The ballad of one right noble victorius & mighty lord Barnard Stewart lord of Ausigny 〈◊〉 of ●eans 〈…〉 king of france knight of high 〈◊〉 Capitan● of the 〈◊〉 of his body 〈…〉 general of the same Comp●●● 〈…〉 at the said 〈…〉 to Edinburghe in Scotland sand in one tight exce●●●t 〈…〉 fra the said 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 king to our mai●● Sowerane l●●d and victorius prince James the feared king of Scotts. 
Walterus chepman    


REnownit rial right reverend and Serene  
Lord hie try winphing in wirschip and valour  
from kings down most cristin knight and e'en  
Most wise most valyand most laurent high wictour  
On to the sterns upbeyt is thine honour  
In Scotland welcumbe thine Excellence  
To king queyne lord clerk knight and servator.  
With glory and honour laud and reverence   

Welcum in flower most strong incomparable knight.  
The fame of arms and ●oure of vassalage  
Welcum in were most worthy wise and wight  
Welcum the sound of Mars of most courage  
Welcum moste lush branch of our lineage  
In every realm our shield and our defence  
Welcum our tendir blood of high parage  
With glory and honour laud and reverence   

Welcum in were the second sulius  
The prince of knighthood and flower of chivalry  
Welcum most valycant and victorius.  
Welcum invincible victor most worthy Welcum our Scots chiftane most dughtis  
With sown of clarioun organ song and sense  
To the atoms lord welcum all we cry  
With glory and honour laud and reucrence   

Welcum our indeficient adiutorie  
That 〈…〉 heipit in there needed  
That never said scot yet indigent nor sorry  
〈◊〉 thou did him support with thy good died  
Welcum therefore abute all livand laid  
With us to live and to make recidence  
Quhilk never shall sw●ye for thy s●●k to bleid.  
To quham be honour laud and reverence   

Is none of scotland borne faithful and kind  
Bot he of natural inclinacioune  
Dois favour the with all his heart and mind  
With fervent tendir true intencioun  
And walled of inwarthie effectioun.  
But dreyd of danger de in thy defence  
Or death or schame war done to thy person  
To quham be honour laud and reverence   

Welcum thou knight most fortunable in field.  
Welcum in a●mis most aunterus and ablen.  
Wndir the sound that beris helm or shield  
Welcum ●how campioun in feght wnourcnablen  
Welcum most dughti dign and honorablen  
And 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 and high magnifecence  
Nixt wndir kings to stand incou●pable  
To quham be honour laud and reverence   

Throw Scotland ingland france and lombary  
Fleys on weighing thy fame and thy renown  
And our all countries wndirnethe the sky  
And our all strandis 〈◊〉 the sterris down  
In every province land and regioun  
Proclaim't is thy name of excellence.  
In every Cete village and in town  
With gloire and honour lawd and reverence   

O feyrse Achili in furtus high courage  
O strong invincible Hector under shield  
O valyeant arthur in knyghtli vassalage  
Agamemnon in governace of field  
Bold Hennitball in battle to do beild  
julius in ●●pert in wisdom and expense  
Most fortunable chiftane both in yhouth & eild  
To the behonour laud and reverence   

At parliament thou should be high renown●●  
That did so money victoryle opteyn  
Thy crystal helm with lawry 〈…〉 wnye  
And in the hand a branch of olive greyn  
The lueird of conquis and of knyghteid keyn  
Be borne sulo high before the in presence  
To represent sicman as thou has beyn  
With glory and honour laud & reverence   

High furius mars the god Arm 〈…〉  
Rung in the 〈◊〉 at thine natnut●e  
Saturnus doeme with fyryeyn did blended  
Throw bloody 〈…〉 manasing to guard  
On the fresh wenus 〈◊〉 her amourouse 〈◊〉  
On the Marcurius furtheyet his eloquence  
Fortuna maior did turn her face on the  
With glory and honour laud and reverence   

Prince of freedom And flower of gentleness  
Sweyrd of knightheid and choice of chivalry  
This time Ilefe for great p●…lixunes  
To tell quhat feildis thou wan●u pik●●rdy  
In france in bertan in naplis and lombary  
As I think estir with all my diligence  
Or thou depart at lenthe for to d●●cry  
With glory and honour lawd and reverence   

B in thy name betaknis batalrus  
A ablen in field R right renown most high  
N nobleness and A for annterus  
R rial blood for dughtines is D  
W valycantnes S for strenewite  
Quhoise knyghtli name so shining in cle●●ence  
For wourthines in gold should 〈◊〉 be  
With glory and honour lawd and reverence    

 printer's device of Andrew Myllar 
Androv myllar