¶ The Sege of the castel of Edinburgh
Imprentit at Edinburgh be Robert Lekpreuik. Anno. M..D [...]XXIII.
BVschmēt of Beru
[...] mak ȝow for the g
[...]
To ting ȝour drūmis & rank zont mē of weir
Addres ȝour armour boūd ȝow for debait
With sound of trūpet mok ȝour steids to steir
Sen ȝear freikes that weil dar fecht but fel.
As for exampill we haue sene ȝow ellis,
Lyk as the last tym that ȝour Camp come heir
Lend vs ane bou
[...]rouīg of ȝour auld blak bellis.
Zour camp conueyit but cūmer throw the land
In gude array and rewlit by thair rank.
Reddie to pas as plesit vs command,
Throw all our bounds to the west sey bank.
Thocht sum mē say ȝe serue bot lytill thank
Suppose occatioun cum first of thame sellis.
As thay haue broum y
e bargane sa thay drank
And rewis y
e tyme y
t euer thay saw ȝour bellis.
I nill repeit na poleceis put doun,
Sen plesit God that we aggrie to giddir.
Except thay crak thair credence to the Crost.
[...]n fair well thay the find ressaue the sidder
[...]
[...]ue hir G. that will out
[...]use considder
And as I dout not wil our dryue thir dangeris
As scho befoir tyme send hir forces bidder
To keip yis coūtrie cline
[...]ra forrane strageris.
To call to mynd hir mony fauld gude dedis,
First scho reformit the fals Idolatrie,
I am in dout in ony realme quha redis.
Of sa lang tyme with sic tranquillitie,
[...]ie faithful iustice with ciuillitie.
[...]ie frendschip keipit to hir f
[...]is sa lang,
[...]land
[...] say for oure vtilitie.
That
[...]uer a
[...]e bettir prince in Inglād rang.
That bennd done scho did conferme a pace,
And maid thā freindis y
t lāg tyme had bene fois
with stancheīg bludesched wes not eith to ceice
That men may pas not sperand quhair he gois
Syne at the sege of Leith scho sparit an
[...] pois
And dang the frenchmē quhilk we docht not do
Quhill hame thay past in spyt of all thair nois
With lose of men and left munitioun to.
Quhat toung hes langage to declair at lenth
Thair greit artalȝerie nor thair men of weir.
Frauce wes not able to withstand thair strenth
For powder, and bullet, bowls, and veher geir
What chargis wes hir schip
[...]s at, may I speir,
Surmonting fiftie hunder thowsand frankis,
And ȝit for all the graith hir grace send heie
Ingraitfull people gaue hir lytill than
[...]
Our Regent slaue syne as I saw
[...]ir
Stryfe and contentiou
[...] rais in to the land.
Treasoun, inuy, did vertue sa deuoir,
Quhu all w
[...]s done as murthour did cōmand.
Wes na
[...] sa stout durst tak the steir on hand
Sa has the cause bene qua
[...] wer not for shame.
Quhil we sic
[...]reu
[...] schip surth of Ingland sand
Thay
[...]nd ane a
[...]my heir with Leuenox hame.
Conuoyt with Drurle duchtelie in deid.
And as I holp mair haist wes neuer done.
To Glasgw past with mony trapit steid
Thair skairt the sege releuit the castell sone.
Doun to Dunbartane on the morne at none,
He raid bot few not fering thame agane him.
Zit of that partell I prayse the Lord aboue,
He chapit weill fra villanis wald haue slane him.
That panefull progres I think all to tell,
Sen thay ar bowit and bruderit in our band.
Bot at this present tyme exem ȝour sell,
Quha
[...] confort h
[...]s thair Quene send to this land.
Is not the cannones euin at ȝour cōmand,
Strecht to distroy the tratoures wald ouir gang vs
Commonis may crye lang n
[...]ot that frendschip stand,
And blis hir
[...]anis sic blythnes broucht amang vs.
At Leith thay landit harmeles in the Heuin,
With powder and
[...]ullet gunnis and vther geir.
Dr
[...]st all than plat
[...]u
[...]mes in to day is s
[...]uin,
Not talking na thing that belangu to weir.
Sum wordmen had we or the camp come heir,
Iacques Gelitam gangand lyke ane besy be.
The gadiounes ma
[...]and
[...]aist the trinsch
[...]s heir,
Quha mycht do mair but ordinance nor we.
The walis wes heith we culd not weil persew thame
Bot quhen we gat thame boun full deir thay bocht it
Be syde the woll at syndrie tymes we slew thame,
That euer thay saw vs sum of thame sorthocht it
[...]
[...]
Ane poysonit woll to drink quhat docht it.
Infekit watter sowllit tha ne cheik and chin,
Persauing that sorrow mair thay socht it.
Bot keppit standfulis at the salatis thair in.
The castell segit and all beset about,
W
[...]t
[...] fow
[...]e
[...]is wyde inuerouit be slycht.
Montanis and myndis leit neuer man luik out,
For ordinance thay dang at day and nycht.
B
[...] weirlyk volyis thocht the wallis wes wycht,
Zit do wbell battrie brak thame all in inschis.
Of Daueis toure in all the toune menis sycht,
Thay riggein stanes come tumland ouir the trinschis
The vehement schot ȝeid in at ather syde,
By threttie Cannonis plasit at partis seuin.
Quhill thay thair in mycht not thair heidis hyde,
For Pot Gan pellettis falland from the heuin.
The Bu
[...]bard stanis derectite fell sa euin.
That in to dykis by dint it deidly dang thame,
Quhill all the houslis in the place wes reuin.
The bullatis brak sa in to bladis amang thame.
Continewand this ane dosand of dayis or mair,
Quhill tyme apointit neuer man durst steir.
The larum rang the Regent self wes thair,
My Lord Ambassat to stuid verry neir.
The manlie Generall lyke the god of weir,
Not vsit to sleip quhen sic thingis ar a do,
Our Cronall als quha is ane freik hot feir,
With all his Capitanes reddie to go to.
Schir Harle Leis wes present at that charg
[...],
My Lord Burlayis sone to stuid besyde.
Cottoan and Dyar saw the sowt at large.
And Schir Gorge Carie no the knauis he cryde,
Zit Hame and Crafurde to the laue wes gyde.
With certane Soiouris of the garysoun.
Four Capitanis followit at thair bak to byde,
Sempill and Hectour Ramsay and Robesoun.
Bot Hume wes first that ouir the walis wan,
As I heir say I wes not thair my sell.
The Generall say is he play it the vailȝeant man,
With prayssis mo nor I intend to tell.
Thocht Crafurdis ledder wes to schort ane ell,
Zit ouir the walis he wan I wat not how.
Dunbartan to quhen sic lyke fortoun fell,
Thir wes the men that wan it I tell ȝow.
The Generallis band come bauldlie at thair bak,
Schir Frances Russall with ane gudlie grace.
Zarlie and Erintoun nather of thame wes slak,
Twa vther Careis, Knowis, and Capitane Kace.
Than wes persewand at ane vther place.
Breikwell, and Lammy, Mechell, & Capitan Game,
Bauld Capitane Reid, that euir held to his face.
Pickman, and Wood, did vailȝeantly the same.
Spreill, Spadyn, Traill, Hutsoun, and all the laue,
Bartoun, and Stirlie, Capitan Duberie flane.
Thoise at the bak wall wes the brasche thay gaue,
For lake of lederis thair thay wrocht in vane.
The men within maid sic defence agane.
Thay schot gude Manfeild in athort the throit.
Quhill force did faill and than I saw thame sane,
Wo cry
[...]occa
[...]i with the waithman noit.
Halyhurtoun Strauchan with thair standarts sluid
Sc
[...]burne
[...] Schattoun hes followit on thame last.
[...]ueris and Barrat baith wer men of gude,
Gress
[...] one and Hanis wes laith for to be last,
Crippis and Canttell to the partell past.
Auld Capitā Leirmonnt with aue luik to hang thame
Gude M. Setoun maid thair grumis agast,
He gart the Cannones ga sa thik amang thame.
Out gais the Hergbut in the Cannon glydis,
Brak al in bladdis thay docht not weil abyde thame.
Trotlar and filtie fell and loste the hydis.
The laue sa fle
[...] thay wist not quhen to hyde thame,
Dismontit cannones slew the men besyde thame.
The Suddar
[...]s swarfit and said thay wald not sar
T
[...]e house wes gud had thay had grace to gyde thame
Quh
[...]n all wes done we had not bene the nar.
Let na man lipin in to warldlie strenth,
Bot G
[...]bite ground thay may na thing induir.
Tratouris and treasone salbe tryit at lenth.
Quhen men wald fanest all thair vices smuir
Sa Grauge beleuit the madin Castelliuir.
[...]aue and sic forstis to defend his touris.
Bot men with madenis quhen thay play the huir,
Will anis the entrie and than the house is ȝouris.
The Madene Castell it
[...]rs ca
[...]
[...]
With honour ay that nobill style it buir.
With wemenis will ȝe do thame lytill wr
[...].
To iaip thame sa I think it na iniuir.
Na man our Madene Castell playtt the hu ir,
Bot
[...]uik appoit
[...]n ēt quhen t
[...]air wes na parel
Smaikis had the wyte I say the hous wes fuis
Had thay bene gratious with ane godlie quarel
Thay micht not byde is for the greit munitioun,
Bot drew in factiones quhan the larum rang.
Sum thocht it
[...]nde to cum and se
[...]k remission
[...]
And sum said best the Secreter to hang.
To his ilusiones we beleuit ouir lang.
Ane cruikit Ethnik and ane crewall Tod,
Inuentand wiche craft ay deuysand wrang.
Lat nan geue credance to ane drytant God.
Thē Grang grew fleyit a wald na mait defēd at
For want of watter with ane poysonn well,
His men wes slane and mekle powder spend it
And wantit force to fill the wa
[...]is that fell
Thair s
[...]bill sma
[...]krie I
[...]
[...]ll to ten,
With luik lyke Lyounes and sa lytill done.
Fy dru
[...]in dastartis ȝe haue schannt ȝour sell
That said sa weill and syne gaue out sa sone.
Durīg this pointmēt thair wes change of graith
S
[...]ti gat ane burtene for thair being thair
[...] wes the credence geuin to sudda
[...]tis faith
[...]aith gold and siluer and of Marchand w
[...]s
[...] it th
[...]
[...] might
[...]ait
[...]
B
[...] th
[...]ir
[...] hid
[...]ee.
Than on the
[...] the
[...] vp fate:
B
[...]th
[...] all yeid s
[...] giddes
V
[...]t
[...] I will spend no tyms,
T
[...]a
[...]
[...] thair breikis
The sudda
[...]t
[...]s luiffes wes sa ouirlaid w
t lyme
S
[...]n ge
[...] gold and gat the thing he seikis,
S
[...]i sta
[...]d beside and gat not worth twa leikis.
As I heie say I wes not thair to se.
Sūgat thair handfull of thie half mark sieikis
Will haue na mair within ane ȝeir nor we.
Whay schot na keyis to brek the coff
[...]ris than,
Ane day of blythnes for the men of weir.
Sum stuid besyde ane wondderous sorie man
Ane dutifull day for thame that lo
[...] thair geir.
First saw it caue and syne thay durst not fier:
Thair wes compleit the prophecie of Knox.
Doun sea that Crage Kirkcaldy sall esteie,
With schams and sclāuder lyke ane hundi
[...] fox.
With gild of pepile sa thay brocht thame doun.
As birdis but plumis spuliȝeit of the nest.
Part ceyde quhair is he sat vs se the loun.
Go to and st
[...]en him sa
[...] him tak na rew.
Muhē thay y
t bu
[...]e him saw thame selfis opprest,
Thay cryit for succour for to saif thair lyuis
The Generallis lageing thair thay thorht it bes
[...]:
Thay led him in thay war sa red for wynes.
The Regent then ga
[...]t mak and
[...]
To leue the spuil
[...]e vnder pane of deid.
He
[...] for thing bot the Kingis munitio
[...],
As for the leue thair wes bot lytill leid.
To tak the hous thair wes na mai
[...] remes
[...],
With all the suultis mycht follow he wes
[...]an
[...].
Aganis ane Haiknay I sall wed my heid,
[...]range
[...]eis not Capitan of that Craig agan
[...].
With this the Generall wes reterit a bak,
Went doun to Leith quhair he had bene befoln
Speik as ȝe pleis it wes ane bailȝeant ak,
And Djurie deulie did his full deuoir.
God gat and thākis the Quene suld haue y
e glo
[...]s
We thank hir Maie
[...]tte as the mater standis.
God saue hir grace hes scho nor gart restoir,
Z
[...]us captiue rebellis in the Regentis handis.
By expectatioun of the commoun speiking,
Wes it not thocht that Ingland su
[...]d begylt vs
And sum allegit it wes the Regents seiking,
To sell the King and sa thay wald outrsyle vs.
Creip in our strouthis and suddanelie exyle vs
O Rurall pepill rusticall and rude.
We ar the men that all the warld dois style vs,
Remembring ill and geue na thankis forgude.
Ingratious pepill ignorant and vane,
[...]y do ȝe noit ȝour nychthoris ay with ill.
Wer thay not blyith for to get hame agane,
Thocht sum beleuit thay wald haue
[...] st
[...]ll.
To do you yield
[...]t thay haue schaunt
[...] will
Buith spent thair lyues & largelle of thair g
[...]
[...]lace my Ioy is ȝe had bot lytill skill,
That trowit that Inglād wald haue tareit heir
Quhat danger wes to bring sa greit muntioun.
In for ane landis with
[...]i
[...] ane force indeid.
The only caus wes to auoyid suspitioun,
That men fuld say thay come not heir for greid.
Thocht sum thair be of cankreit Cain seid,
Sawaris of discorde dois na vther thing.
Speik as thay pleis schame fal thair lippts y
e leid
Thay mene na thing bot tomantent the King.
Haif thay not thre tymes in this threttene ȝeir,
Ay quhon we socht thā
[...] send thair forces hedder
Baitht Schippis & Gūnis & martial mē of weir
To win our kyndnes geue we culd considdir.
And now the last tyme quhen we fend to bid hir
Hes scho not helpit to hols out ȝour Tod,
Lang moit thir countreis leue in pace togidder
And grow in freinschip to the feir of God.
☞ The Lenuey to the Regent.
O richteous Regent of ane Royall race,
Tratours may trimbill to behald thy fate.
Fering thy furie for thair foull offences,
Geue gloir to God that hes the geuin f
[...]e grace.
Riches with reasoun for to reuill that place.
Thow be and plantit in the sait of Princis,
Geue thow wald prosper in thy iust pretentis.
[...]
That bound done l
[...]ng me
[...] thy day
[...]s ind
[...]s.
Sen God hes wrocth it I am weill
[...],
To mak of the that onlie instrument.
To cause this countrie for to know the king,
It wes the leuing Lord Omnipotent,
That maid the Barrones sa obedaine.
And not the force that thow to
[...]
Did neuir Regent in this Realm
[...]
[...].
Considdering alwayis as the mater
[...],
And maid sic greance with sa lytill blude.
To speik of Regentis we haue had si
[...] th
[...]e,
Sen God wes borne thair micht na
[...].
For wisdome, manheid, and for Godlynes,
Quhair for hes God now laid this charge
[...]
Bot lat, vs ken that it is onlie he.
That rewlis the Realme & not thy
[...]
Remember Ahab for his febilnes.
Quha gart King Benhadah in his schera
[...],
Quhilk wes his wrak be war ȝe do not so.
Quhair for put God the yowar in ȝour hand?
To puneis lounes that hes our laid this
[...].
By murhour, treasoun, done fra ȝeit to ye
[...].
Ge
[...]e ȝe obey not brekand that Command,
I am in dout ge
[...]e ȝour estait sall stand.
Bot sone be rutit fra this Realme I seir,
Spair neuer Agag for na brybe of g
[...]ir.
Quhat come of Saull wich his fac
[...] Ocia thair
Ta reid the Bebill it will sone declair.
To f
[...]k exampillis of that
[...] tour,
My Lord of Murray wes degradit saue,
For not fulfilling of the Lordis desyre.
First God promouit him in the place aboue,
Bot fra he saw that Iustice wes not done.
He left the wickit cast the wand in fyre,
Be war sic materis moue not God to yre.
Geue ȝe be myndit on this mold remaine,
And plesit God I wald not change agane.
Lannoy to the Ambassade.
My Lord Ambassade I haue lang forȝet,
Quhairfor indeid I haue not done my det.
And he sa cairfull for oure countrie men,
For wit and wisdome worthie to be tret.
In baith the landis thair is bot few to get,
That wrocht sa Godlie in this muse ȝe ken.
My dull indyte can not direct my pen,
And thocht I culd it wald coutene ane busk.
Ta put in paper all the panis he tuk.
He is not borne of better qualytie,
Of quiet speiche with greit moralytie.
Swering nor hairdrie may he nan abyde
Detest and pryde and prodigalitie.
As equall Iuge but persealytie,
For feid or fauour vnto ather syde.
Aboue all vsees subiect leist to pryde,
Ferme in his faith and full of Godlynes,
With marciall hart inclynit to my
[...]enes,
W
[...]ll a
[...]cht the counttis heir a
[...]e gude
[...]
That sir Ambassade into Scotland send.
To speik vprichtlie and the treuth declair,
For na expensis did he spair to spend.
Quhill pece wes brocht vnto ane finall end▪
Quhar as he fand vs at the plukup fair.
With walkryfe labour and expensis sair,
God knawis in Scotland quhat he had ad
[...],
With baith the sydis or he culd bring vs to.
In winter weddiris baith in wind and rane,
Sum tyme with seiknes sa ourset with pane.
He raid throw montanes many mose and myre
In frost and snaw quhen all the folkis at fane,
With double bonatris for to hap thair brane.
Then wes he worstand our ane wondie swyre,
Sum tymes at nythe syne not to se ane fyre.
Ar we addettit to
[...] trew
[...]
[...]e strangear,
That for our proffeit put him self in danger.
As Caleb fend wes for to se the land,
The gydis that come gart Moyses vnderstand
The land wes feirfull and the pepill strang,
Because he knew it wes the Lordis cōmand.
He wald not stay bot stoutlie tulk on hand,
Richt vnabasitlie all that gait to gang.
Ourthrow thair castellis & thair gyantis dang,
Brocht that to miserie maid ane myut to wrig vs
He wes y
e Caleb sen he come a nāg vs.
I da
[...] be bald to say this hundreth ȝeir,
He wes not slangear borne mair welcum heir.
[...]or plesit the Preichours halt sa weill as he,
On pure nor riche he neuer sparit his geir.
And geue ane Suddart had bene schot in we
[...]
He somȝeit not to ga him self and se.
[...]uha with this countrie euld sa weill agrie.
To play the wise mā quhen he wes with Lordis
Syne help the putrauis as the cause recordis.
[...]ou reason wald that ȝe returne a bak,
We thank ȝow hartlie of the Godlie ak.
Ze wrocht amang vs for to saif our blude,
I ȝow beseik thir sempill wersis tak.
With als gude will as ony man can mak
Because ȝe knaw my cunning to not gude.
Ze man excuse my rurall rymis rude,
God saif our King and send him lytill a do,
The Quene of Ingland and hir Counsell t
[...].
FINIS. Quod Sempill.