa anerly,
	8	He ran on sid alwais him by
	9	Quhill he intill the wod was gane,
	10	Than said he till himself alane
	11	That he arest richt thar wald ma
	12	And luk gif he the hund micht sla,
	13	For, gif the hund micht lest on lif,
	14	He wist full wele that tha wald drif
	15	The kingis tras quhill tha him ta,
	16	Than wist he wele tha wald sla:
	17	And, for he wald his lord succour,
	18	He put his lif in aventur
	19	And stud intill ane busk lurkand
	20	Quhill that the hund com at his hand,
	21	And with ane arow sone him slew,
	22	And throu the wod syn him withdrew.
	23	Bot, quhethir thus his eschaping fell
	24	As I tald first, or now I tell,
	25	I wat it wele without lesing
	26	At that burn eschapit the king.

LV.	Pages 153-159, Section 55
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153	1	The king has furth his wais tane,
	2	And Johne of Lorne agane is gane
	3	To Schir Amer that fra the chas
	4	With his men than reparit was,
154	5	That litill sped in thar chasing,
	6	For, how that tha mad folowing
	7	Full egirly, tha wan bot small,
	8	Thar fais ner eschapit all.
	9	Men sais Schir Thomas Randol than
	10	Chansand the kingis baner wan,
	11	Quharthrou in Ingland with the king
	12	He had richt gret pris and lowing.
	13	Quhen the chasaris relyit war,
	14	And Johne of Lorne had met tham thar,
	15	He tald Schir Amer all the cas
	16	How that the king eschapit was,
	17	And how that he his fif men slew
	18	And syn to the wod him drew.
	19	Quhen Schir Amer herd this, in hy
	20	He sanit him for the ferly,
	21	And said, ‘He is gretly to pris,
	22	For I knaw nane that lifand is
	23	That at mischef can help him sa,
	24	I trow he suld be hard to sla
	25	And he war bodin all evinly.’
	26	On this wis spak Schir Amery,
	27	And the gud king held furth his way
	28	He and his man ay quhill that tha
	29	Passit out throu the forest war,
	30	Syn in the mur tha enterit ar
	31	That was bath he and lang and brad,
	32	And, or tha half it passit had,
	33	Tha saw on sid thre men cumand
	34	Lik to licht men and waverand:
155	35	Suerdis tha had and axis als,
	36	And ane of tham apon his hals
	37	Ane mekill bundin weddir bar. 
	38	Tha met the king and halsit him thar,
	39	And the king tham thar halsing yhald
	40	And askit tham quhethir tha wald.
	41	Tha said Robert the Brus tha socht,
	42	For, met with him gif that tha mocht,
	43	Thar duelling with him wald tha ma.
	44	The king said ‘Gif that yhe will sa,
	45	Haldis furth yhour way with me,
	46	And I sall ger yhou sone him se.’
	47	Tha persavit be his speking
	48	And his effer he was the king.
	49	Tha changit contenans, and lat,
	50	And held nocht in the first stat,
	51	For tha war fais to the king,
	52	And thocht to cum into sculking
	53	And duell with him quhill that tha saw
	54	Thar tym, and bring him than of daw.
	55	Tha grantit till his spek forthi,
	56	Bot the king that was witty
	57	Persavit wele be thar having
	58	That tha lufit him in nathing,
	59	And said, ‘Falowis, yhe mon all thre,
	60	Forthir aquent quhill that we be,
	61	All be yhourselvin forout ga,
	62	And on the samin wis we twa
	63	Sall folow yhou behind wele ner.’
	64	Quod tha, ‘Schir, it is na myster
156	65	To trow intill us ony ill.’
	66	‘nane do I,’ said he, ‘bot I will
	67	That yhe ga forow us quhill we
	68	Bettir with othir knawin be.’
	69	‘We grant,’ tha said, ‘sen yhe will sa,’
	70	And furth apon thar gat can ga.
	71	Thus yhed tha quhill the nicht was ner,
	72	And than the formast cumin wer
	73	Till ane wast husbandis hous, and thar
	74	Tha slew the weddir that tha bar,
	75	And slew fyr for to rost thar met,
	76	And askit the king gif he wald et
	77	And rest him quhill the met war dicht.
	78	The king, that hungry was I hicht,
	79	Assentit till thar spek in hy,
	80	Bot he said he wald anerly
	81	Betuix him and his falow be
	82	At a fyr, and tha all thre
	83	In the end of the hous suld ma
	84	Ane othir fyr, and tha did sa.
	85	Tha drew tham in the hous end
	86	And half the weddir till him send,
	87	And tha rostit in hy thar met
	88	And fell richt frakly for till et.
	89	The king wele lang he fastin had
	90	And had richt mekill travale mad,
	91	Tharfor he et full egirly,
	92	And, quhen he etin had, hastely
	93	He had to slep sa mekill will
	94	That he micht set na let thartill,
157	95	For, quhen the vanis fillit ar,
	96	The body worthis hevy evirmar,
	97	And to slep drawis hevynes.
	98	The king that all fortravalit wes
	99	Saw that him worthit slep nedwais:
	100	Till his fostir brothir he sais,
	101	‘May I trast in the me to wak
	102	Quhill I ane litill sleping tak?’
	103	‘Yha, schir,’ he said, ‘quhile I may dre.’
	104	The king than winkit ane litill we
	105	And slepit nocht full enkirly,
	106	Bot gluffnit oft up sudanly,
	107	For he had dred of tha thre men
	108	That at the othir fyr war then:
	109	That tha his fais war he wist,
	110	Tharfor he slepit as foul on twist.
	111	The king slepit bot litill than,
	112	Quhen sic ane slep fell on his man
	113	That he micht nocht hald up his e,
	114	Bot fell on slep and routit he.
	115	Now is the king in gret perile,
	116	For, slep he sa ane litill quhile,
	117	He sall be ded forouten dred,
	118	For the thre tratouris tuk gud hed
	119	That he on slep was and his man.
	120	In full gret hy tha ras up than,
	121	And drew thar suerdis hastely,
	122	And went toward the king in hy,
	123	Quhen that tha saw he slepit sa,
	124	And slepand thocht tha wald him sla.
158	125	Till him tha yhed ane full gret pas,
	126	Bot in that tym throu Goddis gras
	127	The king up blenkit sudanly
	128	And saw his man slepand him by,
	129	And saw cumand the tratouris thre.
	130	Deliverly on fut gat he,
	131	And drew his suerd out and tham met,
	132	And, as he yhed, his fut he set
	133	Apon his man wele hevaly:
	134	He waknit and ras all desaly,
	135	For the slep masterit him sa
	136	That or he gat up ane of tha
	137	That com for to sla the king
	138	Gaf him ane strak in his rising
	139	Sa that he micht help him na mar.
	140	The king sa stratly stad was thar
	141	That he was nevir yhet sa stad:
	142	Na war the arming that he had,
	143	He had bene ded forouten wer,
	144	Bot nocht forthi on sic maner
	145	He helpit him in that bargane
	146	That tha thre tratouris he has slane
	147	Throu Goddis gras and his manhed.
	148	His fostir brothir thar was ded:
	149	Than was he wondir will of wane
	150	Quhen he saw he was left alane:
	151	His fostir brothir menit he,
	152	And waryit all the tothir thre,
	153	And syn his way tuk him alane
	154	And richt toward his tryst is gane.


LVI.	Pages 159-164, Section 56
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159	1	The king went furth wa and angry,
	2	Menand his man full tendirly,
	3	And held his way all him alane,
	4	And richt toward the hous is gane
	5	Quhar he set tryst to met his men:
	6	It was wele lat of nicht be then:
	7	He com sone in the hous, and fand
	8	The gudwif on the bink sitand.
	9	Scho askit him sone quhat he was,
	10	And quhine he com, and quhar he gais.
	11	‘Ane travaland man, dam,’ said he,
	12	‘That travalis her throu the cuntre.’
	13	Scho said, ‘All that travaland er
	14	For sak of ane ar welcum her.’
	15	The king said, ‘Gud dam, quhat is he
	16	That gerris yhou haf sic specialte
	17	To men that travalis?’ ‘Schir, perfay,’
	18	Quod the gudwif, ‘I sal yhou say:
	19	Gud King Robert the Brus is he
	20	That is richt lord of this cuntre:
	21	His fais him haldis now in thrang,
	22	Bot I think to se or ocht lang
	23	Him lord and king our all the land
	24	That na fais sall him withstand.’
	25	‘Dam, lufis thou him sa wele?’ said he.
	26	‘Yha, schir,’ scho said, ‘sa God me se.’
	27	‘Dam,’ said he, ‘lo him her the by,
	28	For I am he.’ ‘Say yhe suthly?’
	29	‘Yha certis, dam.’ ‘And quhar ar gane
	30	Yhour men, quhen yhe ar thus alane?’
	31	‘At this tym, dam, I haf na ma.’
	32	Scho said, ‘It may na wis be sa.
	33	I haf twa sonnis wicht and hardy,
	34	Tha sall becum yhour men in hy.’
	35	As scho devisit tha haf done,
	36	His sworn men becom tha sone,
	37	The wif syn gert him sit and et,
	38	Bot he had schort quhile at the met
	39	Sittin quhen he herd gret stamping
	40	About the hous: than but letting
	41	Tha stert up the hous to defend,
	42	Bot sone eftir the king has kend
	43	James of Douglas: than was he blith,
	44	And bad opin the duris swith,
	45	And tha com in all that thar war.
	46	Schir Eduard the Brus was thar,
	47	And James alsua of Douglas
	48	That was eschapit fra the chas
	49	And with the kingis brothir met,
	50	Syn to the tryst that tham was set
	51	Tha sped tham with thar cumpany
	52	That war ane hundreth and fifty.
	53	And, quhen that tha haf sene the king,
	54	That war joyfull of thar meting,
	55	And askit how he eschapit was,
	56	And he tham tald all hale the cas.
161	57	How the fif men him pressit fast,
	58	And how he throu the watir past,
	59	And how he met the thefis thre,
	60	And how he slepand slane suld be
	61	Quhen he waknit throu Goddis gras,
	62	And how his fostir brothir was
	63	Slane, he tald tham all halely.
	64	Than lowit tha God comonly
	65	That thar lord was eschapit sa,
	66	Than spak tha wordis to and fra,
	67	Quhill at the last the king can say,
	68	‘Fortoun has travallit thus this day
	69	That scalit us sa sudanly.
	70	Our fais this nicht sall trastly ly,
	71	For tha trow we sa scalit ar
	72	And fled sa waverand her and thar
	73	That we sall nocht thir dais thre
	74	All togidder assemblit be,
	75	Tharfor this nicht tha sall trastly
	76	But wachis tak thar es and ly:
	77	Quharfor quha knew thar herbery
	78	And wald cum on tham sudanly
	79	With few menyhe micht sone tham scath
	80	And yhet eschap withouten wath.’
	81	‘Perfay,’ quod James of Douglas,
	82	‘As I com hiddirward, per cas
	83	I com sa ner thar herbery
	84	That I can bring yhou quhar tha ly,
	85	And, wald yhe sped yhou, yhet or day
	86	It may sa hapin tha we may
162	87	Do tham ane gretar scath wele sone
	88	Than tha us all the day has done,
	89	For tha ly scalit as tham lest.’
	90	Than thocht tha all it was the best
	91	To sped tham to tham hastely,
	92	And tha did sa in full gret hy,
	93	And com on tham in the dawing
	94	Richt as the day begouth to spring.
	95	Sa fell it that ane cumpany
	96	Had in ane toun tane thar herbry
	97	Wele fra the host ane mile or mar,
	98	Men said that tha twa hundreth war.
	99	Thar assemblit the nobill king,
	100	And sone eftir thar assembling
	101	Tha that slepand assalit war
	102	Richt hidwisly can cry and rar,
	103	And othir sum that herd the cry
	104	Ran furth richt sa affraitly
	105	That cum of tham all nakit war
	106	Fleand to-waverand her and thar,
	107	And sum thar armis till tham drew,
	108	And tha without mersy tham slew,
	109	And sa cruell vengeans can ta
	110	That the twa-part of tham and ma
	111	War slane richt in that ilk sted:
	112	To thar host the remanand fled.
	113	The host that herd the noys and cry,
	114	And saw thar men sa wrechitly
	115	Sum nakit fleand her and thar,
	116	Sum all hale, and sum woundit sar,
163	117	Into full gret affray tha ras,
	118	And ilk man till his baner gais,
	119	Sa that the host was all on ster.
	120	The king and tha that with him wer,
	121	Quhen tha on ster the host saw sa,
	122	Toward thar warand can tha ga,
	123	And tharin swith cumin ar tha.
	124	And, quhen Schir Amery herd say
	125	How that the king thar men had slane,
	126	And how tha turnit war agane,
	127	He said, ‘Now may we clerly se
	128	That nobill hart, quharevir it be,
	129	Is hard till ourcum throu mastry,
	130	For, quhar ane hart is richt worthy,
	131	Agane stoutnes it is ay stout,
	132	And, as I trow, thar may na dout
	133	Ger it all out discumfit be
	134	Quhile body lifand is and fre,
	135	As be this melle may be sene.
	136	We wend Robert the Brus had bene
	137	Sa discumfit that be gud skill
	138	He suld nouthir haf hart na will
	139	Sic juperdy to undirta,
	140	For he was put at undir sa
	141	That he was left all him alane,
	142	And all his folk war fra him gane,
	143	And he was sagat fortravalit
	144	To put of tham that him assalit
	145	That he suld haf yharnit resting
	146	Mar than fichting or travaling.
164	147	Bot his hart fillit is of bounte
	148	Sa that it vencust may nocht be.’


LVII.	Pages 164-168, Section 57
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164	1	On this wis spak Schir Amery,
	2	And, quhen tha of his cumpany
	3	Saw how tha travalit had in vane,
	4	And how the king thar men had slane,
	5	That at his larges was all fre,
	6	Tham thocht it was ane nysete
	7	For to mak thar langar duelling,
	8	Sen tha micht nocht anoy the king,
	9	And said that to Schir Amery,
	10	That umbethocht him hastely
	11	That he to Carlele than wald ga
	12	And ane quhile tharin sojorn ma,
	13	And haf his spyis on the king
	14	To knaw alwais his contening:
	15	And, when that he his poynt micht se,
	16	He thocht that with ane gret menyhe
	17	He suld schut on him sudanly.
	18	Tharfor with all his cumpany
	19	Till Ingland he the way has tane,
	20	And ilk man till his hous is gane.
	21	In hy to Carlele went is he,
	22	And tharin thinkis for to be
165	23	Quhill he his pynt saw of the king
	24	That than with all his gadering
	25	Was in Carrik, quhar umbestount
	26	He wald wend with his men to hunt.
	27	Sa hapnit it that on ane day
	28	He went till hunt for till assay
	29	Quhat gamyn was in that cuntre,
	30	And sa hapnit that day that he
	31	By ane wodsid to sett is gane
	32	With his twa hundis him alane:
	33	Bot his suerd ay with him bar.
	34	He had bot schort quhile sittin thar
	35	Quhen he saw fra the wod cumand
	36	Thre men with bowis in thar hand,
	37	That toward him com spedaly,
	38	And he that presavit in hy
	39	Be thar effer and thar having
	40	That tha lufit him nakyn thing,
	41	He ras and his lesch till him drew he
	42	And let his hundis gang all fre.
	43	God help the king now for his micht,
	44	For, bot he now be wis and wicht,
	45	He sall be set in mekill pres,
	46	For tha thre men withouten les
	47	War his fais all utrely,
	48	And had wachit sa besaly
	49	To se quhen tha vengeans micht tak
	50	Of the king for Johne Cumynis sak
	51	That tha thocht than tha laser had,
	52	And, sen he him alane was stad,
166	53	In hy tha thocht tha suld him sla,
	54	And, gif that tha micht chevis sa
	55	Fra that tha the king had slane
	56	That tha micht win the wod agane,
	57	His men tha thocht tha suld nocht dred.
	58	In hy toward the king tha yhed,
	59	And bend thar bowis quhen tha war ner,
	60	And he that dred on gret maner
	61	Thar arowis, for he nakit was,
	62	In hy ane speking till tham mais,
	63	And said, ‘Yhe aucht to scham, perde,
	64	Sen I am ane, and yhe are thre,
	65	For to schut at me apon fer,
	66	Bot, haf yhe hardyment to cum ner
	67	And with your suerdis till assay,
	68	Win me on sic wis gif yhe may,
	69	Yhe sall wele mar all prisit be.’
	70	‘Perfay’, quod ane than of the thre,
	71	‘Sall na man say we dred the sa
	72	That we with arowis sall the sla.’
	73	With that thar bowis away tha kest,
	74	And com on than but langar lest.
	75	The king tham met full hardely
	76	And smat the first sa rigorously
	77	That he fell ded doun on the grene.
	78	And, quhen the kingis hund has sene
	79	Tha men assale his mastir sa,
	80	He lap till ane and can him ta
	81	Richt be the nek full felonly
	82	Quhill top our tale he gert him ly.
167	83	And the king that his suerd out had,
	84	Saw he sa far succour him mad,
	85	Or he that fallin was micht ris
	86	Had him assalyheit on sic wis
	87	That he the bak strak evin in twa.
	88	The thrid, that saw his falowis sa
	89	Forouten recovering be slane
	90	Tuk till the wod his way agane.
	91	Bot the king folowit spedaly,
	92	And als the hund that was him by,
	93	Quhen he the man saw fle him fra,
	94	Schot till him sone, and can him ta
	95	Richt be the nek and till him dreuch;
	96	And the king that was ner eneuch
	97	In his rising sic rout him gaf
	98	That stane ded till the erd he draf.
	99	The kingis menyhe that war ner,
	100	Quhen that tha saw on sic maner
	101	The king assalit sa sudanly,
	102	Tha sped tham toward him in hy,
	103	And askit how that cas befell:
	104	And he all haly can tham tell
	105	How tha assalyheit him all thre.
	106	‘Perfay,’ quod tha, ‘we may wele se
	107	That it is hard till undirtak
	108	Sic melling with yhou for to mak
	109	That sa smertly has slane thir thre
	110	Forouten hurt.’ ‘Perfay’, said he,
	111	‘I slew bot ane forouten ma,
	112	God and my hund has slane the twa,
168	113	Thar tresoun cumrit tham perfay,
	114	For richt wicht men all thre war tha.’




LVIII.	Pages 168-169, Section 58
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168	1	Quhen that the king throu Goddis gras
	2	On this maner eschapit was,
	3	He blew his horn, and in hy
	4	His gud men till him can rely,
	5	Than hamwardis buskit he to far,
	6	For that day wald he hunt na mar.
	7	In Glentruell all ane quhile he lay,
	8	And went wele oft to hunt and play
	9	For to purchas tham venesoun,
	10	For than der war in sesoun.
	11	In all that tym Schir Amery
	12	With nobill men in cumpany
	13	In Carlele lay his pynt to se,
	14	And, quhen he herd the certante
	15	That in Glentruell was the king
	16	And went till hunt and till playing,
	17	He thocht than with his chevelry
	18	To cum apon him sudanly,
	19	Fra Carlele all on nichtis rid
	20	And in covert on dais bid,
	21	And sagat with sic tranonting
	22	He thocht he suld suppris the king.
169	23	Than he assemblit ane gret menyhe
	24	Of folk of gud renoune
	25	Bath of Scottis and Inglis men:
	26	Thar way all sammyn held tha then,
	27	And rad on nichtis sa prevely
	28	Quhill tha com in ane wod ner by
	29	Glentruell, quhar lugit was the king
	30	That wist richt nocht of thar cuming.
	31	Into gret perill now is he,
	32	For, bot God throu his gret pouste
	33	Saf him, he sall be tane or slane,
	34	For tha war sex quhar he was ane.


LVIX.	Pages 169-173, Section 59
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169	1	Quhen Schir Amer, as I haf tald,
	2	With his men that war stout and bald
	3	Was cum sa ner the king that tha
	4	War bot a mile fra him away,
	5	He tuk avisement with his men
	6	On quhat maner tha suld do then,
	7	For he said tham that the king was
	8	Lugit into sa strat ane plas
	9	That horsmen micht him nocht assale,
	10	And, gif futmen gaf him battale,
	11	He suld be hard to win gif he
	12	Of thar cuming micht warnit be:
170	13	‘Tharfor I red all prevely
	14	We send ane woman him to spy
	15	That pouerly arait be:
	16	Scho may ask met per cherite,
	17	And se thar covyn halely
	18	And on quhat maner that tha ly,
	19	The quhilis we and our menyhe
	20	Cumand throuout the wod may be
	21	On fut arait as we ar:
	22	May we do sa that we cum thar
	23	On tham or tha wit our cuming,
	24	We sall find in tham na stinting.’
	25	This consale thocht tham was the best,
	26	Than send tha furth but langar frest
	27	The woman that suld be thar spy,
	28	And scho hir way can hald in hy
	29	Richt to the lugis quhar the king
	30	That had na dred of supprising
	31	Yhed unarmit, mery and blith.
	32	The woman has he sene aslwith:
	33	He saw hir uncouth, and forthi
	34	He beheld her mar enkirly,
	35	And be hir contenans him thocht
	36	That for gud cumin was scho nocht.
	37	Than gert he men in hy hir ta,
	38	And scho that dred men suld hir sla
	39	Tald tham how that Schir Amery
	40	With the Cliffurd in cumpany
	41	With the flour of Northumbirland
	42	War cumand on tham at thar hand.
171	43	Quhen that the king herd that tithing,
	44	He armit him but mar duelling,
	45	Sa did tha all that evir was thar,
	46	Syn in ane sop assemblit ar.
	47	I trow tha war thre hundreth ner,
	48	And, quhen tha all assemblit wer,
	49	The king his baner gert display
	50	And set his men in gud aray.
	51	Tha had nocht standin bot ane thraw,
	52	Richt at thar hand quhen that tha saw
	53	Thar fais throu the wod cumand
	54	Armit on fut with sper in hand
	55	That sped tham full enforsely.
	56	The noys begouth sone and the cry,
	57	For the gud king that formast was
	58	Stoutly toward his fais gais,
	59	And hynt out of ane manis hand
	60	That ner besid him was gangand
	61	Ane bow and ane brad arow als,
	62	And hit the formast in the hals
	63	Till thropill and wesand yhed in twa
	64	And he doun till the erd can ga.
	65	The laf with that mad ane stopping,
	66	Than but mar bad the nobill king
	67	Hynt fra his baneour the banar,
	68	And said, ‘Apon tham! for tha ar
	69	Discumfit all:’ and with that word
	70	He swappit swiftly out his suord,
	71	And on tham ran sa hardely
	72	That all tha of his cumpany
172	73	Tuk hardyment of his gud ded,
	74	For sum that first thar wais yhed
	75	Agane com to the ficht in hy,
	76	And met thar fais rigorously
	77	That all the formast ruschit war,
	78	And, quhen that that war hendirmar
	79	Saw that the formastleft the sted,
	80	Tha turnit sone the bak and fled,
	81	And of the wod tha tham withdrew.
	82	The king ane few men of tham slew,
	83	For tha richt sone thar gat can ga.
	84	It disconfortit tham all sa,
	85	That the king with his menyhe was
	86	All armit to defend that plas
	87	That tha wend throu thar tranonting
	88	Till haf wonnin forout fichting,
	89	That tha affrait war sudanly:
	90	And he tham socht sa angirly
	91	That tha in full gret hy agane
	92	Out of the wod ran to the plane,
	93	For tha falyheit of thar entent.
	94	That war that tym sa fouly schent
	95	That fiften hundreth men and ma
	96	With fewar war rebutit sa
	97	That tha withdrew tham schamfully.
	98	Tharfor emang tham sudanly
	99	Thar ras debat and gret distans,
	100	Ilkane wytt othir of thar mischans:
	101	Cliffurd and Waus mad ane melle,
	102	Quhar Cliffurd raucht him ane cole,
173	103	And athir syn drew till partis,
	104	Bot Schir Amer that was wis
	105	Departit tham with mekill pane
	106	And went in Ingland ham agane.
	107	He wist fra strif ras tham emang
	108	he suld tham nocht hald sammyn lang
	109	Forouten debat or melle,
	110	Tharfor till Ingland turnit he
	111	With mar scham than he com of toun,
	112	Quhen sa mony of sic renoun
	113	Saw sa few men bid tham battale
	114	Quhar tha ne war hardy till assale.


LX.	Pages 173-177, Section 60
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173	1	The king fra Schir Amer was gane
	2	Gaderit his menyhe evirilkane,
	3	And left bath woddis and montanis
	4	And held his way straucht till the planis,
	5	For he wald fane that end war mad
	6	Of that that he begunning had,
	7	And he wist wele he micht nocht bring
	8	It to gud end but travaling.
	9	To Kyle first went he, and that land
	10	He mad till him all obesand:
	11	The men mast fors com till his pes:
	12	Syn eftirward, or he wald ces,
174	13	Of Cunyngame the mast party
	14	He gert held till his senyhory.
	15	In Bothwell than Schir Amer was
	16	That in his hart gret angrir has
	17	For tha of Cunyngame and Kyle,
	18	That war obesand til him quhile,
	19	Left the Inglismenis fewte.
	20	Tharof fane vengit wald he be,
	21	And send Schir Philip the Mowbra
	22	With ane thousand, as I herd say,
	23	Of men that war in his leding
	24	To Kyle for to warray the king.
	25	Bot James of Douglas, that all tid
	26	Had spyis out on ilka sid,
	27	Wist of thar cuming, and that tha
	28	Wald hald doun Machyrnokis way.
	29	He tuk with him all prevely
	30	Tham that war of his cumpany
	31	That war sexty withouten ma:
	32	Syn till ane strat plas can he ga
	33	That is in Machurnokis way,
	34	The Edryfurd it hat perfay,
	35	It lyis betuix marrasis twa
	36	Quhar that na hors on lif may ga.
	37	On the south half quhar James was
	38	Is ane upgang, ane narow plas,
	39	And on the north half is the way
	40	Sa ill as it aperis today.
	41	Douglas with tham he with him had
	42	Enbuschit him and tham abad:
175	43	He might wele fer se thar cuming,
	44	Bot tha micht se of him nathing.
	45	Tha mad enbuschement all the nicht,
	46	And, quhen the sone was schynand bricht,
	47	Tha saw in battale cum arait
	48	The vaward with baner displait,
	49	And syn sone the remamand
	50	Tha saw wele ner behind cumand.
	51	Than held tha tham still and preve
	52	Quhill the formast of that menyhe
	53	War enterit in the furd tham by,
	54	Than schot tha on tham with ane cry,
	55	And with wapnis that scharply schar
	56	Sum in the furd tha bakward bar,
	57	And sum with arowis barblit brad
	58	Sa gret martyrdom on tham mad
	59	That tha can draw to voyd the plas.
	60	Bot behind tham sa stoppit was
	61	The way, that tha fast micht nocht fle,
	62	And that gert of them mony de,
	63	For tha on na sid micht away
	64	Bot as tha com, bot gif that tha
	65	Wald throu thar fais hald thar gat,
	66	Bot that way thocht tham all to hat.
	67	Thar fais met tham sa sturdely,
	68	And contenit the ficht sa hardely,
	69	That tha sa dredand war that tha
	70	Quha first micht fle first fled away,
	71	And, quhen the rerward saw tham sa
	72	Discumfit and thar wais ga,
176	73	Tha fled on fer and held thar way.
	74	Bot Schir Philip the Mowbra
	75	That with the formast ridand was
	76	That enterit war into the plas,
	77	Quhen that he saw how he was stad,
	78	Throu the gret worschip that he had
	79	With spuris he strak the sted of pris,
	80	And magre all his ennemyis
	81	Throu the thikkast of tham he rad,
	82	And but chalans eschapit had
	83	Na war ane hynt him be the brand,
	84	Bot the gud sted that wald nocht stand
	85	He lansit furth deliverly,
	86	Bot the tothir sa stalwardly
	87	Held that the belt brast of the brand
	88	And suerd and belt left in his hand,
	89	And he but suerd his wais rad
	90	Wele outouth tham, and thar abad
	91	Behaldand how that his menyhe fled
	92	And how his fais clengit the sted
	93	That war betuix him and his men.
	94	Tharfor furth the wais tuk he then
	95	To Kilmarnok, and Kilwynnyn,
	96	And till Adrossan eftir syn,
	97	Syn throu the Largis him alane
	98	Till Ennirkyp the way has tane
	99	Richt till the castell that was then
	100	Stuffit all with Inglismen,
	101	That him resavit in gret dante,
	102	And, fra tha wist how gat that he
177	103	Sa fer had riding him alane
	104	Throu tham that war his fais ilkane,
	105	Tha prisit him full gretumly
	106	And lowit fast his chevelry.


LXI.	Pages 177-180, Section 61
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177	1	Schir Philip thus eschapit was,
	2	And Douglas yhet was in the plas
	3	Quhar he sexty has slane and ma:
	4	The laf fouly thar gat can ga
	5	And fled to Bothwell ham agane,
	6	Quhar Schir Amer was nathing fane
	7	Quhen he herd tell on quhat maner
	8	That his menyhe discumfit wer.
	9	Bot, quhen to king Robert was tald
	10	How the gud Douglas that was bald
	11	Vencust sa fele with few menyhe,
	12	Richt joyfull in his hart was he,
	13	All all his men confortit war,
	14	For tham thocht wele bath les and mar
	15	That tha suld les thar fais dred
	16	Sen thar purpos sa with tham yhed.
	17	The king lay into Gawlistoun
	18	That is richt evin anent Lowdoun,
	19	And till his pes tuk the cuntre.
	20	Quhen Schir Amer and his menyhe
178	21	Herd how he ryotit the land,
	22	And how that nane durst him withstand,
	23	He was intill his hart angry,
	24	And with ane  of his cumpany
	25	He send him word, and said, ‘Gif he
	26	Durst him intill the planis se,
	27	He suld on the tent day of May
	28	Cum undir Lowdoun hill away:
	29	And, gif the he wald met him thar,’
	30	He said, ‘his worschip suld be mar,
	31	And mar be turnit in nobillay
	32	To win him in the plane away
	33	With hard dintis in evin fichting
	34	Than to do fer mar in sculking.’
	35	The king that herd his messinger
	36	Had dispit apon gret maner
	37	That Schir Amer spak sa hely,
	38	Tharfor he ansuerit irusly,
	39	And till the messinger said he,
	40	‘Say to thy lord that, gif I be
	41	In lif, he sall me se that day
	42	Wele ner, gif he dar hald the way
	43	That he has said, for sekirly
	44	By Lowdoun hill met him sall I.’
	45	The messinger but mar abad
	46	Till his mastir his wais rad
	47	And his ansuer him tald alswith:
	48	Than was na ned to mak him blith,
	49	For he thocht throu his mekill micht,
	50	Gif the king durst aper to ficht,
179	51	That throu the gret chevelry
	52	That suld be in his cumpany
	53	He suld sa ourcum the king
	54	That thar suld be na recovering.
	55	And the king on the tothir party,
	56	That was ay wis and averty,
	57	Rad for to se and ches the plas,
	58	And saw the he gat lyand was
	59	Apon ane far feld evin and dry,
	60	Bot apon athir sid tharby
	61	Was ane gret mos mekill and brad,
	62	That fra the way was quhar men rad
	63	Ane bowdraucht ner on athir sid,
	64	And that plas thocht him all to wid
	65	Till abid men that horsit war:
	66	Tharfor thre dikis ourthwort he schar
	67	Fra bath the mossis till the way,
	68	That war sa fer fra othir that tha
	69	War in twyn ane bowdraucht and mar.
	70	Sa holl and he the dikis war
	71	That men micht nocht but mekill pane
	72	Pas tham thouch nane war tham agane:
	73	Bot sloppis in the way left he
	74	Sa large and of sic quantite
	75	That fif hundreth micht sammyn rid
	76	In at the sloppis sid for sid.
	77	Thar thocht the battale for to bed
	78	And bargane tham, for he na dred
	79	Had that tha suld on sid assale
	80	Na yhet behind gif him battale,
180	81	And befor him thocht wele that he
	82	Suld fra thar micht defendit be.
	83	Thre dep dikis he gert thar ma,
	84	For, gif he micht nocht wele ourta
	85	To met tham at the first, that he
	86	Suld haf the tothir at his pouste,
	87	Or than the thrid, gif it was sa
	88	That tha had passit the tothir twa.
	89	On this wis him ordanit he,
	90	And syn assemblit his menyhe
	91	That war sex hundreth fichtand men
	92	But rangale that was with him then
	93	That war als fele as tha or ma.
	94	With all that menyhe can he ga
	95	The evin befor the battale suld be
	96	To litill Lowdoun, quhar that he
	97	Wald abid to se thar cuming
	98	Evin with the men of his leding.
	99	He thocht to sped him sa that he
	100	Suld at the dik befor tham be.


LXII.	Pages 180-182, Section 62
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180	1	Schir Amer on the tothir party
	2	Gaderit sa gret chevelry
	3	That he micht be thre thousand ner
	4	Armit and dicht on gud maner,
181	5	And than as man of gret noblay
	6	He held toward the tryst his way.
	7	Quhen the set day cumin was,
	8	He sped him fast toward the plas
	9	That he had nemmit for to ficht:
	10	The sone was risin schynand bricht
	11	That blenknit on the scheldis brad.
	12	In twa eschelis ordanit he had
	13	The folk that he had in leding:
	14	The king wele sone in the morning
	15	Saw first cumand thar first eschele
	16	Arait sarraly and wele,
	17	And at thar bak sumdele ner hand
	18	He saw the tothir folowand.
	19	Thar basnetis burnisit all bricht
	20	Agane the sone glemit of licht:
	21	Thar speris, pennounis, and thar scheldis
	22	Of licht enlumynit all the feldis:
	23	Thar best and browdyn bricht baneris,
	24	And hors hewit on ser maneris,
	25	And cot-armouris of ser colour,
	26	And hawbrekis that war quhit as flour,
	27	Mad tham gletirand as tha war lik
	28	Till angelis he of hevinis rik.
	29	The king said, ‘Lordingis, now yhe se
	30	How yhon men throu thar gret pouste
	31	Wald, and tha micht fullfill thar will,
	32	Sla us, and makis sembland thartill:
	33	And, sen we knaw thar felony,
	34	Ga we and met tham sa hardely
182	35	That the stoutast of thar menyhe
	36	Of our meting abasit be,
	37	For, gif the formast egirly
	38	Be met, yhe sall se sudanly
	39	The henmast sall abasit be:
	40	And, thouch that tha be ma than we,
	41	That suld abas us litill thing,
	42	For, quhen we cum to the fichting,
	43	Thar may met us na ma than we.
	44	Tharfor, lordingis, ilkane suld be
	45	Of worschip and of gret valour
	46	For till mantem her our honour.
	47	Thinkis quhat gladschip us abidis
	48	Gif that we may, as us betidis,
	49	Haf victor of our fais her,
	50	For thar is nane her, fer na ner,
	51	In all this land that us thar dout.’
	52	Than said tha all that stud about,
	53	‘Schir, gif God will, we sall sa do
	54	That na repruf sall ly tharto.’
	55	‘Than ga we furth now,’ said the king,
	56	‘And he that mad of nocht all thing
	57	Led us and saf us for his micht
	58	And help us for till hald our richt.’
	59	With that tha held thar way in hy
	60	Wele sex hundreth in cumpany,
	61	Stalward and stout, worthy and wicht:
	62	Bot tha war all to few I hicht
	63	Agane sa fele to stand in stour,
	64	Ne war thar outrageous valour.


LXIII.	Pages 183-185, Section 63
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183	1	Now gais the nobill king his way
	2	Richt stoutly and in gud aray,
	3	And to the formast dik is gane,
	4	And in the slop the feld has tane.
	5	The cariage-men and the pouerale
	6	That was nocht worth in the battale,
	7	Behind levit he tham all still
	8	Standand all sammyn on the hill.
	9	Schir Amer the king has sene
	10	With his men that stout war and kene
	11	Cum to the plane doun fra the hill,
	12	As him thocht into full gud will
	13	For to defend or till assale,
	14	Gif ony wald bid him battale.
	15	Tharfor his men confortit he,
	16	And bad tham wicht and worthy be,
	17	For, gif that tha micht win the king
	18	And victor haf of the fichting,
	19	Tha suld richt wele rewardit be
	20	And gretly ek thar renoune.
	21	With that tha war wele ner the king,
	22	And he left his amonisting
	23	And gert trump till the assemble,
	24	And the formast of his menyhe,
	25	Enbrasit with the scheldis brad,
	26	And richt sarray togidder raid,
184	27	With hedis stoupand and speris straucht
	28	Richt to the king thar way tha raucht,
	29	That met tham with sa gret vigour
	30	That the best and of mast valour
	31	War laid at erd at thar meting:
	32	Quhar men micht her sic ane breking
	33	Of speris that to-fruschit war,
	34	And of woundit sa cry and rar
	35	That it anoyus was to her,
	36	For tha that first assemblit wer
	37	Funyheit and faucht full sturdely:
	38	The noys begouth than and the cry.
	39	A! michty God, quha thar had bene
	40	And had the kingis worschip sene,
	41	And his brothir that was him by,
	42	That contenit tham sa hardely
	43	That thar gud ded and thar bounte
	44	Confort monyfald thar menyhe,
	45	And how Douglas sa manfully
	46	Confortit tham that war him by,
	47	He suld wele say that tha had will
	48	To win honour and cum thartill.
	49	The kingis men that worthy war,
	50	With thar speris that scharply schar
	51	Tha stekit men and stedis bath
	52	Quhill red blud ran of woundis rath.
	53	The hors that woundit war can fling,
	54	And ruschit the folk in thar flinging,
	55	Sa that tha that than formast war
	56	War scalit in soppis her and thar.
185	57	The king that saw tham ruschit sa,
	58	And saw tham reland to and fra,
	59	Ran apon tham sa egirly
	60	And dang on tham sa hardely
	61	He gert fele of his fais fall:
	62	The feld was wele ner coverit all
	63	Bath with slane hors and with men,
	64	For the gud king tham folowit then
	65	With wele fif hundreth that wapnis bar
	66	That wald thar fais nathing spar.
	67	Tha dang on tham sa hardely
	68	That in schort tym men micht se ly
	69	At erd ane hundreth wele and mar:
	70	The remanand sa fleyit war
	71	That tha begouth tham to withdraw,
	72	And, quhen tha of the rerward saw
	73	Thar avaward be discumfit,
	74	Tha fled withouten mar respit.
	75	And, quhen Schir Amer has sene
	76	His men feland haly beden,
	77	Wit yhe wele he was full wa,
	78	Bot he micht nocht amonist sa
	79	That ony for him wald turn agane:
	80	And, quhen he saw he tynt his pane,
	81	He turnit his bridill and to ga,
	82	For the gud king tham pressit sa
	83	That sum war ded, and sum war tane,
	84	The remanand thar gat ar gane.




LXIV.	Pages 186-187, Section 64
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186	1	The folk fled apon this maner
	2	Forout arest, and Schir Amer
	3	Agane to Bothwell he is gane,
	4	Menand the scath that he had tane,
	5	Sa schamfull that he vencust was
	6	That till Ingland in hy he gais
	7	Richt to the king, and schamfully
	8	He gaf up thar his wardanry,
	9	Na nevir syn for nakyn thing,
	10	Bot gif he com richt with the king,
	11	Com he to warray Scotland,
	12	Sa hevaly he tuk on hand
	13	That the king in set battalyhe
	14	With ane quhene lik poueralyhe
	15	Vencust him with ane gret menyhe
	16	That war renounit of gret bounte.
	17	Sic anoy had Schir Amery.
	18	And King Robert that was hardy
	19	Abad all still into the plas
	20	Quhill that his men had left the chas:
	21	Syn with presoneris that tha had tane
	22	Tha ar toward thar innis gane
	23	Fast lowand God of thar welefar.
	24	Men micht haf sene quha had bene thar
	25	Ane folk that mery war and glad
	26	For thar victour, and als tha had
187	27	Ane lord sa swet and deboner,
	28	Sa curtas and of far effer,
	29	Sa blith als and sa wele bourdand,
	30	And in battale sa stith to stand,
	31	Sa wis and richt sa avise,
	32	That tha had gret caus blith to be.
	33	Sa war tha blith forouten dout,
	34	For fele that wonnit tham about,
	35	For tha the king saw help him sa,
	36	Till him thar homage can tha ma.
	37	Than wox his power mar and mar,
	38	And he thocht wele that he wald far
	39	Out our the Month with his menyhe
	40	To luk quha that his frend wald be.
	41	Into Schir Alexander the Fraser
	42	He trastit, for tha frendis wer,
	43	And in his brothir Symon, tha twa:
	44	He had mister wele of ma,
	45	For he had fais mony ane.
	46	Schir Johne Cumyn erl of Bouchane,
	47	And Schir Johne the Mowbra syn,
	48	And gud Schir David of Brechyn,
	49	With all the folk of thar leding,
	50	War fais to the nobill king:
	51	And, for he wist tha war his fais,
	52	His wais than northwardis he tais,
	53	For he wald sa quhatkyn ending
	54	Tha wald mak of thar manasing. 



LXV.	Pages 188-191, Section 65
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188	1	The king buskit and mad him yhar
	2	Northwardis with his men to far.
	3	His brothir can he with him ta
	4	And Gilbert de le Hay alsua:
	5	The erl of Levenax als was thar
	6	That with the king was our all quhar,
	7	Schir Robert Boyd, and othir ma.
	8	The king can furth his wais ta,
	9	And left James of Douglas
	10	With all the folk that with him was
	11	Behind him for to luk gif he
	12	Micht recovir his cuntre.
	13	He left him into gret perile,
	14	Bot eftir in ane litill quhile
	15	Throu his gret worschip sa he wrocht
	16	That to the kingis pes he brocht
	17	The Forest of Selcryk all hale,
	18	And alsua did he Douglasdale
	19	And Jedworthis Forest alsua.
	20	And quhasa wele on hand couth ta
	21	To tell his worschippis ane and ane,
	22	He suld find of tham mony ane,
	23	For in his tym, as men said me,
	24	Thretten tymis vencusit was he,
	25	And victory wan sevin and fifty.
	26	He semit nocht lang idill to ly
189	27	Be his travale, he had na will:
	28	Methink men suld him lowe of skill.
	29	This James, quhen the king was gane,
	30	All prevely his men has tane,
	31	And went to Douglasdale agane,
	32	And mad all prevely ane trane
	33	To tham that in the castell war.
	34	Ane buschement slely mad he thar,
	35	And of his men fourten and ma
	36	He gert as tha war sekkis ta
	37	Fillit with gyrs, and syn tham lay
	38	Apon thar hors, and hald thar way
	39	Richt as tha wald to Lanrik far
	40	Outouth quhar the enbuschement war.
	41	And, quhen tha of the castell saw
	42	Sa fele ladis gang on raw,
	43	Of that sicht tha war wondir fane,
	44	And tald it to thar capitane
	45	That hicht Schir Johne of Webetoun:
	46	He was bath yhoung, stout, and feloun:
	47	Richt joly als and volageous,
	48	And, for that he was amorous,
	49	He wald isch fer the blithyer;
	50	And gert his men all talk thar ger,
	51	And ischit to get that vittale,
	52	For thar vittale can fast tham fale.
	53	Tha ischit all abandounly
	54	And prikit furth sa wilfully
	55	To win the ladis that tha saw pas,
	56	Quhill that Douglas with his men was
190	57	All betuix tham and the castele.
	58	The lad-men that persavit wele,
	59	Tha kest thar ladis doun in hy,
	60	And thar gounis deliverly
	61	That helit tham tha kest away,
	62	And in gret hy thar hors hynt tha,
	63	And stert apon tham sturdely,
	64	And met thar fais with ane cry,
	65	That had gret wondir quhen tha saw
	66	Tham tha war er lukand full law
	67	Cum apon tham sa hardely:
	68	Tha wox abasit sudanly
	69	And at the castell wald haf bene.
	70	Quhen tha on the othir half has sene
	71	Douglas brek his enbuschement
	72	That agane tham richt stoutly went,
	73	Tha wist nocht quhat to do na say:
	74	Thar fais on athir sid saw tha
	75	That strak on tham forout sparing,
	76	And tha micht help thamself nathing,
	77	Bot fled to warand quhar tha mocht,
	78	And tha sa angirly tham socht
	79	That of tham all eschapit nane.
	80	Schir Johne Webetoun thar was slane,
	81	And, quhen he ded was, as yhe her,
	82	Tha fand intill his awmener
	83	And lettir that him send ane lady
	84	That he lufit per drouery,
	85	That said, quhen he had yhemit ane yher
	86	In wer as ane gud bacheler
191	87	The aventurous castell of Douglas
	88	That to kep sa peralous was,
	89	Than micht he wele ask ane lady
	90	Hir amouris and hir drouery.
	91	The lettir spak on this maner:
	92	And, quhen tha slane on this wis wer,
	93	Douglas richt to the castell rad,
	94	And thar sa gret debat he mad
	95	That in the castell enterit he.
	96	I wat nocht all the certante
	97	Quhethir it was throu strinth or slicht,
	98	Bot he wrocht sa throu his gret micht
	99	That the constabill and all the laf
	100	That war tharin bath man and knaf
	101	He tuk, and gaf tham dispending,
	102	And send tham ham but mar greving
	103	To the Cliffurd in thar cuntre,
	104	And syn sa besaly wrocht he
	105	That he all tumlit doun the wall
	106	And distroyit the housis all,
	107	Syn till the Forest held his way,
	108	Quhar he had mony hard assay,
	109	And mony far poynt of wer befell.
	110	Quha couth tham all rehers and tell,
	111	He suld say that his nam suld be
	112	Lestand in full gret renoune.


LXVI.	Pages 192-195, Section 66
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192	1	Now lef we into the Forest
	2	Douglas, that sall haf litill rest
	3	Quhill the cuntre deliverit be
	4	Of Inglismen and thar pouste:
	5	And turn we till the nobill king
	6	That with the folk of his leding
	7	Toward the Month has tane the way
	8	Richt stoutly and into gud aray,
	9	Quhar Alexander Fraser him met,
	10	And als his brothir Syman hat,
	11	With all the folk tha with tham had:
	12	The king gud contenans tham mad
	13	That was richt blith of thar cumyn.
	14	Tha tald the king all the covyn
	15	Of Johne Cumyn the erl of Bouchane,
	16	That till help him had with him tane
	17	Schir Johne Mowbra and othir ma,
	18	Schir David the Brechyn alsua,
	19	With all the folk of thar leding,
	20	‘And yharnis mar then ony thing
	21	Vengeans on yhou, schir king, to tak
	22	For Schir Johne the Cumynis sak
	23	That quhilom in Dumfres was slane.’
	24	The king said, ‘Sa our Lord me sane,
	25	I had gret caus him for to sla,
	26	And, sen that tha on hand will ta
193	27	Because of him to warray me,
	28	I sall thole all ane quhile, and se
	29	On quhat wis that tha pruf thar micht:
	30	And, gif it fall that tha will ficht,
	31	Gif tha assalyhe, we mon defend,
	32	Syn fall quhatevir that God will send.’
	33	Eftir this spek the king in hy
	34	Held straucht the way till Innerrowry,
	35	And thar him tuk sic ane seknes
	36	That put him to full hard distres;
	37	He forbar bath drink and met,
	38	His men na medicine couth get
	39	That evir micht to the king avale,
	40	His strinth sa haly can him fale
	41	That he micht nouthir rid na ga.
	42	Than wit yhe wele his men war wa,
	43	For nane was in that cumpany
	44	That wald haf bene half sa sary
	45	For till haf sene his brothir ded
	46	Lyand befor him in that sted
	47	As tha war for his seknes,
	48	For all thar confort in him wes.
	49	Bot gud Schir Eduard the worthy,
	50	His brothir that was sa hardy
	51	And wis and wicht, set mekill pane
	52	To confort tham with all his mane.
	53	And, quhen the lordis that thar war
	54	Saw the evill ay mar and mar
	55	Travalit the king, that thocht in hy
	56	It war nocht spedfull thar to ly,
194	57	For thar all plane was the cuntre,
	58	And tha war bot ane few menyhe
	59	To ly but strinth intill the plane.
	60	Forthi, quhill that thar capitane
	61	War couerit of his mekill ill,
	62	Tha thocht to wend sum strinth sone till,
	63	For folk forouten capitane,
	64	Bot that the bettir be apane,
	65	Sall nocht be all sa gud in ded
	66	As tha ane lord had tham to led
	67	That dar put him in aventur
	68	But abasing to tak the ure
	69	That God will send: for, quhen that he
	70	Is of sic will and sic bounte
	71	That he dar put him till assay,
	72	His folk sall tak ensampill ay
	73	Of his gud ded and his bounte,
	74	And ane of tham sall be worth thre
	75	Of tham that wikkit chiftane has.
	76	His wrechitnes sa in tham gais
	77	That tha thar malynes sall tyn
	78	Throu wrechitnes of his covyn:
	79	For, quhen the lord that suld tham led
	80	May do nocht bot as he war ded,
	81	Or fra his folk haldis his way
	82	Fleand, trow yhe nocht than that tha
	83	Sall vencust in thar hartis be?
	84	Yhis sall tha, as I trow perde,
	85	Bot gif thar hartis be sa he
	86	Tha will nocht for thar worschip fle:
195	87	And, thouch sum be of sic bounte,
	88	Quhen tha the lord and his menyhe
	89	Seis fle, yhet sall tha fle apane,
	90	For all men fleis the ded richt fane.
	91	Se quhat he dois that sa fouly
	92	Fleis thus for his cowardy:
	93	Bath him and his vencusis he,
	94	And gerris his fais abovin be.
	95	Bot he that throu his gret noblay
	96	To peralis him abandonis ay
	97	For to reconfort his menyhe
	98	Gerris tham be of sa gret bounte
	99	That mony tym unlikly thing
	100	Tha bring richt wele to gud ending.
	101	Sa did the king that I of red,
	102	And for his outrageous manhed
	103	Confortit his on sic maner
	104	That nane had radnes quhar he wer.
	105	Tha wald nocht ficht quhile that he wes
	106	Lyand intill sic seknes:
	107	Tharfor in littar tha him lay
	108	And till the Slevach held thar way,
	109	And thocht thar in that strinth to ly
	110	Quhill passit war his malady.


LXVII.	Pages 196-198, Section 67
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196	1	Bot, fra the erl of Bouchane
	2	Wist that tha war thiddir gane,
	3	And wist sa that sek was the king
	4	That men doutit of his couering,
	5	He send eftir his men in hy
	6	And assemblit gret cumpany,
	7	For all his awn men war thar,
	8	And all his frendis with him war,
	9	That was Schir Johne the Mowbra,
	10	And his brothir as I herd say,
	11	And als Schir David of Brechyn,
	12	With fele folk in thar ledyn.
	13	And, quhen tha all assemblit war,
	14	In hy tha tuk thar way to far
	15	To the Slevach with all thar men
	16	For till assale the king that then
	17	Was lyand intill his seknes.
	18	This was eftir the Martymes
	19	Quhen snaw had helit all the land:
	20	To the Slevach tha com nerhand
	21	Arait on thar best maner:
	22	And than the kingis men, that wer
	23	War of thar com tham apparalit
	24	To defend gif tha tham assalit:
	25	And nocht forthi thar fais war
	26	Ay twa for ane that tha war thar.
197	27	The erlis men ner cumand war
	28	Trumpand and makand mekill far,
	29	And mad knichtis quhen tha war ner:
	30	And tha that in the wodsid wer
	31	Stud in aray richt sarraly,
	32	And thocht to bid thar hardely
	33	The cuming of thar ennemyis,
	34	Bot tha wald apon nakyn wis
	35	Isch till assale tham in fichting
	36	Quhill couerit war the nobill king,
	37	Bot, and othir wald tham assalyhe,
	38	Tha wald defend avalyhe quod valyhe.
	39	And, quhen the erlis cumpany
	40	Saw that tha wrocht sa wisly
	41	That tha thar strinth schup to defend,
	42	Thar archaris furth to tham tha send
	43	To bikkir tham as men of mane,
	44	And tha send archaris tham agane
	45	That bikkirrit tham sa sturdely
	46	Quhill tha of the erlis party
	47	Intill thar battale withdrawin war. 
	48	Thre dais on this wis lay tha thar
	49	And bikkirrittham evirilk day,
	50	Bot thar bowmen the wer had ay.
	51	And, quhen the kingis cumpany
	52	Saw thar fais befor tham ly
	53	That ilka day wox ma and ma,
	54	And tha war quhene, and stad war sa
	55	That tha had nathing for till et
	56	Bot gif tha travalit it to get,
198	57	Tharfor tha tuk consale in hy
	58	That tha wald thar na langar ly,
	59	Bot hald thar way quhar tha micht get
	60	To tham and tharis vittale and met.
	61	In ane littar the king tha lay,
	62	And redyit tham, and held thar way
	63	That all thar fais micht tham se:
	64	Ilk man buskit him in his degre
	65	To ficht gif tha assalyheit war:
	66	In middis tham the king tha bar,
	67	And yhed about him sarraly,
	68	And nocht full gretly can tham hy.
	69	The erl and tha that with him war
	70	Saw that tha buskit tham to far,
	71	And saw how with sa litill affray
	72	Tha held furth with the king thar way
	73	Redy to ficht quha wald assale:
	74	Thar hartis all begouth to fale,
	75	And in pes let tham pas thar way,
	76	And till thar housis ham went tha. 


LXVIII.	Pages 198-200, Section 68
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198	1	The erl his way tuk to Bouchane,
	2	And Schir Eduard the Brus is gane
	3	Richt to Strabogy with the king,
	4	And sa lang thar mad sojorning
199	5	Quhill he begouth to couer and ga,
	6	And syn thar wais can tha ta
	7	Till Innerrowry straucht agane,
	8	For tha wald ly intill the plane
	9	The wintir sesoun, for vittale
	10	Intill the plane micht nocht tham fale.
	11	The erl wist that tha war thar,
	12	And gaderit ane menyhe her and thar:
	13	Brechyn, and Mowbra, and thar men
	14	All till the erl assemblit then,
	15	And war ane full gret cumpany
	16	Of men arait jolely.
	17	Till Ald Meldrom tha held the way,
	18	And thar with thar men lugit tha
	19	Befor Yhule evin ane nicht but mar:
	20	Ane thousand, trow I, wele tha war.
	21	Tha lugit tham all thar that nicht,
	22	And on the morn, quhen day was licht,
	23	The lord of Brechyn Schir Davy
	24	is went toward Innerrowory
	25	To luk gif he on ony wis
	26	Micht do scath till his ennemyis,
	27	And till the end of Innerrowry
	28	He com ridand sa sudanly
	29	That of the kingis men he slew
	30	Ane part, and othir sum tham withdrew,
	31	And fled thar way toward the king
	32	That with the mast of his gadring
	33	On yhond half doun was than lyand.
	34	And, quhen men tald him the tithand
200	35	How Schir David had slane his men,
	36	His hors in hy he askit then
	37	And bad his men all mak tham yhar
	38	Into gret hy, for he wald far
	39	To bragane with his ennymyis:
	40	With that he buskit for to ris,
	41	That was nocht all wele couerit then.
	42	Than said sum of his preve men,
	43	‘Quhat think yhe, schir, thuisgat to far
	44	To ficht, and yhet nocht couerit ar?’
	45	‘Yhis,’ said the king, ‘forouten wer
	46	Thar bost has mad me hale and fer,
	47	For suld na medicine sa sone
	48	Haf couerit me as tha haf done:
	49	Tharfor, sa God himself me se,
	50	I sall outhir haf tham, or tha me.’
	51	And, quhen his men has herd the king
	52	Set him sa hale for the fichting,
	53	Of his couering all blith tha war,
	54	And mad tham for the battale yhar.


The Brus: Verbs Overview (p.200 à 302)

LXIX.	Pages 200-202, Section 69
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200	1	The nobill king and his menyhe,
	2	That micht wele ner sevin hundreth be,
	3	Toward Ald Meldrom tuk the way
	4	Quhar the erl and his menyhe lay.
201	5	The discurrouris saw them cumand
	6	With baneris to the wind wafand,
	7	And tald it to thar lord in hy,
	8	That gert arm his men hastely
	9	And tham arait for battale:
	10	Behind tham set that thar merdale,
	11	And mad gud sembland for the ficht.
	12	The king com on with mekill micht,
	13	And tha abad makand gret far
	14	Quhill tha ner at assemble war,
	15	Bot, quhen tha saw the nobill king
	16	Cum stoutly on without stinting,
	17	Ane litill on bridill tha tham withdrew,
	18	And the king, that tham wele knew
	19	That tha war all discumfit ner,
	20	pressit on tham with his baner,
	21	And tha withdrew tham mar and mar.
	22	And, quhen the small folk tha had thar
	23	Saw thar lordis withdraw tham sa,
	24	Tha turnit thar bak all and to ga,
	25	And fled all scalit her and thar:
	26	The lordis that yhet togidder war
	27	Saw that thar small folk war fleand,
	28	And saw the king stoutly cumand,
	29	The war ilkane abasit sa
	30	That tha the bak gaf and to ga:
	31	Ane litill stound sammyn held tha,
	32	And syn ilk man has tane his way.
	33	Fell nevir men sa fould mischans
	34	Eftir sa sturdy ane contenans,
202	35	For quhen the kingis cumpany
	36	Saw that tha fled sa foulely,
	37	Tha chasit tham with all thar mane,
	38	And sum tha tuk, and sum has slane,
	39	The remanand war fleand ay,
	40	Quha had gud hors gat best away.
	41	Till Ingland fled the erl of Bouchane,
	42	Schir Johne Mowbra is with him gane,
	43	And war resettit with the king:
	44	Bot tha had bath bot schort lesting,
	45	For tha deit sone eftir syn.
	46	And Schir David of Brechyn
	47	Fled to Brechyn his awn castele
	48	And warnist it bath far and wele:
	49	Bot the erl of Adell Davy
	50	His sone that was in Kildrumy
	51	Com syn and him assegit thar,
	52	And he that wald hald wer na mar
	53	Na bargane with the nobill king
	54	Com syn his man with gud treting.

LXX.	Pages 202-203, Section 70
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202	1	Now ga we to the king agane
	2	That of his victor was richt fane,
	3	And gert his men brin all Bouchane
	4	Fra end till end, and sparit nane,
203	5	And heryit tham on sic maner
	6	That eftir that wele fifty yher
	7	Men menit the herschip of Bouchane.
	8	The king than till his pes has tane
	9	The north cuntre, that humilly
	10	Obesit till his senyhory,
	11	Sa that benorth the Month war nane
	12	That tha ne war his men ilkane:
	13	His lordschip wox ay mar and mar.
	14	Toward Angus than couth he far,
	15	That thocht sone to mak his awn fre
	16	All on north-half the Scottis Se.
	17	The castell of Forfar was then
	18	Stuffit all with Inglismen,
	19	Bot Philip the forestar of Platane
	20	Has of his frendis with him tane,
	21	And with ledderis all prevely
	22	Till the castell he can him hy,
	23	And clam out our the wall of stane,
	24	And sagat has the castell tane
	25	Throu falt of watch with litill pane,
	26	And syn all that he fand has slane:
	27	Syn yhald the castell to the king
	28	That mad him richt gut rewarding,
	29	And syn gert brek doun the wall,
	30	And fordid the castell all. 

LXXI.	Pages 204-208, Section 71
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204	1	Quhen that the castell of Forfar
	2	And all the touris tumlit war
	3	Doun till th erd, as I haf tald,
	4	The wis king that was wicht and bald,
	5	That thocht that he wald mak all fre
	6	Apon north-half the Scottis Se,
	7	To Perth is went with all his rout,
	8	And umbeset the toun about,
	9	And till it has ane sege sone set.
	10	Bot, quhile it micht haf men and met,
	11	It micht nocht but gret pane be tane,
	12	For the wallis war all of stane
	13	With thik touris and he standand,
	14	And that tym war tharin duelland
	15	Mushet and als Olifard,
	16	Tha twa the toun had all in ward:
	17	Of Strathern als the erl was thar,
	18	Bot his sone and of his men war
	19	Without intill the kingis rout.
	20	That was of bikkering stith and stout,
	21	And men slane apon ilk party,
	22	Bot the gud king, that all witty
	23	Was in his dedis evirilkane,
	24	Saw the wallis sa stith of stane,
	25	And saw defens that tha can mam,
	26	And how the toun was hard to ta
205	27	With opin assale, strinth, or micht,
	28	Tharfor he thocht to wirk with slicht,
	29	And all the tym that he thar lay
	30	He spyit and slely gert assay
	31	Quhar of the dik the schaldast was,
	32	Quhill at the last he fand ane plas
	33	That men micht till thar schuldris wad:
	34	And, quhen he that plas fundin had,
	35	He gert his menyhe busk ilkane
	36	Quhen sex oukis of the sege was gane,
	37	And tursit that harnas halely,
	38	And left the sege all opinly,
	39	And furth with all his folk can far
	40	As he wald do tharto na mar.
	41	And tha that war within the toun,
	42	Quhen tha to far sa saw him boun,
	43	Tha schoutit him and scorning mad,
	44	And he furth on his wais rad
	45	As he na will had agane to turn
	46	Na besid tham to mak sojorn.
	47	Bot in aucht dais nocht forthi
	48	He gert mak ledderis prevely
	49	That micht suffis till his entent,
	50	And in ane mirk nicht syn is went
	51	Toward the toun with his menyhe:
	52	Bot hors and knafis all left he
	53	Fer fra the toun, and syn has tane
	54	Thar ledderis, and on fut ar gane
	55	Toward the toun all prevely.
	56	Tha herd na wachis spek na cry,
206	57	For tha that war within may-fall
	58	As men that dred nocht slepit all:
	59	Tha had na dred than of the king,
	60	For tha of him herd na tithing
	61	All tha thre dais befor and mar,
	62	Tharfor sekir and trast tha war.
	63	And, quhen the king herd tham nocht ster,
	64	He was blith apon gret maner,
	65	And his leddir in hand can he ta
	66	Ensampill till his men to ma,
	67	Arait wele in all his ger
	68	Schot in the dik, and with his sper
	69	Tastit quhill he it wele ourwud,
	70	Bot ill his throt the watir stud.
	71	That tym was in his cumpany
	72	Ane knicht of Frans wicht and hardy,
	73	And, quhen he in the watir sa
	74	Saw the king pas and with him ta
	75	His leddir unabasitly,
	76	He sanit him for the ferly,
	77	And said, ‘A Lord! quhat sall we say
	78	Of our lordis of Frans, that ay
	79	With gud morsellis farsis thar panch,
	80	And will bot et and drikn and dans,
	81	Quhen sic ane knicht and sa worthy
	82	As this throu his chevelry
	83	Into sic perill has him set
	84	To win ane wrechit hamilet!’
	85	With that word to the dik he ran,
	86	And our eftir the king he wan.
207	87	And, quhen the kingis menyhe saw
	88	Thar lord pas our, intill ane thraw
	89	Tha passit the dik, and but mar let
	90	Thar ledderis to the wall tha set,
	91	And to clym up fast pressit tha;
	92	Bot the gud king, as I herd say,
	93	Was the tothir man that tuk the wall,
	94	And bad thar quhill his menyhe all
	95	War cumin our in full gret hy.
	96	Yhet ras thar nouthir noys na cry:
	97	Bot sone eftir tha noys mad
	98	That of tham first persaving had,
	99	Sa that the cry ras throu the toun,
	100	Bot he, that with his men was boun
	101	Till assale the toun is went,
	102	And the mast of his menyhe sent
	103	All scalit throu the toun, bot he
	104	Held with himself ane gret menyhe
	105	Sa that he micht be appurvait
	106	To defend gif he war assait.
	107	Bot tha that he send throu the toun
	108	Put sone to gret confusioun
	109	Thar fais that in beddis war
	110	Or scalit fleand her and thar,
	111	That or the sone ras tha had tane
	112	Thar fais or discumfit ilkane.
	113	The wardanis bath tharin war tane,
	114	And Malis of Strathhern is gane
	115	Till his fadir the erl Malis,
	116	And with strinth tuk him and all his:
208	117	Syn for his sak the nobill king
	118	Gaf him his land in governing.
	119	The laf that ran out throu the toun
	120	Sesit to tham in gret fusoun
	121	Men and arming and marchandis
	122	And othir gudis on sinder wis,
	123	Quhill tha that er war pouer and bar
	124	Of that gud rich and michty war.
	125	Bot thar was few slane, for the king
	126	Had gifin tham in comanding
	127	On gret pane, that tha suld sla nane
	128	That but gret bargane micht be tane,
	129	For tha war kind to the cuntre
	130	He wist, and had of tham pite.


LXXII.	Pages 208-209, Section 72
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208	1	On this maner the toun was tane,
	2	And syn touris evirilkane
	3	And wallis gert he tummill doun:
	4	He levit nocht about that toun
	5	Tour standand, na stane, na wall,
	6	That he na haly gert distroy all:
	7	And presoneris that thar tuk he
	8	He send quhar tha might haldin be,
	9	And till his pes tuk all the land,
	10	Was nane that durst him than withstand.
209	11	Apon north-half the Scottis Se
	12	Obesit all till his majeste,
	13	Outane the lord of Lorn, and tha
	14	Of Argile that wald with him ga:
	15	He held evir agane the king,
	16	And hatit him atour all thing.
	17	Bot yhet, or all the gamyn ha,
	18	I trow wele that the king sall ta
	19	vengeans of his gret cruelte,
	20	And that him sar repent sall he
	21	That he the king contraryit ay,
	22	May-fall quhen he na mend it may. 

LXXIII.	Pages 209-216, Section 73
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209	1	The kingis brothir, quhen the toun
	2	Was takin thus and dungin doun,
	3	Schir Eduard that was sa worthy
	4	Tuk with him ane gret cumpany
	5	And tuk his gat toward Galloway,
	6	For with his men he wald assay
	7	Gif he recovir micht that land
	8	And win fra Inglismenis hand.
	9	This Schir Eduard, forsuth I hicht,
	10	Was of his handis ane nobill knicht
	11	And in blithnes swt and joly,
	12	Bot he was outrageous hardy,
210	13	And of sa he undirtaking
	14	That he nevir had ane abasing
	15	Of multitud of men, forthi
	16	He discumfit comonly
	17	Mony with quhene: tharfor had he
	18	Outour his peris renoune,
	19	For, quha rehers wald all his ded,
	20	Of his he worschip and manhed
	21	Men micht mony romanis mak:
	22	And nocht forthi I think to tak
	23	On hand of him to say sumthing,
	24	But nocht tend-part his travaling.
	25	This gud knicht that I spek of her,
	26	With all the folk that with him wer,
	27	Wele sone to Galloway cumin is:
	28	All that he fand he mad it his,
	29	And ryotit gretly the land.
	30	Bot than in Galloway war wonnand
	31	Schir Ingeram the Umphravill that wes
	32	Renounit of sa he prowes
	33	That he of worschip passit the rout,
	34	Tharfor he gert ay ber about
	35	Apon ane sper ane red bonet
	36	Into takin that he was set
	37	In the hicht of all chevelry,
	38	And of Sanct Johne als Schir Amy.
	39	Tha twa the land had in stering:
	40	And, quhen tha herd of the cuming
	41	Of Schir Eduard that sa planly
	42	Ourrad the land, than in gret hy
211	43	Tha assemblit all thar menyhe,
	44	I trow tuelf hundreth tha micht be.
	45	Bot he with fewar folk tham met
	46	Besid Cre, and sa hard tham set
	47	With hard battale in stalward ficht
	48	That he tham all put to the flicht,
	49	And slew twa hundreth wele and ma,
	50	And the chiftanis in hy can ta
	51	Thar way to Buttill for to be
	52	Resavit into gud savite:
	53	And Schir Eduard tham chasit fast,
	54	Bot in the castell at the last
	55	Gat Schir Ingeram and Schir Amy,
	56	Bot the best of thar cumpany
	57	Left, ded behind tham in the plas.
	58	And, quhen Schir Eduard saw the chas
	59	Was falit, he gert ses the pray,
	60	And sa gret catell had away
	61	That it war wondir for to se.
	62	Of Butill tour tha saw how he
	63	Gert his men drif with him thar pray,
	64	Bot na let set tharin micht tha.
	65	Throu his chevelrous chevelry
	66	Galloway was stonait gretumly,
	67	And him doutit for his bounte:
	68	Sum of the men of the cuntre
	69	Com till his pes and mad him ath.
	70	Bot Schir Amy, that had the scath
	71	Of the bargane I tald of er,
	72	Rad till Ingland and purchast ther
212	73	Of armit men gret cumpany
	74	To venge him of the velany
	75	That Schir Eduard the nobill knicht
	76	Him did by Cre intill the ficht.
	77	Of gud men he assemblit thar
	78	Wele fiften hundreth men and mar
	79	That war of richt gud renoune:
	80	His way with all that folk tuk he,
	81	And in the land all prevely
	82	Enterit with that chevelry
	83	Thinkand Schir Eduard to suppris
	84	Gif that he micht on ony wis,
	85	For he thocht he wald him assale 
	86	Or that he lest in plane battale.
	87	Now may yhe her of gret ferly
	88	And of richt chevelry,
	89	For Schir Eduard intill the land
	90	Was with his menyhe ner at hand,
	91	And in the morning richt arly
	92	He herd the cuntremen mak cry,
	93	And had wittering of thar cuming.
	94	Than buskit he him but delaying
	95	And lap on hors deliverly:
	96	He had then in rout fifty
	97	Apon gud hors armit richt wele:
	98	His small folk gert he ilke dele
	99	Withdraw tham till ane strat ner by,
	100	And he rad furth with his fifty.
	101	Ane knicht that than was in his rout,
	102	Worthy and wicht, stalward and stout,
213	103	Curtas and far and of gud fam,
	104	Schir Alane of Catkert be nam,
	105	Tald me this tale as I sall tell.
	106	Gret mist intill the morning fell.
	107	Sa that men micht nocht se tham by
	108	For mist ane bowdraucht fullely.
	109	Sa hapnit that tha fand the tras
	110	Quhar that the rout furth passit was
	111	Of thar fais that forouth rad.
	112	Schir Eduard that gret yharning had
	113	all tym for till do chevelry,
	114	With all his rout in full gret hy
	115	Folowit the tras quhar gane war tha,
	116	And befor midmorn of the day
	117	The mist wox cler, and sudanly
	118	Than he and all his cumpany
	119	War nocht ane bowdraucht fra the rout.
	120	Than schot tha on tham with ane schout,
	121	For, gif tha fled, tha wist that tha
	122	Suld nocht wele ferd-part get away:
	123	Tharfor in aventur to de
	124	He wald him put or he wald fle.
	125	And, quhen the Inglis cumpany
	126	Saw on tham cum sa sudanly
	127	Sic folk forouten abasing,
	128	Tha war stonait for affraying:
	129	And the tothir but mar abad
	130	Sa hardely emang tham rad
	131	That fele of tham till erd tha bar.
	132	Stonait sa gretly than tha war
214	133	Throu the fors of that first assay
	134	That tha war into gret affray,
	135	And wend befor tha had bene ma
	136	For that tha war assalit sa.
	137	And syn Schir Eduardis cumpany,
	138	Quhen tha had thrillit tham, hastely
	139	Set stoutly in the hedis agane,
	140	And at that cours born doun and slane
	141	War of thar fais ane gret party,
	142	That than affrait war sa gretly
	143	That tha war scalit gretly then.
	144	And, quhen Schir Eduard and his men
	145	Saw tham into sa ill aray,
	146	The thrid tym on tham prikit tha:
	147	And tha, that saw tham sa stoutly
	148	Cum on tham, dred tham sa stoutly
	149	That all thar rout bath les and mar
	150	Fled ilkane scalit her and thar.
	151	Was nane emang tham sa hardy
	152	To bid, bot all comonly
	153	Fled to warand, and he can chas
	154	That wilfull to distroy tham was,
	155	And sum he tuk, and sum war slane,
	156	Bot Schir Amy with mekill pane
	157	Eschapit and his gat is gane,
	158	His men discumfit war ilkane,
	159	Sum tane, sum slane, sum gat away:
	160	This was ane richt far poynt perfay.
	161	Lo! how hardyment tane sudanly,
	162	And drifin syn till end scharply,
215	163	May ger oftsis unlikly thingis
	164	Cum to richt far and gud endingis,
	165	Richt as it fell in this cas her:
	166	For hardyment withouten wer
	167	Wan fiften hundreth with fifty
	168	Quhar ay for ane tha war thretty,
	169	And twa men ar a manis her:
	170	Bot ure led tham on sic maner
	171	That tha discumfit war ilkane.
	172	Schir Amy ham his gat is gane
	173	Richt blith that he sa gat away:
	174	I trow he sall nocht mony ane day
	175	Haf will to warray that cuntre,
	176	Withthi Schir Eduard tharin be.
	177	And he duelt furth intill the land
	178	Tham that rebell war warrayand,
	179	And in a yher sa warrait he
	180	That he wan quytly that cuntre
	181	Till his brothiris pes the king:
	182	Bot that was nocht but hard fichting,
	183	For in that tym thar him befell
	184	Mony far poynt, as I herd tell
	185	The quhilk that ar nocht writin her,
	186	Bot I wat wele that in that yher
	187	Thretten castellis with strinth he wan,
	188	And ourcom mony ane mudy man.
	189	Quhasa of him the suth wald red,
	190	Had he had mesur in his ded,
	191	I trow that worthyar then he
	192	Micht nocht in his tym fundin be,
216	193	Outakin his brothir anerly,
	194	To quham into gud chevelry
	195	I dar per nane was in his day,
	196	For he led him with mesur ay,
	197	And with gret wit his chevelry
	198	He governit ay sa worthely
	199	That he full oft unlikly thing
	200	Brocht richt wele to full gud ending.

LXXIV.	Pages 216-219, Section 74
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216	1	In all this tym James of Douglas 
	2	In the Forest travaland was,
	3	That it throu hardyment and slicht
	4	Occupyit magre all the micht
	5	Of his fele fais: the quhethir tha
	6	Set him full oft in hard assay:
	7	Bot oft throu wit and throu bounte
	8	His purpos to gud end brocht he.
	9	Intill that tym him fell throu cas
	10	A nicht as he travaland was
	11	And thocht for till haf tane restyn
	12	In ane hous on the watir of Lyne:
	13	And, as he com with his menyhe
	14	Nerhand the hous, sa lisnit he
	15	And herd thar sawis ilke dele,
	16	And be that he persavit wele
217	17	That tha war strange men that thar
	18	That nicht tharin herbryit war.
	19	And as he thocht it fell per cas,
	20	For of Bonkill the lord thar was,
	21	Alexander Steward hat he,
	22	And othir twa of gret bounte,
	23	Thomas Randol of gret renoun,
	24	And Adam alsua of Gordoun,
	25	That com thar with gret cumpany
	26	And thocht in the Forest to ly
	27	And occupy it throu thar gret micht,
	28	And with travale and stalward ficht
	29	To chas Douglas of that cuntre.
	30	Bot othirwais all yhed the gle:
	31	For, quhen James had wittering
	32	That strange men had tane herbrying
	33	In the plas quhar he schup to ly,
	34	He till the hous went hastely
	35	And umbeset it all about.
	36	Quhen tha within herd sic ane rout
	37	About the hous, tha ras in hy,
	38	And tuk thar ger richt hastely,
	39	And schot furth fra tha harnast war:
	40	Thar fais tham met with wapnis bar,
	41	And assalit richt hardely,
	42	And tha defendit douchtely
	43	With all thar micht, quhill at the last
	44	Thar fais pressit tham sa fast
	45	That thar folk falyheit tham ilkane.
	46	Thomas Randol thar haf tha tane,
218	47	And Alexander Steward alsua
	48	Was woundit in a plas or twa.
	49	Adam of Gordoun fra the ficht,
	50	Quhat throu slicht and quhat throu micht,
	51	Eschapit, and fele of his men:
	52	Bot tha that war arestit then
	53	War of thar taking wondir wa:
	54	Bot nedlingis tham behufit be sa.
	55	That nicht the gud lord of Douglas
	56	Mad to Schir Alexander that was
	57	His emis sone richt gladsum cher,
	58	Sa did he als forouten wer
	59	Till Thomas Randol, for that he
	60	Was till the king in ner degre
	61	Of blud, for his sistir him bar:
	62	And on the morn forouten mar
	63	Toward the nobill king he rad,
	64	And with him bath tha thwa he had.
	65	The king of his cuming was blith,
	66	And thankit him tharof fele sith,
	67	And till his nevo can he say,
	68	‘Thou has ane quhile renyit thy fay,
	69	Bot thou reconsalit now mon be.’
	70	Than till the king sone ansuerd he
	71	And said, ‘Yhe chasty me: bot yhe
	72	Aw better chastyit for to be,
	73	For, sen that yhe warrait the king
	74	Of Ingland, into plane fichting
	75	The suld pres to derenyhe yhour richt,
	76	And nocht with wordis na with slicht.’
219	77	The king said, ‘Yhet fall it may,
	78	Cum or ocht lang, to sic assay.
	79	Bot, sent thou spekis sa rialy,
	80	It is gret skill that men chasty
	81	Thy proud wordis, quhill that thou knaw
	82	The richt, and bow it as thou aw.’
	83	The king forout mar delaying
	84	Send him yo be in ferm keping
	85	Quhar that he all ane quhile suld be
	86	Nocht all apon his awn pouste.



LXXV.	Pages 219-222, Section 75
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219	1	Quhen Thomas Randol on this wis
	2	Was takin as I her devis,
	3	And send to duell in gud keping
	4	For the spek he spak to the king,
	5	The gud thing, that thocht on the scath,
	6	The dispit and the felony bath
	7	That Johne of Lorne had till him done,
	8	His host assemblit he than sone,
	9	And toward Lorne he tuk the way
	10	With his men into gud array.
	11	Bot Johne of Lorne of his cuming
	12	Lang or he com had wittering,
	13	And men on ilk sid gaderit he,
	14	I trow twa thousand tha micht be,
220	15	And send tham for to stop the way
	16	Quhar the gud king behufit to ga,
	17	And that was in ane evill plas
	18	That sa strat and sa narow was
	19	That twa men sammyn micht nocht rid
	20	In sum plas of the hillis sid.
	21	The nethir half was peralous,
	22	For ane schor crag, he and hidous,
	23	Raucht to the se doun fra the plas.
	24	On othir half ane montane was
	25	Sa cumrous, he, and ek sa stay,
	26	That it was hard to pas that way:
	27	Crechanben hicht that montane,
	28	I trow that nocht in all Bretane
	29	Ane hear hill may fundin be.
	30	Thar Johne of Lorne gert his menyhe
	31	Enbuschit be abouin the way,
	32	For, gif the gud king held that way,
	33	He thocht he suld sone vencust be:
	34	And himself held him on the se
	35	Wele ner the plas with his galais.
	36	Bot the king, that in all assais
	37	Was fundin wis and avise,
	38	Persavit thar subtilite,
	39	And that he ned that gat suld ga.
	40	His men departit he in twa,
	41	And till the gud lord of Douglas,
	42	Quham in all wit and worschip was,
	43	He taucht the archaris evirilkane,
	44	And this gud lord has with him tane
221	45	Schir Alexander the Fraser wicht,
	46	And Wilyham Wisman ane gud knicht,
	47	And with tham gud Schir Andro Gray.
	48	Thir with thar menyhe held thar way
	49	And clam the hill deliverly,
	50	And, or tha of the tothir party
	51	Persavit tham, tha had ilkane
	52	The hicht apon thar fais tane.
	53	The king and his men held thar way,
	54	And, quhen intill the pas war tha
	55	Enterit, the folk of Lorne in hy
	56	Apon the king rasit the cry,
	57	And schot, and tumlit on him stanis
	58	Richt gret and hevy for the nanis.
	59	Bot tha scathit nocht gretly the king,
	60	For he had thar in his leding
	61	Men that licht and deliver war
	62	And licht arming had on tham thar,
	63	Sa that tha stoutly clam the hill
	64	And lettit thar fais to fulfill
	65	The mast part of thar felony,
	66	And als apon the tothir party
	67	Com James of Douglas and his rout,
	68	And schot apon tham with ane schout,
	69	And woundit tham with arowis fast,
	70	And with thar suerdis at the last
	71	Tha ruschit emang tham hardely,
	72	For tha of Lorne full manfully
	73	Gret and apert defens can ma.
	74	Bot, quhen tha saw that tha war sa
222	75	Assalyheit apon twa partyis,
	76	And saw wele that thar ennemyis
	77	Had all the farar of the ficht,
	78	In full gret hy tha tuk the flicht,
	79	And tha ane felooun chas can ma
	80	And slew all that tha micht ourta.
	81	And tha that micht eschap, perfay,
	82	Richt till ane watir held thar way
	83	That ran doun be the hillis sid:
	84	It was sa stith and dep and wid
	85	That men in na plas micht it pas
	86	Bot at ane brig beneth tham was.
	87	To that brig held tha straucht thar way,
	88	And to brek it can fast assay:
	89	Bot tha that chasit, quhen that tham saw
	90	Mak thar arest, but dred or aw
	91	Tha ruschit apon tham hardely,
	92	And discumfit tham all utrely,
	93	And held the brig hale quhill the king
	94	With all the folk of his leding
	95	Passit the brig all at thar es.
	96	To Johne of Lorne it suld disples,
	97	I trow, quhen he his men micht se
	98	Out of his schippis fra the se
	99	be slane and chasit fra the hill,
	100	That he micht set na help thartill:
	101	For it angeris als gretumly
	102	To gud hartis that ar worthy
	103	To se thar fais fulfill thar will
	104	As to thamself to thole the ill.

LXXVI.	Pages 223-225, Section 76
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223	1	At sic mischef war tha of Lorne,
	2	For fele the lifis thar has lorn,
	3	And othir sum tha fled away.
	4	The king in hy gert ses the pray
	5	Of all the land, quhar men micht se
	6	Sa gret aboundans cum of fe
	7	That it was wondir to behald.
	8	The king, that stout was, strak, and bald,
	9	To Dunstaffynch richt sudanly
	10	He past, and segit it sturdely
	11	And assalyheit the castell to get,
	12	And in schort tym he has tham set
	13	In sic thrang that tharin war than
	14	That magre tharis he it wan,
	15	And ane gud wardane tharin set,
	16	And betaucht him bath men and met
	17	Sa that he thar lang tym micht be
	18	Magre tham all of that cuntre.
	19	Schir Alexander of Argile, that saw
	20	The king distroy up clef and law
	21	His land, send tretis to the king,
	22	And com his man but tarying,
	23	And he resavit him till his pes.
	24	But Johne of Lorne his sone yhet wes
	25	Rebell as he wont to be,
	26	And fled with schippis on the se.
224	27	Bot tha that left apon the land
	28	War to the king all obesand,
	29	And he thar homage all has tane,
	30	Syn toward Perth is passit agane
	31	To play him thar intill the plane.
	32	Yhet Lowdiane was him agane,
	33	And at Lithkow was than ane pele
	34	Mekill and strak, and stuffit wele
	35	With Inglismen, that was reset
	36	To tham that with armouris or met
	37	Fra Edinburgh wald to Strevilling ga,
	38	And fra Strevilling agane alsua,
	39	That till the cuntre did gret ill.
	40	Now may yhe her, gif that yhe will,
	41	Entirmellis and juperdyis
	42	That men assait on mony wis
	43	Castellis and pelis for to ta,
	44	And this Lithkow was ane of tha,
	45	As I sall tell how it was tane.
	46	In the cuntre thar wonnit ane
	47	That husband was, and with his fe
	48	Oftsis hay to the pele led he:
	49	Wilyham Bunnok to nam he hicht,
	50	That stalward man was into ficht.
	51	He saw sa hard the cuntre stad
	52	That he gret noy and pity had
	53	Throu fortrassis that war then
	54	Governit and led with Inglismen,
	55	That travalit men outour mesur.
	56	He was ane stout carl and ane stur,
225	57	And of himself richt dour and hardy,
	58	And had frendis wonnand him by,
	59	And schew to sum his prevate,
	60	And apon his covyn gat he
	61	Men that micht enbuschement ma
	62	Quhill that he with his wane suld ga
	63	To led tham hay intill the pele.
	64	Bot his wane suld be stuffit wele,
	65	For aucht men armit in the body
	66	Of his wane suld sit prevely
	67	And with hay helit be about:
	68	And himself that dour and stout
	69	Suld by the wane gang idilly:
	70	And ane yheman wicht and hardy
	71	Befor suld drif the wane, and ber
	72	Ane hachat that war scharp and scher
	73	Undir his belt: and, quhen the yhat
	74	War opnit, and tha war tharat,
	75	Quhen he herd him cry sturdely,
	76	He suld be redy sone in hy
	77	For to strik with the ax in twa
	78	The hed-soym: than in hy suld tha
	79	That war within the wane cum out
	80	And mak debat, quhill that thar rout
	81	That suld ner by enbuschit be
	82	Cum for to mantem the melle.


LXXVII.	Pages 226-228, Section 77
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226	1	This was intill the harvast tid,
	2	Quhen feldis that war far and wid
	3	Chargit with corn all fully war,
	4	For sinder cornis that tha bar
	5	Wox ryp to win to manis fud:
	6	And the treis all sammyn stud
	7	Chargit with frutis on sinder wis.
	8	That samin tym as I devis
	9	That of the pele had wonnin hay,
	10	And with this Bunnok spokin had tha
	11	To led thar hay, for he was ner,
	12	And he consentit but danger,
	13	And said that into the morning
	14	Wele sone ane fudir he suld bring
	15	Farar and gretar and wele mor
	16	Than ony he brocht that yher befor:
	17	And held tham cunand sekirly,
	18	For that nicht gat he prevely
	19	Tham that in the wane suld ga,
	20	And bad the buschement be alsua.
	21	And tha sa grathly sped tham thar
	22	That or day tha enbuschit war
	23	Wele ner the pele, quhar tha micht her
	24	The cry alsone as ony wer,
	25	And held tham sa still but stering
	26	That nane of tham had persaving:
227	27	And this Bunnok fast can him pane
	28	To dres his menyhe in his wane,
	29	And all ane quhile befor the day
	30	He had tham helit with the hay,
	31	And mad him than to yhok his fe
	32	Quhill men the sone schynand micht se.
	33	And sum that war within the pele
	34	War ischit on thar awn unsele
	35	To win thar harvast ner tharby.
	36	Than Bunnok with the cumpany
	37	That in his wane closit he had
	38	Went on his way but mar abad,
	39	And callit his wane toward the pele:
	40	And the portar, that saw him wele
	41	Cum ner the yhat, it opnit sone,
	42	And than Bunnok forouten hone
	43	Gert call the wane deliverly,
	44	And, quhen it was set full evinly
	45	Betuix the chekis of the yhat
	46	Sa that men micht it spar na gat,
	47	He cryit ‘Thef! Call all! Call all!’
	48	And he than led the gadwand fall,
	49	And hewit in twa the soym in hy.
	50	Bunnok with that deliverly
	51	Raucht till the portar sic ane rout
	52	That blud and harnis bath com out,
	53	And tha that war within the wane
	54	Lap out belif, and sone has slane
	55	Men of the castell that war by.
	56	Than in ane quhile begouth the cry,
228	57	And tha that ner enbuschit war
	58	Lap out and com with suerdis bar,
	59	And tuk the castell all but pane,
	60	And tham that tharin was has slane.
	61	And tha that war went furth beforn,
	62	Quhen tha the castell saw forlorn,
	63	Tha fled to warrand to and fra,
	64	And sum till Edinburgh can ga,
	65	And to Strevilling othir ar gane,
	66	And sum intill the way war slane.

LXXVIII.	Pages 228-230, Section 78
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226	1	Bunnok on this wis with his wane
	2	The pele tuk and the men has slane,
	3	Syn taucht it till the king in hy
	4	That him rewardit worthely,
	5	And gert doun drif it to the ground,
	6	And syn our all the land can fond
	7	Settand in pes all the cuntre
	8	That till him obesand wald be.
	9	And, quhen ane litill tym was went,
	10	Eftir Thomas Randol he sent,
	11	And with him sa wele tretit he
	12	That he his man hicht for to be,
	13	And the king him sone forgaf,
	14	And for till he his stat him gaf
229	15	Murref, and tharof erl him mad,
	16	And othir sinder landis brad
	17	He gaf him intill heritage.
	18	He knew his worthy vassalage,
	19	And his gret wit, and his awis,
	20	His trast hart, and his lele servis,
	21	Tharfor in him affyit he,
	22	And mad him rich of land and fe,
	23	As it was certis richt worthy,
	24	Form and men spek of him trewly,
	25	He was sa curageous ane knicht,
	26	Sa wis, sa worthy, and sa wicht,
	27	And of sa soverane gret bounte
	28	That mekill of him may spokin be:
	29	And, for I think of him to red
	30	And to schaw part of his gud ded,
	31	I will discrif yhou his fassoun
	32	And part of his condicioun.
	33	He was of mesurabill statur,
	34	And portrait wele at all mesur,
	35	With brad visage plesand and far,
	36	Curtas and poynt, and debonar,
	37	And of richt sekir contening.
	38	Lawte he lufit atour all thing:
	39	Falset, tresoun, and felony
	40	He stud agane ay ithandly:
	41	He heit honour and larges,
	42	And ay mantemit richtwisnes.
	43	In cumpany solacious
	44	He was, and tharwith amorous,
230	45	And gud knichtis he lufit ay,
	46	And, gif that I the suth sall say,
	47	He was fulfillit of all bounte,
	48	And of all vertuis mad was he.
	49	I will commend him her na mar,
	50	Bot yhe sall wele her forthirmar
	51	That he for his dedis worthy
	52	Suld wele be prisit soveranly.

LXXIX.	Pages 230-231, Section 79
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230	1	Quhen the king thus was with him saucht
	2	And gret lordschippis had him betaucht,
	3	He wox sa wis and avise
	4	That his land first wele stablist he,
	5	And syn he sped him to the wer
	6	Till help his eme in his affer.
	7	With the consent of the gud king,
	8	Bot with ane simpill apparaling,
	9	Till Edinburgh he went in hy
	10	With gud men into cumpany,
	11	And set ane sege to the castele
	12	That than was warnist wondir wele
	13	With men and vittale at all richt
	14	Sa that it dred na manis ficht.
	15	Bot this gud erl nicht forthi
	16	The sege tuk full apertly,
231	17	And pressit the folk that tharin was
	18	Sa that nocht ane the yhat durst pas:
	19	Tha may abid tharin and et
	20	Vittale quhile tha ony may get,
	21	Bot I trow tha sall lettit be
	22	To purchas mar in the cuntre.

LXXX.	Pages 231-232, Section 80
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231	1	That tym Eduard of Ingland king
	2	Had gifin the castell in keping
	3	To Schir Peris Lumbard ane Gascoun.
	4	And, quhen tha of his warnisoun
	5	Saw the sege set thar sa stithly,
	6	Tha mistrowit him of tratoury
	7	For that he spokin had with the king,
	8	And for that ilk mistrowing
	9	Tha tuk him and put in presoun,
	10	And of thar awn nacioun
	11	Tha mad ane constabill tham to led
	12	Richt war and wis and wicht of ded,
	13	And he set wit and strinth and slicht
	14	To kep the castell at his micht.
	15	Bot now of tham I will be still,
	16	And spek ane litill quhile I will
	17	Of the douchty lord of Douglas
	18	At that tym in the Forest was,
232	19	Quhar he mony ane juperdy
	20	And far poyntis of chevelry
	21	Prufit als wele be nicht as day
	22	To tham that in the castellis lay
	23	Of Roxburgh and Jedworth: bot I
	24	Will lat fele of tham pas forby,
	25	For I can nicht rehers tham all,
	26	And, thouch I couth, trow wele yhe sall
	27	That I micht nocht suffis tharto,
	28	Sa mekill suld be thar ado:
	29	Bot tha that I wat wittirly
	30	Eftir my wit rehers sall I.

LXXXI.	Pages 232-236, Section 81
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232	1	This tym that the gud erl Thomas
	2	Assegit, as the lettir sais,
	3	Edinburgh, James of Douglas
	4	Set all his wit for till purchas
	5	How Roxburgh throu subtilite
	6	Or ony craft micht wonnin be,
	7	Quhill he gert Sym of the Ledous,
	8	That was ane man richt craftyous,
	9	Of hempin rapis ledderis ma
	10	With treyn steppis bundin sa
	11	That wald brek apon nakyn wis.
	12	Ane cruk tha mad at thar devis
233	13	Of irn that was stith and squar,
	14	That fra it in ane kyrnell war,
	15	And the leddir tharfra stratly
	16	Strekit, it suld stand sekirly.
	17	This lord of Douglas than, alsone
	18	As this devisit was and done,
	19	Gaderit gud men in prevate,
	20	Thre scor I trow that tha micht be,
	21	And on the Fastryn-evin full richt
	22	In the beginning of the nicht
	23	To the castell tha tuk the way.
	24	With blak froggis all helit tha
	25	The armouris that tha on tham had.
	26	Tha com nerby that but abad,
	27	And send haly thar hors tham fra,
	28	And on range in ane rout can ga
	29	On handis and fet, quhen tha war ner,
	30	Richt as tha ky or oxin wer
	31	That war unbandonit left tharout.
	32	It was richt mirk withouten dout:
	33	The quhethir ane on the wall that lay
	34	Besid him till his fer can say,
	35	‘This man thinkis to mak gud cher,’
	36	And nemmit ane husband tharby ner,
	37	‘That has left all his oxin out.’
	38	The tothir said, ‘That is na dout
	39	He sall mak mery this nicht, thouch tha
	40	Be with the Douglas led away.’
	41	Tha wend the Douglas and his men
	42	Had bene oxin, for tha yhed then
234	43	On handis and fet ay ane and ane.
	44	The Douglas richt gud tenet has tane
	45	Till all thar spek: bot all sone tha
	46	Held carpand inward on thar way.
	47	The Douglas men tharof war blith,
	48	And to the wall tha sped tham swith,
	49	And sone has up thar leddir set
	50	That mad ane clap quhen the cleket
	51	Was festnit fast in the kyrnele.
	52	That herd ane of the wachis wele,
	53	And buskit thiddirward but bad,
	54	Bot Ledous that the leddir mad
	55	Sped him to clym first to the wall,
	56	Bot, or he was up gottin all,
	57	He that that ward had in keping
	58	Met him richt at the upcuming,
	59	And, for he thocht to ding him doun,
	60	He mad na noys, na cry, na soun,
	61	Bot schot till him deliverly,
	62	And he that was in juperdy
	63	To de, ane lans till him he mad,
	64	And gat him be the nek but bad,
	65	And stekit him upward with ane knif
	66	Quhill in his hand he lost the lif.
	67	And, quhen he ded sa saw him ly,
	68	Apon the wall he went in hy,
	69	And doun the body kest tham till,
	70	And said, ‘All gangis as we will:
	71	Sped yhou upward deliverly.’
	72	And tha did sa in full gret hy:
235	73	Bot, or tha wan up, thar com ane
	74	And saw Ledous stand him alane,
	75	And knew he was nocht of thar men.
	76	In hy he ruschit till him then,
	77	And him assalit sturdely,
	78	But he him slew deliverly,
	79	For he was armit and was wicht,
	80	The tothir nakit was I hicht,
	81	And had nocht for to stint na strak.
	82	Sic melle tharup can he mak
	83	Quhill Douglas and his menyhe all
	84	War wonnin up apon the wall:
	85	Than in the tour tha went in hy.
	86	The folk that tym was halely
	87	Intill the hall at thar dansing,
	88	Singing, and othirwais playing,
	89	As apon Fastryn-evin it is
	90	The custum to mak joy and blis
	91	To folk that ar in savite.
	92	Sa trowit tha that tym to be:
	93	Bot, or tha wist, richt in the hall
	94	Douglas and his men cumin war all,
	95	And cryit on hicht ‘Douglas! Douglas!’
	96	And that, that ma war then he was
	97	herd ‘Douglas’ cryit richt hidwisly,
	98	Tha war abasit for the cry,
	99	And schup richt na defens to ma,
	100	And tha but pite can tham sla
	101	Quhill tha had gottin the ovirhand:
	102	The tothir fled to sek warand
236	103	That outour mesur ded can dred.
	104	The wardane saw how that it yhed
	105	That callit was Gilmyn de Fynis:
	106	In the gret tour he gottin is
	107	And othir of his cumpany,
	108	And sparit the entre hastely:
	109	The laf that levit war without
	110	War tane or slane forouten dout,
	111	Bot gif that ony lap the wall.
	112	The Douglas held that nicht the hall,
	113	Althouch his fais tharof war wa:
	114	His men war gangand to and fra
	115	Throuout the castell all that nicht
	116	Quhill on the morn that day was licht.

LXXXII.	Pages 236-237, Section 82
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236	1	The wardane that was in the tour,
	2	That was ane man of gret valour,
	3	Gilmyn de Fynis, quhen he saw
	4	The castell tynt bath he and law,
	5	He set his micht for till defend
	6	The tour: bot tha without him send
	7	Arowis in sa gret quantite
	8	That anoyit tharof was he.
	9	Bot quhill the tothir day nocht forthi
	10	He held the tour full sturdely,
237	11	And than at ane assalt he was
	12	Woundit sa felly in the fas
	13	That he was dredand of his lif:
	14	Tharfor he tretit tham belif,
	15	And yhald the tour on sic maner
	16	That he and all that with him wer
	17	Suld safly pas intill Ingland.
	18	Douglas held tham gud cunand,
	19	And convoyit tham to thar cuntre:
	20	Bot thar full schort tym livit he,
	21	For throu the wound intill his fas
	22	He deit sone and beryit was.
	23	Douglas the castell sesit all
	24	That than was closit with stalward wall,
	25	And send this Ledous till the king
	26	That mad him full gret rewarding,
	27	And his brothir in full gret hy,
	28	Schir Eduard that was sa douchty,
	29	He send thiddir to tummill doun
	30	Bath tour and castell and dongeoun,
	31	And he com with gret cumpany,
	32	And gert travale sa besaly
	33	That tour and wall richt to the ground
	34	Was tumlit in ane litill stound,
	35	And duelt still thar quhill Tevydale
	36	Com to the kingis pes all hale,
	37	Outane Jedworth and othir that ner
	38	The Inglismenis boundis wer.




LXXXIII.	Pages 238-240, Section 83
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238	1	Quhen Roxburgh won was on this wis,
	2	The erl Thomas, that he empris
	3	Set ay apon soverane bounte,
	4	At Edinburgh with his menyhe
	5	Was lyand at the sege, as I
	6	Tald yhou befor, all opinly.
	7	Bot, fra he herd how Roxburgh was
	8	Tane with ane trane, all this purchas
	9	And wit and besynes, I hicht,
	10	He set for to purchas sum slicht
	11	How he micht help him throu body
	12	Mellit with full he chevelry
	13	To win the wall of the castele
	14	Throu sumkyn slicht, for he wist wele
	15	Tha na strinth micht it planly get
	16	Quhill tha within had men and met.
	17	Tharfor prevely sperit he
	18	Gif ony man micht fundin be
	19	That couth ony gud juperdy
	20	To clym the wallis prevely,
	21	And he suld haf his warisoun,
	22	For it was his entencioun
	23	To put him in all aventur
	24	Or that that sege on him misfur.
	25	Than war thar ane Wilyham Fransas,
	26	Wicht and apert, wis and curtas
239	27	That intill his youthed had bene
	28	In the castell. Quhen he has sene
	29	The erl sa enkirly him set
	30	Sum sutelte or wile to get
	31	Quharthrou the castell haf micht he,
	32	He com till him in prevate,
	33	And said, ‘Methink yhe wald blithly
	34	That men fand yhou sum juperdy
	35	How yhe micht our the wallis win:
	36	And certis, gif yhe will begin
	37	For till assay on sic awis,
	38	I undirtak for my servis
	39	To ken yhou to clym the wall,
	40	And I sall formast be of all,
	41	Quhar with ane schort leddir may we,
	42	I trow of tuelf fut it may be,
	43	Clym to the wall up all quytly.
	44	And, gif that yhe will wit how I
	45	Wat this, I sall yhou lichtly say.
	46	Quhen I was yhoung this hendir day,
	47	My fadir was kepar of yhon hous,
	48	And I was sumdele volageous,
	49	And lufit ane wench her in the toun,
	50	And, for I but suspicioun
	51	Micht repar till her prevely,
	52	Of rapis ane leddir to me mad I,
	53	And with that our the wall I slad:
	54	Ane strat rod that spyit I had
	55	Intill the crag syn doun I went,
	56	And oftsis com to myn entent,
240	57	And, quhen it ner drew to the day,
	58	I held agane that ilke way
	59	And ay com in but persaving.
	60	I usit lang that travaling,
	61	Sa that I can that rod ga richt,
	62	Thouch men se nevir, sa mirk the nicht:
	63	And, gif yhou thinkis yhe will assay
	64	To pas up eftir me that way,
	65	Up to the wall I sall yhou bring
	66	Gif God us kepis fra persaving
	67	of tham that wachis on the wall:
	68	And, gif that us sa far may fall
	69	That we our leddir up may set,
	70	Gif a man on the wall may get,
	71	He sall defend, gif it be ned,
	72	Quhill the remamand up tham sped.’
	73	The erl was blith of his carping,
	74	And hicht him full far rewarding,
	75	And undirtuk that gat to ga,
	76	And bad him sone his leddir ma
	77	And hald him preve quhill tha micht
	78	Set for thar purpos on ane nicht.

LXXXIV.	Pages 240-246, Section 84
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240	1	Sone eftir was the leddir mad,
	2	And than the erl but mar abad
241	3	Purvait him a nicht prevely
	4	With thretty men wicht and hardy,
	5	And in ane nicht held thar way
	6	That put tham in full hard assay
	7	And in gret perill. Sekilry
	8	I trow, micht tha haf sene clerly,
	9	That gat had nocht bene undirtane
	10	Thouch tha to let tham had nocht ane,
	11	For the crag was he and hidous,
	12	And the clyming richt peralous,
	13	For, hapnit only to slid or fall,
	14	He suld be sone to-fruschit all.
	15	The nicht was mirk, as I herd say,
	16	And to the fut sone cumin ar tha
	17	Of the crag that was he and schor:
	18	Than Wilyham Fransas tham befor
	19	Clam in the crykis forouth ay,
	20	And at the bak him folowit tha:
	21	With mekill pane, quhile to, quhile fra,
	22	Tha clam intill the crykis sa
	23	Quhill half the crag tha clummin had,
	24	And thar ane plas tha fand sa brad
	25	That tha micht sit on anerly,
	26	And tha war ayndles and wery,
	27	And thar abad thar aynd to ta. 
	28	And, richt as tha war sitand sa,
	29	Abovin tham apon the wall
	30	The chak wachis assemblit all:
	31	Now help tham God that all thing may,
	32	For in full gret perill ar tha,
242	33	For, micht tha se tham, thar suld nane
	34	Eschap out of that plas unslane,
	35	To ded with stanis tha suld tham ding
	36	That tha micht help thamself nathing.
	37	Bot wondir mirk was all the nicht
	38	Sa that tha had of tham na sicht,
	39	And nocht forthi yhet was thar ane
	40	Of tham that swappit doun ane stane,
	41	And said, ‘Away! I se yhou wele,’
	42	The quhethir he saw tham nocht adele.
	43	Outour thar hedis flaw the stane,
	44	And tha sat still lurkand ilkane.
	45	The wachis, quhen tha herd nocht ster,
	46	Fra that ward passit all sammyn wer,
	47	And carpand held fer by thar way.
	48	Erl Thomas than alsone, and tha
	49	That on the crag thar sat him by,
	50	Toward the wall clam hastely,
	51	And thiddir com with mekill mane,
	52	And nocht but gret perill and pane,
	53	For fra thine up was grevouser
	54	To clym up na beneth be fer.
	55	Bot, quhatkyn pane that evir tha had
	56	Richt to the wall tha com but bad
	57	That had wele ner tuelf fut on hicht,
	58	And forout persaving or sicht
	59	Tha set thar leddir to the wall,
	60	And syn Fransas befor tham all
	61	Clam up, and syn Schir Andro Gray,
	62	And syn the erl himself perfay
243	63	Was the thrid man the wall can ta.
	64	Quhen tha thar doun thar lord sa
	65	Saw clym up agane the wall,
	66	As wod men tha clam eftir all:
	67	Bot, or up cumin all war tha,
	68	Tha that war wachis till assay
	69	Herd bath stering and ek speking,
	70	And alsua fraying of arming,
	71	And on tham schot full sturdely,
	72	And tha met tham richt hardely,
	73	And slew of tham dispitwisly.
	74	Than throu the castell ras the cry:
	75	‘Tresoun! tresoun!’ tha cryit fast:
	76	Than sum of tham war sa agast
	77	That tha fled and lap our the wall:
	78	Bot, to say suth, tha fled nocht all,
	79	For the constabill that was hardy
	80	All armit schot furth to the cry,
	81	And with him fele hardy and stout.
	82	Yhet was the erl with his rout
	83	Fichtand with tham apon the wall,
	84	Bot sone he tham discumfit all.
	85	Be that his men war cumin ilkane
	86	Up to the wall, and he has tane
	87	His way doun to the castell sone:
	88	In gret perill he has him done,
	89	For thar war fer ma men tharin,
	90	And tha had bene of gud covyn,
	91	Then he: bot tha affrait war,
	92	And nocht forthi with wapnis bar
244	93	The constabill and his cumpany
	94	Met him and his richt hardely.
	95	Thar men micht se gret bargane ris,
	96	For with wapnis on mony wis
	97	Tha dang on othir at thar micht,
	98	Quhill suerdis that war far and bricht
	99	War till the hiltis all bludy:
	100	Than hidwisly begouth the cry,
	101	For tha that fellit or stekit war
	102	With gret noys can cry and rar.
	103	The gud erl and his cumpany
	104	Faucht in that ficht sa sturdely
	105	That all thar fais ruschit war:
	106	The constabill was slane richt thar,
	107	And, fra he fell the remanand 
	108	Fled quhar tha best micht to warand:
	109	Tha durst nocht bid to mak debat.
	110	The erl was handlit thar sa hat
	111	That, had it nocht hapnit throu cas
	112	That the constabill thar slane was,
	113	He had bene in gret perill thar.
	114	Bot than tha fled: thar was na mar
	115	Bot ilk man for to saf his lif
	116	And furth his dais for to drif,
	117	And sum slad doun outour the wall:
	118	The erl has tane the castell all,
	119	For than was nane durst him withstand.
	120	I herd nevir quhar in ane land
	121	Was castell tane sa hardely,
	122	Outakin Tyre allanerly,
245	123	Quhen Alexander the conquerour 
	124	That conquerit Babilonis tour
	125	Lap fra ane berfrois on the wall,
	126	Quhar he emang his fais all
	127	Defendit him full douchtely
	128	Quhill that his nobill chevelry
	129	Woth ledderis our the wallis yhed
	130	That nouthir left for ded na dred,
	131	Form fra tha wist wele that the king
	132	Was in the toun, thar was nathing
	133	Intill that tym that stint tham mocht,
	134	For all perill tha set at nocht.
	135	Tha clam the wallis, and Areste
	136	Com first to the gud king, quhar he
	137	Defendit him with all his micht,
	138	That than was set sa hard, I hicht,
	139	That he was fellit on a kne:
	140	He till his bak had set ane tre
	141	For dred tha suld behind assale.
	142	Areste than to the battale
	143	Sped him in all hy sturdely,
	144	And dang on tham sa douchtely
	145	That the king wele reskewit was,
	146	For his men into sindry plas
	147	Clam our the wall, and socht the king,
	148	And him reskewit with hard fichting,
	149	And wan the toun deliverly.
	150	Outane this taking anerly
	151	I herd nevir in na tym gane
	152	Castell that was sa stoutly tane.
246	153	And of this taking that I mene
	154	Sanct Mergaret the gud haly quene
	155	Wist in hir tym throu reveling
	156	Of him that knawis and wat all thing:
	157	Tharfor insted of prophesy
	158	Scho left ane takning richt joly,
	159	That is, that schop in hir chapell
	160	Gert wele be portrait ane castell,
	161	Ane leddir up to the wall standand,
	162	And ane man tharapon clymand,
	163	And wrat owth him, as ald men sais,
	164	In Franch, GARDYS VOUS DE FRANSAIS.
	165	And for this word scho gert writ sa
	166	Men wend the Franchmen suld it ta:
	167	Bot, for Fransas hattin was he
	168	That sa clam up in prevate,
	169	Scho wrat that as in prophesy,
	170	And it fell eftirward suthly
	171	Richt as scho said, for tane it was,
	172	And Fransas led tham up that plas

LXXXV.	Pages 246-247, Section 85
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246	1	On this wis Edinburgh was tane,
	2	And tha that war takin ilkane
	3	War tane or slane, or lap the wall.
	4	Thar gudis haf tha sesit all,
247	5	And socht the housis evirilkane.
	6	Schir Peris Lumbard, that was tane
	7	As I said er befor, tha fand
	8	In presoun fetterit with boyis sitand:
	9	That had him till the erl in hy,
	10	And he gert lous him hastely:
	11	Than he becom the kingis man.
	12	Tha send word to the king richt than,
	13	And tald how the castell was tane,
	14	And he in hy is thiddir gane
	15	With mony men in cumpany,
	16	And gert myn doun all halely
	17	Bath tour and wall richt to the ground,
	18	And syn our all the land can fond
	19	Sesand the cuntre till his pes.
	20	Of this ded that sa worthy wes
	21	The erl was prisit gretumly:
	22	The king, that saw him sa worthy,
	23	Was blith and joyful our the laf,
	24	And to mantem his stat him gaf
	25	Rentis and landis far eneuch:
	26	And he to sa gret worschip dreuch
	27	That all spak of his gret bounte:
	28	His fais gretly stonait he,
	29	For he fled nevir throu fors of ficht.
	30	Quhat sall I mar say of his micht?
	31	His gret manhed and his bounte
	32	Gerris him yhet renounit be.

LXXXVI.	Pages 248-250, Section 86
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248	1	In this tym, that thir juperdyis
	2	On thir castellis that I devis
	3	War eschevit sa hardely,
	4	Schir Eduard the Brus the worthy
	5	Had all Galloway and Nyddisdale
	6	Won till his liking all hale,
	7	And dungin doun the castelis all
	8	Richt in the dik bath tour and wall.
	9	He herd than say, and knew it wele,
	10	That in Ruglyne was ane pele:
	11	Thiddir he went with his menyhe
	12	And wonnin it in schort tym has he.
	13	Syn to Dunde he tuk the way
	14	That than was haldin, as I herd say,
	15	Agane the king: tharfor in hy
	16	He set ane sege tharto stoutly,
	17	And lay thar quhill it yholdin was.
	18	To Strevilling syn the way he tais,
	19	Quhar gud Schir Philip the Mowbra,
	20	That was full douchty at assay,
	21	Was wardane, and had in keping
	22	That castell of the Inglis king:
	23	Thartill ane sege he set stithly,
	24	Tha bikkerit oftsis sturdely,
	25	Bot gret chevelry done was nane.
	26	Schir Eduard fra the sege was tane
249	27	Ane wele lang tym about it lay,
	28	Fra the Lentryn, that is to say,
	29	Quhill forouth the Sanct Johnis mes:
	30	The Inglis folk that tharin wes
	31	Begouth to fale the vittale than.
	32	Than Schir Philip the douchty man
	33	Tretit quhill tha consentit wer,
	34	That, gif at Midsumer the nest yher
	35	To cum it war nocht with battale
	36	Reskewit, than withouten fale
	37	He suld the castell yheld quytly:
	38	That cunand band tha sekirly.
	39	And, quhen this cunand thus was mad,
	40	Schir Philip intill Ingland rad,
	41	And tald the king all hale this tale,
	42	How he ane tuelf-moneth all hale
	43	Had, as it writin was in thar tale,
	44	To reskew Strevilling with battale.
	45	And, quhen he herd Schir Philip say
	46	That Scottismen had set ane day
	47	To ficht, and that sic pas he had
	48	To purvay him, he was richt glad,
	49	And said it was gret succudry
	50	That set tham apon sic foly,
	51	For he thocht to be or that day
	52	Sa purvait and in sic aray
	53	That thar suld nane strinth him withstand.
	54	And, quhen the lordis of Ingland
	55	Herd that this day was set planly,
	56	Tha jugit it to gret foly,
250	57	And thocht till haf all thar liking
	58	Gif men abad tham in fichting.
	59	Bot oft falyheis the fulis thocht,
	60	And wis menis etling cumis nocht
	61	To sic end as tha wene alwais:
	62	Ane litill stane oft, as men sais,
	63	May ger weltir ane mekill wane:
	64	Na manis micht may stand agane
	65	The gras of God that all thing steris:
	66	He wat quhat till all thing efferis,
	67	And disponis at his liking
	68	Eftir his ordinans all thing.

LXXXVII.	Pages 250-251, Section 87
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250	1	Quhen Schir Eduard, as I yhou say,
	2	Had gifin sa outrageous ane day
	3	To yheld or reskew Strevilling,
	4	Richt sone he went ontill the king,
	5	And tald quhat tretis he had mad
	6	And quhat day he tham gifin had.
	7	The king said, quhen he herd the day,
	8	‘That was unwisly done perfay:
	9	I herd nevir quhar sa lang warning
	10	Was gifin to sa michty ane king
	11	As is the king of Ingland,
	12	For he has now intill his hand
251	13	Ingland, Irland and Walis alsua,
	14	And Aquitane yhet with tha,
	15	And of Scotland ane gret party
	16	Duellis undir his senyhory,
	17	And of tresour sa stuffit is he
	18	That he may wageouris haf plente,
	19	And we ar quhene agane sa fele.
	20	God may richt wele our werdis dele,
	21	Bot we ar set in juperdy
	22	To tyn or win than hastely.’
	23	Schir Eduard said, ‘Sa God me red!
	24	Thouch he and all that he may led
	25	Cum, we sall ficht all, war tha ma.’
	26	Quhen the king herd his brothir sa
	27	Spek to the battale sa hardely,
	28	He prisit him in his hart gretly,
	29	And said, ‘Brothir, sen sa is gane
	30	That this thing thus is undirtane,
	31	Schap we us tharfor manfully,
	32	And all that lufis us tendirly
	33	And the fredom of this cuntre,
	34	Purvay tham at that tym to be
	35	Boun with all micht that evir tha may,
	36	Sa, gif that our fais assay
	37	To reskew Strevilling throu battale,
	38	We of that purpos ger tham fale.’


LXXXVIII.	Pages 252-254, Section 88
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252	1	To this tha all assentit ar,
	2	And bad thar men all mak tham yhar
	3	For to be boun agane that day
	4	On the best wis that evir tha may.
	5	Than all that worthy war to ficht
	6	Of Scotland set all hale thar micht
	7	To purvay tham agane that day:
	8	Wapnis and armouris purvait tha
	9	And all that efferis to fichting.
	10	And of Ingland the michty king
	11	Purvait him in sa gret aray
	12	That certis herd I nevir say
	13	That Inglismen mar apparale
	14	Mad then tha did than for battale.
	15	And, quhen the tym was cumin ner,
	16	He assemblit all his power,
	17	And, but his awn chevelry
	18	That was sa gret it was ferly,
	19	He had of mony fer cuntre
	20	With him gud men of gret bounte.
	21	Of Frans ane worthy chevelry
	22	He had intill his cumpany:
	23	The erl of Hennaut als was thar
	24	And with him men that worthy war:
	25	Of Gascone and of Almanyhe,
	26	Of Duche als of Bretanyhe,
253	27	He had wicht men and wele farand
	28	Armit clenly at fut and hand:
	29	Of Ingland hale the chevelry
	30	He had thar gaderit sa clenly
	31	That he left nane micht wapnis weld
	32	Or worthy war to ficht in feld:
	33	Of Walis als with him had he
	34	And of Irland ane gret menyhe:
	35	Of Pouty, Aquitane, and bayoun
	36	He had full mony of gret renoun,
	37	And of Scotland he had yhet then
	38	Ane gret menyhe of worthy men.
	39	Quhen all thir sammyn assemblit war,
	40	He had of fichtaris with him thar
	41	Ane hundreth thousand men and ma,
	42	And fourty thousand war of tha
	43	Armit on hors bath hed and hand,
	44	And yhet of tha war thre thousand
	45	With helit hors intill playn male
	46	To mak the front of the battale.
	47	And fifty thousand of archeris
	48	He had forouten hobeleris,
	49	And men on fut and small rangale
	50	That yhemit harnas and vittale
	51	He had sa fele it was ferly,
	52	Of cartis als that yhed tham by
	53	Sa fele that, but all tha that bar
	54	Harnas, and als that chargit war
	55	With palyheounis and veschall withall,
	56	And apparale of chalmer and hall,
254	57	And wyn, and wax, schot and vittale,
	58	Four scor was chargit with fewale.
	59	Tha war sa fele quhar that tha rad,
	60	And thar battalis war ek sa brad,
	61	And sa gret roum held thar charre,
	62	That men that mekill host micht se
	63	Ourtak the landis sa largely,
	64	Men micht se than, that had bene by,
	65	Mony ane worthy man and wicht,
	66	And mony ane armour gayly dicht,
	67	And mony ane sturdy sterand sted
	68	Arait into sa rich wed,
	69	And mony helmis and haberschounis,
	70	Scheldis, and speris with penounis,
	71	And sa mony ane cumly knicht,
	72	That semit wele that into ficht
	73	Tha suld vencus the warld all hale:
	74	Quhy suld I to lang mak my tale?
	75	To Berwik ar tha cumin ilkane,
	76	And sum tharin has innis tane,
	77	And sum lugit without the tounis
	78	In tentis and in palyheounis.

LXXXIX.	Pages 254-257, Section 89
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254	1	And, quhen the king his host has sene
	2	Sa gret, sa gud men, and sa clene,
255	3	He was richt joyfull in his thocht,
	4	And wele presumit thar was nocht
	5	In warld ane king micht him withstand:
	6	Him thocht all wonnin till his land,
	7	And largely emang his men
	8	The landis of Scotland delt he then.
	9	Of othir menis thing full large was he,
	10	And tha that war of his menyhe
	11	Manausit the Scottismen hely
	12	With gret wordis: bot nocht forthi,
	13	Or tha cum all to thar entent,
	14	Hollis in hale clath sall be rent.
	15	The king throu consale of his men
	16	His folk delt in battalis ten:
	17	In ilkane war wele ten thousand
	18	That thocht tha stalwardly suld stand
	19	In the battale, and stoutly ficht,
	20	And lef nocht for thar fais micht.
	21	He set ledaris till ilk battale
	22	That knawin war of gud governale,
	23	And to renounit erlis twa,
	24	Glousister and Herfurd war tha,
	25	He gaf the vaward in leding,
	26	With mony men at thar bidding
	27	Ordanit intill full gret aray:
	28	Tha war sa chevelrous that tha
	29	Trowit, gif tha com to the ficht,
	30	Thar suld na strinth withstand thar micht.
	31	And the king, quhen his menyhe wer
	32	Devisit into battalis ser,
256	33	His awn battale ordanit he
	34	And quha suld at his bridill be.
	35	Schir Gylis de Argente he set
	36	Apon a half his renyhe to get,
	37	And of Vallanch Schir Amery
	38	On othir half that was worthy,
	39	For in thar soverane gret bounte
	40	Atour the laf affyit he.
	41	And, quhen the king apon this wis
	42	Had ordanit as I her devis
	43	His battalis and his stering,
	44	Arly he ras in ane morning
	45	And fra Berwik he tuk the way.
	46	Bath hillis and valais helit tha,
	47	And, as the battalis that war sa brad
	48	Departit our the feldis rad,
	49	The sone was bricht and schynand cler,
	50	And armis that new burnist wer
	51	Sa blenknit with the sonnis beme
	52	That all the land was in ane leme.
	53	Baneris richt farly flawmand,
	54	And pensalis to the wind wafand,
	55	Sa fele thar war of ser quentis
	56	That it war gret slicht to devis,
	57	And, suld I tell all thar affer,
	58	Thar contenans, and thar maner,
	59	Thouch I couth, I suld cummerit be.
	60	The king with all that gret menyhe
	61	Till Edinburgh he rad on richt:
	62	Tha war all out to fele to ficht
257	63	With few folk of ane simpill land:
	64	Bot, quhar Gold helpis, quhat may withstand?


XC.	Pages 257-259, Section 90
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257	1	The king Robert, quhen he herd say
	2	That Inglismen in sic aray
	3	And into sa gret quantite
	4	Com in his land, in hy gert he
	5	His men be summond generaly,
	6	And tha com all full wilfully
	7	To the Torwod, quhar that the king
	8	Had ordanit to mak thar meting.
	9	Schir Eduard the Brus the worthy
	10	Com with ane full gret cumpany
	11	Of gud men armit wele and dicht,
	12	Hardy, and forsy for the ficht.
	13	Walter Steward of Scotland syn,
	14	That than was bot ane berdles hyn,
	15	Com with ane rout of nobill men
	16	That all be contenans micht ken.
	17	The gud lord of Douglas alsua
	18	Brocht with him men, I undirta,
	19	That wele war usit in fichting:
	20	Tha sall the les haf abasing
	21	Gif tham betid in thrang to be,
	22	And thar avantage sall titar se
258	23	For to stonay thar fais micht
	24	Then men that usis nocht to ficht.
	25	The erl of Murref with his men
	26	Arait wele com alsua then
	27	Into gud covyn for to ficht,
	28	In gret will to mantem thar richt:
	29	With othir mony gud baroun,
	30	And knichtis of full gret renoun,
	31	Com with thar men full stalwardly.
	32	Quhen tha assemblit halely,
	33	Of fichtand men I trow tha war
	34	Thretty thousand and sumdele mar,
	35	Forouten cariage and pouerale
	36	That yhemit harnas and vittale.
	37	Our all the host than yhed the king,
	38	And beheld to thar contening,
	39	And saw tham of full far effer.
	40	Of hardy contenans tha wer,
	41	Be liklynes the mast cowart
	42	Semit to do richt wele his part.
	43	The king has sene all thar having,
	44	That knew him wele into sic thing,
	45	And saw tham all comonly
	46	Of sekir contenans and hardy
	47	Forout affray or abasing.
	48	In his hart had he gret liking,
	49	And thocht that men of sa gret will,
	50	Gif tha wald set thar micht thartill,
	51	Suld be richt hard to win perfay,
	52	And, as he met them in the way,
259	53	He welcumit tham with gladsum far,
	54	Spekand gud wordis her and thar:
	55	And tha, that thar lord sa mekly
	56	Saw welcum tham, and sa hamly,
	57	Joyfull tha war, and thocht that tha
	58	Micht wele put tham intill assay
	59	Of hard fichting in stalward stour
	60	For till mantem wele his honour.


XCI.	Pages 259-262, Section 91
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259	1	The worthy king, quhen he has sene
	2	His host assemblit all bedene,
	3	And saw tham wilfull to fulfill
	4	His liking with gud hart and will,
	5	And to mantem wele thar franchis,
	6	He was rejosit on mony wis,
	7	And callit all his consale preve,
	8	And said tham, ‘Lordingis, now yhe se
	9	That Inglismen with mekill micht
	10	Has all disponit tham for the ficht,
	11	For tha yhon castell wald reskew:
	12	Tharfor is gud we ordane now
	13	How we may let tham of thair purpos,
	14	And sa to tham the wais clos
	15	That tha pas nocht but gret letting.
	16	We haf her with us at bidding
260	17	Wele thretty thousand men and ma:
	18	Mak we four battalis of all tha,
	19	And ordane us on sic maner
	20	That, quhen our fais cumis ner,
	21	We to the New Park hald our way,
	22	For thar behufis tham nedwais ga,
	23	Bot gif that tha beneth us ga
	24	And our the marras pas, and sa
	25	We sall be at avantage thar.
	26	And methink that richt spedfull war
	27	To gang on fut to this fichting
	28	Armit bot into licht arming,
	29	For, schup we us on hors to ficht,
	30	Sen that our fais ar mar of micht
	31	And bettir horsit then ar we,
	32	We suld into gret perill be:
	33	And, gif we ficht on fut, perfay,
	34	At avantage we be ay,
	35	For in the park emang the treis
	36	The horsmen alwais cummerit beis,
	37	And the sikis alsua thar doun
	38	Sall put tham to confusioun.’
	39	And tha consentit till that saw,
	40	And than intill ane litill thraw
	41	Thar four battalis ordanit tha,
	42	And till the erl Thomas perfay
	43	Tha gaf the vaward on leding,
	44	For in his nobill governing
	45	And in his he chevelry
	46	Tha had assouerans, trast trewly,
261	47	And for to mantem his baner
	48	Lordis that of gret worschip wer
	49	War assignit with thar menyhe
	50	Intill his battale for to be.
	51	The tothir battale was gifin to led
	52	Till him that douchty was of ded
	53	And prisit of gret chevelry:
	54	That was Schir Eduard the worthy:
	55	I trow he sall mantem him sa
	56	That, howsaevir the gamyn ga,
	57	His fais to plenyhe sall matir haf.
	58	And syn the thrid battale tha gaf
	59	To Walter Steward for to led,
	60	And to Douglas douchty of ded:
	61	Tha war cosynis in ner degre,
	62	Tharfor till him betaucht was he,
	63	For he was yhoung, and nocht forthi
	64	I trow he sall sa manfully
	65	Do his devour, and wirk sa wele
	66	That him sall ned na mar yhemsele.
	67	The ferd battale the nobill king
	68	Tuk till himself in governing,
	69	And had intill his cumpany
	70	The men of Carrik all halely,
	71	And of Argile, and of Kintyr,
	72	And of the Ilis quharof was Syr
	73	Angus of Ile and But, all tha:
	74	He of the plane land had alsua
	75	Of armit men ane mekill rout,
	76	His battale stalward was and stout.
262	77	He said the reward he wald ma,
	78	And evin forouth him suld ga
	79	The vaward, and on athir hand
	80	The tothir battalis suld be gangand
	81	Behind on sid ane litill spas,
	82	And the king that behind tham was
	83	Suld se quhar thar war mast mister,
	84	And relef thar with his baner.

XCII.	Pages 262-264, Section 92
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262	1	The king thus, that was wicht and wis
	2	And richt worthy at all devis,
	3	And hardy als atour all thing,
	4	Ordanit his men for the fichting:
	5	And on the morn, on Settirday,
	6	The king herd his discurrouris say
	7	That Inglismen with mekill micht
	8	Had lyin at Edinburgh that nicht.
	9	Tharfor withouten mar delay
	10	He to the New Park held his way
	11	With all that in his leding war,
	12	And in the Park tham herbryit thar.
	13	And in ane plane feld by the way
	14	Quhar he thocht ned behufit away
	15	The Inglismen, gif that tha wald
	16	Throu the Park to the castell hald,
263	17	He gert men mony pottis ma
	18	Of ane fut bred round, and all tha
	19	War ded up till ane manis kne,
	20	Sa thik that tha micht liknit be
	21	Till ane wax-cayne that beis mais.
	22	Thus all that nicht travaland he was,
	23	sa that or day was he had mad
	24	Tha pottis, and tham helit had
	25	With stikis and with gyrs all grene
	26	Sa that tha micht nocht wele be sene.
	27	On Sonday than in the morning
	28	Wele sone eftir the sone rising
	29	Tha herd the mes full revently,
	30	And mony schraf tham devotly
	31	That thocht to de in that melle
	32	Or than to mak thar cuntre fre.
	33	To God for thar richt prayit tha.
	34	Thar dynit nane of tham that day,
	35	For it the vigil was of Sanct Johne
	36	Tha fastit bred and watir ilkone.
	37	The king, quhen that the mes was done,
	38	Went furth to se the pottis sone,
	39	And at his liking saw tham mad:
	40	On athir sid the way wele brad
	41	It was pottit as I haf tald.
	42	Gif that thar fais on hors will hald
	43	Furth in that way, I trow tha sall
	44	Nocht wele eschap forouten fall.
	45	Throuout the host than gert he cry
	46	That all suld arm tham hastely
264	47	And busk tham on thar best maner.
	48	And, quhen tha assemblit wer,
	49	He gert aray tham for the ficht,
	50	And syn our all gert cry on hicht
	51	That quhatsaevir man that fand
	52	His hart nocht sekir for to stand
	53	To win all or de with honour
	54	For to mantem that stalward stour,
	55	That he betym suld tak his way,
	56	And na e suld duell with him bot tha
	57	That wald stand with him to the end
	58	And tak the ure that God wald send.
	59	Than all ansuerit with a cry,
	60	And with a voce said generaly
	61	That nane for dout of ded suld fale
	62	Quhill discumfit war the battale.

XCIII.	Pages 264-267, Section 93
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264	1	Quhen the gud king had herd his men
	2	Sa hardely him ansuer then,
	3	Sayand that nouthir ded na dred
	4	To sic disconfort suld tham led
	5	That tha suld eschew the fichting,
	6	In hart he had gret rejosing,
	7	For him thocht men of sic covyn,
	8	Sa gud, sa hardy, and sa fyn,
265	9	Suld wele in battale hald thar richt
	10	Agane men of full mekill micht.
	11	Syn all the small folk and pouerale
	12	He send with harnas and vittale
	13	Intill the park wele fer him fra,
	14	And fra the battale gert tham ga,
	15	And, as he bad, tha went thar way.
	16	Tuenty thousand wele ner war tha:
	17	Thar way tha held till ane vale,
	18	The king left with ane clene menyhe,
	19	The quhethir tha war thretty thousand
	20	I trow that stalwardly sall stand
	21	And do thar devour as tha aw:
	22	Tha stud than rangit all on raw,
	23	Redy for to bid battale
	24	Gif ony folk wald tham assale.
	25	The king gert tham all buskit be,
	26	For he wist into certante
	27	That his fais all nicht lay
	28	At the Fawkirk, and syn that tha
	29	Held toward him the way all straucht
	30	With mony men of mekill maucht.
	31	Tharfor till his nevo bad he,
	32	The erl of Murref, with his menyhe
	33	Besid the kirk to kep the way
	34	That na man pas that gat away
	35	Forout debat to the castele:
	36	And he said that himself suld wele
	37	Kep the entre with his battale,
	38	Gif that ony wald thar assale:
266	39	And syn his brothir Schir Eduard,
	40	And yhoung Walter the gud Steward,
	41	And the lord of Douglas alsua,
	42	With thar menyhe gud tent suld ta
	43	Quhilk of tham had of help mister,
	44	And help with tham that with him wer.
	45	The king send than James of Douglas,
	46	And Schir Robert the Keth that was
	47	Marschall of all the host of fe,
	48	The Inglismenis com to se.
	49	And tha lap on, and furth tha rad,
	50	Wele horsit men with tham tha had,
	51	And sone the gret host haf tha sene,
	52	Quhar scheldis schynand war sa schene,
	53	And basnetis wele burnist bricht 
	54	That gaf agane the sone gret licht:
	55	Tha saw sa fele browdyn baneris,
	56	Standartis, and pennounis apon speris,
	57	And sa fele knichtis apon stedis
	58	All flawamand intill thar wedis,
	59	And sa fele battalis, and sa brad,
	60	That tuk sa gret roum as tha rad
	61	That the mast host and the stoutest
	62	Of Cristendome, and ek the best,
	63	Suld be abasit for to se
	64	Thar fais into sic quantite
	65	And sa arait for to ficht.
	66	Quhen the discurrouris has had sicht
	67	Of thar fais as I yhou say,
	68	Toward the king tha tuk the way
267	69	And tald him in gret prevate
	70	The multitud and the beaute
	71	Of thar fais that com sa brad
	72	And of the gret micht that tha had.
	73	Than the king bad tham tha suld ma
	74	Na contenans that it war sa,
	75	Bot bad tham into comoun say
	76	That tha com intill evill aray,
	77	And confort his men on that wis:
	78	For oftsis of ane word may ris
	79	Disconfort and tynsale withall,
	80	And throu ane word als wele may fall
	81	Confort may ris and hardyment
	82	That gerris men cum to thar entent.
	83	And on the samin wis it did her:
	84	Thar confort and thar hardy cher
	85	Confortit tham sa gretumly
	86	That of thar host the lest hardy
	87	be contenans wald formast be
	88	For to begin the gret melle.


XCIV.	Pages 267-273, Section 94
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267	1	Apon this wis the nobill king
	2	Gaf all his men reconforting
	3	Throu hardy contenans and cher
	4	That he mad on sa gud maner.
268	5	Tham thocht that na mischef micht be
	6	Sa gret, withthi tha micht him se
	7	Befor tham, that suld sa engref
	8	That na his worschip suld tham relef:
	9	His worschip tham confortit sa,
	10	And contenans that he can ma,
	11	That the mast coward was hardy.
	12	On othir half full stalwardly
	13	The Inglismen in sic aray
	14	As yhe haf herd me forouth say
	15	Com with thar battalis approchand,
	16	The baneris to the wind wafand.
	17	And, quhen tha cumin war sa ner
	18	That bot twa mile betuix tham wer,
	19	Tha chesit ane gud cumpany
	20	Of men that wicht war and hardy
	21	On far courseris armit at richt.
	22	Thre banrentis of full mekill micht
	23	War capitanis of all that rout:
	24	The lord Cliffurd that was sa stout
	25	Was of tham all soverane ledar:
	26	Aucht hundreth armit I trow tha war:
	27	Tha war all yhoung men and joly,
	28	And yharnand till do chevelry:
	29	The best of all the host war tha
	30	Of contenans and of aray:
	31	Tha war the farast cumpany
	32	That men micht find of sa mony:
	33	To the castell tha thocht to far,
	34	For, gif that tha micht wele cum thar,
269	35	Tha thocht it suld reskewit be.
	36	Furth on thar way held this menyhe,
	37	And toward Strevilling tuk thar way:
	38	The New Park all eschewit tha,
	39	For tha wist wele the king was thar,
	40	And beneth the Park can tha far
	41	Quhill neth the kirk intill ane rout.
	42	The erl Thomas that was sa stout,
	43	Quhen he saw tham sa tak the plane,
	44	In gret hy went he tham agane
	45	With fif hundreth forouten ma,
	46	Anoyit in his hart and wa
	47	That tha sa fer war passit by,
	48	For the king had said him rudly
	49	That ane rose of his chaplet
	50	Was faldin, for quhar he was set
	51	To kep the way tha men war past.
	52	Tharfor he hastit him sa fast
	53	That cumin in schort tym was he
	54	To the plane feld with his menyhe,
	55	For he thocht that he suld amend
	56	That he trespassit had or tha wend.
	57	And, quhen the Inglismen him saw
	58	Cum on forouten dred or aw
	59	And tak sa hardely the plane,
	60	In hy tha sped tham him agane,
	61	And strak with spuris the stedis stith
	62	That bar tham evin hard and swith.
	63	And, quhen the erl saw that menyhe
	64	Cum sa stoutly, till his said he,
270	65	‘Beis nocht abasit for thar schor,
	66	Bot settis speris yhou befor,
	67	And bak to bak set all yhour rout
	68	And all the speris poyntis out:
	69	Sagat defend us best may we,
	70	Enveronit with tham gif we be.’
	71	And as he bad tham tha haf done,
	72	And the tothir com on alsone:
	73	befor tham all thar com prikand
	74	Ane knicht hardy of hart and hand,
	75	And ane wel gret lord at ham,
	76	Schir Wilyham Dencort was his nam,
	77	And prikit on tham hardely,
	78	And tha met him sa sturdely
	79	That he and hors war born all doun
	80	And slane richt thar forout ransoun.
	81	With Inglismen gretly was he
	82	Menit that day and his bounte:
	83	The laf com on richt sturdely,
	84	Bot nane of tham sa hardely
	85	Ruschit emang tham as did he,
	86	Bot with fer mar maturite
	87	Tha assemblit all in ane rout
	88	And enveronit tham all about.
	89	Assalyheand tham on ilke sid.
	90	And tha with speris woundis wid
	91	Gaf till the hors that com tham ner,
	92	And tha that ridand on tham wer
	93	That doun war born losit the lifis,
	94	And othir speris, dartis, and knifis,
271	95	And wapnis apon ser maner,
	96	Kest emang tham that fichtand wer,
	97	That tham defendit sa wittandly
	98	That thar fais had gret ferly:
	99	For sum wald schut out of thar rout,
	100	And of tham that assalit about
	101	Strik stedis and ber doun men.
	102	The Inglismen sa rudly then
	103	Kest emang tham suerdis and mas
	104	That in middis of tham ane montane was
	105	Of wapnis that war warpit thar.
	106	The erl and his thus fichtand war
	107	At gret mischef, as I yhou say,
	108	For quhenar be full fer war tha
	109	Then thar fais, and all about
	110	Enveronit war, quhar mony rout
	111	War raucht, and full dispitfully
	112	Thar fais demanit tham richt stratly.
	113	On athir half tha war sa stad
	114	For the richt gret het that tha had
	115	Of fichting and of sonnis het
	116	That all thar flesch of swat was wet;
	117	And sic ane stew ras owth tham then
	118	Of aynding bath of hors and men
	119	And of powdir, and sic mirknes
	120	Intill the ayr abouin tham wes
	121	That it was wondir for to se.
	122	Tha war in gret perplexite:
	123	Bot with gret travale nocht forthi
	124	Tha tham defendit manfully.
272	125	And set bath will and strinth and micht
	126	To rusch thar fais in that ficht
	127	That than demanit tham angirly:
	128	Bot gif God help tham hastely,
	129	Tha sall thar fill haf of fichting.
	130	Bot, quhen the nobill renounit king
	131	With othir lordis that war him by
	132	Saw how the erl abandounly
	133	Tuk the plane feld, James of Douglas
	134	Com to the king richt quhar he was,
	135	And said, ‘A schir! Sanct Mary!
	136	The erl of Murref all opinly
	137	Takis the plane feld with his menyhe:
	138	He is in perill bot gif he be
	139	Sone helpit, for his fais ar ma
	140	Then he, and horsit wele alsua:
	141	And with yhour lef I will me sped
	142	Till help him for that he has ned:
	143	All enveronit with fais is he.’
	144	The king said, ‘Sa our Lord me se,
	145	A fut to him thou sall nocht ga,
	146	Gif he wele dois, lat him wele ta;
	147	Quhethir him evir hapin to win or los,
	148	I will nocht for him brek purpos.’
	149	‘Certis,’ he said, ‘I will na wis
	150	Se that his fais him suppris,
	151	Quhen that I may set help thartill:
	152	With yhour lef sekirly I will
	153	Help him or de intill the pane.’
	154	‘Do than, and sped the sone agane,’
273	155	The king said, and he held his way.
	156	Gif he may cum in tym, perfay,
	157	I trow he sall him help sa wele
	158	That of his fais sum sa it fele.






XCV.	Pages 273-276, Section 95
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273	1	Now Douglas furth his way he tais,
	2	And in that self tym fell throu cas
	3	That the king of Ingland, quhen he
	4	was cumin with his gret menyhe
	5	Ner to the pas, as I said ar,
	6	Quhar Scottis men arait war,
	7	He gert arest all his battale
	8	At othir als to tak consale,
	9	Quhethir tha wald tham herbry that nicht
	10	Or than but mar ga till the ficht.
	11	The vaward, that wist nakyn thing
	12	of this arest na thar duelling,
	13	Rad to the Park all straucht thar way
	14	Forout stinting in gud aray.
	15	And, quhen the king wist that tha wer
	16	In hale battale cumand sa ner,
	17	His battale gert he wele aray.
	18	He rad apon ane gay palfray
	19	Litill and joly, arayand
	20	His battale, with ane ax in hand:
274	21	And on his basnet he he bar
	22	Ane hat of quyrbolle ay quhar,
	23	And tharapon intill takning
	24	Ane he croun that he was ane king.
	25	And, quhen Gloucister and Herfurd wer
	26	With thar battale approchand ner,
	27	Befor tham all thar com ridand
	28	With helm on hed and sper in hand
	29	Schir Henry of Boune the worthy,
	30	That was ane gud knicht and ane hardy
	31	And to the erl of Herfurd cosyn,
	32	Armit in armis gud and fyn
	33	Com on ane sted ane bowschot ner
	34	Befor all othir that thar wer,
	35	And knew the king for that he saw
	36	Him sa aray his men on raw,
	37	And by the croun that was set
	38	Albouin his hed on the basnet,
	39	And toward him he went in hy.
	40	And, quhen the king sa apertly
	41	saw him cum forouth all his feris,
	42	In hy till him the hors he steris.
	43	And, quhen Schir Henry saw the king
	44	Cum on forouten abasing,
	45	Till him he rad in full gret hy:
	46	He thocht that he suld wele lichtly
	47	With him and haf him at his will,
	48	Sen he him horsit saw sa ill.
	49	Than sprent tha sammyn intill ane ling:
	50	Schir Henry missit the nobill king,
275	51	And he, that in his sterapis stud,
	52	With the ax that was hard and gud
	53	With sa gret mane raucht him ane dint,
	54	That nouthir had na helm micht stint
	55	The hevy dusch that he him gaf,
	56	That he the hed till harnis claf.
	57	The handax schaft fruschit in twa,
	58	And he doun till the erd can ga
	59	All flatlingis, for him falyheit micht.
	60	This was the first strak of the ficht
	61	That was perfornist douchtely:
	62	And, quhen the kingis men sa stoutly
	63	Saw him richt at the first meting
	64	Forouten dout or abasing
	65	Haf slane ane knicht sa at a strak,
	66	Sic hardyment than can tha tak
	67	That tha com on richt hardely.
	68	Quhen Inglismen saw tham stoutly
	69	Cum on, that had gret abasing,
	70	And specialy for that the king
	71	sa smertly that gud knicht had slane,
	72	That tha withdrew tham evirilkane
	73	And durst nocht than abid to ficht,
	74	sa dred tha for the kingis micht.
	75	And, quhen the kingis men tham saw
	76	Sa in hale battale tham withdraw,
	77	Ane gret schot till tham can tha mak,
	78	And tha in hy tuk all the bak,
	79	And tha that folowit tham has slane
	80	Sum of tham that tha haf ourtane:
276	81	Bot that war few, for, suth to say,
	82	Thar hors fet had ner all away.
	83	Bot, howsa quhene deit thar,
	84	Rebutit foulely tha war,
	85	And rad thar gat with wele mar scham
	86	Be full fer than tha com fra ham.


XCVI.	Pages 276-279, Section 96
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276	1	Quhen that the king reparit was
	2	That gert his men lef all the chas,
	3	The lordis of his cumpany
	4	Blamit him as tha durst gretly
	5	That he put him in aventur
	6	To met sa stith ane knicht and stur
	7	In sic poynt as he than was sene,
	8	For tha said wele it micht haf bene
	9	Caus of thar tynsale evirilkane.
	10	The king tham ansuer mad he nane,
	11	Bot menit his handax schaft sa
	12	Was with the strak brokin in twa.
	13	The erl Thomas was yhet fichtand
	14	With fais apon athir hand,
	15	And slew of tham ane quantite:
	16	Bot wery war his men and he,
	17	The quhethir with wapnis sturdely
	18	Tha tham defendit manfully
277	19	Quhill that the lord Douglas com ner
	20	That sped him apon gret maner.
	21	The Inglismen that war fichtand,
	22	Quhen that the Douglas saw nerhand,
	23	Tha wandist and mad ane opning:
	24	Schir James Douglas be thar reling
	25	Knew that tha war discumfit ner:
	26	Than bad he tham that with him wer
	27	Stand still and pres na forthirmar,
	28	‘For tha that yhondir fichtand ar,’
	29	He said, ‘ar of sa gret bounte
	30	That thar fais wele sone sall be
	31	Discumfit throu thar awn micht,
	32	Thouch na man help tham for to ficht:
	33	And, cum we now intill fichting
	34	Quhen tha ar at discumfiting,
	35	Men suld say we tham ruschit had,
	36	And sa suld tha that caus has mad
	37	With gret travale and hard fichting
	38	Los ane part of thar lowing:
	39	And it war sin to les his pris
	40	That of sa soverane bounte is,
	41	And he throu plane and hard fichting
	42	has her schevit unlikly thing;
	43	He sall haf that he wonnin has.
	44	The erl with tham that fichtand was,
	45	Quhen he his fais saw brawland sa,
	46	In hy apon than can ga
	47	And pressit tham sa wondir fast
	48	With hard strakis, quhill at the last
278	49	Tha fled that durst abid na mar:
	50	Bath men and hors slane left tha thar,
	51	And held thar way in full gret hy,
	52	Nocht all togidder, bot sindrely,
	53	And tha that war ourtane war slane,
	54	The laf went till thar host agane
	55	Of thar tynsale sary and wa.
	56	The erl that had him holpin sa
	57	And his men als that war wery
	58	Hynt of thar basnetis intill hy
	59	Till awent them, for tha war hat,
	60	Tha war all helit into swat.
	61	Tham semit men, forsuth I hicht,
	62	That had fandit thar fais in ficht:
	63	And sa tha did full douchtely.
	64	Tha fand of all thar cumpany
	65	That thar was bot ane yheman slane:
	66	Than lowit tha God, and was full fane,
	67	And blith was tha eschapit sa.
	68	Toward the king than can tha ga,
	69	And till him wele sone cumin ar:
	70	He askit tham of thar welefar,
	71	And gladsum cher to tham he mad
	72	For tha sa wele than born tham had.
	73	Than all ran into gret dante
	74	The erl of Murref for to se:
	75	For his he worschip and valour
	76	All yharnit till do him honour:
	77	Sa fast tha ran to se him thar
	78	That ner all sammyn assemblit war.
279	79	And quhen the gud king can tham se
	80	Befor him sa assemblit be,
	81	Blith and glad that thar fais wer
	82	Rebutit apon sic maner,
	83	Ane litill quhile he held him still,
	84	Syn on this wis he said tham till;





XCVII.	Pages 279-280, Section 97
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279	1	‘Lordingis,’ he said, ‘we aucht to luf
	2	Almichty God that sittis abuf,
	3	That sendis us sa far beginning.
	4	It is ane gret disconforting
	5	Till our fais that on this wis
	6	Sa sone has bene rebutit twis:
	7	For, quhen tha of thar host sall her,
	8	And knaw suthly on quhat maner
	9	Thar avaward that was sa stout,
	10	And syn yhon othir joly rout
	11	That I trow of the best men war
	12	That tha micht get emang tham thar,
	13	War rebutit sa sudanly,
	14	I trow and knawis it all clerly
	15	That mony ane hart sall waverand be
	16	That semit er of gret bounte:
	17	And fra the hart be discumfit
	18	The biody is nocht worth ane myt:
280	19	Tharfor I trow that gud ending
	20	Sall folow till our beginning.
	21	The quhethir I say nocht this yhou till
	22	For that yhe suld folow my will
	23	To ficht, bot in yhou all sall be:
	24	For, gif yhou thinkis spedfull that we
	25	Ficht, we sall ficht; and, gif yhe will,
	26	We lef yhour liking to fulfill.
	27	I sall consent on alkyn wis
	28	To do richt as yhe will devis:
	29	Tharfor sais on yhour will planly.’
	30	Than with a voce all can tha cry,
	31	‘Gud king, forouten mar delay
	32	Tomorn als sone as yhe se day
	33	Ordane yhou hale for the battale:
	34	For dout of ded we sall nocht fale,
	35	Na nane pane sall refusit be
	36	Quhill we haf mad our cuntre fre.’

XCVIII.	Pages 280-285, Section 98
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280	1	Quhen the king herd tham sa manly
	2	Spek to the ficht, and hardely,
	3	In hart gret gladschip can he ta,
	4	And said, ‘Lordingis, sen yhe will sa,
	5	Schap we us tharfor in the morning,
	6	Sa that we be the sone rising
281	7	Haf herd mes, and he buskit wele
	8	Ilk man intill his awn eschele,
	9	Without the palyheounis wele arait
	10	In battale with baneris displait.
	11	And luk yhe na wis brek aray,
	12	And, as yhe luf me, I yhou pray
	13	That ilk man for his awn honour
	14	Purvay him ane gud baneour,
	15	And, quhen it cumis till the ficht,
	16	Ilk man set his hart, will, and micht,
	17	To stint our fais mekill of prid.
	18	On hors that will arait rid,
	19	And cum on yhou in full gret hy:
	20	Met tham with speris hardely,
	21	And wrek on tham the mekill ill
	22	That tha and tharis has done us till
	23	And ar in will yhet for to do,
	24	Gif tha haf micht to cum tharto.
	25	And certis methink wele that we
	26	Forout abasing aucht to be
	27	Worthy and of gret vassalagis,
	28	For we haf thre gret avantagis.
	29	The first is, that we haf the richt,
	30	And for the richt ay God will ficht.
	31	The tothir is, tha ar cumin her
	32	For lipning in thar gret power
	33	To sek us in our awn land,
	34	And has brocht her richt till our hand
	35	Riches intill sa gret plente
	36	That the pouerast of yhou sall be
282	37	Bath rich and michty tharwithall,
	38	Gif that we win, as wele may fall.
	39	The thrid is, that we for our lifis,
	40	And for our childir, and for our wifis,
	41	And for the fredom of our land,
	42	Ar strenyeit in battale for to stand;
	43	And tha for thar micht anerly,
	44	And for tha let of us lichtly,
	45	And for tha wald distroy us all,
	46	Mais tham to ficht. Bot yhet may fall
	47	That tha sall rew thar barganing:
	48	And certis I warn yhou of a thing,
	49	That, hapin tham, as God forbed,
	50	To find faltis intill our ded
	51	Sa that tha win us opinly,
	52	Tha sall haf of us na mersy.
	53	And, sen we knaw thar feloun will,
	54	Methink it suld accord to skill
	55	To set stoutnes agane felony
	56	And mak sagat ane juperdy.
	57	Quharfor I yhou requer and pray,
	58	That with all micht that evir yhe may
	59	Yhe pres yhou at the beginning
	60	But cowardis or abasing
	61	To met tham that first sall assemmill
	62	Sa stoutly that the henmast trimmill,
	63	And menis on yhour gret manhed,
	64	Yhour worschip, and yhour douchty ded,
	65	And on the joy that we abid
	66	Gif that us fall, as wele may tid,
283	67	Hap to vencus the gret battale.
	68	Intill yhour handis forouten fale
	69	Yhe ber honour, pris, and riches,
	70	Fredom, welth, and gret blithnes,
	71	Gif yhe contene yhou manfully:
	72	And the contrar all halely
	73	Sall fall, gif yhe lat cowardis
	74	And wikkitnes yhour hartis suppris.
	75	Yhe micht haf livit into thrildom,
	76	Bot, for yhe yharnit till haf fredom,
	77	Yhe ar assemblit her with me:
	78	Tharfor is nedfull that yhe be
	79	Worthy and wicht but abasing.
	80	I warn yhou wele yhet of a thing,
	81	That mar mischef may fall us nane
	82	Than in thar handis to be tane,
	83	For tha suld sla us, I wat wele,
	84	Richt as that did my brothir Nele.
	85	Bot, quhen I mene on yhour stoutnes,
	86	And on the mony gret prowes
	87	That yhe haf done sa worthely,
	88	I trast and trowis sekirly
	89	Till haf plane victor in this ficht:
	90	For, thouch our fais haf mekill micht,
	91	That haf the wrang; and succudry
	92	And covatis of senyhory
	93	Amovis tham forouten mor;
	94	Na us thar dred tham bot befor,
	95	For strinth of this plas, as yhe se,
	96	Sall let us environit to be.
284	97	And I pray yhou als specialy
	98	Bath mar and les all comonly,
	99	That nane of yhou for gredynes
	100	Haf e to tak of thar riches,
	101	Na presoneris yhet for to ta,
	102	Quhill yhe se tham cummerit sa
	103	That the feld planly ouris be,
	104	And than at yhour liking may yhe
	105	Tak all the riches that thar is.
	106	Gif yhe will wirk apon this wis,
	107	Yhe sall haf victor sekirly:
	108	I wat nocht quhat mar say sall I:
	109	Yhe wat wele all quhat honour is:
	110	Contene yhou tharfor on sic wis
	111	That yhour honour ay savit be:
	112	And I hicht her in my lawte,
	113	Gif ony deis in this battale,
	114	His ar, but ward, relef, or tale,
	115	On the first day his land sall weld,
	116	All be he nevir sa yhoung of eld.
	117	Now mak yhou redy till the ficht:
	118	God help us that is mast of micht!
	119	I red armit all nicht yhe be,
	120	Purvait in battale, sa that we
	121	To met our fais be redy boun.’
	122	Than ansuerd tha all with a soun,
	123	‘As yhe devis, sa sall be done.’
	124	Than till thar innis went tha sone
	125	And ordanit tham for the fichting,
	126	Syn assemblit in the evinning,
285	127	And sagat all the nicht bad tha
	128	Quhill on the morn that it was day.

XCIX.	Pages 285-287, Section 99
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285	1	Quhen the Cliffurd, as I said ar,
	2	And all his rout rebutit war,
	3	And thar gret avaward alsua
	4	War distrenyheit the bak to ta;
	5	And tha had tald thar rebuting,
	6	Tha of the vaward, how the king
	7	Slew at a strak sa apertly
	8	The best knicht of thar chevelry,
	9	And how all hale the kingis battale
	10	Schup tham richt stoutly till assale
	11	And Schir eduard the Brus alsua,
	12	Quhen tha all hale the bak can ta,
	13	And how tha lesit of thar men;
	14	And Cliffurd had ald alsua then
	15	How Thomas Randol tuk the plane
	16	With few folk, and how he has slane
	17	Schir Wilyham Dencort the worthy,
	18	And how the erl faucht manfully,
	19	That as ane hyrcheoun all his rout
	20	Gert set out speris tham about,
	21	And how that tha war put agane
	22	And part of thar gud men was slane;
286	23	The Inglismen sic abasing
	24	Tuk, and sic dred of that tithing,
	25	That in fif hundreth plas and ma
	26	Men micht tham sammyn se rowand ga,
	27	Sayand, ‘Our lordis for thar gret micht
	28	Will allgat ficht agane the richt:
	29	Bot quhasa warrais wrangwisly,
	30	Tha fand God all to gretumly,
	31	And tha may hapin to misfall,
	32	And sa may tid that her we sall.’
	33	And, quhen thar lordis had persaving
	34	Of the disconfort and rowning
	35	That tha held sammyn twa and twa,
	36	Throuout the host than gert tha ga
	37	Heraldis to mak ane crye
	38	That na e disconfort suld be,
	39	For in punyheis is oft hapnyn
	40	Quhile for to win, and quhile to tyn,
	41	And that intill the gret battale,
	42	That apon na mener may fale
	43	Bot gif the Scotts fle away,
	44	Sall all amendit be perfay.
	45	Tharfor tha monist tham to be
	46	Of gret worschip and of bounte,
	47	And stoutly in the battale stand
	48	And tak amendis at thar awn hand.
	49	Tha may wele monis as tha will,
	50	And tha may als hicht to fulfill
	51	With stalward strakis thar biddingis all:
	52	Bot nocht forthi I trow tha sall
287	53	Intill thar hartis dredand be.
	54	The king with his consale preve
	55	Has tane to red that he wald nocht
	56	Ficht or the morn, bot he war socht:
	57	Tharfor tha herbryit tham that nicht
	58	Doun in the Kers, and gert all dicht
	59	And mak redy thar apparale
	60	Agane the morn for the battale.
	61	For in the Kers pulis thar war,
	62	Housis and thak tha brak and bar
	63	To mak briggis quhar tha micht pas:
	64	And sum sais yhet the folk that was
	65	In the castell, quhen nicht can fall,
	66	For that tha knew thar mischef all,
	67	Tha went furth ner all that that war
	68	And duris and windowis with tham bar,
	69	Sa that tha had before the day
	70	Briggit the pulis, sa that tha
	71	war passit our evirilkane,
	72	And the hard feld on hors has tane
	73	All redy for to gif battale
	74	Arait intill thar apparale. 

C.	Pages 287-290, Section 100
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287		1	The Scottismen, quhen it was day,
	2	Thar mes devotly herd tha say,
288	3	Syn tuk ane sop and mad tham yhar:
	4	And, quhen tha all assemblit war
	5	And in thar battalis all purvait
	6	With thar brad baneris all displait,
	7	Tha mad knichtis as it efferis
	8	To men that usis tha misteris.
	9	The king mad Walter Steward knicht,
	10	And James of Douglas that was wicht,
	11	And othir als of gret bounte
	12	He mad ilkane in thar degre.
	13	Quhen this was done that I yhou say,
	14	Tha went all furth in gud aray
	15	And tuk the plane fukll apertly.
	16	Mony gud man wicht and hardy
	17	That war fulfillit of gret bounte
	18	Intill tha routis men micht se.
	19	The Inglismen on othir party,
	20	That richt as angelis schane brichtly,
	21	War nocht arait on sic maner,
	22	For all thar battalis sammyn wer
	23	In a schiltrum. Bot, quhethir it was
	24	Throu the gret stratnes of the plas
	25	That tha war in to bid fichting,
	26	Or that it was for abasing,
	27	It wat nocht, bot in a schiltrum
	28	It semit tha war all and sum,
	29	Outane the vaward anerly
	30	That with ane richt gret cumpany
	31	Be thamselvin arait war
	32	And till the battale mad tham yhar.
289	33	That folk ourtuk ane mekill feld
	34	On bred, quhar mony ane schynand scheld,
	35	And mony ane burnist bricht armour,
	36	And mony ane man of gret valour,
	37	And mony ane baner bricht and schene,
	38	Micht in that gret schiltrum be sene.
	39	And, quhen the king of Ingland
	40	Saw Scottismen sa tak on hand
	41	To tak the hard feld sa planly
	42	And apon fut, he had ferly,
	43	And said, ‘Quhat! will yhon Scottis ficht?’
	44	‘Yha sekirly, schir,’ said ane knicht.
	45	Schir Ingeram Umphravill hat he,
	46	And said, ‘Forsuth, schir, now I se
	47	All the mast ferlyfull sicht
	48	That evir I saw, quhen for to ficht
	49	The Scottismen has tane on hand
	50	Agane the gret micht of Ingland
	51	In plane hard feld to gif battale:
	52	Bot, and yhe will trow my consale,
	53	Yhe sall discumfit tham lichtly.
	54	Withdrwais yhou hine sudanly
	55	With battalis, baneris, and pennounis,
	56	Quhill that we pas our palyheounis,
	57	And yhe sall se alone that tha
	58	magre thar lordis sall brek aray
	59	And scale tham our harnas to ta:
	60	And, quhen we se tham scalit sa,
	61	Prik we than on tham hardely,
	62	And we sall haf tham wele lichtly,
290	63	For than sall nane be knit to ficht
	64	That may withstand our mekill micht.’
	65	‘I will nocht,’ said the king, ‘perfay
	66	Do sa, for thar sall na man say
	67	That I suld eschew the battale
	68	Na withdraw me for sic rangale.’
	69	Quhen this was said that er said I,
	70	The Scottismen all full devotly
	71	Tha knelit doun to God to pray,
	72	And ane schort prayer thar mad tha
	73	To God till help tham in that ficht.
	74	And, quhen the Inglis king had sicht
	75	Of tham kneland, he said in hy,
	76	‘Yhon folk knelis till ask mersy.’
	77	Schir Ingeram said, ‘Yhe say suth now;
	78	Tha ask mersy, bot nocht at yhou;
	79	For thar trespas to God tha cry.
	80	I tell yhou a thing sekirly,
	81	That yhon men will win all or de,
	82	For dout of ded tha sall nocht fle.’
	83	‘Now be it sa,’ than said the king,
	84	‘We sall it se.’ But delaying
	85	He gert trump till the assemble.
	86	On athir sid than men micht se
	87	Full mony wicht man and worthy
	88	All redy till do chevelry.


CI.	Pages 291-292, Section 101
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291	1	Thus war tha boun on athir sid;
	2	And Inglismen with mekill prid,
	3	That war intill thar avaward,
	4	Till the battale that Schir Eduard
	5	Governit and led held straucht thar way.
	6	The hors with spuris hardnit tha
	7	And prikit apon tham sturdely,
	8	And tha met tham richt hardely,
	9	Sa that at the assemble thar
	10	Sic ane frusching of speris war
	11	That fer away men micht it her.
	12	At thar mething forouten wer
	13	War stedis stekit mony ane,
	14	Mony gud man born doun and slane,
	15	And mony ane hardyment douchtely
	16	Eas thar eschevit: full hardely
	17	Tha dang on othir with wapnis ser:
	18	Sum of the hors that stekit wer
	19	Ruschit and relit richt rudly.
	20	Bot the remanand nocht forthi
	21	That micht cum till the assembling
	22	For tha let mad richt na stinting,
	23	Bot assemblit full hardely,
	24	And tha met tham full sturdely
	25	With speris that war scharp to scher
	26	And axis that wele grundin wer,
292	27	Quharwith was raucht mony ane rout.
	28	The ficht was thar sa fell and stout
	29	That mony worthy man and wicht
	30	Throu fors was fellit in that ficht
	31	Tha had na micht to ris agane.
	32	The Scottismen fast can tham pane
	33	Thar fais mekill micht to rus:
	34	I trow tha sall na pane refus
	35	Na perill quhill thar fais be
	36	Set intill hard perplexite.

CII.	Pages 292-294, Section 102
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292		1	And, quhen the erl of Murrel sa
	2	The avaward saw stoutly ga
	3	The way to Schir Eduard all straucht,
	4	Tha met tham with full mekill maucht,
	5	He held his way with his baner
	6	To the gret rout quhar sammyn wer
	7	The nyn battalis that war sa brad,
	8	That sa fele baneris with tham had
	9	And of men sa gret quantite
	10	That it war wondir for to se.
	11	The gud erl thiddir tuk the way
	12	With his battale in gud aray,
	13	And assemblit sa hardely
	14	Quhill men micht her that had bene by
293	15	Ane gret frusch of the speris that brast,
	16	For thar fais assalyheit fast
	17	That on stedis with mekill prid
	18	Com prikand as tha wald ourrid
	19	The erl and all his cumpany.
	20	Bot tha met tham sa sturdely
	21	That mony of tham till erd tha bar,
	22	And mony ane sted was stekit thar,
	23	And mony gud man fellit undir fet
	24	That had na power to ris up yhet.
	25	Thar men micht se ane hard battale,
	26	And sum defend, and sum assale,
	27	And mony ane riall rimmill rid
	28	Be raucht thar apon athir sid,
	29	Quhill throu the birneis brast the blud
	30	That till the erd doun stremand yhud.
	31	The erl of Murref and his men
	32	Sa stoutly tham contenit then
	33	That tha wan plas ay mar and mar
	34	On thar fais, the quhethir tha war
	35	Ay ten for ane, or ma perfay,
	36	Sa that it semit wele that tha
	37	War tynt emang sa gret menyhe
	38	As tha war plungit in the se.
	39	And, quhen the Inglismen has sene
	40	The erl and all his men bedene
	41	Ficht sa stoutly but affraying
	42	Richt as tha had nane abasing,
	43	Tha pressit tham with all thar micht;
	44	And tha with speris and suerdis bricht
294	45	And axis that richt scharply schar,
	46	In mid the visage met tham thar.
	47	Thar men micht se ane stalward stour,
	48	And mony men of gret valour
	49	With speris, masis, and with knifis,
	50	And othir wapnis wissill lifis,
	51	Sa that mony fell doun all ded:
	52	The gyrs wox with the blud all red.
	53	The erl that wicht was and worthy
	54	And his men faucht sa manfully,
	55	That, quhasa had sene tham that day,
	56	I trow forsuth that tha suld say
	57	That tha suld do thar devour wele
	58	Sa that thar fais suld it fele.


CIII.	Pages 294-297, Section 103
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294		1	Quhen that thir twa first battalis wer
	2	Assemblit, as I said yhou er,
	3	The Steward Walter that than was
	4	And the gud lord als of Douglas
	5	In a battale, quhen that tha saw
	6	The erl forouten dred or aw
	7	Assemmill with his cumpany
	8	On all that folk sa sturdely,
	9	For till help him tha held thar way
	10	With thar battale in gud aray,
295	11	And assemblit sa hardely
	12	Besid the erl ane litill by,
	13	That thar fais feld thar cuming wele,
	14	For with wapnis stalward of stele
	15	Tha dang on tham with all thar micht.
	16	Thar fais resavit tham wele, I hicht,
	17	With suerdis, speris, and with mas;
	18	The battale thar sa feloun was,
	19	And sa richt gret spilling of blud,
	20	That on the erd the flussis stud;
	21	The Scottismen sa wele tham bar,
	22	And sa gret slauchtir mad tha thar,
	23	And fra sa fele the lifis revit,
	24	That all the feld was bludy levit.
	25	That tym thir thre battalis wer
	26	All sid be sid fichtand wele ner,
	27	Thar micht men her richt mony dint
	28	And wapnis apon armour stint,
	29	And se tummill knichtis and stedis,
	30	With mony rich and riall wedis
	31	Defoulit rudy undir fet;
	32	Sum held on loft, sum tynt the suet.
	33	Ane lang quhile thus fichtand tha wer
	34	That men na noys na cry micht her;
	35	Men herd nocht els bot granis, and dintis
	36	That slew fyr as men dois on flintis;
	37	Sa faucht tha ilkane egirly
	38	That tha mad nouthir noys na cry,
	39	Bot dang on othir at thar micht
	40	With wapnis that war burnist bricht.
296	41	The arowis als sa thik tha flaw,
	42	That tha micht se wele that tham saw
	43	That tha ane hidwis schour can ma,
	44	For quhar tha fell, I undirta,
	45	Tha left eftir tham takinning
	46	That sall ned, as I trow, leching.
	47	The Inglis archaris schot sa fast
	48	That, micht thar schot haf ony last,
	49	It had bene hard to Scottismen:
	50	Bot King Robert, that wele can ken
	51	That the archaris war peralous,
	52	And thar schot hard and richt grevous
	53	Ordanit forouth the assemble
	54	His marschall with ane gret menyhe,
	55	Fif hundreth armit wele in stele
	56	That on licht hors war horsit wele,
	57	For to prik emang the archeris,
	58	And sa assalyhe tham with speris
	59	That tha na laser haf to schut.
	60	This marschall that I of mut,
	61	That Schir Robert of keth was cald
	62	As I befor haf till yhou tald,
	63	Quhen that he saw the battalis sa
	64	Assemmill and togidder ga,
	65	And saw the archaris schut stoutly,
	66	With all tham of his cumpany
	67	In hy apon tham can he rid,
	68	And ourtuk tham at a sid,
	69	And ruschit emang tham sa rudly,
	70	Strikand tham sa dispitfully,
297	71	And in sic fusoun berand doun
	72	And slayand tham without ransoun,
	73	That tha tham scalit evirilkane,
	74	And fra that tym furth thar was nane
	75	That assemblit sic schot to ma.
	76	Quhen Scottis archaris saw it was a
	77	Tha war rebutit, tha wox hardy,
	78	With all thar micht schot egirly
	79	Emang the horsmen that thar rad,
	80	And woundis wid to tham tha mad,
	81	And slew of tham ane full gret dele.
	82	Tha bar tham hardely and wele,
	83	For, fra thar fais archaris war
	84	Scalit as I haf said yhou ar,
	85	That ma then tha war be gret thing,
	86	Sa that tha dred nocht thar schuting,
	87	Tha wox sa hardy that tham thocht
	88	Tha suld set all thar fais at nocht.

CIV.	Pages 297-302, Section 104
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297		1	The marschall and his cumpany
	2	Was yhet, as till yhou er said I,
	3	Emang the archaris, quhar tha mad
	4	With speris roum quhar that tha rad,
	5	And slew all that tha micht ourta:
	6	And tha wele lichtly micht do sa,
298	7	For tha had nocht ane strak to stint
	8	Na for to hald agane ane dint,
	9	And agane armit men to ficht
	10	May nakit men haf litill micht.
	11	Tha scalit tham on sic maner
	12	That sum to thar gret battale wer
	13	Withdrawin tham in full gret hy,
	14	And sum war fled all utrely.
	15	Bot the folk that behind tham was,
	16	That for thar wan folk had na spas
	17	Yhet to cum till the assembling,
	18	In agane smertly can tha ding
	19	The archaris that tha met fleand,
	20	That than war mad sa recreand
	21	That thar hartis war tynt clenly:
	22	I trow tha sall nocht scath gretly
	23	The Scottismen with schot that day.
	24	And the gud king Robert, that ay
	25	Was fillit full of gret bounte,
	26	Saw how that his battalis thre
	27	Sa hardely assemblit thar,
	28	And sa wele in the ficht tham bar,
	29	And sa fast on thar fais can ding,
	30	That him thocht nane had abasing,
	31	And how the archaris war scalit then,
	32	He was all blith, and till his men
	33	He said, ‘Lordingis, now tuk that yhe
	34	Worthy and of gud covyn be
	35	At this assemble, and hardy,
	36	And assemmill sa sturdely
299	37	That nathing may befor yhou stand.
	38	Our men sa freschly ar fichtand
	39	That tha thar fais has cummerit sa
	40	That, be tha pressit, I undirta,
	41	Ane litill fastar, yhe sall se
	42	That tha discumfit sone sall be.’
	43	Quhen this was said, tha held thar way,
	44	And on a sid assemblit tha
	45	Sa stoutly that at thar cuming
	46	Thar fais war ruschit ane gret thing.
	47	Thar men micht se men freschly ficht,
	48	And men that worthy war and wicht
	49	Do mony worthy vassalage.
	50	Tha faucht as tha war in ane rage:
	51	For, quhen the Scottis enkirly
	52	Saw thar fais sa sturdely
	53	Stand into battale tham agane,
	54	With all thar micht and all thar mane
	55	Tha laid on as men out of wit,
	56	And, quhar tha with full strak micht hit,
	57	Thar micht na arming stint thar strak:
	58	Tha to-fruschit tham tha micht ourtak,
	59	And with axis sic duschis gaf
	60	That tha helmis and hedis claf:
	61	And thar fais richt hardely
	62	Met tham and fang on douchtely
	63	With wapnis that war stith of stele.
	64	Thar was the battale strikin wele:
	65	sa gret dinning thar was of dintis,
	66	As wapnis apon armour stintis,
300	67	And of speris sa gret bristing,
	68	And sic thrawing, and sic thristing,
	69	Sic grining, graning, and sa gret
	70	Ane noys, as tha can othir bet
	71	And cryit ensenyheis on ilka sid,
	72	Gifand and takand woudnis wid,
	73	That it was hidwis for till her
	74	All four the battalis wicht that wer
	75	Fichtand in a front halely.
	76	Almichty God! full douchtely
	77	Schir Eduard the Brus and his men
	78	Emang thar fais contenit tham then,
	79	Fichtand intill sa gud covyn,
	80	Sa hardy, worthy, and sa fyn,
	81	That thar avaward ruschit was,
	82	And magre tharis left the plas,
	83	And till thar gret rout till warand
	84	Tha went, that than had apon hand
	85	sa gret noy that tha war affrait,
	86	For Scottismen tham hard assait
	87	That than war in ane schiltrum all.
	88	Quha hapnit in that ficht to fall,
	89	I trow agane he sall nocht ris:	
	90	Thar men micht se on mony wis
	91	Hardymentis eschevit douchtely,
	92	And mony that wicht war and hardy
	93	Doun undir fet lyand all ded,
	94	Quhar all the feld of blud was red:
	95	Armouris and quentis that tha bar
	96	With blud war sa defoulit thar
301	97	That tha micht nocht discrivit be.
	98	A! michty God, quha than micht se
	99	The Steward Walter and his rout,
	100	And the gud Douglas that was stout,
	101	Fichtand intill that stalward stour,
	102	He suld say that till all honour
	103	That war worthy that in that ficht
	104	Sa fast pressit thar fais micht
	105	That tha tham ruschit quhar tha yhed:
	106	Thar micht men se mony ane sted
	107	Fleand on stray that lord had nane.
	108	A! Lord, quha than gud tent had tane
	109	Till the gud erl of Murref
	110	And his, that sa gret routis gef,
	111	And faucht sa fast in that battale,
	112	Tholand sic panis and travale,
	113	That tha and tharis mad sic debat
	114	That quhar tha com tha mad tham gat:
	115	Than micht men her ensenyheis cry,
	116	And Scottismen cry hardely,
	117	‘On tham! on tham! on tham! they fale.’
	118	With that sa hard tha can assale,
	119	And slew all that tha micht ourta,
	120	And the Scottis archaris alsua
	121	Schot emang tham sa sturdely,
	122	Engrevand tham sa gretumly,
	123	That, quhat for tham that with tham faucht.
	124	And sa gret routis till tham raucht,
	125	And pressit tham full egirly,
	126	And quhat for arowis that felly
302	127	Mony gret woundis can tham ma
	128	And slew fast of thar hors alsua,
	129	That tha wandist ane litill we.
	130	Tha dred sa gretly than to de
	131	That thar covyn was wer then er,
	132	For tha that with tham fichtand wer
	133	Set hardyment and strinth and will,
	134	And hart and curage als thartill,
	135	And all thar mane and all thar micht,
	136	And put tham fouly to the flicht.
	







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CV.	Pages 302-308, Section 105
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302	1	In this tym that I tell of her
	2	That the battale on this maner
	3	Was strikin, quhar on athir party
	4	Tha war fichtand richt manfully,
	5	Yhemen and swanis and pouerale,1
	6	That in the Park to yhem vittale
	7	War left, quhen tha wist but lesing
	8	That thar lordis with fell fichting
	9	On thar fais assemblit war,
	10	Ane of thamselvin that was thar
	11	Capitane of tham all tha mad,
	12	And schetis that war sumdele brad
	13	That festnit insted of baneris
	14	Apon lang treis and on speris,
303	15	And said that tha wald se the ficht
	16	And help thar lordis at thar micht.
	17	Quhen hertill all assentit war,
	18	In a rout tha assemblit ar;
	19	Fiften thousand tha war and ma;
	20	And than in gret hy can tha ga
	21	With thar baneris all in a rout
	22	As tha had men bene stith and stout.
	23	Tha com with all that assemble
	24	Richt quhill that micht the battale se,
	25	Than all at anis tha gaf ane cry,
	26	‘Apon tham, on tham hardely!’
	27	And tharwithall cumand ar tha,
	28	Bot tha war yhet wele fer away.
	29	And Inglismen that ruschit war
	30	Throu fors of ficht, as I said ar,
	31	Quhen tha saw cum with sic ane cry
	32	Toward tham sic ane cumpany,
	33	That tha thocht wele als mony war
	34	As that war fichtand with tham thar, 
	35	And tha befor had tham nocht sene,
	36	Than wit yhe wele withouten wene
	37	Tha war abasit sa gretumly
	38	That the best and the mast hardy
	39	That war intill the host that day
	40	Wald with thar mensk haf bene away.
	41	The king Robert be thar reling
	42	Saw tha war ner discumfiting,
	43	And his ensenyhe can help cry,
	44	Than with tham of his cumpany
304	45	His fais pressit sa fast that tha
	46	War than intill sa gret affray
	47	That tha left plas ay mar and mar,
	48	For all the Scottismen that war thar,
	49	Quhen tha saw tham eschew the ficht,
	50	Dang on tham sa with all thar micht
	51	That tha scalit in tropellis ser
	52	And till discumfitur war ner,
	53	And sum of tham fled all planly;
	54	Bot tha that wicht war and hardy,
	55	That scham lettit to ta the flicht,
	56	At gret mischef mantemit the ficht
	57	And stithly in the stour can stand.
	58	And, quhen the king of Ingland
	59	Saw his men fle in sindry plas,
	60	And saw his fais rout that was
	61	Worthin sa wicht and sa hardy
	62	That all his folk war halely
	63	Sa stonait that tha had na micht
	64	To stint thar fais in the ficht,
	65	He was abasit sa gretumly
	66	That he and all his cumpany,
	67	Fif hundreth armit wele at richt,
	68	Intill a frusch all tuk the flicht
	69	And till the castell held thar way.
	70	And yhet haf I herd sum men say,
	71	That of Vallanch Schir Amer,
	72	Quhen he the feld saw vencust ner,
	73	Be the renyhe led away the king
	74	Agane his will fra the fichting.
305	75	And, quhen Schir Gylis de Argente
	76	Saw the king thus and his menyhe
	77	Schap tham to fle sa spedaly,
	78	He com richt till the king in hy,
	79	And said, ‘Schir, sen that it is sa
	80	That yhe thusgat yhour gat will ga,
	81	Hafis gud day, for agane will I;
	82	Yhet fled I nevir sekirly,
	83	And I ches her to bid and de
	84	Then to lif schamfully and fle.’
	85	His bridill than but mar abad
	86	He turnit, and agane he rad,
	87	And on Eduard the Brusis rout
	88	That was sa sturdy and sa stout,
	89	As dred of nakyn thing had he,
	90	He prikit cryand ‘Argente!’
	91	And tha with spuris sa him met,
	92	And sa fele speris on him set,
	93	That he and hors war chargit sa
	94	That bath doun till the erd can ga,
	95	And in that plas than slane was he.
	96	Of his ded was richt gret pite;
	97	He was the thrid best knicht, perfay,
	98	That men wist lifand in his day;
	99	He did mony ane far journe;
	100	On Saresenis thre derenyheis did he,
	101	And in ilk derenyhe of tha
	102	He vencust Sarasenis twa.
	103	His gret worschip tuk thar ending.
	104	And fra Schir Amer with the king
306	105	Was fled, was nane that durst abid,
	106	Bot fled scalit on ilka sid,
	107	And thar fais tham pressit fast;
	108	Tha war, to say suth, sa agast,
	109	And fled sa richt affraitly,
	110	That of tham ane full gret party
	111	Fled to the watir of Forth, and thar
	112	The mast part of tham drounit war;
	113	And Bannokburn betuix the brais
	114	Of hors and men sa chargit was
	115	That apon drounit hors and men
	116	Men micht pas dry atour it then;
	117	And laddis, swanis, and rangale,
	118	Quhen tha saw vencust the battale,
	119	Ran emang tham, and sa can sla
	120	Tha folk that na defens micht ma
	121	That it war pite for to se.
	122	I herd nevir quhar in na cuntre
	123	Folk at sa gret mischef war stad;
	124	On a sid that thar fais had
	125	That slew tham doun without mersy,
	126	And tha had on the tothir party
	127	Bannokburn that sa cummirsum was
	128	Of slik and depnes for to pas
	129	That thar micht nane atour it rid;
	130	Tham worthit magre tharis abid,
	131	Sa that cum slane, sum drounit war,
	132	Micht ane eschap that evir com thar;
	133	The quhethir mony gat away
	134	And fled full fast, as I herd say.
307	135	The king with tham he with him had
	136	In a rout till the castell rad,
	137	And wald haf bene tharin, for tha
	138	Wist nocht quhat gat to get away.
	139	Bot Philip the Mowbra said him till,
	140	‘The castell, schir, is at yhour will,
	141	Bot, cum yhe in it, yhe sall se
	142	That yhe sall sone assegit be,
	143	And thar sall nane of all Ingland
	144	To mak yhou rescours tak on hand,
	145	And but rescours may na castele
	146	Be haldin lang. Yhe wat this wele;
	147	Tharfor confort yhou, and rely
	148	Yhour men about yhou richt stratly,
	149	And haldis about the Park the way,
	150	Knit yhou als sadly as yhe may,
	151	For I trow that nae sall haf micht
	152	That chasis, with sa fele to ficht.’
	153	And as he consalit that haf done,
	154	Beneth the castell went tha sone
	155	Richt by the Round Tabill thar way,
	156	And syn the Park enveronit tha,
	157	And toward Lithkow held in hy.
	158	Bot I trow tha sall hastely
	159	Be convoyit with folk that tha
	160	I trow micht suffer wele away;
	161	For Schir James lord of Douglas
	162	Com till his king and askit the chas,
	163	And he gaf him lef but abad,
	164	Bot all to few of hors he had,
308	165	He had nocht in his rout sexty,
	166	The quhethir he sped him hastely
	167	The way eftir the king to ta.
	168	Now lat him on his wais ga,
	169	And eftir this we sall wele tell
	170	Quhat till him in his chas befell.




CVI.	Pages 308-308, Section 106
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308	1	Quhen the gret battale on this wis
	2	was discumfit as I devis,
	3	Quhar thretty thousand thar was ded
	4	Or drounit into that ilk sted,
	5	And sum war intill handis tane,
	6	And othir sum thar gat war gane,
	7	The erl of Herfurd fra the melle
	8	Departit with ane gret menyhe,
	9	And straucht to Bothwell tuk the way
	10	That than at Inglismenis fay
	11	Was, and haldin as plas of wer;
	12	Schir Walter Gilbertson was ther
	13	Capitane, and it had in ward.
	14	The erl of Herfurd thiddirward
	15	Held, and was tane in our the wall,
	16	And fifty of his men withall,
	17	And set in housis sindrely,
	18	Sa that tha had thar na mastry.
309	19	The laf went toward Ingland:
	20	Bot of that rout, I tak on hand,
	21	The thre partis war tane or slane,
	22	The laf with gret pane ham ar gane.
	23	Schir Moris alsua the Berclay
	24	Fra the gret battale held his way
	25	With ane gret rout of Walismen:
	26	Quharevir tha yhed men micht tham ken,
	27	For tha wele ner all nakit war,
	28	Or lining clathis had, but mar.
	29	Tha held thar wais in full gret hy,
	30	Bot mony of thar cumpany
	31	Or tha till Ingland com, war tane,
	32	And mony als of tham war slane.
	33	Tha fled als othir wais ser,
	34	Bot till the castell that was ner
	35	Of Strevilling fled sic ane menyhe
	36	That it was wondir for to se,
	37	For the craggis all helit war
	38	About the castell her and thar
	39	Of tham that for strinth of that sted
	40	Thiddirward to warand fled:
	41	And, for tha war sa fele that thar
	42	Fled undir the castell war,
	43	The king Robert that was witty
	44	Held ay his gud men ner him by
	45	For dred agane that ris suld tha.
	46	This was the caus, for suth to say,
	47	Quharthrou the king of Ingland 
	48	eschapit ham intill his land.


CVII.	Pages 310-312, Section 107
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310	1	Quhen that the feld sa clene was mad
	2	Of Inglismen that nane abad,
	3	The Scottismen sone tuk in hand
	4	Of tharis all that evir tha fand,
	5	[Silver and gold, clathis and arming,
	6	And veschall, and all othir thing
	7	That evir tha micht lay on thar hand:
	8	Sa gret riches thar tha fand]
	9	That mony man was michty mad
	10	Of the riches that tha thar had.
	11	Quhen this was done that her say I,
	12	The king send ane gret cumpany
	13	Up to the crag tham till assale
	14	That war fled fra the gret battale,
	15	And tha tham yhald forout debat,
	16	And in hand has tham tane fut hat,
	17	Syn to the king tha went thar way.
	18	Tha dispendit haly that day
	19	In spulyheing and riches taking
	20	Fra end was mad of the fichting:
	21	And, quhen tha nakit spulyheit war
	22	That war slane in the battale thar,
	23	It was forsuth ane gret ferly
	24	To se sammyn sa fele ded ly.
	25	Sevin hundreth paris of spuris red
	26	War tane of the knichtis that war ded.
311	27	The erl of Glousister ded was thar
	28	That men callit Schir Gilbert of Clar,
	29	And Gylis de Argente alsua,
	30	And Payn Typtot, and othir ma
	31	That thar namis nocht tell can I.
	32	And apon Scottismenis party
	33	Thar was slane worthy knichtis twa;
	34	Wilyham Vepount was ane of tha,
	35	And Schir Walter the Ros ane othir,
	36	That Schir Eduard the kingis brothir
	37	Lufit and held in sic dante
	38	That as himself him lufit he.
	39	And, quhen he wist that he was ded,
	40	He was sa wa and will of red
	41	That he said, makand full evill cher,
	42	That him wald levar that journe wer
	43	Undone then he sa ded had bene.
	44	Outakin him, men has nocht sene
	45	Quhar he for ony mad mening;
	46	And the caus was of this lufing,
	47	That he his sistir per amouris
	48	Lufit, and held all at rebouris
	49	His awn wif dam Ysabell;
	50	And tharfor sa gret distans fell
	51	Betuix him and the erl Davy
	52	Of Athol, brothir to this lady,
	53	That he apon Sanct Johnis nicht,
	54	Quhen bath the kingis war boun to ficht,
	55	In Cambuskynneth the kingis vittale
	56	He tuk, and sadly gert assale
312	57	Schir Wilyham of Herth, and him slew,
	58	And with him men ma then enew;
	59	Quharfor syn intill Ingland
	60	He was banist, and all his land
	61	Was sesit as forfalt till the king,
	62	That did tharof syn his liking.



CVIII.	   Pages 312-313, Section 108
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312	1	Quhen the feld, as I tald yhou ar
	2	Was dispulyheit and left all bar,
	3	The king and all his cumpany,
	4	Blith and joyfull, glad and mery
	5	Of the gras that tham fallin was,
	6	Toward thar innis thar wais tais
	7	To rest tham, for tha wery war.
	8	Bot for the erl Gilbert of Clar,
	9	That slane was in the battale plas,
	10	The king sumdele anoyit was,
	11	For till him ner wele sib was he.
	12	Than till ane kirk he gert him be
	13	Brocht and wakit all that nicht,
	14	And on the morn, quhen day was licht,
	15	The kingras as his willis was.
	16	Than till ane Inglis knicht throu cas
	17	Hapnit that he yhed waverand
	18	Sa that na man laid on him hand:
313	19	In ane busk he hid his arming,
	20	And watit quhill he saw the king
	21	In the morning cum furth arly:
	22	Till him than is he went in hy.
	23	Schir Marmeduk le Tweng he hicht:
	24	he rakit till the king all richt,
	25	And halsit him apon his kne.
	26	‘Welcum, Schir Marmeduk,’ said he,
	27	‘To quhat man art thou presoner?’
	28	‘To nane,’ he said, ‘bot till yhou her
	29	I yheld me at yhour will to be.’
	30	‘And I resaf the, schir,’ said he.
	31	Than gert he tret him curtasly:
	32	He duelt lang in his cumpany,
	33	And syn in Ingland him send he,
	34	Arait wele, but ransoun fre,
	35	And gaf him gret giftis tharto:
	36	Ane worthy man that suld sa do
	37	Micht mak him gretly for to pris.
	38	Quhen Marmeduk apon this wis
	39	Was yholdin, as I till yhou say,
	40	Than com Schir Philip the Mowbra
	41	And till the king yhald the castele:
	42	His cunand has he haldin wele,
	43	And with him tretit sa the king
	44	That he becom of his duelling,
	45	And held him leley his fay
	46	Quhill the last end of his lifday.

CIX.	Pages 314-316, Section 109
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314	1	Now will we of the lord Douglas
	2	Tell how he folowit the chas.
	3	He had quhene in his cumpany,
	4	Bot he sped him in full gret hy,
	5	And, as he by the Torwod fur,
	6	He met ridand in the mur
	7	Schir Lowrens of Abyrnethy,
	8	That with four scor in cumpany
	9	Com for till help the Inglismen,
	10	For he was Inglisman yhet then.
	11	Bot, quhen that he herd how it wes,
	12	He left the Inglismenis pes,
	13	And till the lord Douglas richt thar
	14	For to be lele and trew he swar:
	15	And than tha bath folowit the chas,
	16	And, or the king of Ingland was
	17	Passit Lithkow, tha com sa ner
	18	With all the folk that with tham wer
	19	That wele emang tham schut tha micht,
	20	Bot tha thocht tham our few to ficht
	21	With the gret rout that tha had thar,
	22	For fif hundreth armit tha war.
	23	Togidder saraly rad tha,
	24	And held tham apon bridill ay;
	25	Tha war governit full wittely,
	26	For it semit ay tha war redy
315	27	For till defend tham at thar micht,
	28	Gif tha assalyheit war in ficht;
	29	And the lord Douglas and his men,
	30	Thouch that he wald nocht schap him then
	31	For to ficht with tham all planly,
	32	He convoyit tham sa narowly
	33	That of the henmast ay tuk he:
	34	Micht nane behind his falowis be
	35	Nocht ane stane-cast, than he in hy
	36	Was ded or tane deliverly,
	37	That nane rescours wald till him ma,
	38	Althouch he lufit him nevir sa.
	39	On this wis tham convoyit he
	40	Quhill that the king and his menyhe
	41	To Winchburch all cumin ar;
	42	Than lichtit tha all that war thar
	43	To bayt that hors that war wery,
	44	And Douglas and his cumpany
	45	baytit alsua besid tham ner.
	46	Tha war sa fele withouten wer,
	47	And in armis sa clenly dicht,
	48	And sa arait ay to ficht,
	49	And he sa quhene and but gadring,
	50	That he wald nocht in plane fichting
	51	Assale tham, bot ay rad tham by,
	52	Watand his poynt ay ithandly.
	53	Ane litill quhile tha baytit thar,
	54	And syn lap on, and furth tha far,
	55	And he was alwais by tham ner,
	56	He let tham nocht haf sic laser
316	57	At anis watir for to ma,
	58	And, gif that ony stad war sa
	59	That he behind left ony spas,
	60	Sesit all sone in hand he was.
	61	Tha convoyit tham apon this wis
	62	Quhill that the king and his rout is
	63	Cumin to the castell of Dunbar,
	64	Quhar he and sum of his men war
	65	Resavit richt wele, for yhet than
	66	The erl Patrik was Inglisman,
	67	That gert with met and drink alsua
	68	Refresch tham wele, and syn gert ta
	69	Ane bat, and send the king be se
	70	To Balmeburch in his awn cuntre.
	71	Thar hors thar left tha all on stray,
	72	Bot sesit wele sone I trow war tha.
	73	The laf that levit war without
	74	Adressit tham intill a rout,
	75	And till Berwik held straucht the way
	76	In rout; bot, and we suth sall say,
	77	Tha levit of thar rout party
	78	Or tha com thar; bot nocht forthi
	79	Tha com to Berwik wele, and thar
	80	Intill the toun resavit war,
	81	Ellis at gret mischef haf tha bene.
	82	The gud lord Douglas, quhen he has sene
	83	That he had lesit all his pane,
	84	Toward the king he went agane.




CX.	Pages 317-320, Section 110
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317	1	The king eschapit on this wis.
	2	Lo! quhat falding in fortoun is,
	3	That quhile apon ane man will smile,
	4	And prik him syn ane othir quhile;
	5	In na tym stabilly can scho stand.
	6	This michty king of Ingland
	7	Scho had set on hir quhele on hicht,
	8	Quhen with sa ferlyfull ane micht
	9	Of men of armis, and archeris,
	10	And of futmen, and hobeleris,
	11	He com ridand out of his land
	12	As I befor haf born on hand,
	13	And in a nicht syn and a day
	14	Scho set him in sa hard assay
	15	That he with sevintene in ane bat
	16	Was fane for till hald ham his gat.
	17	Bot of this ilk quhelis turning
	18	King Robert suld mak na murning,
	19	For his sid throu the quhele on hicht
	20	Vencust thar fais was mekill of micht.
	21	For twa contraris, yhe may wit wele,
	22	Set agane othir on a quhele,
	23	Quhen ane is he, the tothir is law,
	24	And, gif it fall that fortoun thraw
	25	The quhele about, it that on hicht
	26	Was er, on fors it mon doun licht,
318	27	And it that wondir law was er
	28	Mon lep on loft in the contrer.
	29	Sa fur it of thir kingis twa:
	30	Quhen the king Robert stad was a
	31	That in his gret mischef was he,
	32	The tothir was in his majeste;
	33	And, quhen the king Eduardis micht
	34	Was lawit, king Robert lap on hicht,
	35	And now sic fortoun fell him till
	36	That he was he and at his will.
	37	At Strevilling was he yhet lyand,
	38	And the gret lordis that he fand
	39	Ded in the feld he gert bery
	40	In haly plas honorabilly,
	41	And the laf syn that ded war thar
	42	Intill gret pittis erdit war.
	43	The castell and the touris syn
	44	Richt to the ground doun gert he myn,
	45	And syn to Bothwell send has he
	46	Schir Eduard with ane gret menyhe,
	47	For thar was fra thine send him word
	48	That the rich erl of Herfurd
	49	And othir michty als was thar.
	50	Sa tretit he with Schir Waltar
	51	That erl and castell and the laf
	52	In Schir Eduardis hand he gaf.
	53	And till the king the erl send he,
	54	That gert him richt wele yhemit be,
	55	Quhill at the last tha tretit sa
	56	That he till Ingland hamd suld ga
319	57	Withouten paying of ransoun fre,
	58	And that for him suld changit be
	59	Bischop Robert that blind was mad,
	60	And the quene that tha takin had
	61	In presoun, as befor said I
	62	And hir dochtir dam Marjory.
	63	The erl was changit for thir thre:
	64	And, quhen tha cumin ham war fre,
	65	The kingis dochtir that was far,
	66	And was als his aperand ar,
	67	With Walter Steward can he wed,
	68	And tha wele sone gat of thar bed
	69	Ane knaf child throu our Lordis gras
	70	That eftir his gud eldfadir was
	71	Callit Robert, and syn was king
	72	And had the land in governing
	73	Eftir his worthy eme Davy
	74	That ringit twa yher and fourty
	75	And in tym of the compiling
	76	Of this buk this Robert was king,
	77	And of his kinrik passit was
	78	Fig yher, and was the yher of gras
	79	Ane thousand, thre hundreth, sevinty
	80	And fif, and of his eld sexty;
	81	And that was eftir that the gud king
	82	Robert was brocht till his ending
	83	Sex and fourty wintir but mar.
	84	God grant that tha that cumin ar
	85	Of his ofspring mantem the land,
	86	And hald the folk wele till warand,
320	87	And mantem richt and ek lawte,
	88	Als wele as in his tym did he.

CXI.	Pages 320-321, Section 111
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320	1	King Robert now was wele at hicht,
	2	For ilk day than grew mar his micht.
	3	His men war rich, and his cuntre
	4	Aboundit wele of corn and fe
	5	And of alkyn othir riches;
	6	Mirth and solas and blithnes
	7	Was in the land all comonly,
	8	For ilk man blith was and joly.
	9	The king eftir the gret journe
	10	Throu red of his consale preve
	11	In ser tounis gert cry on hicht,
	12	That quhasa clamit till haf richt
	13	To hald in Scotland land or fe,
	14	That in that tuelf-moneth suld he
	15	Cum and clanm it, and tharfor do
	16	Till the king that pertenit tharto;
	17	And, gif tha com nocht in that yher,
	18	Than suld tha wit withouten wer
	19	That herd thareftir nane suld be.
	20	The king that was of gret bounte
	21	And besynes, quhen this was done,
	22	Ane host gert summon eftir sone,
321	23	And went syn sone intill Ingland,
	24	And ourrad all Northumbirland,
	25	And brint housis, and tuk the pray,
	26	And syn went ham agane thar way.
	27	I lat it schortly pas forby,
	28	For thar was na gret chevelry
	29	Prufit that was to spek of her.
	30	The king went oft on this maner
	31	In Ingland for to rich his men
	32	That in riches aboundit then.

CXII.	 Pages 321-329, Section 112
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321	1	The erl of Carrik Schir Eduard,
	2	That stoutar was then ane libard
	3	And had na will to be in pes,
	4	Thocht that Scotland to litill wes
	5	Till his brothir and him alsua:
	6	Tharfor to purpos can he ta
	7	That he of Irland wald be king.
	8	Tharfor he send and had treting
	9	With Erischery of Irland,
	10	That in thar lawte tuk on hand
	11	Of Irland for to mak him king,
	12	Withthi that he with hard fichting
	13	Micht ourcum the Inglismen
	14	That in the land war wonnand then,
322	15	And tha suld help with all thar micht.
	16	And he that herd tham mak sic hicht
	17	Intill his hart had gret liking,
	18	And with the consent of the king
	19	Gaderit him men of gret bounte,
	20	And at Ar syn schippit he
	21	Intill the nest moneth of May.
	22	Till Irland held he straucht his way:
	23	He had than in his cumpany
	24	The erl Thomas that was worthy,
	25	And gud Schir Philip the Mowbra
	26	That sekir was in hard assay,
	27	Schir Johne the Soulis ane gud knicht,
	28	And Schir Johne Steward  that was wicht,
	29	The Ramsay als of Ouchtirhous
	30	That was richt wicht and chevelrous,
	31	And Schir Fergus of Ardrossane,
	32	And othir knichtis mony ane.
	33	In Wokingis Firth arivit tha
	34	Safly but bargane or assay,
	35	And send thar schippis ham ilkane.
	36	Ane gret thing haf tha undirtane
	37	That with sa quhene as tha war thar,
	38	That was sex thousand men but mar,
	39	Schup for to warray all Irland,
	40	Quhar tha sall se mony thousand
	41	Cum armit on tham for to ficht.
	42	Bot, thouch tha quhene war, tha war wicht,
	43	And forouten dred or affray
	44	In twa battalis tha tuk the way
323	45	Toward Cragfergus it to se.
	46	Bot the lordis of that cuntre,
	47	Mandwell, Besat, and Logane,
	48	Thar men assemblit evirilkane;
	49	The Savagis was alsua thar;
	50	And, quhen tha all assemblit war,
	51	Tha war wele ner twenty thousand.
	52	Quhen tha wist that intill thar land
	53	Sic ane menyhe arivit war,
	54	With all the folk that tha had thar
	55	Tha went toward tham in gret hy.
	56	And, fra Schir Eduard wist suthly
	57	That ner till him cumand war tha,
	58	His men he gert richt wele aray:
	59	The vaward had the erl Thomas,
	60	And in the rerward Schir Eduard was.
	61	Thar fais approchit to the fichting,
	62	And tha met tham but abasing.
	63	Thar men micht se ane gret melle,
	64	For erl Thomas and his menyhe
	65	Dang on thar fais sa douchtely
	66	That in schort tym men micht se ly
	67	Ane hundreth that all bludy war,
	68	For hobynis that war stekit thar
	69	Rerit and flang, and gret roum mad,
	70	And kest tham that apon tham rad:
	71	And Schir Eduardis cumpany
	72	Assemblit syn sa hardely
	73	That tha thar fais ruschit all.
	74	Quha hapnit in that ficht to fall,
324	75	It was perill of his rising.
	76	The Scottismen in that fichting
	77	Sa apertly and wele tham bar
	78	That thar fais sa ruschit war
	79	That tha haly the flicht has tane.
	80	In that battale was tane or slane
	81	All hale the flour of Ullister.
	82	The erl of Murref gret pris had ther,
	83	For his [richt] worthy chevelry
	84	Confortit all his cumpany.
	85	This was ane full far beginning,
	86	For newlingis at thar ariving
	87	In plane ficht tha discumfit thar
	88	Thar fais that ay four for ane war.
	89	Syn to Cragfergus ar tha gane,
	90	And in the toun has innis tane.
	91	The castell wele was stuffit then:
	92	Of new with vittale and with men:
	93	Thartill tha set ane sege in hy,
	94	And mony isch full apertly
	95	Was mad quhile thar the segis lay,
	96	Quhill trewis at the last tuk tha.
	97	Quhen that the folk of Ullister
	98	Till his pes haly cumin wer,
	99	For Schir Eduard wald tak on hand
	100	To rid forthirmar in the land,
	101	Of the kingis of that cuntre
	102	Thar com till him and mad fewte
	103	Wele ten or tuelf, as I herd say.
	104	Bot tha held him schort quhile thar fay,
325	105	For twa of tham, ane Maksulchiane,
	106	Ane ane othir hat Makartane,
	107	Withset ane plas intill his way
	108	Quhar him belufit ned away
	109	With twa thousand of men with speris
	110	And als mony of thar archeris,
	111	And all the catell of the land
	112	War drawin thiddir till warand.
	113	Men callis that plas Endirwillane,
	114	In all Irland stratar is nane.
	115	For Schir Eduard that kepit tha;
	116	Tha thocht he suld nocht thar away,
	117	Bot he his viage sone has tane,
	118	And straucht toward the plas is gane.
	119	The erl of Murref Schir Thomas,
	120	That put him ay first till assais,
	121	Lichtit on fut with his menyhe,
	122	And apertly the plas tuk he.
	123	The Erisch kingis I spak of ar
	124	With all the folk that with tham war
	125	Met him richt sturdely; bot he
	126	Assalyheit sa with his menyhe
	127	That magre tharis tha wan the plas;
	128	Slane of thar fais fele thar was;
	129	Throuout the wod tham chasit tha,
	130	And sesit in sic fusoun the pray
	131	That all the folk of thar host war
	132	Refreschit wele ane ouk or mar.
	133	At Kilsagart Schir Eduard lay,
	134	And thar wele sone he has herd say
326	135	That at Dundalk was assemble
	136	Mad of lordis of that cuntre.
	137	In host tha war assemblit thar:
	138	Thar was first Schir Richard of Clar,
	139	That in all Irland was lutenand
	140	Mad be the king of Ingland:
	141	The erl of Desmond als was thar,
	142	And the erl alsua of Kildar,
	143	The Breman, with the Wardoun,
	144	That war lordis of gret renoun;
	145	The Butler alsua thar was,
	146	And Schir Moris le Fiz Thomas.
	147	Thir with thar men ar cumin thar;
	148	Ane richt gret host forsuth tha war.
	149	And, quhen Schir Eduard wist suthly
	150	That thar was sic ane chevelry,
	151	His host in hy he gert aray,
	152	And thiddirwardis tuk the way,
	153	And ner the toun tuk his herbry.
	154	Bot, for he wist all utrely
	155	That in the toun was mony men,
	156	His battalis he arait then,
	157	And stud arait in battale
	158	To kep tham gif tha wald assale.
	159	And, quhen that Schir Richard of Clar
	160	And othir lordis that war thar
	161	Wist that the Scottismen sa ner
	162	With thar battale than cumin wer,
	163	Tha tuk to consale that that nicht,
	164	For it was lat, that wald nocht ficht,
327	165	Bot on the morn in the morning
	166	Wele sone eftir the sone rising
	167	Tha suld isch furth all that war thar;
	168	Tharfor that nicht tha did na mar
	169	Bot herbryit tham on athir party.
	170	That nicht the Scottis cumpany
	171	War wachit richt wele all at at richt;
	172	And on the morn, quhen day was licht,
	173	In twa battalis thatham arait;
	174	Tha stud with baneris all displait,
	175	For the battale all redy boun;
	176	And tha that war within the toun,
	177	Quhen sone was risin schynand cler,
	178	Send furth of tham that within wer
	179	Fifty to se the contening
	180	Of Scottismen and thar cuming.
	181	And tha rad furth and saw tham sone,
	182	Syn com agane forouten hone;
	183	And, quhen the sammyn lichtit war,
	184	Tha tald thar lordis that was thar
	185	That Scottismen semit to be
	186	Worthy and of full gret bounte;
	187	‘Bot tha ar nocht withouten wer
	188	Halfdele ane dyner till us her.’
	189	The lordis had of this tithing
	190	Gret joy and gret reconforting,
	191	And gert men throu the cite cry
	192	That all suld arm tham hastely.
	193	Quhen tha war armit and purvait
	194	And for the ficht all hale arait,
328	195	Than went tha furth in gud aray.
	196	Sone with thar fais assemblit tha,
	197	That kepit tham richt hardely:
	198	The stour begouth thar cruelly,
	199	For athir part set all thar micht
	200	To rusch thar fais in the ficht,
	201	And with all micht on othir dang.
	202	The stalward stour lestit wele lang,
	203	That men micht nocht persaf na se
	204	Quha mast that thar abouin micht be,
	205	For fra sone eftir the sone rising
	206	Quhill eftir midmorn the fichting
	207	Lestit intill sic ane dout:
	208	Bot than Schir Eduard that was stout
	209	With all tham of his cumpany
	210	Schot apon tham sa sturdely
	211	That tha micht thole na mar the ficht.
	212	All in a frusch tha tuk the flicht,
	213	And tha folowit full egirly;
	214	Intill the toun all comonly
	215	Tha enterit bath intermelle.
	216	Thar micht men feloun slauchtir se,
	217	For the richt nobill erl Thomas
	218	That with his rout folowit the chas
	219	Mad sic ane slauchtir in the toun,
	220	And sa feloun occisioun,
	221	That the rewis all bludy war
	222	Of slane men that war lyand thar:
	223	The lordis war gottin all away.
	224	And, quhen the toun, as I yhou say,
329	225	Was throu gret fors of fichting tane,
	226	And all thar fais fled or slane,
	227	Tha herbryit tham all in the toun,
	228	Quhar of vittale was sic fusoun
	229	And sa gret aboundans of wyn
	230	That the gud erl had gret doutyn
	231	That of thar men suld drunkin be
	232	And mak in drunkinnes sum melle:
	233	Tharfor he mad of wyn levere
	234	Till ilk man that he payit suld be;
	235	And tha had all eneuch perfay.
	236	That nicht richt wele at es war tha,
	237	And richt blith of the gret honour
	238	That tham befell for thar valour.

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329	1	Eftir this ficht tha sojornit thar
	2	Intill Dundalk thre dais but mar,
	3	Syn tuk tha southwardis thar way:
	4	The erl Thomas was forouth ay.
	5	And, as tha rad throu the cuntre,
	6	Tha micht apon the hillis se
	7	Sa mony men it was ferly;
	8	And, quhen the erl wald sturdely
	9	Dres him to tham with his baner,
	10	Tha wald fle all that evir tha wer
330	11	Sa that in sicht nocht ane abad;
	12	And tha southwardis thar wais rad
	13	Quhill till ane gret forest com tha,
	14	Kilros it hat, as I herd say,
	15	And tha tuk all thar herbry thar.
	16	In all this tym Richard of Clar,
	17	That was the kingis luftenand,
	18	Of all the barnage of Irland
	19	Ane gret host he assemblit had:
	20	Tha war fif battalis gret and brad
	21	That socht Schir Eduard and his men;
	22	Wele ner him war tha cumin then.
	23	He gat sone witting that tha wer
	24	Cumand on him, and war sa ner;
	25	His men adressit he tham agane,
	26	And gert tham stoutly tak the plane.
	27	And syn the erl thar com to se
	28	And Schir Philip the Mowbra send he;
	29	And Schir Johne Steward went alsua
	30	Furth to discovir the way tha ta.
	31	Tha saw the host cum sone at hand,
	32	Tha war to ges fifty thousand;
	33	Ham till Schir Eduard rad tha then,
	34	And said wele tha war mony men.
	35	He said agane, ‘The ma tha be,
	36	The mar honour all out haf we,
	37	Gif that we ber us manfully.
	38	We ar set her in juperdy
	39	To win honour or for to de,
	40	We ar fra ham to fer to fle,
331	41	Tharfor lat ilk man worthy be.
	42	Yhon ar bot gadering of the cuntre,
	43	And tha sall fle I trow lichtly
	44	And men assale tham manfully.’
	45	All said tha than tha wele suld do.
	46	With that approchand ner tham to
	47	The battalis com redy to ficht,
	48	And tha met tham with mekilll micht
	49	That war ten thousand worthy men.
	50	The Scottis all on fut war then,
	51	And tha on stedis trappit wele,
	52	Sum helit all in irn and stele;
	53	Bot Scottismen at thar meting
	54	With speris persit thar arming,
	55	And stekit hors, and men doun bar.
	56	Ane feloun fichting was than thar;
	57	I can nocht tell thar strakis all,
	58	Na quha in ficht gert othir fall,
	59	Bot in schort tym, I undirta,
	60	Tha of Irland war cummerit sa
	61	That tha durst than abid na mar,
	62	Bot fled scalit all that tha war,
	63	And levit in the battale sted
	64	Wele mony of thar gud men ded.
	65	Of wapnis, arming, and ded men
	66	The feld was haly strowit then:
	67	That gret host rudly ruschit was,
	68	Bot Schir Eduard let na man chas,
	69	Bot with presoneris that tha had tane
	70	Tha till the wod agane ar gane
332	71	Quhar that thar harnas levit wer.
	72	That nicht tha mad tham mery cher,
	73	And lowit God fast of his gras.
	74	This gud knicht that sa worthy was
	75	Till Judas Machabeus micht
	76	Be liknit wele that into ficht 
	77	Forsuk na multitud of men
	78	Quhile he had ane aganis ten.

CXIV.	  Pages 332-336, Section 114
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332	1	Thus, as I said, Richard of Clar
	2	And his gret host rebutit war:
	3	Bot he about him nocht forthi
	4	Was gaderand men ay ithandly,
	5	For he thocht yhet to couir his cast:
	6	It angerit him richt ferly fast
	7	That twis intill battale was he
	8	Discumfit with ane few menyhe.
	9	And Scottismen that in the forest
	10	War ridin for to tak thar rest,
	11	All tha twa nichtis thar tha lay,
	12	And mad tham mirth, solas, and play;
	13	Toward Odymsy syn tha rad,
	14	Ane Erische king that ath had mad
	15	To Schir Eduard of fewte,
	16	For forouth that him prayit he
333	17	To se his land, and na vittale
	18	Na nocht that micht him help suld fale.
	19	Schir Eduard trowit in his hicht,
	20	And with his rout rad thiddir richt.
	21	Ane gret river he gert him pas,
	22	And in ane richt far plas that was
	23	Lauch by ane burn he gert tham ta
	24	Thar herbry, and said he wald ga
	25	To ger men vittale till tham bring;
	26	He held his way but mar duelling.
	27	For to betras tham was his thocht,
	28	In sic ane plas he has tham brocht,
	29	Quharof twa journeis wele and mar
	30	All the castell withdrawin war,
	31	Sa that tha in that land micht get
	32	Nathing that worth war for till et:
	33	With hungir he thocht tham till feblis,
	34	Syn bring on tham thar ennemyis.
	35	This fals tratour his men had mad
	36	Ane litill owth quhar he herbryit had
	37	Schir Eduard and the Scottismen
	38	The ische of ane loch to den,
	39	And let it out intill the nicht.
	40	The watir than with sic ane micht
	41	On Schir Eduardis men com doun
	42	That tha in perill war to droun,
	43	For or tha wist on flot war tha:
	44	With mekill pane tha gat away
	45	And held thar lif as God gaf gras,
	46	Bot of thar harnas tynt thar was.
334	47	He mad tham na gud fest perfay,
	48	And nocht forthi eneuch had tha,
	49	For, thouch tham falit of the met,
	50	I warn yhou wele tha war wele wet.
	51	In gret distres thar war tha stad,
	52	For gret defalt of met tha had,
	53	And tha betuix riveris twa
	54	War set, and micht pas nane of tha.
	55	The ban that is ane arm of se
	56	That with hors may nocht passit be
	57	Was betuix tham and Ullister.
	58	Tha had bene in gret perill ther
	59	Ne war ane scummar of the se,
	60	Thomas of Dun hattin was he,
	61	herd that the host sa stratly than
	62	was stad, and scalit up the Ban
	63	Quhill he com wele ner quhar tha lay.
	64	Tha knew him wele, and blith war tha:
	65	Than with four schippis that he had tane
	66	he set tham our the ban ilkane:
	67	And, quhen tha com in biggit land,
	68	Vittale and met eneuch tha fand,
	69	And in ane wod tham herbryit tha;
	70	nane of the land wist quhar tha lay;
	71	Tha esit tham and mad gud cher.
	72	Intill that tym nesid tham ner
	73	With ane gret host Schir Richard of Clar
	74	And othir gret of Irland war
	75	herbryit intill ane forest sid,
	76	And ilke day tha gert men rid
335	77	To bring vittale on ser maneris
	78	To tham fra the toun of Coigneris
	79	That wele ten gret mile was tham fra.
	80	Ilk day, as tha wald cum and ga,
	81	Tha com to the Scottis host sa ner
	82	That bot twa mile betuix tham wer.
	83	And, quhen erl Thomas persaving
	84	Had of thar com and thar ganging,
	85	He gat him ane gud cumpany,
	86	Thre hundreth on hors wicht and hardy.
	87	Thar was Schir Philip the Mowbra,
	88	And Schir Johne Steward als perfay,
	89	With Schir Alane Steward alsua,
	90	Schir Robert Boyd, and othir ma:
	91	Tha rad to met the vittaeris
	92	That with thar vittale fra Coigneris
	93	Com haldand to thar host the way.
	94	Sa sudnaly on tham schot tha
	95	That tha war sa abasit all
	96	That tha let all thar wapnis fall
	97	And mersy pitwisly can cry;
	98	And tha tuk tham in thar mersy,
	99	And has tham up sa clenly tane
	100	That of tham all eschapit nane.
	101	The erl of tham he had witting
	102	That of thar host in the evinning
	103	Wald cum out at the woddis sid
	104	And aganis thar vittale rid.
	105	He thocht than on ane juperdy,
	106	And gert his menyhe halely
336	107	Dicht tham in the presoneris aray;
	108	Thar pennounis als with tham tuk tha,
	109	And quhill the nicht was ner tha bad,
	110	And syn toward the host tha rad
	111	Sum of thar mekill host has sene
	112	Thar com, and wend wele tha had bene
	113	Thar vittaleris: tharfor tha rad
	114	Agane tham scalit, for tha had
	115	Na dred that tha thar fais war,
	116	And tham hungerit alsua wele sar;
	117	Tharfor tha com abandounly,
	118	And, quhen tha ner war, in gret hy
	119	The erl and all that with him war
	120	Ruschit on tham with wapnis bar
	121	And thar ensenyheis he can cry;
	122	And tha, tha saw sa sudnaly
	123	Thar fais ding on tham, war sa rad
	124	That tha na hart till help tham had,
	125	Bot till thar host the way can ta;
	126	And tha chasit, and sa fele can sla
	127	That all the feldis strowit war;
	128	Ma then ane thousand ded was thar;
	129	Richt till thar host tha can tham chas,
	130	And syn agane thar wais tais.

CXV.	Pages 337-340, Section 115
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337	1	On this wis the vittale tane
	2	And of the Erischmen mony slane
	3	The erl syn with his cumpany
	4	Presoneris and vittalis halely
	5	Has brocht to Schir Eduard alswith,
	6	And he was of thar cuming blith.
	7	That nicht tha mad tham mery cher;
	8	Richt all than at thar es tha wer;
	9	Tha war all wachit sekirly.
	10	And thar fais on the tothir party,
	11	Quhen tha herd how thar men war slane
	12	And how thar vittale als was tane,
	13	Tha tuk to consale that tha wald
	14	Thar wais toward Coigneris hald
	15	And herbry in the cite ta;
	16	And in gret hy tha haf done sa
	17	And rad on nicht to the cite.
	18	Tha fand thar vittale of gret plente
	19	And mad tham meraly gud cher,
	20	For all trast in the toun tha wer.
	21	Apon the morn tha send to spy
	22	Quhar Scottismen had tane herbry;
	23	Bot tha war met withall and tane
	24	And brocht richt till the host ilkane.
	25	The erl of Murref richt mekly
	26	Sperit at ane of thar cumpany
338	27	Quhar thar host wes, and quhat tha thocht
	28	To do; and said him, gif he mocht
	29	Find that till him the suth said he,
	30	He suld gang ham but ransoun fre.
	31	‘For suth,’ he said, ‘I sall yhou say
	32	Tha think the morn quhen it is day
	33	To sek yhou with all thar menyhe,
	34	Gif tha may get wit quhar yhe be.
	35	Tha haf gert throu the cuntre cry
	36	Undir pane of lif full felony,
	37	That all the men of this cuntre
	38	This nicht intill the cite be;
	39	And trewly tha sall be sa fele
	40	That yhe sall na wis with tham dele.’
	41	‘De perdew,’ said he, ‘wele may be!’
	42	To Schir Eduard with that yhed he
	43	And tald him utrely this tale.
	44	Than haf tha tane for consale hale
	45	That tha wald rid to the cite
	46	That ilk nicht, sa that tha micht be
	47	Betuix the toun with all thar rout
	48	And tham that war the toun without.
	49	As tha devisit sa haf tha done:
	50	Befor the toun tha com alsone,
	51	And bot halfdele ane mile of way
	52	Fra the cite thar rest tuk tha.
	53	And, quhen the day was dawin licht,
	54	Fifty on hobynis that war wicht
	55	Com till ane litill hill that was
	56	Bot fra the toun ane litill spas,
339	57	And saw Schir Eduardis herbery,
	58	And of the sicht had gret ferly
	59	That sa quhene durst on ony wis
	60	Undirtak sa he empris
	61	As for to cum sa hardely
	62	Apon all the chevelry
	63	Of Irland for to bid battale.
	64	And sa it was forouten fale,
	65	For agane tham war gaderit thar
	66	With the wardane Richard of Clar
	67	The Butler with erlis twa,
	68	Of Desmond and Kildar war tha,
	69	Breman, Wardoun, and Fiz Waryn,
	70	And Schir Pascall of Florentyn
	71	That was ane knicht of Lumbardy
	72	And was full of gret chevelry.
	73	The Mandwellis war thar alsua,
	74	Besatis, Loganis, and othir ma,
	75	Savagis als, and yhet was ane
	76	Hat Schir Michel of Kilkenane;
	77	And with thir lordis sa fele was then
	78	That for ane of the Scottismen
	79	I trow that tha war fif or ma.
	80	Quhen thar discurrouris sene has sa
	81	The Scottis host, tha went in hy
	82	And talk thar lordis all opinly
	83	How tha to tham war cumin ner,
	84	To sek tham fer was na mister.
	85	And, quhen the erl Thomas had sene
	86	That tha men at the hill had bene,
340	87	He tuk with him ane gud menyhe
	88	On hors, ane hundreth tha micht be,
	89	And till the hill tha tuk the way.
	90	In ane slak tham enbuschit tha,
	91	And in schort tym fra the cite
	92	Tha saw cum ridand ane menyhe
	93	For to discovir till the hill.
	94	Than war tha blith, and held tham still
	95	Quhill tha war cumin till tham ner,
	96	Than in a frusch all that thar wer
	97	Tha schot apon tham hardely.
	98	And tha that saw sa sudanly
	99	Tha folk cum on abasit war;
	100	And nocht forthi sum of tham thar
	101	Abad stoutly to mak debat,
	102	And othir sum ar fled thar gat.
	103	And into wele schort tym war tha
	104	Tha mad arest cummerit sa
	105	That tha fled halely thar gat,
	106	And tha tham chasit richt till the yhat,
	107	And ane gret part of tham has slane,
	108	And syn went till thar host agane.

CXVI.  Pages 340-348, Section 116
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340	1	Quhen tha within has sene sa slane
	2	Thar men and chasit ham agane,
341	3	Tha war all wa, and in gret hy
	4	‘Till armis’ hely can tha cry,
	5	Than armit tham all that thar war
	6	And for the battale mad tham yhar.
	7	Tha ischit out all wele arait
	8	In battale with baneris displait,
	9	Boun on thar best wis till assale
	10	Thar fais into fell battale.
	11	And, quhen Schir Philip the Mowbra
	12	Saw tham isch in sa gud aray,
	13	To Schir Eduard the Brus went he,
	14	And said, ‘Schir, it is gud that we
	15	Schap for sum slicht that may avale
	16	Till help us in this gret battale.
	17	Our men ar quhene, bot tha haf will
	18	To do mar then tha may fulfill;
	19	Tharfor I red our cariage
	20	Forouten ony man or page
	21	Be thamselvin arait be,
	22	And tha sall seme fer ma then we.
	23	Set we befor tham our baneris,
	24	Yhon folk that cumis out of Coigneris,
	25	Quhen tha our baneris thar may se,
	26	Sall trow trastly that thar ar we,
	27	And thiddir in gret hy will rid.
	28	Cum we than on tham at a sid,
	29	And we sall be at avantage,
	30	For, fra tha in our cariage
	31	be enterit, tha sall cummerit be,
	32	And than with all our micht may we
342	33	Lay on and do all that we may.’
	34	And as he ordanit done haf tha:
	35	And that that com out of Coigneris
	36	Adressit tham to the baneris,
	37	And smat with spuris the hors in hy,
	38	Ruschand emang tham sudanly.
	39	The barellferis that war thar
	40	Cummerit tham fast that ridand war;
	41	And than the erl with his battale
	42	Com on and sadly can assale,
	43	And Schir Eduard ane litill by
	44	Assemblit sa richt hardely
	45	That mony fe fell undir fet.
	46	The feld wox sone of blud all wet.
	47	With sa gret felony thar tha faucht,
	48	And sic routis till othir raucht
	49	With stok, with stane, and with retret,
	50	As athir part can othir bet,
	51	That it was hidwis for to se.
	52	Tha mantemit that gret melle
	53	Sa knichtlik apon athir sid,
	54	Gifand and takand routis rid,
	55	That prym was passit or men micht se
	56	Quha mast that thar abouin micht be.
	57	Bot sone eftir that prym was past
	58	The Scottismen dang on sa fast,
	59	And schot on tham at abandoun
	60	As ilk man war ane campioun,
	61	That all thar fais tuk the flicht,
	62	Was nane of tham that was sa wicht
343	63	That evir durst abid his fer,
	64	Bot ilkane fled thar wais ser.
	65	Till the toun fled the mast party,
	66	And erl Thomas sa egirly
	67	And his rout chasit with suerdis bar,
	68	That all emang tham mellit war,
	69	That all togidder com in the toun.
	70	Than was the slauchtir sa feloun
	71	That all the rewis ran of blud.
	72	Tham that tha gat to ded all yhud,
	73	Sa that than thar wele ner was ded
	74	Als fele as in the battale sted.
	75	The Fiz Waryn was takin thar,
	76	Bot sa rad was Richard of Clar
	77	That he held till the south cuntre:
	78	All that moneth I trow that he
	79	Sall haf na gret will for to ficht.
	80	Schir Johne Steward ane nobill knicht
	81	Was woundit throu the body thar
	82	With ane sper that richt scharply schar:
	83	Bot till Monpeller went he syn,
	84	And lay thar lang intill helyn,
	85	And at the last helit was he.
	86	Schir Eduard than with his menyhe
	87	Tuk in the toun thar herbery.
	88	That nicht that blith war and joly
	89	For the victor that tha had thar,
	90	And on the morn forouten mar
	91	Schir Eduard gert men gang and se
	92	All the vittale of that cite,
344	93	And tha fand sic fusoun tharin
	94	Of corn and flour and wax and wyn
	95	That tha haf of it gret ferly,
	96	And Schir Eduard gert halely
	97	Intill Cragfergus cartit be;
	98	Syn thiddir went his men and he,
	99	And held the sege full stalwardly
	100	Quhill Palm-Sonday was passit by,
	101	And quhill the Tysday in Pasche ouk
	102	On athir half tha trewis tuk,
	103	Sa that tha micht that haly tid
	104	In pennans and in prayer bid.
	105	Bot apon Pasche evin all richt
	106	To the castell intill the nicht
	107	Fra Devilling com thar schippis fiftene
	108	Chargit with armit men bedene,
	109	Four thousand trow I wele tha war. 
	110	In the castell tha enterit thar:
	111	The Mandwell als Schir Thomas
	112	Capitane of that menyhe was.
	113	In the castell all prevely
	114	Tha enterit, for that tha gert spy
	115	That mony of Schir Eduardis men
	116	War scalit in the cuntre then;
	117	Tharfor tha thocht in the morning
	118	Till isch but langar delaying,
	119	And till suppris tham sudanly,
	120	For tha thocht that tha suld trast ly
	121	For the trewis that takin war.
	122	Bot I trow falset evirmar
345	123	Sall haf unfar and evill ending.
	124	Schir Eduard wist of this nathing,
	125	For of tresoun had he na thocht,
	126	Bot for the trewis he levit nocht
	127	Wachis to set to the castele;
	128	Ilk nicht he gert men wach it wele,
	129	And nele Fleming wachit that nicht
	130	With sexty men worthy and wicht.
	131	And, als sone as the day wox cler,
	132	Tha that within the castell wer
	133	Had armit tham and mad tham boun,
	134	And sone the brig avalit doun,
	135	And ischit into gret plente.
	136	And, quhen Nele Fleming tham can se,
	137	He sent ane till the king in hy,
	138	Syn said to tham that war him by,
	139	‘Now sall men se, I undirtak,
	140	Quha dar de for his lordis sak;
	141	Now ber yhou wele, for sekirly
	142	With all thir menyhe ficht will I;
	143	Intill bargane tham hald sall we
	144	Quhill that our mastir armit be.’
	145	And with that word assemblit tha.
	146	Tha war to few all out perfay
	147	With sic ane gret rout for to ficht,
	148	Bot nocht forthi with all thar micht
	149	Tha dang on tham sa hardely
	150	That thar fais had gret ferly
	151	That tha war all of sic manhed
	152	That tha na dred haf of thar ded.
346	153	Bot thar fell fais sa can assale
	154	That thar micht na worschip avale
	155	That tha ne war slane evirilkane
	156	Sa clen that thar eschapit nane.
	157	And the man that went till the king
	158	For till warn him of thar isching
	169	Warnit him into full gret hy.
	160	Schir Eduard, that was comonly
	161	Callit the king of Irland,
	162	Quhen that he herd sic hy on hand,
	163	In full gret hast he gat his ger.
	164	Tuelf wicht men in his chalmer wer
	165	That armit tham in full gret hy,
	166	Syn with his baneris hardely
	167	The middis of the toun he tais.
	168	With that ner cumand war his fais
	169	That had delt all thar men in thre.
	170	The Mandwell with ane gret menyhe
	171	Richt throu the toun his way held doun;
	172	The laf on athir sid the toun
	173	Held to met tham that fleand war;
	174	Tha thocht that all that tha fand thar
	175	Suld de but ransoun evirilkane.
	176	Bot othirwais the gle is gane,
	177	For Schir Eduard with his baner
	178	And his men that I tald of er
	179	On all that rout sa hardely
	180	Assemblit that it was ferly,
	181	For Gib Harpar befor him yhed
	182	That was the douchtyast of ded
347	183	That than was lifand of his stat,
	184	And with ane ax mad him sic gat
	185	That he the first fellit to ground,
	186	And eftir in ane litill stound
	187	The mandwell be his arming
	188	He knew, and raucht him sic ane swing
	189	That he till erd yhed hastely:
	190	Schir Eduard that was ner him by
	191	Reversit him, and with ane knif
	192	Richt in that plas him reft the lif.
	193	With that of Ardrossane Fergus
	194	That was ane knicht richt curageous
	195	Assemblit with sexty and ma:
	196	Tha pressit than thar fais sa
	197	That tha that saw thar lord slane
	198	Tynt hart and wald haf bene agane;
	199	And ay, as Scottismen micht be
	200	Armit, tha com to the melle,
	201	And dang apon thar fais sa
	202	That tha all hale the bak can ta,
	203	And tha tham chasit till the yhat.
	204	Thar was hard ficht and gret debat;
	205	Thar slew Schir Eduard with his hand
	206	Ane knicht that of all Irland
	207	Was callit best and of mast bounte;
	208	Of surnam Mandwell callit was he,
	209	His propir nam I can nocht say.
	210	Bot his folk till sa hard assay
	211	War set that tha of the dongeoun
	212	Durst opin na yhat na brig lat doun;
348	213	And Schir Eduard, I tak on hand,
	214	Socht tham that fled thar till warand
	215	Sa felly that of all perfay
	216	That ischit apon him that day
	217	Thar eschapit nevir ane
	218	That tha ne war outhir tane or slane:
	219	For till the ficht Maknabill then
	220	Com with twa hundreth of gud spermen,
	221	And slew all that tha micht till win.
	222	This ilk Maknabill with ane gyn
	223	Wan of thar schippis four or fif
	224	And haly reft the men thar lif.
	225	Quhen end was mad of this fichting,
	226	Yhet than was lifand Nele Fleming.
	227	Schir Eduard went him for to se:
	228	About him slane lay his menyhe
	229	All in a lump on athir hand,
	230	And he redy to de thrawand.
	231	Schir Eduard had of him pite,
	232	And him full gretly menit he,
	233	And regratit his gret manhed,
	234	And his worschip and douchty ded:
	235	Sic mane he mad, tha had gret ferly,
	236	For he was nocht custumabilly
	237	Wont for till mene ony thing,
	238	na wald nocht her men mak mening.
	239	He stud tharby quhill he was ded,
	240	And syn had him till haly sted,
	241	And him with worschip gert he be
	242	Erdit with gret solemnite.

CXVII.  Pages 349-351, Section 117
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349	1	On this wis ischit the Mandwill.
	2	Bot sekirly falset and gile
	3	Sall evir haf ane evill ending,
	4	As wele was sene be this isching.
	5	In tym of trewis ischit tha,
	6	And in sic tym as on Pasche day
	7	Quhen God ras for to saf mankyn
	8	Fra the wem of ald Adamis sin:
	9	Tharfor sic gret mischans tham fell
	10	That ilkane, as yhe herd me tell,
	11	War slane up or than takin thar,
	12	And tha that in the castell war
	13	War set intill sic fray that hour,
	14	For tha couth se quhar na succour
	15	Suld cum to relef tham, that tha
	16	Sa tretit, and on ane day
	17	The castell till him yhald tha fre
	18	To saf tham thar lifis, and he
	19	Held tham full wele his cunand.
	20	The castell tuk he in his hand
	21	And vittalit wele, and has set
	22	Ane gud wardane it for to get,
	23	And ane quhile thar than restit he.
	24	Of him na mar now spek will we,
	25	Bot ill king Robert will we gang
	26	That we haf left unspokin of lang.
350	27	Quhen he convoyit had till the se
	28	His brothir Eduard and his menyhe,
	29	With his schippis he mad him yhar
	30	Intill the Ilis for to far.
	31	Walter Steward with him tuk he,
	32	His mach, and with him gret menyhe,
	33	And othir men of gret noblay.
	34	Till the Tarbard tha held thar way
	35	In galais ordanit for thar far;
	36	Bot tham worthit draw thar schippis thar,
	37	And a mile was betuix the seis,
	38	Bot that was lownit all with treis.
	39	The king his schippis thar gert draw,
	40	And, for the wind can stoutly blaw
	41	Apon thar bak as tha wald ga,
	42	He gert men rapis and mastis ta
	43	And set tham in the schippis he,
	44	And salis till the toppis te,
	45	And gert men gang tharby drawand;
	46	The wind tham helpit that was blawand,
	47	Sa that intill ane litill spas
	48	Thar flot all wele our drawin was.
	49	And, quhen tha that in the Ilis war
	50	Herd tell how the gud king had thar
	51	Gert his schippis with the salis ga
	52	Outour betuix the Tarbardis twa,
	53	Tha war abasit all utrely,
	54	For tha wist throu ald prophesy
	55	That he that syld ger schippis sa
	56	Betuix the seis with salis ga
351	57	Suld win the Ilis sa till hand
	58	That nane with strinth suld him withstand:
	59	Tharfor tha com all till the king,
	60	Was nane that withstud his bidding,
	61	Outakin Johne of Lorne alane.
	62	Bot wele sone eftir he was tane
	63	And presentit was till the king,
	64	And tha that war of his leding
	65	That till the king had brokin fay
	66	War all ded and distroyit away.
	67	The king this Johne of Lorne has tane
	68	And send him sone to Dunbertane
	69	Ane quhile in presoun thar to be;
	70	Syn till Lochlevin send was he,
	71	WQuhar he was lang tym in festning;
	72	Tharin I trow he mad ending.
	73	The king, quhen all the Ilis war
	74	Brocht till his liking les and mar,
	75	Still all that sesoun thar duelt he
	76	At hunting and gamyn and gle.

CXVIII.   Pages 351-359, Section 118
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351	1	Quhen the king qpon this maner
	2	Dantit the Ilis as I tell her,
	3	The gud Schir James of Douglas
	4	Intill the Forest duelland was,
352	5	Defendand worthely the land.
	6	That tym in Berwik was wonnand
	7	Ewmond de Caliou ane Gacoun,
	8	That was ane knicht of gret renoun,
	9	And intill Gascone his cuntre
	10	Ane lord of gret senyhory was he.
	11	He had than Berwik in keping,
	12	And mad ane preve gadering,
	13	And gat him ane gret cumpany
	14	Of wicht men armit jolely,
	15	And the nethir end of Tevydale
	16	He prayit doun till him all hale
	17	And of the Mers ane gret party,
	18	Syn toward Berwik went in hy.
	19	Schir Adam of Gordoun, that tham
	20	Was becumin Scottisman,
	21	Saw tham sa drif away thar fe,
	22	And wend tha had bene quhene, for he
	23	saw bot the fleand stale perfay
	24	And tham that sesit on the pray.
	25	Than till Schir James of Douglas
	26	Intill gret hy the way he tais,
	27	And tald how Inglismen thar pray
	28	Had tane and syn went thar away
	29	Toward Berwik with all thar fe,
	30	And said tha quhene war, and, gif he
	31	Wald sped him, he suld wele lichtly
	32	Win tham and reskew all the ky.
	33	Schir James richt sone gaf his assent
	34	Tofolow tham, and furth is went
253	35	Bot with the men that he had thar
	36	And met him be the gat, but mar.
	37	Tha folowit tham in full gret hy
	38	And com wele ner tham hastely,
	39	For, or tha micht fully se,
	40	Tha com wele ner with thar menyhe;
	41	And than bath forayouris and the stale
	42	Intill a schiltrum knit all hale,
	43	And was ane richt far cumpany.
	44	befor tham gert tha drif the ky
	45	With knafis and swanis that na micht
	46	Had for to stand in feld to ficht;
	47	The laf behind tham mad ane stale.
	48	The Douglas saw thar purpos hale,
	49	And saw tham of sa gud covyn,
	50	And saw tha war sa mony syn
	51	That tha for ane of his war twa:
	52	‘Lordingis,’ he said, ‘sen it is sa
	53	That we haf chasit on sic maner
	54	That we now cumin ar sa ner
	55	That we may nocht eschew the ficht
	56	Bot gif we fouly tak the flicht,
	57	Lat ilk man on his luf than mene,
	58	QAnd how he mony tym has bene
	59	In gret thrang and cum wele away.
	60	Think we to do richt sa this day,
	61	And tak we of this furd herby
	62	Our avantage, for in gret hy
	63	Tha sall cum on us for to ficht;
	64	Set we than will and strinth and micht
254	65	For till met tham richt hardely.’
	66	And with that word full hastely
	67	he has displait his baner,
	68	For his fais war cumand ner,
	69	That, quhen tha saw he was sa quhone,
	70	Thocht tha suld with tham sone haf done,
	71	And assemblit full hardely.
	72	Thar micht men se men ficht felly,
	73	And richt ane cruell melle mak,
	74	And mony strakis gif and tak.
	75	The Douglas thar wele hard was stad,
	76	Bot the gret hardyment that he had
	77	Confort his men apon sic wis
	78	That na man thocht on cowardis,
	79	Bot faucht sa fast with all thar mane
	80	That tha fele of thar fais has slane,
	81	And, thouch that war be wele fer ma
	82	Then tha, yhet ure demanit tham sa
	83	That Ewmond de Caliou was ded
	84	Richt in that ilk fichting sted,
	85	And all the laf fra he was done
	86	War planly thar discumfit sone,
	87	And tha that chasit sum has slane
	88	And turnit the prais hale agane.
	89	The hardast ficht forsuth this was
	90	That evir the gud lord of Douglas
	91	Was in, as of sa few menyhe,
	92	For, had nocht bene his gret bounte
	93	That slew thar chiftane in the ficht,
	94	His men to ded all bene dicht.
355	95	He had intill custum alway,
	96	Quhenevir he com till hard assay,
	97	To pres him the chiftane to sla,
	98	And hap him fell that he did sa;
	99	That gert him victor haf fele sis.
	100	Quhen Schir Ewmond apon this wis
	101	Was ded, the gud lord of Douglas
	102	Till the Forest his way he tais.
	103	His fais gretly can him dred:
	104	The word wele fer sprang of this ded,
	105	Sa that in Ingland ner tharby
	106	Men spak of it wele comonly.
	107	Schir Robert Nevell in that tid
	108	Wonnit at Berwik ner besid
	109	The Marchis, quhar the lord Douglas
	110	In the Forest reparand was,
	111	And had at him full gret invy,
	112	For he him saw sa manfully
	113	Mak his boundis ay mar and mar.
	114	He herd the folk that with him war
	115	Spek of the lord Douglasis micht,
	116	And how forsy he was in ficht,
	117	And how him oft fell far fortone.
	118	He wrethit him tharat all sone,
	119	And said, ‘Quhat! wene yhe is thar nane
	120	That evir is worth bot him alane?
	121	Yhe set him as he war but per,
	122	Bot I avow befor yhou her,
	123	Gif evir he cum intill this land,
	124	He sall find me ner at his hand,
356	125	And, gif I evir his baner
	126	May se displait apon wer,
	127	I sall assemmill on him but dout,
	128	Althouch yhe hald him nevir sa stout.’
	129	Of this avow sone bodword was
	130	Brocht till Schir James of Douglas,
	131	That said, ‘Gif he will hald his hicht,
	132	I sall do sa he sall haf sicht
	133	Of me and of my cumpany
	134	Yhet or ocht lang wele ner him by.’
	135	His retenew than gaderit he
	136	That war gud men of gret bounte,
	137	And till the Marchis in gud aray
	138	Apon ane nicht he tuk the way,
	139	Sa that in the morning arly
	140	He was with all his cumpany
	141	Befor Berwik, and that he mad
	142	Men till display his baner brad,
	143	And of his menyhe sum send he
	144	For till brin tounis twa or thre,
	145	And bad tham sone agane to sped,
	146	Sa that on hand, gif thar com ned,
	147	Tha micht be for the ficht redy.
	148	The Nevell, that wist verraly
	149	That Douglas cumin sa was sa ner,
	150	And saw all brad stand his baner,
	151	Than with the folk that with him war;
	152	And he had ane gret menyhe thar,
	153	For all the gud of that cuntre
	154	Intill that tym with him had he,
357	155	Sa that he with him thar had then
	156	Wele ma then was the Scottismen;
	157	He held his way up till ane hill,
	158	And said, ‘Lordingis it war my will
	159	To mak end of the gret deray
	160	That Douglas makis us ilk day:
	161	Bot methink it spedfull that we
	162	Abid quhill his men scalit be
	163	Throu the cuntre to tak the pray,
	164	Than fersly schut on tham we may,
	165	And we sall haf tham at our will.’
	166	Than tha gaf all consent thartill,
	167	And on the hill abad hufand;
	168	The men fast gaderit of the land
	169	And drew till him in full gret hy.
	170	The Douglas than that was worthy
	171	Thocht it was foly mar to bid;
	172	Toward the hill than can he rid.
	173	And, quhen the Nevell saw that tha
	174	wald nocht pas furth to the foray,
	175	Bot pressit till tham with thar micht,
	176	He wist wele than that tha wald ficht,
	177	And till his menyhe can he say,
	178	‘Lordingis, now hald we furth our way;
	179	Her is the flour of the cuntre,
	180	And ma then tha alsua ar we;
	181	Assemmill we than hardely,
	182	For Douglas with yhon yhemanry
	183	Sall haf na micht till us perfay.’
	184	Than in a frusch assemblit tha.
358	185	Thar micht men her the speris brast,
	186	And men ding apon othir fast,
	187	And blud brist out at woundis wid.
	188	Tha faucht fast apon athir sid,
	189	For athir party can tham pane
	190	To put thar fais on bak agane.
	191	The lordis of Nevell and Douglas,
	192	Quhen that the fichting fellast was,
	193	Met togidder richt in the pres;
	194	betuix tham than gret bargane wes,
	195	Tha faucht felly with all thar maucht,
	196	gret routis athir till othir raucht;
	197	Bot Douglas starkar was, I hicht,
	198	And mar usit alsua to ficht,
	199	And he set hart and will alsua
	200	For till deliver him of his fa,
	201	Quhill at the last with mekill mane
	202	Throu fors the Nevell has he slane.
	203	Than his ensenyhe he can cry,
	204	And on the laf sa hardely
	205	he ruschit with all his menyhe,
	206	That into schort tym men micht se
	207	Thar fais tak on tham the flicht,
	208	And tha tham chasit with all thar micht.
	209	Schir Ralf the Nevell in the chas
	210	And the baroun of Hiltoun was
	211	Takin: and othir of mekill micht
	212	Thar was slane thar intill the ficht
	213	That worthy in that tym had bene.
	214	And, quhen the feld was clengit clene
359	215	Sa that thar fais evirilkane
	216	War slane, chasit away, or tane,
	217	Than gert he foray all the land,
	218	And sesit all that evir he fand,
	219	And brint the tounis in thar way,
	220	Syn hale and fer ham cumin ar tha.
	221	The pray sone emang his menyhe
	222	Eftir thar meritis delit he,
	223	And held nathing till his behuf.
	224	Sic dedis aucht to ger men luf
	225	Thar lord, and sa tha did perfay.
	226	He tretit tham sa wisly ay
	227	And with sa mekill luf alsua,
	228	And sic ane contenans wald ma
	229	Of thar ded, that the mast coward
	230	Stoutar he mad then ane libard.
	231	With cherising thusgat mad he
	232	His men wicht and of gret bounte.


CXIX.   Pages 359-362, Section 119
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359	1	Quhen Nevell thus was brocht to ground,
	2	And of Caliou Schir Ewmond,
	3	The dred of the lord of Douglas
	4	And his renoun sa scalit was
	5	Throuout the Marchis of Ingland,
	6	That all that war tharin duelland
360	7	Dred him as the devill of hell.
	8	And yhet haf I herd oftsis tell
	9	That he sa gretly dred was than
	10	That, quhen wifis wald thar childir ban,
	11	Tha wald with richt ane angry fas
	12	Betech tham till the balk Douglas;
	13	For with thar tale he was mar fell
	14	Then was ony devill in hell.
	15	Throu his gret worschip and bounte
	16	Sa with his fais dred was he
	17	That tham grewit till her his nam.
	18	He may at es now duell at ham
	19	Ane quhile, for I trow he sall nocht
	20	With fais all ane quhile be socht.
	21	Now lat him in the Forest be,
	22	Of him na mar now spek will we,
	23	Bot of Schir Eduard the worthy,
	24	That with all his gud chevelry
	25	Was at Cragfergus yhet lyand,
	26	To spek mar will we tak on hand.
	27	Quhen Schir Eduard, as I said ar,
	28	Had discumfit Richard of Clar
	29	And of Irland all the barnage
	30	This throu his worthy vassalage,
	31	And syn with all his men of mane
	32	To Cragfergus was cumin agane,
	33	The gud erl of Murref Thomas
	34	Tuk lef in Scotland for to pas;
	35	And he him levit with ane gruching,
	36	And syn him chargit till the king
361	37	To pray him specialy that he
	38	Suld cum in irland him to se,
	39	For, war tha bath intill the land,
	40	Tha suld find nane suld tham withstand.
	41	The erl furth than his way has tane,
	42	And till his schippis is he gane,
	43	And salit out wele our the se.
	44	In Scotland sone arivit he,
	45	Syn till the king he went in hy,
	46	And he resavit him gladsumly,
	47	And sperit of his brothiris far
	48	And of journeis that he had thar;
	49	And he tald him all but lesing.
	50	Quhen the king had left the spering,
	51	His charge to the gud king tald he,
	52	And he said he wald blithly se
	53	His brothir, and als all the affer
	54	Of that cuntre and of that wer.
	55	Ane gret menyhe than gaderit he;
	56	And twa lordis of gret bounte,
	57	The tane the Steward Walter was,
	58	The tothir James of Douglas,
	59	Wardanis in his absens mad he
	60	For till mantem wele the cuntre;
	61	Syn till the se he tuk his way.
	62	At Lochryan in Galloway
	63	He schippit with all his menyhe.
	64	To Cragfergus sone cumin is he:
	65	Schir Eduard of his com was blith,
	66	And went doun for to meet him swith,
362	67	And welcomit him with gladsum cher,
	68	sa did he all that with him wer,
	69	And specialy the erl Thomas
	70	Of Murref that his nevo was.
	71	Syn till the castell went tha thar,
	72	He mad tham mekill fest and far,
	73	Tha sojornit thar dais thre
	74	In gret mirth and in rialte.

CXX.   Pages 362-368, Section 120
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362	1	King Robert apon this wis
	2	Intill irland arivit is:
	3	And, quhen in Cragfergus had he
	4	With his men sojornit dais thre,
	5	Tha tuk to consale that tha wald
	6	With all thar folk thar wais hald
	7	Throu all Irland fra end till othir.
	8	Schir Eduard than the kingis brothir
	9	Befor in the avaward rad,
	10	The king himself the rerward mad,
	11	That had intill his cumpany
	12	The erl Thomas that was worthy.
	13	Thar way furthwardis haf tha tane,
	14	And sone ar passit Endirwillane.
	15	This was in the moneth of May,
	16	Quhen birdis birdis singis on the spray
363	17	Melland thar notis with sindry soun
	18	For softnes of that suet sesoun,
	19	And lefis on the branchis spredis,
	20	And blumis bricht besid tham bredis,
	21	And fledis florist ar with flouris
	22	Wele savourit, of ser colouris,
	23	And all thing worthis blith and gay,
	24	Quhen that this gud king tuk his way
	25	To rid furthwardm, as I said ar.
	26	The wardane than Richard of Clar
	27	Wist the king was arivit sa,
	28	And wist that he schup for to ta
	29	His way toward the south cuntre.
	30	Of all Irland assemblit he
	31	Till him ane full gret chevelry
	32	Of squyaris, burges, and yhemanry,
	33	Quhill he had ner fourty thousand.
	34	Bot he wald nocht yhet tak on hand
	35	With all his fais in feld to ficht,
	36	Bot umbethocht him of ane slicht,
	37	That he with all that gret menyhe
	38	Wald in ane wod enbuschit be
	39	All prevely besid the way
	40	Quhar that thar fais suld away,
	41	And lat the vaward pas fer by,
	42	And syn assemmill hardely
	43	Of the rerward with all thar men.
	44	Tha did as tha devisit then:
	45	In ane wod tha enbuschit wer,
	46	The Scottis host rad by them ner,
364	47	Bot tha na schawing of tham mad.
	48	Schir Eduard wele fer forouth rad
	49	With tham that war of his menyhe,
	50	To the rerward na tent tuk he.
	51	And Schir Richard of Clar in hy,
	52	Quhen Schir Eduard was passit by,
	53	Send wicht yhemen that wele couth schut
	54	To bikkir the rerward apon fut.
	55	Than twa of tham that send furth war
	56	At the wodsid tham bikkirit thar,
	57	And schot emang the Scottismen.
	58	The king, that had thar with him then
	59	Fif thousand wicht and ek hardy,
	60	Saw tha twa sa abandounly
	61	Schut emang tham and cum sa ner;
	62	He wist richt wele withouten wer
	63	That tha wele ner suppowale had;
	64	Tharfor ane bidding has he mad
	65	That na man sall be sa hardy
	66	To prik to tham, bot sarraly
	67	Rid redy ay intill battale
	68	To defend gif men wald assale,
	69	‘For we sall sone, I undirta,’
	70	He said,’haf for to do with ma.’
	71	Bot Schir Colyn Cambell, that ner
	72	Was by quhar tha twa yhemen wer
	73	Schutand emang tham hardely,
	74	Prikit on tham in full gret hy,
	75	And sone the tane he has ourtane
	76	And with his sper him sone has slane.
365	77	The tothir turnit and schot agane,
	78	And at a schot his hors has slane.
	79	With that the king com hastely,
	80	And in his gret malancoly
	81	With ane trunsioun intill his nef
	82	To Schir Colyn sic dusch he gef
	83	That he dinnit on his arsoun.
	84	The king bad smertly tit him doun,
	85	Bot othir lordis that war by
	86	Amesit the king in sum party.
	87	He said, ‘The breking of bidding
	88	Micht caus be of thar discumfiting:
	89	Wene yhe yhon rebaldis durst assale
	90	Us sa ner intill our battale
	91	Bot gif tha had suppowale ner?
	92	I wat richt wele forouten wer
	93	That we sall hef to do in hy,
	94	Tharfor luk ilk man be redy.’
	95	With that wele ner thretty or ma
	96	Of bowmen com, and bikkirit sa
	97	That tha hurt of the kingis men.
	98	The king has gert his archaris then
	99	Schut for to put tham than agane.
	100	With that tha enterit in ane plane,
	101	And saw arait agane tham stand
	102	In four battalis fourty thousand.
	103	The king said, ‘Lordingis, now lat se
	104	Quha worthy in this ficht sall be:
	105	On tham forouten mar abad!’
	106	Sa stoutly than on tham tha rad
366	107	And assemblit sa hardely
	108	That of thar fais ane gret party
	109	Was laid at erd at thar meting.
	110	Thar was of speris sic brisitng
	111	As athir apon othir rad,
	112	That it ane wele gret frusch has mad;
	113	Hors com thar fruschand hed for hed
	114	Sa that fele on the ground fell ded;
	115	Mony ane wicht and worthy man,
	116	As athir apon othir ran,
	117	War duschit ded doun till the ground;
	118	The red blud out of mony ane wound
	119	Ruschit in sa gret fusoun than
	120	That of the blud the stremis ran;
	121	And tha that wrath war and angry
	122	Dang on othir sa hardely
	123	With wapnis that war bricht and bar
	124	That mony ane wicht man ded was thar,
	125	For tha that hardy war and wicht
	126	And stoutly with thar fais can ficht
	127	Pressit tham formast for to be.
	128	Thar micht men cruell bargane se
	129	And hard battale. I undirstand
	130	Intill all the wer of Irland
	131	Sa hard ane fichting was nocht sene,
	132	The quhethir of gret victoris nyntene
	133	Schir Eduard had withouten wer
	134	Intill les then intill thre yher,
	135	And in syndry battalis of tha
	136	He vencust tuenty thousand and ma
367	137	With trappit hors richt till the fet.
	138	Bot in all tymis he was yhet
	139	Ay ane for fif quhen lest was he,
	140	Bot the king into this melle
	141	Had alwais aucht of his famen
	142	For ane, bot he sa bar him then
	143	That his gud ded and his bounte
	144	Confortit sa all his menyhe
	145	That the mast coward hardy wes,
	146	For, quhar he saw the thikkast pres,
	147	Sa hardely on tham he rad
	148	That ay about him roum he mad.
	149	And erl Thomas the worthy
	150	Was in all tymis ner him by
	151	And faucht as he war in ane rage,
	152	Sa that throu thar gret vassalage
	153	Thar men sic hardyment can tak
	154	That tha na perill wald forsak,
	155	Bot tham abandonit sa stoutly
	156	And dang on tham sa hardely
	157	That all thar fais affrait war.
	158	And tha that saw wele be thar far
	159	That tha eschewit sumdele the ficht,
	160	Tha dang on tham with all thar micht,
	161	And pressit tham dingand sa fast
	162	That tha the bak gaf at the last:
	163	And tha that saw tham tak the flicht
	164	Pressit tham than with all thar micht
	165	And in thar fleing fele can sla.
	166	The kingis men has chasit sa
368	167	That tha war scalit evirilkane.
	168	Richard of Clar the way has tane
	169	To Devilling in full gret hy
	170	With othir lordis that fled him by,
	171	And warnist bath castell and tounis
	172	That war in thar possessiounis.
	173	That war sa felly fleyit thar
	174	That I trow Schir Richard of Clar
	175	Sall haf na will to fand his micht
	176	In battale na in fors of ficht
	177	Quhile King Robert and his menyhe
	178	Is duelland into that cuntre.
	179	Tha stuffit strinthis on this wis,
	180	And the king that was sa to pris
	181	Saw in the feld richt mony slane,
	182	And ane of tham that thar was tane,
	183	That was arait jolely,
	184	He saw gret wondir tendirly,
	185	And askit him quhy he mad sic cher.
	186	He said him, ‘Schir, forouten wer
	187	It is na wondir thouch I gret:
	188	I se her fele fellit to fet,
	189	The flour of the north of Irland
	190	That hardyast was of hart and hand
	191	And mast doutit in hard assay.’
	192	The king said, ‘Thou dois wrang perfay,
	193	Thou has mar caus mirthis to ma
	194	For thou the ded eschapit sa.’


CXXI.  Pages 369-372, Section 121
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369	1	Richard of Clar on this maner
	2	And all his folk discumfit wer
	3	With few folk, as I till yhou tald.
	4	And, quhen Eduard the Brus sa bald
	5	Wist that the king had fochtin sa
	6	With sa fele folk, and he tharfra,
	7	Micht na man se ane wrathar man.
	8	Bot the gud king said till him than
	9	That it was in his awn foly,
	10	For he rad sa unwittandly
	11	Sa fer befor, and na vaward
	12	mad to tham of the rerward;
	13	‘For,’ he said, ‘quha on wer wald rid
	14	In the vaward, he suld na tid
	15	Press fra his rerward fer of sicht,
	16	For gret perill sa fall thar micht.’
	17	Of this ficht will we spek na mar.
	18	The king and all that with him war
	19	Rad furthwardis in bettir aray
	20	And nerar togidder than er did tha.
	21	Throu all the land planly they rad,
	22	Tha fand nane that tham warning mad.
	23	Tha rad evin forouth Drichindra,
	24	And forouth Devilling syn alsua,
	25	Bot till gif battale nane the fand,
	26	Syn went tha furthwardis in the land,
370	27	And south to Lynrik held thar way;
	28	That is the southmast toun perfay
	29	That in irland may fundin be.
	30	Thar lay tha dais twa or thre,
	31	And buskit syn agane to far;
	32	And, quhen that tha all redy war,
	33	The king has herd ane woman cry,
	34	And askit quhat that was in hy.
	35	‘It is ane landar, schir,’ said ane,
	36	‘That her childryn richt now has tane
	37	And mon lef now hehind us her,
	38	Tharfor scho makis yhon evill cher.’
	39	The king said, ‘Certis it war pite
	40	That scho in that poynt left suld be,
	41	For certis I trow thar is na man
	42	That he ne will rew ane woman than.’
	43	His host all than arestit he,
	44	And gert ane tent sone stentit be,
	45	And gert hir gang in hastely,
	46	And othir wemen to be hir by
	47	Quhill scho deliver was he bad,
	48	And syn furth on his wais rad,
	49	And how scho furth suld caryit be
	50	Or evir he fur than ordanit he.
	51	This was ane full gret curtasy,
	52	That sic ane king and sa michty
	53	Gert his men duell on this maner
	54	Bot for ane full pouer lavender.
	55	Northwardis agane tha tuk the way:
	56	Throu all Irland thus passit tha,
371	57	Throu Connach richt to Devillyn,
	58	And throu all Meth and Irell syn,
	59	And monester, and Lenester,
	60	And syn haly throu Ullister
	61	To Cragfergus forout battale,
	62	For thar was nane durst tham assale.
	63	The kingis than of the Erischry
	64	Com till Schir Eduard halely,
	65	And thar manrent till him can ma,
	66	Bot gif that it war ane or twa.
	67	To Cragfergus they com agane,
	68	In all that way was na bargane,
	69	Bot gif that ony punyhe wer
	70	That is is nocht for to spek of her.
	71	The Erisch kingis than evirilkane
	72	Ham till thar awn repar ar gane,
	73	And undirtuk in all kyn thing
	74	For till obes to the bidding
	75	Of Schir Eduard that thir king call tha.
	76	He was wele set now in gud way
	77	To conquer the land halely,
	78	For he had apon his party
	79	The Erischry and Ullister,
	80	And he was sa furth of his wer
	81	That he was passit throu Irland
	82	Fra end till end throu strinth of hand.
	83	Couth he haf governit him throu skill,
	84	And folowit nocht to fast his will,
	85	Bot with mesur half led his ded,
	86	It was wele lik withouten dred
372	87	That he micht haf conquerit wele
	88	The land of Irland evirilk dele:
	89	Bot his outrageous succudry
	90	And will that mar was than hardy
	91	Of purpos lettit him perfay,
	92	As I hereftir sall yhou say.


CXXII.   Pages 372-377, Section 122
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372	1	Now lef we her the nobill king
	2	All at his es and his liking,
	3	And spek we of the lord Douglas
	4	That left to kep the Marchis was.
	5	He gert gret wrichtis that was sle,
	6	And in the halch of Lyntounle
	7	He gert tham mak ane far maner;
	8	And, quhen the housis biggit wer,
	9	He gert purvay him richt wele thar,
	10	For he thocht for to mak infar
	11	And till mak gud cher till his men.
	12	In Richmond was thar wonnand then
	13	Ane erl men callit Schir Thomas;
	14	He had invy at the Douglas,
	15	And said, gif that he his baner
	16	Micht se displait apon wer,
	17	That sone assemmill on it suld he.
	18	He herd how Douglas thocht to be
373	19	At Lyntounle ane fest to ma,
	20	And he had witting wele alsua
	21	That the king and ane gret menyhe
	22	War passit than of the cuntre
	23	And the erl of Murref Thomas;
	24	Tharfor he thocht the cuntre was
	25	Febill of men for till withstand
	26	Men that tham socht with stalward hand;
	27	And of the Marchis than had he
	28	The governale and the pouste.
	29	he gaderit folk about him then
	30	Quhill he was ner ten thousand men,
	31	And wod-axis gert with him tak,
	32	For he thocht he his men wald mak
	33	Till hew doun Jedworth Forest clene
	34	That na tre suld tharin be sene.
	35	Tha held tham furthwardon thar way,
	36	Bot the gud lord Douglas, that ay
	37	had spyis out on ilka sid,
	38	Had gud witting that tha wald rid
	39	And cum apon him sudanly.
	40	Than gaderit he richt hastely
	41	Tham that he micht of his menyhe.
	42	I trow that than with him wald be
	43	Fifty that worthy war and wicht
	44	At all poynt armit wele and dicht,
	45	And of archaris ane gret menyhe
	46	Assemblit als with him had he.
	47	Ane plas than was thar in the way
	48	Quhar he wist wele tha wald away,
374	49	That had wod apon athir sid;
	50	The entre was wele large and wid,
	51	And as ane scheld it narowit ay
	52	Quhill that intill ane plas the way
	53	Was nocht ane pennystane-cast of bred.
	54	The lord of Douglas thiddir yhed
	55	Quhen he wist tha war ner cumand,
	56	And in ane cleuch on the ta hand
	57	All his archeris enbuschit he,
	58	And bad tham hald tham all preve
	59	Quhill that tha herd him ras the cry,
	60	And than suld tha schut hardely
	61	Emang thar fais, and hald tham thar
	62	Quhill that he throu tham passit war,
	63	And syn with him furth hald suld tha.
	64	Than birkis on athir sid the way
	65	That yhoung and thik was growand ner
	66	He knit togidder on sic maner
	67	That men micht nocht wele throu tham rid.
	68	Quhen this was done, he can abid
	69	Apon the tothir half the way;
	70	And Richmond intill gud aray
	71	Com ridand in the first eschele.
	72	The lord Douglas has sene him wele,
	73	And gert his men all hald tham still
	74	Quhill richt at hand tha com tham till
	75	And enterit in the narow way;
	76	Than with ane schout on tham schot tha,
	77	Cryand on hicht ‘Douglas! Douglas!’
	78	The Richmond than that worthy was,
375	79	Quhen he has herd sa ris the cry
	80	And Douglas baner saw planly,
	81	He dressit him thiddirward in hy;
	82	And tha com on sa hardely
	83	That tha throu tham mad tham gud way,
	84	All that tha met till erd bar tha.
	85	The Richmond born doun thar was:
	86	On him arestit the Douglas,
	87	And him reversit, and with ane knif
	88	Richt in that plas him reft the lif.
	89	And hat apon his helm he bar,
	90	And that tuk Douglas with him thar
	91	In takning, for it furrit was,
	92	And syn in hy his way he tais
	93	Quhill in the wod tha enterit war.
	94	The archaris wele has born tham thar,
	95	For wele and hardely schot tha.
	96	The Inglis rout in gret affray
	97	War set, for Douglas sudanly
	98	With all tham of his cumpany
	99	Or evir tha wist was in thar rout,
	100	And thrillit tham wele ner throuout,
	101	And had almast all done his ded
	102	Or tha till help tham couth tak hed.
	103	And, quhen tha saw thar lord was slane,
	104	Tha tuk him up, and went agane
	105	To draw tha fra the schot away;
	106	Than in ane plane assemblit tha,
	107	And for the lord that thar was ded
	108	Tha schup tham in that ilk sted
376	109	For till tak herbry all that nicht.
	110	And than the Douglas that was wicht
	111	Gat wittering that ane clerk Elis
	112	With wele thre hundreth ennemyis
	113	All straucht to Lyntounle war gane
	114	And herbry for thar host had tane.
	115	Than thiddir is he went in hy
	116	With all tham of his cumpany,
	117	And fand clerk Elis at the met
	118	And all his rout about him set:
	119	And tha com on tham stoutly thar,
	120	And with suerdis that scharply schar
	121	Tha servit tham full egirly;
	122	Tha war slane doun sa halely
	123	That thar wele ner schapit nane:
	124	Tha servit tham in sa gret wane
	125	With scherand suerdis suerdis and with knifis
	126	That wele ner all lesit the lifis:
	127	Tha had ane feloun entremas,
	128	That surchargeris to chargeand was.
	129	Tha that eschapit thar throu cas
	130	Richt till thar host thar wais tais
	131	And tald how that thar men war slane
	132	Sa clene that ner eschapit nane.
	133	And, quhen tha of the host has herd
	134	How that the Douglas with tham ferd
	135	That had thar herbryouris all slane
	136	And ruschit all thamself agane,
	137	And slew thar lord in mid thar rout,
	138	Thar was nane of tham all sa stout
377	139	That mar will had than till assale
	140	The Douglas. Tharfor till consale
	141	Tha yhed, and till purpos has tane
	142	To wend hamward, and ham is gane,
	143	And sped tham sa apon thar way
	144	that in Ingland sone cum ar tha.
	145	The Forest left tha standand still,
	146	To hew it than tha had na will,
	147	And specialy quhile the Douglas
	148	Sa nerhand by thar nichtbour was.
	149	And he that saw tham turn agane
	150	persavit wele thar lord was slane,
	151	And be the hat that he had tane
	152	he wist it alsua wele, for ane
	153	That takin was said him suthly
	154	That the Richmond comonly
	155	Was wont that furrit hat to wer:
	156	Than Douglas blithar was then er,
	157	For he wist wele that the Richmond
	158	His feloun fa was brocht to ground.




CXXIII.   Pages 377-379, Section 123
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377	1	Schir James of Douglas on this wis
	2	Throu his worschip and gret empris
	3	Defendit worthely the land.
	4	This poynt of wer, I tak on hand,
378	5	Was undirtane full apertly
	6	And eschevit richt hardely,
	7	For he stonait withouten wer
	8	The folk that wele then thousand wer
	9	With fifty armit men but ma.
	10	I can als tell yhou othir twa
	11	Poyntis that wele eschevit wer
	12	With fifty men, and but all wer
	13	Tha war done sa richt hardely
	14	That tha war prisit soveranly
	15	Atour all othir poyntis of wer
	16	That in thar tym eschevit wer.
	17	This was the first that sa stoutly
	18	Was brocht till end wele with fifty.
	19	In Galloway the tothir fell,
	20	Quhen, as yhe forouth herd me tell,
	21	Schir Eduard the Brus with fifty
	22	Vencust of Sanct Johne Schir Amy
	23	And fiften hundreth men be tale.
	24	The thrid fell intill Eskisdale,
	25	Quhen that Schir Johne the Soulis was
	26	The governour of all that plas,
	27	That till schir Andro Hardclay
	28	With fifty men withset the way
	29	That had thar in his cumpany
	30	Thre hundreth horsit jolely.
	31	This Schir Johne into plane melle
	32	Throu hardyment and soverane bounte
	33	Vencust tham sturdely ilkane
	34	And Schir Andro in hand has tane.
379	35	I will nocht rehers the maner,
	36	For, quhasa likis, tha may her
	37	Yhoung wemen, quhen tha will play,
	38	Sing it emang tham ilke day.
	39	Thir war the worthy poyntis thre,
	40	That I trow evirmar sall be
	41	prisit quhile men may on tham mene.
	42	It is wele worth forouten wene
	43	That thar namis for evirmar,
	44	That in thar time sa worthy war
	45	That men till her yhet has dante
	46	Of thar worschip and thar bounte,
	47	Be lestand ay furth in lowing;
	48	Quhar he that is of hevin the king
	49	bring tham he up till hevinis blis
	50	Quhar alwais lestand lowing is.





CXXIV.   Pages 379-383, Section 124
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379	1	Intill this tym that the Richmond
	2	Was on this maner brocht to ground
	3	Men of the cost of Ingland,
	4	That duelt on Hummyr or nerhand,
	5	Gaderit tham ane gret menyhe,
	6	And went in schippis till the se,
	7	And toward Scotland went in hy,
	8	And in the Firth com hastely.
380	9	Tha wend till haf all thar liking,
	10	For tha wist richt wele that the king
	11	Was than fer out of the cuntre,
	12	With him mony of gret bounte:
	13	Tharfor intill the Firth com tha,
	14	And endlang furth held tha thar way
	15	Quhill tha besid Ennerkethyne
	16	On west half toward Dunfermlyne
	17	Tuk land and fast begouth to ref.
	18	The erl of Fif and the schirref
	19	Saw till thar cost schippis approchand,
	20	Tha gaderit til defend thar land,
	21	And ay forgane the schippis ay,
	22	As tha salit, tha held thar way,
	23	And thocht to let tham land to tak.
	24	And, quhen the schipmen saw tham mak
	25	Sic contenans in sic aray,
	26	Tha said emang tham all that tha
	27	Wald nocht let for tham land to ta.
	28	Than till the land they sped them sa
	29	That tha com thar in full gret hy
	30	And arivit full hardely.
	31	The Scottismen saw thar cuming,
	32	And had of tham sic abasing
	33	That tha all sammyn rad tham fra
	34	And the land letles let tham ta:
	35	Tha durst nocht ficht with tham, forthi
	36	Tha withdrew tham all halely,
	37	The quhethir tha war fif hundreth ner.
	38	Quhen tha away thus ridand wer
381	39	And na defens begouth to schap,
	40	Of Dunkelden the gud bischap,
	41	That men callit Wilyham Sancler,
	42	Com with ane rout in gud maner,
	43	I trow on hors tha war sexty.
	44	Himself was armit jolely
	45	And rad apon ane stalward sted;
	46	Ane chemer for till hele his wed
	47	Abouin his arming had he then,
	48	And als wele armit was his men.
	49	The erl with the schirref met he
	50	Avaward with ane gret menyhe,
	51	And askit tham wele sone quhat hy
	52	Mad tham to turn sa hastely.
	53	Tha said thar fais with stalward hand
	54	Had in sic fusoun takin land
	55	That tha thocht tham all out to fele
	56	And tham to few with tham to dele.
	57	Quhen the bischop herd it was sa,
	58	He said, ‘The king aucht wele to ma
	59	Of yhou that takis sa wele on hand
	60	In his absens to wer the land.
	61	Certis, gif he gert serf yhou wele,
	62	The gilt spuris richt by the hele
	63	he suld in hy ger hew yhou fra:
	64	Richt wald with cowardis men did sa.
	65	Quha lufis his lord or his cuntre
	66	Turn smertly now agane with me.’
	67	With that he kest of his chemer,
	68	And hynt in hand ane stalward sper,
382	69	And rad toward his fais in hy;
	70	All turnit with him halely,
	71	For he had tham reprufit sa
	72	That of tham all nane went him fra.
	73	He rad befor tham sturdely,
	74	And tha him folowit sarraly
	75	Quhill that tha com ner approchand
	76	To thar fais that had tane land;
	77	And sum war knit in gud aray,
	78	And sum war set to the foray.
	79	The gud bischop, quhen he tham saw,
	80	He said, ‘Lordingis, but dred or aw
	81	Prik we apon tham hardely,
	82	And we sall haf tham wele lichtly;
	83	Se tha us cum but abasing
	84	Sa that we mak her na stinting,
	85	Tha sall wele sone discumfit be.
	86	Now dois wele, for men sone sall se
	87	Quha lufis the kingis mensk today.’
	88	Than all togidder in gud aray
	89	Tha prikit apon tham sturdely.
	90	The bischop that was richt hardy
	91	And mekill and stark rad forouth ay.
	92	Than in a frusch assemblit tha;
	93	And tha, that at the first meting
	94	of speris feld sa sar sowing,
	95	Wandist and wald haf bene away;
	96	Toward thar schippis in hy held tha,
	97	And tha com chasand felonly,
	98	And slew tham sa dispitfully
383	99	That all the feldis strowit war
	100	Of Inglismen that slane was thar.
	101	And tha that yhet held unslane
	102	Pressit than till the se agane,
	103	And Scottismen that chasit sa
	104	Slew all that evir tha micht ourta,
	105	Bot tha that fled yhet nocht forthi
	106	sa till thar schippis can tham hy,
	107	And in sum bargis sa fele can ga,
	108	For thar fais tham chasit sa,
	109	That tha ourtumlit, and the men
	110	That war tharin all drounit then.
	111	Thar did ane Inglisman perfay
	112	Ane wele gret strinth, as I herd say,
	113	For, quhen he chasit was till the bat,
	114	Ane Scottisman that him handlit hat
	115	He hynt than be the armis twa,
	116	And, war him wele or war him wa,
	117	he evin apon his bak him flangm
	118	And with him till the bat can gang,
	119	And kest him in all magre his:
	120	This was ane wele gret strinth I wis.
	121	The Inglismen that wan away,
	122	To thar schippis in hy went tha,
	123	And salit ham angry and wa
	124	That tha had bene rebutit sa.

CXXV.   Pages 384-390, Section 125
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384	1	Quhen that the schipmen on this wis
	2	War discumfit as I devis,
	3	the bischop, that sa wele him bar
	4	That he all hartit that was thar,
	5	Was yhet intil the fichting sted
	6	Quhar that fif hundreth ner war ded
	7	Forouten tham that drounit war;
	8	And, quhen the feld was spulyheit bar,
	9	Tha went all ham to thar repar.
	10	To the bischop is fallin far,
	11	That throu his pris and his bounte
	12	Has eschevit sa gret journe:
	13	The king tharfor ay fra that day
	14	Him lufit, honorit, and prisit ay,
	15	And held him into sic dante
	16	That his awn bischop him callit he.
	17	Thus tha defendit the cuntre
	18	Apon bath halfis the Scottis Se
	19	Quhile that the king was out of land,
	20	That than, as I haf born on hand,
	21	Throu all irland his cours had mad
	22	And agane till Cragfergus rad.
	23	And, quhen his brothir as he war king
	24	Had all Erischery at his bidding
	25	And halely Ullister alsua,
	26	He buskit ham his way to ta.
385	27	Of his men that war mast hardy
	28	And prisit of all chevelry
	29	With his brothir gret part left he,
	30	And syn he went ontill the se.
	31	Quhen thar lefis on athir party
	32	Was tane, he went to schip in hy;
	33	The erl Thomas with him he had;
	34	Tha rasit salis but abad,
	35	And in the land of Galloway
	36	Forout perill arivit tha.
	37	The lordis of the land was fane
	38	Quhen tha wist he was cumin agane,
	39	And till him went in full gret hy,
	40	And he resavit tham richt gladly
	41	And mad tham fest and gladsum cher,
	42	And tha sa wondirly blith wer
	43	Of his com that na toung micht say:
	44	Gret fest and far till him mad tha.
	45	Quharevir he rad, all the cuntre
	46	Gaderit in dante him to se;
	47	Gret gladschip than was in the land;
	48	All than was wonnin till his hand;
	49	Fra Redis Swyr till Orkynnay
	50	Was nocht of Scotland fra his fay
	51	Outakin Berwik it alane.
	52	That tym tharin wonnit ane
	53	That capitane was of the toun.
	54	All Scottismen in suspicioun
	55	He held, and tretit tham richt ill.
	56	He had ay till tham hevy will,
386	57	And held tham fast at undir ay,
	58	Quhill that it fell apon ane day
	59	That ane burges Sym of Spalding
	60	Thocht it was richt ane angry thing
	61	Ay sagat till rebutit be:
	62	Tharfor intill his hart thocht he
	63	That he wald slely mak covyn
	64	With the marschall, quhais cosyn
	65	He had weddit ontill his wif;
	66	And as he thocht he did belif.
	67	Letteris till him he send in hy
	68	With ane trast man all prevely,
	69	And set him tym to cum at nicht
	70	With ledderis and gud men and wicht
	71	To the Kow Yhat all prevely,
	72	And bad him hald his tryst trewly,
	73	And he suld met tham at the wall,
	74	For his wach thar tha nicht suld fall.
	75	Quhen the marschall the letteris saw,
	76	He umbethocht him than ane thraw,
	77	For he wist be himselvin that he
	78	Micht nocht of micht na power be
	79	For till eschef sa gret ane thing,
	80	And, gif he tuk till his helping
	81	Ane, ane othir suld wrethit be.
	82	Tharfor richt till the king yhed he,
	83	And schawit him betuix tham twa
	84	The lettir and the charge alsua.
	85	Quhen that the king herd that this trane
	86	Was spokin into sic certane
387	87	That him thocht tharin na fantis,
	88	He said him, ‘Certis thou wrocht has wis
	89	That thou discoverit the first to me,
	90	For, gif thou had discoverit the
	91	To my nevo the erl Thomas,
	92	Thou suld disples the lord Douglas,
	93	And him alsua in the contrer;
	94	Bot I sall wirk on sic maner
	95	That thou at thyn entent sall be
	96	And haf of nane of tham magre.
	97	Thou sall tak kep wele till the day,
	98	And with tham that thou purchas may
	99	At evin thou sall enbuschit be
	100	In Duns park, bot be preve,
	101	And I sall ger the erl Thomas
	102	And the lord alsua of Douglas,
	103	Athir with ane quhene of men,
	104	Be thar to do as thou sall ken.
	105	The marschall than but mar delay
	106	Tuk lef and held on furth his way,
	107	And held the spek preve and still
	108	Quhill the day that was set him till.
	109	Than of the best of Lowidane
	110	He with him till his tryst has tane,
	111	For schirref tharof than was he.
	112	To Duns park with his menyhe
	113	he com at evin prevely,
	114	And syn with ane gud cumpany
	115	Sone eftir com the erl Thomas
	116	That was met with the lord Douglas:
388	117	Ane richt far cumpany tha war
	118	Quhen tha war met togidder thar.
	119	And, quhen the marschall the covyn
	120	To bath the lordis lyn be lyn
	121	Had tald, tha went on furth thar way,
	122	Fer fra the toun thar hors left tha.
	123	To mak it schort, sa wrocht tha tham
	124	That but seing of ony man,
	125	Outane Sym of Spalding alane
	126	That gert that ded be undirtane,
	127	That set thar ledderis till the wall,
	128	And but persaving com up all,
	129	And held tham in ane nuk preve
	130	Quhill that the nicht suld passit be,
	131	And ordanit that the mast party
	132	Of thar men suld gang sarraly
	133	With thar lordis and hald ane stale,
	134	And the remanand suld all hale
	135	Scale throu the toun, and tak and sla.
	136	All the men that tha micht ourta.
	137	Bot sone thar ordinans brak tha,
	138	For als sone as it dawit day
	139	The twa-part of thar men and ma
	140	All scalit throu the toun can ga.
	141	Sa gredy war tha till the gud
	142	That tha ran richt as tha war wud,
	143	And sesit housis, and slew men.
	144	And tha that saw thar fais then
	145	Cum apon tham sa sudanly,
	146	Throuout the toun tha rasit the cry,
389	147	And schot togidder her and thar,
	148	And ay, as tha assemblit war,
	149	Tha wald abid and mak debat.
	150	Had tha bene warnit, wele I wat,
	151	Tha suld haf sald thar dedis der,
	152	For tha war gud men, and tha wer
	153	Fer ma then tha war that tham socht,
	154	Bot tha war scalit sa that tha mocht
	155	On na maner assemblit be.
	156	Thar was gret melleis twa or thre,
	157	Bot Scottismen sa wele tham bar
	158	That thar fais ay ruschit war,
	159	And cummerit at the last war sa
	160	That tha haly the bak can ta.
	161	Sum gat the castell, but nocht all,
	162	And sum ar slidin our the wall,
	163	And sum war intill handis tane,
	164	And sum war in the bargane slane.
	165	On this wis tham contenit tha
	166	Quhill it was ner none of the day;
	167	Than tha that in the castell war
	168	And othir that fled till tham thar,
	169	That war ane richt gret cumpany,
	170	Quhen tha the baneris saw simply
	171	Sa standand stuffit with sa quhone,
	172	Thar yhatis haf tha opnit sone
	173	And ischit on tham hardely.
	174	Than erl Thomas that was worthy,
	175	And the gud lord als of Douglas,
	176	With the few folk that with tham was,
390	177	met tham stoutly with wapnis ser.
	178	Thar men micht se that had bene ner
	179	Men abandoun tham hardely:
	180	The Inglismen faucht cruelly,
	181	And with all michtis can tham pane
	182	To rusch the Scottismen agane.
	183	I trow tha had sa done perfay,
	184	For tha war fewar fer then tha,
	185	Gif it na had bene ane new mad knicht,
	186	That till his nam Schir Wilyham hicht
	187	Of Keth, and of the Gawlistoun
	188	he hicht throu differens or surnoun,
	189	That bar him sa richt wele that day,
	190	And put him toll sa hard assay,
	191	And sic dintis about him dang,
	192	That, quhar he saw the thikkast thrang,
	193	he prikit with sa mekill micht,
	194	And sa enforsely can ficht
	195	That he mad till his menyhe way;
	196	And tha that ner war by him ay
	197	Dang on thar fais sa hardely
	198	That tha haf tane the bak haly,
	199	And till the castell held thar way,
	200	And at gret mischef enterit tha,
	201	For tha war pressit thar sa fast
	202	That tha fele lesit of the last;
	203	Bot tha that enterit, nocht forthi,
	204	Sparit thar yhatis hastely
	205	And in hy till the wallis ran,
	206	For tha war nocht all sekir than.




CXXVI.   Pages 391-394, Section 126
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391	1	The toun was takin on this wis
	2	Throu gret worschip and he empris,
	3	And all the gud that tha thar fand
	4	Was sesit smertly intill hand.
	5	Vittale tha fand in gret fusoun,
	6	And all that fell to stuff of toun,
	7	That kepit tha fra distroying;
	8	And syn has word send till the king,
	9	And he was of that tithing blith,
	10	And sped thiddirward full swith;
	11	And, as he throu the cuntre rad,
	12	Men gaderit till him quhill he had
	13	Ane mekill rout of worthy men.
	14	And the folk that war wonnand then
	15	Intill the Mers and Tevydale,
	16	And in the Forest als all hale,
	17	And the est end of Lowdiane,
	18	Befor that the king com ar gane
	19	To Berwik with sa stalward hand
	20	That nane that was that tym wonnand
	21	On yhond half Twed durst wele aper.
	22	And tha that in the castell wer,
	23	Quhen tha thar fais in sic plente
	24	saw forouth tham assemblit be,
	25	And had na hop of reskewing,
	26	Tha war abasit in gret thing.
392	27	Bot tha the castell nocht forthi
	28	Held tha fif dais sturdely.
	29	Syn yhald it on the sext day,
	30	And till thar cuntre syn went tha.
	31	Thus was the castell and the toun
	32	To Scottismenis possessioun
	33	Brocht, and sone eftir the king
	34	Com ridand with his gadering
	35	To Berwik, and in the castele
	36	He herbryit is bath far and wele
	37	And all his gret lordis him by;
	38	The remanand all comonly
	39	To herbry in the toun ar gane.
	40	The king has than to consale tane
	41	That he wald nocht brek doun the wall,
	42	Bot castell and the toun withall
	43	Stuff wele with men and with vittale
	44	And alkyn othir apparale
	45	That micht avale or yhet mister
	46	To hald castell or toun of wer.
	47	And Walter Steward of Scotland,
	48	That than was yhoung and avenand,
	49	And sone in law was till the king,
	50	Had sa gret will and sic yharning
	51	nerhand the Marchis for to be
	52	That Berwik till yhemsal tuk he,
	53	And resavit of the king the toun
	54	And the castell and the dongeoun.
	55	The king gert men of gret noblay
	56	Rid intill Ingland for to pray,
393	57	That brocht out gret plente of fe,
	58	And sum cuntreis trewit he
	59	For vittale that in gret fusoun
	60	He gert bring smertly till the toun,
	61	Sa that bath toun and castell war
	62	Wele stuffit for ane yher and mar.
	63	The gud Steward of Scotland then
	64	Send for his frendis and his men,
	65	Quhill he had with him, but archeris,
	66	But burges and but awblesteris,
	67	Fif hundreth men wicht and worthy
	68	That armis bar of awncestry.
	69	Johne Crab ane Fleming als had he,
	70	That was of sa gret subtilite
	71	Till ordane till mak apparale
	72	For till defend and till assale
	73	Castell of wer or than cite,
	74	That nane slear micht fundin be.
	75	He gert engynis and cranis ma,
	76	And purvait gret fyr alsua;
	77	Springgaldis and schotis on ser maneris
	78	That till defend castellis efferis
	79	He purvait into full gret wane;
	80	Bot gynis for crakis had he nane,
	81	For in Scotland yhet than but wene
	82	The us of tham had nocht bene sene.
	83	And, quhen the toun apon this wis
	84	Was stuffit as I her devis,
	85	The nobill king his way has tane
	86	And ridin toward Lowdiane;
394	87	And Walter Steward that was stout
	88	He left at Berwik with his rout,
	89	And ordanit fast for apparale
	90	To defend gif men wald assale.

CXXVII.  Pages 394-396, Section 127
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394	1	Quhen till the king of Ingland
	2	Was tald how that with stalward hand
	3	Berwik was tane, and stuffit syn
	4	With men and vittale and armyn,
	5	He was anoyit richt gretumly,
	6	And gert assemmill hastely
	7	His consale, and has tane to red
	8	That he his host wald thiddir led,
	9	And with all micht that he micht get
	10	To the toun ane assege he set,
	11	And gert dik tham sa stalwardly
	12	That, quhile tham likit thar to ly,
	13	Tha suld fer out the trastar be;
	14	And, gif the men of the cuntre
	15	With strinth of men wald tham assale
	16	At thar dikis intill battale,
	17	Tha suld avantage haf gretly,
	18	And thocht all suth for gret foly
	19	War till assale intill fichting
	20	At his dikis sa stark ane thing.
395	21	Quhen his consale on this maner
	22	Was tane, he gert bath fer and ner
	23	His host haly assemblit be;
	24	Ane gret folk than with him had he.
	25	Of Longcastell the erl Thomas,
	26	That syn was sanctit as men sais,
	27	Intill his cumpany was thar,
	28	And all the erlis als that war
	29	In Ingland worthy for to ficht,
	30	And barounis als of mekill micht,
	31	With him to that assege had he,
	32	And gert his schippis be the se
	33	Bring schot and othir apparale
	34	And gret warnising of vittale.
	35	To Berwik with all his menyhe
	36	With his battalis arait com he,
	37	And till gret lordis ilkane sindry
	38	Ordanit ane feld for thar herbry;
	39	That men micht se sone palyheounis
	40	Be stentit on sindry fassounis
	41	Sa fele that tha ane toun mad thar
	42	Mar than bath toun and castell war.
	43	On othir half syn on the se
	44	The schippis com on sic plente
	45	With vittale, arming, and with men,
	46	That all the havin was stoppit then.
	47	And, quhen tha that war in the toun
	48	Saw thar fais in sic fusoun
	49	be land and se cum sturdely,
	50	Tha as wicht men and richt worthy
396	51	Schup tham for till defend thar sted,
	52	That tha in aventur of ded
	53	Suld put tham, or tham rusch agane
	54	Thar fais; for thar capitane
	55	Tretit tham sa lusumly,
	56	And tharwithall the mast party
	57	of tham that armit with him wer
	58	War of his blud and sibmen ner,
	59	Or ellis tha war his allye.
	60	Of sic confort men micht tham se
	61	And of sa richt far contening
	62	As nane of tham had abasing.
	63	On dais arait wele war tha,
	64	And on the nicht wele wachit ay.
	65	Wele sex dais tha sa abad
	66	That tha na full gret bargane had.

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396	1	Intill this tym that I tell her
	2	That tha withouten bargane wer
	3	The Inglismen sa closit had
	4	Thar host with dikis that tha mad
	5	That tha war strinthit gretumly.
	6	Syn with all handis besaly
	7	Tha schup tham with thar apparale
	8	Tham of the toun for till assale,
397	9	And on our Ladyis evin Mary
	10	That bar the birth that all can by,
	11	That men callis hir Nativite,
	12	Sone in the morning men micht se
	13	The Inglis host arm tham in hy,
	14	And display baneris sturdely,
	15	And assemmill to thar baneris
	16	With instrumentis on ser maneris,
	17	As scaffaldis, ledderis, and coveringis,
	18	Pikis, howis, and ek staf-slingis.
	19	Till ilk lord and his battale
	20	Was ordanit quhar he suld assale;
	21	And tha within, quhen that tha saw
	22	That menyhe range tham sa on raw,
	23	Till thar wardis tha went in hy
	24	That war stuffit richt stalwardly
	25	With stanis and schot and othir thing
	26	That nedit till thar defending,
	27	And into sic maner abad
	28	Thar fais that till assale tham mad.
	29	Quhen tha without war all redy,
	30	Tha trumpit till ane salt in hy,
	31	And ilk man with his apparale;
	32	Quhar he suld be went till assale;
	33	Till ilk kynrele that was thar
	34	Archaris to schut assignit war.
	35	And, quhen on his wis tha war boun,
	36	Tha went in hy toward the toun,
	37	And fillit dikis richt hastely,
	38	Syn till the wallis hardely
398	39	Tha went with ledderis that tha had.
	40	Bot tha sa gret defens haf mad
	41	That war abouin apon the wall,
	42	That of ledderis and men withall
	43	Tha gert fall flatlingis till the ground.
	44	Than men micht se in litill stound
	45	men assalyheand richt hardely,
	46	Dressand up ledderis douchtely,
	47	And sum on ledderis pressand war.
	48	Bot tha that on the wall was thar
	49	Till all peralis can abandoun
	50	Tham quhill thar fais war dungin doun.
	51	At gret mischef defendit tha
	52	Thar toun, for, gif we suth sall say,
	53	The wallis of the toun than wer
	54	Sa law that a man with ane sper
	55	Micht strik ane othir intill the fas,
	56	And the schot als sa thik thar was
	57	That it was wondir for to se.
	58	Walter Steward with ane menyhe
	59	Rad ay about for till se quhar
	60	That for till help mast mister war,
	61	And, quhar men pressit mast, he mad
	62	Succouris till his that mister had.
	63	The mekill folk that was without
	64	Had enveronit the toun about
	65	Sa that na part of it was fre.
	66	Thar micht men the assalyheouris se
	67	Abandoun tham richt hardely,
	68	And the defendouris douchtely
399	69	With all thar michtis can tham pane
	70	To put thar fais with fors agane.
	71	On this wis tham contenit tha
	72	Quhill none was passit of the da.
	73	Than tha that in the schippis war
	74	Ordanit ane schip with full gret far
	75	To cum with all hir apparale
	76	Richt till the wall for till assale.
	77	To mid-mast up thar bat tha drew
	78	With armit men tharin enew;
	79	Ane brig tha had for till lat fall
	80	Richt fra the bat apon the wall;
	81	Woth bargis by hir can tha row,
	82	And pressit tham full fast to tow
	83	Hir by the brighous till the wall;
	84	On that entent tha set tham all,
	85	Tha brocht hir quhill scho com wele ner.
	86	Than micht men se on ser maner
	87	Sum men defend and sum assale
	88	Full besaly with gret travale.
	89	That of the toun sa wele tham bar
	90	That the schipmen sa handlit war
	91	That tha the schip on na maner
	92	Micht ger cum till the wall sa ner
	93	That thar fallbrig micht rek thartill.
	94	Sa lang abad tha fichtand still
	95	Quhill that scho ebbit on the ground;
	96	Than micht men in ane litill stound
	97	Se tham be fer of wer covyn
	98	Than tha war er that war hir in.
400	99	And, quhen the se was ebbit sa
	100	That men all dry till hir micht ga,
	101	Out of the toun ischit in hy
	102	Till hir ane wele gret cumpany,
	103	And fyr till hir has kendlit sone.
	104	Intill schort tym sa haf tha done
	105	That tha in fyr has gert hir brin,
	106	And sum war slane that war hir in,
	107	And sum fled and away ar gane.
	108	Ane engynour thar haf tha tane
	109	That sleast was of that mister
	110	That men wist outhir fer or ner,
	111	Intill the toun syn enterit tha.
	112	It fell tham happely perfay
	113	That tha gat in sa hastely,
	114	For thar com ane gret cumpany
	115	In full gret hy up be the se,
	116	Quhen tha the schip saw brinnand be;
	117	Bot, or tha com, the tohir war past
	118	The yhat and barrit it richt fast.
	119	The folk assalyheit fast that day,
	120	And tha within defendit ay
	121	On sic awis that tha that war
	122	With gret enfors assalyheand thar
	123	Micht do thar will on na maner.
	124	And, quhne the evin-sang tym was ner,
	125	The folk without that war wery,
	126	And sum woundit full cruelly,
	127	Saw tham within defend tham sa,
	128	And saw it was nocht eth to ta
401	129	The toun quhile sic defens was mad,
	130	And tha that into stering had
	131	The host saw that thar schip was brint,
	132	And of tham that tharin war tynt,
	133	And thar folk woundit and wery,
	134	Tha gert blaw the retret in hy;
	135	Fra the schipmen rebutit war
	136	Tha let the tothir assale na mar,
	137	For thoru the schip tha wend ilkane
	138	That tha the toun wele suld haf tane.
	139	Men sais that ma schippis than sa
	140	Pressit that tym the toun to ta;
	141	Bot, for that thar was brint bot ane
	142	And the gynour tharin was tane,
	143	Now her tharfor mentioun mad I
	144	Bot of a schip allanerly.



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CXXIX.	Pages 401-405, Section 129
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401	1	Quhen tha had blawin the retret,
	2	Tha folk that tholit had panis gret
	3	Withdrew tham haly fra the wall;
	4	The assalt haf tha levit all;
	5	And tha within that wery war,
	6	And mony of tham woundit sar,
	7	War blith and glad quhen that tha saw
	8	Thar fais sagat tham withdraw.
402	9	And, fra tha wist suthly that tha
	10	Held till thar palyheounis thar way,
	11	Tha set gud wachis till thar wall,
	12	Syn till thar innis went tha all
	13	And esit tham that wery war;
	14	And othir that war woundit sar,
	15	Had gud lechis, forsuth I hicht,
	16	That helpit tham as best tha micht.
	17	On athir sid wery war tha,
	18	That nicht tha did na mar perfay.
	19	Fif dais thareftir tha war still
	20	That nane till othir did mekill ill.
	21	Now lef we thir folk her lyand
	22	All still as I haf born on hand,
	23	And turn the cours of our carping
	24	To Schir Robertt the douchty king,
	25	That assemblit bath fer and ner
	26	Ane host, quhen that he wist but wer
	27	That the king sa of Ingland
	28	had assegit with stalward hand
	29	Berwik quhar Walter Steward was.
	30	To purpos with his men he tais
	31	That he wald nocht sa sone assale
	32	The king of Ingland with battale,
	33	And at his dikis specialy,
	34	For it micht wele turn till foly.
	35	Tharfor he ordanit lordis twa,
	36	The erl of Murref was ane of tha,
	37	The tothir was the lord of Douglas,
	38	With fiften thousand men to pas
403	39	In Ingland for to brin and sla
	40	And sa gret ryot thar to ma
	41	That tha that lay segeand the toun,
	42	Quhen tha herd the distructioun
	43	That tha suld intill Ingland ma,
	44	Suld be sa dredand and sa wa
	45	For thar childir and for thar wifis
	46	That tha suld dred suld les thar lifis,
	47	And thar gudis alsua that tha
	48	Suld dred than suld be had away,
	49	That tha suld lef the sege in hy
	50	And wend to reskew hastely
	51	Thar gudis, thar frendis, and thar land.
	52	Tharfor, as I haf born on hand,
	53	Thir lordis send he furth in hy,
	54	And tha thar way tuk hastely,
	55	And in Ingland gert brin and sla,
	56	And wrocht tharin sa mekill wa,
	57	As tha forait the cuntre,
	58	That it was pite for to se
	59	To tham that wald it ony gud,
	60	For tha distroyit all as tha yhud.
	61	Sa lang tha rad distroyand sa
	62	As tha traversit to and fra,
	63	That tha ar cumin till Repoun
	64	And distroyit haly that toun.
	65	At Borowbrig syn thar herbry
	66	Tha tuk, and at Mytoun tharby.
	67	And, quhen the men of that cuntre
	68	Saw thar land sa distroyit be,
404	69	Tha gederit into full gret hy
	70	Archaris, burges, and yhemanry,
	71	Prestis, clerkis, monkis, and freris,
	72	Husbandis, and men of all ;isteris,
	73	Quhill that tha sammyn assemblit war
	74	Wele tuenty thousand men and mar;
	75	Richt gud arming eneuch tha had.
	76	The archbischop of York tha mad
	77	Thar capitane, and till consale
	78	Has tane that tha in plane battale
	79	Wald assale the Scottismen
	80	Thar fer fewar then tha war then.
	81	Than he displait his baner,
	82	And othir bischopis that thar wer
	83	Gert display thar baneris alsua;
	84	All in a rout furth can tha ga
	85	Toward Mytoun the redy way.
	86	And, quhen the Scottismen herd say
	87	That tha war till tham cumand ner,
	88	Tha buskit tham on thar best maner
	89	And delit tham in battalis twa;
	90	Douglas the avaward can ma,
	91	The rerward mad the erl Tho;as,
	92	For chiftane of the host he was;
	93	And sa ordanit in gud aray
	94	Toward thar fais tha held thar way.
	95	Quhen athir had of othir sicht,
	96	Tha pressit on bath halfis to ficht.
	97	The Inglismen com on sadly
	98	With gud contenans and hardy
405	99	Richt in a front with thar baner,
	100	Quhill tha thar fais com sa ner
	101	That tha thar visage wele micht se.
	102	Thre sper lenth I trow wele micht be
	103	Betuix tham, quhen sic abasing
	104	Tuk tham that but mar in a swing
	105	Tha gaf the bak and all to ga.
	106	Quhen Scottismen has sene tham sa
	107	Affraitly fle all thar away,
	108	In gret hy apon tham schot tha,
	109	And slew and tuk ane gret party:
	110	The laf fled full affraitly
	111	As tha best micht to sek warand.
	112	Tha war chasit sa ner at hand
	113	That wele ane thousand deit thar.
	114	Of tha yhet thre hundreth war
	115	Prestis that deit intill that chas;
	116	Tharfor that bargane callit was
	117	The chaptour of Mytoun, for thar
	118	Slane sa mony prestis war.

CXXX.	Pages 405-412, Section 130
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405	1	Quhen thir folk thus discumfit was
	2	And Scottismen had left the chas,
	3	Tha went tham furthwardis in the land
	4	Slayand, distroyand, and brinnand.
406	5	And tha that at the segis lay,
	6	Or it was passit the fift day,
	7	Haf mad tham sindry apparale
	8	To gang eftsonis till assale.
	9	Of gret gestis ane sow tha mad
	10	That stalward heling owth it had,
	11	With armit men enew tharin,
	12	And instrumentis als for to myn.
	13	Sindry scaffaldis tha mad withall
	14	That war wele hear then the wall,
	15	And ordanit als that be the se
	16	The toun suld wele assalyheit be.
	17	And tha within, that saw tham sa
	18	Sa gret apparale schap to ma
	19	Throu Crabis consale that was sle,
	20	Ane crane tha haf gert dres up he
	21	Rinnand on quhelis, that tha micht bring
	22	It quhar that ned war of helping.
	23	And pik and ter als haf tha tane,
	24	And lint and hardis and brinstane,
	25	And dry treis that wele wald brin,
	26	And mellit syn athir othir in,
	27	And gret fagattis tharof tha mad
	28	Girdit with irn bandis brad.
	29	Of tha fagattis micht mesurit be
	30	Till ane gret tunnis quantite.
	31	Tha fagattis brinnand in ane bale
	32	With thar crane thocht tha till avale,
	33	And, gif the sow com till the wall,
	34	To lat tham brinnand on hir fall
407	35	And with stark chenyheis hald tham thar
	36	Quhill all war brint up that thar war.
	37	Engynis alsua for to kast
	38	Tha ordanit and mad redy fast,
	39	And set ilk man syn till his ward;
	40	And Schir Walter the gud Steward
	41	With armit men suld rid about,
	42	And se quhar that thar war mast dout,
	43	And succour thar with his menyhe.
	44	And, quhen tha into sic degre
	45	Had mad tham for thar defending,
	46	On the Rud evin in the dawing
	47	The Inglis host blew till assale.
	48	Than micht men with ser apparale
	49	Se that gret host cum sturdely;
	50	The toun enveronit that in hy,
	51	And assalit with sa gud will,
	52	For all thar micht tha set thartill,
	53	That tha tham pressit fast of the toun.
	54	Bot tha that can tham abandoun
	55	To ded or than to woundis sar
	56	Sa wele has tham defendit thar
	57	That ledderis till the ground tha flang,
	58	And with stanis sa fast tha dang
	59	Thar fais that fele tha left lyand,
	60	Sum ded, sum hurt, and sum swonand.
	61	Bot tha that held on fut in hy
	62	Drew tham away deliverly,
	63	And skunnirrit tharfor na kyn thing,
	64	Bot went stoutly till assaling.
408	65	And tha abouin defendit ay
	66	And set tham till sa hard assay,
	67	How that fele of tham woundit war,
	68	That tha sa gret defens mad thar
	69	That tha stintit thar fais micht.
	70	Apon sic maner can tha ficht
	71	Quhill it was ner none of the day:
	72	Than tha without in gret aray
	73	Pressit thar sow toward the wall;
	74	And tha within wele sone gert call
	75	The engynour that takin was,
	76	And gret manans till him mais,
	77	And swour that he suld de bot he
	78	Prufit on the sow sic sutelte
	79	The he to-fruschit hir ilk dele.
	80	And he, that has persavit wele
	81	That the ded was wele ner him till
	82	Bot gif he micht fulfill thar will,
	83	Thocht that he all his micht wald do.
	84	bendit in gret hy than was scho
	85	That till the sow was evin set.
	86	In hy he gert draw the cleket
	87	And smertly swappit out the stane,
	88	That evin out our the sow is gane,
	89	And behind hir ane litill we
	90	It fell, and than tha cryit he
	91	That war in hir, ‘Furth till the wall,
	92	For dredles it is ouris all.’
	93	The gynour than deliverly
	94	Gert bend the gyn in full gret hy
409	95	And tha stane smertly swappit out.
	96	It flaw out quhedirand with ane rout
	97	And fell richt evin befor the sow.
	98	Thar hartis yhan gegouth to grew,
	99	Bot yhet than with thar michtis all
	100	Tha pressit the sow toward the wall
	101	And has hir set thartill juncly.
	102	The gynour than gert bend in hy
	103	The gyn, and swappit out the stane,
	104	That evin toward the lift is gane,
	105	And with gret wecht syn duschit doun
	106	Richt by the wall in ane randoun,
	107	And hit the sow in sic maner
	108	That it that was the mast summer
	109	And starkast for to stint ane strak
	110	In sinder with that dusch he brak.
	111	The men ran out in full gret hy,
	112	And on the wallis tha can cry
	113	That thar sow ferryit was thar.
	114	Johne Crab, that had his ger all yhar,
	115	In his fagattis has set the fyr,
	116	And our the wall syn can tham wyr,
	117	And brint the sow to brandis bar.
	118	With this all fast assalyheand war
	119	The folk without with feloun ficht,
	120	And tha within with mekill micht
	121	Defendit manfully thar sted
	122	Intill gret aventur of ded.
	123	The schipmen with gret apparale
	124	Com with thar schippis till assale
410	125	With top-castellis warnist wele
	126	Of wicht men armit into stele,
	127	Thar batis up apon thar mast
	128	Drawin wele he and festnit fast,
	129	And pressit with that gret atour
	130	Toward the wall; bot the gynour
	131	Hit in the hespyn with ane stane,
	132	And the men that tharin war gane,
	133	Sum ded, sum dosnit, com doun wyndland.
	134	Fra thine furth durst nane tak on hand
	135	With schippis to pres tham till the wall;
	136	Bot the laf war assalyheand all
	137	On ilke sid sa egirly
	138	That certis it was gret ferly
	139	That tha folk sic defens has mad
	140	With the gret mischef that tha had,
	141	For thar wallis sa law than wer
	142	That a man richt wele with ane sper
	143	Micht strik ane othir up in the fas,
	144	As her befor tald till yhou was,
	145	And fele of tham war woundit sar,
	146	And the laf sa fast travalit war
	147	That nane had tym rest for to ta,
	148	Thar adversouris assalyheit sa.
	149	Tha war within sa stratly stad
	150	That thar wardane, that with him had
	151	Ane hundreth men in cumpany
	152	Armit that wicht war and hardy,
	153	And rad about for till se quhar
	154	That his folk hardast pressit war,
411	155	To relef tham that had mister,
	156	Com sindry tymis in plasis ser
	157	Quhar sum of the defendouris war
	158	All ded, and othir woundit sar,
	159	Sa that he of his cumpany
	160	Behufit till lef thar party,
	161	Sa that, be he ane cours had mad
	162	About, of all the men he had
	163	Thar was levit with him bot ane,
	164	That he ne had left tham evirilkane
	165	To relef quhar he saw mister.
	166	And the folk that assalyheand wer
	167	At Mary Yhat till-hewin had
	168	The barras, and ane fyr had mad
	169	At the draw-brig, and brint it doun,
	170	And war thringand in gret fusoun
	171	Richt till the yhat ane fyr to ma.
	172	Than tha within gert smertly ga
	173	Ane till the wardane for to say
	174	How tha war set in hard assay.
	175	And, quhen Schir Walter Steward herd
	176	How men sa stratly with tham ferd,
	177	He gert cum of the castell then
	178	All that war thar of armit men,
	179	For thar that day assalyheit nane,
	180	And with that rout in hy is gane
	181	To Mary Yhat, amd till the wall
	182	Is went, and saw the mischef all,
	183	And umbethocht him sudanly,
	184	Bot gif gret help war set in hy
412	185	Thartill, tha suld brin up the yhet,
	186	That fra the wall tha suld nocht let.
	187	Tharfor apon gret hardyment
	188	He sudanly set his entent,
	189	And gert all wid set up the yhat,
	190	And the fyr that he fand tharat
	191	With strinth of men he put away.
	192	He set him in full assay,
	193	For tha that war assalyheand thar
	194	Pressit on him with wapnis bar,
	195	And he defendit with his micht.
	196	Thar micht men se ane feloun ficht;
	197	With stabing, stoking, and striking
	198	Thar mad tha sturdy defending,
	199	For with gret strinth of men the yhat
	200	Tha defendit, and stud tharat
	201	Magre thar fais quhill the nicht
	202	Gert tham on bath halfis lef the ficht.





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412	1	Tha of the host, quhen nicht can fall,
	2	Fra the assalt withdrew tham all,
	3	Woundit and wery and forbeft
	4	With mate cher the assalt tha left,
	5	And till thar innis went in hy,
	6	And set thar wachis hastely.
413	7	The laf tham esit as tha micht best,
	8	For tha had gret mister of rest.
	9	That micht tha spak all comonly
	10	Of tham within, and had ferly
	11	That tha sa stout defens has mad
	12	Agane the gret assalt tha had.
	13	And tha within on othir party,
	14	Quhen tha thar fais sa halely
	15	Saw tham withdraw, tha war all blith,
	16	And thar wachis has ordanit swith,
	17	And syn ar till thar innis gane.
	18	Thar was bot few of tham was slane,
	19	Bot fele war woundit wikkitly;
	20	The laf our mesur war wery.
	21	It was ane hard assalt perfay,
	22	And certis I herd nevir say
	23	Quhar quhene men mar defens had mad
	24	That sa richt sar assalyheing had:
	25	And of a thing that thar befell
	26	I haf ferly that I of tell,
	27	That is, that intill all that day,
	28	Quhen all thar mast assalyheit tha,
	29	And the schot thikkast was withall,
	30	Wemen with child and childir small
	31	In armfullis gaderit up and bar
	32	To tham that on the wallis war
	33	Arowis, and nocht ane slane was thar
	34	Ne yhet woundit; and that was mar
	35	The mirakill of God almichty,
	36	And till nocht ellis it set can I.
414	37	On athir sid that nicht tha war
	38	All still, and on the morn but mar
	39	Thar com tithandis out of Ingland
	40	To tham of the host, that bar on hand
	41	How that by Borowbrig and Mytoun
	42	Thar men war slane and dungin doun,
	43	And that Scottismen throuout the land
	44	Rad yhet brinnand and distroyand.
	45	And, quhen the king has herd this tale,
	46	His consale he assemblit hale
	47	To se quhethir farar war him till
	48	To ly about the toun all still
	49	And assale quhill it wonnin war,
	50	Or than in Ingland for to far
	51	And reskew his land and his men.
	52	His consale fast discordit then,
	53	For southren men wald that he mad
	54	Arest thar quhill he wonnin had
	55	The toun and the castell alsua;
	56	Bot northir men wald nathing sa,
	57	That dred thar frednis for to tyn
	58	And mast part of thar gudis syn
	59	Throu Scottismenis cruelte;
	60	Tha wald he let the sege be
	61	And rad for till reskew his land.
	62	Of Longcastell, I tak on hand,
	63	The erl Thomas was ane of tha
	64	That consalit the king ham to ga,
	65	And, for that mar inclynit he
	66	To the folk of the south cuntre
415	67	Than till the northir menis will,
	68	He tuk it till sa mekill ill
	69	That he gert turs his ger in hy,
	70	And with his battale halely
	71	That of the host ner thrid part was
	72	Till Ingland ham his way he tais.
	73	But lef he ham has tane his gat;
	74	Tharfor fell eftir sic debat
	75	Betuix him and the king, that ay
	76	Lestit quhill Andro Hardclay
	77	That trhou the king was on him set
	78	Tuk him syn intill Pomfret,
	79	And on the hill besid the toun
	80	Strak of his ded but ransoun.
	81	Tharfor syn drawin and hangit was he
	82	And with him wele ane far menyhe.
	83	Men said syn eftir this Thomas
	84	That on this wis mad martyr was
	85	Was sanctit and gud mirakillis did,
	86	Bit invy syn gert tham be hid.
	87	Bot, quhethir he haly was or nane,
	88	At Pomfret thusgat was he slane.
	89	And syn the king of Ingland,
	90	Quhen that he saw him tak on hand
	91	To pas his way sa opinly,
	92	Him thocht it was perill to ly
	93	Thar with the laf of his menyhe,
	94	And his harnas tursit has he
	95	And till Ingland ham can far.
	96	The Scottismen that distroyand war
416	97	In Ingland herd sone tell tithing
	98	Of this gret sege the departing;
	99	Tharfor tha tuk westward the way,
	100	And by Carlelel ham went tha
	101	With prais and wioth presoneris
	102	And othir gudis on ser maneris.
	103	The lordis till the king ar gane,
	104	And the laf has thar wais tane
	105	Ilk man till his repar agane.
	106	The king, I wis, was wondir fane
	107	That tha war cumin hale and fer,
	108	And that tha sped on sic maner
	109	That tha thar fais discumfit had
	110	And but tynsale of men had mad
	111	Rescours to tham that in Berwik
	112	War assegit richt till thar dik.
	113	And, quhen the king had sperit tithand
	114	How tha had farin in Ingland,
	115	And tha had tald him all thar far,
	116	How Inglismen discumfit war,
	117	Richt blith intill his hart was he
	118	And mad tham fest with gamyn and gle.


CXXXII.	Pages 416-423, Section 132
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416	1	Berwik was on this maner
	2	Reskewit, and tha that tharin wer,
417	3	Throu manhed and subtilite.
	4	He was worthy ane prins to be
	5	That couth with wit sa he ane thing
	6	But tynsale bring to gud ending.
	7	To Berwik syn the way he tais,
	8	And, quhen he herd thar how it was
	9	Defendit sa richt apertly,
	10	He lowit tham that war thar gretly.
	11	Walter Stewardis gret bounte
	12	Atour the laf commendit he
	13	For the richt gret defens he mad
	14	At the yhat quhar that men brint had
	15	The brig, as yhe herd me devis:
	16	And certis he was wele to pris
	17	That sa stoutly with plane fichting
	18	At opin yhat mad defending.
	19	Micht he haf livit quhill he had bene
	20	Of perfit eld, withouten wene
	21	His renoun suld haf strekit fer;
	22	Bot ded, that wachis ay to mer
	23	With all hir micht wak and worthy,
	24	Had at his worschip sic invy
	25	That in the flour of his yhouthed
	26	Scho endit all his douchty ded,
	27	As I sall tell yhou forthirmar.
	28	Quhen the king had ane quhile bene thar
	29	He send for masonis fer and ner
	30	That sleast was of that mister,
	31	And gert wele ten fut he the wall
	32	About Berwikis toun our all,
418	33	And syn sone toward Lowdiane
	34	With his menyhe his gat has gane,
	35	And syn he gert ordane in hy
	36	Bath armit men and yhemanry
	37	Intill Irland in hy to far
	38	Till help his brothir that was thar.
	39	Bot he, that rest anoyit ay
	40	And wald in trvale be alway,
	41	A day forouth thar ariving
	42	That war send till him fra the king
	43	He tuk his way furthwardis to far
	44	Magre tham all that with him war,
	45	For he had nocht than in that land,
	46	Of all men I trow twa thousand,
	47	Outane the kingis of Erischry
	48	That in gret routis rad him by.
	49	Toward Dundalk he tuk the way;
	50	And, quhen Richard of Clar herd say
	51	That he com with ane few menyhe,
	52	All that he micht assemblit he
	53	Of all Irland of armit men,
	54	Sa that he had thar with him then
	55	Of trappit hors tuenty thousand
	56	But tha that war on fut gangand,
	57	And held furth northwardis on his way.
	58	And, quhen Schir Eduard has ehrd say
	59	That cumin ner till him was he,
	60	He send discurrouris him to se;
	61	The Soulis and the Steward war tha,
	62	And als Schir Philip the Mowbra.
419	63	And, quhen tha sene had thar cuming,
	64	Tha went agane to tell the king,
	65	And said tha war wele mony men.
	66	In hy Schir Eduard ansuerd then
	67	And said that he suld ficht that day
	68	Thouch triplit or quadruplit war tha.
	69	Schir Johne Steward said, ‘Sekirly
	70	I red nocht yhe ficht in sic hy;
	71	Men sais my brothir is cumand
	72	With fiften hundreth men nerhand,
	73	And, war tha knit with yhou, yhe micht
	74	The trastlyar abid to ficht.’
	75	Schir Eduard lukit richt angirly,
	76	And till the Soulis he said in hy,
	77	‘Quhat sais thou?’ ‘Schir,’ he said, ‘perfay
	78	As my falow has said I say.’
	79	And than to Schir Philip said he.
	80	‘Schir,’ said he, ‘sa our Lord me se,
	81	Methink it na foly to bid
	82	Yhour men that spedis tham to rid,
	83	For we are few, our fais ar fele.
	84	God may richt wele our werdis dele,
	85	Bot it war wondir that our micht
	86	Suld ourcum sa fele in ficht.’
	87	Than with gret ire, ‘Alas! said he,
	88	‘I wend nevir till her that of the.
	89	Now help quha will, for sekirly
	90	This day but mar bad ficht will I;
	91	Sall na man say, quhile I may dre,
	92	That strinth of men sall ger me fle;
420	93	God scheld that ony suld us blam
	94	That we defoul our nobill nam.’
	95	‘Now be it sagat than,’ quod tha,
	96	‘We sall tak that God will purvay’
	97	And, quhen the kingis of Erischry
	98	Herd say and wist all sekirly
	99	That thar king with sa quhene wald ficht
	100	Agane folk of sa mekill micht,
	101	Tha com till him in full gret hy
	102	And consalit him full tendirly
	103	For till abid his men, and tha
	104	Suld hald thar fais all that day
	105	Doand, and on the morn alsua,
	106	With thar saltis that tha suld ma.
	107	Bot thar micht na consale avale,
	108	He wald allgat haf the battale.
	109	And, quhen tha saw he was sa thra
	110	To ficht, tha said, ‘Yhe may wele ga
	111	To ficht with yhon gret cumpany,
	112	Bot we aquyt us utrely
	113	That nane of us will stand to ficht.
	114	Assuris nocht tharfor in our micht,
	115	For our maner is of this land
	116	To folow and ficht, and ficht fleand,
	117	And nocht to stand in plane melle
	118	Quhill the tapart discumfit be.’
	119	He said, ‘Sen that yhour custum is,
	120	I ask na mar at yhou bot this,
	121	That is, that yhe and yhour menyhe
	122	Wald all togidder arait be,
421	123	And stand on fer but departing,
	124	And se our ficht and our ending.’
	125	Tha said wele that tha suld do sa,
	126	And syn toward thar men can ga
	127	That war wele tuenty thousand ner.
	128	Eduard with tham that with him wer,
	129	That war nocht fully twa thousand,
	130	Arait tham stalwardly to stand
	131	Agane fourty thousand and ma.
	132	Schir Eduard that day wald nocht ta
	133	His cot armour, bot Gib Harper,
	134	That men held has withouten per
	135	Of his estat, had on that day
	136	All hale Schir Eduardis aray.
	137	The ficht abad tha on this wis;
	138	And in gret hy thar ennemis
	139	Com till assemmill all redy;
	140	And tha met tham richt hardely.
	141	Tha war sa few, for suth to say,
	142	That ruschit with thar fais war tha,
	143	And tha that mast pressit to stand
	144	War slane doun, and the remanand
	145	Fled till Erischry for succour.
	146	Schir Eduard that had sic valour
	147	Was ded, and Johne Steward alsua
	148	And John the Soulis als with tha,
	149	And othir als of thar cumpany.
	150	Tha vencust war sa sudanly
	151	That few intill the plas war slane,
	152	For the laf has thar wais tane
422	153	Till the Erisch kingis that was thar
	154	That in hale battale hufand war.
	155	Johne Thomassone that was ledar
	156	Of tham of Carrik that thar war,
	157	Quhen he saw the discumfiting,
	158	Withdrew him till ane Erisch king
	159	That of his aquentans had he,
	160	And he resavit him in lawte.
	161	And, quhen Johne cumin was till that king,
	162	He saw be led fra the fichting
	163	Schir Philip the Mowbra the wicht
	164	That had been dosnit in the ficht,
	165	And be the armis led was he
	166	With twa men apon the cause
	167	That was betuix tham and the toun
	168	And strekit lang in ane randoun.
	169	Toward the toun tha held thar way,
	170	And, quhen in mid cause war tha,
	171	Schir Philip of his desynes
	172	Ourcom, and persavit he wes
	173	Tane and sagat led with twa.
	174	The tane he swappit sone him fra,
	175	And syn the tothir in gret hy,
	176	Syn drew his suerd deliverly,
	177	And till the ficht the way he tais
	178	Endlang the cause that than was
	179	Fillit into gret fusoun
	180	Of men that than went till the toun;
	181	And he that met tham can tham ma
	182	Sic payment quhar he can ga
423	183	That wele ane hundreth men gert he
	184	Lef magre tharis the cause,
	185	As Johne Thomassone said suthly
	186	That saw his ded all halely.
	187	Toward the battale evin he yhed:
	188	Johne Thomassone, that tuk gud hed
	189	That tha war vencust all planly,
	190	Cryit on him in full gret hy,
	191	And said, ‘Cum her, for thar is nane
	192	On lif, for tha ar ded ilkane.’
	193	Than stud he still ane quhile, and saw
	194	That tha war all done out of daw,
	195	Syn went toward him sarraly.
	196	This Johne wrocht syn sa wittely
	197	That all that thiddir fled than wer,
	198	Thouch that tha lesit of thar ger,
	199	Com till Cragfergus hale and fer.
	200	And tha that at the fichting wer
	201	Socht Schir Eduard to get his hed
	202	Emang the folk that thar was ded,
	203	And fand Gib Harpar in his ger,
	204	And for sa gud his armis wer
	205	Tha strak his hed of, and syn it
	206	Tha haf gert salt intill ane kit,
	207	And send it syn intill Ingland
	208	To the king Eduard in presand.
	209	Tha wend Schir Eduardis it had bene,
	210	Bot for the arming that was schene
	211	Tha of the hed dissavit war,
	212	Althouch Schir Eduard deit thar.

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424	1	On this wis war tha nobill men
	2	For wilfulnes all lesit then;
	3	And that was sin and gret pite,
	4	For, had thar outrageous bounte
	5	Bene led with wit and with mesur,
	6	Bot gif the mar misaventur
	7	befell tham, it suld richt hard thing
	8	Be till led tham till outraying:
	9	Bot gret outrageous succudry
	10	Gert tham all der thar worschip by.
	11	And tha that fled fra the melle
	12	Sped tham in hy toward the se,
	13	And till Cragfergus cumin ar tha.
	14	And tha that war intill the way
	15	To Schir Eduard send fra the king,
	16	Quhen tha herd the discumfiting,
	17	To Cragfergus tha went agane;
	18	And that was nocht forouten pane,
	19	For tha war mony tymis that day
	20	Assalit with Erischery, bot tha
	21	Ay held togidder sarraly,
	22	Defendand tham sa wittely
	23	That tha eschapit oft throu micht
	24	And mony tymis als throu slicht,
	25	For of tharis to tham gaf tha
	26	To lat tham scathles pas thar way.
425	27	And till Cragfergus com tha sa
	28	That batis and schippis can tha ta,
	29	And salit till Scotland in hy,
	30	And thar arivit all safly.
	31	Quhen tha of Scotland had witting
	32	Of Schir Eduardis discumfiting,
	33	Tha menit him full tendirly
	34	Our all the land all comonly,
	35	And tha that with him slane war thar
	36	Full tendirly als menit tha war.

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425	1	Eduard the Brus, as I said er,
	2	Was discumfit on this maner;
	3	And, quhen the fled was clengit clene
	4	Sa that na resistens was sene,
	5	The wardane than Richard of Clar
	6	And all the folk that with him war
	7	Toward Dundalk has tane the way,
	8	Sa that richt na debat mad tha
	9	At that tym with the Erischry,
	10	Bot till the toun tha held in hy,
	11	And syn has send furth till the king
	12	That Ingland had in governing
	13	Gib Harparis hed intill ane kit.
	14	John Mawpas till the king had it,
426	15	Quhilk he resavit in gret dante.
	16	Richt blith of that presand was he,
	17	For he was glad that he was sa
	18	Deliverit of ane feloun fa.
	19	In hart tharof he tuk sic prid
	20	That he tuk purpos for to rid
	21	With ane gret host intill Scotland
	22	To revenge him with stalward hand
	23	Of tray, of travale, and of tene
	24	That done till him tharin had bene.
	25	And ane richt gret host gaderit he,
	26	And gert his schippis be the se
	27	Cum with gret fusoun of vittale,
	28	For at that tym he thocht all hale
	29	For till distroy sa clene Scotland
	30	That nane suld lef tharin lifand,
	31	And with his folk in gret aray
	32	Toward Scotland he tuk the way.
	33	And, quhen king Robert wist that he
	34	Com on him with sic ane menyhe,
	35	He gaderit men bath fer and ner
	36	Quhill sa fele till him cumin wer
	37	And war als for to cum him to
	38	That him thocht he richt wele suld do.
	39	He gert withdraw all the catale
	40	Of Lowdiane evirilk dele,
	41	And till strinthis gert tham be send,
	42	And ordanit men tham till defend,
	43	And with his host all still he lay
	44	At Culros, for he wald assay
427	45	To ger his fais throu fasting
	46	Be feblist and throu lang waking,
	47	And, fra he feblist had thar micht,
	48	Assemmill than with tham to ficht.
	49	He thocht to wirk apon this wis;
	50	And Inglismen with gret mastris
	51	Com with thar host in Lowdiane,
	52	And sone till Edinburgh ar gane,
	53	And thar abad tha dais thre.
	54	Thar schippis that war on the se
	55	Had the wind contrar till tham ay,
	56	Sa that apon na mener tha
	57	Had power till the Firth to bring
	58	Thar vittale till relef the king.
	59	And tha of the host that falit met,
	60	Quhen tha saw that tha micht nocht get
	61	Thar vittalis till tham be the se,
	62	Than send tha furth ane gret menyhe,
	63	For till foray all Lowdiane;
	64	Bot catell haf tha fundin nane
	65	Outane ane kow that was haltand
	66	That in Tranentis corn tha fand.
	67	Tha brocht hir till thar host agane;
	68	And, quhen the erl of Warane
	69	That kow saw anerly cum sa,
	70	He askit gif tha gat na ma,
	71	And tha haf said all till him ‘Nay.’
	72	Than, ‘Certis,’ said he, ‘I dar say
	73	This is the derast bef that I
	74	Saw evir yhet, for sekirly
428	75	It cost ane thousand pund and mar.’
	76	And, quhen the king and tha that war
	77	Of his consale saw tha micht get
	78	Na catell till thar host till et
	79	That than of fasting had gret pane,
	80	Till Ingland turnit tha agane.
	81	At melros schup tha for to ly,
	82	And send befor ane cumpany,
	83	Thre hundreth ner of armit men:
	84	Bopt the lord Douglas, that was then
	85	Besid intill the Forest ner,
	86	Wist of thar com and quhat tha wer,
	87	And with tham of his cumpany
	88	Intill Melros all prevely
	89	He hufit intill ane enbuschement,
	90	And ane richt sturdy frer he sent
	91	Without the yhat thar com to se,
	92	And bad him hald him all preve
	93	Quhill that he saw tham cumand all
	94	Richt till the cumyhe of the wall,
	95	And than cry he, ‘Douglas, Douglas!’
	96	The frer furth than his way he tais,
	97	That was derf, stout, and ek hardy;
	98	His mekill hud helit haly
	99	The arming that e on him had;
	100	Apon ane stalward hors he rad,
	101	And in his hand he had ane sper,
	102	And abad apon that maner
	103	Quhill that he saw tham cumand ner.
	104	And, quhen the formast passit wer
429	105	The cunyhe, he cryit, ‘Douglas, Douglas!’
	106	Than till tham all ane cours he mais,
	107	And bar ane doun deliverly.
	108	Than Douglas and his cumpany
	109	ischit apon tham with ane schout;
	110	And, quhen tha saw sa gret ane rout
	111	Cum apon tham sa sudanly,
	112	Tha war abasit gretumly
	113	And gaf the bak but mar abad.
	114	The Scottismen emang tham rad
	115	And slw all that tha micht ourta,
	116	Ane gret martyrdom thar can tha ma,
	117	And tha that eschapit unslane
	118	Ar till thar gret host went agane,
	119	And tald tham quhat kyn welcuming
	120	Douglas tham mad at thar meting
	121	Convoyand tham agane rudly,
	122	And warnit tham the plane herbry.

CXXXV.	Pages 429-433, Section 135
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429	1	The king of Ingland and his men,
	2	That saw thar herbryouris then
	3	Cum rebutit on that maner,
	4	Anoyit gretly in hart tha wer,
	5	And thocht that it war gret foly
	6	Intill the wod to tak herbry.
	7	Tharfor by Dryburgh in the plane
	8	Tha herbryit tham, and syn agane
	9	Ar went till Ingland ham thar way.
	10	And, quhen the king Robert herd say
	11	That tha war turnit ham agane,
	12	And how thar herbryouris war slane,
	13	In hy his host assemblit he,
	14	And went south our the Scottis Se,
	15	And till Ingland his way he tais.
	16	Quhen his host assemblit was,
	17	Auchty thousand he was and ma,
	18	And aucht battalis he mad of tha,
	19	In ilk battale was ten thousand .
	20	Syn went he furth ontill Ingland,
	21	And in hale rout folowit sa fast
	22	The Inglis king quhill at the last
	23	He com approchand till Biland,
	24	Quhar at that tym thar was lyand
	25	The king of Ingland with his men.
	26	King Robert that had witting then
	27	That he lay thar with mekill micht
	28	Tranontit sa on him a nicht
	29	That be the morn that it was day
	30	Cumin intill plane feld war tha
	31	Fra Biland bot ane litill spas.
	32	Bot betuix him and it thar was
	33	Ane craggy bra strekit wele lang,
	34	And ane gret peth up for to gang:
	35	Othirwais micht tha nocht away
	36	To pas to Bilandis abbay,
431	37	Bot gif tha passit fer about.
	38	And, quhen the mekill Inglis rout
	39	Herd that king Robert was sa ner,
	40	The mast part of tham that thar nwer
	41	Went till the peth and tuk the bra.
	42	Thar thocht tha thar defens to ma,
	43	Thar baneris thar tha gert display
	44	And thar battalis on brad aray,
	45	And thocht wele tilld efend the plas.
	46	Quhen king Robert persavit has
	47	That tha tham thocht thar till defend,
	48	Eftir his consale has he send
	49	And askit quhat was best to do.
	50	The lord Douglas ansuerd tharto
	51	And said, ‘Schir, I will undirta
	52	That in schort tym I will do sa
	53	That I sall win yhon plas planly,
	54	Or than ger all yhon cumpany
	55	Cum doun to yhou her in this plane.’
	56	The king than said till him agane,
	57	‘Do than,’ he said, ‘and God the sped.’
	58	Than he furth on his wais yhed,
	59	And of the host the mast hardy
	60	Put tham intill his cumpany
	61	And held thar way toward the plas.
	62	The gud earl of Murref Thomas
	63	Left his battale, and in gret hy
	64	Bot with few men in cumpany
	65	Com till the lordis rout of Douglas
	66	And, or he enterit in the plas,
432	67	Befor tham all the plas tuk he,
	68	For he wald that men suld him se.
	69	And , quhen Schir James of Douglas
	70	Saw that he sagat cumin was,
	71	He prisit him tharof gretly,
	72	And welcumit him full hamly,
	73	And syn the plas tha sammyn ta.
	74	Quhen Inglismen tham saw do sa,
	75	Tha lichtit and agane tham yhed.
	76	Twa knichtis that douchty war of ded,
	77	Thomas Arthy ane hat to nam,
	78	The tothir Schir Ralf of Cobham,
	79	Com doun befor all thar menyhe.
	80	Tha war bath of full gret bounte
	81	And met thar fais richt manlely,
	82	Bot tha war pressit gretumly.
	83	Thar micht men se men wele assale,
	84	And men defend with stout battale,
	85	And arowis fle in gret fusoun,
	86	And tha that owth war tummill doun
	87	Stanis apon tham fra the hicht.
	88	Bot tha that set bath will and micht
	89	To win the peth tham pressit sa
	90	That Schir Ralf of Cobham can ta
	91	The way up till hors in hy,
	92	And left Schir Thomas manfully
	93	defendand with gret micht the plas
	94	Quhill that he sa supprisit was
	95	That he was tane throu hard fichting.
	96	And tharfor syn quhill his ending
433	97	He was renounit for best of hand
	98	Of ane knicht was in all Ingland,
	99	For this ilk Schir Ralf of Cobham
	100	In all Ingland he had the nam
	101	For the best knicht of all that land,
	102	And, for Schir Thomas duelt fichtand
	103	Quhar Schir Ralf, as befor said we,
	104	Withdrew him, prisit our him was he.


CXXXVI.	Pages 433-436, Section 136

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433	1	Thus war tha fichtand in the plas;
	2	And, quhen the king Robert that was
	3	Wis in his ded and averty
	4	Saw his men ay sa douchtely
	5	The peth apon thar fais ta,
	6	And saw his fais defend tham sa,
	7	Than gert he all the Erischery
	8	That war intill his cumpany
	9	Of Argile and the Ilis alsua
	10	Sped tham in hy ontill the bra.
	11	He bad tham lef the peth haly,
	12	And clym up in the craggis by,
	13	And sped tham fast the hicht to ta;
	14	And tha in gret hy has done sa,
	15	And clam all gat up till the hicht,
	16	And left nocht for thar fais micht;
434	17	Magre thar fais tha bar tham sa
	18	That tha ar gottin abouin the bra.
	19	Than men micht se tham ficht felly
	20	And rusch thar fais sturdely,
	21	And tha that till the plas war gane
	22	Magre thar fais the hicht has tane,
	23	Than laid tha on with all thar micht.
	24	Thar micht men se men felly ficht.
	25	Thar was ane peralous bargane,
	26	For ane knicht hat Schir Johne Bretane
	27	That lichtit was abouin the bra
	28	With his men gret defens can ma,
	29	And Scottismen sa can saale
	30	And gaf tham sa feloun battale
	31	That tha war set in sic affray
	32	That tha that fle micht fled away.
	33	Schir Johne of Bretane thar was tane,
	34	And richt fele of his folk war slane.
	35	Of Frans thar tane was knichtis twa;
	36	The lord of Souly was ane of tha,
	37	The tothir was the marschall Vretane
	38	That was ane wele gret lord at ham.
	39	The laf sum ded war and sum tane,
	40	And the remanand fled ilkane.
	41	And, quhen the king of Ingland
	42	That yhet at Biland was lyand
	43	Saw his men discumfit planly,
	44	He tuuk his way in full gret hy
	45	And southwardis fled with all his micht.
	46	The Scottismen chasit him hard, I hicht,
435	47	And in the chas has mony tane.
	48	The king quytly away is gane
	49	And th mast part of his menyhe.
	50	Walter Steward, of gret bounte,
	51	Set ay apon he chevelry,
	52	With fif hundreth in cumpany
	53	To Yorkis yhatis chas can ma,
	54	And thar sum of thar men can sla,
	55	And abd thar quhill ner the nicht
	56	To see gif ony wald isch to ficht.
	57	And, quhen he saw nane wald cum out,
	58	He turnit agane with all his rout,
	59	And till the host is went in hy,
	60	That than tane had thar herbery
	61	Intill the abbay of Biland
	62	And Riveus that was by nerhand.
	63	Tha delt emang tham that war ther
	64	The king of Inglandis ger
	65	That he had levit intill Biland;
	66	All gert tha lep out our thar hand,
	67	And mad tham all glad and mery.
	68	And, quhen the king had tane herbry,
	69	Tha brocht till him the presoneris
	70	All unarmit as it efferis.
	71	And, quhen he saw Johne of Bretane,
	72	He had at him richt gret disdane,
	73	For he was wont to spek hely
	74	At ham and our dispitfully,
	75	And bad haf him away in hy
	76	And luk he kepit war stratly,
436	77	And said, ‘War it nocht that he war
	78	Sic ane catiff, he suld by sar
	79	His wordis that war sa angry.’
	80	And mekly he him cryit mersy.
	81	Tha led him furth forouten mar
	82	And kepit him wele ay quhill tha war
	83	Cumin ham till thar awn cuntre.
	84	Lang eftir syn ransounit was he
	85	For tuenty thousand pund to pay,
	86	As I haf herd mony men say.


CXXXVII.	Pages 436-438, Section 137
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436	1	Quhen that the king this spek had mad,
	2	The Franch knichtis men takin had
	3	War brocht richt thar befor ther king,
	4	And he mad tham far welcuming,
	5	And said, ‘I wat richt wele that yhe
	6	For yhour gret worschip and bounte
	7	Com for to se the fichting her,
	8	For, sen yhe in the cuntre wer,
	9	Yhour strinth, yhour worschip, and yhour micht
	10	Wald nocht thole yhou eschew the ficht,
	11	And, sen that caus yhou led thartill,
	12	And nouthir wreth na evill will,
	13	As frendis ye sall resavit be,
	14	Quhar welcum all tym her be yhe.’
437	15	Tha knelit and thankit him gretly,
	16	And he gert tret tham curtasly,
	17	And lang quhile with him tham had he,
	18	And did tham honour and bounte,
	19	And, quhen tha yharnit till thar land,
	20	To the king of Frans in presand
	21	He send tham quyt but ransoun fre,
	22	And gret giftis to tham gaf he.
	23	His frendis thusgat curtasly
	24	He couth resaf and hamely,
	25	And his fais stoutly stonay.
	26	At Biland all that nicht he lay,
	27	For thar victor all blith tha war,
	28	And on the morn forouten mar
	29	Tha haf furthwardis tane thar way.
	30	Sa fer at that tym travalit tha,
	31	Brinnand, slayand, and distroyand,
	32	Thar fais with thar micht noyand,
	33	Quhill till the Wald cumin war tha.
	34	Syn northwardis tuk tha ham thar way,
	35	And distroyit in thar repar
	36	The vale haly of Beauvar,
	37	And syn with presoneris and catell,
	38	Riches and mony far jowell,
	39	To Scotland tuk tha ham thar way
	40	Blith and glad, joyfull and gay;
	41	And ilk man went to thar repar,
	42	And lowit God tham fell sa far
	43	That tha the king of Ingland
	44	Throu worschip and throu strinth of hand
438	45	And throu thar lordis gret bounte
	46	Discumfit in his awn cuntre.

CXXXVIII.	Pages 438-442, Section 138
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438	1	Thus wa the land ane quhile in pes;
	2	Bot covatis, that can nocht ces
	3	To set men apon felony
	4	To ger tham cum to senyhory,
	5	Gert lordis of full gret renoun
	6	Mak ane fell conjuracioun
	7	Agane Robert the douchty king.
	8	Tha thocht to bring him till ending,
	9	And for to bruk eftir his ded
	10	the kinrik and ring in his sted.
	11	The lord of Soulis Schir Wilyham
	12	Of that purchas had mast defam,
	13	For pincipall tharof was he.
	14	Bath of assent and cruelte
	15	he had gert be with him sindry;
	16	Gilbert Maleherbe, Johne of Logy,
	17	Thir war knichtis that I tell her,
	18	And Richard Broun als ane squyer.
	19	And gud Schir David the Brechyn
	20	Was of this ded arettit syn,
	21	As I sall tell yhou forthirmar.
	22	Bot tha ilkane discoverit war
439	23	Throu ane lady, as I herd say,
	24	Or till thar purpos cum micht tha,
	25	For scho tald haly till the king
	26	Thar purpos and thar ordaning,
	27	And how that he suld haf bene ded,
	28	And soulis ring intill his sted,
	29	And tald him verray takinning
	30	That this purchas was uthfast thing.
	31	And, quhen the king wist it was sa,
	32	Sa sutell purchas can he ma
	33	That he gert tak tham evirilkane.
	34	And, quhar the lord Soulis was tane,
	35	Thre hundreth and sexty had he
	36	Of squyaris cled in his livere
	37	At that tym in his cumpany,
	38	Outane knichtis that war joly.
	39	Intill Berwik takin takin was he.
	40	Than micht men all his menyhe se
	41	Sary and wa, for, suth to say,
	42	The king let tham all pas thar way,
	43	And held tham that he takin had.
	44	The lord Soulis sone eftir mad
	45	Playn granting of all that purchas.
	46	Ane parliament tharfor set thar was,
	47	And thiddir brocht thir menyhe war.
	48	The lord the Soulis hs grantit thar
	49	The ded intill playn parliament;
	50	Tharfor sone eftir was he sent
	51	Till his penans to Dunbbertane,
	52	And deit in that tour of stane.
440	53	Schir Gilbert Maleherbe and Logy
	54	And Richard Broun, thir thre planly
	55	War with ane assis than ourtane;
	56	Tharfor tha drawin war ilkane
	57	And han git and hedit als tharto.
	58	As men had demit tham to do.
	59	And gud Schir David the Brechyn
	60	Tha gert chalans richt stratly syn;
	61	And he grantit that of that thing
	62	Was mad till him discovering,
	63	Bot he thartill gaf na consent.
	64	And, for he helit thar entent
	65	And discoverit nocht till the king
	66	That he held of all his halding
	67	And had mad till him his fwte,
	68	Jugit till hang and draw was he.
	69	And, as tha drew him for till hing,
	70	The pepill ferly fast can tha thring
	71	Him and his mischef for to se,
	72	That till behald was gret pite.
	73	Schir Ingeram Umphravill, that than
	74	Was with the king as Scottisman,
	75	Quhen he that gret mischef can se,
	76	‘Lordingis,’ he said, ‘quhartill pres yhe
	77	To se at mischef sic ane knicht,
	78	That was sa worthy and sa wicht
	79	That I haf sene ma pres to se
	80	Him for his richt soverane bounte
	81	That now dois for to se him her?’
	82	And, quhen thir wordis spokin wer,
441	83	With sary cher he held him still
	84	Quhill men had done of him thar will,
	85	And syn with the lef of the king
	86	He brocht him menskfully till erding,
	87	And syn to the king thus said he,
	88	‘A thing I pray yhou grant to me,
	89	That is, that yhe of all my land
	90	That into Scotland is lyand
	91	Wald gif me lef to do my will.’
	92	The king than sone has said him till,
	93	‘I will wele grant that it sa be,
	94	Bot tell me quhat anoyis the.’
	95	He said againe, ‘Grant me mersy,
	96	And I sall tell yhou it planly.
	97	Myn hart gifis me na mar to be
	98	With yhou duelland in this cuntre;
	99	Tharfor, bot that it nocht yhou gref,
	100	I pray yhou hartly of yhour lef,
	101	For, quhar sa richt worthy ane knicht
	102	And sa chevelrous and sa wicht
	103	And sa renounit of worschip syn
	104	As gud Schir David the Brechyn,
	105	And sa fulfillit of all manhed,
	106	Was put to sa feloun ane ded,
	107	Myn hart forsuth may nocht gif me
	108	To duell for nathing that may be.’
	109	The king said, ‘Sen that thou will sa,
	110	Quhenevir the likis thou may ga,
	111	And thou sall haf gud lef tharto
	112	Thy liking of thy land to do.’
442	113	And he him thankit gretumly,
	114	And of his land in full gret hy
	115	As him thocht best disponit he,
	116	Syn at the king of gret bounte
	117	Befor all tham that with him war
	118	He tuk his lef for evirmar,
	119	And went in Ingland till the king,
	120	That mad him richt far welcuming,
	121	And askit him of the north tithing.
	122	And he him tald all but lesing
	123	How tha knichtis distroyit war,
	124	And all as I tald till yhou ar,
	125	And of the kingis curtasy
	126	That levit him debonarly
	127	To do of his land his liking.
	128	In that tym was send fra the king 
	129	Of Scotland messingeris to tret
	130	Of pes, gif that tha micht it get,
	131	As tha oftsis befor war send
	132	Quhar that tha couth nocht bring till end;
	133	For the gud king had in entent,
	134	Sen God sa far gras till him sent
	135	That he had wonnin all his land
	136	Throu strinth of armis till his hand,
	137	That he pes in his tym wald ma
	138	And all the landis stabill sa
	139	That his ar eftir him suld be
	140	In pes gif men held thar lawte.


CXXXIX.	Pages 443-445, Section 139
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443	1	In this tym now that Umphravile,
	2	As I bar yhou on hand er quhile,
	3	Com till the king of Ingland,
	4	The Scottis messingeris thar he fand
	5	Of pes and rest till haf tretis.
	6	The king wist Schir Ingeram was wis
	7	And askit his consale tharto
	8	Quhat he wald red him for to do,
	9	For him he said thocht hard to ma
	10	Pes with king Robert Brus his fa
	11	Quhill that he of him vengit war.
	12	Schir Ingeram till him mad ansuar,
	13	And said, ‘He delt sa curtasly
	14	With me that on na wis suld I
	15	Gif consale till his merring.’
	16	‘The behufis nedwais,’ said the king,
	17	‘To this thing her say thyn avis.’
	18	‘Schir,’ said he, ‘sen yhour willis is
	19	That I say, wit yhe sekirly
	20	For all yhour gret chevelry
	21	To dele with him yhe haf na micht.
	22	His men ar worthin all sa wicht
	23	For lang usage of gret fichting,
	24	That has bene nurist in sic thing
	25	That ilk yheman is sa wicht
	26	Of his that he is worth ane knicht.
444	27	Bot, and yhe think yhour wer to bring
	28	To yhour purpos and gud liking,
	29	Lang trewis with him tak sall yhe,
	30	Than sall the mast of his menyhe,
	31	That ar bot simpill yhemanry,
	32	Be distrenyheit all comonly
	33	To win thar met with thar travale,
	34	And sum of tham nedis but fale
	35	With pleuch and harow for to get
	36	And othir ser craftis thar met,
	37	Sa that thar arming sall worth ald,
	38	And sall be rottin, distroyit, or sald,
	39	And fele that now of wer ar sle
	40	Intill the lang trewis sall de,
	41	And othir in thar sted sall ris
	42	That sall cun litill of sic mastris,
	43	And, quhen tha thus disusit er,
	44	Than may yhe move on tham yhour wer,
	45	And sall richt wele, as I suppos,
	46	Bring yhour entent to gud purpos.’
	47	To this assentit tha ilkane,
	48	And eftir sone war trewis tane
	49	Betuix the twa kingis, that wer
	50	Talyheit to lest for thretten yher,
	51	And on the Marchis gert tham cry.
	52	The Scottismen kepit tham lely,
	53	Bot Inglismen apon the se
	54	Distroyit throu gret iniquite
	55	Marchand schippis that saland war
	56	Fra Scotland till Flandris with war,
445	57	And distroyit the men ilkane,
	58	And till thar us thar gud has tane.
	59	The king send oft till ask redres,
	60	Bot nocht tharof redres thar wes,
	61	And he abad all tym askand;
	62	The trewis on his half gert he stand
	63	Apon the Marchis stabilly,
	64	And gert men kep tham lelely.

CXL.	Pages 445-446, Section 140
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445	1	In this tym that the trwis war
	2	Lestand on Marchis, as I said ar,
	3	Walter Steward that worthy was
	4	At Bathket ane gret seknes tais.
	5	His evill it wox ay mar and mar
	6	Quhill men persavit be his far
	7	That him worthit ned pay the det
	8	That na man for to pay may let.
	9	Schrevin and als repentand wele,
	10	Quhen all was done till him ilkdele
	11	That nedit Cristin man till haf,
	12	As gud Cristin the gast he gaf.
	13	Than micht men her folk gret and cry,
	14	And mony ane knicht and ek lady
	15	Mak in apert richt evill cher,
	16	Sa did tha all that evir thar wer;
446	17	All men him menit comonly,
	18	For of his eld he was worthy.
	19	Quhen tha lang tym thar dule had mad,
	20	The cors to Paslay haf tha had,
	21	And thar with gret solemnite
	22	And with gret dule erdit was he.
	23	God for his micht his saul he bring
	24	Quhar joy ay lestis but ending.

CXLI.	Pages 438-452, Section 141
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446	1	Eftir his ded, as I said ar,
	2	The trewis that sa takin war
	3	For till haf lestit thretten yher,
	4	Quhen twa yher of tham passit wer
	5	And ane half as I trow alsua,
	6	King Robert saw men wald nocht ma
	7	Redres of schippis that war tane
	8	And of the men als that war slane,
	9	Bot continuit thar mavite
	10	Quhenevir tha met tham on the se.
	11	He send and aquyt him planly
	12	And gaf the trewis up opinly,
	13	And in vengeans of this trespas
	14	The gud erl of Murref Thomas,
	15	And Donald erl of Mar alsua,
	16	And James of Douglas with tha twa,
447	17	And James Steward that ledar wes
	18	Eftir his gud brothiris disces
	19	Of all his brothiris men in wer,
	20	He gert apon thar best maner
	21	With mony men boun tham to ga.
	22	In Ingland for to brin and sla.
	23	And tha held furth sone till Ingland,
	24	Tha war of gud men ten thousand,
	25	That brint and slew intill thar way,
	26	Thar fais fast distroyit tha,
	27	And sagat furthward can tha far
	28	To Werdale quhill tha cumin war.
	29	That tym Eduard of Carnavirnane
	30	The king was ded and laid in stane,
	31	And Eduard his sone that was yhing
	32	In Ingland crounit was for king
	33	And surnam had of Wyndissor.
	34	He had in Frans bene of befor
	35	With his modir dam Isabell,
	36	And was weddit, as I herd tell,
	37	With ane yhoung lady far of fas
	38	That the erlis dochtir was
	39	Of Hennaut, and of that cuntre
	40	Brocht with him men of gret bounte;
	41	Schir Johne of Hennaut was thar leder,
	42	That was richt wis and wicht in wer.
	43	And that tym that Scottismen war
	44	At Werdale, as I said yhou ar,
	45	Intill York was the new mad king,
	46	And herd tell of the distroying
448	47	That Scottismen mad in his cuntre.
	48	Ane gret host till him gaderit he,
	49	He was wele ner fifty thousand,
	50	Than held he northwardis in the land
	51	In hale battale with that menyhe;
	52	Auchten yher ald that tym was he.
	53	The Scottismen a day Cokdale
	54	Fra end till end had heryit hale,
	55	And till Werdale agane tha rad.
	56	Thar discurrouris, that sicht has had
	57	Of cuming of the Inglismen,
	58	To thar lordis tha tald it then.
	59	Than the lord Douglas in ane ling
	60	Rad furth for till se thar cuming,
	61	And saw that sevin battalis war tha
	62	That com ridand in gud aray.
	63	Quhen he that folk behaldin had,
	64	Toward his host agane he rad.
	65	The erl sperit gif he had sene
	66	The Inglis host. ‘Yha, Schir, but wene.’
	67	‘Quhat folk ar tha?’ ‘Schir, mony men.’
	68	The erl his ath has sworn then,
	69	‘We sall ficht with tham, thouch tha war
	70	Yhet ma eftsonis then tha ar.’
	71	‘Schir, lowit be God,’ he said agane,
	72	‘That we haf sic ane capitane
	73	That sa gret thing dar undirta.
	74	Bot be Sanct Bryd it beis nocht sa
	75	Gif my consale may trowit be,
	76	For ficht on na maner sall we
449	77	Bot be it at our avantage,
	78	For methink it war na outrage
	79	To fewar folk aganis ma
	80	Avantage quhen tha may to ta.’
	81	As tha war on this wis spekand,
	82	Our ane he rig tha saw ridand
	83	Toward tham evin ane battale brad,
	84	Baneris displait enew tha had,
	85	And ane othir com eftir ner,
	86	And richt apon the samin maner
	87	Tha com quhill sevin battalis brad
	88	Out our that he rig passit had.
	89	The Scottismen war than lyand
	90	On north half Wer toward Scotland.
	91	The dale was strekit wele I hicht,
	92	On athir sid thar was ane hicht
	93	And till the watir doun sumdele stay.
	94	The Scottismen in gud aray,
	95	On thar best wis buskit ilkane,
	96	Stud in the strinth that tha had tane,
	97	And that was fra the watir of Wer
	98	Ane quartir of ane mile wele ner.
	99	Tha stud thar battale till abid;
	100	And Inglismen on othir sid
	101	Com ridand dounward quhill tha wer
	102	To Weris watir cumin als ner
	103	As on othir haf thar fais war.
	104	Than haf tha mad arest richt thar,
	105	And send out archaris ane thousand
	106	With hudis of and bowis in hand,
450	107	And gert tham drink wele of the wyn,
	108	And bad tham gang to bikkir syn
	109	The Scottis host in abandoun,
	110	And luk gif tha micht ding tham doun,
	111	For, micht tha ger tham brek aray,
	112	To haf tham at thar will thocht tha.
	113	Armit men doun with tham tha send
	114	Tham at the watir till defend.
	115	The lord Douglas has sene thar far,
	116	And men that richt wele horsit war
	117	And armit, ane gret cumpany,
	118	Behind the battalis prevely
	119	He gert huf till bid thar cuming,
	120	And, quhen he mad to tham takning,
	121	Tha suld cum prikand fast and sla
	122	With speris all that tha micht ourta.
	123	Donald of Mar thar chiftane was,
	124	And Archebald with him of Douglas.
	125	The lord Douglas toward tham rad,
	126	Ane goun on his arming he had,
	127	And traversit alwais up agane
	128	Tham ner his battalis for to trane;
	129	And tha, that drunkin had of the wyn,
	130	Com ay up endlang in ane lyn
	131	Quhill tha the battale com sa ner
	132	That arowis fell emang tham ser.
	133	Robirt of Ogill ane gud squyer
	134	Com prikand than on ane courser,
	135	And on the archaris cryit agane,
	136	‘Yhe wat nocht quha mais yhou that trane;
451	137	That is the lord Douglas, that will
	138	Sum of his plais ken yhou till.’
	139	And, quhen tha herd spek of Douglas,
	140	The hardyast affrait was
	141	And agane turnit halely.
	142	His takin mad he than in hy,
	143	And the folk that enbuschit war
	144	Sa stoutly prikit on tham thar
	145	That wele thre hundreth haf tha slane,
	146	And till the watir ham agane
	147	The remanand all can tha chas.
	148	Schir Wilyham of Erskyn, that was
	149	Newlingis makin knicht that day,
	150	Wele horsit into gud aray,
	151	Chasit with othir that war thar
	152	Sa fer furth that his hors him bar
	153	Emang the lump of Inglismen,
	154	And with strang hand he tane was then.
	155	Bot of him wele sone change was mad
	156	For othir that men takin had.
	157	Fra thir Inglis archaris war slane
	158	Tha folk rad till thar host agane,
	159	And richt sa did the lord Douglas.
	160	And, quhen that he reparit was,
	161	Tha micht emang thar fais se
	162	The palyheounis sone stentit be.
	163	Than tha presavit sone in hy
	164	That tha that nicht wald tak herbry
	165	And schap to do na mar that day;
	166	Tharfor alsua tham herbryit tha
452	167	And stentit palyheounis in hy;
	168	Tentis and lugis als tharby
	169	Tha gert mak and set all on raw.
	170	Twa novelryis that day tha saw
	171	That forouth in scotland had bene nane.
	172	Tymbris for helmis was the tane,
	173	That tham thocht than of gret beaute
	174	And alsua wondir for to se;
	175	The tothir crakis war of wer
	176	That tha befor herd nevir er;
	177	Of thir twa thingis tha had ferly.
	178	That nicht tha wachit stalwardly;
	179	The mast part of tham armit lay
	180	Quhill on the morn that it was day.

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452	1	The Inglismen tham umbethocht
	2	Apon quhat maner that tha mocht
	3	Ger Scottis lef thar avantage,
	4	For tham thocht foly and outrage
	5	To gang up till tham till assale
	6	Tham at thar strinth in plane battale.
	7	Tharfor of gud men ane thousand
	8	Armit on hors bath fut and hand
	9	Tha send behind thar fais to be
	10	Enbuschit intill ane vale,
453	11	And schup thar battalis as tha wald
	12	Apon tham till the fichting hald,
	13	For tham thocht Scottismen sic will
	14	Had that tha micht nocht hald tham still,
	15	For tha knew tham of sic curage
	16	That tha trowit strinth and avantage
	17	Tha suld lef and met tham planly;
	18	Than suld thar buschement hastely
	19	Behind brek on tham at thar bak,
	20	Sa thocht tha wele tha suld tham mak
	21	For till repent tham of thar play.
	22	Thar enbuschement furth send haf tha
	23	That tham enbuschit prevely,
	24	And on the morn sumdele arly
	25	Intill the host syn trumpit tha
	26	And gert thar battalis brad aray,
	27	And all arait for to ficht
	28	Tha held toward the watir richt.
	29	Scottismen, that saw tham do sa,
	30	Boun on thar best wis can tham ma,
	31	And in battale planly arait,
	32	With banneris till the wind displait,
	33	Tha left thar strinth and all planly
	34	Com doun to met tham hardely
	35	In als gud maner as tha mocht,
	36	Richt as thar fais befor had thocht.
	37	Bot the lord Douglas, that ay quhar
	38	Set out wachis her and thar,
	39	Gat wit of thar enbuschement.
	40	Than intill gret hy is he went
454	41	Befor the battalis, and stoutly
	42	He bad ilk man turn him in hy
	43	Richt as he stud, and turnit sa
	44	Up till thar strinth he bad tham ga
	45	Sa that na let tharin be mad.
	46	And tha did as he biddin had
	47	Quhill till thar strinth tha com agane,
	48	Than turnit tha tham with mekill mane,
	49	And stud redy to gif battale,
	50	Gif thar fais wald tham assale.
	51	Quhen Inglismen has sene tham sa
	52	Toward thar strinth agane up ga,
	53	Tha cryit he, ‘Tha fle thar way.’
	54	Schir Johne of Hennaut said, ‘Perfay
	55	Yhon fleing is richt degyse.
	56	Thar armit men behind I se
	57	And thar baneris, sa that tha thar
	58	Bot turn tham as tha standand ar
	59	And be arait for the ficht,
	60	Gif ony pressit tham with micht.
	61	Tha haf sene our enbuschement
	62	And agane till thar strinth ar went.
	63	Yhon folk ar governit wittely,
	64	And he that ledis tham war worthy
	65	For avis, worschip, and wisdom,
	66	To govern the empyr of Rome.’
	67	Thus spak that worthy knicht that day,
	68	And the enbuschement, fra that tha
	69	Saw that tha sa discoverit war,
	70	Toward thar host agane tha far.
455	71	And the battale of Inglismen,
	72	Quhen tha saw tha had falit then
	73	Of thar purpos, to thar herbry
	74	Tha went and lugit tham in hy.
	75	On othir half richt sa did tha,
	76	Tha mad na mar debat that day.

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455	1	Quhen tha the day ourdrifin had,
	2	Fyris in gret fusoun tha mad
	3	Als sone as the nicht fallin was.
	4	And than the gud lord of Douglas,
	5	That spyit had ane plas tharby
	6	Twa mile fra thine, quhar mast trastly
	7	The Scottis host micht herbry ta
	8	And defend tham bettir alsua
	9	Than ellis in ony plas tharby;
	10	It was ane park all halely
	11	Was enveronit about with wall,
	12	It was ner full of treis all,
	13	Bot ane gret plane intill it was;
	14	Thiddir thocht the lord of Douglas
	15	Be nichtirdale thar host to bring.
	16	Tharfor forouten mar duelling
	17	Tha bet thar fyris and mad tham mar,
	18	And syn all sammyn furth tha far,
456	19	And till the park without tynsele
	20	Tha com, and herbryit tham wele
	21	Apon the watir and als ner
	22	Till it as tha beforouth wer.
	23	And on the morn, quhen it was day,
	24	The Inglis host missit away
	25	The Scottismen, and had ferly,
	26	And gert discurrouris hastely
	27	Prik to se quhar tha war away,
	28	And be thar fyris persavit tha
	29	That tha in the park of Werdale
	30	Had gert herbry thar host all hale.
	31	Tharfor thar host but mar abad
	32	Buskit and evin anent tham rad,
	33	And on othir half the watir of Wer
	34	Gert stent thar palyheounis als ner
	35	As thar befor stentit war tha.
	36	Aucht dais on bath halfis sa tha lay
	37	That Inglismen durst nocht assale
	38	The Scottismen with plane battale
	39	For strinth of erd that tha had ther.
	40	Thar was ilk day justing of wer,
	41	And scrymming mad full apertly,
	42	And men tane on athir party,
	43	And tha that tane war on a day,
	44	On ane othir changit war tha;
	45	Bot othir dedis nane war done
	46	That gretly is apon to mone,
	47	Quhill it fell on the nynt day
	48	The lord Douglas has spyit ane way
457	49	How that he micht about tham rid
	50	And cum apon the ferrast sid.
	51	And at evin him purvait he
	52	And tuk with him ane gud menyhe,
	53	Fif hundreth on hors was richt hardy,
	54	And in the nicht all prevely
	55	Forout noys sa fer he rad
	56	Quhill that he ner enveronit had
	57	Thar host, and on the ferrar sid
	58	Toward tham slely can he rid.
	59	And half the men that with him war
	60	He gert in hand haf suerdis bar,
	61	And bad tham hew rapis in twa
	62	That tha the palyheounis micht ma
	63	To fall on tham that in tham war;
	64	Than suld the laf that folowit thar
	65	Stab doun with speris sturdely,
	66	And, quhen tha herd his horn, in hy
	67	To the watir hald doun the way.
	68	Quhen this was said that I her say,
	69	Toward thar fais fast tha rad
	70	That on that sid na wachis had.
	71	And, as tha ner war approchand,
	72	Ane Inglisman that lay bekand
	73	Him by ane fyr said till his fer,
	74	‘I wat nocht quhat may tid us her,
	75	Bot ane richt gret grewing me tais,
	76	I dred sar for the blak Douglas.’
	77	And he, that herd him, said, ‘Perfay
	78	Thou sall haf caus, gif that I may.’
458	79	With that with all his cumpany
	80	He ruschit on tham hardely,
	81	And proud palyheounis doun he bar,
	82	And with speris that scharply schar
	83	Tha stekit men dispitwisly.
	84	The noys wele sone ras and the cry.
	85	Tha stabit, stekit, and tha slew,
	86	And mony palyheounis doun tha drew,
	87	Ane feloun slauchtir mad tha thar,
	88	For tha that lyand nakit war
	89	Had na power defens to ma,
	90	And that but pite can tham sla;
	91	Tha gert tham wit that gret foly
	92	Was ner thar fais for to ly
	93	Bot gif tha trastly wachit war.
	94	The Scottismen war slayand thar
	95	Thar fais on this wis, quhill the cry
	96	Ras throu the gret host comonly
	97	That lord and othir war on ster.
	98	And, quhen the Douglas wist tha wer
	99	Armand tham all comonly,
	100	He blew his horn for till rely
	101	His men, and bad tham hald thar way
	102	Toward the watir, and sa did tha,
	103	And he abad henmast to se
	104	That nane of his suld levit be.
	105	And, as he sa abad hufand,
	106	Sa com ane with ane club in hand,
	107	And sa gret routis till him raucht
	108	That, had nocht bene his mekill maucht
459	109	And his richt soverane gret manhed,
	110	Intill that plas he had bene ded.
	111	Bot he, that na tym was affrait,
	112	Thouch he wele oft was hard assait,
	113	Throu mekill strinth and gret manhed
	114	Has brocht the tothir till the ded.
	115	His men, that till the watir doun
	116	War ridin intill ane randoun,
	111	Missit thar lord quhen tha com thar.
	118	Than war tha dredand for him sar,
	119	Ilkane at othir sperit tithing,
	120	Bot yhet of him tha herd nathing.
	121	Than can tha consale sammyn ta
	122	That tha to sek him up wald ga,
	123	And, as tha war in sic affray,
	124	Ane tutling of his horn herd tha,
	125	And tha, that was it knawin swith,
	126	War of his cuming wondir blith,
	127	And sperit at him of his abad;
	128	And he tald how ane carl him mad
	129	With his club sic ane feloun pay,
	130	That met him stoutly in the way,
	131	That, had nocht ure helpit the mar,
	132	He had bene in gret perill thar.
	133	Thusgat spekand tha held thar way
	134	Quhill till thar host cumin ar tha
	135	That on fut armit tham abad
	136	For till help gif tha mister had.
	137	And, als sone as the lord Douglas
	138	Met with the erl of Murref was,
460	139	The erl sperit at him tithing
	140	How he had farn in his outing.
	141	‘Schir,’ said he, ‘we haf drawin blud.’
	142	The erl that was of mekill mud
	143	Said, ‘And we had all thiddir gane,
	144	We had discumfit tham ilkane.’
	145	‘It micht haf fallin wele,’ said he,
	146	‘Bot sekirly enew war we
	147	To put us in yhon aventur,
	148	For, had tha mad discumfitur
	149	On us that yhondir passit wer,
	150	It suld all stonay that ar her.’
	151	The erl said, ‘Sen that it sa is
	152	That we may nocht with juperdyis
	153	Our feloun fais fors assale,
	154	We sall it do in plane battale.’
	155	Lord Douglas said than, ‘Be Sanct Bryd
	156	It war gret foly at this tid
	157	Till us with sic ane host to ficht
	158	That ilke day growis of micht
	159	And vittale has tharwith plente,
	160	And in thar cuntre her ar we
	161	Quhar thar may cum us na succouris,
	162	Hard is to mak us her rescours,
	163	Na we may foray till get met,
	164	Sic as we haf her mon we et.
	165	Do we with our fais tharfor
	166	That ar her lyand us befor
	167	As I herd tell this othir yher
	168	That ane fox did with ane fischer.’
461	169	‘How did the fox?’ the erl can say.
	170	He said, ‘Ane fischar quhilom lay
	171	Besid ane river for to get
	172	His nettis that he thar had set.
	173	Ane litill luge thar had he mad,
	174	And tharwithin ane bed he had
	175	And ek ane litill fyr alsua.
	176	Ane dur thar was withouten ma.
	177	A nicht his nettis for to se
	178	He ras, and thar wele lang duelt he,
	179	And, quhen that he had done his ded,
	180	Toward his luge agane he yhed,
	181	And with licht of the litill fyr
	182	That in the luge was brinnand schyr
	183	Intill the luge ane fox he saw
	184	That fast can on ane salmond gnaw.
	185	Than till the dur he went in hy,
	186	And drew ane suerd deliverly,
	187	And said, refar, thou mon her out.
	188	The fox that was in full gret dout
	189	Lukit about sum hole to se,
	190	Bot nane isch that persave couth he
	191	Bot quhar the man stud sturdely.
	192	Ane lauchtane mantill than him by
	193	Lyand apon the bed he saw,
	194	And with his teth he can it draw
	195	Atour the fyr; and, quhen the man
	196	Saw his mantill ly brinnand than,
	197	To red it ran he hastely.
	198	The fox gat out than in gret hy
462	199	And held his way his warand till.
	200	The man let him begilit ill
	201	That he his salmond sa had tynt,
	202	And alsua had his mantill brint,
	203	And the fox scathles gat away.
	204	This ensampill I may wele say
	205	Be yhon folk and us that ar her;
	206	We ar the fox, and tha the fischer
	207	That stekis forouth us the way;
	208	Tha wene we may nocht get away
	209	Bot richt quhar tha ly. Bot, perde,
	210	All as tha think it sall nocht be,
	211	For I haf gert spy us ane gat,
	212	Suppos that it be sumdele wat,
	213	A page of ouris we sall nocht tyn.
	214	Our fais for this small tranontyn
	215	Wenis wele we sall prid us sa
	216	That we planly on hand sall ta
	217	To gif tham opinly battale;
	218	Bot at this tym thar thocht sall fale,
	219	For we tomorn her all the day
	220	Sall mak als mery as we may,
	221	And mak us boun agane the nicht,
	222	And than ger mak our fyris bricht,
	223	And blaw our hornis and mak far
	224	As all the warld our awn it war,
	225	Quhill that the nicht wele fallin be;
	226	And than with all our harnas we
	227	Sall tak our way hamward in hy;
	228	And we sall gyit be richt grathly
463	229	Quhill we be out of thar danger
	230	That lyis now enclosit her;
	231	Than sall we all be at our will,
	232	And tha sall let tham trumpit ill
	233	Fra tha wit wele we be away.’
	234	To this haly assentit tha, 
	235	And mad tham gud cher all that nicht
	236	Quhill on the morn that day was licht.



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463	1	Apon the morn all prevely
	2	Tha turst harnas and mad redy,
	3	Sa that or evin all boun war tha.
	4	Thar fais that agane tham lay
	5	Gert haf thar men that thar was ded
	6	In cartis till ane haly sted.
	7	All that day caryand tha war
	8	With cartis men that slane war thar.
	9	That tha war fele men micht wele se
	10	That in carying sa lang suld be.
	11	The hostis bath all that day wer
	12	In pes, and, quhen the nicht was ner,
	13	The Scottis folk that lyand war
	14	Intill the park mad fest and far,
	15	And blew hornis, and fyris mad,
	16	And gert tham brin bath bricht and brad,
464	17	Sa that thar fyris that nicht war mar
	18	Than ony tym befor tha war,
	19	And, quhen the nicht was fallin wele,
	20	With all thar harnas ilke dele
	21	All prevely tha rad thar way.
	22	Sone in ane mos enterit ar tha
	23	That had wele a lang mile on bred.
	24	Out our that mos on fut tha yhed,
	25	And in thar hand thar hors led tha.
	26	It was richt ane noyous way,
	27	And nocht forthi all that thar wer
	28	Com wele out our it hale and fer,
	29	And tynt bot litill of thar ger,
	30	Bot gif it war ony summer
	31	That in the mos was left lyand.
	32	Quhen all, as I haf born on hand,
	33	Out our the mos that was sa brad
	34	War cumin, ane gret gladschip tha had,
	35	And rad furth hamwardis on thar way.
	36	And on the morn quhen it was day
	37	The Inglismen saw the herbry
	38	Quhar Scottismen war wont to ly
	39	All voyd. Tha wonderit gretly then,
	40	And send furth sindry of thar men
	41	To spy quhar tha war gane away,
	42	Quhill at the last thar tras fand tha
	43	That till the mekill mos tham had
	44	That was sa hidwis for to wad
	45	That aventur tham tharto durst nane
	46	Bot intill thar host agane ar gane
465	47	And tald how that tha passit war
	48	Quhar nevir man was passit ar.
	49	Quhen Inglismen herd it was sa,
	50	In hy to consale can tha ta
	51	That tha wald folow tham na mar.
	52	Thar host richt than tha scalit thar,
	53	And ilk man till his awn he rad.
	54	King Robert than, that wittering had
	55	That his men in the park sa lay
	56	And at quhat mischef thar war tha,
	57	Ane host assemblit he in hy,
	58	And tuenty thousand richt hardy
	59	He send furth has with erlis twa,
	60	Of March and Angus war tha,
	61	The host in Werdale till relef,
	62	And, gif tha micht sa wele eschef
	63	That samin nicht be tha and tha,
	64	Tha thocht thar fais till assay.
	65	Sa fell that on the samin day
	66	That the mos, as yhe herd me say,
	67	Was passit the discurrouris that thar
	68	Ridand befor the hostis war
	69	Of athir host has gottin sicht,
	70	And tha that worthy war and wicht
	71	At thar meting justit of wer.
	72	Ensenyheis he tha cryit ther,
	73	And be thar cry persavit tha
	74	That tha war frendis and at a fay.
	75	Than micht men se tham glad and blith,
	76	And tald it till thar lordis swith
466	77	The hostis bath met sammyn syn.
	78	Thar was richt hamly welcumyn
	79	Mad emang tha gret lordis thar;
	80	Of thar meting joyfull tha war.
	81	The erl Patrik and his menyhe
	82	Had vittale with tham gret plente,
	83	And tharwith wele relevit tha
	84	Thar frendis, for, the suth to say,
	85	Quhile tha in Werdale lyand war,
	86	Tha had defalt of met, bot thar
	87	Tha war relevit with gret plente.
	88	Toward Scotland with gamyn and gle
	89	Tha went, and ham wele cumin ar tha,
	90	And scalit syn ilk man thar way.
	91	The lordis ar went ontill the king,
	92	Tha mad tham richt far welcuming,
	93	For of thar com richt glad was he
	94	And that tha sic perplexite
	95	Forout tynsale eschapit had:
	96	Tha war all blith and mery mad.

CXLV.	Pages 466-471, Section 145
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466	1	Sone eftir that the erl Thomas
	2	Fra Werdale thus reparit was
	3	The king assemblit all his micht
	4	And left nane that was worth to ficht.
467	5	Ane gret host than assemblit he,
	6	And delt his host in partis thre.
	7	A part to Norham went but let,
	8	And thar ane strat assege was set,
	9	And held tham in richt at thar dik
	10	The tothir part ontill Anwik
	11	Is went, and thar ane sege set tha.
	12	And, quhile that thir assegis lay
	13	At the castellis I sapk of ar,
	14	Apert assaltis mad tha thar,
	15	And mony far gud chevelry
	16	Eschevit war full douchtely.
	17	The king at tha castellis lyand
	18	Left his folk, as I bar on hand,
	19	And with the thrid host held his way
	20	Fra park to park him for to play
	21	Huntand as all his awn it war,
	22	And till tham that war with him thar
	23	The landis of Northumbirland
	24	That nest to Scotland war lyand
	25	In fe and heritage gaf he,
	26	And tha prayit for the selis fe.
	27	On this wis rad he distroyand
	28	Quhill that the king of Ingland,
	29	Throu consale of the Mortymar
	30	And his modir that that tym war
	31	Ledaris of him that than yhoung wes,
	32	To king Robert to tret of pes
	33	Send messingeris. And sa sped tha
	34	That tha assentit on this way
468	35	Than ane perpetuall pes to tak,
	36	And tha ane mariage suld mak
	37	Of king Robertis sone Davy,
	38	That than bot fif yher had scarsly,
	39	And of dam Johne als of the Tour
	40	That syn was full of gret valour.
	41	Sister scho was to the yhoung king
	42	That Ingland had in governing,
	43	That than of eld had sevin yher.
	44	And monimentis and letteris ser
	45	That tha of Ingland that tym had
	46	That ocht agane Scotland mad
	47	Intill that tretis up tha gaf,
	48	And all the clam that tha micht haf
	49	Intill Scotland on ony maner.
	50	And king Robert, for scathis ser
	51	That he to tham of Ingland
	52	Had done of wer with stalward hand,
	53	Full tuenty thousand pund suld pay
	54	Of silver into gud monay.
	55	Quhen men thir thingis forspokin had,
	56	And with selis and athis mad
	57	Festning of frendschip and of pes
	58	That nevir for na chans suld ces,
	59	The mariage syn ordanit tha
	60	To be at Berwik, and the day
	61	Tha haf set quhen that it suld be,
	62	Syn went ilk man till his cuntre.
	63	Thus mad was pes quhar wer was ar,
	64	And syn the assegis rasit war.
469	65	The king Robert ordanit to pay
	66	The silver, and agane the day
	67	He gert wele for the maujory
	68	Ordane quhen that his sone Davy
	69	Suld weddid be; and erl Thomas
	70	And the gud lord of Douglas
	71	Intill his sted ordanit he
	72	Devisouris of that fest to be,
	73	For ane male es tuk him sa sar
	74	That he on na wis micht be thar.
	75	His male es of ane fundying
	76	Begouth, for throu his cald lying,
	77	Quhen in his gret mischef was he,
	78	Him fell that hard perplexite.
	79	At Cardros all that tym he lay,
	80	And, quhen ner cumin was the day
	81	That ordanit for the wedding was,
	82	The erl and the lord of Douglas
	83	Com till Berwik with mekill far
	84	And brocht yhoung Davy with tham thar.
	85	And the quene and the Mortymar
	86	On othir party cumin war
	87	With gret affer and rialte.
	88	The yhoung lady of gret beaute
	89	Thiddir tha brocht with rich affer.
	90	The wedding haf tha mad richt ther
	91	With gret fest and solemnite.
	92	Thar micht men mirth and gladschip se,
	93	For full gret fest tha mad richt thar,
	94	And Inglismen and Scottis war
470	95	Togidder in joy and in solas;
	96	Na feloun spek betuix tham was.
	97	The fest ane wele lang tym hald tha,
	98	And, quhen tha buskit to far away,
	99	The quene has left hir dochtir thar
	100	With gret riches and riall far.
	101	I trow that lang quhile na lady
	102	Till hous was gifin sa richly.
	103	And the erl and the lord Douglas
	104	Hir in dante resavit has
	105	As it was worthy sekirly,
	106	For scho was syn the best lady
	107	And the farast that men micht se.
	108	Eftir this gret solemnite,
	109	Quhen on bath halfis lefis was tane,
	110	The quene till Ingland ham is gane,
	111	And had with hir the Mortymar.
	112	The erl and tha that levit war,
	113	Quhen tha ane quhile convoyit hir had,
	114	Toward Berwik agane tha rad,
	115	And syn with all thar cumpany
	116	Toward the king tha went in hy,
	117	And had with tham the yhoung Davy
	118	And als dam Johne the yhoung lady.
	119	The king mad tham far welcuming,
	120	And eftir but langar delaying
	121	He has gert set ane parliament
	122	And thiddir with mony men is went,
	123	For he thocht he wald in his lif
	124	Croun his yhoung sone and his wif,
471	125	And at that parliament sa did he
	126	With gret far and solemnite.
	127	The king Davy was crounit thar,
	128	And all the lordis that thar war
	129	And als of the comunite
	130	Mad him manrent and fewte.
	131	And forouth that tha crounit war
	132	The king Robert gert ordane thar,
	133	Gif it fell that his sone Davy
	134	Deit but ar male of his body
	135	Gottin, Robert Steward suld be 
	136	King and bruk all the rialte,
	137	That his dochtir bar Marjory.
	138	And that this tale suld lelely
	139	Be haldin all the lordis swar,
	140	And it with selis affermit thar,
	141	And, gif it hapnit Robert the king
	142	To pas to God quhile tha war yhing,
	143	The gud erl of Murref Thomas
	144	And the lord alsua of Douglas
	145	Suld haf tham into governing
	146	Quhill tha had wit to ster thar thing,
	147	And than the lordschip suld tha ta.
	148	Hertill thar athis can tha ma,
	149	And all the lordis that was thar
	150	To thir twa wardanis athis swar
	151	Till obes tham intill lawte,
	152	Gif tham hapnit wardanis to be.

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472	1	Quhen all this thing thus tretit wes
	2	And affermit with sekirnes,
	3	The king to Cardros went in hy,
	4	And thar tuk him sa felony
	5	His seknes, and him travalit sa
	6	That he wist him behufit to ma
	7	Of all this lif the comoun end,
	8	That is the ded, quhen God will send.
	9	Tharfor his letteris sone send he
	10	For the lordis of his cuntre,
	11	And tha com as he biddin had.
	12	His testament than has he mad
	13	Befor bath lordis and prelatis,
	14	And till religioun of ser statis
	15	For hele of his saul gaf he
	16	Silver intill gret quantite.
	17	He ordanit for his saul richt wele,
	18	And, quhen that this was done ilk dele,
	19	‘Lordingis,’ he said, ‘sa is it gane
	20	With me that thar is nocht bot ane,
	21	That is the ded withouten dred
	22	That ilke man mon thole of ned,
	23	And I thank God that has me sent
	24	Spas in this lif me till repent,
	25	For throu me and my warraying
	26	Of blud thar has bene gret spilling,
473	27	Quhar mony sakles men was slane.
	28	Tharfor this seknes and this pane
	29	I tak in thank for my trespas,
	30	And my hart fischit fermly was,
	31	Quhen I was in prosperite,
	32	Of my sinnis to savit be
	33	To travale apon Goddis fais;
	34	And, sen he now me till him tais
	35	Sa that the body may na wis
	36	Fulfill that the hart can devis,
	37	I wald the hart war thiddir sent
	38	Quharin consavit was that entent.
	39	Tharfor I pray yhou evirilkane
	40	That yhe emang yhou ches me ane
	41	That be honest, wis, and wicht,
	42	And of his hand ane nobill knicht,
	43	On Goddis fais my hart to ber
	44	Quhen saul and cors disseverit er,
	45	For I wald it war worthely
	46	Brocht thar, sen God will nocht that I
	47	Haf power thiddirward to ga.’
	48	Than war thar hartis all sa wa
	49	That nane micht hald him fra greting.
	50	He bad tham lef thar sorowing,
	51	For it he said micht nocht relef
	52	And micht tharself gretly engref.
	53	He prayit tham in hy to do
	54	The thing that tha war chargit to.
	55	Than went tha furth with drery mud,
	56	And emang tham tha thocht it gud
474	57	That the worthy lord of Douglas,
	58	Quham in bath wit and worschip was,
	59	Suld tak this travale apon hand.
	60	Hertill tha war all accordand,
	61	Syn till the king tha went in hy,
	62	And tald him that tha thocht trewly
	63	That the douchty lord Douglas
	64	Best schapin for that travale was.
	65	And, quhen the king herd that tha sa
	66	Had ordanit him his hart to ta
	67	That he mast yharnit suld it haf,
	68	He said, ‘Sa God himself me saf,
	69	I hald me richt wele payit that yhe
	70	Haf chosin him, for his bounte
	71	And his worschip set my yharning
	72	Ay sen I thocht to do this thing
	73	That he it with him thar suld ber,
	74	And, sen yhe all assentit er,
	75	It is the mar likand to me.
	76	Lat se now quhat thartill sais he.’
	77	And, quhen the gud lord of Douglas
	78	Wist that thing thus spokin was,
	79	He com and knelit till the king
	80	And on this wis mad him thanking:
	81	‘I thank yhou gretly, lord,’ said he,
	82	‘Of many larges and gret bounte
	83	That yhe haf done to me fele sis
	84	Sen first I com to yhour servis.
	85	Bot our all thing I mak thanking
	86	That yhe sa digne and worthy king
475	87	As yhour hart that enlumynit wes
	88	Of all bounte and worthynes
	89	Will that I in my yhemsale tak.
	90	For yhou, schir, I will blithly mak
	91	This travale, gif God will me gif
	92	Laser and spas sa lang to lif.’
	93	The king him thankit tendirly.
	94	Thar was nane in that cumpany
	95	That tha na wepit for pite:
	96	Thar cher anoyous was to se.

CXLVII.	Pages 475-477, Section 147
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475	1	Quhen the lord Douglas on this wis
	2	Had undirtane sa he empris
	3	As the gud kingis hart to ber
	4	On Goddis fais apon wer,
	5	Prisit for his empris was he.
	6	And the kingis infirmite
	7	Wox mar and mar, quhill at the last
	8	The dulfulll ded approchit fast.
	9	And, quhen he had gert till him do
	10	All that gud Cristin man fell to,
	11	With verray repentans he gaf
	12	The gast, that God till hevin couth haf
	13	Emang his chosin folk to be
	14	In joy, solas, and angell gle!
476	15	And, fra his folk wist he was ded,
	16	The sorow ras fra sted to sted.
	17	Thar micht men se men rif thar har,
	18	And cumly knichtis gret full sar,
	19	And thar nefis oft sammyn drif,
	20	And as wud men thar clathis rif,
	21	Regratand his worthy bounte,
	22	His wit, strinth, and his honeste,
	23	And our all the gret cumpany
	24	That he oft mad tham curtasly.
	25	‘All our defens,’ tha said, ‘alas!
	26	And he that all our confort was,
	27	Our wit and all our governing,
	28	Is brocht, alas! her till ending.
	29	His worschip and his mekill micht
	30	Mad all that war with him sa wicht
	31	That tha micht nevir abasit be
	32	Quhile forouth tham tha micht him se.
	33	Alas! quhat sall we do or say?
	34	For, in lif quhile he lestit ay,
	35	With all our fais dred war we,
	36	And into mony fer cuntre
	37	Of our worschip ran the renoun,
	38	And that was all for his person.’
	39	With sic wordis tha mad thar mane;
	40	And sekirly wondir was nane,
	41	For bettir governour then he
	42	Micht in na cuntre fundin be.
	43	I hop that nane that is on lif
	44	The lamentacioun suld discrif
477	45	That tha folk for thar lord mad.
	46	And, quhen tha lang thus sorowit had,
	47	And he debowalit was clenly
	48	And balmit syn full richly,
	49	And the worthy lord of Douglas
	50	His hart, as it forspokin was,
	51	Has resavit in gret dante
	52	With gret far and solemnite,
	53	Tha haf him had to Dunfermlyn,
	54	And him solemnly erdit syn
	55	In ane far tumb intill the quer.
	56	Bischopis and prelatis that thar wer
	57	Assolyheit him, quhen the servis
	58	Was done as tha couth best devis,
	59	And syn apon the tothir day
	60	Sary and wa ar went thar way.

CXLVIII.	Pages 477-483, Section 148
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477	1	Quhen that the gud king beryit was,
	2	The erl of Murref Schir Thomas
	3	Tuk all the land in governing;
	4	All obesit till his bidding.
	5	And the gud lord of Douglas syn
	6	Gert mak ane cas of silver fyn
	7	Enamalit throu subtilite
	8	Tharin the kingis hart did he,
478	9	And ay about his hals it bar,
	10	And fast him bounit for his far.
	11	His testament devisit he,
	12	And ordanit how his land suld be
	13	Governit quhill his agane cuming;
	14	Of frednis and all othir thing
	15	That till him pertenit ony wis
	16	With sa gud forsicht and sa wis
	17	On his furth passing ordanit he
	18	That nathing micht amendit be.
	19	And, quhen that he his lef has tane,
	20	To schip to Berwik is he gane,
	21	And with ane nobill cumpany
	22	Of knichtis and of squyary
	23	He put him thar intill the se.
	24	Ane lang way furthwardis salit he,
	25	For betuix Cornwale and Bretanyhe
	26	he salit and left the ground of Spanyhe
	27	On northhalf him, and held thar way
	28	Quhill till Sevill the graunt com tha.
	29	Bot gretly war his men and he
	30	Travalit with tempestis of the se;
	31	Bot, thouch tha gretly travalit war,
	32	Hale and fer ar tha cumin thar.
	33	Tha arivit at graunt Sevill,
	34	And eftir in ane litill quhile
	35	Thar hors to land tha drew ilkane
	36	And in the toun has herbry tane,
	37	And him contenit richt richly,
	38	For he had ane far cumpany
479	39	And gold eneuch for till dispend.
	40	The king alsone eftir him send
	41	And him richt wele resavit he,
	42	And perofferit him in gret plente
	43	Gold and tresour, hors and arming.
	44	Bot he wald tak tharof nathing,
	45	For he said he tuk that viage
	46	To pas intill his pilgrimage
	47	On Goddis fais, that his travale
	48	Micht eftir till his saul avale,
	49	And, sen he wist that he had wer
	50	With Sarasenis, he wald duell ther
	51	And help him at his micht lely.
	52	The king him thankit curtasly,
	53	And betaucht him gud men that wer
	54	Wele knawin of that landis wer
	55	And the maner tharof alsua,
	56	Syn till his innis can he ga.
	57	Quhen the king him levit had,
	58	Ane wele gret sojorn thar he mad.
	59	Knichtis that com of ser cuntre
	60	Com in gret routis him to se
	61	And honorit him full gretumly,
	62	And our all men mast soveranly
	63	The Inglis knichtis that war thar
	64	Honour and cumpany him bar.
	65	Emang the strangeris was ane knicht
	66	That was haldin sa wondir wicht
	67	That for ane of the gud was he
	68	Prisit of all the Cristiante.
480	69	Sa fast till-hewin was his fas
	70	That it our all ner wemmit was.
	71	Or he the lord Doulas had sene
	72	He wend his fas had wemmit bene,
	73	Bot nevir ane hurt in it had he.
	74	Quhen he unwemmit can it se,
	75	He said that he had gret ferly
	76	That sic ane knicht and sa worthy
	77	And prisit of sa gret bounte
	78	Micht in the fas unwemmit be.
	79	And he ansuerd thartill mekly,
	80	And said, ‘Lowe God, all tym had I
	81	Handis my hed for to wer.’
	82	Quha wald tak tent to this ansuer
	83	Suld se in it undirstanding,
	84	That, and he that mad that asking
	85	Had had handis to wer his fas,
	86	That for defalt of fens sa was
	87	To-fruschit into plasis ser
	88	Suld haf may-fall left hale and fer.
	89	The gud knichtis that than war by
	90	Prisit his ansuer gretumly,
	91	For it was mad with mek speking
	92	And had richt he undirstanding.
	93	Apon this maner still tha lay
	94	Quhill throu the cuntre tha herd say
	95	That the he king of Balmeryne
	96	With mony ane mudy Sarasyne
	97	Was enterit in the land of Spanyhe
	98	All hale the cuntre for to manyhe.
481	99	The king of Spanyhe on othir party
	100	Gaderit his host deliverly,
	101	And delt tham into battalis thre,
	102	And to the lord Douglas gaf he
	103	The vaward for to led and ster;
	104	All hale the strangeris with him wer;
	105	And the Gret Mastir of Sanct Jak
	106	The tothir battale gert he tak;
	107	The rerward mad himselvin thar.
	108	Thusgat devisit furth tha far
	109	To met thar fais that in battale
	110	Arait, redy till assale,
	111	Com agane tham full sturdely.
	112	The Douglas than that was worthy,
	113	Quhen he to tham of his leding
	114	Had mad ane far amonesting
	115	To do wele and na ded to dred,
	116	For hevinis blis suld be thar med
	117	Gif that tha deit in Goddis servis,
	118	Than as gud warrayouris and wis
	119	With tham stoutly assemblit he.
	120	Thar micht men feloun fichting se,
	121	For tha war all wicht and hardy
	122	That war on the Cristin party,
	123	And faucht sa fast with all thar mane
	124	That of Sarasenis war mony slane.
	125	The quhethir with mony fell falchoun
	126	Mony Cristin tha dang thar doun.
	127	Bot at the last the lord Douglas
	128	And the gret rout that with him was
482	129	Pressit the Saranesis sa
	130	That tha haly the bak can ta,
	131	And tha chasit with all thar mane,
	132	And mony in the chas has slane.
	133	Sa fer chasit the lord Douglas
	134	With few folk that he passit was
	135	All the folk that was chasand then.
	136	He had nocht with him atour ten
	137	Of all men that war with him thar.
	138	Quhen he saw all reparit war,
	139	Toward his host than turnit he.
	140	And, quhen the Sarasenis can se
	141	That the chasaris turnit agane,
	142	Tha relyit with mekill mane.
	143	And, as the gud lord of Douglas,
	144	As I said er, reparand was,
	145	Sa saw he richt besid him ner
	146	Quhar Schir Wilyham the Sancler
	147	With ane gret rout enveronit was.
	148	He was anoyit, and said, ‘Alas!
	149	Yhon worthy knicht will sone be ded,
	150	Bot he haf help throu our manhed.
	151	Sen that we ar sa ner him by,
	152	God biddis us help him in gret hy,
	153	And God wat wele our entent is
	154	To lif or de in his servis.
	155	His will in all thing do sall we,
	156	Sall na perill eschewit be
	157	Quhill he be put out of yhon pane
	158	Or than we all be with him slane.’
483	159	With that with spuris spedaly
	160	Tha strak the hors, and in gret hy
	161	Emang tha Sarasenis tha rad
	162	And roum about tham haf tha mad.
	163	Tha dang on fast with all thar micht
	164	And fele of tham to ded has dicht.
	165	Gretar defens mad nevir sa quhone
	166	Agane sa fele as tha haf done,
	167	Quhile tha micht lest tha gaf battale.
	168	Bot micht na worschip thar avale
	169	That tym, for ilkane war slane thar,
	170	For Sarasenis sa mony war
	171	That tha war tuenty ner for ane.
	172	The gud lord Douglas thar was slane,
	173	And Wilyham Sancler syn alsua,
	174	And othir worthy knichtis twa,
	175	Schir Robert Logane hat the tane,
	176	And the tothir Walter Logane:
	177	Quhar our Lord for his mekill micht
	178	Thar saulis haf till hevinis hicht!

CXLVIX.	Pages 483-487, Section 149
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483	1	The gud lord Douglas thus was ded,
	2	And Sarasenis in that sted
	3	Abad na mar, bot held thar way,
	4	Tha knichtis ded thar levit tha.
484	5	Sum of the lord Douglasis men,
	6	That thar lord ded has fundin then,
	7	Yhed wele ner wud for dule and wa.
	8	Lang quhile our him tha sorowit sa,
	9	And with gret dule syn ham him bar.
	10	The kingis hart haf tha fundin thar,
	11	And that ham with tham haf tha tane,
	12	And ar toward thar innis gane
	13	With greting and with evill cher:
	14	Thar sorow angir was till her.
	15	And quhen of Keth gud Schir Wilyham,
	16	That all that day had bene at ham,
	17	For at sa gret mischef was he
	18	That he com nocht to the journe
	19	For his arm was brokin in twa,
	20	Quhen he that folk sic dule saw ma,
	21	He askit quhat it was in hy,
	22	And tha tald him all opinly
	23	How that thar douchty lord was slane
	24	With Sarasenis that relyit agane.
	25	And, quhen he wist that it was sa,
	26	Atour all othir he was mast wa,
	27	And mad sa wondir evill cher
	28	That all wonderit that by him wer.
	29	Bot till tell of thar sorowing
	30	Anoyis, and helpis litill thing.
	31	Men may wele wit, thouch nane tham tell
	32	How angry, sorowfull, and how fell
	33	Is till tyn sic ane lord as he
	34	To tham that war of his menyhe;
485	35	For he was swet and debonar,
	36	And wele couth tret his frendis far,
	37	And his fais richt felonly
	38	Stonay throu his gret chevelry.
	39	The quhethir of litill effer was he,
	40	Bot our all thing he lufit lawte.
	41	At tresoun grewit he sa gretly
	42	That na tratour micht be him by
	43	That he micht wit, na he suld be
	44	Wele punist of his cruelte.
	45	I trow the lele Fabricius,
	46	That fra Rome till warray Pyrrus
	47	Was send with ane gret menyhe,
	48	Lufit tresoun na les then he.
	49	The quhethir, quhen thus Pyrrus had
	50	On him and on his menyhe mad
	51	Ane outrageous discumfitur,
	52	Quhar he eschapit throu aventur
	53	And mony of his men war slane,
	54	And he gaderit ane host agane,
	55	Ane gret mastir of medicyn
	56	That Pyrrus had in governyn
	57	Perofferit to this Fabricius
	58	In tresoun for to sla Pyrrus,
	59	For in his first potacioun
	60	He suld him gif dedly pusoun.
	61	Fabricius than, that wondir had
	62	That he sic peroffer till him mad,
	63	Said, ‘Certis Rome is wele of micht
	64	Throu strinth of armis into ficht
486	65	To vencus wele thar fais, thouch tha
	66	Consent to tresoun be na way;
	67	And, for thou wald do sic tresoun,
	68	Thou sall to get thy warisoun
	69	Ga to Pyrrus, and lat him do
	70	Quhatevir in hart him lyis the to.’
	71	Than till Pyrrus he send in hy
	72	This mastir, and gert opinly
	73	Fra end till end tell him this tale.
	74	Quhen Pyrrus had it herd all hale,
	75	He said,’Was nevir man that sa
	76	For lawte bar him till his fa
	77	As her Fabricius dois to me.
	78	It is als evill to ger him be
	79	Turnit fra way of richtwisnes
	80	Or ellis consent to wikkitnes
	81	As at midday to turn agane
	82	The sone that rinnis his cours all plane.’
	83	Thus said he of Fabricius,
	84	That syn vencust this ilk Pyrrus
	85	In plane battale throu hard fichting.
	86	His honest lawte gert me bring
	87	In this ensampill her, for he
	88	Had soverane pris of his lawte,
	89	And richt sa had the lord Douglas,
	90	That honest, lele, and worthy was,
	91	That ded was, as befor said we:
	92	All menit him strangis and preve.
	93	Quhen his men lang had ma murnyn,
	94	Tha debowalit him, and syn
487	95	Gert seth him sa that micht be tane
	96	The flesch all haly fra the bane.
	97	The carioun thar in haly plas
	98	Erdit with richt gret worschip was;
	99	The banis haf tha with tham tane,
	100	And syn ar till thar schippis gane.
	101	Quhen tha war levit of the king
	102	That dule had of thar sorowing,
	103	To se tha went, gud wind tha had,
	104	Thar cours till Ingland haf tha mad,
	105 	And thar safly arivit tha,
	106 	Syn toward Scotland held thar way
	107	And thar ar cumin in full gret hy.
	108	And the banis richt honorabilly
	109	Intill the kirk of Douglas war
	110	Erdit with dule and mekill car.
	111	Schir Archebald his sone gert syn
	112	Of alabast bath far and fyn
	113	Ordane ane tumb full richly,
	114	As it behufit to sa worthy.

CXL.	Pages 487-488, Section 150
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487	1	Quhen that on this wis Schir Wilyham
	2	Of Keth had brocht his banis ham,
	3	And the gud kingis hart alsua,
	4	And men had richly gert ma
488	5	With far affer his sepultur,
	6	The erl of Murref, that the cur
	7	That tym of Scotland had haly,
	8	With gret worschip has gert bery
	9	The kingis hart at the abbay
	10	Of Melros, quhar men prais ay
	11	That he and his haf paradis.
	12	Quhen this was done that I devis,
	13	The gud erl governit the land,
	14	And held the pouer wele till warrand.
	15	The law sa wele mantemit he,
	16	And held in pes sa the cuntre,
	17	That it was nevir led or his day
	18	Sa wele, as I herd ald men say.
	19	Bot syn, alas! pusonit was he,
	20	To se his ded was gret pite.
	21	Thir lordis deit apon this wis.
	22	He that he Lord of all thing is
	23	Up till his mekill blis tham bring,
	24	And grant us gras that thar ofspring
	25	Led wele the land, and ententif
	26	Be till folow in all thar lif
	27	Thar nobill elderis gret bounte:
	28	Quhar afald God in Trinite
	29	Bring us he up till hevinis blis
	30	Quhar alwais lestand liking is!






	
