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BY ANDROW OF "WYNTOUN.

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DAVID LAING.

IN THREE VOLUMES.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
THE ORYGYNALE CEONYKIL OF SCOTLAND :—
PAGE
The Fytt Buke, — Continued, . . 1
The Sext Buke, ... . 59
The Sevynde Buke, . . . . 149
The Auchtand Buke, . . 267

THE FYFT BUKE

of the

OEYGYNALE CRONYKIL
OF SCOTLAND.

(CONTINUED.)

VOL. II.

THE FYFT BUKE

OF THE

OEYGYNALE CEONYKIL
OF SCOTLAND.

CHAP. XIL

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A.D. 'r\
407. JJ OUE hundyr -wyntyre and thare-tyU sevyn
Efftyre that borne wes God off Hewyn,
The fyrst Innocent Pape off Eome,
And kepare off all Crystyndome,
Fyftene yhere and t-wa dayis
Held that se, as Frere Martyne sayis.
The pax that tyme ordanyd he
At all Mess to gyvyn be
Ilk[a] day, bot quhen the Mes
S'wngyn for Crystyn sa^wlys 'wes : 4030
He ordanyd als quhen men suld de
Anoynted -wyth haly oyhle to be :
He ordanyd to fast the Settyrday,
Syne in hys graff Gryst that tyme lay.
The Empryo'wre that tyme, Schyr Archad,
To 'wyff a 'wykkyd -woman had,
Scho callyd wes Ewxodia ;
Off hyr-selff than gert scho ma

4 THE CEONYKIL [B. V.
Ane ymage, aU lyk hyr propyrly
In tiU an fassowne off [hyr] body ; 4040
The doytyd qwennys off that land,
And damysellys yhong and a-VYcnand,
Befor that ymage ilk[a] day,
Scho gert cum to dawns and play.
Quhen Jhon Crysostome, the gret clerk.
In hys prechyug cald that werk
A foule wyce off mawmentry,
Scho gert that cunnand clerk, for-thi.
Off ConstantynopyUys cyt^,
Quhare-off byschope that tyme wes he, 4050
Be put owte and banysyde qwyte.
In till gret ire and in dyspyte ;
And for Archad gave his assent
To that, this Pape Innocent
This Empryowr in till gret hy
He cwrsyd hym solemply.
For that he tholyd that haly man
Fra hys se be banysyd than.
Jowys and Hethin that tyme he
Gert condampne and banysyd be. 4060
Befor Mychalmes alsua
Ordyrys he bade the byschapys ma.
Quhen this Innocent wes dede
Zozimus sat in that stede
Aucht moneth and twa yhere
And fywe and twenty dayis clere.
Clerkkys that tyme forbade he
Tavernaris fra theyne to be.
In to that tyme Honorius
And yhongare Teodosius 4070
F. 111. b. Stude Empryowrys fyftene yhere ;

Ch. xii.] of SCOTLAND. 5
In Eome regnand the Gotys were.
This Empryowr Honoryus
TiU gud Teodosius
All lyk -wertwus in governale.
And off his tresore liberal.
Till ilk man famylyere.
In all aport he couth hym here.
Quhen it wes gyvyn hym to conseil
Thame to sla that wes rebell 4080
Till hym. and his state agayne,
He sayd he wald be blyth and fayne,
Ony man gyff that he mycht
Eays be powere or be slycht
Fra dede to lywe, and hald thame swa.
And na man efftyr that to sla.
Pelagyus borne in to Brettane,
A clerk was and a wykkyd man,
Proponyd that tyme heyly
Conclusyo'wnys off gret herysy. 4090
Off hys conclusyownys ane this was,
Man mycht be sauff, but Goddys gras,
Off propyr will man mycht in mede
In alkjTi rychtwysnes precede.
He sayd, and barnys abortywe.
And barnys borne yhong ha-wand lywe,
Wes aU. fre qwyt and hale
Fra the auld syne orygynalle ;
Na the baptysme, he sayd, in dede,
Dyd noucht bot ekyd thame thaire mede. 4100
On this a Cownsall gret wes sene,
Thre hundyr byschopys and threttene
In Cartage gadryd ; that tyme thare
Thir herysyis all condampnyt ware.

THE CEONYKIL [B. V.
Than deid this Pape Zozimus ;
Neyst hym Bonifacius
Succedyt Pape, and twa yhere.
And to that aucht moneth clere.
Quhen he wes deyd than dayis nyne
That se -wakyd, than Celestyne 4110
Pape off Eome wes aucht yhere
And ane and twenty dayis clere.
Judica me Deus ay
He ordan[yd] the prest for to say
Eevestyd to the Mes, before
Or thai begyne Confiteor
Saynt Jerome that time the Doctore
Than deyd in Bethleem wyth honore.
Saynt Austyne alsua in tha days
Deyde, as the story sayis, 4120
That wes byschope off Yppone.
That tyme wes ordanyd to be done
Off Saynct Petyr the fest alsua
F. 112. That we now call acZ ¦wimc'wZa ;
Ilk[a] yhere that faUys ay
Ewyne apon the Lammes day.
A.D. Tjl
423. JJ OUEE hundyr twenty yhere and thre
Efftyre the blyst Natyvyte
This Celestyne Pape off Eome
And kepare off all Crystyndome 4130
Send Saynt Patryk in Irland,
And Saynt Pallady in Scotland,
In thai landis for to preche.
And men in Crystyne fay to teche.
Than yho-wngare Teodosius,

Ch. XIL] OF SCOTLAND. 7
Quhen deid wes gud Honoryus,
AVes to this pape contemporane,
And wyth hym Valentynyane,
Empryo-wrys ware twenty yhere
And se-vyn oure to rekyn clere. 4140
In the lie that time off Cretd,
That lyis -wythin the MekiU Se,
[Bot] now that lie is cald Candy,
The devyU apperyd thare bodyly
Till the Jowys, and sayd he wes
That haly man thai callyd Moyses,
And gert thame trowe that tyme that he
Sauff suld bryng thame oure the Se,
And all thaire gate to mak thame dry ;
In that dyssayt wes tynt mony, 4150
For aU that folowyd hym that tyme thare.
In [to] that depe se drownyd ware.
Off Constantynopolys cyt6 than
The byschope wes a wykyd man,
Nestorius cald he wes be name.
Off oure Lady this deffame
He set, and sayd that 'werraly
Scho bare noucht God off hyr body,
Bot he sayde that sympylly than
Off hir body scho bare bot man. 4160
Twa hundyr byschopys than onone
Gadryd in till Ephesone
Befor this Celestyne, in hy
Cdndampnyd this fals herysy,
And Otheotocos thai ordanyd all
Oure Lady haly kyrk to call :
That is the modyr propyrly
Off God and man bath -werraly.

8 THE CEONYKIL [B.V.
Quhen dede wes this Pape Celestyne,
Aucht yhere and dayis nyne 4170
Syxt the Thrid held that stede :
And effyre that, quhen he wes dede,
Leo wes mad Pape off Eome,
And byschope off all Crystyndome,
Twa moneth and thretty yhere
And se-vyn and twenty dayis clere.
He wes a solempne clerk,
F. 112. b. And dyd mony a clerklyk werk.
Tyll the empryowre Marcyane
That wes till [him] contemporane, 4180
And till hys -wyff the gret Emprys,
He wrate and send full fayre tretys.
To draw thare hart to Crystyne fay.
And thare-in to be stedfast ay.
And off Crystys natyvytd
Solempne sermownys sere mad he.
QuhQl this Pape Leo wes
Syngand on Pask day hys Mes,
'A fayr woman at the offerand
Wyth othir come and kyssyd hys hand ; 4190
Off that kys all suddanly
Thare ras a lust off hys body.
He feld off that temptatyowne
Hys hand was the occasyowne ;
He gert stryk off that hand, for-thi,
Q-wyte fra [the] arme off hys body.
Swa efftyr that gret murmwr wes
That he oysyd noucht to say his Mes ;
For that deffame devotly
Prayer he mad tUl oure Lady, 4200
Wyth gret [waUcyng] and fastyng.

Ch. XIL] OF SCOTLAND. 9
For till rele-we hym in tyll sum thyng.
And tyU sauff hym fra that deffame
That he sustenyd noucht swylk schame.
Than Mary myld, oure Lady fre,
Apperyd till hym that he mycht se.
And tiU hys stwmp scho set a hand,
E-wynly mete and rycht gaynand.
And abyll hym mad till say his Mes.
Eestoryd thus till hele he wes, 4210
And prechyd efftyr hely[ly]
This myrakill off oure swete Lady,
And lo-wyd hyr [on] mony wys
And oblysyt hym till hyr serwys.
For the gud dedys he oysed to wyrk
He is yhit lowyd in haly kyrk ;
On Petyr and Paulys evyn ay
Ilk[a] yhere [is] hys fest day.
The Sleparys sevyn than ryssyn were
That slepand lay thre hundyr yhere 4220
And se-vynty yhere thare-tiU and twa
Ekyd thare-tUl ware alsua.
Fra the decys off Decyus
Till yhoungare Teodosius
TOI Leo this Pape contemporane,
Valentyne and Martyane,
Off the empyre held the state
Se-vyn yhere, as Frere Martyne wrate.
The Saxonys off Duche-land
Arrywyde that tyme in Ingland. 4230
Merlyne alsua mystyly
That tyme made hys Prophecy.
F. 113. How Vortygerne wytht hys falshede
Off Brettane made the kyngis dede ;

lo THE CEONYKIL [B. V.
How Latere and Awrelius,
Till surname cald Ambrosius,
Off Ingland passyt pre-waly than.
And efftyr bad in Less-Brettan ;
And the Saxonys -wyth thare slycht
In Yngland come, and ay thare mycht 4240
Wes ekyd, that [in] multitude
Thare wes slayne downe the Brettis blud ;
And Ingland thare-efftyre ay
Thai ha-we yhit haldyn to this day.
The Brwte tellys opynly :
Thare-for I le-we now that story.
The Saxonys in Ingland ware,
Quhen Teodosius the yhoungare
Off the empyre held the state.
As in the buk befor I -wrate. 4250
Quhen this Leo the Pape wes dede,
Saynt Hylare sat in to that stede
Thre moneth and sex yhere
And ten dayis oure-passyt clere.
Efftyr hym Simplicius,
The thryd Felix, and Gelasius
Off Eome war Papys successywe,
Ilkane till othir in thare lyve :
Sevyn and twenty [yhere] thir thre
In Eome held the Papys se. 4260
Quhen thir Papys thre were than
To the empryowre contemporane.
The Empryowre [the] fyrst Leo,
Till [hym] succedyt Schyr Zeno.
Thir twa in to thare lywe
Held the empyre successy-we
Thretty yhere full and ma ;

Ch. XIL] OF SCOTLAND. 1 1
[And] Anastasius efftyre tha
Twenty thre yhere lord and syre
Held the state off the empyre. 4270
And quhen this Leo wes Empryo-wre,
Kyng off' Brettane wes Arthowre,
That wan all Frawns, and Lumbardy,
Gyane, Gaskoyn, and Normandy,
Burgoyne, Flawndrys, and Braband,
Henawnd, Holand, and Gotland,
Swes, Swethryk, and Norway,
Denmark, Irland, and Orknay ;
And all the Ilys in the Se
Subject ware till hys powste : 4280
And all thir landis everilkane
To the Crowne off Gret Brettane
He ekyd hale, and mad thame ii&
Bot subdyt tUl hys ryawt^,
Wyth-owte ser-wys, or homage.
Or ony payment off trewage
F. 113. b. Mad, to Eome as befor thai
Lang tyme oysyd for to pay.
Quharefor the state off the empyre
Hely mo-vyt in to gret ire 4290
The hawtane message till hym send.
That wryttyn in the Brwte is kend :
And Huchown off the Awle Eyale
In tiU hys Gest HystoriaUe
Has tretyd this mar cwnnandly,
Than suffycyand to pronowns am I.
As in oure matere we precede,
Sum man may fall this buk to rede,
SaU call the Autour to rekles.
Or argwe perchans hys cunnandnes ; 4300

12 THE CEONYKIL [B. V.
Syne Huchowne off the Awle Eyale
In till hys Gest Hystoryalle
Cauld Lucius Hiberius empryoure,
Quhen Kyng off Brettane was Arthoure.
Huchowne bath and the Autore
Gyltles ar off gret errore.
For the Autor [is] fyrst to say.
The storyis quha that will assay.
Off Iber, Frere Martyne, and Vincens
Storyis to cwn dyd dUigens, 4310
And Orosius, aU foure.
That mony storys had sene oure,
Cald noucht this Lucyus Empryoure,
Quhen Kyng off Brettane wes Arthoure.
Bot off the Br-wte the story sayis.
That Lucyus Hiberius in hys dayis
Wes off the hey state Procurature,
Nowthir cald Kyng, na Empryo-wre.
Fra blame than is the Autore q-wyte,
As befor hym [he] fand, to wryte ; 4320
And men off gud dyscretyowne
Suld excuse, and love Huchowne,
That cunnand wes in literature.
He made the gret Gest off Arthure,
And the Awntyre off Gawane,
The PystyU als off Swete Swsane.
He wes curyws in hys style,
Fayre off facund, and subtiUe,
And ay to plesans and delyte
Made in metyre mete his djiie, 4330
Lytill or nowcht ne-vyrtheles
Waverand fra the suthfastnes.
Had he cald Lucyus Procurature,

Ch. XIL] OF SCOTLAND. 13
Quhare that he cald hym Empyrowre,
That had mare gre-vyd the cadens.
Than had relevyd the sentens.
Ane empryoure in propyrte
A comawndoure suld caUyd be :
Lucyus swylk mycht have bene kend
F. 114. Be the message that he send. 4340
Here suffycyand excusatyownys
For -wylfuU defamatyownys.
He mon be war in mony thyng
That will hym kepe fra mysdemyng.
Off Arthowris gret douchtynes,
Hys wyrschype and hys prys proues.
His conqwest, and hys ryaUe state.
As in this Buk befor I wrate.
How he held in tiU hys yherys
Hys TabyU Kownd -wyth hys Dowchsperys ; 4350
How that he tuk syne hys wayage,
Fra Lucyus had send hym the message,
TiU Ytaly wyth hey mychtys
Off kyngys, lordys, and off knychtys.
And discumfyte the Empryowre,
And wan gret -wyrschype and honoure
Off Frawns nere the bord-wrys sete.
In were as thai togyddyr mete ;
And off tresowne tiU hyme done
Be Modred hys systyr sone, 4360
Quharfor in hast he come agayne,
And -wyth hym fawcht in tiU Brettayne,
Quhare he and hys Eownd TabyU qwyte
Wes wndone, and discumfyte ;
Huchown has tretyd curyowsly
In Gest off Broyttys auld story.

14 THE CEONYKIL [B.V.
Bot off hys dede and hys last end,
I fand na wryt, couth mak that kend :
Syne I fand nane, that thare off wrate,
I wyll say na mare, than I wate. 4370
Bot quhen that he hade fowychtyn fast,
Efftyre in till an lie he past
Sare woundyt, to be lechyd thare.
And efftyre he wes se[yn] na mare.
Bot in hys tyme Schyr Constantyne
Schyr Cadorys sown, hys awyne cusyne,
That wes Duk off Cornwale,
He wes made Kyng off Brettane hale.
And set apon hys hevyd the crowne.
And gave hym full possessyowne. 4380
A.D. -n
522. Jj EA the byrth off our Lorde dere
Fyve hundyr twa and twenty yhere.
In this tyme I tauld off thus
The Pape off Eome, Gelasius,
In tyU hys devotyonys
Ympnys mad and wrysownys.
And the preface off the Mes,
That syne for comoune oysyd wes.
The byschope Mamert of Vyen
The thre dayig gert be fastyd then, 4390
And haldyne the processyowne
Before the Ascensiowne,
That now mony natyownys
F. 114. b. CaUys the Eogatyownys,
For gret erddyn and felowne
Strak howssys and gret towrys downe.
Wytht-in the cyt(5 of Wyen

Ch. XIL] OF SCOTLAND. 15
The wolwys wylde than werryd men :
For this cans that tyme he
Gert prayerys and this fastyng be, 4400
As yhe may yhit ilk^ yhere
Se the oys and the manere.
A comowne woraan in pwtry.
That lyvyd in Eome than lustely,
Sevyn barnys bayre at anys,
Quyk in fleysch, [and] blud, and banys.
By a stank at a gate syde,
Quhare that men oysyd [for] till ryde,
Scho layd [thir] barnys pre-waly ;
Swa feU the kyng off Lumbardy 4410
Come -wyth hys court off cas rydand,
Quhare thai barnys thai saw sprewland,
Wyth hys spere he turnyd ane.
That chyld than wyth hys hand has tane
That spere, and held it wychtly ;
The kyng than luch, and sayd heyly,
" May this chyld lyve, he sail, but drede,
Cum till gret state and manhede."
He gert that chyld be takyn than
And fostryd wp quhUl he grew man, 4420
And wes hys ayre off Lumbardy,
Kyng and led it rycht-wysly.
Quhen Leo the fyrst wes dede,
Empryowre in to that sted
Leo [the] Secund, hys sone, ras.
And Empryowre than bot a yhere was.
And efftyre hym off the empyre
Zeno was full lord and syre.
And stude in to that state sevyntene yhere.
And made in that tyme la wys sere. 4430

16 THE CEONYKIL [B. V.
He set hym thraly, wyth a trayne,
Yhong Leois sone for tUl have slayne.
For caus he thoucht he wald defere
As ayre the state off the empire
The modyre off this barne, for-thi.
Set tyll dyssayve hym hyr study.
Ane othire barne in hys figure
Scho gert gyve to the empryo-wre.
And that barne wyth-owt remede
He gert in hy be put to dede. 4440
Schyr Leoys sone all pre-waly
The modyr at scule held off clergy,
QuhUl that Justyne, lord and syre,
Eas to the state off the empyre.
Teodoryk, a mychty kyng,
That Gotland had in governyng,
TUl this Zeno made homage.
And gave hym hys sone in hostage,
F. 115. That callyd wes tiU hys fadyr lyk
In propyr name Teodoryk. 4450
That chylde bade wyth the empryowre,
Haldyn in till gret honowre,
TUl he wes auchtene yhere auld.
That he mycht -wappyn and armys wald.
This Zeno send hym tUl Ytaly
Wyth hys awyne Gottys mychtyly,
For a tyrawnd, Odonater,
Held all that land tyU hym off were
Agayne the mycht off the empyre.
Zeno thare-for in tUl gret ire 4460
Gert this chyld pas, as I ha-we sayde,
Wyth banare in hys oyst displayde,
Fra ConstantinopiU throwch Bulgary

Ch. XIL] OF SCOTLAND. 17
And on swa furth throwch Pannony ;
And swa furth -wyth hys ost he past,
QuhiU nere Eome he come at the last.
Swa quhare he lay apon a nycht,
Odonater come -wyth hys mycht.
And fawcht -wyth hym thare stalwartly
And [he] def ens mad manlyly. 4470
Odonater in to that fycht
Discumfyte wes, and tuk the flycht
To Eome, bot thare, na way mycht he
TiU succoure sauff resajrvyd be ;
Quharfore he sped hym till Wyen
And thare wes he ressayvyd then,
Quhare this Teodoryk off were
Assegyd hym wyth hys powere.
And wan hym syne -wyth-oute remed
And hym thare put tiU schemfull dede. 4480
TiU Eome syne wyth gret reawt^
He pas[si]t, and ressay-vyd wes he.
And haldyn in tUl gret hono-wre,
Lutenand to the Empryoure.
Thus fyrst the Gottys cummyn were
In tiU Eome wyth thaire powere.
Bot the [king] Teodoryk
Gret tyrand wes and herytyk :
Boece, mast off the senatowrys.
That than wes lywand in hys Howrys, 4490
Becaus that in aU tyme he
Agayne stud hys inyqwyte,
Haldand fo-vsTme off rychtwysnes.
Off crymys fals accusyd wes ;
Throwch tyrandy in to that quhille
He put off Eome [was] in hard exUe,
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18 THE CEONYKIL [B. V.
And in the cyt^ off Pa-wy,
Off comfort off phylosophy.
He -wrat thare the bukys fj^ve
To rewle men in to stedfast lyve. 4500
F. 1 15. b. TyU the Pape Gelasius,
The secund Anastasius
Succedyt, and twa yhere he
Held in Eome the Papys Se,
And as this Pape caUyd was
The Empryoure wes Anastasias
CaUyd, the neyst successowre
TiU Zeno before Empryo-wre.
Herysys he favoryd ay
And supprysyd [the] Crystyne fay; 4510
The Pape Anastas for-thi
Cursyd hym [fuU] solempnely.
That empryowre this Anastas,
But hape or grace swa lyvand was.
That na tyme off hys innymyis
He wes worth to wyn -victoryis,
Bot wes at wndyre throwch thame ay
In dowt and dule tyU hys enday.
Off Cartage than OUmpius
The byschape held off Arryus 4520
In aU hys tyme the fals fay ;
Swa in hys [berthe] apon a day,
Wyth dispytws wordys he
Deffamyd the Haly Trinyt^ :
Ane angyle in to flammand fyre
Wes send schwtand a dart off ire.
And slwe that herytyk in hy
Wyth that scharpe schot suddanly.
Ane othire Arryane than was.

Ch. XIL] OF SCOTLAND. 19
A byschape caUyd Barrabas, 4530
As he baptysyd a man
Thir ware the wordys he sayd than,
Baptizat te Barrabas per Filium in nomine
Patris et Spiritu Sancto.
For he dyd noucht the sacrament
Wyth detfuU wordys and intent.
The wattyr off the fownt for-thi
Qwyt wes away rycht suddanly ;
And he that baptyzyde suld have bene
This myrakyU fra he had sene.
Off ane othir in gud intente
[He] tuk that haly sacrament. 4540
The Pape Hormysda tyU hym sowne
Legatys send, quhen this was do-wne,
TiU monest hym awfuUy
For tUl leve hys heresy :
TUl thame wald he noucht appere,
Na nathyng off thare message here ;
This herytyk than certanly
Wes brynt wyth fyrflawcht suddanly.
Quhen Anastas the Pape wes dede,
Symacus sat in [tU] that sted 4550
Fyftene yhere and monethys sevyn
And twenty dayis to mak aU e-wyn,
Gloria in Excelsis he
Ordanyd in hys tyme to be
F. 116. Sayd or swngyn at the Mes,
As syne than the manere wes.
The Almayhnys that tyme off were
Come in Frawns wyth gret powere.
Godoveus that tyme kyng.
That Frawns aU hade in governyng, 4560

20 THE CEONYKIL [B. V.
Come -vryth his ost in gud aray
Agayne the Almayhnys on a day.
And a-wowyd devotly
To God thare, for the wyctory.
For to becummyn Crystyn man.
And leUy to serwe God fra than.
Wyth that the Almayhnys tuke the flycht.
The kyng than wan the feld in fycht.
And syne tuk baptysme devotly
Off the byschop Saynt Eemy ; 4570
Saynt Leonard, as sayis oure buke.
Syne off that kyng the baptysme tuke.
And off the byschope Saynt Eemy,
That browcht hym -wp syne tendyrly.
In Symacus electyowne
Thare ras gret dissentyowne.
The ta part chesyd Symacus,
The tothir part Laurentius,
The pupUl and the clergy
In this discordyd -vylausly. 4580
Before Teodoryke the kyng.
That Eome than had in governyng.
In to the cyt^ off Eaven
The Eomanys aU assemblyd then ;
Thare this Symacus gert he
Chosyn and confermyd be.
Bot Symacus efftyre this
Defamyd wes off gret crimys.
All off fallsed and inwy ;
Be that Laurentius wes pre-waly 4590
Intrusyd in the papys se.
And thare-in wes defendyt he ;
Swa the folk and the clergy

Ch. XII. j OF SCOTLAND. 21
Agayne discordyt -wylausly.
A Senyhe solempne than was sene,
Twa hundyr byschopys and fyftene.
Off aU thir cr3'^mys mare and less,
This Symacus thare purgyd wes.
And wyth honowre syne wes he
Agayne restoryd tiU hys Se, 4600
And Lawrens wyth hys companownnys
Tholyd thare condampnatyownys.
Quhen Symacus this Pape wes dede,
Hormysda nyne yhere held that stede ;
In fowrme he rewlyd hys clergy,
F. 116. b. He techyd the pepyU wertwysly.
And in the tyme that he Pape was
The Empryowre deyd Anastas,
And Justinus Empryowre
Neyst tUl hym wes successoure : 4610
He favoryd aU t3rme Crystyn fay.
And herytykys supprysyd ay.
This Pape Hormysda tiU hym -vsrate
For to releve the Crystyne state.
That he wald the byschopys all
Agayne to thare kyrkys call.
That befor hym exylyd was
Fra thaire seys, but trespas ;
To this he consentyd sone.
And has the byschopys byddyng done, 4620
The kyrkys that held off hethyn lay
Sone he restoryd to Crystyne fay.
Teodoryk the kyng, for-thi,
W^at tUl hym dyspitusly
TUl heretykys for tiU restore
The kyrkys fra thame he tuk before

22 THE CEONYKIL [B. V.
Or than wyt he certanly
He suld hald fra hym all Ytaly,
And Crystyn men all suld he sla.
That he mycht in hys rayk oure ta. 4630
Quhen Justynus the Empryoure
The charge had hard off the errowre.
In hart set he was mo-vyd then
For pyte off the Crystyne men.
And, at the Papys thra prayere.
He mad curtas and fayre answere.
Bot or this message come agayne
To this tyrand, he gert be slayne
Boece and mony Crystyne men.
In ire as he wes wedand then. 4640
Efft3Te this Pape Hormisdais dayis
The fyrst Jhon, as Frere Martyne sayis,
Twa yhere held the Papys se.
Thys tyrand throwch hys crualt^
Tuk this pape and held in pyne.
Till ConstantynopUl he send hym syne ;
Justynus the Empryo-wre
Thare hym ressay-wyd wyth honowre,
Wyth sauff condyte send hym fre
Agayne hame tiU his a-wyne se. 4650
Throwche this tyrand nevyrtheles.
This pape agayne yhit [takyn] wes
And pwt in tUl a depe downgeowne ;
Swa deyd this pape in hys persowne.
Sown efftyr that this kyng wes dede.
And condampnyd but remede,
Ane haly heremyt nere thare by.
That led hys lyff relygyowsly,
Saw the sawle off this tyrand

Ch. XIL] OF SCOTLAND. 23
F. 117. p-wt in this pape Jhonys hand, 4660
And rycht hastyly he kest it down
In tUl Vulcanus hoU caldrown,
Quhare BeUyallys barnys ware brulyhand
And rwtowrys raggyd rech royhland.
Saynct Bryd that tyme in Scotland
Wes in hyr flowrys than ly-wand.
AU Fra-wns that tyme tuk Crystyn fay
And that trowth held thare-efftyre ay.
In tUl this tyme the bewt4
Off Antyoche, the fayre cjt6, 4670
Suddanly wes castyne down
Be fors off erddyn and feUowne.
Saynct Genoveffe the madyn fre.
In tUl hyr -virgynyte,
Ly-vyd that tyme in Parys,
And in a coUegye place thare lyis
Off blak chanownys regulare ;
Devotly scho is honoryd thare.
And obserwaunce [is] kepyt ay
Thare off relygyowne to this day. 4680
Quhen this fyrst Pape Jhon wes dede,
Felix the ferd in to that stede.
Syne the secund Boniface
Successoure neyst tUl hym was ;
Sex yhere into thare lyve
Ware Papys Ukane successyve.
And Justynyane Empryowre
Neyst tUl Justyne successoure.
Effytre the secund Bonifas
Jhon the Secund twa yhere was 4690
Pape off Eome ; quhen he wes dede
Agapitus syne held that stede

24 THE CEONYKIL [B. V.
Ten moneth ; than Sylverius ;
Neyst till hym VigUius
Sevyntene yhere held that se ;
In tUl hys tyme ordnayd he
In till the est end Ukd day
Off the kyrk the Mes to say.
In till a cyt^ off Sycylle
Thare wes a clerk calde Teophyle 4700
That feld hym gre-vyd wrangwsly
Be hys byschape ; he thoucht, for-thi,
Mo-vyd in gret yre and tene
Eevengyd off hym tiU have bene ;
Hale hys purpos he set than
For to becum the DeviUis man.
Apon this hys procurature
A Jowe he made, and medyature.
And sone there-on a tryst wes set ;
The DevyU and he togyddyr met, 4710
F. 117. b. And thare in to the fyrst band
That wes made in thare cunnand,
Hys Crystyndome this clerk forsuke.
And the De-wyU hys lorde he tulie,
Fra God he drwe hym, and Mary,
And forsuk thame [al]uterly ;
And off this promissyowne
He wrate hys obligatyowne.
And selyd it wyth hys awyne hand.
Off all this heycht and this cunnand. 4720
Swne efftyre aU thir cunnandys made.
In hart this clerk gret sorowe had.
For he swa wnhappyly
Forsakyn had God and myld Mary.
Off that he feU in gret langure.

Ch. xii.J of SCOTLAND. 25
In menyng sare and hard dolure,
And in ane chapyll nere thare-by.
That halowyd wes off oure Lady,
Fourty dayis in tUl fastyng.
In thra prayere and walkyng, 4730
Before the ymage off oure Lady
He baid, and askyd her mercy.
Oure Lady tiU hym at the last
Apperyd, and repro-wyd [him] fast
Off hys wnreulyd wUfulnes,
And off hys rwyd wnco-wnnandnes.
And off the dowtws gret peryle
Off hys saule. Than TeophUe
Wyth gret repentance askyd mercy.
And that grantyd myld Mary. 4740
And thare scho gert the DewUl appere,
Anc^hym repro-wyd off hys manere.
That he set hym ay to confownde
Crystyne men, and bryng thame to grownd.
And -wyth hys wyle thame to supprys.
That made hyr Sone and hyr ser\vys.
Thare scho gert hym that restore.
The obligatyowne that before
He had gottyn fra that clerk
Quhen he begouth this dowtus werk, 4750
And forgave aU gane by.
And tuk this clerk tiU hyre mercy.
And purchesyd hym forgyffnes
Off aU that done tiU that tyme wes
Off Jhesu Cryst hyr awyne sone.
Efftyre that this aU thus wes done,
This clerk to the byschope past.
And mercy askyd hym rycht fast.

26 THE CEONYKIL [B. V.
And rehersyd the proces
And optenyd forgyffnes, 4760
F. 118. And prechyd in kyrkis heyly
This myrakUl off oure suet Lady,
And mad hyr ser-wys aU fra than
And deyd thare-efft [gud] Crystyne man.
This Pape off Eome, Vigilius,
Wes archedene tUl Sylveryus,
Hys predecessere immedyate.
And all tyme yharnyd the papys state,
And [in] tUl that covatys
He anherdyde tUl ane emprys, 4770
Teodora callyd be name,
A -wykkyd qwene off feUo-wne fame.
For this Silveryus the Pape
Wald noucht restore a fals byschape.
That wes condampnyd for heresy,
TUl hys state agane, for-thi.
This kerlyng gert this pape be dra-wyn
A quhiU wyth hors, syne fra his a-wyne ;
[And him] off Eome [gert] banysyd be
Throuch hyr feU inyquyte. 4780
Than deyd this Pape in that exUe,
Till hym succedyt this WigUle,
And for that Uk6 caus he
This emprys gert hym takyn be.
And layd abowt hys nek a rape.
To dede swa gert scho draw that Pape.
Swa throwch hyr inyquyte
Dede scho gert twa Papys be.
And set this ilkd Pape Vigille
Entryde in to that stede wyth gyle, 4790
Stedfast he wes in Crystyne fay,

Ch. XIL] OF SCOTLAND. 27
And in repentans deyd -werray.
To thire sex Papys contemporane
Empryowr wes Justiniane.
The Pape Agapitus be prechyng
Hym drw fra herrytykys fals techyng.
He abbregyd than the lawys
That thai off Eome held in thaire dawys.
The Code and the Digest weUe
TUl end he furthryde Uk[a] delle : 4800
Thai are bukys off Cy-vylle
Gud, solempne, and sutyUe.
In hys tyme aU halyly
Off Pers the landys and Medy
He wane [agane] to the empyre.
And thare-off he, bathe lord and syre.
To mak lawys set hys intent.
And thame to hald wes dUigent.
Efftyr that he had wonnyn Pers,
As yhe befor herd me rehers, 4810
F. 118. b. All A ffryk he wan off were.
And mad it to Eome tributere.
The state grew weille off the empyre
QuhUl he thare-off wes lord and syre.
Thare fell in hys tyme suddanly
A gret hungyre in Ytaly,
That the modrys, for fawte off mete,
Thare barnys wald for hungyre ete.
In ConstantinopiU, hys cyte,
Thare feU a gret mortalyte, 4820
For that caus with devotyone
The [fest caUit the] Purificatione
Off oure Lady done to be
Was ordanyt wyth solempnyte,

28 THE CEONYKIL [B. V.
As yhe se yhit ilk[a] yhere
Haldjme the oys and the manere.
Thre tytlys materyaUe
Is off that fest pryncipaUe :
The purificatyowne of Mary,
Clengyng that is propyrly 4830
Off women, efftyre that thai have borne
The byrth that thai ware -wyth beforne.
The purificatyowne oure Lady
Eessa-wyd in hyre fuU mekly,
Bot off it scho had na nede,
Scho consa-wyd but mannys sede ;
Efftyre the byrth that scho had borne,
Scho madyne clone was as beforne,
The -wertu off the Haly Gast
Mad that may off mychtys mast, 4840
Gret wame wyth barne, and borne wes he
Wnfylyd hyre virgynyte,
[Al] qwyt and fre sa scho wes
Fra that lauche off awlde Moyses.
Noucht for-thi it wes hyr wUle,
The lauch at aU poynt to fulfiUe,
Syne scho hym bare off hyr body
That wald the lauch hald fuUyly.
The secund titUl princypaUe
Makand this matere festy-waUe 4850
Is Ipapanti Domini,
That metyng off God is propyrly
In oure twng, that is to say.
In the Tempill, e-vyn that day,
Symeon mete hys Sal-wyoure,
Hys barne, hys beld, and hys succoure.
And in hys armys that awld man

Ch. XIL] OF SCOTLAND. 29
Hym tuke, and sayd thire wordys than.
Nunc dimitfis, Domine,
Servum tuum in pace.
F. 119. The thryd titiU is CandUmes,
That fyrst begouth throuch hethynes. 4860
Or thai off Eome tuk Crystyne fay,
Stedfast in nakyn trowth war thai,
Bot in fretys and reverys
Makand to develys offt sacrifyis.
Thai myskend thaire Creature
And lo-wyd ma goddys than nature.
Or ony -wertu mycht comprys
Inspyryd or be -wyt rychtwys.
The god off wyne thai caUyd Bachus,
Off -wynd thai callyd god Eolus, 4870
Mars wes god cald off bataiUe,
In nakyn thyng mycht he a-waylle,
Neptwne thai cald the god off se,
Bot lyff or saule yhit ne-vyr had he :
To thir thai oysyd to mak serwys.
And tynt thaire sawlys in swylk reverys.
Than wes thaire oys and thaire manere
The fyrst day and nycht off Fe-wreyhere,
Wyth bleisys lycht and gret tortys,
Syngand and dawnsand -wyth melodys, 4880
Abowte the cytd for to ga.
In honowre off Dame Februa ;
For thai sayd that scho modyr wes
Off Mars, and a gret goddes.
Yhit [than] wes thare othir ma
That swa dyd for Proserpyna ;
Thai sayd that scho modyr wes
Off Pluto, and a gret goddes.

30 THE CEONYKIL [B. V.
Pluto, as thai sayd, wes felle,
Swa thai hym cald a god off heUe. 4890
Bot efftyre that quhen Crystyn fay
lUumynyd thaim in trewth -werray,
Syn it wes hard for tiU forbere.
As clerkys sayis, a wont manere,
Sergyus, a Pape off Eome,
In bettyr chawngyd this custome
Be hys decrete he ordanyd then.
That all kynd off Crystyne men
Suld bryng candlys brynnand clere
In to the kyrk on fayre manere, 4900
And at the Mes in to thare hand.
Syne gj^e thame wp in tUl offerand
The secund day off Februere,
In honoure off that madyn clere
That wes kyrkkyd as that day,
The modyr off God and Man werray ;
And fra theyne CandiUmes
Off that fest a tityll wes.
Yhit besyd thire tytlys thre
F. 119. b. Mony thyngys may fundyn be 4910
To be sayd off this matere.
That I leve now to wryt in here.
TUl the Pape VigUius
Succedyt nest Pelagius,
He Pape off Eome wes foure yhere
And ten moneth to rekyn clere.
Saynct Benet the haly man
Wes in hys flowrys prechand than ;
In to Frawns Sajoict Ma-wre he send,
Crystyne trowth thare to mak kend. 4920
Saynct Benet gert stryk all downe

Ch. XIL] OF SCOTLAND. 31
Kwthlys that in devotyoune
Carlys oysyd on thare wys
In lo-wyn off fals mawmentrys.
The tempyU he gert off AppoUyne
Be halowyd a kyrk off Saynct Martyne,
And off Saynt Jhon the Baptyste he
Ane awtere thare-in gert halowyd be.
For gret -wertuys off hym sere
That men saw in hym appere, 4930
Men tro-wyd in hym werraly,
Sa spjTyt he wes off prophecy ;
And to_ prove gywe it wes swa.
The kyng off Gotys, Totyla,
Cled ane rybald in clethyng,
S-wylk as afferyd tUl a kyng.
And bade hym that he suld pas
Quhare that he tro-wyd Benet was.
And say hym that he wes TotUe.
That come to hym hys schryfft to ma. 4940
On hys way than als[a] fast
Thus arayid the rybald past,
Wyth hym twa carlys chargyd was
To se and here and bare wytnas.
And quhen Benet saw hym sa nere
That he mycht weUe hys spekyng here ;
" Put off, put off," he sayd, " leve swne
That clethyng on thi body dwne ;
For tUl me it is weUe knawyne
That thai clathys ar noucht thi a-wyne ; 4950
It afferys noucht to th4
Prouddare than thi state to be."
At thai wordys thire thre men
Gretly wes abaysyd then.

32 THE CEONYKIL [B. V.
And askyd at hym thare mercy.
And past agayne hame spedely.
And to the kyng thai tauld rycht sone
Per ordyr aU that thai had done.
This Totila the kyng past than
To speke wyth this gud haly man, 4960
And to that kyng he sayd rycht sone
That he had mekyU e-wyU done,
F. 120. And yhyt to do swa couth not ces :
Hys counsaU was yhit nevjrretheles
S-wylk e-wyll dedys to forbere
And lyve thare-efft in gud manere.
" Nyne yhere kyng yhit saU thow be,"
He sayd, " and pas swne oure the Se,
The tend yhere thow saU be slayne."
Off this the kyng was na thyng fayne, 4970
Nevyrtheles yhit [sa] it feU,
As this haly man couth hym speU.
This kyng past o-wre the se.
In trawaUe thare nyne yhere was he.
The teynd yhere agayne he come
And wan off fors the towne off Eome,
And the land off Ytaly
He drew hale tiU his senyhowry.
For that caus the empryoure
To sauff hys state and hys honoure, 4980
Schyr Narses off that land
He made off caus hys lutenand.
And he the cyte wane off were ;
The Gottys als wyth hys powere
He exylyd owt off Ytaly,
And tuk thare kyng dispj^twsly.
And slwe that kyng cald Totila ;

Chap, xil] OF SCOTLAND. 33
The prophesy fuUfiUyd wes swa
Off Benet the haly man.
All thus off were that land he wan, 4990
And wes to the empryoure
Off that land lele procuratoure.
This Narses wes a nobUl knycht.
In pres off were, bathe stowte and wycht.
He wes off natyowne a Eoman,
Off lyve a gud haly man ;
He wan mare prowes and renowne
Wyth prayerys and devotyowne
Than he dyde wyth fors off fycht,
Be pres off powere, or off [mycht,] 5000
Thare wes na thyng in to dede
That in hys tyme agayne hym yliede.
Quhen Pelagius Pape wes ded,
Twelffe yhere, the thryd John held that stede
EUe-wyn moneth and twenty
And sevyn dayis e-vynlykle.
Saynct Mawre deyd in hys dayis.
And lyis nere Parys, as men sayis.
The secund Justyne Empryoure,
TiU fyrst Justyne successoure, 5010
EUe-wyn yhere lord and syre
Held the state off the empyre.
Hys -wyff the Emprys, a lady
Cald be name wes Dame Sophy ;
Dispytwus and rycht fell scho wes
F. 120. b. TUl the gud knycht Schyre Narses,
That wes, as I sayd, procuratoure
TUl hys lord the empryoure
Off aU the landys off Ytaly,
Calabyre, Poyle, and Lumbardy. 5020
VOL. II. c

34 THE CEONYKIL [B. V.
Scho gert this knycht accusyd be
Off gret and feU inyqwyte
Before hyr lorde the Empryoure,
That he excedyt all mesoure
Off Ul and rwyd extorsyownys,
And grevous imposityownys ;
Off that scho mad sa gret deray
That scho gert aU the Eomanys say
That bettyr had bene mony -wys
For till have made thare wont serwys 5030
To [the] Gottys, than for to be
Wndyre that geldengys cruellt^ :
Thai cald that gud knycht a geldyng.
For he wes chast in thare hethyng.
Quhen thus the gud knycht Schyr Narses
For in-wy accusyd wes
Be thranes off that Emprys,
He wes deprywyd off hys offys.
For Justyne the secund Empryowre
Than put that knycht fra hys honoure, 5040
That befor that mony -wys
Had made hym lele and gud serwys.
Thus quhen he wes fra hys state
Eemovyd, the Emprys tUl hym wrate.
And sayd scho gyff wald tiU hym fe
Till ConstantinopyU, gyff that he
Wald cum and lellely till hyre heycht.
Be mesoure and be evyn weycht.
To gywe hyr women tow to spyn.
And yharne sponuyn to tak in. ' 5050
He wrat agayne to that Lady,
And sayd, he heycht hyr trewly
To that web that he suld we-we.

Ch. xil] of SCOTLAND. 35
Bath tow and yharne he suld hyr re-we,
And swylk a pryne he wald hyr wynd
That thare suld lytill leve behynd
Off warpe, or weffte, to mak hyre clath.
Set scho and all hyre kyn ware wrath.
Wyth that he past in Pannony,
That mar chand lyis nere Wngary : 5060
The Lumbardyis in to that quhUle
Thare wes bydand iu exUe.
Wyth thare kyng Arbwre fermly
He made a band off cumpany :
Wyth that Kyng agayne he come.
The cyt^ be fors he wan off Eome,
Tuskane hale, and Ytaly,
F. 121. Allmayhn^ and all Lumbardy
He wan and drew fra the empyre.
And made off thame bath lord and syre 5070
Schyr Arb-wre, that than as kyng
The Lumbardys had in governyng.
And Ukane efftyr othire successywe
Off Lumbardy kyng in thare lywe
Held aU thai landys in herjiiage,
TUl thame and [to] thare lynage,
Fra the empyre twa hundyre yhere
And ma, gyff aU weie reknyd were,
TUl the kyng off Frawns Pypyne,
Wyth the Empryo-wre Constantyne, 5080
Eas and wan wyth thare powere
Agayne the landys aU off were.
As yhe may [heyr] here-efftyre swne,
Quhen all the lave till it is dwne.
Lo ! here a worthy wyff to wale.
All suld the devyU have delt hys dale.

36 THE CEONYKIL [B. V.
Set -wp hyr quheyll, let hyr ga spyn,
Scho can bryng owt that is browcht in,
Spend but sparyng may hyr spows,
Swa huld a hwsy that can hows ; 5090
He spurnyd offtyr than he spede
That blyslys bryde that browcht to bede
This empryoure owre lychtly
Tynt throwch hys wyff aU Ytaly,
And othir mony landys sere
That I before have reknyd here,
Bot he mycht have bettyr done
TUl do as Catowne kend hys sone ;
Trow noucht thi wyff on thi serwand
Quhen scho ys wantownly hym wrethand ; 5100
The wyff offt hatys, on gret manere,
Hym that hji husband haldys dere.
Saynct Brandane in to that quhille
Travalyd on s^ fra ile tyU ile.
Saynt Colme that tyme off Irland
Come, and prechyd in Scotland :
Brud-Mechonysswn, the kyng than
Off Pechtys, he made Crystyne man.
And baptyzid hym in to that quhUle,
And gert hym trowe to the E-wangille. 5110
A.D. t;i
565. JJ YVE hundyre fyive and sexty yhere
Efftyre the byrth off oure Lorde dere,
Quhen Justyne the yhownge wes Empryoure,
And had eUe-wyn yhere that honoure.
The nynth yhere fra this Brude wes kyng,
And tuk the Peychtys in governyng.
Garnak-Makdownach neyst hyin syne

Ch. XIL] OF SCOTLAND.

37

F. 121. b.

Wes kyng, and fowndyde Abyrnethyne
In [to] Strathherne, in that tyde.
In tUl the honoure off Sanct Bryde. 5120
The fyrst tyme may be notyd here,
Con-wertyde quhen the Pechtys were.
Nest off the Peychtis regnyd then
The Kyng Kynell-Makluthren.
Efftyr that hys dayis wes dwne,
Kyng wes Nectane Fodis swne.
Brud, Golarg, and Golargan,
Nest efftyr this Nectan,
Ilkane tiU odyr in thare ly-we
Twenty yhere were successywe. 5130
Garnat-Makdownald, and Drust hys brodyr,
Brud-Bylys swne, befor othire
Kyngis ware in till Scotland
Atoure the Peychtys than regnand.
And off Ycolmkyll than
Abbot wes Saynct Adamane.
And [qwhen] this thyrd Jhon wes dede,
Saynct Serffe sevyn yhere held hys sted,
He wes off lyff ane haly man
The kyngis sone off Kanaan. 6140
Hys fadrys landys off hery tage
FeU tUl hym be clere lynage.
And lauchfuU lele befor all othire :
That gave [he] till hys yhowngare brodyre.
AU swylk cumbyre he forsuke.
And till haly lyff hym tuke.
God send hym a swet angeUe
To gyve hym comfort and conselle :
And wyth that angeli alsa fast
Fyrst till Alysandyre he past ; 6150

38 THE CEONYKIL [B. V.
TUl ConstantynopiU syne he come.
And to the cytd fra theyne off Eome.
Thare than -wakyd the Papys se ;
And chosyn syne tUl it wes he.
Than governyd he that sevyn yhere.
And quhen aU thai oure-passyde were.
The AngeU, that hys leddare was,
Sayd, hym beho-wyd fra Eome to pas ;
For God ordanyt noucht, that he
Langare in that land suld be. 5160
Than, [ap]on a solempne day.
Or he begowth to tak hys way,
He made a predycatyowne
And a solempne fayre sermowne
To the Eomanys, that he gert call
Befor hym ; and thare at thame all
Hys leve he tuk but mare delay.
Wyth thare blyssyng he past hys way.
And -wyth that angeU wpon chans
Fra theyne, throwch the rewme off Frawns, 5170
Strawcht to that Se departand
Off Frawns the kynrykys and Ingland.
F. 122. Schyppyng thare he gat redy,
Wyth hym ane hwndyr in cumpany :
In thai schyppys he made entr^.
Syne tuk wp sayle, and held the se.
Wyth wynd at wyll ay furth thai past
In Forth quhiU thai come at the last,
And arrywyd at Incheketh,
The Ue betwene Kyngorne and Leth. 6180
Off YcolmkiU the abbot than
Saynt Adaman, the haly man,
Come tyll hyme thare, and fermly

Ch. xil] OF SCOTLAND.

39

Mad spyrytualle band off cumpany.
And tretyd hym to cum in Fyffe,
The tyme to dry ve oure off hys lyffe.
Than till Dysard hys menyh4
Off that counsaUe fwrth send he.
Syne at Kynnell he come to land.
Thare oure the wattyr he kest hys wand 5190
That suddanly grewe in a tre.
And bare off appyUys gret plente ;
And that stede efftyre ay
Morglas [was caUit] mony day.
And oure the wattyr, off purpos.
Off Forth he passyd till Culros :
Thare he begowth to red a grownd,
Quhare that he thowcht a kyrk to fownd.
Brwde Dargardys sowne, in Scotland
Kyng oure the Peychtyis than regnand, 6200
Was movyd in gret crwallt^
Agayne the Saynct, and his menyhe :
He send feUowne men for-thi
To sla thame aU downe but mercy.
Bot this kyng ourtakyne wes
SuddaiUy wyth gret seknes ;
And at the prayer specyalle
Off Saynt Serffe he wes mad hale.
The kyng than feU fra that purpos.
And gave tUl Saynt Serffe aU Culros, 6210
Wytht aUkyn profytis ay frely.
Syne till hys prayeris devotly
He hym commendyt, and hys state,
And put away aUkyn debate ;
And ressaywyd wyth honeste
Saynt Serff thare and hys menyh^.

F. 122. b.

40 THE CEONYKIL [B. V.
Thare fyrst Saynt Serffe tuk hys reset
To lyve off that, that he mycht get.
And thare he browcht wpe Saynt Mongowe,
That syne wes byschape off Glasgowe. 5220
Syne fra Culros he past e-wyn
To the Inche off Lowchle-wyn.
The kyng Brud off devotyoune
Mad till Saynct Serff donatyowne
Off that Inche, and he duelt thare,
TUl se-wyn yhere oure-passyd ware.
In Twlybothy ane e-vU spyryte
A Crystyn man that tyme taiyit.
Off that spyryte he was than
Delyveryd throuch that haly man. 5230
In Twlycultry till a wiffe
Twa swnnys he rasyd fra dede to lyff.
This haly man had a ram.
That he had fed wp off a lame.
And oysyd hym to folow ay,
Quhare-e-wyre he passyd in hys way :
A theffe this schepe in Athren stall.
And ete hym wp in pesis smaU.
Quhen Saynct Serff hys ram had myst,
Quha that it stall, wes few that wyst: 6240
On presnmptyowne ne-vyrtheles
He, that it staU, arestyd wes ;
And tiU Saynt Serffe syne wes he broucht.
That schepe, he sayd, that he stall noucht.
And thare-tiU for to swere an athe.
He sayd, that he wald noucht be lathe.
Bot sone he worthyd rede for schame
The schepe thare bletyd in hys wame.
Swa wes he tayntyd schamfuUy,

Ch. XIL] OF SCOTLAND. 41
And at Saynt Serff askyd mercy. 6250
In Do-vyn off [his] devotyoune
And prayere, he slwe a fell dragowne :
Quhare he wes slayne, that plas wes ay
The dragownys den cald to this day.
QuhUl Saynt Serffe in tUl a stede
Lay efftyre Maytynis in hys bede.
The DevUl come, in fuU intent
For tUl fand hym wyth argument,
And sayd, " Saynt Serffe, be thi werk
I ken, thow art a connand clerk." 5260
Saynt Serff sayd, " Gyve I swa be,
Foule wreche, quhat is that for th6 ?"
The De-wyU sayd, " This questyowne
I ask in oure coUatyowne ;
Sa, quhare wes God, wat thow oucht,
Befor that he-wyn and erd wes wroucht ?"
Saynct Serff sayd, " In hym-self stedles,
Hys Godhed hampryd nevyr wes."
The Devell than askyd, " Quhat caus he hade
To mak the creaturys that he made ?" 5270
To that Saynt Serff answeryd thare,
" Off creature mad he wes Makare :
A makare mycht he nevyr be,
Bot gyve creaturys mad had he."
The DewyU askyd hym, " Quhy God off noucht
F. 123. Hys werkys all fuU gud had wroucht ?"
Saynt Serff answeryd, that, " Goddys wiU
Wes nevyr to mak hys werkys iU :
And als, in-wyus he had bene sene
Gyff noucht bot he fuU gud had bene." 5280
Saynt Serffe the De-wiU askyd than,
" Quhare mad God Adam the fyrst man ?"

42 THE CEONYKIL [B.V.
" In Ebron Adam fowrmyd was,"
Saynt Serff sayd. And tiU hym than Sathanas
Sayd, " Quhare wes he efft, that for hys wyce
He wes put owt off Paradice ?"
Saynt Serff sayd, " Quhare he wes mad."
The DevUl askyd, " How lang he bade
In Paradice efftyr hys sjoie?"
"Sevyn ho-wrys," Serff sayd, "he bade therein." 5290
" Quhare wes Eve mad ?" sayd Sathanas.
" In Paradyse mad," Serff sayd, " scho was."
At Saynt Serffe the DeviU askyd than,
" Quhy God let Adam the fyrst man
And Eve syne in Paradyce ?"
Saynt Serffe sayd, that, " Mony wys
God wyst weUe, and wndyrstude,
That thare-off suld cum mykiU gud :
For Cryst [tuk] fleysch man-kynd to wyne.
That wes to payne put for that syne." 5300
The DevUl askyd, " Quhy mycht noucht be
AU man-kynd delyveryd fre
Be thame-selff, set God had noucht
Thame -wyth hys precyows Passyowne boucht ?"
Saynt Serffe sayd, " Thai feU noucht in
Be thame-selff in to thaire syne ;
Bot be [the] fals suggestyowne
Off the DeviU, thare fa feUowne.
For-thi he chesyd to be borne
To sauff man-kynd, that wes forlorne." 5310
The DeviU askyd at hym than,
" Quhy wald noucht God mak a new man,
Man-kynd [for] to delyver fre ?"
Saynt Serffe sayd, " That suld noucht be :
It suffycyt well than, man-kynd

Ch. xil] of SCOTLAND. 43
Anys suld cum off Adamys strynd."
The DeviUe askyd, " Quhy that yhe
Men ar qwyte delyveryd fre
Throwch Crystys Passyowne precyows boucht.
And we Devillys swa ar noucht 1" 6320
Saynt Serffe sayd, " For that yhe
FeU throwch youre a-wyne inyqwyte :
And throwch oure-self we nevyr feU ;
Bot throwch youre feUowne fals conseil
And for yhe DevUlys war noucht -wroucht
Off brukyU kynd, yhe wald noucht
F. 123. b, Wyth rewth off hart for-thynk youre syn.
That throwch yhoure-self yhe war faUyn in ;
Thare-for Crystys Passyowne
Suld noucht be yhoure redemptyowne." 5330
Than sawe the De-wyU, that he cowthe noucht
Wyth all the wyUs, that he sowcht,
Ourecum Saynct Serff; he sayd than.
He kend hym for a wys man ;
For-thi he thare gave hym q-wyte.
For he wan at hym na profyte.
Saynct Serff sayd, " Thow wrech ga
Fra this stede, and noy na ma
In to this stede, I byd the."
Suddanly theyne passyd he : 5340
Fra that stede he held hym away.
And nevyr wes sene thare tUl this day.
Efftyre aU this Saynct Serffe past
West on tiU Culros als fast.
And be hys state quhen that he knewe.
That tUl hys endyng nere he drewe.
The wrechyd warld he forsuke.
Hys sacramentys thare aU he tuke.

44 THE CEONYKIL [B. V.
Wyth schryffte, and fuU contrityowne.
He yhald wyth gud devotyowne 6350
Hys cors tiU halo-wyd sepulture.
And hys saule tUl the Creature.
Brude-Dargartson deyd than :
And hys brodyre Schyre Nectan
Wes oure the Peychtys kyng regnand
IntiU the kynryk off Scotland.
Garnath-Makfreath ; and Oengus than,
Fergus-Fynnyssown ; syne Nectan ;
Oengus Frwndsowne ; syne Alphyne ;
Brwde-Maktenegus regnyd sjTie. 5360
Efftyr that aU thir regnyd thus,
Alpyne ras Maktenegus.
Durst-Maktalarge nest thame than.
Efftyre thire kyng wes Talargan.

E,

jFFTYE that Saynt Serff has past
Fra Eome, Benet the fyrst als fast
Tuk and twa yhere held that se.
And nest thare-efft quhen deyd wes he
Secund Pelagyus yheris fy-we
Led in to that state hys lyve. 5370
Sa in hys tyme gret raynis feU
Wytht thyk ythand schowrys [and snell].
That the spatys and the flud
The wallys off Eome a part ouryhud,
Gret hey howssys it kest down.
And mony drownyd with-in the town.
Off men and wemen [and] barnys bath,
F. 124. In Eome this rayne than dyd the skayth.
For serpentys gret and a dragowne

Ch. xil] of SCOTLAND.

45

Dysesyd all that [haU] regyown ; 5380
For qnhare thai bestys dede ware lefft.
For stynk the ayre movyd thaire-efft
Sa gret a mortalyte.
That nere all wast wes the cyt^.
Pape Pelagius deyd than,
Bot tiU [hym] contemporane
Tyberius wes Empryoure
And held sevyn wyntyr that honoure.
He wes a gud Crystyne man.
The tresore off the empyre than 5390
He delt to pure folk largely :
The emprys, hys wyff, for-thi,
Eeprowyd, and cald hym a wastore
That swa dystroyid the tresore
Off the empyre, quhare-for that he
Suld off the lauche depri-wyde be
Off hys stayte, and he agayne
Sayd he deser-wyd noucht that payne,
Bot he thowcht till have reward
Off God that wes hys soverane lard, 5400
The quhUk suld ger that tresore be
All tyme habowndand in plente.
For the tresore gyvyn thare
Wes delt to thaim that had mystare,
Thare wes he dettyd tUl succoure
Off that that he wes procuratoure.
As on a day he gangand was
In a chawmbyr off hys palas,
Wndyrnethe hys fete he sawe,
Gra-wyn in fyne marbyr law, 5410
Off the Cors a takyn welle,
Portrayid at [ilk] poynt Uk[a] deUe.

46 THE CEONYKIL [B. V.
This takyn, he sayd, men suld set
In to the heycht off thare foret.
And nevyr suld ly in to that sted
Quhare man wyth fete mycht on it tred.
Quhare-fore thare in gud intent
Wpe he gert tak the pathement.
And quhen -wyth that he swa had done.
That Uke takyn he saw sone 5420
Lyand lauch wndyr that plas
Quhare the fyrst Cors fundyn was,
Lyk to the fyrst in allkyn gre ;
Wp that he gert takyn be,
[And] wndyr that the thryd alsua.
And that he gert sone wp-ta.
And, lawch wndyrneth that thryd.
He fand a hwrde off fyne gold hyde.
With that he ekyd the tresore
P. 124. b. That he in almows ga-we before, 5430
And fwndyd abbays relygyus ;
And dyd gret dedys off almws.

CHAP. XIIL
^his Clhapittc tellig off §asnt dregxir
%ktit qtokgkmc iote tke dret g'l^^tor-
A.D. T?
592. JJJFFTYE that Jhesu Cryst wes borne.
To sawffe oure lyff that wes forlorne,
Fy-we hundyr wyntyr and nynty
And twa to rekyn fully [ly],
Neyst Pelagyus, Saynct Gregore,
That wes the gret solempne doctor.

Ch. XIIL] OF SCOTLAND. 47
Pape off Eome wes thretten yhere.
And rewlyd that state in gud manere. 5440
He made mony omelys
That declerys on quhat wyis
We suld the -wangell wnderstand,
And -wyth that he tuk on hand
For to declere opynly
EzechyeUys prophecy.
The buk off Job he tretyd hale.
In clerklyk manere and morale,
TiU wudyrstand oppynly
The wordys that Job spak mystyly. 5450
Off the Pask candUl the halowyng he
Dytyd and syne gert songyn be
On Pask evyn Uk^ yhere,
As yhit is oysyd the manere ;
Dyalog and rygystyre.
And othir mony ma to thire.
That now may noucht reknyd be.
Trajanys saule redemyd he
Fra the lestand pyne off heU
As before yhe have herd teU. 5460
And in the tyme that he wes Pape,
He send in Ingland ane byschape ;
Saynct Austyne he wes cald be name :
And wyth hym mwnkys off gud fame,
Crystyne trowth thare for to preche.
And the Saxonys for to teche
To ressa-we, and kepe that fay
For sawffte off thare sawlys ay.
Swa he con-wertyd Ingland,
That blynd in hethynes wes layand, 5470
Fra the Saxonys had wonnyn fre

A.D. 162.

48 THE CEONYKIL [B. V.
To thare natyowne that cuntr^.
The Kyng off Brettane Lucyus
Wrat tiU Elewtherius,
That in hys tyme was Pape off Eome ;
And sayd, he wald tak Crystyndome
In hym and in hys natyown
In hope off thare salvatyown.
That pape send twa clerkys than,
F. 125. And thai con-wertyd all Brettan 5480
Ane hundyr twa and sexty yhere
Efftyr the byrth off oure Lord dere.
That fay the Brettownys than held clone
Ane hundyr wyntyr and sextene,
QwhiU that Dyoclytiane,
And hys falow Maximiane,
Tuk the state off the empyre.
And Crystyne men slwe in thare ire.
And efftyr that ane hundyre yhere
Se-vynty and thre oure-passyd clere 5490
The Brettownys held that fay but dowt,
TiU the Saxonys put thame owt.
And, fra that the Saxonys blud
Ingland wyth thare pyth oure-yhud.
Thai ressay-wyd na Crystynedome,
QuhiU that Gregore wes Pape off Eome
Fywe hundyr yhere nynty and se-wyn
Efftyre the byrth off God off He-wyn.
Swa the Saxonys in Ingland
In fals errowrys war lyand 5500
Ane hundyre se-vyn and fourty yhere
Fra in the land thai cummyn were,
TiU the tyme off Saynct Gregore,
All ordanyd as yhe herd before.

A.D. 597.

Ch. XIIL] OF SCOTLAND. 49
Quhen con-wertyd he had that land,
The AppostiU thai cald hym off Ingland ;
For that offys he dyd weUe
In that conversyown ilk[a] deUe.
Saynct Awstyne gert thame off Ingland
The rewle off Pask weUe wndyrstand, 5510
That befor thai had in were,
QuhiU he thare-off made knawlage clere.
And in this tyme Saynct Mongowe
Wes byschap lyvand off Glasgowe.
In Saphat, nere Jherusalem,
Crystys kyrtiU noucht so-wyd wyth seme
Wes fwndyn, as Frere Martyne sayis.
And tUl Jherusaleme in thai dayis
Wes browcht, and in a coffyre closyd,
Thare for a relyk wes reposyd. 5520
And Morys that tyme lord and syre
Wes twenty yhere off the Empyre ;
He wan bathe Pers and Armany,
And rewlyd hys empjTe -wertusly.
He dowtyd Gode on gret manere.
And aU tyme askyd in hys prayere
That he suld noucht de before
That here [he] tholyd hys purgatore.
In the heycht than off hys yhete
F. 125. b. In a weUe mad rowme wes set 5530
A[ne] ymage off the Trinyte
That men gret plesans had to se.
For perfytly mad it was.
And weUe polyst aU off bras.
In tUl hys slope, apon a nycht,
Downe he sawe that ymage lycht
And tuk hys set in a cheyare
VOL. II. D

50 THE CEONYKIL [B. V.
All lyk a juge he semyd thare ;
Off he-vynnys spyrytys he wnd3rrstude
That he saw thare a multitwde. 5540
Swne that juge bad ane call
That Empryowre before thaim aU ;
Quhen he apperyd the Trinyte
Bade hym chese gyve that he
Wald suffyre in this warld, before
Or he deyd, hys purgatore.
Or he walde byde wyth hys consent
Goddys rychtwys jugeraent,
Fra that the saule frely
Departyd wes fra the body. 5550
Fra that the juge [ap]on this wys
Had sayd, the Empryowre, than Morys,
Sayd, " Lord God, that scha-wys th^
Lu-wand man-kynd in aU kyn gre,
Thow grawnt me in this warld, befor
Or that I M my purgatore."
Till Phocas than the Trinyte
Bad [that] he suld delyweryd be.
Owt off hys slope quhen he [wes] browcht
Off this dreme he had gret thoucht ; 5560
Swa had he ane specyaUe man.
That cald be name wes Phylipe than ;
He speryd at hym gyff a knycht was
In tyU hys cowrt thai cald Phocas.
" Yha," he sayd, " I ken that knycht
Off were a manly man and -wycht.
And lycht off aU condytyowne,
TUl allkyne folys redy bowne."
The Empryo-wre than petwysly
Tald tiU PhUipe opynly 6570

Ch. XIIL] OF SCOTLAND. 51
AU hys dreme, and mad hym bowne
For hys cas wyth devotyowne.
It hapnyt that efftyre this on were
Assemblyd he had a gret powere ;
Throwch aU hys ost than gert he cry
That na man suld be swa hardy
Ony gud, but prys, to ta,
Bot redy payment thai suld ma.
Off thare wagys redyly
He made na payment ; thai, for-thi, 5580
F. 126. Murm-wryd till Schyre Phocas,
And he throwch thame swa movyd was.
That he hym cled in pourpowre.
And tuk till hym the hale honowre
Off the Empyre. Than Ma-vnys
Sawe hys state turnyd on this -wys,
TiU a wode nere by he fled
And hyd hym in a prewa sted
Wyth hys swnnys and hys wyff;
Thare fell the endyng off hys lyff, 5590
Thare was he slayne be feU purchas
Off hys successowre Schyre Phocas.
Neyst Saynct Gregore, Fabyane
Wes Pape off Eome na yhere bot ane.
TUl hym the thryd Bonifas
Pape off Eome aucht moneth was.
The ferd Boniface, quhen that he
Wes deyd, sex wyntyr held that Se.
Than Schyre Phocas, lord and syre.
Held the state off the empyre, 5600
And gawe tUl this Bonifas
Panteon, that that tyme was
In Eome a gret tempUl made

52 THE CEONYKIL [B. V.
That the Eomanys in honoure had.
Ane ymage in cheffe thare-in wes set
Off Eomule, that wes the gret mawmet
In Eome, and in that tempUl by
Off Uk4 mawment, syndryly.
There wes made a gret ymage
Off Uke rewme that aucht homage, 5610
Or trewage payid, and be gUry
Off the dewyU that wes slychty
Sum ymage thare offt wald set
And twrne the bak on the mawmet
Off Eome, that thai oysyd aU
In propyre name than Eomule caU.
Fra thai than couth thare knawlage get
Off quhat cuntre was that mawmet
That tUl Eomule turnyd hys bak.
Than suddane counsail thai wald tak 5620
TUl gadyre thaire ost and mo-we thaire were
Agayne that land wyth gret powere :
Thai thowcht that land wald conspyre
Agayne the state off the empyre.
Be the takyn that that ymage
Had turnyd fra Eomwle hys wysage.
Quhen Pantyon, this tempiU, was
Gyvyn to this Pape Bonifas,
He halowyd it wpe in hy
In a kyrk off oure Lady, 5630
Mary myld, that clene -wyrgyne,
And off all othir halowys syne,
F. 126. b. And purgyd it off all de-wylry
That hethynes oysyd oppynly :
This the fyrst mater wes
Off the fest we call AUhalowmes.

Ch. XIIL] OF SCOTLAND.

53

Efftyre the dede off this Phocas
Heraclyus -wyth hys sone was.
That Constantyne wes callyd be name,
Bath mychty lordys off gret fame, 5640
Empryo-wrys bath successyve.
And thretty yhere in to thare lywe
Thai governyd that state stowtly.
And gert the Jowys devotly
Turnyd be to Crystyne fay.
And herrytykys abandonyd thai.
Quhen this Heraclius, lord and syre.
Held the state off the empyre,
Cosdroe, a fellowne kyng,
That Pers than had in governyng, 5650
Set hym to wast halyly
The landys off the Jowery.
Jerusalem, and othir sere
Placys that in gret honowre were.
He brynt -wp in hys fellown ire
And dystroyd 'wyth feUown fyre.
And hade ¦wyth hym that Croys away
That Cryst deyd on on Gud-Fryday,
And 'wytht hym it broucht in to Pers.
This Heraclius, I herd rehers, 5660
Slwe this tyrand mandely.
And swa deljrv^eryde aU frely
Hys captywys that in hys persowne
Ware than, and wyth devotyowne
That haly Croys he tuk away.
In lowyng off the Crystyne fay.
In this tyme gret Machomete,
That Sarracenys thaire prophete
Held, than ras to state and hycht,

64 THE CEONYKIL [B. V.
And was a man off mekill slycht. 5670
Offt he tuk the faUand iUe,
And quhen that acces come hym tille
That he wes as dede lyand.
Than wald thai say he wes spekand
Wyth ane angeli spyrtuaUy,
That wald than teU hym suthfastly,
AU thyngys that he wald say
Suld fall efftyre that he soke lay.
The Exaltatyowne festyvaUe
Off the Croys wes usualle 5680
Tane and dra-wyn off that story.
And done in kyrk devotly,
F. 127. And yhit it is oysyd Uk6 yhere
In plesand and solempne manere.
Off Eraclius -wictoryis
And Cosdroys tyrandryis.
Quhen dede wes the ferd Boniface,
Pape neyst Dominus Dedit was,
Nyne dayis and yheris thre
For Pape off Eome he held that se. 5690
Neyst hym the fyrst Boniface
Fywe yhere off Eome Pape he was.
Honorius the fyrst and Severyn,
Jhon and Teodoryk, syne
Off Eome war Papys in thare lywe
Ilkane tUl othir successywe.
And to thire Papys aU tyme than
Eraclius contemporane
Wes hale lord and Emprioure,
And held that state in gret honoure. 5700
Quhen this EracUus wes deyde
Constantyne, in tiU hys sted,

Ch. XIIL] OF SCOTLAND. 55
Hys sone hale Empryoure wes,
A man all gyvyne to wykkytnes.
And Martyne wes Pape than
Off Eome tUl hym contemporane ;
Sex yhere he held that se,
Ane haly man off lyffe wes he.
Apon a day quhen that he was
Buskand for tUl say his Mas, 5710
A feUowne man by hym standand
Hys swerd to slay hym wes drawand,
Bot that man wes blynd than suddanly
And cryit on kneys, " Lord, mercy,"
And confessyd hys trespas.
And quhen throwch that he chargyt was.
This Empryowre syne Constantyne
Gert slay this haly Pape Martyne.
For he pwnysyid herysyis
That he fa-woryd mony wyis ; 5720
Slayne syne wyth hys awyne wes he
For hys feU inyqwyte,
And thai that pwt hym tiU dede
Eassyd wp ane othire in his sted,
Merentyus, a manly knycht,
Bot that state feU noucht be rycht
TUl hym : Constantyne, for-thi,
Hys sone that slayne wes fellownly.
And off hys fadyre bare the name,
A manly knycht and off gud fame, • 6730
Fra ConstantynopUl suddanly
Be na-wyne to Eome come, and manly
F. 127. b. Merentjrus he slwe in fycht.
And all thai syne to dede he dycht
That had hys fadyre put to dede,

66 THE CEONYKIL [B.V.
And ras syne in [his] fadyre stede
In purpowre cled imperyaU,
And it in honowre governyd hale.
Quhen Martyne the Pape wes dede
Ewgenius twa yhere held that stede ; 5740
Neste hand hym Wytalyane
Threttene yhere wes Pape and ane ;
Syne wes othir papys sere
That spedys noucht to rekyne here.
Constantyne the ferd than.
And efftyr hym Justynyan,
Empryo-wrys wer successywe
Ilkane tiU othir in thare lywe.
The secund Leo ten yhere
And oure sevyntene dayis clere 5760
In Eome he held the Papys se.
And at the Mes than ordanyd he
Agnus Dei that we suld say,
And Pax to be gyvyn ay.
Quhen this Leo had tane the dede
Benedict sat in [tyU] that sted,
Jhon the thryd, and syne Conon,
Sergyus neyst thaim onon
Nyne yhere wes Pape off Eome
And kepare off all Crystyndome. 6760
Justynyane the secund than
Wes Empryo-wre contemporane.
Nest this Pape Sergyus
Jhon, Jhon, and Sysynnyus,
Constantyne, and Gregore efft,
Ilkane efft othir Papys lefft.
Constantyne and Justynyane,
Leo, and Tiberius than.

Ch. XIIL] OF SCOTLAND. 67
Justyane and Philippus,
Anastas and Teodosius 5770
Lordys ware off the empyre,
Bot off thaim mast lord and syre
This Leo wes, off feUowne -wUl,
And in hys tyme dyd mekiU Ule.
Off haly halowyis the ymagys he
Brynt in tiU hys tyme gert be ;
This secund Gregore Pape, for-thi
Cursyd than hym solemply.
The Duke off Frysis wes noucht than
Crystynyd, bot wes hethyn man, 5780
Bot off a byschape nere hym by
Tretyd he wes [rycht] thraly,
F. 128. Off baptysme, wyth gud entent.
To tak that haly sacrament ;
Tretyd he was to this sa fast
That he consentyd at the last.
The byschape and he than in gret hy
To the kyrk passyt bodyly ;
Thare the fwnt wes halowyd swne.
The duk fra hym hys clathys has dwne. 6790
Quhen he hys a fwte had pwt in
The fwnt, he speryd than off hys kyn
Quhethir ma in heU wes or in hewyn ?
Answeryd he was than, wyth hey ste-wyn.
That fere ma was than in tUl heU ;
Wyth thai he chesyd hym to dweU,
And sayd. He dowtyd for to be
Eeprowyd wnkynd, gyff that he
Suld wyth-draw hym [in to] dede
Fra hys kyn tiU ane wncouth lede ; 5800
Till strawngerys fra hys a-vryne kyth.

58 THE CEONYKIL OF SCOTLAND. [B. V.
Quhare he wes nwrysyd and browcht wp wyth,
Quhare nevyre nane wes off hys kyne,
Auld na yhowng, mare na myne.
That [n]evyr wes blenkyd -wyth that blame :
Ab-renuncio, for-thi, that schame
He sayd, and off the fwnt he tuke
Hys fute, and hale he thare forsuke
Crystyndome evyr for to ta.
For tiU hys frendys he wald ga, 5810
Wyth tham stedfastly to dueU
E-wyre mare, in the pyne of hell.
»jg' Sevyn hundyr wjmter and sextene,
Quhen lychtare wes the Virgyne clene,
Pape off Eome than Gregore
The Secund, quham off yhe herd before.
And Anastas than Empryowre,
The fyrst yhere off hys honowre,
Nectan Derly[ng] wes than regnand
Owre the Peychtis in Scotland. 6820
In Eos he fowndyd Eosmarkyne,
That dowyd wes wytht kyngys syne.
And made was a place Cathedrale
Be-north Murrave severaUe ;
Quhare chanownys ar seculare
Wndyr Saynt Bonyface lyvand thare.
The tyme off this fundatyown
QQ^ Wes efftyre the Incarnatyowne
To be reknyd sex hundyr yhere,
Quhether mare or les, bot thare-by nere, 5830
F. 128. b. Quhen Schyre Morys wes Emprioure,
And held that state in gret honowre.
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[Capitula.]
F. 128. b. i. V^WHEN the Were begowth betwen the Scottis
and the Peychtis.
ii. Quhen the Empyre was translated into Charlys.
iii. Quhen the Pape Leo wes demenbryd.
iiu. Off a story off Frawns.
V. Off sere Papys successy-we.
vi. Off a Pape that wes a woman.
vii. Off Constantyne, and off Hwngus dayis.
-viu. Quhen the Kyng Alpyne wan Galaway.
ix. Quhen the Kyng Gregore wan Yngland.
X. Off a Kyng that mad hym Keld[^] in Sanct-
androws.
xi. Off the Empreowre Schyre Oto.
xu. Off SUvestere that become the De-wUlys man to
be Pape.
xiu. Off a spyryte off a dede Pape.
xiui. Off a Legate, that come fra the Court into Frawns.
XV. Off the sext Pape Gregore.
x-vi. Off the Kyng off Scotland Duncan Malcolmys
fadyr.
xvii. Off the slauchtjrre off Edmwnd Yrnesyd.
xviu.Quhen Makbeth Fynlakeras.
xix. Off the begynnyng off the Lauche of Clan-Makduff.
XX. Quhen Saynct [Edwarde] come owt off Normandy
in Ingland.

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Wi\e prolong off t\it Bext 38ufte
In tfjis next Cijaptto; glje luft.
OlEEKYS sayis that prolixyte.
That langsumnes may caUyd be,
Gendrys leth mare than delyte.
Off this Tretys for-thi the dyte
Here dra-wys in a dystynctyowne ;
As efftyr that dyssentyowne.
That betwene the Scottis felle
And the Peychtis rycht crwelle.
The Peychtis ware put owt off the land,
F. 129. Quharin befor thai ware duelland 10
A thowsand sexty yhere and ma.
Owt off this land thai ware put swa.
That nowthyre remanys off thame lynage,
Na nakyn takyn off thare langage.
The Scottis fowndyd off thare rycht.
But ony helpe off owtwart mycht,
Eeco-weryd swa thaire herytage
Ewyr to lest wyth thare lynage ;

64 THE CEONYKIL [Peol.
And oure Kyng to halde hys state
Off God hym-selff immedyate : 20
Swa for hys warde and hys releffe
Trete he -wyth God : he is [his] cheffe.
And nane othir meyne persowne.
Hald this aferme conclusyo-wne :
By this aU othire argument
Precede, or than byd jugement.
For this fredwme wyth dUigens
And Goddis helpe mak we defens.
Quha this wald argwe wylfuUy,
Lat hym be answeryd rycht lychtly. 30
The Pape oure fadyre is spyrytuaUe :
Devote hys swnnys we ar haUe :
And redy aly tUl hys byddyng
In lefuU and in honest thyng :
And yhit mare indyfferent
We ar all tyme obedyent :
Swa has owre eldrys aU tyme bene.
Be gret -wytnes that has bene sene
Off thame, that reco-weryde oure land
To thame and thayris -wyth stalwart hand. 40
It is my purpos nowe tiU hast
Throwch -wertu off the Haly Gast,
[And] be -werray relatyowne
Thare personale successyowne.
That has ws in that fredwme sete.
Gywe it ware wilfuUy foryhete.
It wald be repute wnkyndnes.
Wan wyt, or than reklesnes.
®xplidt ^xolosns.
ittdptt "^ibsx §izxtxi0.

Ch. I.] OF SCOTLAND. 65

CHAP. L
^tohm in 9r.et Mte tke §£flrl:ts0.
In ^ffltlanli, toar tDgth the ^egrktis.
724. IkjEWYN hundyre twenty yhere and foure
Fra borne wes oure Sa-wyoure,
And the tend off this Gregore
The secund, quham off yhe herd befor,
The nynd off this curst Empryowre
F. 129. b. Leo, that lywyd in fals erroure.
Oure the Scottis the Kyng Ewan,
Wyth the Peychtis, regnyd than
In tUl the kynryk off Scotland,
[The] Peychtis tharein than duelland. 10
That State he governyd stoutly :
Wryttyn it is off hym for-thi
In Cornyklys awld, the fyrst wes he
That oure the Scottis had powst^,
Quhen the Peychtis war regnand
In [to] the kynryk off Scotland.
A.D. Se-vyn hundyr fourty yhere and ane
'^'^^' Fra Jhesu Cryst had manhad tane.
This Ewanys dayis war aU done.
Mwrthak succedyt tiU hym his sone, 20
And oure the Scottis yheris thre
That State as kyng welle governyd he.
A bataUl that tyme wes betwene
The Scottis and the Peychtis kene.
A hundyr yhere yhit ne-vyrtheles
Efftyre that the Peychtis wes
VOL. II. E

66 THE CEONYKIL [B. VI.
In the kynrik off Scotland
In thare mychtis ay duelland.
The thryd Gregore than wes Pape,
And off the warld mast byschape ; 30
And this Leo yhit Empryowre
Lyvand in hys fals erroure
This Pape tretyd bysyly
TUl hono-wre ymage devotly
Off All Halowys in generaUe,
Fra this he dyssentyd hale.
And forsuk hys counsell qwyte.
And dyd till ymage gret dispyte.
This Pape Gregore the thryd for-thi
Cursyd hym than solemply, 40
And entyrdytyd aU trewage,
AU ser-wys fra hym, and homage
Off aU the landis off Ytaly
And off the Empyre halyly :
And mony [othyr] natyownys sere
Offt -wencust hym and hys powere :
And he na had in nakyn thyng
Hape tUl honest governyng ;
Bot deyd curst in that errure.
And gat nane halo-wyd sepulture. 50
This Pape off Eome the thryd Gregore,
Quham off yhe have thus herd before,
Gert a Senyhe solempne be sene.
Four hundyr byschapys and awchtene.
And fere ma prelatis regulare,
F. 130. Wyth mony a gret clerk seculare
In till hey solempne greys
A-wawnsyd be syndry faculteys.
Thare thai decleryt oppynly.

Ch. II.] OF SCOTLAND. 67
That aU men suld devotly 60
Do tUl ymage aU honowre,
Syn thai schawyd the fygowre
Off Halowys, that war ay plesand
To God, quhUl thai war qwyk ly-wand :
For swa thai spendyt thare ser-wys,
Thare sawlys ar nowe in Paradys.
Quhen this Gregore the thryd wes dede,
Zacharyas, set in hys sted,
Succedyt, aud ten wynter he
Held in Eome the Papys se. 70
Ewan the secund in hys dayis,
Murthakis swne, oure story sayis,
Wes oure the Scottis than regnand
In to the kynryke off Scotland.
A.D. Sevyn hundyr -wynter and fourty
745 And fyve to rekyn f uUyly,
Sternys in the ayre fleand
Wes sene, as flawys off fyre brynnand.
The fyrst nycht off Januere,
AU that nycht owre schynand clere. 80

CHAP. IL
:en ihz ©mjjgre fra tke drekga
.ts tranjdatgt tonttr Cltkarlgg.

A.D. 749.

iOEVYN hundyre fourty yhere and nyne
Fra lychtare wes the swet Virgyne,
Stevyn the secund in to lyve
Pape off Eome wes yheris fyve.
As.stulphe than Kyng off Lumbardy

68 THE CEONYKIL [B. VI.
Supprysyd the kyrk dyspytwysly.
This Ste-wyn than Pape sowcht succoure
At Constantyne the Empryowre
In tUl the last yhere off hys Se,
For Empryo-wre that tyme wes he. 90
Bot to the Pape inclynyd he noucht.
As off det he suld and mocht,
Na for the kyrk mad na defens
Wyth helpe, consaUe, na diUgens ;
Na the Papys lele desyre
He dyde noucht. Thare-for the Empyre
This Pape translatyd fra Grekis ay.
To byde -wyth Almayhnys fra that day
Ewyr, and that translatyowne
Wes mad in Charlys a-wyne persowne, 100
A.D. Se-wyn hundyre fy-we and fyfty yhere
755
F 130 b Efftyr the byrth off oure Lord dere,
Quhen Charlys wes in hys yhowthade
Growand wp to rype manhade.
Venerabilem twychys nere
The Decretale this matere,
That the thryd Innocent
Pape made in that intent,
Pryncys to ken, how thare powstt^
Thai had, and thare awtoryt^. 110
The oyhle is halowyd off the Pape,
Or wyndyr hym off a byschape,
Quhare-wyth kyngis and empryowris
Are oyhntyd takand thare honowris,
Thaire ryng, thaire sceptyre, and thare crownys
With haly prayere, and orysownys
Off byschapys [that] ar devotly blest.
Or thai in to thaim be addrest.

Ch. II.] OF SCOTLAND. 69
Thus it accordis tUl resowne.
That all examy natyowne 120
Off thai persowyns propyrly
The kyrk suld ha-we in gret party.
For to refws, or to comend.
As swylk inqweystis may mak kend.
Or s-wylk statys to thaire greys
Eele-wyd be in dignyteis.
Or than in cas it mycht fall lyk.
Sum hethyn man, or herytyk
Mycht wsurpe Crj'-styn feys.
And wyn and joys swylk dygnyteis. 130
That war abhomynatyowne.
And owttragews transgressyowne
Agayne aU poynt off Crystyn fay.
For-thi pryncys suld alway
The kyrk honowre devotly.
And tret the mynystrys reverendly.
This Pape Stevyn yhit lyvand.
And Scottis Cornyklys accordand,
Twa yhere regnand Schyr Ewan
As Kyng off Scottis endyt than. 140
And efftyr that he than dede wes qwyte.
As kyng succedyt than Hed-Qwhyte.
In the meyne tyme this Stevyn wes dede
The secund, and PaiUe in hys stede
Nest wes Pape, and ten yhere he
In hono-wre held the Papys se.
He wes a man off almows grete,
Bath off mon6, and off mete.
Ilk^ nycht in [to] pri-wat6
F. 131. He wald -wyte the necessyte 1 50
Off aU, that nede had nere hym by :

70 THE CEONYKIL [B. VI.
For he wald -wysyte bodyly
All thaire herbrys, and se welle,
And rele-we thame ilkd delle
Off weddowys, and helpe thame wald fra scathe.
That fadyre and modyr wantyd bathe.
In Burgoyhne that tyiue wes a man,
That Gengulphus cald wes than ;
He wes a man off gret pyte :
Bot a wykkyd -wyff had he, 160
That ly-vyd in tiU adultery.
And had a lemman specyally.
That for till have at wyU that wyffe,
Eefft fra hyr husband sowne the lyff :
And efftyr that he wes dede, he wroucht
Myrakylys, bot yhit scho tro-wyd noucht
That hys wyff; bot scho sayd ay,
Als offt as scho herd say,
That efftyre hys dede he -wroucht swUk thyng,
' Swth' scho sayd in hyr hethyng ; 170
' My maystyr wes kend off gret pyt6 ;
Ane haly man, I -wyst, wes he.
And a man off gret meryte ;
I trowe hys sawle fra heU is q-wyte :
Quhen he doys myrakylis, or swylk thyng,
Than oysys myn ers,' scho sayd, ' to syng.'
In publyk placis, fra that day,
Scho wes behynd trumpand ay :
Sa wes scho schamyd in [ilk] sted,
QuhUl in this warld hyr lyffe scho led. 180
Quha that lu-we wald per drwry.
He suld have chosyn this lady :
In welth he ware that wenche to wede.
That couth sa blyth here hyr in bede.

Ch. III.] OF SCOTLAND. 71
To this Paule dede nest hym syne
Succedyt the secund Constantyne ;
Ste-wyn the thryd, syne Adryane,
And Leo, Papys were ilkane,
Quhen Empriowre [was] Constantyne,
And off Frawnce wes Kyng Pypyne, 190
And gret Charlys lord and syre
To rys begouth in the empyre.
Thir Papys war gud haly men,
And oysyd the tro-wth to folk to ken.

CHAP. IIL
(Utoken '^to ^ape toes hymtmbfst,
^nb he tke Romanis iefxralgt.
F. 131. b. CI_, •v^TT.T 11
A.D. kjEWYN hundyre wynter and nynty
798. j^mj aucht to rekyn e-wynlykly,
Quhen Ste-wyn the thryd, and Adryane
Papys kyndly dede had tane,
Leo the thryd Pape thare-efft
Ly-wand in to that Se wes lefft : 200
He techyd the Eomanys Crystyn fay,
Bot fowUyly hym demembryd thai :
Off hys throt thai tyt owt q-wyte
Hys twng, and syne in tiU dyspyte
Thai put owt hys eyne twa,
And banysyd hym demembryd swa
Owt off Eome the Papys se.
Eestoryd yhit tiU hys state wes he.
And be myrakUl nevyrtheles
He spekand weUe, and seand wes. 210

72 THE CEONYKIL [B. VI.
Than Charlys gud, that lord and syre
That tyme ras to [the] empyre,
Thir dyspytws traytowris feU,
That demembryd, as yhe herd teU,
This Leo, that wes Pape off Eome,
This Charlys wald be lauchfuU dome
To schamful dede have put thame thare,
Na ware the Papys thra prayare.
Nevyrtheles yhit gert he
Thaim [punyst,] and syne banysyd be. 220
Than worthy Charlys the Empryoure
Grew in state, and in honowre ;
And gert the Unyversyt^
Fra Eome to Parys drawin be.
That the Eomanys befor than
Be mycht owt off Athenys wan,
A famows cyte quhUl off Grece,
Quhen Eomanys mast wes off prowes.
In aU this tyme the Peychtis
In Scotland dwelt by the Scottis. 230
This Empryo-wre Schyr Charlys, than
Emprj'o-wre, wes gud Crystyne man :
He honoryd God, and haly kyrk.
And oysyd gud dedis ay to -wyrk :
Sa mony Abbays fowndyde he.
As lettyrys ar in the A, B, C ;
And ay a lettyr capytale.
To byde thare testimonyale.
Off fyne gold per ordyr made,
As he thai abbays fowndyt had, 240
Worthe ane hundyr pownd Towrnayis,
That per ordyr thai abbayis
Mycht be kend in [thar] fundatyowne.

Ch. hi.] of SCOTLAND. 73
Ilk ane be thare successyowne.
Archebyschaprykis twys twa
F. 132. In Almayhne fowndyt he aUsua,
Trevere, Coloyne, [and] Maguntyne,
Salysbwrg, and dowyd thame syne
Wyth gret landis and ryches.
AU Spaynyh^ he wan fra Sarracenes, 250
Quhare slayne [was] Eoland in tresown
Be the fals traytowre Gamelown.
He wes a men off gret strenth ;
Hys herd a fwte wes large off lenth.
Ane hare offt he lu-wyd tUl ete.
For he wes off mekill mete.
At the erd apon hys hand
Ane armyd knycht he wald gere stand.
And syne lyfft hym e-vyn wp-rycht
Off hys browys rycht to the hycht. 260
He leryd hys sonnys to ryd on hors.
And armyd offt tUl oys thare fors.
And alsua tiU assay thare pyth ;
Gret curtasy he kend thame wyth.
Hys dochteris he kend to we-we and spyn.
As pure wemen thare met to wyn.
That thai suld noucht for ydUnes
FaU in till i-wyU thowlysnes.
He wes off gret devotyoune ;
For aU tyme wyth-owt the towne 270
A myle, quhen he made hym to cum
To the cyt^ off gret Ewme,
Off hys hors than wald he lycht.
And on hys fute he wald ga rycht
To the kyrkis in to the towne.
And thare do hys devotyowne.

74 THE CEONYKIL [B. VI.
Gret Gestis ar mad off hys prowes ;
Bot noucht sa gret, as thare caus wes.
At Aqwysgrayne hys body lyis :
Hys saule he send to Paradys, 280
-*-^- Aucht hund-yr wyntyr and fourtene
814. ¦' .
Fra lychtare wes the Virgyne clene.
Off hys kynryk the fowrtyde yhere
And the fyft to rekyn clere ;
Empryowre yhit nevertheles
Bot fourtene off' thai he wes.

CHAP. IV.
©ff Jfrannre is a §tOTg here
#ext folttanbe in tkig (Ekayitere.
X HE Gestis off Frawns orygynale
Tretyd thus sayis Hystoryale,
That thare wes a prynce cald Pypyne,
That gat apon hys concubyne 290
F. 132. b. A s-wne caUyd Charlys Martel,
A hawtane knycht and a crwelle:
AU Almayhne he wan off were,
Swavyn, Saxon, and Ba-were,
Bowrgowne, Provynce, and Gyen,
Twryn, Awstryche, he wan then.
He spendyd sa fast in hys travayle.
That hys gold begouth gretly to fayle.
To hys knychtis swa thaire fe
Lytill or noucht offtsyis had he : 300
For sic delyte, as he wes in.
He spendyt mare, than he couth wyn.

Ch. IV.] OF SCOTLAND. 75
Fra the kyrk the tendis then
He refft wyth mycht, and ga-we his men.
Thus quhen he had travelyd fast,
Hys dede oure-tuk hym at the last.
Than with solempne and hey ser-wys
He wes ent^ryd in Saynt Denys.
Ayrys tiU hym succedyt twa :
Karoloman wes ane off tha ; 310
Be byrth he wes the eldast brodyre :
Neyst hym Pypyne wes cald the tothyre.
To this eldare Charoloman
Twryne and Awstryche fell to than :
Bot Bo-wrgowne and Provynce to the tothyre
FeU, Pypyne, the yhongare brodyre.
And efftyre this mony day.
The graffe, quhare this dede Pypyne lay.
Thai rypyd, and the body soucht ;
Bot thare-off cowth they fynd rycht noucht, 320
Bot a serpent aU wgly,
-That breyd thame all standand thare-by,
FeU, apperand, [and] venenows,
TUl aU, that saw it, rycht dowtows.
That delff thai stoppyd hastyly,
And away sped thame rycht spedyly.
This eldest brodyre Karoloman
TUl halynes aU gawe hym than.
And tuk in tUl hys devotyowne
The habyte off relygyo-wne, 330
And drew hym fra all besynes,
A mounk lyvand in wUdyrnes,
And fowndyd [gud] abbays twa :
Off Saynt Andrew was ane off thai.
Off Saynt Sylvester wes the tothir.

76 THE CEONYKIL [B. VL
This Pypyne than, the yhongare brodyre,
Worthyd tUl tak tiU hym aU hale
Off Frawns that tyme the governale.
In aU this tyme Schyr Hilderyk
Had in possessyowne the kynryk 340
Off Frans ; bot yhit he wes than
b\ 133. In hys deyd bot a dasyd man.
In nathyng repute off valu,
Na couth do na thyng off -wertu :
He had bot nomen sine re ;
Comendyt the les for that wes he.
The statis off Frawns soucht for-thi
TUl the Pape than Zachary,
And prayid hym be hys consaiUe
To decerne for thare governale, 350
Quhether he war worth tUl ha-we the crown.
That had be vertu the renowne
Off manhad, helpe, and off defens.
And thare-tiU couth gyve diligens ;
Or he that lay in lythyrnes
Worth to nakyn besynes.
For the comoune state than he
Decretyd hym thar kyng to be.
That wes lyk to mak defens
For hys land wyth dyligens ;
Bot the possessoure to procure 360
He gave thame byddyng wyth honoure
And abowndans off ryches.
Wyth HUderyk swa done it wes :
Than past he by till ane abbay.
And led hys lyff tiU hys enday.
And Pypyne for hys gret renowne
Kyng wes made, and bare the crowne.

Ch. IV.] OF SCOTLAND. 77
And in lele maryage efftyr that
He to swne gud Charlys gat, 370
That succedyt be that chans
Kyng tUl all the re-wme off Frans,
And sjme deyd [gud] Empryoure,
As yhe have herd, wyth gret honoure.
Be this ensawmpUl yhe may ken.
That offt -wertu relevys men.
Honowre drawys tUl dygnyteis
Be -wertu oftsys, as men seys.
Dignyte -wyth-owt -wertu
Is UtiU repute off -wain : 380
This is the sentens off Boes,
That a wys clerk commendyt wes.
In this mene tyme the kyng cald Hed
Off Scottis deyd. Than in hys stede
Hys swne ras, thai caUyd Fergus.
Bot this Hed that cald wes thus,
Wes cald Hed-Fyn in Scottis lay.
In Inglys Hed-Qwhyt that is to say.
This Fergws Hed swne, quhen he wes awlde.
Had a swn, wes cald Sewald 390
(Sum men cald that swne CokaU),
That kyng wes oure the Scottis all.
Hys sown DowgaU gat Alpyne.
F. 133. b. Kyned Mak-Alpyne gat he syne.
Hed and thir kyngys were
Before Alpyne fyfty yhere.

THE CEONYKIL [B. VI.

CHAP. V.
i:ki0 Chapiter tellis kere
WWHEN Charlys dayis war aU done,
Lowys nest hym, hys a-wyne sone.
Twenty yhere he wes and fyve
Emprj^owre nest successyve. 400
And this Leo Pape than dede,
Stevyn the ferd thare tuk hys stede.
Syne Pascale, and Ewgenius,
Valeriane, and Gregorius
The ferd, held the Papys se.
The Sarracenys -wyth thaire menyh^
The cyt^ off Eome than oure-yhud :
Sa mony thai war in multitud.
That all the land thai tuk off fors.
And stabUid in kyrkys thare thaire hors. 410
In till Eome all this tyme wes
The Crystyne men in gret dystres :
For sum fals Crystyne men, that war than,
Wrat owt off Eome tiU the Soldan,
And sayd, gyve he wald cum in hy
Till Eome, he mycht wyn [aU] Ytaly.
Apon that he come on were.
And wastyd all wyth hys powere
Tuskane, Eome, and Ytaly.
The Empryowre Lowys wyth gret hy 420
The Lumbarddys gaddryd als[sa] fast
TiU hym, and to Eome he past :

Ch. v.] OF SCOTLAND. 79
Wyth thai Sarracenys faucht he then,
Quhare mony ware slayne off Crystyne men ;
Bot off the Sarracenys slayne war ma.
Owt off the land he gert thame ga.
Bot as thai past in to that quhiUe,
All PoyhM thai wastyd and SycUle.
A gret fyreflawcht and a felle
Than hapnyd in Eome, as I herd telle, 430
All a nycht atoure fleyand
Lyk tiU dragownys fyr schutand.
A mayden als in that cuntr^.
But mete or drynk, lyvyd yheris thre.
And aU that tyme in a full streyuth.
Off haylstanys than ane feU off leynth
Off mannys fute met fyftene.
And awcht fute brayd, that wes well sene.
Quhen this Pape deyd the ferd Gregore,
Quham off yhe last herd here before, 440
The secund Sergyus yheris thre
Wes Pape fuU[y] and held that se.
In that tyme he crownyd thare
F. 134. The Empryowre, that than wes cald Lothare.
Leo the ferd nest Sergyus
Off Eome wes pape, quhen Adulphus
Off Ingland kyng, Frere Martyne sayis.
Past off hys land in to tha dayis.
As in gud haly pylgrynage
TiU Eome takand hys -wayage. 450
Eessaywyd he wes thare curtaysly.
And festyd offt delytably.
Befor this Pape off Eome Lyowne
Be -wow and clere devotyowne
To the kyrk ilk[a] yhere

80 THE CEONYKIL [B. VI.
Off Eome he heycht a denere
To pay (a penny that is to say)
Off Uk fyre hows fra that day
In Yngland to the Kyrk off Eome
E-vyr mare to the day off Dome 460
For hjon and hys ayris all.
The rekpenny thai oysyd to caU
In aU landis that payment.
That this kyng dyd in gud intent.

CHAP. VL
®M a ^xr^re, that toas tkan
Jkone be name, anb toae Wtrman.
Qwhen this Leo the ferd wes dede,
A woman occupy d that sted
Twa yhere as Pape full, and mare.
Scho wes to wantown off hyr ware.
Scho wes Inglis off natyowne,
Eycht wyly off condytyowne, 470
A burges dochtyr, and hys ayre ;
Pryv6, plesand, and rycht fayre :
Thai cald hyr fadyr Hob off Lyne.
Fra fadyr and modyr and all hyr kyne,
Wyth hyr lu-we scho past off land,
A woman yhong tUl eyld growand ;
And at Athenys in study
Scho bayd, and leryd ythandly :
(And nane persayvyd hyr woman,
Bot all tyme kythyd hyr as man) 480
And cald hyrselff Jhon Magwntyne.

Ch. vil] of SCOTLAND. 81
Yha -wyt yhe weUe, a schrewe fyne.
Swne agayne fra Grece to Eome
As a solempne clerk scho come.
And had off clergy sic renowne.
That be concorde electyowne
Pape scho wes chosyn thare :
Yhit feU [it] that hyr cubiculare
By hyr lay, and gat a barne :
That aU hyr clergy couth noucht warne. 490
In tiU processyown on a day,
F. 134. b. As scho past in tUl the way,
Hyr chyld-iU aU suddanly
Travalyd hyr sa angyiiy,
That suddanly thare wes [scho] dede,
And erdyd in that Uk stede
Wyth-owt prayere, or orysown,
Or ony kyn devotyown.
And but aU othir honest^
Solempne, or in pri-watd. 500
Benedict neyst that Wyff
Twa yhere Pape wes, in hys lyff.

CHAP. VIL
®fE Cottstantsne anb f|ttngu0 Jags,
^gngis ot f ejiehtis, tke etorji sa-Qs.
A.D. A
815. .£xWCHT hundjrr wyntyr and fyftene
Fra God tuk fleysch off Mary schene,
Leo and Charlys bath ware dede.
And Lowys than in Charlys stede.
The kyng off Peychtis Constantyne
VOL. II.

82 THE CEONYKIL [B.VL
Be Tay than fowndyd Dwnkeldyne,
A place solempne cathedrale,
Dowyd welle in temporaUe. 510
The byschape and chanownys thare
Ser-wys God and Saynct Colme, seculare.
Off oure byschoprykis, off renowne
The thryd, and reputatyowne.
JiiFTYE that Natyvyte,
That wes the matere off oure gl^,
^¦^- Aucht hundyr wyntyr and twenty,
Quheyn ma, or les, bot few [thar]-by.
Be Saynct Andrew spyrytualy
He confordyde hym rycht heyly : 520
Hwngus the Kyng off Peychtis than
Faucht agayne Adhelstan,
And wan hym off fors in fycht.
And browcht hym, for aU hys mycht.
Till Elstanfurd by Hadyngtown ;
And mad hym accusatyown.
That he dyde a gret dispyte
Till hys men, and na condyte
Wald hald, na kepe to thaim his fay,
QuhiU prisownyd -wyth hym war thai. 530
Swa, for hys gret falshede
Thare he gert stryk off hys hede ;
And on a spere gert heyly
Than here it to the Qwenys-ferry :
In to that crage he gert but lete
That he-wyd apon a stayke be sete.
Than fwrth in hys devotyowne
[He] ekyd the dotatyowne

Ch. VIIL] OF SCOTLAND. 83
Off Saynt Andrewys Kyrk in fe
F. 135. Wyth landis in regalyt^ 540
Syne Sanctandrewys relykis thare
Wytht honowre gret ressay-wyd ware.
Fra [that] done aU hys dayis were,
The Peychtis ware noucht twenty yhere
Wyth-in the kynryk off Scotland
In powere or off mycht bydand.

CHAP. VIIL
^oto .^Ipsne toan in ®altoag ;
^nb koto ^ajint ©abmnnbe toC0 slagne atoag.
A.D. i
840. ilWCHT hundyr wyntyr and fourty
Fra God wes borne off oure Lady,
Alpyne kyng wes yheris thre.
Wyth the Peychtis swa faucht he, 550
That mony off thame wyth fors off hand
Owt he pwt than off Scotland.
He wan off were all GaUuway :
Thare wes he slayne, and dede away,
Quhen Lowys wes Empryoure,
Charlys sowne, in gret honoure,
A.D. Aucht hundyr wyntyr fourty and thre
*^^' Efftyr the blyst Natyvyt(5.
Quhen Alpyne this kyng wes dede.
He lefft a sowne was cald Kyned : 560
Dowchty man he wes and stowt.
All the Peychtis he put owte.
Gret bataylys than dyde he
To pwt in fredwme hys cuntre.

84 THE CEONYKIL [B. VI.
Fra the Peychtis left the land,
Sextene yhere he wes lyvand.
Owt off Ergyle the Scottis
He browcht, and quhare that the Peychtis
Had before than thaire duellyng.
He gert thame dueU, and wes thare kyng: 570
And tretyd the Scottis favorably.
And thame defendyd manlyly.
Lawys he mad that efftyre syne
War cald the lawys Mak-Alpyne.
At Fortevyot hys lyff tuk end.
TiU IkoUnkiU than wes he send :
Thare entferyd yhit he lyis
Wndyr epitaphe on this wyis :
Primus in Alhomia fertur regnasse Kynedus,
Filius Alpini, prelia multa gerens.
Expulsis Pictis regnaverat octo his annis :
Et post Fortevyot mortuus ille fuit.
A.D. Aucht hundyr fyfty yhere and nyne
Fra lychtare wes the swet Virgyne, 580
Saynt Edmwnd off Est Ingland
F. 135. b. Tuk all the kynryk in hys hand.
And that Uke yhere, wes dede
The King off Scottis this Kynede.
Downald hys brodyre, in Scotland
Wes efftyre hym as kyng regnand
Foure yhere ; and syne at Skwne
Be slawchtyr wes hys dayis dwne.
In IkolmkiU lyis he :
Thare thir -wers wryttyne men may see : 590
Bex Donaldus erat in Scotia quatuor annis :
In bello miles strenuus illefu,it.

Ch. VIIL] OF SCOTLAND. 85
Begis predicti frater fuit ille Kynedi,
Qui Scone fertur subitus esse neci.
Quhen dede wes Donald, Constantyne
Nest efftyr hym kyng wes syne
Fyftene wyntyr in Scotland,
And wyth the Norwayis than fychtand
Wes slayne in tUl Verdofatha.
In YkolmkUl he lyis alsua :
Oure hys gra-we yhit to rehers
Wryttyne men may fynd thir wers ;
lam Constantinus fuerat Bex quinque ter annis :
Begis Kynedi filius ille fuit.
In bello pugnans Dacorum corruit armis :
Nomine Nigra specus est, ubi pugna fuit.
This Constantyne than regnand
Oure the Scottis in Scotland, 600
Saynt Adriane -wyth hys cumpany
Come off the land off Hyrkany,
And arrywyd in to Fyffe,
Quhare that thai chesyd to led thar lyff.
At the kyng than askyd thai
Leve to preche the Crystyn fay.
That he grantyd wyth gud will,
And thaire lykyng to fuUfiUe,
And [leif] to dueU in to his land,
Quhare thai couth ches it mayst plesand. 610
Than Adriane -wyth hys cumpany
Togydder come tyl Caplawchy.
Thare sum in to the lie off May
Chesyd to byde to thare enday.
And sum off thame chesyd be northe
In steddis sere the Wattyr off Forth.
In Invery Saynct Monane,

86 THE CEONYKIL [B. VI.
That off that cumpany wes ane,
Chesyd hym sa nere the se
TiU lede hys lyff: thare endyt he. 620
Hwb, Haldane, and Hyngare
Off Denmark this tyme cummyn ware
In Scotland wyth gret multitude,
And -wyth thare powere it oure-yhude.
F. 136. In hethynnes aU lyvyd thai;
And in dispyte off Crystyn fay
In to the land thai slwe mony.
And put to dede by mart5rry.
And apon Haly Thurysday
Saynt Adriane thai slwe in May 630
Wyth mony off hys cumpany :
In to that haly lie thai ly.
Than past thai furth in Ingland
Fast Crystyne men thare slayand.
That tyme thare thai browcht to grownd
The kyng off that land, Saynct Edmwnd
A.D. Aucht hundyr wyntyr and se-vynty
And aucht to rekyn fuUyly.
Hed regnyd bot a yhere.
This Constantynys brodyr dere : 640
Bathe war thai sownnys off Kynede
Mak-Alpyne. Gregore slwe this Hede ;
And efftyre hym neste wes he kyng.
And Scotland had in governyng.
In YcolmlciU lyis hys body
Wndyr this epitaphy ;
Ejusdem frater regnaverat Alpius Hedus,
Qui Grcg-Mahdougall saucius enseperit.
Hic, postquam primum regni compleverat annum,
In Strath-haline vitam vulnere finier at.

Ch. IX.] OF SCOTLAND. 87
Thai off Denmark in this qwhylle
In Ingland wes in gret peryle.
Sum off thaim thau for thaire syne
The erd opnyd and sweUyd in : 650
And off that folk he wes ane.
That be name wes cald Haldane.
Quhare he swa peryst is nowe na grene,
Bot a blak loucht, that yhit is sene :
And that blak lowcht, as I herd teUe,
Cald is thare yhit Haldanys Welle.

CHAP. IX.
^tohen ^gng ®rsg all Inglanb toan,
^ellatoek off (Sagnctanbretois ^tsekaye tkan.
A.D. A
881. .ZxWCHT hundyre yhere foure score and ane
Fra God off Mary flesch had tane,
Pape off Eome than Nycholes
Nyne yhere in that sege wes ; 660
And Lo-wys the secund Empryoure
Wes twenty yhere in that honowre.
This Gregor kyng, that slayne had Hede,
Kyng wes regnand in hys stede
Auchtene -wyntyr, and than he
In gret state held that reawt^.
The Kyrk off Scotland, befor hys dawys
That grevyd wes be the Peychtis lawys,
F. 136. b. He rele-wyd in gret fredome,
Fra in the kynryk kyng he come. 670
All Ingland he wan off were.
And Irland nere, wyth hys powere.

THE CEONYKIL [B.VL
He lyis als in YcolmkiU :
Hys epitaphy red quha will :
Greg sua jura gerens annis deca Bex fit et octo.
In Dundorne probus morte retentus erat.
Hic dedit Ecclesie libertatem Scoticane,
Que sub Pictorum lege redacta fuit.
Hujus ad imperium fuit Anglia tota subacta.
Quod non leva dedit sors sibi helia terens.
This Greg, that I spak off beforne,
Tuk hys endyng at Dwndorne.
All thus this kyng, hys Kyng that kend.
Had grace in hap hys tyme to spend.
For he Imvyd God, and Haly Kyrk,
Wyth -wyt he wan hys wiU to wyrke. 680
Thoucht and deid he mad bath e-wyn.
And send hys spyryte syne till he-wyn.
Pryncys yharnand hey honoure
This kyng suld hald tyl thaire myrowre.
To lu-we fyrst God, and Haly Kyrke,
Gy-we thai thaire will wyll wysly wyrke.
Quha God to greve wUl [haf] na drede.
He sail offt spwrne, quhen he wald spede.
And at hys last end wrechydly
Sail be condampnyd perpetuaUy. 690
Off Saynt Andrewys byschape than
Wes Kellawch, cald a haly man,
Quhen that kyng wes this Gregore,
Quham off yhe herd me spek before.
Neyst this Pape Nycholes
Pape off Eome fywe wyntyr wes
Haldand that Se Schyre Adryane.
He send Legatis in Brettayne
To renew thare Crystyn fay.

A.D.885.

Ch. X.] OF SCOTLAND. 89
That takyn before lang had thai. 700
Jhon the auchtand Pape wes syne.
TUl hym succedyt the Pape Martyne :
Aucht hundyr yhere four score and fywe
Martyne this Pape endyde hys ly-we.
Charlys than, a kyng off Frans,
Hapnyd be a fellowne chans
To be ryivyn -wyth a bare
In hwntyng ; swa he deyd thare.
Quhen Gregorys dayis ware all dwne,
Donald, Constantynis swne, 710
Wes kyng in Scotland off powere.
And held that state eUe-wyn yhere.
In Murrawe syne he murthrysyd was
In tiU that towne is cald Foras.
In YcolmkUl lyis he :
F. 137. Owth hym thir -wers yhit men may se ;
Post hunc in Scotia regnavit Bex Do[ve]naldus :
Hic Constantini filius ortus erat.
In villa fertur Bex iste perisse Forensi,
Undecimo regni sole rotante sui.

CHAP. X.
^oto the SsM Con0tantine
Wits ^elbe in .Sasnetanbretoi^ sgne.
A.D. vr
908. JAI YNE hundyr wyntyr and aucht yhere,
Quhen gayne aU Donaldis dayis were,
Heddis sowne cald Constantine
Kjmg wes [thretty] yhere : and syne 720
Kyng he sessyd for to be.

90 THE CEONYKIL [B. VI.
And in Sanctandrewys a Kylde.
And thare he lyVyd yheris fywe.
And Abbot made, endyd hys lyve.
Off hym thare-fore wes this -wers
In Latyne -wryttyn to rehers ;
Constantinus item, cujus pater Hed fuit Albus,
Bis deca Bex annis vixerat atque decem.
Andree Sancti fuit hic quinquennis in urbe :
Beligionis ibi jure fruens ohiit.
Bot in the Pape Jhonys dayis
The auchtand, as Frere Martyne sayis,
Charlys the thryd than Empryoure
Bad a yhere owre in that hono-wre 730
[And] monethys to tha thrys thre.
Abbays mony fowndyd he,
And kyrkis of relygyowne :
Swa hys tyme in devotyoune
Wes spendyd and in halynes.
Flawndrys in hys dayis wes
Eelevyd tiU ane erldwme
Wyth custymabUl honoure and fredwme ;
Quhare before that tyme it wes
Bot a land off gret sympUnes : 740
The grettest befor lyvand thare
The Kyng off Frawncis forsteris ware.
The Dwch^ off Normawndy
Than fyrst to state ras halyly.
Quhen this Charlys the thryd wes dede,
Arnwlphus twelff yhere in hys stede
Lord wes hale off the Empyre,
And governyd it as off it Syre.
Syn byttyne he wes -wyth lyis to dede :
For that he cowth get na remede. 750

Ch. X.] OF SCOTLAND. 91
TiU Jhon the auchtand the Pape Martyne
The secund a yhere Pape wes syne.
In tUl hys tyme ordanyd he
In fredwme the Pape to chosyn be :
Empryoure tharein till hys sete
Nothir hys helpe, na nakyn lete ;
Bot that electyowne to be ay
F. 137. b. In aU kyn fredwme fra that day.
Empryowris and Papys sere
I leve nowe to wryt in here ; 760
For all thare dedis to record
Wald lenth the tyme -wyth-owt conforde.
A.D. Nyne hundyr wyntyr fourty and thre
Efftyr the blest Natyvyte,
Quhen dede wes the Kyng Constantyne,
Kyng off Scotland nest hym syne
Malcolme-Makdonald yheris thre ;
And syne in Murrawe slayne wes he.
In YcolmkiU hys body lyis :
Hys -wers are -wryttyn on this -wyis ; 770
Huic Bex Malcolmus successit ter tribus annis,
Begis Donaldi filius ille fuit.
Interfecerunt in Wlru Moravienses.
Gentis apostatice fraude doloque cadit.
Nest this Malcolme wes regnand
Indulff nyne yhere in Scotland.
Fodawche the byschape banysyd he
Owt off Sanctandrewys hys awyne Se.
YEit this byschape nevertheles
Aucht yhere efftyr that lyvand wes.
He made a tysst3Te in that qwhylle,
Quhare-in wes closyd the WangyUe,

92 THE CEONYKIL [B. VI.
Platyd oure wyth sU-vyre brycht.
On the hey awtyr standand rycht 780
At the north end : thare to rehers
Wyth Scottis hand gravyn ar thir wers ;
Hanc Evangelii thecam construxit aviti
Fodawch, qui Scottis primus Episcopus est.
[In] tui Sayntandrewys off Scotland
Kyrk cathedrale yhit standand
This tystyr Uke man may se.
As befor now herd hawe yhe.
This kyng Indulff faucht sa fast
Wyth the Norwayis, quhUl at the last
He wes at CoUy slayne in fycht.
In YcolmkiU syne wes he rycht 790
Enteryd : and thare to rehers
Owth hym wryttyn were thir wers ;
Post hunc Indulfus totidem regnaverat annis
Ens Constantini filius Heddhayde.
In bello pugnans ad fiuminis hostia Collyne
Dacorum gladiis protinus occubuit.
Quhen Indulf kyng wes dede away,
Dwlff wes kyng efftyre hys day :
In Murrawe dede efftyr he was
In the towne murthrysyd off Foras,
And karyd out off that towne wes he
Dede on a nycht in priwat^
TUl a wattyr by rynnand.
That cald is Fyndarne in Scotland: 800
In till a pwle wndyr the bryg
Thai kest hym downe, and lete hym lyg.
F. 138. Bot thare wes ne-wyre Sowne schenand
Thare sene, quhille he wes thare lyand :
And be the takyn off that thyng

Ch. X.] OF SCOTLAND. 93
Men trowyd that thare than lay the kyng.
Than thai rypyd thare sa fast,
QuhUl he wes fowndyn at the last.
Owth hym, quhare hys body lyis,
Thir -wers ar wryttyn on this wys ; 810
Quatuor et semis Bex Duff regnavit aristis,
Malcolmo natus, regia jura gerens.
Hunc interfecit gens perfida Moraviensis.
Cujus erat gladiis cesus in urbe Foras.
Sol abdit radios, ipso sub ponte latente.
Quo fuit absconsiis, usque repertus erat.
QrUien this kyng Duff ded wes then,
Nest hym ras the kyng Culen.
As kyng regnyd yheris fowre
In Scotland, [and] ane half yhere owre.
In to this kynryk wes a man,
Eodard be name that cald [was] than :
He hade a dochtyr fayre and yhyng
And rycht plesand ; quharfore this kyng
Ee-wysyd hyr. Eodard for-thi
Slw this kyng in hys foly ; 820
As is nottyd be thire -wers,
Oppynly to mak rehers ;
Filius Indulfi totidem quoque Bex fuit annis.
Nomine Culenus; vir fuit insipiens.
Fertur apud Lovias ilium truncasse Bodardus
Pro rapta nata, quam sibi Bex rapuit.
To this Kyng Culen dede,
Malcolmys sowne the Kyng Kynede
Wes oure the Scottis in Scotland
Twenty yhere and foure regnand.
The Erie off Angws in hys dayis
Conquhare cald, the story sayis.

94 THE CEONYKIL [B.VL
Had a dochtyre FynbeUe cald.
The quhUk had a sone yhong and bald : 830
At Dwnsynane this Kyned
The kyng put this man to dede.
Fra thine hys modyr had ay in thowcht
To ger this kyng to dede be browcht ;
And for scho cowth noucht do that be mycht,
Scho made thame trayto-wyrs be hyr slycht.
That, the kyng befor than wend.
For hys lele legis hade bene kend.
As throw the Mernys on a day
The kyng was rydand hys hey way, 840
Off hys awyne curt [al] suddanly
Agayne hym ras a cumpany
In to the towne off Fethyrkerne :
To fecht wyth hym thai ware sa yherne,
F. 138. b. And he agayne thame faucht sa fast ;
Bot he thare slayne was at the last.
And off this makand rehers
Owth hym wryttyn ar thire -wers ;
Post quem rex fertur Scotis regnasse Kynedus
Malcolmi natus quatuor et deca his.
Iste Fethyrherne telis fit et arte peremptus
Nate Cuncari Fimbel fraude cadens.
Quhen Constantyne Kyng Culynys swne
The Kyng Kyned to dede had dwne, 850
At the wattyr hed off A-wyne
The Kyng Gryme slwe this Constantyne.
He wes bot othire half yhere kyng,
Quhen all thus hapnyd hys endyng.
Swa wryttyne owth hym ar thire -wers
In Latyne, that yhe may rehers ;

Ch. X.] OF SCOTLAND. 95
Rex Constantinus Culeni filius ortus
Ad caput amnis Awyne ense peremptus erat.
\In jus regale regens vno rex et semis annis
Ipsum Kenedus Malcolomida ferit.]
Quhen Constantyne wes slayne, neyst hyme
The selff slayare the Kyng Gryme
Succedyd, and aucht yhere than regnand
In to the kynryke off Scotland. 860
The Kyng Malcolme feUownly
Slwe this kyng in Bardory.
Hys epitaphy than in wers
Wryttyn thus men may rehers ;
Annorum spatio Bex Grym regnaverat octo
Kynedi natus, qui genitus Duf erat.
Quo truncatus erat, Bardorum campus habetur,
A nato Kyned nomine Malcolomi.
Quhen dede wes thus this Kyng Gryme,
Malcolme ras kyng, that slayne had hyme :
And thretty wyntyre in Scotland
Kyng this Malcolme wes regnand.
He wes in deyd a manly knycht,
Bawld, and stowt, worthy, and -wycht. 870 '
In to the Glammys on a day.
For he had rewyst a fayre May
Off the land thare lyand by,
Thar ras agayne hym suddanly ;
Mony off thame thare gert he de.
And mony als ware threte to fie ;
Bot yhit fechtand nevertheles
Slayne in to that feld he wes.
Quhen that thus aU hys dayis wes dwne,
Efftyre hym he lefft na swne ; 880
Bot a dochtyre Bethok fayre

96 THE CEONYKIL [B. VI.
He lefft off kynd to be hys ayre :
Scho wes to Cryny in hyre lyffe.
The Abbot of Dunkeldynys wyffe.
To here wytnes ar thir -wers
F. 139. Thar-off made now to rehers ;
Bex quoque Malcolmus deca ter regnaverat annis :
In pugnis miles victoriosus erat.
In vico Glammys rapuit quandamque pniellam.
Sub pede prostrafis hostibus ille peril.
Abbatis Cry ni, jam dicti, filia Begis
Uxor erat Bethok, nomine digna sibi.

CHAP. XL
^tohen tke ffimprgotore ®to qtokile
Wizs szt anb stab in gret perjiUe.
A.D. XT
990. 1>| YNE hundyr wyntyr and nynty
Fra God wes borne off myld Marj"-,
Benet the secund wes Pape off Eome
And Kepare off the Crystyndome, 890
And Oto the secund Empryowre
Aucht wyntyr wes in that honowre :
He wes in deyd a dowchty knycht,
Stowt off manhad and off mycht.
Off Agare and off Barbary
Twa gret ostys hawtanly
Come in Calabyre aU off were
Arayid weUe wyth gret powere ;
Wyth fyre and armys thai broucht downe.
And wastyd all that regyowne. 900
Agayne thaim off Eomanys

Ch. XL] OF SCOTLAND. 97
He gadryd, and off Almahnys ;
Wyth thai strawngeris he fawcht sa fast,
That thai hym vencust at the last.
Bath hys ostis fra hym flede,
Fewe bydand in to that sted
Wyth hym ; bot, as hym beho-wyd,
Owt off the feld he hym removyd :
And tiU a schype, that nere wes by.
And [to] sayle made aU redy, 910
He come rynnand in gret hast.
As owt off pres he had bene chast.
And fenyheyd hym a sympUl knycht.
That eschapyd fra that fycht.
And sayd, to pas in pylgrimage
He thare wes in hys -wayage
To the b-wrch off Jerusalem,
And fra that syne to Bethleem.
For-thi he made thame fayre prayare,
Owre s4 that he mycht wytht thame fayre. 920
All thus he gate be fayre tret6
In thare [galay than] entr^.
And as thai ware on s6 sayland,
In Grewe [he] hard thame thare sayand,
That thai wald hald on in that trade
Tyl ConstantynopiU, and in that rade
F. 139. b. Thai wald stryk, and thare tak land.
And mak off that knycht a presand.
For reward wyth gret honoure,
TiU hym, that than wes Empryoure 930
Off ConstantynopUl. Quhen he this herd.
In tUl hys hart he wes aferd :
For he wndyrstud [rycht] weUe
Off Grewe the langage Uke delle :
VOL. II. G

98 THE CEONYKIL [B. VI.
Bot the schypemen trowyd noucht.
Off that twng that he cowth owcht.
Swa, he be-thowcht hym off a wyle.
How thai schypmen he mycht begyUe.
The mastyre than in prewat^
He cald, and sayd tUl hym, that he 940
All hys gold had in that lie.
That thai ware sayland by, Sycyle,
For-thi, he sayd, it ware hys wUl,
Gyff thai wald gyff consent thare-tiU,
Apon the land thare to be set,
Hys gold that he had than to get ;
And swne he suld than cum agayne.
Thai grawntyd him this, for thai war fayne.
And tro-wyd rycht weUe than, that he
Off gold had a gret quantyt^ ; 950
AU that thai thowcht fra hym to ta,
And mak hym presonare alsua.
Apon land thai set hym rycht.
And fra he gat owt off thare sycht.
He sped hym in gret hy to Eome.
And thidder efftyr that he come,
AU thai schypmen he gert spy,
QuhUl thai agayne come : than in hy
He gert thai traytoures e-wyre ilkane
Arestyd be, and qwyke aU tane, 960
Fourty thai ware in so-wme and ma ;
Thare hedys all he tuk thame fra.
And qwyt thaim swa thare -warysowne.
That wald have done hym this tresowne.

Ch. xil] of SCOTLAND. 99

CHAP. XII.
(^token ^ilbestsr tke secnnb tkan
§®cs, to be ^ope, tke ^etoillia man.
A.D. -n
1004. Jl EA that Natyvyte past oure
A thowsand yhere and thare-to foure,
Fra that dede wes this Benet,
Nest hym foure Papys had thaire det
Payd off kynd, and tane thare dede.
Thare succedyt in thare stede 970
The secund SUvestyr, and yheris foure
Wes Pape off Eome, and mare atoure,
F. 140. A Frankys man be natyowne,
A mo-wnk yhit be professyowne
Off the Abbay Floryacens
In the byschapryke off Aurelyens.
Bot pre-waly he staU away
A nycht owt off hys abbay.
And worthyd ane apostata.
And qwhiU that he [was] lyvand swa, 980
He desyryd oure mesoure
Hey statis -wytht honowre :
Apon that in pry-wat^
Wyth the De-wiU he had tret4
And mad hym full homage.
And he thare heycht hym avawntage ;
That wes, rele-vyd that he suld be.
Or he deyd, in the Papys Se ;
And in the meyne tyme -wyth-aU
Till othir statis that mycht faU. 990

100 THE CEONYKIL [B. VI.
The byschapryke off Eeyns swne
FeU vacand ; in it than wes he dwne.
The Archebyschapryke off Ea-wen
Wakyd efftyr ; that gat he then.
Efftyre that -wakyd the Papys Se ;
Chosyne to that swne wes he.
Fra state to state thus ras he fast,
Pape qwhill he wes at the last.
Hys promotowre oft hym assayid.
How off hys state he. held hym payid ? 1000
All weie, he awnsweryd blythely.
And thankyd hym off his curtasy.
Quhen he was in hys state heyast.
In tiU hys thowcht ay wald he cast,
Efftyr-hend hys statis aU
How the latere end suld faU.
Than at hys falow, on a day,
Togyddyr quhen thai war in thare play.
He askyd hym, how lang that he
In tUl that state suld lywand be. 1010
The De-wUl awnsweryd tUl hym agayne.
That in aU ese, -wyth-owtyn payne.
He suld lyve in prosperyt^,
Jerusalem quhiU he suld se.
And in tiU it syng hys Mes.
This Pape than blyth off this word wes.
[And] it feU efftyr on a day.
As in tUl oys the Pape had ay,
Wyth the CoUage throwch the to-wne
To gang intUl processyowne. 1020
Than sone till a kyrk thai come.
That thai Jerusalem cald in Eome ;
And quhen the Pape rewestyd wes

Ch. xil] of SCOTLAND. 101
Be the custwme to syng the Mes,
He herd abo-wt hym wgsum dyn,
F. 140. b. As mony de-wUlys had bene thare in.
Than speryd he, quhat thai oysyd to call
That kyrk. Than thai awnsueryd aU,
Jerusalem in Vy Laterane.
Than sychys made he mony ane ; 1030
And made a predicatyowne
Off hys obUgatyowne ;
And offt cryid AUace ! alias.
That e-wyre off hys modyr borne he was !
Bot ay [he] trowyd lelely,
Off hym that Gode wald have mercy.
Than gert he fyrst hys twng owt tak.
That -wyth the DewiU the wordys spake :
He gert stryk off hys twa handys.
That festnyng wes off the co-wnandys : 1040
And hys twa fete in to deyde
He gert stryk off, syne thai yheyd
To the De-wUl in to that place,
Quhare festnyd aU thare cownandys was.
Swa off hys menbrys he mad de-wyce.
That ser-wyd the De-wUl off thaire office.
All tha tUl hym in lyff he yha wid :
Tak thame tUl hym, gy-we he wauld.
Bot he comendyd tiU endure
Hys spyryt tUl the Creature. 1050
Swa, mony trowyd than, that he
Wyth Halowys tuk hys sawffte.
This SUvester in yhowthade
To name Gerbert be baptysyne hade :
And off hym was made thire wers.
As he was greyd tUl rehers ;

102 THE CEONYKIL [B. VI.
" Transit ab R Gerhertus in B, fit Papa vigens B."
(Quia fuit promotus ab archiepiscopatu Bamen-
si ad archiepiscopatum Bavenensem, et ultimo
ad Papam Bomanum.)
He had twa lordys at lare.
That hys yhong scolarys sumtyme ware,
Schyr Oto the fyrst Empryoure,
And Eobert, that Kyng wes -wyth honowre 1060
Off Frawns. And he Pape lyvand thus.
Made wes Sancti Spiritus
Assit nobis gratia ;
That sequence, -wyth othir ma
Wersys, men oysis for to say
like yhere on Wytsonday,
Befor the WangeU in the qwere
At the Hey Mes Uke yhere.
The Denmarkis wyth stalwart hand
Dystroyid the sowth than off Ingland, 1070
All Cawntyrbery, and Lyncolnsyre,
Wyth armys, wapnys, and -wyth fyre.
Men, barnys and women
Thai sowmyd ay be ten and ten :
F. 141. The tend part thai kepyd qwyk ;
The lawe thai wald all sla and styk,
Sparand na condytyown,
Seculare, na off reUgyown.
Aucht hundyr sowmyd than ware kend
Off persownys sauffyd for the tend, 1080
And foure monkys : bot feUownly
The la-we ware slayne downe but mercy.
Off Ingland that tyme the barnage
Payid to the Denmarkis gret trewage,
Foure and fourty thowsand pwnde

Ch. XIIL] OF SCOTLAND. 103
Off wsuale mone, gud and rownd.
And for Saynct Elpheg wald noucht pay
Thre thowsand pownd off that monay,
Bot for the kyrk of Cawntyrbery
TiU hald it fre he stwde fermly, 1090
Quhare-off he wes byschape than,
Thire tyrandys tuk this haly man.
And held hym lang in tiU herd pyne :
A lurdane off thame slwe hym syne.
That he confermyd in Crystyn fay
Befor that oure-gane bot a day.

CHAP. XIIL
^token tkat a ^ape hefior hzhz
Wizs ftonbgn stanbanbe in a atebe.
A.D. A
1014. J\_ THOWSAND wyntyr and fourtene
Fra God wes borne off Mary clene.
The awchtand Benet tuk the Se
Off Eome as Pape, and that yhere he 1100
Q-wte off that sege wes pwtand downe r
And ane othir in tUl it swne
Wes set, and gret scyssm4 swa
Eas that tyme betwene tha twa.
Bot that Pape Benet dede,
And ane othir set in hys sted,
As Petyre Damyane thare-off sayis,
Thare was a byschape in thai dayis.
That on a blak hors saw rydand
This Pape bodyly thare sittand. 1110
This byschape wnabayssytly

104 THE CEONYKIL [B. VI.
Spak to that spyryte than stowtly.
And sayd, " Is thow noucht that Benet,
That quhylome held the Papys set ?
And now we wat weUe, that thow art dede,
Ane othir haldand that ilk stede."
" That sary Benet," [he] sayd, " am I,
That led that state wnworthyly."
"Fadyr," he sayd, "thow teU me nowe
Thi state." And he sayd, " Yhit I trowe 1120
Owt off thir [Ule] paynys frely
To be dely-weryd be mercy
Off my rycht-wys Creatoure,
Be prayere off the Madyn pwre,
F. 141. b. That is my helpe and my succoure.
Ga thow tUl Jhon my successoure.
And byd hym sek this certane plas
Be name, for in it sum tyme was.
And yhit is, off gold a sowme lyand.
Byd hym, that he be off that gyvand 1130
TUl pure men all, for in na thyng
That I delte in my lyvyng,
Helpys me nowe ; for be thyfft,
Oppyn reffe, or -wrangwys gyft.
Or wyth falshad, all I wan
The gud, that I dyspendyd than."
This byschape dyd hys byddyng weUe,
And fuUfiUyd Uke deUe ;
And lefft hys byschapryk that day.
And rendryde hym mownke in ane abbay : 1140
Swa, entryd in reUgyown,
He deyd in till devotyo-wn.
^Quhen Benet the auchtand Pape wes dede,
Jhon the twentyd tuk that sted.

Ch. XIIL] OF SCOTLAND. 105
Nest hym Benet the nynd : than he
Fourtene wyntyr held that Se.
Gret ryotis, as Frere Martyne sayis.
Fell in tiU this Benetis days.
For off that state quhUle he, qwhUl he.
Off syndry persownys, held that Se. 1150
Bot this Pape the nynd Benet
TUl Benet the auchtand, that that set
Held before, wes ne-wow nere.
Bot efftyre that he wes broucht on here,
TUl a bysyn best all lyke
Sene he wes besyd a dyke,
That nere hand a myll wes made.
For bath hewyd and tale he had
As a hors, and hys body
All tiU a here wes mast lykly. 1160
He, that hym saw, wes than sa rad.
That, for the dowt, he wes in stad.
He wald rycht fayne have bene away.
Bot than that best begowt to say,
" Ha-we na dowt, bot I pray thd,
Thow byd a qwhiUe, and spek wyth me.
As thow art now, I wes a man
Sum tyme ; bot I bare me noucht than.
As I suld ha-we dwne off dete ;
Bot fra that I as Pape wes sete 1170
In Sege, I bare me aU bestly.
And led my lyff all lustyly :
Swa, am I now, as thow may se.
Bot yhit I trow to sauffyd be
Be helpe off the Virgyne pure
The Modyre off my Creature."
Henry the fyrst, and Conrade

1 06 THE CEONYKIL [B. VI.
F. 142. In this meyne tyme the Empyi'e hade ;
Til Henry Conrade successywe :
He mad gret la-wys in hys ly-we. 1180
Quhat evyre he wes, that brak his pes.
Off qwhat condytyown sa e-vyr he wes.
He suld thole the payne off dede.
But ony manere off remede.
An Erie than was nere hym by.
That slwe a man in hys felny ;
And for that payne, as hym beho-wyd,
Prevely he hym remo-vyde
Till a forest nere thare-by :
And for tUl lyve thare qwyetly 1190
Wyth hys wyff on his tresore.
That he had gaddryd lang before,
A maner plas thar byggyd he
For hym, hys wyff, and hys menyhe.
The Empryoure than on a day
Ead in hwntyng hym to play.
And tra-welyd sa lang in that forast
In gamyn, quhiU aU that day oure past,
And the myrk nycht [al] suddanly
Hym partyd fra hys cumpany. 1200
And in that myrk nycht wawerand wiU,
He hapnyd off cas for to cum tUl
That Uke new byggyd plas,
Quhare that Erie than dueUand was.
Thare he ressayvyd that Empryowre
Wyth gret reverens and honowre.
And herbryd hym all that nycht,
QwhiU on the morne that day wes lycht.
That ilke nycht, as hapnyd thare.
The Erlys awyn -wyffe wes lychtare 1210

Ch. xiiL] OF SCOTLAND. 107
Off a knawe barne befor day.
The Empryowre than, quhare he lay.
Herd a -woce t-wys or thrys
Oppynly sayand on this wys,
" This chyld now borne Empryowre
SaU be, and nest successoure
TUl this Conrade, that is syre
And lord now all hale off the Empyre."
Fra this the Empryoure had herd.
In tiU hys thoucht he wes afferde : 1220
And on the morne rycht ayrly,
Quhen tUl hym come hys cumpany,
Twa men he bad in pre-wet^
To wayt ane oportunyt^.
And steyle that barne, and wyth it ga
To the wode, and thare it sla ;
And the hart syne tUl [hym] bryng.
That he mycht -wyt be that taknyng.
That the barne aU dede suld be,
F. 142. b. And swa ware brokyn destyn^. 1230
The twa men the chyld tuke sone.
The Empryo-wris byddyng for tUl have done :
Bot pytd swa movyd thare thoucht.
That byddyng thai fulfiUyd nowcht ;
Bot in thare gamyn thai slwe a hare :
The hart off it thai wyth thame bare.
And gave it to this Schyre Conrad,
And sayd, thai dyd, as he thame bad ;
That wes, that thai slwe the chUd,
And lefft hym in that forast wild. 1240
It hapnyd a Duk to cum rydand,
Quhare that that chUd wes qwyk lyand :
That chyld he tuk, and bare it hame.

108 THE CEONYKIL [B. VI.
And tUl hys wyf than sayd he, " Dame,
Bryng -wp this barne now, I pray th(5 ;
For he may hapnyn oure ayre to be.
Syne we ar lyk na barne till ha-we,
Nothir madyn child, na kna-we."
The barne scho tuk than blythly.
And browcht hym -wp rycht tendyrly. 1250
Lang efftyre this, in pylgrinage
This Uke Empryoure hys -wayage
Tuk, and in till his way
Wyth this Duk he ete a day.
Before [the burde] than standand thare
The Dukis brede this childe than schare ;
For he wes yhowng, and avenand.
And tUl aU lordys rycht plesand.
Be sum consayt yhit than agayne
The Empryo-wre wald he had bene slayne. 1260
Than to that Duk in pre-wet^
He sayd, ane erand gret had he
Foryhet, that the Empryce
Beho-wyde to do on onywys :
Quharefore he made hym than prayere.
That that chyld mycht a lettyr here
TU hys wyff in pre-wyt^.
The Duk hym le-wyd, and than he
Wrat in that lettyr on this -wys.
Be strayt byddyng the Emprys, 1270
Scho suld ger that chyld be put to ded,
Bot ony maner off remed :
Gyff scho had gert that lettyr rede,
Thir wordis thare war wryttyne in dede :
" Visa litera, lator illiiis morte moriatur."
Quhen this child thus le-wyd was.

Ch. XIIL] OF SCOTLAND. 109
He buskyd hym hys way to pas.
And wyst rycht noucht off this perylle.
Bot it hapnyd in that qwhiUe,
Wyth a prest in tUl his way 1280
He ete, and bad wyth hym a day.
F. 143. And as he wes than thare slepand,
A fayre ptu:s he had hyngand :
The prest that purs opnyd swne,
And fand in it that lettyr dwne.
That he opnyd, and red the payne.
The berere off it for to be slayne.
That lettyr away than pwte he q-wyte ;
And sone ane othir than couth he wryte.
As send fra the Empryo-wre 1290
To the Empryce -wyth hono-wre,
Sayand, " Visa litera, Filia mea latori tradatur."
" This lettyr sene, my Dochtyre dere,
Sone thow spows wyth the berere."
He closyd this lettyr curywsly.
And tn the purs aU prewely
He pwt it, quhare the tothir was.
The chUd fra slope thare-efftyr ras :
Off aU this dede wyst he rycht noucht,
Bot on hys trawale set hys thoucht, 1300
And on hys -wayage furth he past.
To the Emprys at the last
He come, and present wyth honowre
That lettyr, fra the Empryo-vsTe,
He sayd, wes send : and honestly
Scho hym resayvyd, and hastyly
That lettyr scho gert tiU hyre rede.
And efftyr that rycht sone in dede
Scho gave to that chUd hyr Dochtyr fayre

110 THE CEONYKIL [B.VL
TiU hys wyff, syne scho wes ayre 1310
TiU hyr lorde the Empryowre,
As off that lettyr the tenowre
Bad, that al swa suld be done.
The Empryowre thare-efftjrr sone
Hapnyd to cum hame suddanly.
The chUd remo-wyd hym prewely,
QuhiU that he mycht here, or se,
Gyff that all mycht sykkyre be.
The Empryoure thare-efftyre sone
Speryd, how that scho had done 1320
Off that lettyr, that he [hir] send.
Than tald scho hym fra end till end ;
And sayd, scho had fuUfiUyd welle
All hys byddyng ilka deUe.
And fra he herd [that] this wes done.
He tro-wyde he wes the Dukys sone.
He held hym [payit] off that spowsall,
And gave that chUd full governale
Off hys land wyth hys dochtjnc fayre :
Destyn^ swa mad hym ayre 1330
TUl Conrade this Empryoure,
And tyU hym hys neyst successoure.
Gyff destynd be ony thyng,
I comend to thare demyng.
That clerkys are, for nane am I.
F. 143. b. That me forthynkys inkyrly.
Swa, qwhen this Conrad wes dede,
Thys chyld succedyt in hys stede,
Tytlyde the secund Henry,
And governyd the Empyre -wertusly 1340

Ch. XIV.] OF SCOTLAND. Ill

CHAP. XIV.
^token fro ^ome come a legate
In Jfratonee, to se tke ^grkis state.
J_N this meyne tyme, wpon chans
Thare come in to the rewme off Frans
A Legate send a latere.
For tiU -wysyd, and tUl se.
How the Byschapys governyd ware.
And led thare state and thare poware.
Swa, this Uk Legate fand.
That a Byschape off that land
Gat that state wyth symony,
And led hys lyff -wytyusly, 1350
Co-watows, and incontynent.
This Legate thare-for in jugement.
Or syttand in chapytere.
This Byschape he cald, and gert appere ;
And sayd hym, be publik fame
Thare put tUl hym wes gret blame.
That [he] entryd be symony,
And lywyd alsua rycht -wytyusly.
This Byschap was a -wyly man :
All thai he had corruhipyd than 1360
Wyth gret gyfftis, than that he
Hys accusatowris trowyd to be.
QuhiU this Legate was syttand thare,
Thare wes na man that wald contrare
This Byschape in till word or deyde.
This Legate swa cowth noucht proceyde

112 THE CEONYKIL [B.VL
Be ony accusatyowne
In to that -wysitatyowne :
Bot yhit he trowyd nevertheles,
AU -wytyows that this Byschape wes. 1370
Than sayd the Legate, " Syn I na kan
Precede be help off ony man.
Be Goddis -wertu in to dede
On this -wys now I wiU precede.
Be [the] Haly Gast now let s^,
Gyff in thi state wes thi entr6.
Say, Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto."
" Gloria Patri, et Filio,"
The Byschape sayde, and thare mad ho :
And that rehersyd he offtsys ;
Offtare yha than anys, or twys ; 1380
Bot Spiritui Sancto be na way
Mycht he wyth hys lyppys say.
The Byschape than confessyd, how he
Off hys byschapryk gat entr^.
That wes aU -wyth symony ;
And led hys lyff aU -wytyously,
F. 144. Bath covetows, and incontynent.
The Legate thare, in jugement,
Assolyhyd hym off aU cursyng.
And pwnysyd hym for hys le-wyng. 1390
In this meyne tyme in Eome thai fand
A body off a ded Gyand :
Fra he-wyd to fute, as thai hym mete,
Gyff he on fwte mycht have bene sete,
Lyk it war, that he had bene
Heyare, than than off Eome wes sene
The waUys aU off that cyt^.
The heyast, that than mycht jugyd be.

Ch. XIV.] OF SCOTLAND. 113
A wound wes sene in tUl hys syde
Four fute off lenth, and mar, that tyde. 1400
And in hys graff wes sergis twa
Brynnand clere, and ane off tha
Wes brycht brynnand at his hewyd.
The tothire at hys fete wes levyd.
In evynlyk lycht brynnand clere.
That mycht be sloknyd on na manere
Be wattyr, na be wyndis blyst :
Bot gyve a man wald in thame thryst
A scharpe brode, or than wald styke
In to thai sergis a scharpe pryke, 1410
Quhare the ayre mycht ha-we entre ;
Swa sloknyd mycht thai lychtis be.
His epitaphy to rehers
Thus wryttyn thare thai fand thir -wers ;
Filius Evandri Paulas, quem lancea Tumi
Militis occidit, more suo jacet Mc.
This Geand in till hys tyme was
Be [name] than caUyd PaiUas :
Tumus, the sowne off E-wander,
Before had slayne hyme wyth a spere :
In to this graffe heyr dede he lyis.
As yhe aU se now on this -wys. 1420
In tUl Appule, as off a man
A gret ymage sen wes than
Off marbyr ; bot a cerkiU was
Sene apperand, as off bras ;
And all wryttyn thare -wyth-owte
That cerkyU than wes rede abowte,
" The Kalendis off May, the sowne rysande.
My he-vyd saU be off gold glytterande."
Sa was thare than a Sarracene,
VOL. II. H

114 THE CEONYKIL [B.VL
That lang tyme presownare had bene ; 1430
He tuke swilk resowne off this wryte,
That he thoucht helpe tUl get off it.
Swa wayttyd he the fyrst day.
As the sowne than ras, off May :
The he-wyd he brak off that ymage.
And thare-off wan he sic a wage.
That gold he gat in swUk foysowne.
That it payid aU owt hys rawnsowne.
And mad furth honest governale
TiU hym and hys perpetuaUe. 1440
F. 144. b. In this ilke tyme in Frans
TUl a lord hapnyd a feU chans ;
As he wes syttand at the mete,
Wyth myis he wes swa wmbesete.
That wyth hym and hys menyh^
He mycht na way get sawffte,
Na -wyth sta-wys, na -wyth stanys.
Than thai wald cle-w apon hys banys :
Na kyn wapnys, that men mycht get,
Mycht thai myis fra hys body lete ; 1450
Schype, na bayt, na yhit galay
Mycht be sawffte ony way :
Nowthir on wattyr, na on land,
Mycht this lord hym get warand.
Than, bwt ony kyne remede,
Thir mys pwt this lord to dede.
The auchtand and the nynd Benet
In Eome haldand the Papys set,
Malys in Scotland, a wys man,
Wes off Saynctandrewys byschape than 1460
Aucht wyntere. And quhen he
Wes dede, than Kellawch tuk that Se,

Ch. XV.] OF SCOTLAND. 115
And held it twenty yhere and fy-we.
He secund Kellauch in hys lywe
Wes titlyd. And quhen dede wes he.
The secund Malys tuk that Se.
TiU hym succedyt Schyr Malmore.
Off thire is gud to mak memore.

CHAP. XV.
ten tke sext ®regore be jngement
^ete sla tkame, tkat reJft tke 3w^^ rent.
V^WHEN this Benet the nynd wes dede,
Gregor the sext than tuk that stede, 1470
And twa yhere held that Se.
Bot y-will arayid than fand it he ;
For litUl or noucht that tyme he fand.
That tiU hys state wes suffycyand ;
For mony Papys befor his dayis
Ware rekles, as Frere Martyne sayis.
For in defawt off gud defens
Off -wertu, or off negligens,
Gret possessyownys thai tynt qwyte
Be mysdoarys, that had delyt 1480
Pylgrymys to tak, and [tulye,]
Or ony lele men wald dyspoyle.
Or qwha his cursyng wald noucht drede,
Agayne thame swa he wald precede.
As to be takyn, and to be slayne.
Or in presowne to thole the payne
Off dede, be jugement off the lawe.
And sum to hang, and sum to drawe.

116 THE CEONYKIL [B. VI.
A feUown tyrand he wes for-thi
Cald, and murmwryd oppynly. 1490
F. 145. Swa in hys last infirmyt^,
Quhen noucht wes, bot he suld de.
The Cardynalys sayd oppynly.
And hym decleryd wnworthy
TUl hawe halowyd sepulture.
Syne he wes off hart sa dure.
That he gert sla men, but mercy.
And spylt gret blud [aboundandly].
Off this quhen he herd thare decrete.
In tUl hys seknes lyvand yhete, 1 500
Befor hym than gert he caU
The Cardynalys, and the pepill aU ;
And thare rehersyd thare sentens.
And sayd. Off gud conscyens
AU that wes done, that he gert do,
Na nakyn blame suld fall thare-to,
Na he [de]serwyd na defame,
Suppos thai oysyd swa hym to schame.
" Gyff God will, (he sayd,) for-thi
Se for me swa, quhen ded am I, 1510
Tbat I may ha-we halowyd sepulture
Wyth-owtyn schame and dyshonure.
Be yhe noucht sa obstynate
TUl hendyre, or supprys my state."
The Cardynalis yhit nevertheles,
Fra he wes dede in this seknes,
Wald noucht lat hym ha-we entr^
In to the kyrke : bot thai gert be
AU the durys stekyd fast.
Bot off wynd a suddand blast 1 520
AU the durys brak wp sone.

Ch. XV.] OF SCOTLAND. 117
Be myrakill than thai trowyd that done.
And swa than made hys entr^
In the kyrk -wyth solempnyte :
Devotly syne -wyth gret honure
Thai mad hym halowyd sepulture.
In this meyne tyme Athelred,
Edgare the pessybUl sowne, we rede,
Off Ingland tuk possessyowne,
Sceptyr, and coronatyowne, 1530
Quhen the Denmarkys wes wedand,
Wytht fyre and slawchtyr dystrwyand.
Sparande nothire wyff na man ;
That stwde agayne thare purpos than.
Ane erlys dochtyr, hys fyrst wyffe,
TiU hym a sowne bare in hyr lyffe :
Edmwnd Irnesyd cald wes he ;
He grewe a man off gret bowntd.
Sone efftyre that this wyff wes dede,
F. 145. b. He bade noucht lang in wedowhede : 1540
The Dukys dochtyr off Normandy,
Dame Emd be name cald oppynly,
(And Eychard wes hyr fadyr name,
A manly knycht and off gud fame)
This Ethelred tuk tiU hys wyff,
And on hyr gat in tUl hys lyff
Bodyly thire sownnys twa :
And the eldast swne off tha
Wes be name cald Ethelredo ;
Saynt Edward the tothire wes in-dede. 1550
Bot a fals traytoure cald God-wyne
This Ethelrede betraysyd syne.
And hym murtherysyd swykfuUy
In tiU the cyt^ off Ely,

THE CEONYKIL [B. VI.
Be the alyawns off Normandy
Ethelred hym trowyd the mare forsy :
Swa gert he aU apon a day
Be slayne to dede and pwte awaye
The Denmarkys, that tyme that he fand
The kynryk wastand off Ingland. 1560
The Denmarkys than, beyhond the Se
That dueUand ware in thare cuntr^,
Fra thai had herd the slawchtyr done,
Wyth a gret na-wyne thai come sone :
In all the havenys off Ingland
Thai arryvyd, and tuk land.
Than thai forbare nowcht to do skayth
TUl abbays, and tiU kyrkys bayth.
Awld and yhowng, bath man and wyff.
Thai sparyd noucht to rewe the lyff. 1570
Swanus, and Knowt hys swne, then
Chefftanys ware, and maste oure-men
Off that straynge natyowne.
That mad this feUe dystructyowne
Bot Ethelred mad gret deffens,
And to thare felny resystens.
And mellayid offt on feld in fycht,
Quhare mony dowre to ded wes dycht.
And for mare drede and gret peryUe
Till Normandy in to that qwhylle 1580
Hys wyff and hys sown fyrst he send :
Swne thidder he folowyd efftyr-hend.
And thare thai bade, qwhiU that Schyre Swane
Owretakyn wes wyth dede subytane.
As sum men demyd, be Edmwnd
Irynesyd he wes browcht to grwnd
Be slawchtyr, or be sum othir dede.

Ch. XVL] OF SCOTLAND. 119
The IngUs men than Ethelred
F. 146. Fechyd owte off Normandy,
And hym restoryd honestly 1590
TiU hys State. Bot ay Schyr Knowte,
This Swanys, sowne, set hym in dowte.
AU tyme als lang as he
Lyvj'd, and held that ryawte.
In Londyn endyd syne hys lyff.
This weddyt this Schyr Knowt hys wyff.
The Dukys dochtyr off Normandy,
Dame Emd, a qwene off gret felny.

CHAP. XVL
ten 3W9 ^nneane in <Scotlanbe,
JEaleolmis fabire, toes regnanbe.
A.D. A
1034. il THOWSAND wyntyr and thretty
And foure by-past fuUyly 1600
Efftyre the blyst Natyvyte,
That wes the matere off oure gle,
Malcolme the Kyng off Scotland ded,
Hys dochtyr sowne in tiU hys stede,
Dwnkane be name, in tiU Scotland
Sex -vyntyr fuU wes kyng regnand.
He gat twa sownnys off lauchfuU bed :
Yhit nevyrtheles in hys yhowthede.
As he past apon a day
In tiU huntyng hym till play 1610
Wytht honest court and cumpany.
Off his gammyn all thochty.
The stable, and the setys sete.

120 THE CEONYKIL [B. VI.
Hym-selff wyth bow, and wyth wersslete,
Fra slak till hyll, oure holme and hycht,
He tra-walyd all day, quhill the nycht
Hym partyd fra hys cumpany :
Than wes he wUl off hys herbry.
Yhit nevyrtheles, swa wa-werand -wiU,
Off hapnyng he come to the myll 1620
Off Fortewyot. The mylnere
Hym thare resay-wyd on gud manere
TUl mete, and drynke, and till herbry.
And serwyd hym rycht curtasly.
This milnare had a dowchtjT fayre.
That to the Kyng had offt repayre.
That tiU hyr fadyr dysplesyd noucht :
To be rele-wyd for-thi he thowcht
Off that repare, bathe he and scho :
Hys wyU the bettyre wes thare-to. 1630
Swa scho browcht hym a presend.
That scho trowyd tiU hym plesend.
Hire, and hyr presend, thankfuUy
He ressay-wyd, and curtasly,
F. 146. b. And tuk, and chesyd that woman
To be fra thine hys lu-wyd lemman.
That ilke nycht, that the Kyng
Tuk wyth the mylnare hys gesnyng.
In to bede wyth hyr he lay.
And gat on hyr a sowne or day, 1640
That wes Malcolme, off Scotland
Thare-efftyre crownyd Kyng regnand.
This woman he wald hawe put tiU hycht,
TiU gret state, and tUl mekiU mycht.
Bot Makbeth-Fynlak, his systyr sowne.
That purpos lettyd till be downe.

Ch. XV.] OF SCOTLAND. 121
And othir grettare purpos als :
For tiU hys eme he wes rycht fals.
That browcht hym wp rycht tendyrly.
And rele-wyd hym heyly. 1650
He murthrysyd hym in Elgyne :
Hys kynryk he wsurpyd syne.
Off this matere are thire wers
In Latyne -wryttyne to rehers ;
Ex ilia genuit Dunkdnum nomine natum.
Qui senis annis Bex erat Albanie.
A Fynldke natus percussit eum Makabeda ;
Vulnere letali Bex apud Elgyne obit.
Thus, this Kyng Dunkane dede,
Hys lemman will wes off gud red.
Bot scho a batward efftyr that
TUl hyr spowsyd husband gat.
And off land in heritage
A peys tUl hyr and hyr lynage : 1660
Efftyre that mony day
The Batwardys Land that caUyd thai.
Syne be generatyowne.
And lynyaUe successyowne
Fra that mUnare discendand
Dame Mawld the Empryce quhille ly-wand
Wes bot in the ferd [de]gre.
The stok noucht reknyd for to be.
Yliit fra that mylnare discendand
Kyngys come, that ware regnand 1670
Off Scotland, and Ingland, successywe.
As we kan rekyn in oure lywe,
Fra Malcolme, that oure Kyng quhylome was.
And Henry : quhen that Saynt Thomas
Wes martjTyde, he wes Kyng rygnand

122 THE CEONYKIL [B. VI.
In to the kynryk off Ingland.
And yhit for to rekyn mare
Dyscendand e-wyn fra that mylnare,
Malcolme oure Kyng had dochtrys twa ;
Off Malde the eldest come all tha, 1680
That syne ware kyngys off Ingland.
F. 147. Off Mary the yhoungare discendand.
That off Boloyne wes Cowntays,
HonorabUl in tUl hyre dayis.
Be lyneall successyown
Come mony a famows gret persowne.
Clement the se-vynd Pape off Eome
Be lyne off that lady come.
Swa it wes, that be that lyne
This Pape Clement wes cusyne 1690
TiU Eobert oure secund Kyng,
That Scotland had in governyng
Contemporane, quhen that he
In Avynyown held the Papys Se.
Swa Pape and Kyngys cummyn ware,
As yhe have herd, off this mylnare.

CHAP. XVIL
¦^kis ©kapitere sckall telle tke iybe
^ttken slagne toes ffiabmnnb irnesjibe.
A.D. A
1039. J\^ THOWSAND wyntyr thretty and nyne,
Fra lychtare wes the suete Virgyne,
As trewsown than wes in Scotland,
AU qwyt off that wes noucht Ingland. 1700
For in Dwnkane oure Kyngys dayis.

Ch. XVIL] OF SCOTLAND. 123
Accordand as the story sayis.
In Ingland Edmwnd Irnesyd
Wes Kyng. Schyr Knowt in to that tyde
Sto-wtly held hym wpon were.
Togydder oft wyth gret powere
In feld thai meUayid in tUl fycht,
Quhare mony a man to dede wes dycht.
Sa, on a day at the last.
In feld as thai ware fechtand fast, 1710
Schyr Knowt, that wes a wyly knycht,
As he saw lykly in the fycht,
Dowtyd to be supprysyd sone
Or in the batalle all wndone :
Than send he message off trett^
TUl Schyr Edmwnd, [and] that herd he.
Be cownsalle than thai trettyd swa.
All Ingland to be delt in twa :
The halff suld Schyr Edmwnd have ;
TiU .Schyre Knowt syne all the lave 1720
Suld faU. Swa thai consentyd than.
And mad apon this a ragman
Wyth mony seUys off lordys, thare
That that tyme at this trettd ware.
Quhen this thus thai aU done hade,
Hame ilkane to thare a-wyne rade.
And efftjrr that a traytoure kene.
That thowcht rele-vyd till have bene
Be this Schyre Knowt, than waytyd he
Quhen that the Kyng to the pre-w4 1730
Yhed for to do thare hys ese :
F. 147. b. Nere lurkand by this traytoure wes.
And thare murthrysyde he the Kyng
Edmwnd, and broucht hym till endyng

124 THE CEONYKIL [B. VL
In to the fyrst yhere, that he
Tuke off hys rewme the reawt^.
Dame Em, thai sayd, that in hyr lyff
Hys stepmodyr wes, and Knowtys wyff.
The Dukys dochtyr off Normandy,
Be slycht gert cast this jwperty. 1740
TUl Schyr Knowt than als fast
Blythely this traytoure past.
And thowcht rewardyt for to be :
On this wys than hym haylyssyd he ;
" Off all Ingland my Lord the Kyng,
Now Cryst mot grawnt yhow his blyssyng."
Schyr Knowt than askyt, how that wes :
And he than tald hym all the cas.
How Edmwnd Irnesyd he hade slayne.
Suppos SchjT Knowt in hart wes fayne, 175(j
Yhit he dyssymylid ne-vyrtheles :
This to that man hys answere wes ;
" Syne thow has pwt away my fa.
The heyast man I sail th^ ma
Off all Ingland ; dowt thow noucht."
Than gert he in gret hy be wroucht
The heyast gallows, that man mycht se :
And on the heyast toure than he
Off all Lundyn -wyth-owtyn lete
He gert that gaUows hey be sete : 1760
And that traytoure thare-on he,
Fyrst drawyn, syne gert hangyd be.
Efftyr that all thir ware done,
A CownsaUe he gert gadyr sone :
Thare askyd he, gyff ony thare
Wyst, quhat kyn cownandys ware,
Or gyve ony conwentyown

Ch. XVIL] OF SCOTLAND. 125
Wes trettyd off successyowne,
Or mad befor in ony tyde
Betwene hym and Edmwnd Irnesyde, 1770
Be -wertu off thare fewt^.
He bade that suld declaryd be.
Amang thame wes fals flechowrys than.
That sayd, thare wes na lyvand man,
That Edmwnd wald, fra he ware dede,
Prefere tUl Knowt in tUl hys stede
To rynge, na be successyowne
Before Schyre Knowt tUl here the crowne.
Quhat be falshad and flechyng.
The crowne he gat, and hale wes King. 1780
And all thai, that befor than ware
In the cownsale tUl hym contrare,
[And] aU, that he cowth be knawlage,
F. 148. Wes to the crowne nere be lynage.
He gert be slayne all to dede,
Bwt ony maner off remede.
Edmwnd Irnesydys sownnys twa,
Edmwnd and Edwarde cald war tha,
Wytht in the kynryk than dueUand,
He lete nowcht slay thame in Ingland. 1790
For tUl eschewe reproffe, and blame.
And be colowre to pwt by schame.
To the Kyng off Swetheryke
In to the frawde and fals swyke.
Syne he to Knowt wes cusyne kend,
Tha barnys to be slayne he send.
That Uke kyng for pure pyte,
That off thai barnys than had he,
Wald noucht thame slay, na do thame skayth ;
Bot alsa fast he send thame bayth 1800

126 THE CEONYKIL [B. VI.
To the Kyng off Hungary.
He ressayvyd thame thankfuUy,
And gert thame wyth gret honestd
Fyrst browcht wp and tretyd be ;
And wyth Schyr Edmwnd, the eldast brothir.
He weddyt hys dochtyr : syne the tothir
The yhowngast Edward wyth honowre
Till Henry, that tyme Empryoure,
He send Edward, that weddyt was
Wyth hys dochtyr Dame Agas. 1810
Bot Schyr Edmwnd, the eldare brodir.
That weddyt had before the tothir
The Kyngys dochtyr off Hwngary,
Deyd rycht swne and hastyly.
And gat na barne in to hys lyff
On that lady hys weddyt -wyff.
Bot on the Empryowrys dochtyr fajTe
Schyr Edward gat, to be his ayre,
A sowne cald Edgare Ethlyng,
Off Ingland for till have bene Kyng. 1820
On hyr he gat als dochtrys twa ;
Margret and Crystyane cald war tha.
Margret wes oure Kingys wyff;
Crystyane chesyd to led hyr lyff
In habyte off relygyowne,
A nwn mad be professyown :
That scho held till hyr endyng.
Syne yhald hyr sawle tiU He-vjTinys Kyng.
Schyr Knowt all this tyme led hys lyffe,
Wyth Dame Em, hys spowsyt wyff, 1830
The Dukys dochtyr off Normandy :
On hyr he gat bodyly
Hard-Knowt, that wes hys sowne.

Ch. xviiL] OF SCOTLAND. 127
Sown efftyr that wes hys dayis downe.
F. 148. b. This Hardknowt on his modyre syde
TiU Saynt Edward wes that tyde
Halff brodyre. Hys lyff sone tuk endyng.
Off Ingland the Statys, to be thare Kyng,
Send tUl Saynt Edwarde in Normandy
Message for to cum hastyly 1840
In Ingland, for to ta [the] crowne,
FuU state thare, and possessyowne.
Fra Ingland now I turne my style.
Off Scotland for to spek a qwhiUe.

CHAP. XVIIL
Qtoken JEakbetk-Jfgnlaj! rase
^nb regnanb in till §eotlanb toas.
In this tyme, as yhe herd me teU
Off trewsone that in Ingland feU,
In Scotland nere the lyk cas
Be Makbeth-Fynlayk practykyd was,
Quhen he mwrthrysyde hys awyne eme
Be hope that he had in a dreme, 1850
That he sawe quhen he was yhyng.
In hows dueUand wyth the Kyng,
That fayrly trettyd hym and welle.
In aU that langyd hym Uke deUe :
For he wes hys systyr sone,
Hys yharnyng aU he gert he done.
A nycht he thowcht, in hys dremyng.
That syttand he was ,besyd the King,
At a sete in hwntyng swa.

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In till a leysh had grewhundys twa, 1860
He thowcht quhUe he was swa syttand.
He sawe thre wemen by gangand.
And thai wemen than thowcht he,
Thre word Systrys mast lyk to be ;
The fyrst he hard say gangand by,
" Lo, yhondyr the Thayne off Crwmbawchty ! "
The tothir woman sayd agayne,
" Off Morave yhondyre I se the Thayne."
The thryd than sayd, " I se the Kyng."
All this he herd in his dremyng ; 1870
Sone efftyre that, in hys yhowthad.
Off thyr Thayndomys he Thayne was made.
Syne neyst he thowcht to be Kyng,
Fra Duncanys dayis had tane endyng.
The fantasy thus of his dreme
Movyd hym mast to sla hys eme.
As he dyd aU furth in dede.
As befor yhe herd me rede,
And Dame Grwok hys emys wyff
Tuk and led wyth hyr hys lyff, 1880
And held hyr bathe hys wyff and qweyne.
As befor than scho had beyne,
TUl hys eme qwene lyvand
Quhen he wes Kyng wyth crowne ryngnand ;
F. 149. For lytyU in honowre than had he
The greys off affynytd
All thus quhen his eme wes dede
He succedyt in his stede.
And sevyntene wyntyr fuU rygnand
As Kyng he wes than in tiU Scotland. 1890
All hys tyme wes gret plenty
Abowndand bath in land and se.

Ch. XVIIL] OF SCOTLAND. 129
He wes in justice rycht lawchfuU,
And tiU hys legis all awfuU.
Quhen Leo the Tend wes Pape off Eome
As pylgryne to the Curt he come.
And in hys almus he sew sylver
TUl all pure folk that had myster ;
And all tyme oysyd he to wyrk
Profytably for Haly Kyrke. 1 900
Bot as we fynd be sum storys,
Gottyne he wes on ferly wys.
His modyr to woddis mad offt repayre
For the delyte off halesum ayre.
Swa scho past apon a day
TUl a wod hyr for to play,
Scho met off cas with a fayr man,
Nevyr nane sa fayre, as scho thowcht than.
Before than had scho sene wytht sycht ;
Off bewte plesand, and off heycht 1910
Proportyownd weie in all mesoure.
Off lym and lyth a fayre fygowre.
In swylk aqweyntans swa thai fell
That shortly thare-off for to teU
Thare in thaire gamyn and play
That persown be that woman lay.
And on hyr that tyme to sowne gat
This Makbeth ; that efftyr that
Grew tiU thir statis and this hycht.
To this gret powere and this mycht, 1920
As befor yhe have herd sayd.
Fra this persowne wyth hyr had playd.
And had the jowrn^ wytht hyr done.
That he had gottyne on hyr a sone,
And he the DewiU wes that hym gat,
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And bad hyr noucht fleyd to be off that,
Bot sayd that hyr sone suld be
A man off gret state and bownte.
And na man suld be borne off wyff
Off powere to re-we hym hys lyff, 1930
And off that dede in taknyng.
He gave his lemman thare a ryng.
And bad hyr that scho suld kepe that welle.
And hald for hys luve that jo weie.
Efftyr that oft oysyd he
TUl cum tUl hyr in prewat^.
And tauld hyr mony thyngis to faU
F. 149. b. Set trowyd thai suld noucht ha-we bene aU.
At hyr tyme scho wes lychtare.
And that sowne that he gat scho bare, 1940
Makbet-Fynlake wes cald hys name.
That grewe as yhe herd till gret fame.
This was Makbethys ofspryng
That hym efftyr mad oure Kyng.
As off that sum story sayis.
Set off hys get fell othir wayis,
[And] to be gottyn kyndly.
As othir men ar generaly.
And quhen fyrst he to rys began,
Hys emys sownnys twa lauchfuU than 1950
For dowt owt off the kynryk fled.
Malcolme noucht gottyne off lauchfuU bed.
The thryd, past off the land alsua.
As banysyd wyth hys brethyr twa,
TiU Saynt Edward in Ingland,
That that tyme thare wes Kyng ryngnand.
He thayme ressawyd thankfuUy,
And trettyd thame rycht curtasly.

Ch. XVIIL] OF SCOTLAND. 131
And in Scotland than as Kyng
This Makbeth mad gret steryng, 1960
And set hym than in hys powere
A gret hows for to mak off were
Apon the hycht off Dwnsynane.
Tymbyr thare-tiU to drawe and stane
Off Fyfe and off Angws he
Gert mony oxin gadryd be.
Sa on a day in thare tra-waUe
A yhok off oxyn Makbeth saw fayle.
Than speryt Makbeth quha that awcht
The yhoke that fay 1yd in that drawcht. 1970
Thai awnsweryd tUl Makbeth agayne.
And sayd, " Makduff off Fyffe the Thayne
That ilk yhoke off oxyn awcht
That he saw fayle in to the drawcht."
Than spak Makbeth dyspytusly,
And to the Thayne sayd angryly,
Lyk aU wrythyn in hys skyn,
Hys awyn nek he suld put in
The yhoke, and ger hym drawchtis drawe.
Noucht dowtand aU hys kynnys awe, 1980
Era the Thayne Makbeth herd speke
That he wald put in yhok hys neke.
Off all hys thowcht he mad na sang,
Bot pre-waly owt off the thrang
Wyth slycht he gat, and the spensere
A laffe hym ga-we tUl hys supere;
And als swyne as he mycht se
Hys tyme and oportunyt^
Owt off the curt he past and ran,
F. 150. And that layff bare wyth hym than 1 990
To thel^wattjrre off Eryne. That brede

132 THE CEONYKIL [B. VI.
He ga-we the batwartis hym to lede.
And on the sowth half him to sete.
But delay or ony lete
That passage cald wes efftyre than
Lang tyme Portnebaryan,
The Ha-wyn off Brede, that suld be
CaUyd in tyU propyrte.
Owre the wattyre than wes he sete
Bwt dawngere or bwt ony lete. 2000
At Dwnsynane, Makbeth that nycht.
As sone as hys supere wes dycht.
And hys marschaUe hym to the haUe
Fechyd, than amang thaim all
Awaye the Thayne off Fyffe wes myst.
And na man quhare he wes than wyst;
Yhit a knycht at that supere.
That tiU Makbeth wes syttand nere,
Sayd tiU hym it wes hys part
For till wyt sowne quhethirwart 2010
The Thayne off Fyffe that tyme past.
For he a -wys man wes off cast.
And in hys deyd was rycht -wyly.
TUl Makbeth he sayd, for-thi.
For na cost that he suld spare
Sowne to wyt quhare Makduffe ware.
This heyly mo-vyd Makbeth in dede
Agayne Makduffe than to precede.
Yhit Makduff nevyrtheles
That set besowth the wattyre wes 2020
Off Erne, than past on in Fyffe
TiU Kennawchy, quhare than hys wyffe
Dwelt in a hows mad off defens.
And bad hyr wyth gret diligens

Ch. XVIIL] OF SCOTLAND. 133
Kepe that hows, and gyve the Kyng
Thiddyr come and mad bydyng,
Thare ony felny for to do.
He gave hyr byddyng than that scho
Suld hald Makbeth in fayre trettd
A bate, quhill scho suld sayland se, 2030
Fra north to the sowth passand.
And fra scho sawe that bate sayland.
Than teU Makbeth the Thayne wes thare
Off Fyffe, and till Dwnsynane fare
To byde Makbeth, for the Thayne
Off Fyfe thowcht or he come agayne
TUl Kennawchy than for tUl bryng
Hame wyth hym a lawchfuU kyng.
TiU Kennawchy Makbeth come sone.
And felny gret thare wald have done, 2040
F. 150. b. Bot this lady, wyth fayre trett^,
Hys purpos lettyde done to be.
And sone fra scho the sayle wp-sawe
Than tiU Makbeth, wyth lytUl awe,
Scho sayd, " Makbeth, luke wp and se,
Wndyr yhon sayle forsuth is he.
The Thayne off Fyfe, that thow has sowcht ;
Trowe thowe weUe and dowt rycht nowcht
Gyve evyr thow sail hym se agayne
He saU thd set in tyll gret payne, 2050
Syne thow wald ha-we put hys neke
In tUl thi yhoke. Now wiU I speke
With th^ na mare, fayre on thi waye,
Owthire weUe or ill as happjoie may."
That passage syne wes comownly
In Scotland called the Eiiys-Ferry.
Off that ferry for to knawe

134 THE CEONYKIL [B. VI.
Bath the statute and the lawe,
A bate suld be on ilke syde
For to wayt, and tak the tyde, 2060
TUl mak thame frawcht, that wald be
Fra land to land beyhond that se.
Fra that the sowth bate ware sene
The landys wndyre sayle betwene
Fra the sowth as than passand
Toward the north the trad haldand.
The north bate suld be redy made
Towart the sowth to hald the trade :
And thare suld nane pay mare
Than foure pennys for thare fare, 2070
Quha-e-vyr for his frawcht wald be
For caus frawchtyd owre that s4.
This Makduff than als fast
In Ingland apon cowndyt past,
Thare Dunkanys sownnys thre he fand.
That ware as banysyd off Scotland,
Quhen Makbeth-Fynlake thare fadyr slwe.
And all the kynryk tiU hym drwe.
Saynt Edward Kyng off Ingland than.
That wes off lyff a haly man, 2080
That trettyd thir barnys honestly,
Eessayvyd Makduff rycht curtasly,
Quhen he come tUl hys presens.
And mad hym honowre and reverens.
As afferyd tiU the Kyng,
He tauld the caus off hys cummyng.
The King than herd hym movyrly.
And awnsweryd hym all gudlykly.
And sayd, hys wyll and hys delyte
F. 161. Wes to se for the profyte 2090

Ch. XVIIL] OF SCOTLAND. 135
Off tha barnys ; and hys wille
Wes thare honowre to fuUfiUe.
He cownsalyd this Makduffe for-thi
To trete tha barnys curtasly.
And quhilk off thame wald wyth hym ga.
He suld in aU thame sykkyre ma,
As thai wald thame redy mak
For thare fadyre dede to take
Eevengeans, or wald thare herytage.
That to thame fell be rycht lynage, 2100
He wald thame helpe in all thare rycht
Wyth gret suppowale, fors, and mycht.
Schortly to say, the lawchfuU twa
Brethire forsuke wyth hym to ga
For [dowt] that thai tholyd that peryle.
That thare fadyre sufferyd qwhiUe.
Malcolme the thryd, to say schortly,
Makduff cownsalyd rycht thraly,
Set he wes noucht off lauchfuU bed.
As in this buke yhe have herd rede : 2110
Makduff hym trettyd nevertheles
To be off stark hart and stowtnes.
And manlykly to tak on hand
To here the Crowne than off Scotland :
And bade hym thare-off ha-we na drede.
For kyng he suld be made in dede :
And that traytoure he suld sla.
That banysyd hym and his bredyr twa.
Than Malcolme sayd, he had a ferly.
That he hym fandyde sa thraly 2120
Off Scotland to tak the Crowne,
Qwhill he kend hys condytyowne.
Forsuth, he sayde, thare wes nane than

136 THE CEONYKIL [B.VL
Swa lycherows a lyvand man.
As he wes ; and for that thyng
He dowtyde to be made a kyng.
A kyngys lyff, he sayd, suld be
Ay led in till [gret] honest^ :
For-thi he cowth i-wyll be a kyng.
He sayd, that oysyd swylk lyvyng. 2130
Makduff than sayd tUl hym agayne.
That that excusatyowne wes in -wayne :
For gyve he oysyd that in dede.
Off women he suld have na nede ;
For off hys a-wyne land suld he
Fayre wemen [have] in gret plent(5.
Gyve he had conscyence off that plycht.
Mend to God, that has the mycht.
Than Malcolme sayd, " Thare is mare,
F. 151. b. That lettys me wyth the to fare : 2140
That is, that I am sua brynnand
In cowatys, that aU Scotland
O-wre lytill is to my persowne :
I set nowcht thare-by a bwttowne."
Makduff sayd, " Cum on wyth me :
In ryches thow saU abowndand be.
Trow weie the kynryk off Scotland
Is in ryches abowndand."
Yhit mare Malcolme sayd agayne
TiU Makduff off Fyffe the Thayne, 2150
" The thryd -wyce yhit mais me lete
My purpos on thys thyng to sete :
I am sa fals, that na man may
Trow a worde that e-vyre I say."
" Ha, ha ! Frend, I leve th4 thare,"
Makduff sayd, " I will no mare.

Ch. XVIIL] OF SCOTLAND. 137
I wiU na langare karpe wyth th^,
Na off this matere have trett^ ;
Syne thow can nothire hald, na say.
That stedfast trowth wald, or gud fay. 2160
He is na man, off swylk a kynd
Cummyn, bot off the De-wyUis strynd.
That can nothyr do na say
That langis to trowth, and [to] gud fay.
God off the De-wyU sayd in [a] quhiUe,
As I ha-we herd red [in] the Wangyle,
[He] is, he sayd, a leare fals :
Swylk is off hym the fadyre als. 2170
Here now my leve I tak at th^
And gy-vys wp halyly aU trett^.
I cownt noucht the tothire twa
Wycys the -walu off a stra :
Bot hys thryfft he has said all owte,
Quham falshad haldis wndyrlowte."
TUl Makduff off Fyff the Thayne
This Malcolme awnsweryd than agayne,
" I will, I will, (he sayd) wyth thd
Pas, and prove how all will be. 2180
I saU be lele and stedfast ay.
And hald tUl ilke man gud fay.
And na les in th^ I trowe.
For-thi my purpos hale is nowe
For my fadrys dede to ta
Eevengeans, and that traytoure sla.
That has my fadyre befor slayne ;
Or I sail dey in to the payne."
To the Kyng than als fast
To tak hys leve than Malcolme past, 2190
Makduff wyth hym hand in hand.

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This Kyng Edward off Ingland
F. 152. Ga-we hym hys le-we, and hys gud wyll.
And gret suppowalle heycht thame tille.
And helpe to wyn hys herytage.
On this thai tuke thane thaire -wayage.
And this Kyng than off Ingland
Bad the Lord off Northwmbyrland,
Schyr Sward, to rys wyth all hys mycht
In Malcolmys helpe to wyn hys rycht. 2200
Than wyth thame off Northumbyrland
This Malcolme enteryd in Scotland,
And past oure Forth, syne strawcht to Tay,
Wp that wattyre the hey way
To the Brynnane togyddyr hale.
Thare thai bad, and tuk cownsale.
Syne that herd, that Makbeth aye
In fantown fretys had gret fay.
And trowth had in swylk fantassy.
Be that he trowyd stedfastly, 2210
Nevyre discumfyt for to be,
QwhUl wyth hys eyne he suld se
The wode browcht off Brynnane
To the hill off Dwnsynane.
Off that wode than ilka man
In tiU hys hand a busk tuk than :
Off all hys ost wes na man fre.
Than in his hand a busk bare he :
And till Dwnsynane alssa fast
Agayn[ys] this Makbeth thai past, 2220
For thai thowcht wytht swylk a wyle
This Makbeth for tiU begyle,
Swa for to cum in prewat^
On hym, or he suld wytryd be.

Ch. XVIIL] OF SCOTLAND. 139
Off this quhen he had sene that sycht.
He wes rycht wa, and tuk the flycht :
The flyttand wod thai callyd ay
That lang tyme eftyrehend that day.
And owre the Mownth thai chast hym than
TiU the wode off Lunfanan. 2230
This Makduff wes thare mast fell.
And on that chas than mast crwelle.
Bot a knycht, that in that chas
TiU this Makbeth than nerest was,
Makbeth turnyd hym agayne.
And sayd, " Lurdane, thow prykys in -wayne,
For thow may noucht be he, I trowe.
That to dede sail sla me no-we.
That man is nowcht borne off wyff
Off powere to re-we me my lyffe." 2240
The knycht sayd, " I wes nevyr borne ;
F. 152. b. Bot off my modyre wame wes schorne.
Now saU thi tresowne here tak end ;
For to thi fadyre I saU th^ send."
Thus Makbeth slwe thai than
In to the wode off Lwnfanan :
And his he-wyd thai strak off thare ;
And that wyth thame fra thine thai bare
TiU Kynkardyn, quhare the Kyng
TyUe thare gayne-come made bydyng. 2250
Off that slawchtyr ar thire -wers
In Latyne wryttyne to rehers ;
Rex Macabeda decem Scotie septemque fit annis.
In cujus regno fertile tempus erat :
Hunc in Lunfanan tru/ncavit morte crudeli
Duncani natus, nomine Malcolomus.

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CHAP. XIX.
¦^Ikc "^Ikapne aS. Jfgfi for kis botonte
^skgt tke ^gng tktngis tkre.
Ic^WHEN Makbeth-Fynlayk thus wes slane.
Off Fyffe Makduff that tyme the Thane
For his tra-waille till his bownte
At Malcolme as Kyng askyd thire thre.
Fyrst, till hys sete fra the awtare
[That he sulde be the Kyngis] ledare.
And in that set thare set hym downe
TiU tak his Coronatyowne, 2260
For hym and hys posteiyt^,
Quhen-evyre the Kyng suld crownyd be.
Efftyre that, the secownd thyng,
Wes, that he askyd at the Kyng
TiU ha-we the waward off hys bataylle,
Quhat-evyr thai ware, wald it assaylle :
That he and hys stdd ha-we always,
Quhen that the Kyng suld banare rays.
Or, gyff the Thayne off Fyff in were.
Or in till ost wyth hys powere 2270
Ware, the waward suld governyd be
Be hym and his posteryte.
Efftyre this, the thryd askyng
That he askyt at the Kyng,
Gyve ony be suddane chawdmeUe
Hapnyd swa slayne to be
Be ony off the Thaynys kyne.
Off Fyff the kynryk all wyth-in.

Ch. XIX.] OF SCOTLAND. 141
Gyve he swa slayne wer gentill-man,
Foure and twenty markys than ; 2280
For a yhwman twelf markys ay
The slaare suld for kynbwt pay.
And ha-we fuU remyssyowne
Fra thine for aU that actyowne.
Gyve ony hapnyd hym to sla.
That to that lawch ware bwndyn swa :
F. 153. Off that pri-wylage evyrmare
Parties suld be the slaare.
Off this lawch are thre capytale ;
That is the Blak Prest off Weddale, 2290
The Thayne off Fyffe, and the thryd syne
Quha e-wyre be Lord off Abbyrnethyne.
Gywe thare be ony that lykis
The lawch for to se led off this,
Quhen be crye tlie day is sete,
As fallys to be done off dete.
To Cowpyr in Fyffe than cum he :
WeUe led that lawch thare sail he se.
Efftyre all this, that ilke yhere.
That this Makbeth wes browcht on here, 2300
Lulawch-Fule ras, and he
As Kyng regnyd monethis thre.
This Malcolme gert sla hym syne
Wyth-in the land off Straybolgyne,
As is -wytnyssyd in the wers
AU thus in Latyne to rehers ;
Mensibus infelix Lulauch tribus extiterat Rex :
Armis ejusdem Malcolmi cecidit.
Fata viri fuerant in Strathholgyne apud Esseg;
Heu sic in caute Rex miser occubuit.

142 THE CEONYKIL [B. VL
For mony off thir Kyngys lyis
In YkolmkUl, on this wyis
Wytnes berys thir twa -wers
Off Latyne, as I wiU now rehers ; 2310
Hos in pace viros tenet Insula lona sepultos.
In Tumulo Regum, Judicis usque diem.
Quha will befor thire Bukys rede.
This proces as I ha-we led in dede
Fra Adam throwch the Yryschery,
Sail fynd discendand lynealy
Na persowne, that I fand, foryhete
Till Malcolme the spows off Saynt Margret.
[Fra] this Malcolme regnyd, the tend persowne
Be dyscens lyneaUe e-wyn down
Wes Eobert the Secund, quhylum oure Kyng
That Scotland had in governyng. 2320
AU this I dar noucht swth awowe.
As wryttyn is in thir bukys nowe :
Les lykly thyng suth mycht be.
Demyd be possybylyte.
As fra the warldys begynnyng
TiU Eobert the Secownd, quhylum oure Kyng,
To rekyn the tymys successy-we,
like persowne generatyve
Suld lytiU oure-pass sexty yhere.
But foure or fywe, or thareby nere. 2330
Nowe be Saxonys, or yhe blyne
To reknyn is Saynt Margretys kyn.
F. 153. b. The last end off the Fyrst Buke
Tellys, quha wiU it rede and luke.
In till a clere Genealogy
Down discendand lynealy

Ch. XIX.] OF SCOTLAND. 143
Fra Sem the eldast off tha thre.
That ware the sownnys off No^,
TiU that Lord, wes cald Woden :
Fadyre he wes off mony men. 2340
In tUl Saxon quhylum he
A god wes cald in that cuntrd ;
In tiU hono-wre off hym for-thi
Weddnesday thai held haly.
And thare a lady cald Frea ;
Fryday wes halowyd till hyr alsua.
Syne in to the Secownd Buke
A Genealogy is, quha will it luke,
TiU Ine and Inglis fra Woden,
That fadyr wes caUyd off mony men. 2350
Now in Genealogy to precede
Name be name is hard in dede.
For tUl mak, or wryt in ryme.
As thai ware lyvand, tyme be tyme.
Bot in my bukys I fand nyne
Succedand persownys efftyre Ine,
TiU a Kyng cald Alvered :
Thretty yhere he wes in dede
Off aU Ingland Kyng wyth crowne.
And joysyd in possessyowne. 2360
A hundyr and foure score off yhere
Thire nyne kyngys regnand were.
Efftyre thir nyne kyngys owre.
To reknyn, I fand kyngys fowre.
That thretty wyntyr war rengnand
In to the kynryk off Ingland
Befor Edgare full off pes :
TUl Ethelrede he fadyre wes.
This Ethelred gat gud Edmwnde

144 THE CEONYKIL [B. VL
Irnesyd, that [was] browcht to grownd 2370
Be the traytoure, quhen that he
Tn murthyr hym slwe on the pre-w^.
This Edmwnd Irnesyd had sownnys twaj
Bathe in Swetheryke send war tha.
And deyd in Hungary the eldast :
Schyr Edward neyst hym the yhowngast
Wyth the Empryowrys dochtyr weddyd was,
Cald be name than Dame Agas :
This Edward gat than on hys wyff, .
QuhiU he -wyth hyr than led hys lyff, 2380
A sowne cald Edgare Ethlyng ;
He suld off Ingland hawe bene Kyng.
This [Edward] gat dochtrys twa ;
F. 164. The eldast Saynt Margret wes off tha.
Swa till Saynt Margret efftyre syne.
As tiU Malcolme in e-wyn lyne.
All oure Kyngys off Scotland
Ware in successyowne discendand.
Be -wertu off the lawchfuU get
Off Malcolme oure Kyng and Saynt Margret. 2390

CHAP. XX.
ffibtoarbe otot of #ormanbi
<Eome in Inglanb konorakli.
A.D. A
1042. JX THOWSAND twa and fourty yhere
Era lychtare wes the Wyrgyne clere,
Fra Knowt wes dede, and hys swne
Hardknowt had all hys dayis dwne,
Saynt Edwarde owt off Normandy

Ch. XX.] OF SCOTLAND. 145
In Ingland come, thar honorably
Eessay-wyd he wes wyth honest^.
On Pask day crownyd syne wes he :
Archebyschapys thare was twa ;
Off Cawntyrbyry and Yhork war tha : 2400
The Statys gret off all Ingland
Thare gaddryd war to that semblande,
Solemnely in tUl Wyntowne
This Kyng tuk coronatyowne.
Twenty wyntyr than and thre
Kyng off Ingland hale wes he.
And aU hys tyme led haly lyff'
In chastyt^, wyth-owtyn -wyff;
Set weddyd, as thai said, wes he.
He deyde yhit in virgynyte, 2410
As aU men had oppynyowne.
That -wyst off his devotyowne.
Mare he sawffyd -wyth prayere
Hys land, than wyth pres off were.
Off ire, felny, and crabytnes
AU tyme he wes sene parties :
Pryd, falshad, and covatys
He held at wndyr, and a-warys ;
And his land aU tyme in pes
He held, quhUl he Kyng ryngnand wes. 2420
In to the tyme he held this state,
TiU the Empryoure than he wrate.
In Ingland that he wald ger send
Tha, that he rycht ayrys kend
To the kynryk off Ingland,
That than war wyth hym conversand ;
For aU tyme conscience had he
For tiU hald the reawte,
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146 THE CEONYKL [B.VL
Syne he wyst, be rycht lynage
That othire suld have that herytage. 2430
F. 154. b. Schyr Henry, than the Empryoure,
Eessayvyd the lettrys wyth honowre,
And gert lay schyppys to the s4 ;
Welle stuffyd syne he gert thame be
Wyth -wyttaylle, and wyth othire thyng.
That esfuU ware to thare lykyng
TUl mystare, or tUl thare profyt.
In thai schyppys than gert he tyte
Edward wyth hys wyff Agas,
Edgar Ethlyng that thaire sowne was, 2440
And this Edgarys systrys twa,
Margret and Crystyane cald war tha,
Wyth hys leve and hys benysowne
TiU pas to thaire awyne natyowne,
Entr^ mak, and hald thaire way.
Wyth wynd at wyll the trad held thai,
And in Ingland come rycht swyth ;
Saynt Edward off thare come was blyth.
And ressaywyd thame curtasly.
And tretyd thame rycht honestly. 2450
Efftyr that few dayis gane
Saynt Edward kyndly dede had tane.
In the Westmynyster wyth honowre
He wes in halowyd sepultoure
Layd. The Statys off Ingland
Wes all in dolowre hard murnaud :
Thare mellody all chawngyd -v\'es
In gretyng, and in hevynes ;
For thai war will, quha suld be kyng.
Syne that Edgare Ethlyng, 2460
Wes lytUl for yowthhad off -walu.

Ch. XX.] OF SCOTLAND. 147
He na wes to governe off -wertu.
QuhiU thai ware in this hoveryng,
AU will, quha suld be thare kyng,
Harald, that ane erle wes than,
Bath mychty and a wUy man.
Off Denmarkys be natyowne.
Off traytourys be generatyo;wne,
TiU hym than tuk off Ingland
The state thare to be rengnand, 2470
That feU hym noucht be lele lynage,
Na be na rycht off herytage.
Than WUliame Bastard off Normandy,
Fra he gat -wyttyng -werraly.
That Harald occupyid the land.
He come on wyth stalwart hand.
And slw this Harald in to fycht.
That usurpyd agayne all rycht
The kynryk, in dysherysown
Off thame that suld, wyth aU resown, 2480
Have had the Crowne off herytage.
Be lauchfuU and be lele lynage.
This WUliam Bastard in Ingland
F. 155. Than entryd thare to be rengnand.
Quhen this Edgare Ethlyng,
That off lawch suld ha-we bene Kyng,
The kynryk saw dj'strowblyd swa.
Off cownsale wyth hys systrys twa
A schype he gat, and tuk the s4.
[For] to pas agayne thowcht he, 2490
And arrjrve in the Empyre,
Quhare-off than lord wes hys gud-syre.
And as thai ware on s^ sayland.
The wynd swa skant wes than blawand.

148 THE CEONYKIL OF SCOTLAND. [B. VI.
And all the weddrys in thaire fayre
Wes to thare purpos aU contrayre.
That off fors, as -wynd thame movyd,
Come in the Fyrth as thame beho-wyd.
And in Saynt Margretys Hope belyve
Off propyre nede than tUl arryve. 2500
On this manere Saynt Margret
In till the kynryk apon thret
Come off hapnyng in Scotland,
Quhen Malcolme in it wes Kyng ryngnand.
Alwyne that tyme yherys thre
Wes Byschape off Saynctandre-wys Se.
Maldowny-MakgUlandrys than
(Off lyff [he] wes a haly man)
Wes Byschope sevyn and twenty yhere
Off Sanctandrewys. Quhen he on here 2510
Wes brocht, efftyr hym than Byschape
Twalda wes ; and that tyme Pape
Off Eome the secownd Nycholas ;
Empryouro the thryd Henry was.

Explicit ^iber §exttis.]

THE SEVYNDE BUKE

OF THE

OEYGYNALE CEONYKIL
OF SCOTLAND.

THE SEVYNDE BUKE

OF THE

OEYGYNALE CEONYKIL
OF SCOTLAND.

F. 156. b. E\\e Proloug off tije Sc&snUc Bufte
^txz next fololxianii gije lufte.
J. HE gloryus doctor Saynt Jerome,
(Nothir byschaype gret, na Pape off Eome,
Bot prest tytlyd Cardynale)
That be hys study wyrtualle
The Bybill in Latyne off Hebrewe
Translatyd ; and fowrmyd syne on newe
All the ordyre off the qwere.
As now is oysyd the manere ;
Trowyd hym in hys besynes
Bakbyttyn to be wyth byttyrnes 1 0
Off in-wyows brynnand men.
That offtare wUl reprove, than ken.
Quhat wondjrre is it than, that I,
A wrech lyvand synfuUy,
Dowt repro-vyd for to be
Off foly or off nycet^.
To trow off -wertu mare my wyte.
Than in effect abowndis it ?

152 THE CEONYKIL [Peol.
Swa my -wan wyt preswmptwus,
Noucht plesand, na solatyws, 20
A matere gud suld blok or spylle.
That cwnnande men cowth welle bryng tUl,
Alkyn gud conwenyens.
But erroure, wyth gud consciens.
Than suld I worth red for schame.
And wyn, tUl succoure me fra blame.
The gyrth off excusatyowne,
Gud will pretendand for resowne.
That I awcht off det to spend
At thare instans, that me kend 30
Thaire awyne impossybylyte.
Swa erare will I now ches me
To be repro-wyd off sympilnes.
Than blame to thole off wnkyndnes.
Off my mysdedys now for-thi
Forgyve [me], for youre curtasy
And favo-wrys, now to renowne
The bles[si]t generatyoMme,
That come be the lauchfuU get
Off Malcolme Kyng, and Saynt Margret. 40
Throwch thare wertws medfuU dedys
In state and honowre yhit thare Sed is.
Swa now remanys my del3i;e
Thare successyowne for to -wryte,
TUl Eobert oure secownd Kyng
Hys dayis had drevyn tUl endyng.
(Expltrit ^rologtts : indpit Wi^zx
^epttuttts.

OF SCOTLAND. 153

K\it Egtlgs ot tlje ^tiopH 3Sufe
Jolotoantie next sal gt^ luft.

Q^

JWHEN Malcome was crownyt.
ii. Qwhen Wilyam Bastarde coym in Inglande.
iii. Qwhen Malcome weddit Sanct Margret.
Off Wilyam Eede Kyng off Inglande.
iiii. Off the Kyng Edgar.
V. Off the fyrst Kyng Alexander Malcolmys son.
vi. Off the fyrst Kyng David dede.
vii. [Off a fellone gret Iniquytd.]
viii. Off the Kyng WUyam of Scotlande.
ix. Off Alexander the Kyng Wilyamys son.
Off the byrthe of the thride Alexander.
X. Qwhen the thride Alexander was crownyt.

154 THE CEONYKIL [B. VII.

CHAP. L
F. 156. Qtoheit Jttakolme onre 3w^Q tak tke droutt
Ofi jSeotlanl) togtk possessionn.
/ose. A THOWSAND sex and fyfty yhere
Efftyre the byrth off oure Lord dere,
Makbeth-Fynlayk and Lulawch-Fule
Oure-drevyn had all thare dayis in diUe,
The Kyng Malcolme Dunkannys sowne
Come wyth ane honest court to Skowne ;
Thare wyth gret solemnyte
Hys Coronatyo-wne than tuk he,
And Scotland in herytage
Till hym fra thine and hys lynage, 10
And -wyth athe off thaire fewt^
^ AU thare homage than tuk he.
That awcht homage to the Crowne.
Swa entryd he in possessyowne,
And joysyd se-vyn and thretty yhere
That state wyth honowre and powere.
In the Crystyndome, I trow, than
Wes noucht in deid a bettyr man,
Na lyvand a bettyr knycht
Na mare manly, stowt and wycht. 20
Amang all othir famows dedis
Mony men thus off hym redis ;
That in hys court thare wes a Knycht,
A lord off powere and off mycht.
That set hym till ha-we slayne the Kyng,
Hys purpos gyve he tiU end mycht bryng.

Ch. I.] OF SCOTLAND. 155
In to the Kyngys court than
Thare wes duelland a lele man,
That tald the Kyngys awyne persowne.
That that lord set hym be tresowne 30
To sla the Kyng, gyve that he
Mycht -wyt hys oportunyt^.
This lord that tyme wes noucht present
In to the court, bot wes absent,
Bot swne agayne he come, wyth ma
Than he wes wont, the Kyng to sla.
Wyth curtasy yhit nevjn^etheles
Than, as befor, ressayvyd he wes.
The Kyng than warnyd hys menyh^
Wyth hym at hwntyng for to be : 40
And to that knycht he sayd alsua.
That wyth hym-selff he wald hym ta
By hym to syt at that huntyng :
The knycht consentyd to the Kyng.
Than on the morne -wytht-owtyn let.
The setys and the stable sete.
The Kyng and that lord alsua
Togydder rad, and nane bot tha,
K. 156. b. Fere in the wode, and thare thay fand
A fayre brade land and a plesand, 50
A lytUl hiU off nobUl ayre,
AU wode abowt bathe thyk and fayre.
Than thus the Kyng sayd to the knycht,
" On fwte at lykyng thow may lycht.
Or on hors gyve thow wUl be,
As th^ thynk best, now ches thow th^.
Horsyd and armyd als welle
As I am, thow art Uke dele.
Thi wapnys ar scharpe, and mare redy

156 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIL
Than ony in to this sted hawe I, 60
Dergat, spere, knyff, and swerd,
Betwene ws dele we now the word ;
Here is best now to begyn
Thi purpos, gyve thow will honowre wyn ;
Here is nane, that may ws se,
Na help may owthir me, or th^ :
For-thi [fande] now wyth all thi mycht
To do thi purpos, as a knycht.
Set thow ha-we fadyt thi lawte.
Do this dede yhit -wyth honesty 70
Gyve othir thow may or dare, or wiUe.
Fenyhe th6 nowcht to fulfiUe
Thi heycht, thi purpos, and thine athe :
Do fourth thi dedys, and be noucht lathe.
Gyve thow thynkys to sla me,
Quhat tyme na nowe may bettjT be
Wytht fredome, or wyth mare manhed ?
Or gyve thow wald put me to dede,
Wyth venowme, or wytht scharpe poysowne.
That is a -wyf&s condytyown. 80
Or gj^e thow wald in to my bede
Prevaly put me to dede.
That war as in adultery
Murthrysyd to be wnhonestly.
Or a knyff gyve thow wald hyd
Pre-wely, and thi tyme abyd,
Quhill thow mycht at ese me sla
A murtherere mycht do na war than sua.
For-thi do, as suld a knycht.
Ga we togyddyr, God dele the rycht ! 90
Wyth oure foure handys, and no ma :
Thare-on mot all the gamyn ga."

Ch. I.] OF SCOTLAND. 157
Wyth this the Knycht aU changyd hewe
Lyk hys purpos all to rewe ;
And hys -wysage worthyd wan.
As he had bene rycht a mad man.
Thare fell he downe, and askyd mercy.
For aU hys purpos wes foly ;
And sayd, hys Lord mycht, wyth the lawe,
H3TI1, as he wald, bathe hang and drawe. 100
And swa he yhald hym tUl hys wUl
F. 157. On hym hys lust aU to fulfill,
Bwt ony kyn condytyowne.
The Kyng than aU his actyowne
Forga-we the Knycht thare qwytly.
And tuk hjrm aU tUl his mercy :
And thare he become his man
Mare lele, than he wes befor thau.
And the Kyng, that wes hys lord.
Let na man wyt off thare discord, 110
QuhUl the Knycht hym-selff this cas
Tald, in aU as hapnyd was.

CHAP. IL
(^tokett WiUeskam ^astarbe in inglanb
^egotttk tkaire to be regnanbe.

0

FF Ingland, as the story sayis,
WUlame Bastard iu thir dayis
Wyth fawoure off the Statis hale,
Thare help, thare wUl, and thare counsale.
The State tuk, and the reawte,
Thare homage wyth athe off fewt^.

158 THE CEONYKIL [B. VII.
That awcht homage to the Crowne,
And swa joysyd possessyowne. 120
And to the mare sykkyrnes.
Off lordis, that mast mychty wes,
Thaire eldast barnys, and thare ayris
Off erlys, baronys, and off marys.
For ostage gret he tuk alsua.
And delyveryd tUl hym war tha :
He send thame all in Normandy.
Thare tretyd thai war wntendyrly ;
For sum off thame thare poysownyt ware.
Sum deyd in cald and hungyr sare. 130
Swa mony lordys deyd sownles ;
And mony be rycht lyne deyd ayrles ;
And mony a lord, that had nane
Ostage, bot hym-selff allane,
Deyd in Normandy in that qwhUle
Stad and set in gret peryle.
And WUlame Bastard aU thare landis
Gawe till hys kyn than, the Normandis.
The Lordis, that [than] in Ingland ware,
Feld thame off this agrevyd sare, 140
In peryle and in hard dowt stad.
Off a gud rede aU mate and made.
Thame aU dyssay vyd thai wndyrstude :
A prynce thai wend tUl have had gud.
And a kyng, to governyd be
Wndyr hym wytht lauch and lawte :
And saw, thai war supprysyd sua.
In to thare hart set thai war wa.
And nowthire be powere, na be slycht,
F. 157. b. Thai mycht get helpe agayne his mycht, 150
Bot menyd thame lede wyth gret dyspyt.

Ch.il] OF SCOTLAND. 15<J
He set nowcht by thare mane a myte.
Bot throwch the kynryk all he rade ;
A powere gret wyth hym he had :
And in Uk(5 famows plas.
That seculare or relygyows was.
He rypyd, and saw thare gret tresore
Off jowellys, that thai had lang before :
And aU that was off mast valu.
And precyows jowellys off -wertu, 1 60
All tha tiU hym-selff tuk he.
And stuffyd gert swa hys tresore be.
Be this the Statis dowtyd sare
For till hawe bene supprysyd mare :
And for drede off fellare chawns
Sum off thame than fled in Frawns ;
Sum sowcht succoure in Scotland,
Quhare Malcolme than wes [Kyng] rygnand.
That war gret and hey persowyns, 170
Byschapys, erlys, and barownys.
Owre Kyng gert thame ressayvyd be.
And dyd thame gret humanyte.
And gert procure thame rycht welle
In aU thare lykyn ilk[a] delle.
WiUame Bastard had sownnj's thre ;
Eobert Curtoys the eldast he
Wes, and WUlame Eede the tothir,
Henry wes the yhowngast brodyr.
This WUlame Bastard, that tyme Kyng,
Thus ordanyd thir thre thare lyvyng; 180
Till Eobert Curtoys halyly
The Duche he gave off Normandy ;
For he wes eldast in lynage.
He gave that, wes hys herytage.

160 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIL
TUl WUlame Eede he gave Ingland
Thare-in to be Kyng ryngnand ;
For he hys sowne wes mydlest.
He ga-we thare-for hys conqwest.
TiU Henry he gave hys tresore
All, that he gadryde had before. 1 90
This Eobert than, be name Curtos,
Till ha-we past set hys purpos
In tiU the Haly Land : for-thi
Till hys brodyr yhong Henry
A part sawld off hys duch^
For a gret sowme off mone.
Bot quhen he had the mon^ tane.
Land tiU his brodyr than ga-we he nane ;
For his fadyre halyly
Held fra hym the land off Normandy, 200
Na off that gave he hym na thyng.
As he had heycht, tUl hys lyvyng.
F. 158. This Eobert Curtoyis ne-vyretheles
Past owre se, as hys purpos wes,
Quhen Gregore the Sevynd wes Pape off Eome
And kepare off the Crystyndome,
And Henry the thryd as lord and syre
Governyd that tyme the Empyre.
Godthre, Duk than off Lorrane,
Wes pryncypalle and mast chyfftane. 210
The Erlys off Flawndrys, and off Saynt Gyle,
And off Blese in to that quhyUe
Past in ost and gret batayle
For tiU mak helpe and suppowalle.
And tUl defend the Haly Land
Abowt Jerusalem than lyand.
Wytht thire than Eobert the Curtos

Ch. II.] OF SCOTLAND. 161
Past, as he wes off purpos,
Quhare comendyt weUe wes he
Off manhad, and off gret bownte ; 220
For worschype gret wes pro-wyd thare.
And lordys weUe comendyt ware.
On the Pask e-wyn dewotly
The Crystyne men thare halyly
Prayid to God, that he wald send
A takyn off fyre to mak thame kend,
Quhat lord thai suld ches to be kyng,
Fra thine tiU have the governyng
Off Jerusalem : and efftyr sone
That this devotyowne thai had done, 230
And rysyn had fra thare prayere,
Tha saw on Eobert Curtoys spere
A bles off fyre lemand lycht.
Wyth that thai lo-wyd God off mycht.
And chesyd this Eobert, befor the la-we,
Jerusalem as Kyng till have.
Bot that honoure forsuk he.
For he yharnyd, and thowcht tUl be
Off the kynryk off Ingland
Kyng nest hys fadyr than regnand. 240
Bot, as offt faylhys fwlys thowcht,
AU to purpos that come nowcht.
How-e-wyre hapnyd off hys endynge,
Bot dowt, he deyd, or he wes Kyng.

VOL. II.

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CHAP. IIL

A.D.
1067.

^token Jttakolme toebbjit cSagnrt Jttargret,
^ni koto in §eotlanii seko toes set.

j(\. THOWSAND sexty yhere and se-wyn
Fra Cryst wes borne the Kyng off Hevyn,
The sevynd Gregore, Pape off Eome,
And kepare off the Crystyndome,
And Henry the Thryd than Empryo-wre,
F. 153. b. That lang tyme ly-vyd in that honowre, 250
WiUame Bastard wes feU wedand,
Sare hys le[i]gys supprysand
Be gret gre-wows exactyownys.
And owtrageows extorsyownys.
Off Uke hyd that tyme off land.
In to that kynryk that he fand.
Sex schyllyngys he tuke off swUk mon^.
As than wes oysyd in that cuntr^.
In that ilke tyme wes set
In tiU Scotland Saynt Margret, 260
As is wryttyn in to this Buke,
Quha wUl befor it rede and luke.
Hyr systyr than Dame Crystyane
Off relygyowne the -wale had tane ;
In the Newe-CasteU apon Tyne
Scho wes mayd nwne, and deyd virgyne^
Malcolme oure Kyng than till hys wyff
Weddyd Saynt Margret : -wyth hyr hys lyff
In lele spowsale he thowcht to lede,
Departyd quhyU thai suld be -wyth dede. 270

Ch. III.] OF SCOTLAND. 163
Off Saynt Andrewys the byschape than
The secund Fothawch, a cunnand man,
Devotly mad that sacrament.
That thai than tuk in gud intent.
Malcolme Kyng be lawchfuU get
Had on hys wyff Saynt Margret
Sownnys sex, and dowchtrys twa.
Off thir sownnys thre off tha
Wes Edmwnd, Edward, Ethelrede :
Kyng off thire nowcht ane we rede. 280
Bot Edgare, Alysawndyre, and Da-wy yhyng,
Ilkane off thire wes crownyd a kyng.
As yhe saU here here-efftyre sone,
Quhen aU the lave tUl it is done.
To thire thai had dowchtrys twa :
Maid the eldast wes off tha ;
And nest this Maid than the eldast
Mary cald wes the yhowngast :
Howe thire dochtrys weddyd ware,
Yhe saU here sone forthirmare. 290
A.D. A thowsand and sevynty yhere,
Malcolme past wytht hys powere
TyUe the lie off Haly-Eland
The land befor hym dystroyand.
A.D. A thowsand twa and se-vynty yhere,
1072 WyUa^e Bastard wyth hys powere
In Scotland come, and wastyd syne.
And rade al throwcht tUl Abbyrnethyne.
F. 159. Bot agayne as he past hame,
Swa he fleyd wes at Durame, 300
And wes stade in swa gret drede.
That sowth he fled on fuU gud spede.
Off Eveshame than mwnkys thre.

164 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIL
Comendyd men off honest^.
Come, and ordanyd in tha dayis
Thre solempne and gret abbayis,
Durame, Yhork, and syne Qwhytby,
Eelygyws to be perpetuaUy.
A.D. A thowsand se-vynty yhere and nyne,
^^^^' The Kyng Malcolme rad to Tyne 310
The wattyr, befor hym aU wastand
Wyth hys powere in[to] Ingland.
A.D. A thowsand foure score and sevyn yhere
Efftyre the byrth off oure Lord dere,
WUlame Bastard tuk his dede.
TiU hym succedyd WUlame Eede,
That in Westmonastere tuk wnctyowne,
Sceptyr, and coronatyowne.
Betwene hym and oure Kyng than wes
No-wthire qwyete, rest, na pes. 320
Malcolme swa oure Kyng off were
In Ingland past -wyth hys powere.
And wastyd aU North-wmbyrland.
As he till Alnevik wes rydand,
Thare he deyd slajoie off cas.
And hys sowne [that] wytht hyme was,
Edward the eldast : swa bathe thai
Ware slayne in Alne-vyke on a day.
As this dede aU thus wes done,
Come wyttyng tiU Saynt Margret sone 330
Be revelatyoune, that wes mast
That scho had off the Haly Gast.
Than wyth devote and gud intent
Scho tuk the haly Sacrament
Off Goddys body blyst werray,
Wyth the last wnctyowne : and that day

Ch. III.] OF SCOTLAND. 165
Off aU chargys scho yhald hyr qwyte.
And tiU the Creatoure hyr spyryt.
In till Edynburch the Castelle.
Hyr swne Ethelrede, quhen this felle, 340
That wes hys modyr nere than by,
Gert at the west yhet pre-waly
Have the cors furth in a myst.
Or mony off hyr endyng wyst ;
And wyth that body thai past syne
But ony let tyll Dwnfermelyne,
F. 159. b. Before the Ewde awtare wyth honowre
Wes layd in halowyd sepultoure.
Thare hyre lord wes layd alsua.
And ¦wyth thame hyre sownnys twa, 350
Edwarde the fyrst, and Ethelred.
Bot Edmwnd, [now] as we rede.
That wes a man off gret -wertu.
He le-vyd and deyd in Mowntagu :
Thare off Cluny wes a cel,
Quhare this lord oysyd for to duelle :
In to that relygyus plas
He deyd, and enteryd was.
Saynt Margretys body a hundyr yhere
Lay befor the Ewd awtere 360
In to the Kyrk off Dwnfermlyne ;
Bot scho wes translatyd syne
In to the qwere, quhare scho now lyis,
Hyr spyryt in till Paradys.
And off that translatyowne.
Made wyth weneratyowne.
The fest yhit is haldyne ay
Before Mydswmyr the fyft day.
Quhen Malcolme the Kyng thus was dede.

166 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIL
Hys brodyre Downald than his sted 370
Fandyde to wyn, and tak. Than he
Banysyd hys brodyr barnys thre,
Edgare, Alysawndyr, and Da-wy.
Thai fled fra thare emys felny.
Thai had a brodyi- off purchas.
That Malcolmys bastard sowne than was,
Duncane cald, and wes dueUand
Wyth WUlame Eede, that off Ingland
As Kyng that tyme bare the crowne.
And herd off this presumptyowne, 380
That hys eme than tuk on hand.
In to the kynryk off Scotland
He come wyth powere off thys Kyng,
That Ingland had in governyng :
Hys eme than he chasyd swa.
That the flycht he gert hym ta,
And fra hym qwyt than wan the land.
And wes a yhere in it wedand
And ane half. The Erie than
Off the Mernys, a manly man, 390
Agayne Duncane wyth hys powere
Eas wyth Downald in to were,
And slwe this Duncane swne to dede,
Hys eme restoryd tiU his stede.
That before as Kyng had he.
That state he held than yherys thre.
Thus thai twa persownys fyve yhere
F. 160. Mad all the kynryk than on store,
QuhiU Edgare ras, that wes eldest.
And that tyme to the Crowne nerrest 400
Off aU than lyvand off the get.
That Malcolme had off Saynt Margret.

Ch. IV.] OF SCOTLAND. 167
On Downald he folowyd than sa fast,
QuhiU that he tuk hym at the last.
And in presowne perpetualle,
QuhiU end his lyff thare had fynale.
The Saxonys and the Scottys blude
In natyownys twa before than yhud.
Bot the barnetyme off that get.
That Malcolme had off Saynt Margret, 410
Togyddyr drw full unyowne
To pas syne in successyowne.
Off Saynt Andrewys Byschape than
Turgot wes, a cunnand man :
Off Durame before he wes Prioure,
And than Saynt Margretys confessoure.

CHAP. IV.
ten (Saligare regngt in ^ectlanbe,
^xibt tke fgrst ^enrg in Inglanbe.
A.D. A
1098. J\. THOWSAND and foure score off yhere
And auchten fra the Madyn clere
Had borne the byrth off hyr body.
That causyd aU oure meUody, 420
Edgare the eldast than lyvand.
And to the Crowne nerrest off Scotland,
Tuk the sceptyr, and the crowne
Eeale, and full possessyowne ;
And nyne wyntyr wes regnand
Kyng crownyd off Scotland.
He wes a man off fayre havyng.
And dyde [in] hys tyme bot lefuU thyng.

168 THE CEONYKIL [B. VII.
Coldyngame than fowndyd he.
And rychely gert it dowyt be, 430
Off Saynt Eb, a swet Halow :
Saynt Cuthbert thare thai honowre now.
The Abbay off Cystews in Burgownd
In his tyme thai begouth to fownd.
Mawnys, that [off] Norwa than
Wes Kyng, the Owt Ylys wan.
And ekyd thame tUl his crowne
To byd ay in possessyown.
A.D. i
1100. ii. THOWSAND and a hundyr yhere
Eftyr the byrth off oure Lord dere, 440
Kyng off Ingland WUlam Eede
Eeklesly wes slayne to dede :
For in huntyng as he past
On a day in the Neu Forast,
Wyth a rekles schot off cas
A knycht hym slwe at the wanlas.
Henry than, hys brodyr yhing,
F. 160. b. Crownyd wes, and sone mad Kyng :
The Byschope off Lundyn, Schyr Morys,
Cro-wnyd hym wyth solempne serwys. 450
Oure Kyng Edgare, be fayre trett^,
Gert Maid hys systyr weddyt be
Wyth this Lord Henry yhyng,
Off Ingland that tyme crownyd Kyng.
The Archebyschape off Yhork than,
A famows and [a] -wertuows man,
Crownyd wyth solempnytd
Dame Maid, that suet lady fre.
Swa, fra crownyd scho wes sene.

Ch. IV.] . OF SCOTLAND. 169
Maid scho wes cald the gud Qwene. 460
Thare made wes a gret mawngery,
Quhare gaddryd ware the mast worthy.
And lordys off the grettast gre.
That kend ware in that cuntr^.
Swa, thare wes ane awlde knycht sete
Amang thame that day at the mete.
And thir wordys than said he ;
" Now in the rwte is set the tre
Bathe frwyt and floure aU lyk to here."
Bot fewe wyst thare-off the manere. 470
Than thai reqwyryd hym that wes by
Sittand, to say per cumpany,
Quhat sygnyfyid that mystyk word.
That he swa spak than at the horde.
The knycht than sayd thame curtasly
He wald declere it oppynly.
" QuhiUe," he sayd, " I wes steward
TUl my Lord the Kyng Edward,
And I before hym wes standand
At his mete, and he syttand, 480
As he oysyd -wyth gret honowre,
Thare wes a suspect traytoure.
Set swa he wes nowcht prowyd in dede,
Yhit swilk he pro-vyd, or thine he yhed :
By the Kyng than at the mete
He wes at his tabUl sete ;
In his hand a pes off brede
He had, that rycht thare made his dede.
For to the Kyng this wes hys word
That day .syttand at the bord, 490
' My lord, offt yhe have herd, off me
That yhe suld betresyd be.

170 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIL
And that I suld be tresowne
Sla, and wndo yhoure persowne.
Gyve evyr I thowcht for to do sua,
I pra God, hyne I ne-wyre ga ;
Bot at this Uk pes of bred
Here at yhoure bord be now my dede.
And off it nevyr a crote,
QuhUl I be wyrryd, owre-pas my throt.' 500
F. 161. That brede than he begouth tiU ete ;
Bot o-wre hys throt it mycht noucht get.
Swa, suddanly rycht at the borde
He -wyrryd, and spak ne-wyre a word
Mare, than he spak off that bred.
Before that he deyd in that stede.
The Kyng than gert hym doggydly
Be drawyn owt, and dyspytwsly
Oure a hewch gert cast hym downe,
Doggys tUl ete his caryowne. 510
My Lord," he sayd, yhit syttand
As in a study [than] musand.
And efftyr that aU this was done.
As yhe have herd, than sayd he sone.
As vaknyd owt off his study.
" I wes," he sayd, " in Normandy
Bydand, as yhe wyst, a quhUle
Owt off this land in gret exyle.:
And swa, thare wes twa cunnand men.
That offt to me repayryd then, 520
My specyall famylyerys.
Off plesand and off fayre manerys.
The state off Ingland on a day
Be thare word sare menyd thai.
And sayd, Ingland wes lyk to be

Ch. IV.] OF SCOTLAND. 171
Confowndyd for gret inyq-wyt(^,
That wes done in to that land ;
For few in it wes than lyvand.
That wes commendyd all -wertuws ;
Bot i-wiU, and fals, and lycherus. 530
[And] nowthir lauch, na [yhit] lawt^
Wes oysyd, na done in that cuntr^ ;
And lordys be thare a-warys
The sympill folk wald ay supprys :
Byschapys, prestys, and prelatys
In hawtayne pryd ay led thare statys,
Swa, lyk war, that inyq-wytd
Suld all wndo this hale cuntrd.
I askyd," he sayd, " than, qwhat remede
This mycht helpe, or stand in sted. 540
Ane off thame than awnsweryd me.
And sayd, ' Swilk help may fall to be.
As be this ryddill I wUl th^ say,
Fra thd or [I] pas away.
A grene tre fra the rwte wes sawyn.
And fra it a space wes drawyn.
As men for tUl wndyrstand.
Large thre akyre leynth off land.
This tre may happyn for to get
The kynd rwte, and in it be set, 550
And sap to reco-vyr syne,
Bath [the] leyff, and fle-wowre fyne.
And the froyte the tre oure-sprede.
Than is to lyppyn sum remede.' "
F. 16J. b. Than the knycht sayd, "Now I se
In to the kynd rwte set the trd ;
This tr^ yhe may wndyrstand
To be the kynryk off Ingland,

172 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIL
That in honowre, and ryches,
And in gret welth abowndand wes. 560
The rwte, yhe trow, kyngys sede,
Quhare-off aU kyngis come on dede.
That awcht the kynryk off Ingland,
Be lyne, and lynage discendand,
AU tyme regnand, efftyr that
It Locryne fra his fadyr gat.
That wes Brwttus, that wan the landys.
As yhe have hard, fra Geandys.
The space off twa thowsand yhere
Kyngys off kyngys cummyn were, 570
Quhill Harald, Bastard, and WUlame Eede,
That now in mwld ar lyand dede.
Off that state interruptyowne
Mad be thare intrusyowne.
Thir ware the akyr-leynthis thre.
That before rehersyd we :
Ilkane off thir wyth thare streynth
Fychyd the tre ane akyr-leynth
Now gottyn has that tre the rwte
Off kynd, oure confort, and oure bute, 580
All lik to here bath frwyt and floure
In tiU oure helpe and oure succoure.
Syne Saxon and the Scottys blude
Togyddyr is in yhon frely fwde,
Dame Maid, oure Qwene, and oure lady.
Now weddyd wyth oure Kyng Henry."
This knycht syttand at the borde
AU this rehers[it] word be word.
In this tyme the translatyowne
Wes done wyth weneratyowne 590
Off Saynt Cuthbert till Durame,

Ch. v.] OF SCOTLAND. 173
Be prelatys off commendyt fame,
Fra the Kyrk off Haly-Eland,
Quhare he before than was lyand :
Thare, off grettare state than othir,
Wes Alysawndjre oure Kyngys brodyr
Edgare, and syne wes Kyng
Nest, quhen hys brodyr had made endyng.
At Durame than the byschapis Se
Fra thine wes ordanit for to be. 600

CHAP. V.
ten ^Igsanigre tke fgrst toes Ppng,
S^Txb (Seotlani) kai in goberngng.
A.D. A
U07. J\. THOWSAND a hundyre yhere and sevyn
Fra Mary bare the Kyng off He-vyn,
Off Edgare, oure nobUl Kyng,
The dayis -wyth honowre tuk endyng :
Be north Tay in tUl Dund^
F. 162. TyU God the spyryte than yhald he.
And in the Kyrk off Dwnfermlyne
Solemply he wes enteryd syne.
Lemman had he nane, na wyff ;
Bot clene and honest wes hys lyff, 610
And gratyws [was] hys endyng.
Nest efftyre hym wes crownyd Kyng
Alysandyr hys brodyr than.
That wes a fulle hey-hartyd man.
Kyng he ryngnyde se-vyntyne yhere
In honowre and in gret powere.
TiU wyff he weddyt in that quhiUe

174 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIL
A fayr lady. Dame SybUle :
Willamys dochtyr, scho wes plesand.
The quhilk be conqwest wan Ingland. 620
This Alysandyre wes rycht manly :
Alysandyr the Fers for-thi
He was cald be this resowne.
In Inwergowry a sesowne
Wyth ane honest court he bade.
For thare a maner-plas he hade.
And all the land lyand by
Wes hys demyd than halyly.
Swa, suddanly apon hym then ,
A multitude off Scottys men 630
[Come] in entent to sla the Kyng.
Thai swne persayvyd he gat -wyttyng :
The bak thai turnyd rycht swne, and flede.
And oure the Mownth rycht fast thame spede
The Kyng wytht hys court symply
Folowyd on thame rycht fersly,
Owre the Stokfurd into Eos.
Thai gaddryd agayne on [set] purpos,
Qwhyll thai ware than he fere ma.
In al gud will hym for to sla, 640
Quhen the s4 wytht a gret spryng
At the Stokfurd mad stoppyng.
All lyk to lete men for to ryde.
The Kyng rad oure it in that tyde.
And wyth his court apertly
On thame he chasyd ; and cowartly
Hys fays turnyd the bak, and fled.
Efftyr thame he fast hym spede,
Quhill he oure-tuk thame at the last.
And tuk, and slwe thame, or he past 650

Ch. v.] OF SCOTLAND. 175
Owt off that land, that fewe he lefft
To tak on hand swylk purpos efft.
Fra that day hys l^gys all
Oysid hym Alysandyr the Fers to call.
Syne he sped hym wytht gret hy
Hame agayne tiU In-wergowry.
And in devotyo-wne movyd, swne
The Abbay he fowndyd than off Scwne.
Fra Saynt Oswaldys in Ingland
Chanownys he browcht, to be ser-wand 660
F. 162. b. God, and Saynt MychaeU, Eegulare
In tUl Saynt Awstynys Ordyr thare.
Fra theyne he had in gret delyt
Haly placys tUl -wysyte.
And thame tUl honowre in ornamentys,
JoweUys, bukys, and vestymentys.
In that entent and swUk gud will
Saynt Andre-wys cyt^ he come till
Thare in hys devotyoune
He ordanyd to be relygyowne, 670
And stedfastly that to be done.
Eobert, that Priore wes off Scone,
Byschape off Saynt Andrewys Se
He ordanyd als that tyme to be,
Wyth consent off Da-wy yhyng
Hys ayre, nest for to be Kyng,
Hys brodyr, and Erie off Huntyngtown,
At Sanctandrewys reUgyowne
Fra thine to be gave his gud will.
And this purpos to fulfiU, 680
The Barys Eayk in regale
To the Kyrk the Kyng gave hale ;
The quhilk the chanownys wyth his entent

176 THE CEONYKIL [B. VII.
Suld ha-we had ; bot the consent
Off the byschape mycht nowcht be
Gottyn to that in na kyn gr^.
For-thi twa yhere thai let oure-pas
Or he confermyd, or blyssyd was.
In wytnes and in taknyng
That in this purpos stud the Kyng, 690
And on full condytyown.
At Saynctandrewys to be relygyown,
Befor the Lordys aU the Kyng
Gert than to the awtare bryng
Hys cunUy sted off Araby,
Sadelyd and brydelyd costlykly,
Coveryd -wyth a fayre mantlete
Off precyows and [of] fyne -wellvet,
Wyth hys armwrys off Turky,
That pryncys than oysid generaly, 700
And chesyd mast for thare delyte,
Wyth scheld and spere off sylv3rr qwhyt,
Wyth mony a precyows fayre jowele.
That now I leve for caus to tele.
Wyth the Eegale, and aU the lave.
That to the Kyrk that tyme he gave
Wyth wsuaUe and awld custwmys,
Eychtys, essys, and fredwmys.
In byll titlyd, and thare rede,
Wyth hors arrayid he gert be lede. 710
Wyth the consent off Da-wy yhyng,
F. 163. Hys brodyr, and trowyd for to be Kyng,
He mad this devote offerand
Bath to God and man plesand.
The Byschape off Sayntandrewys town
Mast be this condjiiyon

Ch. v.] OF SCOTLAND. 177
Joysys the Eegale in sic fredwme.
As thai yhit oysys, and cwstwme.
Than ordanyd wes als, that the Kyng,
Na na lawyd patrowne, be staff, na ryng, 720
Suld mak fra thine coUatyowne,
Or suld gyve institutyowne
Off byschaprykis, or abbasyis.
Or ony kyrkis benyfyis ;
Bot barly that the patrowne
Suld gyve hys presentatyowne.
-A..D. A thowsand a hundyr and twenty yhere
1122. And twa thare-tiU to rekyn clere.
The Byschope Eobert, that before
Off Scone qwhylum wes Priore, 730
Off the Archebyschape off Yhork had
Confirmatyo-wne, and wes mad
Byschape off Sanctandrewys towne,
Wndyr protestatyowne.
That na kyn scaytli, na prejwdice
Suld to the Kyrk off Scotland rys :
TUl Uke kyrk [the] rycht suld stand.
Off Ingland evynlyk, and Scotland,
And in Eome off the Papys Se
Before all sawffyde the dygnyte. 740
He stud as Lyte twa yhere owre,
And Byschape thretty yhere and foure.
In this mene tyme Henry yhyng.
In till Ingland crownyd Kyng,
Wyth Dame Maid hys weddyd -wyff.
And crownyd Qwene, than led hys lyff.
He gat a dowchtyr, that wes cald.
As hyr modyr wes. Dame Maid.
The Empryoure, Schyre Henry
VOL. II. M

178 THE CEONYKIL [B. VII.
The Ferd, weddyd that lady, 750
That wes crownyd than Empryce
Wyth hey and solempne ser-wyce.
Barne gat he nane off hyr body.
Quhen he wes dede, in Normandy
Scho till hyr fadyr come, ryngnand
Kyng that tyme crownyd off Ingland :
And wyth the Erie off Angew he
Gert hyr efftyr weddyd be ;
The quhUk gat on hyr body
A swne, that efftyr wes cald Henry. 760
Wndyr that Kyng Henry Saynt Thomas
Done to dede, and martyryd wes.
This Henry, fyrst Kyng off Ingland,
QuhUl he wyth crowne wes thare regnand,
Ordanyd the-wys for to be
F. 163. b. Hangyd apon [a] galow tre :
He ordanyd alsua that stownd
Hys mona to be cwnyhede rownd.
Than Trent and Temys war sa schawlde.
That a barne off twelff yhere awlde 770
Mycht wayd oure thame, and na spate
Than mycht mak thaire kneys wate.
A.D. A thowsand a hundyr and se-wyntene yhere
Fra the byrth off oure Lord dere,
Erddyn gret in Ytaly
And hugsum fell aU suddanly.
And fourty dayis fra thine lestand :
Gret howssys off stane and hey standand
To the erde fell all downe.
And in that ilk land a towne 780
Wes flyttyd owt off that ilke plas,
Quhare it fowndyt and byggyt was ;

Ch. v.] OF SCOTLAND. 179
And the Mone aU rede wes sene
Blwdlyk, as it aU blud had bene.
A.D. A thowsand and a hundyre yhere
And awchtene to rekyne clere,
Gedword and Kelsowe, Abbayis twa.
Or Dawy wes Kyng, he fowndyd tha.
A.D. _Aji(I in the nest yhere efftyr than
The Ordyr Premonstrens began ; 790
That are to say, Chawnownys Quhyt,
For swa hewyd is thare habyt.
AD. A thowsand and a hundyr yhere
And twenty to tUl rekyn clere,
Henry, than Kyng off Ingland,
Wyth Maid his wyff in it regnand.
Had a swne than WUlame cald.
That wes a stowt man and a bald.
This WUlame had a bastard brodyr.
Thai bredyre twa, wyth mony othir 800
Men and wemen, noblis gret.
In tUl Ingland at Barbeflete,
And bukys a hundyr and fourty.
And schype-men wyth thai full fyfty.
And off thai schyppys mastrys thre
Happenyd at anys to drownyd be.
A.D. A thowsand and a hundyre yhere
And ane and twenty to thai clere,
Eanwlff, Byschape off Durame,
Fwndyd hys CasteU off Norame. 810
The Qwene off Scotland, Dame SybUle,
Alysandrys wyff, deyd in that qwhUle.

1121.

180 THE CEONYKIL [B. VII.

CHAP. VI.
ten tke fgrst Ji^toil) toes regnanb,
Jttakolmis eonz, in till <Seotlani.
A.D. A
1124. ii. THOWSAND a hundyre twenty and foure
The yheris off grace nere past oure,
F. 164. The Kyng Alysawndyr in Stre-vylyng
Deyd, and [wes] browcht tiU Dunfermlyng ;
Quhare he wes wyth gret honoure
Enteryd in halowyd sepiUtoure.
Lu-wand he wes, and rycht -wertwus,
TUl clerkys, and aU relygyus ; 820
Till hys l^gis he wes curtays ;
In justice lawchfuU he wes aUwayis.
And efftyr, sone as he wes dede,
Da-wy hys brothir in tUl his sted
Succedyd nest, and tuk the crown,
Sceptyr, and full possessyowne.
He wes the beld off aU hys kyn :
Wyth -wertu he supprysyd syn.
He chastyd thaim that war -wytyows :
He relewyd all wer teo ws : 830
Hys lyff wes fowrme off aU meknes :
Merowr he wes off rycht-wysness :
EnsawmpiU he wes off chastyt^ :
Mare lu-wand a man wes nane than he.
Quhen mysdoarys for thare trespas
Oonvyct, and to dede demyd was.
Set that the lawch hym beho-wyd
To do, yhit wes hys hart swa mo-vyd.

CH..VI.]- OF SCOTLAND. 181
That he wald wyth hevy chere
Mak for this man swa gret prayere, 840
As he had bene his curature
Hym tiU have had in till his cure.
He illumynyd in his dayis.
His landys wyth kyrkys and -wyth abbayis.
Byschaprykys he fand bot foure or thre ;
Bot, or he deyd, nyne lefft he.
; Abbays he [founddit] nyne or ten.
And set in thame relygyws men.
Melros, and Holmcultrane,
And Newbotill in Lowthyane, 850
Kynlos in Murawe, South-Berewyke,
Till Cystews all in ordyr lyk ;
Halyrwdhows he byggyd syne,
Cambyskynell nere Stre-welyne ;
AU thir abbays fowndyd he.
And rychely gert thame dowyt be.
Off Cawntyrbery in Dunfermlyne
Mwnkys he browcht, and put thame in.
And do-wyt thame rycht rychel}^,
Wyth gret possessyownys and mony. 860
This Kyng Da-wy had gret delyte
Kyrkys and abbays tiU -wysyt.
Off swylk delyte and swilk gud wylle
Off Saynctandrewys the cyt6 tUl
He come, and his sowne the Erie Henry,
And wyth thame lordys rycht mony.
F. 164. b. Off Saynt Andre-wys the Byschape than
Eobert, that wes a -wertwus man,
Eessayvyd the Kyng rycht honorably,
Ee-westyd weUe wyth hys clergy. 870
There the Kyng wes all that nycht

182 THE CEONYKIL [B. VII.
Quhill on the morne the day lycht ;
Than herd he Mes, and mad offerand
Bathe lyk till man aud God plesand.
And efftyr all this, that thus wes dwne.
The Kyng yhede to the clostyr swn ;
Swylk a clostyr, a;s than wes,
Nowcht swylk, as now is off larges ;
For nothir wes than mad the dorture,
Na swilk, as now is, the frature, 880
Na swylk a kyrk, as now yhe se,
Swa large wes mad in qwantyte.
The Kyng in to the clostyr thare.
And lordys that than by hym ware,
Conferryd a qwhill off syndry thyngys.
As offt is oysyd in swylk gadryngys :
Syne the caus, quhy he come thare.
He tald thame all, that by hym ware.
The Byschape Eobert, that gud man.
He con-wenyd before hym than, 890
And argwyd hym rycht scharply.
That he furtheryd oure slawly
His cwnnand, and his a-wyne dete ;
That wes, he suld gere thare be set.
And fowndyd off devotyown.
In that stede a relygyown.
And Chanownys to bryng in Eegulare,
To serve God and Saynt Andrew thare.
Alysandyr his brodyre Kyng
Off that befor hys last endyng 900
Stablysyd, and mad ordynance.
He sayd, and full delyverance.
Apon this be syndry -wys
Betwene thame cawsyd wes contraversys.

Ch. vi.J of SCOTLAND. 183
The Byschape sayd, be rycht resowne
He mycht nowcht till relygyowne
The rentys gyve off the byschapryk :
Set hys will war to do sic
Almows, perchawns his successoure
Wald thame retrete wyth gret raddowre, 910
And dyspoyle thame halily.
And sclawndyre, as gyvyn wrangwsly.
The Kyng than mad hym this awnsuere
On movir and on fayre manere.
And sayd, that land, thai oysyd all
The Barys Eayk aU tyme to call,
Wes gyvyn on that condytyowne.
To fownd thare a relygyowne.
The Kyng, and his sowne Henry,
And all the lordys nere hym by, 920
F. 165. Swa than favoryd that trett^.
That thai gert the chanownys be
(The quhUk ware browcht befor fra Scone,
And in Saynt Andrewys Kyrk war done)
Chartryd off that land hale,
That thai have in thare Eegale.
The Kyng off hys devotyoune
Gave thare-on conflrmatyowne ;
And hys swne the Erie Henry
Consentyd thare-tiU wilfully. 930
AU thus illumynyd he hys land
Wyth kyrkys and abbays rycht plesand.
And othir stedys off renowne,
Seculare, and off religyowne.
That, or Malcolme hys fadyre
Had weddyd Saynt Margret his modyr,
E-wyd and sympill all tyme wes.

184 THE CEONYKIL [B. VII.
Bot lyk a blynd wyld hethynes.
Oure Lord this ilka Kyng Da-wy
To wyff weddyt a fayre lady, 940
The quhilk to name than had Dame Maid,
(As wes the Qwene hys systyr cald)
The Erlys dochtyr off Hwntynto-wne
WiUame, than haldyne off gret reno-wne.
And hys ayre. On hyr body
He gat a sown, wes cald Henry,
Fadyre-Uk in aU his dedys,
Quha that hys tyme seis, or redis :
He wes Erie off Northwmbyrland ;
All Hwntyntown wes in his hand ; 950
And fuU Erie he wes swa
Off tha erldomys mychty twa.
Till hys wyff he weddyt syne
The Erlys dowchtyr off Warwyn ;
Scho be name wes cald Dame Ade.
Sownnys thre on hyr he had,
Malcolme, Wyllame, and Dawy ;
Thir thre sownnys gat Henry
On hys spowsyd -wyff Dame Ade.
At Hadyntown scho gert be made 960
And fowndyd a gret Nwnry ;
Thare ladyis to lyve relygyowsly.
A.D. A thowsand a hundyr twenty and se-wyn
Fra Mary bare the Kyng off He-wyn,
Da-wy, than Kyng off Scotland,
And hale the Statys off Ingland
At Lundyn all assemblid ware.
The Kyng off Scotland Da-wy thare
Gert all thai Statys bundyn be
TiU the Emprys in fewt^, 970

Ch. VI.] OF SCOTLAND. 185
Hys systyr dowchtyr ; [Dame] Maid
Be name that tyme scho wes cald.
On the Circumcysio-wne day
This athe off fewte thare swore thai.
F. 165. b. The Erie than off Flawndyrlande,
Devotly at hys Mes sittand,
Wes in to that Lentryne slayne
Be falshad, and a suddane trayne.
Quhen he wes dede, swa be that word
Nest Erie wes WiUame Lang-Swerd ; 980
Eobert-Curtoys swne he wes,
A famows man off gret prowes.
-^¦D. A thowsand a hundyr and twenty yhere
1128 And awcht to thai to rekyne clere,
Fowndyd wes [the] Halyrwdhows
Fra thine to be relygyows.
A.D. A thowsand a hundyr thretty and twa.
The Abbay off Ee-waws wes mad alsua.
A.D. A thowsand a hundyr thretty and fyve,
Henry past out off this lyve, 990
That Kyng wes that [tyme] in Ingland,
And to the gud Qwene Maid husband.
Nest till hym, quhen he was dede,
Hys nevow Ste-vyne in tUl his sted
Wes mad Kyng, and tuke the crowne.
And at hys coronatyo-wne
[The] Pax foryhet wes at the Mes
For to be gy-vyn ; fra theyne he wes
Nevyre in pes, qwhill he wes Kyng,
Na tiU the day off his endyng. 1000
A.D. A thowsand and a hundyr yhere
1 1 ^fi The sext and threttyd to tha clere.
Off the Kyng Dawys set purpos

186 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIL
Wes fowndyd the Abbay off Melros.
Northwmbyrland and Cwmbyrland
TUl the Kyng Dawy off Scotland
Ware gyvyn agayne that ilke yhere.
And efftyr swyne frendyt were
The Kyng Da-wy off Scotland
And Stewyn Kyng than off Ingland. 1010
Northwmbyrland be that trett^
Till Stewyn the Kyng wes gyvyne fre ;
Bot Cumbyrland all halyly
Eemanyd wyth oure Lord the Kyng Da-wy.
A.D. A thowsand and a hundyre yhere
11S8 And awcht and thretty to tha clere.
Off Ingland and off Scotland twa
The kyngys war discordand swa.
That Da-wy oure Kyng in tUl were
Northwmbyrland wastyd wyth hys powere ; 1020
And a gret bataille wes betwene
The Scottys and the Inglis kene,
Quhare mast part off the Scottis qwyt
Ware in that battayle discumfyt.
And mony fled, that in that chase
In depe lowchys drownyd was.
F. 166. A thowsand a hundyr thretty and nyne
1 139. Yherys fra the swete Wyrgyne
Had borne hyr Sowne, bath God and man.
Dame Maid the Qwene off Ingland than 1030
Trettyd betwene the kyngys twa.
Off Scotland and Ingland bathe war tha.
That [thai] accordyd fuUyly
To gyve Northwmbyrland till Henry,
Oure Kyngys sowne. Be that trett4
Off Northwmbyrland than Erie wes he.

Ch. VI.] OF SCOTLAND. 187
The Empryce than, owre story sayis.
Come in Ingland in tha dayis.
In that land to ger be dwne.
And to be mad Kyng hyr swne 1040
Henry, the qwhilk owre Kyng Dawy,
And till hym lordys rycht mony,
Kend hyme nerrast ayre to be
Than off all that reawtd.
The Erie off Angew Schyr Godthray
Till this Stevyn wes contrare ay.
For qwhat he dyd, he trowyd dwne
In till prejwdice off his swne.
The ayre off Ingland, Schyr Henry,
On the Emprys gottyn bodyly. 1050
This mo-vyd the Kyng Da-wy to rys
Agayne Stev^m, as he dyd offtsys.
And swa, in s-wylk dyssentyowne
The Kyng Da-wy wan tUl his crown
AU fra the Wattyr off Tese off brede
North on tiU the Wattyr off Twede,
And fra the Wattyr off Esk the est
TUl off Stanemore the Eere-Cors west.
This Ste-vyn, that gert aU this be dwne, 1060
TiU the Kyng Henry wes systyr swne,
A dowchtyre WUlame Bastardys get.
He to be Kyng all hale hym set.
Quhen he wes Erie off Mary tane.
The Erie off Boyloynys douchtyr than
Weddyt, that wes lauchfully
Gottyn on Cowntays Dame Mary,
That come off that lawchfuU get
Off Malcolme oure Kyng [and] Saynt Margret :
This ilke Ste-wynnys wyff wes cald.

188 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIL
As wes hyr awnt before. Dame Maid. 1070
Scho be hyr trettd mad concord
Betwene hyr eme Da-wy and hyr lord
At Durame, quhare Stevyn, than the Kyng,
Mad fyftene dayis hys dwellyng :
And in the New-Castell than Kyng Da-wy
Off Scotland dwelt than comownaly.
Thare thai accordyd fuUyly
To gyve Northwmbyrland tiU Henry
Da-wys sowne. Be that trette
Off Northwmbyrland Erie wes he, 1080
And off Hwntyntown alsua :
F. 166. b. Swa wes he Erie than off tha twa.
[And] for the erldome wes lyand
Off Hwntyntown than in tUl Ingland,
He suld for it his herytage
Till the Kyng off Ingland mak homage.
A.D. A thowsand a hundyr and fourty yhere
Efftyr the byrth off oure Lord dere.
The Kyng Ste-vyn off Ingland
In bataile takyn wes fychtand 1090
E-vyn apon the Candylmes day
In till Lyncolne, the suth to say.
Fra that Purificatyowne
Haldyn he wes in till presowne
TUl the Ewd day nest foluand.
Dame Maid the Qwene than off Ingland,
That ilke Kyng Ste-vynnys wyff.
For till succoure hyr Lordys lyff
Sa fast scho travalyd, and sa yherne.
The Erie Eobert off Glowerne 1100
Scho gert be takyn, and mad changyng.
For he hyr Lord had in kepyng :

Ch. vl] of SCOTLAND. 189
Than chawngyd for hyr Lord wes he.
And bathe delyveryd off presowne fre.
A.D. A thowsand [a hundyr] and fourty aucht yhere
Fra the byrth off oure Lord dere,
Efftyr that all this wes done,
Saynt Waldeve, oure Kyng Da-wys sone.
And the Erie Henrys awyne brothire.
Abbot off Melros wes mad the tothir ; 1110
And of the Ordyre Premonsterlyk
Qwhyt Chanownys come than tUl Alnewyke.
A.D. A thowsand a hundyre fourty and nine
Fra lychtar wes the suet Wyrgyne,
The Erie off Angew, than Henry,
Gottyn on the Empryce bodyly.
Come tiU Karlele, quhare duelland
Wes Da-wy, hys modyr eme, off Scotland
Kyng, that ressay-vyd honorably
And tretyd [hym alsua] curtasly: 1120
And in the tyme, that he thare bade,
Kyng Da-wy knycht hym mad.
A.D. A thowsand a hundyre and fyfty yhere.
The thryd kalend off Janwere,
Efftyre Yhule, that is to say.
The morne efftyr Saynt Thomas day.
The Kyng Da-wy off set purpos
The Abbay fowndyd off Kynlos :
Off Cystews Ordyr is that hows,
And Quhyt Mwnkys relygyows. 1130
Efftyr that at the Martynmes
Qwhyt Chanownys to Dryburgh commyn wes.
A.D. A thowsand [a hundyr and fyfty] ane,
1151
F, 167. The Erie off Angewys lyff wes gane
Godthray and hys swne Henry

190 THE CEONYKIL [B. VII.
Nest hym Erie than wes halyly.
A.D. A thowsand a hundyr fyfty and twa.
The Kyng Ste-vynnys -wyff and Qwene alsua.
Dame Malde that tyme off Ingland
Deyd. And off Northwmbyrland 1140
And Hwntyntown the Erie Henry,
Oure Lordys swne the Kyng Da-wy,
And hys ayre trowyd to be,
Deyd, and enteryd wes he
In tiU Kelsow. Thare he lyis,
Hys spyryte in tiU Paradys.
Howntyntown, and Northwmbyrland,
And all the kynryk off Scotland
Than menyd sare that pryncys dede.
For he wes in his yhowthede 1150
A fayre, swete, plesand chyld.
Honest, awenand, mek, and myld ;
Apperand ayre tiU oure kynryk ;
Nane off -wertu tiU hym lyk ;
At all poynt formyd in fassown,
AbiU, of gud condityowne ;
Welle lettryd he wes, and rycht -wertws ;
Large, and off gret almws
TiU aU pure folk, soke and hale.
And till aU othir rycht liberale. 1160
Fra thus this Lordys dayis ware past.
The Kyng, hys fadyr, alsa fast
Let, that all the dule wes dwne
Be sycht, that he had for hys swne.
Malcolme, the eldast off thai thre
Sownnys off Henry, than gert he
Be throwch the land tra-weland
In ilke schjorawedome off the land,

Ch. VII.] OF SCOTLAND. 191
Wyth honest curt and cumpany
To lede, and trete hym honestly ; 1170
And gert pronowns [hym] thare be crye
Thare Prynce, and Kyng off lauch to be.
And als he depute hys Counsale
The Erie off Fyffe mast specyaUe ;
AU governyd by hym to be
In his state, and hys reawte.
WiUame, the yhowngare brodyr, syne
To the New-CasteU apone Tyne
He gert cum, and Northwmbyrlande
Thare he put hale in hys hand : 1180
And gert delyveryd till hym be
Off the lordis of that cuntrd
The grettast ostagys in warand,
F. 167. b. He pesybly to joys that land
Wyth fewt^ fuU, and thaire homage,
Serwys, custwme, and trewage.

CHAP. VIL
In this (Ekapitere sekal jjke se
^ felotone gret tniqngte.
A.D. A
1153. A THOWSAND a hundyr and fyfty
And thre yhere thare-tiU ewynlykly,
Apon the foure and twentyd day
Off that moneth, that we caU May, 1 190
The nynd kalend that day off Jwne,
The gud Kyng Dawys dayis war dwne
In tUl Karlele, quhare he made

192 THE CEONYKIL [B. VII.
A styth castell, and thare he hade
Offt and mekyll his duellyng
AU tyme that he wes Kyng.
And fra Karlele thai browcht syne
Hys body dede till Dunfermlyne :
Thare in halowyd sepulture
It -wes enteryd -wyth honwre. 1200
That Prynce exceUent in wysdwme
All pryncys off the Crystyndwme,
That in hys tyme lyvand wes.
In -wertwys and in halynes,
Quha that his lyff seys and redis,
Thar-in wryttyn ar hys dedis.
The twentyd part off hys bownte
Be my style may nowcht sowndyt be.
The day he wes bath Kyng, and Knycht ;
A Mwnk devote he wes the nycht. 1210
He held in hys devotyowne
The Howrys all off relygyowne.
Quha lykis to lyve honestly.
And to greve na man wrangusly.
And to gyve ilkane, that thairis suld be.
This Kyngis lyffe he rede and se :
For hys lawys tUl governale,
Hys awyn oys tUl lyffe -wertnale.
May myrrowre and ensawmpUl be
TUl alkyn statis, gre be gre. 1220
Twenty and nyne yhere Kyng he wes.
Thynk, Lordys on Dawy and hys myldnes !
The Kyng Stevyn, and Henry,
That tyme Duke off Normandy
The Erie off Angew, than passand
Byschappys twa betwene trettand.

Ch. VIL] OF SCOTLAND. 193
Wes full pes and concord made.
The Kyng Stevyn the kynryk hade,
As befor, tiU hys enday :
All thus accordyt than ware thai. 1230
In the tyme, that he wes Kyng,
Thai oysyd to call hym Ste-vyn-Styntyng.
F. 168. The Abbay off Eeddynnys fowndyd he,
Qwhen he wes in hys ryawte.
Here wiU I teUe, or I ga by.
As -wryttyn I fand in a story.
That Malcolme a brodyr had, that wes cald
The Kyng Da-wys eme, Downald,
That wes gottyn in lawchfuU bed ;
And wald have bene in tiU the stede 1240
Off hys brodyr Malcolme the Kyng,
Nest efftyr that hys lyff tuk endyng.
And, as yhe herd, he stra-we thare-for,
(Gyve yhe can draw all till memore)
Quhill Edgare tuk hym at the last.
And held hym in till presowne fast.
Thare geldyd, sum men sayd, wes he
To lete hym fadyre for to be
To ma barnys, than he had than ;
That wes bot Bethok, a woman, 1250
Hys dowchtyr gottyn on purches,
Quhen he in till hys fredwme wes :
Hys eyne twa syne thai pwt owt ;
The les off hym than had thai dowt.
Than, thai sayd, the Kyng Da-wy
Had gottyn on hys wyff bodyly
A sowne, that wes a gangand chyld,
Swete and honest, meke and myld.
It hapnyd this Downald for to be
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194 THE CEONYKIL [B.VIL
Than haldyn as in presown fre ; 1260
Blynd, and geldyt ne-vyrtheles.
Thare in till his he-wynes
As hys herytage to forga.
And for to be demenbryd swa.
As he the chyld herd by gangand.
And nerhand hym than playand.
He cald the chyld, as hym to kys :
And the barne, that thowcht na mys.
Come, and abowt the hals
Donalde he tuk, that than wes fals. 1270
Wyth tympanys scharpe, that he gert ma.
Set tUl hys nay lis, and wyth tha
The chUde sa fast he thrystyd thare.
That hym beho-wyd on nede to rare ;
And swa he handlyd the child sa fast,
Thare-off qwhUl he deyd at the last.
The modyr than, that herd the cry.
And swa hyr barne deyd, wes sary :
Amang thame all, that than by ware.
Fore sorow scho gave the gast rycht thare. 1280
Gret wame wyth barne scho wes that day,
Hyr tyme nowcht nere ; bot yhit thai
Alssa fast gert hjrr be schorne,
F. 168. b. And wan the barne all qwyk, as borne
The chylde hade bene all kyndly.
Syne ho-wyn he wes, and cald Henry,
That Erie wes efft off Howntyntowne,
And had in tUl possessyowne
The Erldwme off Northwmbyrland,
And ayre tiU oure Kyng apperand, 1290
Had he nowcht bene wyth ded ourtane.
Or that hys fadrys lyff wes gane.

Ch. vil] of SCOTLAND. 195
Bot this Downald in a downgeowne
Thai kest, and held in that presowne.
And pynyd hym thare, but mete, drynkles,
QwhiU dede in to that pyte he wes.
A.D. A thowsand a hundyr fyfty and thre
Efftyre the blyst Natyvyte,
Malcolme, this yhowng Henrys swne,
Wytht honest cowrt wes had to Scwne : 1300
Thare -wytht gret solempnyte
Kyng off Scotland crownyd wes he ;
A chyld than bot twelff yhere awlde.
That wapnys mycht nowcht wychtly wauld ;
Bot in tUl -wertu nevyrtheles
Day be day he growand wes.
A.D. A thowsand a hundyr fyfty and foure
The Natyvyte nere past owre,
The Kyng off Ingland, Ste-wyn, on here
Ded wes browcht, that nyntene yhere 1310
Kyng rygnyd in Ingland.
And nest hym thare to be rygnand
Henry Duk off Normandy,
That wes gottyne lauchfuUy
Be the Erie off Awngew, cald
Godthray, on hys wyff. Dame Maid,
Emprys (for scho wes Henrys wyff
QuhUl he wes Empryoure in hys lyff) :
This yhowng Henry tuk the Crowne
Off Ingland wyth possessyown, 1320
Wyth homage, and full fewte.
That swylk awcht to that reawte
Saynt Thomas wes hys Chawnselare,
And hys gret sele wyth hym bare :
E-wynlik he wes in rychtwysnes.

196 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIL
Till all men myrrowre off meknes :
For ciennes off chastyt^.
And als for to the Kyng wes he
Famylyare rycht specyall,
Cunnand, curtays, and lyberaUe, 1330
Archebyschape be the Chapytere
Chosyn he wes concorditer.
Off Cawntyrbery. Be that he was
As off aU Ingland than Primas.
The Archebyschape off Yhork than.
That namyd wes a cunnand man,
Efftyre that electyowne
F. 169. Mad this protestatyo-wne.
Off cownte and charge he suld be.
That secularys oysyd, all tyme fre. 1340
The Archebyschape off Yhork WUlame,
That was commendyd off gud fame,
Eecoveryd the benevolens
Wyth tra-wayle, and wyth gret dyspens.
Off Ewgenyws, than the Pape,
That had suspendyt than this Byschape :
And come agayne in tUl Ingland,
Quhare he wes schort tyme than lyvand :
For, thai sayd, efftyre quhen he wes
Devotly thare syngand his Mes, 1350
Hys mynysterys, that made hym than serwyce,
Pre-waly put in his chalyce
Wenenows poysowne ; fra that Uqwre
He tastyd, than mycht he nowcht endure ;
Bot hastyly that haly man
Deyd be swilk serwys than.
A.D. A thowsand a hundyr fyfty and sevyn
Yheris fra borne wes God off Hevyn,

Ch. viL] OF SCOTLAND. 197
TiU Chestyre, off Scotland the Kyng Malcolme,
Till the Kyng Henry off Ingland come. 1360
Thare he become that Kyngys man,
As dyd his gud-syre befor than.
For the landys off Hwntyntown,
That thai had in possessyown ;
For that erldwme wes lyand
Wyth-in the kynryk off Ingland.
A.D. At Karlele eft, on purpos set,
Thir kyngis twa togyddyr met,
A thowsand a hundyr yhere fyfty and awcht :
Thare thai departyd nowcht all sawcht. 1370
Bot swne efftyr that dyscorde
Togyddyr thai drewe in till concorde.
Than Henry the Kyng off Ingland past
Owre se till Twlows alsa fast :
Malcolme off Scotland than oure Kyng
At hys reqwest and hys praying
Past than wyth hym owre the s^,
Quhare tretyd honestly [than] wes he.
Till Malcolme the Kyng in hys youthade
At Twrone the Ordyre off Knychthad 1380
Off Ingland this Kyng Schyr Henry
Wyth honowre gave rycht specyally ;
For off consangwnytd
The thryd and thryd thai ware in gre.
Quhen the Kyng Malcolme come agayne.
Off hys l^gys mad hym a trayne :
A mayster-man cald Feretawche,
Wyth Gyllandrys-Ergemawche,
And othir mayster-men thare fyve
Agayne the Kyng than ras hely we ; 1390
F. 169. b. For caws that he past till Twlows,

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Agayne hym thai ware all irows :
For-thi thai set thame hym to ta
In tiU Perth, or than hym sla.
Bot the Kyng rycht manlyly
Swne skalyd aU that cumpany.
And tuk and slwe : And syne the way
He past on in till Galway ;
And thryis he fawcht syne wytht thame thare.
And -wencust thame wyth hys poware : 1 400
And swa the Gallways to the crowne
He mad in till subjectyowne.
In this mene tyme the Kyng Henry
Off Ingland wrat rycht reverently
TiU the Pape Schyr Adryane :
And in hys lettyrs sayd he thane.
That the pepill off Ireland
WnfaythfuU wes and mystrowand.
And lede [thame] aU be fretis -wyle,
Nowcht be the lauche off the E-wangyle, 1410
Nowthir wald thai do na wyrk
Be the techyng off Haly Kyrk ;
Na thai wald be nakyn way.
As thai suld, lyve be Crystyn fay :
For-thi he mad than thra prayere
To the Pape, that he powere
Wald gyve hym and autoryt^.
For tUl wyn that wyld menyhe
Till the trowth and Crystyne fay.
And that Lordschype tUl hald ay 1420
Fra thine in herytabUl fe,
Immedyate off the Papys Se.
Be this he gat than full powere
Off the Pape, and made hys were

Ch. vil] of SCOTLAND. 199
In tiU Irland alsa fast.
And throw the playnis fyrst he past ;
And syne the heycht tiU hys crowne
He mad all in subjectyown.
Fra thine the Kyngys off Ingland
AU cald thame Lordis off Ireland. 1430
A.D. A thowsand a hundyr fyfty and nyne
Fra lychtare wes the swet Vyrgyne,
Eobert off Sanctandrewys than
Byschape, the gud -wertwus man,
Hys spyryte yhald to the Creature,
Hys body tiU halowyd sepulture :
In the awld kyrk thare he lyis,
Hys spyryte in till Paradys.
He wes thretty yhere and foure
Byschape. Quhen thai war past oure 1440
Arnald wes chosyn to that Se.
Ten moneth and a yhere wes he
Byschape ; off Kelsowe apon Twede
Abbot befor he wes in dede.
The gret kyrk off Sanctandrewis he
Fowndyd ; that to be the Se
Off all hale the Byschapryke.
The Kyng than off oure kynryke,
Malcolme, at that fundatyowne
Wes present in his awyne persowne. 1450
A.D. A thowsand a hundyre sexty and ane,
Yheris fra Crystis byrth wes gane,
Archebyschape chosyn was
Off Cawntyrbery Saynt Thomas ;
And the Kyng Henry than gert hym be
Fra all chargis cryid fre,
And alkyn cownt, that Seculare

1161

200 THE CEONYKIL [B. VII.
Befor oblysyd tiU hym ware.
That had bene in swylk serwys.
Or, as he wes, in offyis, 1460
For he wes hys Chawnselare
And lele : he lu-wyd hym aU the mare.
Bot syne that effectyown
F. 170. Had a feU conclusyown.
A.D. A thowsand a hundyre and sexty yhere
And fowre tUl thai tiU rekyne clere,
Malcolme Kyng off Scotland,
And pesybly in it rignand.
The elle-vynd yhere off his crowne
Mad the fundatyowne 1470
Off the Abbay off Culpyre in Angws.
And do-wyt it wyth hys almws
All lyk to Cystwys in habyt ;
We oys to call thame mwnkys qwhyt.
A.D. A thowsand a hundyre sexty and thre
^^^^' Efftyre the [blest] Natyvyte,
The gud Byschape Schyre Arnald
TUl hys Makare hys spyryte yhald,
Hys body till halowyd sepulture
In the awld kyrk thare wyth honwre. 1480
And efftyr that he swa wes ded-e,
Eychard Byschape in his stede
Chosyn he wes concorditer.
And Elyte twa yhere bad efftyr.
Bot syne the Byschapys off Scotland,
Powere full to that havand
Off the Papys commyssyown,
Gaw hym mynystratyown,
Confirmatyown, and blyssyn hale,
Be the Papys lettrys specyall. 1490

Ch. vil] of SCOTLAND. 201
Sowyrle off Argyle that yhere
TiU hym gadryd a gret powere.
As twelff yhere he oysyd, in bataUle
Hys Lord to warray, and assayUe,
F. 170. b. The Kyng that wes off Scotland :
Than wyth a gret ost off Ireland,
And off othir steddis sere.
That by hym ware lyand nere,
At Eenfrewe arry-wyd swne.
That were swa at the last wes dwne, 1500
That he, and hys swne bath, was
Lefft dede slayne in to that plas.
And mony wyth thame in that sted
Thare than ware slayne, and leflt for dede.
A.D. A thowsand a hundyr sexty and fyve
Yheris off grace, owt off this lyve
Malcolme oure Kyng past wyth honwre
In Gedword till hys Creature,
Off Decembyre the nynd day,
Efftyr the Conceptyown ay 1510
Off oure Lady the Vyrgyne clere
The nest day faUand Uke yhere.
Fra thine hys body wes browcht syne.
And enteryd in Dwnfermlyne.
In till the floure off hys yhowthed
He deyd in clene madynhed,
Bot fyve and twenty wyntyr awlde,
TUl God quhen hys spyryt he yhawld.
In tUl -vysyown efftyr than
He apperyd tiU a man, 1520
That he had in gret specyaUte,
Quhill lyvand in this warld wes he.
This man in that visyown

202 THE CEONYKIL [B. VII.
Fell in till coUatyo-ivn
Wyth the Kyng on this manere.
As now I wUl reherse yhow here.
" Qwhy art thow, dere Lord, sa still ? "
" For me my lyff scha-wys th^ the skyll."
" Qwhy lyis thi body now sa lawe ?"
" The hycht my spyryt for to knawe." 1530
The man, " Art thow in to paynys yhit ? "
" Nay, nowcht in paynis, bot [in] qwyit."
" Quhat wes sum tyme thi pennans ?"
" Befor my dede my he-wy chans."
" Quhilk is the sted off thi dueUyng ?"
" Pa[ra]dys, parties off all e-will thyng."
" Qwhy is thi clethyng sa qwhyt sene ?"
" For caus I deyd madyn clene."
" Thow wes quhyUe Kyng ; now quhat dois thowe?"
" Than wes I threU ; Kyng am I nowe." 1540
" Soke thow wes oft wont to be."
" Off aU seknes now I am fre."
" Qwhy tynt we the, now thow say ?"
" Wyth halowys to duell for evyr and ay."
" Quhat dyd th4 mast dysplesans here ?"
" The falshad off the warld, but were."
" SaU thow cum agayne in hast ? "
F. 171. " Yha, wyth the Juge that is hej-ast."
" Scotland menys [th^] now rycht sare."
" Nay noucht now, bot forthirmare." 1550
" Dredys thow yhit for tUl ha-we payne ?"
" In yhowre warld gyve I cum agayne."
" To thi l^gis will thow oucht mare ?"
" AU tyme, yha, that thai weUe fare."

Ch. viil] of SCOTLAND. 203

CHAP. VIIL
Cgtoken ^ilkskam ^gng toes ofi geotlanb
JIgftg gkere in it regnanbe.
AD. A
1165. ii. THOWSAND a hundyr sexty and fyve
Yheris fra borne wes God off lyve,
Malcolme oure Kyng, and madyne pure,
Hys saule yhald tUl the Creature.
On Yhwle ewyn nest thare-efft, 1560
AU thus quhen he this warld had lefft
WiUame hys brodyr ras to be Kyng,
And Scotland tuk in governyng.
A.D. A thowsand a hundyr and sexty yhere
And to tha sex, or thare-by nere.
The Kyng off Ingland, than Henry,
Past oure si wyth a cumpany
In herandys off the Kyng off Frawns,
Hys Lord be detfuU alegeawns.
The Kyng WUlame off Scotland,
Efftyr hym oure se folowand, 1570
Come in Frawns, and prowyd prowes,
Manhed, and gret dowchtynes
In tornementys, and justyngys.
And mony othir knychtlyk thyngys ;
Quhare-throw rele-wyd wes his name
And he comendyt off gret fame.
And efftjT? that aU this wes dwne
Hame he come in Scotland swne.
^¦Jl' A thowsand a hundyr sexty and se-wyn
Dame Maid the Empryce past till He-wyn. 1580

204 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIL
And Henry, than off Ingland Kyng,
Had a swne called Henry yhyng.
Sa mekil than off hym [he] made.
That he gert hym in hys yowthade
Kyng be crownyd off Ingland,
Hys fadyr in it yhit lyvand :
The twa and twentyd day off May
In Lundyn, that tyme a Swnday,
Ane Archebyschape off Yhork that yhere.
That be name wes cald Eogere, 1590
(Bot he gat that Archebyschapryk
Noucht wyth lawte, bot wytht swyk)
He -wyth othir Byschapys twa,
Off Durame, and Lwndyn bathe ware tha.
Made this Coronatyown
F. 171. b. Agayne all lawch and all resown.
In the tyme that Saynt Thomas
In Frawns, as in tiU exile, was.
The Pape Alysawndyr for-thi
Procedyde agayne [thaim] heyly, 1600
And thame suspendyt fra benyfyis.
And fra all othir kyn offys.
That all othir Byschapys mycht
And fallys for to do on rycht.
And aU the la-we suspendyt he.
That was at that solempnyte,
That off the Kyrke had benyfis.
And Eogere, that dyd the serwys.
That had the Archebyschapryk
Off Yhork, as yhe hawe herd, be swyk, 1610
That mad that Coronatyown
Agayne aU lawch and aU resown,
As in ane othir provynce set

Ch. VIIL] OF SCOTLAND. 205
Than tiU it suld ha-we bene off det.
And usurpyd ane offys
Nowcht hys awyne in that serwys.
The Pape off hys autoryt^
That Eogere gert depri-wyd be.
jj'^j" A thowsand a hundyre sevynty and ane
Yheris fra God had manhed tane, 1620
Saynt Thomas off Cawntyrbery
Past tUl Cryst be martyry.
Off YhiUe-wok the fyft day
Off hym the fest is haldyn ay.
And be the Coronatyown
Off Henry yhowng dyssentyown
In to the kynryk off Inglande
Gret and fell wes apperand
Betweene the fadyr and the swne :
The tane the tothire wald have wndwne. 1630
On Uk syde gret partyis
Heyly begowth to rys :
On bath the sydys the Brettys s^
Dowtis apperid gret to be.
And all the kynryk in peryle
Off Ingland w.es in to that quhyUe,
Qwhyle that God set that remede,
Befor the fadyr the swne wes dede ;
And the fadyr wes lefft lewand,
Efftyr the swne dede, Kyng regnand. 1640
.,¦„." A thowsand a hundyr se-vynty and foure
Fra Cryst wes borne oure Sa-wyowre,
The Kyng WiUame off Scotland
Past wyth a gret ost in Ingland :
All Waymerland and Appilby
Than wan he till hym halyly ;

206 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIL
And as he wes than hame cumand.
The Lordys all off Northwmbyrland
F. 172. Askyd trewys at the Kyng
WiUame, and he to thare askyng 1650
For off thairis gave assent ;
And thai thar-off mad payment.
TUl the Fest off the Trenyt^
He grawntyd thame trewyd for to be.
The tyme off thai trewys past.
The Kyng WiUame als[sa] fast
Hys ost assemblyd wyth stalwart hand :
Agayne he past than in Ingland.
In Alne-wyk wnwysly
The Kyng hym-selff rycht symply 1660
Bade : and in tiU forray
All the men that tyme off Galway,
And mony othir off hys men
Ware weUe persaywyd, fra hym then
That thai war in forray past ;
The Northwmbrys als[a] fast
Gaddryd, and tuk hym in that stownd.
And had hym fyrst tUl Eychemwnd ;
And thare wes set in [that] castelle,
Quhare thai gert kepe hym wondyr welle. 1670
And sone send word in Normandy,
For thare wes that tyme the Kyng Henry,
The quhUk wes rycht blyth off that cas,
Fra he herd as it hapnyd was ;
And gert hym be browcht in hy
Owr tUl hym in Normandy :
As in presowne thare he wes
In the Towre kepyd off Fales.
The Kyng WUlamys brodyr than Da-wy,

Ch. VIIL] OF SCOTLAND. 207
Erie off the Garwyawch, halyly 1680
Wyth hys ost assegeand lay
Laycester that Uk[a] day :
Quhen thare come till hym tythyng,
That tane off Scotland wes the Kyng,
Than he remo-wyd alsa fast.
And hame than in till Scotland past.
The Byschape off Saynctandre-wys than
Eychard, that cald wes, a wys man.
And othir lordys -wyth hym ma,
Byschapys, and barownys gret alsua, 1690
Oure sd past in Normandy,
For to tret thare wyth Henry
Kyng off Ingland, to fand, and se.
How thai mycht be thaire trettd
Delyweryd get the Kyng WUlame,
And in tiU Scotland bryng hym hame.
Apon this thai tretyd fast :
Swa, thai accordyd at the last.
That on aU trewys, and on pes.
And connandys, that accordyt wes, 1700
AU and Ukane fermly
To be haldyn, and sykkyrly
F. 172. b. To be kepyd, wes thare accord
For the delywerans off oure Lord,
The thre casteUys of Eoxsbwrch,
Off Berwyk, and Edynburch,
And othir ostagys fyftene
The grettast that off oure land ware sene,
Suld be delyveryd qwytly
Till off Ingland the Kyng Henry. 1710
AU this, tretyd to be dwne,
Wes furtheryd in tiU deid rycht swne :

208 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIL
And the Kyng off Inglandys
Thai casteUys the lutenawndys
Dely-weryd fra all Scottys men.
The Kyng off Ingland had thaim then.
And efftyr that he gat thame swa,
And ostagys fyftene to tha,
Dely-weiyd than the Kyng WUlame
In till Scotland swa come hame. 1 720
Hys Erlys and Barownys ne-vyrtheles
In Yhork stratly bwndyn wes
Befor the Kyng WiUamys delyiverans
In fermely festnyd alyawns
To the Kyng Henry off Ingland ;
And all the Byschapys off Scotland
Till hym bwndyn als had he
Be athe sworn off fewtd.
A.D. A thowsand a hundyr and sexty yhere
Sextene to thai reknyd clere, 1730
This Kyng Henry to Norame
Come, and thare the Kyng WUlame,
As a tryst thare tiU set.
At that place togyddyr mete.
Thare Byschapys, Erlys, and Barownys,
And mony famows gret persownys
Off bathe the rewmys assemblyd ware
Befor thai twa crownyd kyngys thare.
The Kyng off Ingland, that Henry,
Fandyd thare than rycht thraly 1740
The Kyrk off Scotland fra that day
To ger be submyttyt ay
To the Kyrk off Yhork in tiU Ingland,
And the Byschapys off Scotland
Obedyentyarys fra thine to be

Ch. VIIL] OF SCOTLAND. 209
To the Archebyschape off Yhorkys Se ;
And he, as Metropolitano,
Suld hawe oure Byschapys e-vyrilkane
Off oure kynryk off Scotland,
As wes hys suffraganys in Ingland. 1750
Off Scotland Byschapys war ma absent
Than at that Counsale wes present :
For-thi the Byschapys, that thare ware.
Off tha absentys had na poware
F. 173. For tiU mak awnswere as that day :
Quharfor thai askyd a delay
TiU a langare awysment ;
For few thai ware thare to consent
For tiU mak awnswere till the Kyng,
Syn fyrst thai herd thare hys askyng : 1760
And he thame grawntyd that delay.
Swa, to thare awyne swne past thai.
And come in till Scotland hame
Wyth thare Lord the Kyng WUlame.
And to the Pape than swne thai send
Gret prelatys that famows men ware kend.
The Pape Alysandyr honorably
Eessayvyd thare message thankfully.
And rene-wyd aU thare pri-wylage,
Thare custwmys, and thare a-wawntage, 1770
That thai had lawchfuU befor thai dayis ;
Owr Byschapys to be always
Submyttyd immedyate to the Pape,
And to nane othir Archebyschape.
And off the Papys awtorytd
Thai gat thame lowsyd q-wyte and fr6
Off the fewte, and the band.
That to the Kyng than off Ingland
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210 THE CEONYKIL [B. VII.
Thai had made, to this Henry,
That trettyd thame dyspytwsly. 1780
Be purpos, as he schawyt hym set.
Bathe kyn, and kyndnes he foryhet.
Oure Kyng off Scotland, Da-wy be name,
Wes eldfadyre tUl owre Kyng WUlame,
And Henrys modyr eme alsua ;
Swa mycht be reknyd off thaim twa
Be greys off consangwnytd
The thryd and the thryd wes he and he :
And off Scotland oure Kyng Dawy
Wyth honwre trettyd this Henry 1790
In tiU Karlele, and mad hym knycht.
And past wyth hym tiU Lwndyn rycht.
Thare he gert hym have the Cro-wne
Off Ingland, and possessyowne.
This Henry cowth noucht ha-we this in mynd ;
Bot bare hym vylaus and wnkynd
TiU WUlame, this Da-wys sownnys swne ;
Fra in his prysown he had hym dwne.
He trettyd bot dyspytwsly
Hym, and his barnage halyly ; 1800
He gert gyve fuU thaire consentys
TiU mony inconwenyentys,
That war all contrare to the lawe ;
Na had bene othir luve, or awe.
That thai trowyd, and had in mynd.
To thaire Kyng thai awcht off kynd.
Or for the dowt off this Henry,
F. 173. b. That bare hym lyk malycyusly.
And aU thyng tretyd in dispyte,
Or thai mycht get off preson q-wyte 1810
The Kyng WUlame delyveryd fr^

Ch. VIIL] OF SCOTLAND. 211
Be ony maner off trettd.
A.D. A thowsand a hundyre and sevynty yhere
And aucht to thai full reknyd clere,
Eychard off Saynctandre-wys thau
Byschape, commendyt a gud man,
Hys sawle yhald to the Creature,
Hys body till halowyd sepulture,
Evyn apon the thryd day
Off that moneth that we call May. 1820
In tUl Saynctandrewys Kyrk he lyis ;
Hys spyryt is in tUl Paradys.
He wes, the tyme that he lywyd here.
Off the Kyrk a stark pillere :
Defendyde he gert the Kyrk be welle
In aU the fredwmys Uke deUe.
This Byschape Eychard on this wys dede,
Chosyn wes in tiU his stede
Maystyr Jhon Scot, that wes than
A gret clerk, and a famows man. 1830
The Kyng WUlame nevyrtheles
Heyly [thar- at amo-wit] wes.
And stwde this gud man hale agayne
In fa-wowr off hys awyne chapyllayne
And hys confessour, Schyr Hew,
A famows man off gud -wertu.
Maystyr Jhon Scot nevyrtheles.
That chosyn be [the] Chapytere wes,
Folo-wyd on his rycht sa fast,
That owre s4 to the Court he past. 1840
Thar he schawyd the decret
To the Pape Alysandyr that yhet
The thryd that held the Papys Se,
As twenty yhere befor dyd he.

212 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIL
That decrete than sene and red.
And the electyown in lawch aU led ;
That a gret Counsale thare,
Quhare gadryd mony byschapys ware.
This Lyte in tUl Saynctandrewys Se
The Pape than gert confermyd be, 1850
TUl oys hys jurysdictyown.
And [of] hys consecratyown
This Alysandyr the thryd Pape
Wrate tiU Schyr Mathow, the Byschape
That that tyme wes off Abbyrdene,
As tyme and sted to that wes sene.
This Lyte Jhon Scot he suld bles,
Syn he confermyd and chosyn wes.
This Jhon confermyd than Byschape,
Alysandyr the thryd, that tyme Pape, 1 860
F. 174. Send -wyth hym a messawngere
In Scotland to ken off that matere,
For reverens off Saynctandre-wys Se,
And off the Kyngys dygnyte.
The messawnger, that wes send for this,
Cald be name wes Alexis,
That wyth Jhon this Byschape come
In Scotland fra the Court off Eome,
Ha-wand fuU autorytd
And powere fra the Papys Se 1870
All that matere for to knawe.
And do that, suld be don off lawe.
Thus quhen thai come in to the land.
The Kyng WiUame off Scotland
Heyly yhit [stud] thaim agayne
In fa-woure hale off his Chapillayne.
And swa wes gret cownsalys sere

Ch. VUL] OF SCOTLAND. 213
Haldyn offt off this matere
Be this Legatys autoryt^ ;
And swa wyth lauch procedyt he, 1880
That efftyre gret gTO-wys and wrangwys.
That done wes to thame than offtsys,
Gret clerkys off the Kyngis cownsalle,
Chosyn tUl hym for specyalle,
Cursyd ware solempnely.
And swa denwnsyd heyly
For the Kyngys wUfulnes.
The Byschapryk off Sanctandrewys wes
Interdytyt than a qwhyle.
The land wes set in swylk peryle : 1890
For the Byschape off Abbyrdene,
The Papys lettrys fra he had sene,
Passyd till the Halyrwdhows,
Quhare gadryd wes mony reUgiows,
Abbotys, Prio-wrys, and Prelatys,
And sum Byschapys off gret statys.
At the Fest off the Trynytd
This Byschape Jhon than blessyd he.
The Kyng WiUame nevyrtheles
Swa stedfast to this Chapillane wes, 1900
That off the Byschapryk q-wyte
Fra Jhon he joysyd the profyte.
And for awe off the Kyng
He made in Scotland schort duellyng:
Bot, but Byschapryk a Byschape,
This Jhon agayne passyd to the Pape,
And lefft the kynryk off Scotland
Hys state supprysyd sare murnand.
Efftyre that this all thus wes dwne,
The Byschapryke off Dunkeldyn swne 1910

214 THE CEONYKIL [B.VIL
FeU -wacand, and the Pape gave that
TUl this Jhon Scot. Fra he it gat,
F. 174. b, Assythyd in sum part than wes he :
And Hew held furth Saynctandrewys Se
Swa wes ameyssyd aU debatys.
And recownsalyd weU all statys.
jjgj A thowsand a hundyr foure scor and ane
Fra Jhesu Cryst had manhed tane,
Joce, than Byschape off Glasgw,
Eowmyt the kyrk off Sanct Mongw. 1920
Alysandyr the thryd Pape that yher wes dede.
And Lucyus the thryd come in hys stede.
Oure se that yhere past Abbotys twa.
Off Melros and Kelso bath war tha.
The Kyngys erandys specyaUy
Chargyd to this Pape Schyr Luci,
The quhUk ressaywyd thame thare rycht weUe,
And sped thare erandys Uk4 dele.
This Pape send 'vryth thir Abbotys twa,
Thare leve quhen thai tuk hame to ga, 1930
To the Kyng WiUame off Scotland
A rose off fyne gold rycht plesand :
Yhit be custwme and manere
The Pape [it] oysys Uk6 yhere.
jjgg A thowsand a hundyr foure score and fy-we
Yheris fra borne wes God off lyve,
Henry, than Kyng off Ingland,
Gave to the Kyng WiUame off Scotland
Eestoryd in tUl possessyown.
The Erldwme hale of Hwntyntown 1940
Als frely, as he it had before :
All this he dyd in Wyndesore.
1180. -^ thowsand a hundyr fourescore off yhere

Ch. VIIL] OF SCOTLAND. 215
And sex to thai folowand nere.
The Kyng WUlame weddyt a lady,
Cusyne nere to this Kyng Henry;
Dame [Ermegere] wes hyr name,
A lady fayr and off gud fame.
The Schyrawys douchtyr de Bowmownt.
Off hyr lynage for to cownt, 1950
Hyr fadyr wes Eobert Curtoys swne.
(The story off hym befor is dwne)
TUl the Kyng Henry off Ingland,
In tUl hys tyme he Kyng ryngnand.
Off e-wyn consangwnyt^
The thryd and the thryd wes scho and he.
Off Saynt Patryk, Saynt Colme, and off .Saynt
Bryde,
The bodyis ware fundyn in that tyde.
The Castelle off Edynburgh in thai dayis
Wes gj^yn agane, oure story sayis, 1960
To the Kyng WiUame off Scotland.
And the Kyng Henry off Ingland
To Karlele wyth his powere
A gret ost gadryd all off were.
In hale purpos to werray
F. 175. EoUand, Lord than off GaU[o]way.
Wndyr cwndyt be trette
To spekyng off that Kyng come he.
And off leve off his Lord the Kyng,
That Scotland had in governyng, 1970
WiUame, thare he made homage
Till Henry for hys herytage.
Oure Kyng hym levyd to mak that band,
For thir twa Kyngys ware tretand
Off grettare materys, lyk to be

216 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIL
Accordyd fuU in alkyn gre.
Than off July the secund day
Betwene this EoUand off Gallway
And Gilpatryk a bateU fell
Wes dwne bathe sare, and scharpe, and snell : 1980
And this Gylpatryk slayne wes thare.
And mony, that -wyth hym that day ware.
A.D. A thowsand a hundyr foure score and nyne
Fra lychtar wes the suet VyrgjTie,
Off Ingland than this Henry Kyng
Deyd, and his lyff tuk endyng :
Thretty yhere he wes and fyve
Kyng off Ingland in to lyve.
Quhen this Henry thus wes dede.
For to be borne to the sted 1990
Ordanyd for hys sepulture.
As suld a dede Kyng wyth honwre,
Hys body oure wes cled all hale
In honest Kyngys aparale.
Till hys fete fra hys he-wyd all downe
Ha-wand thare-on off gold a crowne.
And glu-wys on his handys twa,
Beltyd wyth his suerd alsua,
Septyr, [and] ryng, and sandalys
Browdyn weUe on Kyngys wys : 2000
Bot hys visage wes all bare.
Thus bore wyth lordys, that war thare.
To the sted off hys sepulture
Wyth gret reverens and honwre,
Eychard, hys swn than and his ayre,
Wyth hys Court plesand and rycht fayre.
Than mete hys fadyr ou the way.
Off that dede body, quhare it lay.

Ch. VIIL] OF SCOTLAND. 217
Owt off the nesthryUys twa
The red blud brystyd owt, that sua 2010
Fast it bled, that all thare-by
Gangand had thare-off ferly.
How Ukane kest in thaire intent,
Thare wes na certane jwgement :
Bot lyk it wes be that thyng sene.
That the spyryt wes movyd in tene
Off the fadyi-e agayne the swne.
Yhit nevyrtheles all to be dwne.
This Eychard passyd on, gretand sare,
F. 175. b. Wyth lordys, that the body bare, 2020
To the sted off the sepulture,
Quhare it intferyd wes wyth honwre.
Efftyre tha exeqwyis als fast
Till Lwndyn this ilk Eychard past.
And tuk the Crowne in to the sted
Off hys fadyr, that thus wes dede.
Set he Eychard be name wes cald.
For he a stowt knycht and a bald
Wes in prys off hys renowne,
Eychard the hart off a lyowne, 2030
Or Lyownys Hart to say schortly.
Thai cald this Eychard comownaly.
Till oure Kyng WiUame he qwhylum wes
Lu-wyd falow in dedys off prowes :
For-thi thai war ilkane till othir
Specyalle, as he had bene his brodyr.
The Kyng WiUame tretyd sua
Wytht Eychard, thet he redemyd fra
Hym all hys dignyteis,
Hys statis, and othir feis, 2040
Wyth his gret casteUys twa.

218 THE CEONYKIL [B.VIL
Berwyk and Eokysburch war tha :
And frely delyveryd all ostagis.
And qwyt-clemyd all homagis.
And alkyn strayt condytyownys.
That Henry be his extorsyownys
Off WUlame the Kyng off Scotland had,
Wndyr hys dawngere quhill he thame bade.
Ten thowsand mark off oure mone
Owr Kyng for tha gert payid be. 2050
Off all thir poyntis evyrUkane,
As thai ware tretyd to be oure-tane.
Or to be haldyn ferme or lele,
Eychard undyr hys gret sele
As a qwyt-cleme fre and pure
Be lettyre he gave in fayre tenwre :
And othir mony fredwmys ma
In to that lettyr war put alsua.
That lettyr I leve nowe here to wryte ;
For off it tUl hald the dyte 2060
Worde be worde, or tyme be tyme,
I can noucht lychtly bryng in ryme.
Bot quha that likys off it to wyt.
To the Eegystyr thame I remyt.
Thar-in, trow I, ar wryttyn weUe
AU thir poyntys ilkd delle.
Phylype that yhere, the Kyng off Frawns,
And Eychard, that had the governawns
Off Ingland, thir Kyngys twa
War boundyn togyddyr for to ga 2070
To warray in the Haly Land.
On this purpos thai passand
F. 176. Togyddyr that tyme in Almane,
Eychard off Ingland the Kyng wes tane.

Ch. VIIL] OF SCOTLAND. 219
And wes haldyn in presown.
Swa for his redemptyown
AU the joweUis pretyows
Off seculare or relygj^ows,
[And] off ilk6 famows place.
That in Ingland that tyme was, 2080
And aU the chalyce prysyd syne.
Off gold or silvyre mettall fyne,
Bot ane tiU serwe in kyrkys thre
Left throwch aU that hale cuntre.
Than thai ware payid for rawnsown
Off Eychard, or he come ofi' presown.
The Kyng WiUame off Scotland,
That to this Eychard wes luwand.
And off kyn ware cusynys nere,
Compeyhnownnys als in dedis sere, 2090
That war famows off prowes.
And curtays, quhen payid his rawnsown wes,
Twa thousand mark off sic mond.
As oysyd wes than in oure cuntre,
He ga-we till Eychard his compej'hnown
To be payid in his rawnsown
Out off Eoxburgh in curtasy.
This Eychard tuk it thankfully.
This Phylipe, that tyme Kyng off Frawns,
Wes noucht all taryd in swylk chawns ; 2100
Bot come hame in his a-wyne land.
In presown Eychard yhit bydand.
Bandys betwene thame [richt] straitly
Bwndyn, men sayd, off cumpany,
Quhare-throwch that tyme thare wayage
Togyddyr thai made, and thaire passage.
Bot fra this Philipe had -wysyt

A.D. 1194.

220 THE CEONYKIL [B. VII.
The Haly Land, and mad hym qwyt
Off his purpos, and come hame.
He wes to rekles off his fame : 2110
For he gadryd a gret powere.
And past in Ingland apon were ;
And tuk wp townys, and cyteis,
CasteUys, and enpresoneis.
And the Duchd off Normandy,
Brekand all band off cumpany.
Thus, this [Philipe] fylyd the fame
Off ryale Frawns, and his awyne name.
Thare feU a fayre floure off [his] crowne
Thus tiU do tiU hys companyowne. 2120
A thousand a hundyr nynty and foure
Yheris gayne fra oure Sa-wyoure
Wes borne, off presowne fre
Eychard delyveryd, than come he
In till Ingland agayne hame.
F. 176. b. And thare hym kepyd the Kyng WUlame
Wyth gentillys off his land mony :
This Eychard hym thankyd grettumly.
In Normandy syne alsa fast
Wyth a powere gret he past ; 2130
For he kend it off lauch his awyne,
For-thi till it he made hym knawyne.
Off Scotland than the Kyng WiUame
Eenewyd his monde than at hame.
And Joce, the Byschape off Glasgw,
Than halowyd the kyrk off Saynct Mongw :
, j'g-' Than wes a thowsand a hundyr yhere
And sevyn and nynty to thai clere.
That wes dwne solempnely
That yhere the ferd day off July. 2140

CiL VIIL] OF SCOTLAND. 221
Off August that yhere the nynde day
Off Abbyrbrothoke the Abbay
The Kyng WiUame in Angws
Fowndyt to be relygyws.
In the honoure off Saynt Thomas
That Abbay that tyme fowndyt was.
And dowyt alsua rychely ;
Thare munkys to be perpetually.
1198 -^^^ efftyr aU thir past clere.
In to the nest than folowand yhere 2150
Efftyr Hew, Eogere was
Byschape off Saynctandrewys plas
Chosyn and blyssyd : this Eogere
The Erlys swne wes off Laycestere.
The casteU in his dayis he
Fowndyd, and gert byggyd be
At Saynctandrewys, in that plas,
Quhare nowe that castell byggyd was.
Schyr Andrewe off Murrawe kest it downe.
For thare he fand a garnysown 2160
Off IngUs men in to that plas :
For the Se than -wakand was.
As yhe sail here efftyr swne,
Quhen aU the la-we tiU it is dwne.
That, I befor wrate off Glasgwe,
And off the kyrk off Saynct Mwngwe,
And off the Byschape Jocelyne,
That rowmyd it, and halo-wyd syne,
I dyd apon gud consciens.
Bathe for honwre and reverens 2170
Off that famows solempne plas,
To wryt, as wryttyne befor me was
In tUl bukis, that ware lyk

A.D.
1199.

222 THE CEONYKIL [B. VII.
For till hawe bene all autentyk.
Quhat, that is mysdwne be me,
I ask excusyd for to be ;
For this I wrat noucht in errwre,
In falshed, na in tUl dyshonwre :
Na here my will is noucht to wryt,
Bot plesans generale and delyte, 2180
And to ger all conser-wyd be,
F. 177. That langis till honoure and honesty.
A thowsand a hundyr and nynty yhere
And to tha nyne to rekyn clere,
TiU Eychard, than off Ingland Kyng,
Terme wes cummyn off his endyng.
And nest hym, quhen he wes dede,
Jhon hys brodyr ras in his stede :
The day off Crystis Ascensiown
Wes made his coronatyown. 2190
A.D. The tothir yhere nest folowand.
The mychty Lordys of Scotland
The athe swore off thare fewtd
At Mwskylburch, besyde the s^
Till Alysandyr, WUlamys swne ;
Hys fadrys dayis ware noucht all dwne.
Bot hys fadyr, the Kyng WiUame,
In all hys state and in hys name
Efftyr that wes Kyng ryngnand
In tiU the kynryk off Scotland. 2200
1201 -^ thowsand twa hundyr yhere and ane
Fra Jhesu Cryst had manhed tane,
Jhon off Salerne, Preyst Cardynale,
Commendyt a lord -wertnale,
A latere than Legate come
In Scotland fra the Court off Eome.

Ch. VIIL] OF SCOTLAND. 223
And at Perth dayis thre
A gret Cownsale than held he,
Wyth byschapys, abbotys, and prelatys.
And othir clerkys off gret statys, 2210
Bathe relygiows and seculare,
Befor hym than assemblyd thare.
And efftyr that, he tuk hys way
In till Ireland throwch GaUway ;
And fra theyne alsa fast
Hame to the Court off Eome [he] past.
A.D. A thowsand yhere twa hundyr and se-wyn
1207. J J
Fra God wes borne, the Kyng off Hewyn,
Maystyr Ste-wyn off Langtowne,
A famows and [a] gret persown, 2220
Cardynale for hys cunnandnes
Made in the Court off Eome than wes.
Off Cawntyrbery that yhere the Se
Hapnyd wacand for to be :
The mwnkys off the Chapytere,
That for to ches than gaddryd were,
AUegyd that that electyown
Fell to thame than be all resown,
Pri-welagyd off antyqwytd,
Confermyd be autorytd 2230
Off syndry Papys successywe.
And Kyngys ryngnand in thare lyve.
Bot in that electyown
Apperyd swylk dyssentyown,
That till pwt by aU peryle
TUl faU apperand in that qwhiUe,
F. 177. b. Thai chesyd the mast famows men
Off thare College commendyt then,
Wyth the consent off the Kyng,

224 THE CEONYKIL [B. VII.
Makand hym than full lypnyng 2240
That thai suld sa thraly tret the Pape,
That off Northwyche the Byschape
Till off Cawnterbery the Se
Befor othir suld promovyd be.
The Kyngys lettrys than thai gat
Ferme [and] stabUl tUl hald all that.
That wyth the Pape suld tretyd be.
Wyth this thai passyd than owre the sd
Hawand fuU commissyown
For tUl mak fre electyown, 2250
Gyve thai mycht get the Papys wUl
Consentyd fuUyly thare-tiU.
On this erand alsa fast
Infurmyd welle thir mwnkys past
Be powere and be nowmyr welle
To do that erand ilka dele.
Quhat for corruptyown and in-wy,
Thare charge thai dyd noucht detfuUy ;
Bot in thare dissentyown
Mastyre Ste-wyn that tyme off Langtown 2260
Off Cawntyrbery Archebyschape
Innocent made hym, than the Pape.
Quhen Jhon, that tyme off Ingland Kyng,
Off this had gottyn fuU wyttyng.
All the mwnkys off that Abbay,
Qwyt he banysyd than away.
And all thare rentys tuk thaim fra.
And off the Byschapryke alsua.
Hale he tuk in tUl ethchete,
As thai had falljrne tUl hym forfete. 2270
To the Papys erys swne
Come all, that this Kyng had dwne.

Ch. viil] of SCOTLAND. 225
Than efftyr gret monytyownys.
And syndry exhortatyownys
TiU the Kyrk for tiU restore
And to the Mwnkys, that thai before
Had, and suld ha-we had off dett,
Quhare-in that he than had made lett.
Than the Kyng inclynyd nowcht
To that, as he than suld and mowcht, 2280
The Pape hym cursyd solemply.
And interdytyd halyly
AU the kyrkys off Ingland,
Na prest thare[-in] to be doand
Ony sacrament in dede
Bot that, that suld be dwne on nede ;
That is off baptysme and pennans ay
Mast in tUl the lattyr day.
The Byschapys he banysyd but reverens,
F. 178. Execwtwrys that ware off this sentence, 2290
Owt off the Kynryk off Ingland.
In till hys wodnes than wedand.
To be re-wengyd lykandly
Hys will till ha-we off hys clergy.
All the prestys wywys he
For a sowme off gud mon^
He sawld tUl a wykyd man,
Cald Eobert off the Dalys than.
PhyUpe than the Kyng off Frawns
In till the tyme off this dystawns 2300
The Pape bad, in remyssyowne
Off aU hys synnys, to mak hym bowne.
And [to] pas than in tUl Ingland,
And take it hale in hys awyne hand.
Quhen he wes on this purpos set,
vol. II. p

226 THE CEONYKIL [B. VII.
The Erie off Flawndrys mad hym let.
For, thai sayd, courupte wes he
Than wyth the Kyng off Inglandys f^.
Swa wes he lettyd -wyth that wage.
That hale wes [put by] that passage. 2310
Quhat wes thare mare ? Bot efftyre that.
In tUl Ingland a gret legat
In purpos fra the court off Eome
Off cownsale and off trettd come.
To this mycht thare be dwne na les.
For aU the trette that thare wes,
QuhiU this Kyng Jhon halyly.
For hys wylfuU contwmacy,
Befor all absolutyown.
Or ony kyn remyssyown, 2320
Nakyn thyng passand before
The mwnkys qwhUle he suld restore
Agayne frely to thare abbay,
Quhare-fra thai ware banysyd away,
Wyth thare possessyownys, and thare rentys,
Wyth wont fredomys, and aysyamentys,
Ahd the Archebyschape for to be
Frely duelland at his se.
Thir war bot for the actyo-wnys.
That langyd off det to thai persownys, 2330
That feld thame grevyd be the Kyng,
And supprysyd in tUl gret thyng.
To the Kyrk be gret trettd
Efftyr this mare yhyt dyde he ;
He gawe wp in the Papys hand
All the kynryk off Ingland,
And off all Irland his part alsua,
Hys owre lord the Pape to be off tha.

Ch. VIIL] OF SCOTLAND. 227
Off the Kyrke off Eome bath thai and he
F. 178. b. Suld hald ay furth fra thine in fe 2340
And herytage, all hys offspryng.
And off all this in taknyng.
And in wytnes off all this dwne.
The athe he made off fewt^ swne.
Absolutyown than tuk he.
And aU hys bandys gert selyd be.
And to that, ilk6 yhere to pay
A thowsand mark off gud monay.
Ay haldyn off the Kyrk off Eome
Thai rewmys to the Day off dome. 2350
The Pape off Eome than Innocent
To this Kyng made new feftment.
Till hym and hys posteryte
Than tenandys off the Kyrk to be.
That tyme a rude carle in Ingland
Heyly wes off the Kyng karpand ;
Peris karle wes his name :
Off Kyng Jhon he spak gret schame.
And sayd, that owre a yhere he
Kyng off Ingland suld noucht be. 2360
Tharefore the Kyng gert tak this carle.
And tUl a presown gert men hym harle ;
Thare in a pyt gert hald hym fast,
Quhill that the yhere wes all oure past :
Than wes he browcht in jwgement
Before the Kyng, in that intent
To gere hym on a gallows hyng.
For caus off that gret lesyng.
The carle than sayd, thai dyd hym wrang.
On gaUows gyve thai gert hym hang ; 2370
Set thai suld hang hym be the hals.

228 THE CEONYKIL [B. VII.
All swth he sayd, and na thyng fals.
Be na way suld he Kyng be cald.
Nor na natyowne hym Kyng suld hald.
That all hys kynryk and hys land
In till ane othir mannys hand
Had pwt, and dely-weryt q-wyte,
Makand hymselff a subdyt.
How suld he be cald a Kyng
That wes, he sayd, [ane] wndyrlyng ? 2380
Yhit this carle than nevyrtheles
For hys gret wordys hangyd wes.
J 21 2' -^ thowsand twa hundyr yhere and eUe-wyn
Efftyr that borne wes God off He-wyn,
The Kyng Jhon in till Walys past,
And wan that tiU hym at the last.
J214" A thowsand twa hundyr and fourtene yhere
Fra lychtare wes the Madyn clere,
P- 179. Onre Kyng off Scotland Schyr WiUame
Past off this warld till his lang hame, 2390
To the joy off Paradys,
(Hys body in Abbyrbroth lyis)
Efftyre that he had lyvyd here
Kyng crownyd than nere fyfty yhere.
The twa and threttyd yhere off hys crown
The Byschape off Sanctandrewys towne,
Eogere the Erie off Laycesterys swne.
The dayis off aU hys lyff ware dwne :
In tUl the Awld Kyrk thare he lyis.
Thare -wers ware wryttyn on this wys : 2400
Qui peregrinus ades, sta, respice: prima Robertum,
Ernaldum reliquum, circumdat tumba Rogerum
Ultima ; Pontifices quondam, celi modo cives.
Thus the Byschape Eogere dede

Ch. viil] of SCOTLAND. 229
Off Saynctandreys, in tUl that sted.
And thare to be Byschape syne,
Translatyd wes WUlame Mallvycyne,
Byschape before than off Glasgw,
The kyrk halowyd off Saynt Mwngw.
And the translatyowne off that
Wes that tyme done be a Legat,
That cald than -wes Jhon be name.
At the instans off the Kyng WiUame. 2410
Weris, dowtis, and gret peryle
Aperand wes in to that quhille
Betwene thir mychty kyngys twa.
Off Ingland and Scotland bath ware tha.
That offt ware tra-waylyd mychty lordys
For tUl am6s [the] gret discordys.
At the last be thra tretys
Thai war accordyd on this wys.
That aU werys fyrst suld ses.
And furmyd a perpetuale pes, 2420
And the Kyng Willamys dowchtrys twa,
(The eldest Margret wes off tha,
Ysabel hyr systyre nest
Off thir twa dowchtrys the yhongest)
Till off Ingland the Kyng Jhon
Suld be delyveryd, and send onon ;
Margret the eldest madyn fayre
For to be weddyt wyth the ayre
Off Ingland, this Kyng Jhonys swne :
Gyve that swa hapnyd to be dwne, 2430
The yhowngare than suld maryd be
Wyth quhat lord that ware mast off gr6
Nest [to] the crowne, and mast lyke
Grettest to be in that kynryk.

230 THE CEONYKIL [B. VII.
And gyve thare hapnyd ony let.
That maryid ware noucht this Margret
F. 179. b. Wytht the ayre apperand
Nest to the kynryk off Ingland,
As to be dede, or [noucht] off age
TUl wndyrga this maryage, 2440
YsabeU, this madyn fayre,
Suld be weddyt wytht quhat ayre,
Lyk ware [for] to bere the crowne
Off Ingland in [nixt] successyowne.
The castelle than on Twedmowth made,
Quhare Inglis men thare dueUyng hade.
And dyssessyd mony wys
Scottis men in thare merchandys.
And mare yhit tUl djs&s wes lyk.
Set [e-wyn] af omens Berwyke, 2450
Wes tretyd to be castyn down
And na [kyn] swylk fundatyown
Suld newyre in to that plas be set
To ma sic dowtys or sic lete.
As it wes wont mony wys,
Mast till men off merchandys :
And thir poyntys to be weUe
Made and haldyn ilk^ deUe,
EUe-wyn thowsand mark suld be
Payid off gud and fyne mon6 2460
Be the Kyng WUlame off Scotland
TUl Jhon, that that tyme wes rygnand
In till Ingland at termys foure.
And twa yhere and noucht ma passand om-e.
All thus than q-wj^ete rest and pes
Betwene thir Eewmys than tretyd wes
To be lestand perpetuale,

Ch. IX.] OF SCOTLAND. 231
And the twa Kyngys frendys hale.
This Kyng Jhon, that Irland
That tyme had in tiU his hand, 2470
TiU Alayne off GaUuway gave in fe
And herytage gret landys. He
Made to the Kyng Jhon than homage
Off thai landys as hys herytage.
And Alysawndyr oure Kyng WiUamys swne,
Efftyr that aU this wes dwne.
Off Jhon than Kyng off Ingland
In tUl hys flourys than regnand,
Tuk the Ordyr off Knychthade
In the floure off hys yhowthade ; 2480
And to that Kyng for hys herytage
Off Hwntyntown mad homage.
Thus WiUame off Scotland that tyme Kyng
Tretyd, or hys dayis tuk endyng.

CHAP. IX.
ten .^Igsanligre tke seennti kjjng
§eotlanii t«k in goberngnge.
F. 180. A
A.D. J\. THOWSAND twa hundyre and fyftene yhere
Efftyre the byrth off oure Lord dere,
Quhen the Kyng WiUame thus wes dede,
Alysandyr in till hys stede
Succedyt nest hym to the crowne
Off Scotland, and tuk possessiowne, 2490
As hys eldrys befor had done,
Wyth honoure in the kyrk off Scone.
That yhere thare fell gret dyscord

232 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIL
Betwene the Barownys and thare Lord,
Off Ingland Jhon that wes thare Kyng,
That thame supprysyd in tUl gret thyng.
And wrangyd thame [in] mony wys
Agayne thare lawys and thare franchys.
And in the tyme off this dystans
Thai tretyd wyth the Kyng off Frans, 2500
That he wald gyve thame gud consaUe,
And gyve thame helpe and suppowaUe ;
And thai wald becum his men.
The Kyng off Frawns assentyd then.
And ressaywyd thare fewt^.
And ostagys off thame gret tuk he.
And swa aU this on this wys dwne,
Lowys, the Kyng off Francys swne,
Wyth a gret na-wyne past be se.
In Ingland swa arrywyd he 2510
Wyth a gret multytud off men
Arrayid welle for all were then.
The Kyng Alysawndyr off Scotland
Throw Ingland past wyth stalwart hand
Strawcht till Dovyr [on] the south s6.
As at a tryst set thare met he
Wyth Lowys the Kyngys sowne off Frawns.
Thare made thai specyall acqweyntawns :
And aU the lordys on ilk syde
Wes blyth and joyfuU in that tyde ; 2520
And tuk thare leve rycht curtasly
Ilkane fra othire honestly.
Oure Kyng Alysawndyr alsa fast
Towart hys awyne land agayne past
Wyth hale hys powere. But ne-wyrtheles
The wayis befor hym stoppyd wes

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Ch. IX.] OF SCOTLAND. 233
Be gret buschementys off Inglis men ;
Ay throwch thame yhit gat he then.
And be the grace off Gode hale he
Come hame agayne in his cuntrd ; 2530
And wan the castelle off Karlele,
And all the town off it rycht welle
Stuffyd wyth men and wyth -wyttaile.
And tuk it tiU hym-selff aU hayle.
Twelff hundyr wyntere and sextene
Fra God wes borne off Mary schene,
Off Jhon off Ingland that tyme Kyng
F. 180. b. The lyff at Newwerk tuk endyng.
Than the Pape Honorius
Herd, that the Kyng off Frawns wes thus 2540
Heyly mo-wyd agayne Ingland,
And the Kyng in it than rygnand,
A Cardynale fra the court he send
The kynryk off Ingland till defend.
Galo wes cald this Cardynale ;
TUl Ingland he wes rycht specyalle.
And in that land quhen that he come
Thus chargyd fra the court off Eome,
Ha-wand the Papys fuU powere
In all, that tUl hym esfuU were, 2550
The Kyng Jhon he fand that tyme dede.
Hastyly in tUl hys stede
He crownyd Henry, this Jhonys swne.
At Wynchestere. Bot, or this war dwne.
The Kyng off Frawncys sowne Lowys
Wyth -wertu, manhade, and gryt prys,
Inglys men gyvand thaire fawoure,
Lwndyn wan wyth gret honowre.
Hym-selff thare than dueUand,

234 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIL
Lyncolne hys ost wes assegeande: 2560
In till that ost off gret powere
Bathe Inglis and Francys togyddyr were
Bwndyn in ane oppynyown.
Or [thai] remo-wyd, to wyn that town.
This Cardynale Galo than legate
Than saw thare purpos set on that :
Wyth aU the Kyng off Inglandys mycht
He presyd hym to that cyt4 rycht ;
And wyth hym thare come bodyly
The new crownyd Kyng Henry. 2570
The assege than sealyd swne.
And efftyr wyth [gret honor] that dwne,
Brak apon the Frawncys ost.
All bolnyd in bargane and in host,
Layd on, slwe, and tuk wp thare
All IngUs men, that in that bataUle ware ;
And a mychty Erie off Frawns
Hapnyd to be slayne in that chawns.
And the Inglis ost syne
Past to the se, and the na-wyne 2580
Off Frawns thai tuk wp all off were.
And wan thame all wyth thare powere.
And slwe the amyrale off that flot.
Than all the la-we in that ryot.
That thai in to [the] schyppys fand.
Thai let rycht nane than pas to land ;
Na thai off thame made na hurde,
Bot in the s6 kest thame oure burde.
Quhat was thare mare, bot that trette
Than beho-wyd off fors to be ? 2590
Swa, fyrst wes it trettyd theu,
F- 181. That the Kyng off Inglandys men,

Ch. IX.J OF SCOTLAND. 235
Lordys, knychtys, and sqwyerys.
That had bene in to thir weris
In tiU the tyme off this dystawns,
Wyth Lowys the Kyngys swne off Frawns,
Suld ha-we full the Kyngys pes
For all, that done to that day wes.
And full restitutyownys
Off landys and all possessiownys, 2600
That tharys wes befor than.
That thir weris fyrst begane :
And this Lowis suld rawnsownyd be.
This wes the sowme off' thare trette.
Galo this tyme the Cardinale
TUl Ingland wes rycht specyaUe ;
Bot tiU Scotland dyspytuws
He wes all tyme and grevus.
He lettrys owt off Ingland send
To the Pape, and made hym kend, 2610
That Scotland wes off rebellyown.
And -wyolent off presumptyown.
And off hys autoryt^
Off that mycht noucht chastyd be.
Be cownsale and be bytternes
Off hym the Pape swa mo-vyd wes,
As he gert hym wndyrstand ;
All the Prelatys off Scotland,
Byschapys, Abbotys, and Prelatys,
And mony off all othir statis 2620
Cursyd he gert denunsyd be
Off the Papys autoryte.
And in till felny and dyspyte
AU Scotland he gert interdyte :
And the Kyng off Scotland,

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Wyth mony lordys off his land.
And mony othir, that till hym ware
Off cownsale and famyUare,
This ilk Legat gert all tha
Cursyd be, and denunsyd swa. 2630
Off this sentens executwrys
Off Ingland made ware twa priourys ;
Off Durame and off Gysburne tha
Tytlyd war, thir priourys twa.
Oure Kyng Alysandyr that tyme send
Famows men, that ware well kend.
To the Court ; and thare gert he
Hys pre-walagys all renewyd be.
That befor hys antycessowrys
Gat, and josyd wyth gret honowrys. 2640
The Archebyschape off Yhork that yhere.
Be autoryte and powere
Off the Pape, assoylyd then
Alysawndyr our Kyng, and his lawd men.
Bot the byschapys and the clergy
F. 181. b. Yhit he let in cursyng ly,
All bot off Sanctandrewys Se
The Byschape WiUame, for caus that he
In the kynryk wes ofi' Frawns
AU the tyme off this dystawns, 2650
That wes betwene tha rewmys twa,
Scotland and Ingland bath war tha.
Off this dysese gret trettis past
To this Legate at the last.
Hys powere he commyttyd then
TiU twa comendyt famows men ;
The tane wes Pryoure off Durame,
The Archdene off Yhork Gawtere be name

Ch. IX.] OF SCOTLAND. 237
Wes the tothir.; and to thir twa
Fowrme and powere he gawe alsua, 2660
That aU the clergy off Scotland,
That in this cursyng war lyand.
That had bot lytiU to thare dispens,
Thame tUl bryng till hys presens :
Quhen thai herd, quhare the depwtys ware,
Bathe he-wyd and fete and schankys bare,
Suld knele, and ask in thare presens
To be assoylyd off that sentens.
And bynd thame tiU Haly Kyrkys lawe :
And fyrst the deputys suld to thaim schaw, 2670
That fra theyne in forthirmare
Thai suld ne-wyr be contrare
To the kynryk off Ingland,
Na to the Kyng in it rygnand.
In na kyn help, na cownsalle,
Fa-woure, rede, na suppowale,
Bot gyff it war in thare defens,
Wndyr the payne off re-incydens.
TiU this thai suld fynd cawtyown.
And tak thare absolutyown. 2680
The deputys, aU thus chargyd, past
In tUl Scotland alsa fast
North atoure the wattyr off Tay
TUl Abbyrbrothok. Thare bad thai.
And thare gave absolutyown.
As thai had in comyssyown.
To the clerkys, that come off thai north landys.
That to thame soucht in to tha herandys.
That thai pure and sympyll thowcht.
And litill had to gyve or noucht. 2690
The byschapys, and the great prelatys,

238 THE CEONYKIL [B. VII.
And rentyd clerkys off gret statis.
And the Kyngis famylieris,
Clerkys gret in to tha yheris.
That bwndyn war in that sentens.
He bad thame cum till his presens,
Syn thai war better bodyn to pay.
He assygnyd thame a set day
And sted, that wes at Alvertown,
To tak thaire absolutyown. 2700
F- 182. Sum of thai, that rych he kend.
For malyce, to the Court he send ;
And part he assoylyd thare.
That till hym mast plesand ware
Be gyfftys, or be othir thyngys.
As qwentys, slychtys, or flechyngys.
All thus he oysid his malice
Agaynys Scotland mony wyse.
A thowsand twa hundyr wynt3T gane.
And to tha twenty yhere and ane, 2710
Alysawndyr oure Kyng on ferme cundyte
In Ingland passyd, and wes maryt ^
Wyth Dame Jhon, that fayre lady, ^^""^ ^
The Kyngys systyr, Schyr Henry,
And syne browcht hame that lady fre
Wyth hym in till hys awyne cuntr^.
On that lady na barne he gate.
Fra scho dede wes, efftyr that
To wyff he weddyt Dame Mary,
Schyr Ingramys dowchtyr De Cowcy. 2720
Alysandyr the thryd on hyr he gat.
Nest hym that Kyng wes efftyr that.
Betwene Alysandyr the secownd Kyng,
That Scotland had in governing.

A.D.
1221.

Ch. IX.] OF SCOTLAND. 239
And the Kyngys off Ingland,
That in hys tyme war than rygnand,
Fra that he fyrst maryd wes,
Wes ay qwyete, rest, and pes.
Kyngis off Pes for-thi thai twa,
Alysandyr and Henry, cald war swa. 2730
This Alysandyr Kyng off Scotland
Wes throwcht the kynryk traveland,
Haldand courtys and justrys.
And chastyd in it all reverys.
1222. -^ thowsand twa hundyr and twenty
And twa to thai fuUyly,
Adam the Byschape off Catenes,
That Abbot off Melros befor wes.
For he denyid hys tendys then
For tiU set tiU hys awyne men, 2740
Thre hundyre men in cumpany
Gaddryt come on hym suddanly,
Tuk hym owt, quhare that he lay.
Off hys chawmyre befor day,
Modyr-nakyd hys body bare ;
Thai band hym, dang hym, and wowndyt sare
In to the nycht, or day couth dawe.
The mwnk thai slwe thare his falawe ;
And the child, that in hys chawmyr lay,
Thare thai slwe hym befor day. 2750
Hym-selff bwndyn, and wowndyt syne.
Thai pwt hym in his awyn kychyne ;
In thaire felny and thare ire
Thare thai brynt hym in a fyre.
F. 182. b. The Erie off Katnes west nere by,
Quhen that dwne wes this felny,
(Bot he wes noucht in to the place

240 THE CEONYKIL [B. VII.
Present, quhare that it dwne was)
And sayd, thare-off had he had wyte
He suld but scathe ha-we letty t it. 2760
How evyr that it hapnyd was.
The Erie was purgyd off that cas.
The mysdoarys, that thai gat
All was put to ded for that.
For off Scotland the clergy
Agayne the Kyng ras heyly :
Had he noucht thare-off dwne justys.
Thai had hym gre-wyd mony wys.
As thai war pur-wayd off the lawe.
Thar-off the Kyng had do-wt and awe ; 2770
For cost for-thi he sparyd noucht,
Na for tra-well, quhill thai war browcht
Till hasty dede, or jugement
To thole dede but impedyment.
The Kyng that yhere Argyle wan.
That rebell wes tiU hym befor than :
For -wyth his ost thare in wes he.
And athe tuk off thare fewt(5,
Wyth thare serwys and thare homage.
That ofi' hym wald hald thare herytage : 2780
Bot the ethchetys off the lave
To the lordys off that land he gave.
Oure the Mownth theyne passyd he sene.
And held hys Yhule in Abbyrdene.
TiU Cawntyrbery in pylgrymage
Thare efftyre tuk he his -wayage.
Thare he furtheryd all hys waye
All honorably, the suth to say.
And in his land come hale agayne :
Hys legys off his come wes fayne. 2790

Ch. IX.] OF SCOTLAND. 241
And oure the Mownth als[a] fast
In tUl [the] north landys than he past,
Swthyrland, Catenes, and in to Eos ;
Justys tUl do wes his purpos.
The Erie off Catenes met hym thare.
And come oure -wyth him tiU Forfare.
A ryaUe Yhule thare held the Kyng,
Quhare wantyng wes off na gud thyng.
Thare boi-wyd that Erie than his land.
That lay in to the Kyngys hand, 2800
Fra that the Byschape off Catenes,
As yhe before herd, peryst wes.
1229 -^ thowsand twa hundyr twenty and nyne
Fra lychtar wes the swet Vyrgyne,
Malcolme, that tyme Erie off Fyffe,
Endyd the dayis off his lyffe :
In tUl Culros hys body lyis,
F. 183. Hys spyryt in tUl Paradys.
Off quhyt mwnkys that Abbay
He fowndyd, and do-wyt in his day. 2810
Ayre had he nane off hys body ;
Hys newow, Malcolme cald, for-thi
HerytabUl state in tUl his lyff
The Erldwme tuk tiU hym off Fyffe :
Efftyr that his eme wes dede.
The Erie off Fyffe wes in his sted.
And that Erie Malcolme syne
Weddyde a douchtyr off Schyre Lewlyne,
That wes Lord in till his dayis
Off Walys, as oure story sayis. 2820
A thowsand twa hundyr and thretty gane.
And to tha yhit reknyt ane,
The Kyng Alysandyre in Elgyne
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A.D.
1231.

242 THE CEONYKIL [B.VIL
Held his Yhule ; and come oure syne
The Mwnthis, passand tUl M-wnros ;
Syne tUl Sayntjtandrewys off purpos.
Thare, efftyr dedys syndry dwne.
Come tiU hym Waltyr Alanswne,
The Stewart off Scotland, in plesand wis :
Thare made the Kyng hym his Justis. 2830
J232 -A. thowsand twa hundyr and thretty yhere,
And to tha twa reknyd clere,
A mychty Lord off oure kynryk,
Off Dunbare the Erie Patryke,
Deyd ; and his dayis dwne,
Neyst hym Patryke wes Erie his swne.
That was cald a worthy knycht.
In aU hys dayis bald and wycht.
jgQo" And the yhere neyst foluand,
Ermygere, quhylum off Scotland 2840
Qweyn, the Kyng WiUamys wyff,
Deyd, and endyd had hyr lyff.
Off Balmwrynach in hyr day
Off mwnkys scho fowndyt the Abbay :
Thare wes hyr body wyth hon-wre
Entferyd in halowyd sepulture.
The Galloways the neyst yhere
Agayne the Kyng mad thame to store.
For caus thai wald, that Thomas,
That Alane Galways swne than was, 2850
Had bene thare Lord in to the stede
Off hys fadyre, fra he ware dede.
Thai fayndyd off this the Kyngys -wUle ;
Bot he wald noucht consent thare-tiU,
Bot thame denyid, be resowne
That it had bene dysherysown

A.D.
1234.

Ch. IX.] OF SCOTLAND. 243
TiU Alayne off Galways douchtrys thre,
That hys ayrys off lauch suld be.
For-thi the Kyng than wald noucht here
Thare instawns off this, na thare prayere. 2860
Than past thai fra the Kyng in worth,
F. 183. b. And slw, and heryid in thare berth ;
[Thai] slw, and brynt wp in a fyre.
Bathe men, and landys in thare ire.
That the Kyng that tyme off Scotland
Had abowt thaim nest lyand.
This Kyng Alysawndyre alsa fast
In GaUway wyth a gret ost past.
Set thare he tjmt sum off his men,
Yhit swa cwnrayid he thame then, 2870
That thai, that pro-vyd war tiU hym fals,
Wyth rapys and wethyis abowt thare hals.
Put thame in to the Kyngys wiU,
Quhat-ewyre hym lykyd to do thame till.
The Kyng Alysandyr als fast
To mete the Kyng off Ingland past
To the New-castell upon Tyne,
The fest that the swet Wyrgyne
Mary wes borne, that yhit we
CaUys hyr Natywytd. 2880
Thare wes oure Kyng ressa-wyd weU,
And hys poyntys Uk^ deUe
Tretyd thare, and weUe spede.
And all at poynt and lykyn lede.
Thare wes the Qwene, this Alysandrys -wyff.
This Henrys systyr : for-thi, but stryff ;
In aU blythnes wes that tyde
Bathe IngUs and Scottis on ilke syde.
Efftyre hyr Lord off le-we scho bade.

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1238.

244 THE CEONYKIL [B.VIL
Fra he hame in tiU Scotland rade : 2890
In tUl pUgrymage to pas
TiU Cawntyrbery hyr purpos wes.
Thare scho deyd wyth honwre.
And layd in halowyd sepulture.
A thowsand twa hundyre and thretty yhere
And awcht to tha yhit reknyd clere.
The Byschape WiUame Malvycyne,
That off Saynctandrewys monethys nyne
And fyve and thretty wyntyr he
Wyth honoure held that byschapys se, 2900
Deyd. In halowyd sepulture
Hys body layd wes wyth hon-wre
Wyth honorabiUe byschapys twa.
Off Dunkeldyn and Dunblan ware tha,
Wyth othire syndry great prelatys.
And famows clerkys off hey statis.
In the new kjvk hys body lyis,
Hys spyryt in tiU Paradys.
And efftyre that this WiUame wes dede,
Thare postulyd [in] tUl his sted 2910
Off Dunkeldyn the Byschape
Joffray. Bot tiU hym the Pape
Be na way grawnt wald hys gud wUl ;
Bot leve the chanownys he gave tiU
Agayne to mak electyown,
F. 184. And for to ches a gud persown.
Than chesyd thai Da-wy off Barname,
Ane honest clerk and off gud fame,
Chawmyrlane that tyme off Scotland :
That to the Pape wes weUe lykand. 2920
And in Scotland off byschapys thre
Confermyd and sacryde bathe wes he.

Ch. IX.] OF SCOTLAND. 245
Off Glasgw, Brechyn, and Catenes :
This Da-wy be thame mad byschape wes.
The byschape that tyme off Glasgw,
A man commendyd off -wertu.
And Schyr Walt}^ Alaynsown
Justys off Scotland, quhen this wes down.
Past apon dely-werans
Oure s^ togyddyre into Frans, 2930
For to se thare Dame Mary,
Schyr Ingramys douchtyr De Cowcy.
Thai held thame payid off that sycht.
And come syne to thare schyppyn rycht.
And browcht hyr -wyth thame in Scotland,
A lady fayre and a plesand.
At Eoxburch Alysandyr oure Kyng
TiU -wjS weddyt that madyn yhyng.
And or that Uk yhere wes done,
Edwarde wes borne, this Henrys sone, 2940
That wes Kyng than off Ingland,
Nest hym to be swa thare rygnand.
A.D. A
1242. J\. THOWSAND twa hundyr and fourty yhere
And twa for to be reknyd clere,
TUl Alysandyre oure secownd Kyng
Dame Mary bare, that lady yhyng,
A fayre sone ; and cald wes he
Alysawndyre, as lyk to be
TUl hys fadyr in tUl fame.
As he wes ho-wjni, and had his name. 2950
The Kyng and the Qwene alsua.
And ane honest Court wyth tha.
That Uke yhere in Murra-we past ;

246 THE CEONYKIL [B.VIL
Bot sone agayne he sped hym fast.
Swa efftyre that he come fra Elgyne,
Ane nycht he herbryd in Obyne
Wyth Schyr WUlame Besat, knycht.
That gert the Kyng weyUe fayre that nycht,
And wald ha-we gert hym byd langare.
Gyve that the Kyngys wyUys ware 2960
(For that Besat wes halyly
Lord that tyme off that barowny),
Langare na that nycht the Kyng
Wald he for prayere mak dueUyng.
Bot thare the Qwene wyth leve he lefft ;
And scho bade styU foure dayis thare-efft.
And in tiU Lowthyan alsa fast
In gret hy the Kyng than past :
For he herd that off Ingland
F. 184. b. The Kyng was northwartis than cumand, 2970
As to the New-castelle, or Durame,
TUl Bawnbowrch or Norame.
Thare he thowcht for tUl ha-we mete.
As tryst mycht thare-off hawe bene sete ;
For thai twa Kyngis bwndyn wes
Togyddyr in gret tendyrnes.
The Qwene syne to Forfare rade :
Schyre WUlame wyth hyr scho had.
That Uk^ day be a crye
A justyng gret wes set to be
In Lowthyane at Hadyntown. 2980
Mony men made thame thyddyr bowne :
Thare wes a lorde off oure kynryke.
The Erie off Athole cald Patryke.
Quhethir it wes off reklesnes,
Or it off forthowcht felny wes,

Ch. IX.] OF SCOTLAND. 247
In to the Innys, lang or day,
Quhare that the Erie off Athole lay,
A fell fyre hym to colys brynt.
Thus suddanly wes that lord thare tynt, 2990
And wyth hym mony ma.
Thare howssys and men war brynt alsua.
Off that brynnyn Schyre WUlame
The Besat bare than gret defame.
And wyth hym hys bredyre twa,
Schyi-e Waltyr, and Schyre Jhon ware tha.
Bot this Schyre WUlame at Forfare
That nycht wes layte at the supare
Wyth the Qwene, and hyr to chawmyre led ;
And in hys awyne chawmyre yhed till his bed. 3000
Fra he had made the ser-wys
To the Qwene, on na kyn wys
Mycht he bodyly thare ha-we bene.
To p-wrge hym for-thi the Qwene
Profferyd hyr to swere bodyly ;
Bot that assythyd noucht the party.
That wes stowt, and off gret mycht.
Thai sayd, quhare-e-vyr he wes that nycht.
Bathe hys arm-wrys, and his men
In tiU Hadyntown ware [seyn] then, 3010
Quhen this Erie wes brynt -wyth fyre :
Thai sayd, the Besatys in thare ire
Off awld fede, and gret dyscorde
That wes betwene thame and that lorde,
Dyd that in forthowcht felny.
Schyr WUlame Besat gert for-thi
Hys chapelane in hys chapell
Denwns cursyd wyth buk and bell
AU thai that had part

248 THE CEONYKIL [B. VH.
Off that brynnyn, or ony art. 3020
The Byschape off Abbyrdene alsua
He gert cursyd denwns aU tha
That gert be art, or part, or swike,
F. 185. Bryn that tyme this Erie Patryke.
In aU the kjTkys halyly
Off Abbyrdenys dyocesy
SchjT WiUame Besat this proces
Gert be d-wne. Bot ne-wyrtheles
In this tyme wes a gret Cownsale
At Saynct-Jhonystown ; and than hale 3030
The Lordys off this Erlys kyn.
That wes brynt in tUl his In,
Thare askyd justys at the Kyng
Off thame, that made this fell brynnyng.
The Kyng assyngnyd than thaim a day
At Edynburch ; and sayd, that thai
Answere suld hawe off thare instawns
Thareoff the Kyngys ordynawns.
At that ilke day than set
Apperyd Schyr WUlame the Bysset, 3040
Efftyr that his landys qwyt
Wes for that brynnyng aU heryit
Bathe off nowte, and schepe, and ky.
And aU othire gudys halyly.
That langyd tUl hym, or tUl hys men.
And off his weUe wUlandys then.
Off this Erie the mychty kyn
Had gert bathe hery, wast, and bryn.
At Edynburch the set day
Before the Kyng apperyd thai, 3050
That wes -wyth-in the kynryke
Off kyn tUl this Erie Patryke :

Oil IX.] OF SCOTLAND. 249
And mast off that kyn wes ane.
The Erie that tyme off Buchane.
Thare thai accusyd, and set the blame
TUl off Besat Schyr WUlame.
He profferyd wyth his body
To put that fra hym apertly ;
Bot he wald on na wys
Thar-off bynd hym tUl assys. 3060
Bot efftyr lang and gret trette
Bwndyn to the Kyng wes he
And tiU hys cownsalle, to fulfill
Off that [cause] the Kyngys will.
Swa off the Kyngys ordynance.
And hys fynale delywerance.
The Besatys as banysyd men.
That chalangyd ware off that felny then.
And all the lave, that had part
Off that brynnyng, or ony art, 3070
For aU thare dayis beho-wyd to be
Banysyd owt off this cuntr^.
And fourty dayis assuffryd ware thai
Thame for that passage to purway.
Swa passyd thai Besatys off Scotland,
And wan thame lywyng in Irland,
F. 185. b. And grwe tyU statis and tiU hycht.
And worthyd lordys thare off mycht.
f"'^' A thowsand and twa hundyre yhere
And fywe and fourty to tha clere, 3080
The ferd Innocent Pape off Eome,
Mast Byschape off the Crystyndome,
In Lyowns-sur-Eone a cownsale
That ilke yhere held generaUe.
Thare he put downe for gret erroure

250 THE CEONYKIL [B. VII.

A.D.
1249.

Schyr Frederyk the Empryoure.
A thowsand twa hundyre fourty and nyne
Yheris, fra the suet Vyrgyne
Delyvere wes off hyr a swne
God and Man, the dayis ware dwne 3090
Off secownd Alysandyre, oure Kyng,
That Scotland had in governyng.

CHAP. X.
I^hts Chapiter tellis folotoanie,
^iohen thrgiie .^Igsantigre hai ^rotlanbe.
A.D. A
1250. J\. THOWSAND twa hundyr and fifty yhere
Efftyr the byrth off oure Lord dere,
Alysawndyre the secownd dede.
For till succed in tiU hys sted
The thryd Alysawndyr his swne
Passyd wyth an honest Court to Scwne :
Thare wyth gret solempnyte
Crownyd off Scotland Kyng wes he. 3100
That yhere wyth -weneratyown
Wes made the translatyo-wn
Off Saynt Margret, the haly Qwene.
A fayr myrakill thare wes sene :
The thryd Alysandyre bodyly
Thare wes, wyth a gret cumpany
Off erlys, byschapys, and barownys.
And mony famows gret persownys ;
Off Saynt Andrewys thare wes be name
The Byschape Da-vy off Barnhame ; 3110
Eobert off Kyldeleth syne.

Ch. X.J OF SCOTLAND. 251
That Abbot wes off Dunfermlyne.
Powere had thai than at fulle,
Grawntyd be the Papys bulle.
To mak that translatyown :
And that to do thai mad thame bowne.
And fayndyt to gere the body
Translatyd be of that lady.
Wyth aU thare powere and thare slycht
Hyr body to rays thai had na mycht, 3120
Na lyfft hyr anys owt off that plas,
Quhare scho that tyme lyand was.
For aU thare devotyownys,
Prayerys, and gret orysownys.
That the persownys gadryd there
F. 186. Dyd on devot manere ;
QuhyU fyrst thai tuk wpe the body
Off hyr lord, that lay thare-by.
And bare it bene in to the qwere.
Lychtly syne on fayre manere 3130
Hyr cors thai tuk wp, and bare ben.
And thame enteryd togyddyr then.
Swa, trowyd thai aU than gadyrd thare,
Quhat honoure tiU hyr lord scho bare.
Swa, this myrakiU to record
Notis gret reverens dwne tUl hyr lord,
As scho oysyd in[til] hyr lyff,
Quhen scho wes hys spowsyd wyfi'.
Off this solempne translatyowne
Befor thare is mad mentyown ; 3140
Bot thare is noucht notyd the yhere,
Na this myrakUl, -wryttyn here.
That suld noucht have bene foryhet
For the honoure off Saynt Margret.

252 THE CEONYKIL [B. VII.
The Kyng of Frawns that yhere Lowys
To werray Goddys innymyis
Passyd in tUl the Haly Land.
Thare, in his werrys traweland,
Offtsys pro-wyd gret prowes.
Yhet takyn at the last he wes, 3150
Quhare slayn ware mony Crystyne men :
This Kyng was haldyn wyth thame then.
Syne efftyr was thare trewys tane.
This Kyng off Frawns aU hym allane
Fre delyveryd off presown
Payid ane sowme for his rawnsown.
And delyveryd to thame fre
Ane cyt^, that takyn before had he.
The Kyng swa lowsyd for his rawnsown.
The Sarracenys resa-wyd the town. 3160
And as thai enteryd thare templys in.
Thai fand thare mawmentys, mare and myn.
To frwschyd and to brokyn aU,
And castyn downe in pecys smaU.
Than ware thai mare wode than wrath,
And wald na langare hald thare athe
Off thare trewys before tane :
Bot all the Crystyne men Ukane,
That thai had haldyn in thare presowne
Be tormentys gret thai slwe all do-wne. 3170
A.D. A thowsand twa hundyre fyfty and ane
Yheris fra God had manhed tane,
Henry Kyng than off Ingland,
And Alysawndyr the thryd than rygnand
In Scotland Kyng, [on] purpos set
In tiU Yhork togyddyr mete
Wyth lordys gret on ilk[a] syd.

1251.

Ch. X.] OF SCOTLAND. 253
Off Scotland oure Kyng that Uk tyde
F. 186. b. Tuk in honorabyU aray
The Ordyr off Knychthade on Yhule day 31 80
Off this Henry the Kyngis hand
That tyme crownyd off Ingland.
And on the morne wyth-owtyn let
Oure Kyng Alysawndyr tuk Margret,
The dowchtyr off this Kyng Henry
In to lele matrimony,
And weddyd hyr thare till his wyff.
And Qwene off Scotland for hyr lyff.
This Kyng Alysawndyr thar wes hale
Bwndyn to lyve be [the] cownsale 3190
Off this Kyng Henry off Ingland,
And be the -wertu off that band
The Kyngys offycerys behowyd
Owt off thare offyce to be remo-vyd.
As chawncelare, chawmyrlane, and justis,
AU ware put owt off thare offyce.
This Kyng Alysawndyr off Scotland
Wyth the Qwene in hys a-wyne land
Come hame, and made hym for to dueUe
In tUl Edynburchys styth casteUe. 3200
Off Dunbare the Erie Patryke,
A gret lord than in oure kynryke.
And wyth hym Alan Dureward,
And off Clare that tyme SchjT Eychard,
Erie off Glow-werne that than wes,
Thir thre set all thare besynes
SchjT Waltyr Comyn for to ta.
And off the Kyngys cownsale ma.
On this purpos thai war sa fast,
QuhiU in the CasteUe at the last 3210

254 THE CEONYKIL [B. VII.
Thai gat wyth mycht and wyth poware ;
And all, that wyth the Kyng war thare,
Owt off the CasteUe thai put then.
And stuffyd it wyth thare awyne men.
And gert the Kyng off Scotland
And the Qwene be thare bydand.
And to the Kyng [than] Henry
Off Ingland thai send spedyly
Word off this, and he come -wyth gud spede
To Werk, nere the wattyr off Twede. 3220
Thyddyr the Kyng off Scotland
And the Qwene wyth hym passand.
As on tryst and purpos set.
On a day togyddyr met,
Wyth mony folk on ilke syde :
Off Ingland the Qwene wes thare that tyd :
Thare thai Kyngys mad bydyng.
Be cownsale thare, and lang spekyng,
Thare wes made swylk ordynans,
That wes gret grefe and displesans 3230
TUl off Scotland the three Statis,
Burges, barownys, and prelatys.
F. 187. And efftyr that all thir ware dwne.
The Kyng off Scotland hame come swne.
And made in Edynbrowch his reset
A qwhyUe wyth his Qwene Margret.
A thousand twa hundyr and fyfty yhere
And twa to thai to rekyn clere.
The Byschape Da-wy off Bernhame
Past off this warld tUl his lang hame : 3240
As he dyd here syne fand he thare.
Off hym I byd to spek no mare.
He chesyd hys layre in till Kelsew ;

A.D.
1252.

Ch. X.] OF SCOTLAND. 255
Noucht in the kyrk off Sayntandrewe.
Nest hym Byschape, the swth to teU,
Off Sayntandrewis wes AbeU
That he purchast at the Pape.
Ane half yhere skant he wes byschape :
That wes to lang, as he hym bare
TUl aU, that subditys till hym ware. 3250
Off Sayntandrewis Byschape syne
Nest Abel [wes] Schyr Gamelyne :
And blessyd wes syne here at hame
Off the Byschape off Glasgw Schyr WiUame.
1257. -^ thousand twa hundyr fyfty and se-wyn
Yheris fra borne wes God off He-wyn,
Walter Cumyn off purpos
Come to the town than off Kynros,
And the Kyng thare in his bed
He tuk, and -wyth hym away led ; 3260
And all, that wes off his cownsaUe,
Fra the Kyng he removyd hale.
.g'go' A thousand twa hundjnr and sexty yhere
Efftyr the byrth off oure Lord dere.
The Kyngys douchtyr off Scotland
Margret borne wes in Ingland.
A thowsand twa hundyr sexty and thre
Yheris efftyr the Natyvyte,
Haco, Kyng than off Norway,
Come wyth hys ost and gret array 3270
In Scotland on the West Se.
In Cwnyngame at the Largis he
Arrywyd -wyth a gret multitud
Off schyppys -wyth topcastellys gud.
And thare be a tempest feU
Off gret weddrys scharpe and snell

A.D.
126,3.

256 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIL
Off fors thai beho-wyd to tak
Land, and thame for battayle make :
And offt syne, as thai mycht wyn
Thare schyppys, thai wald enter in, 3280
And ordanyd thame wyth dUygens
In thare schyppys to mak defens.
The Kyng Alysandyre off Scotland
Come on thame than -wyth stalwart hand,
F. 187. b. And thame assaylyd rycht stowtly :
Thai thame defendyd rycht manlyly.
A Scottis sq-wyare off gud fame,
Perys off Curry cald be name.
Amang the rapys wes aU to rent
Off tha schyppys in a moment. 3290
And mony wes slayne that ilk tyde
Off Scottis and Norways on Uke syde.
Thare thai fechtand war sa fast.
The Kyng off Norway at the last
And hys men fer re-vyd sare.
That evyre thai arrywyd thare :
For off hys schyppys in the s^
Ware mony drownyd ; and thare menyhe
Ware sa sted in gret peryle.
The Kyng hym-self into that qwhylle 3300
Wytht hys nawyn, that sawffyd was,
Wychtly wan owt off the pres.
And tuk the se hamwart the way,
Thare trad haldand till Orknay.
Thare than tuk land Haco thar Kyng,
And in gret seknes mad endyng.
Men sayd, that sum Scottis men.
Off Scotland mychty Lordys then.
Send thare lettrys oblygatore

Ch. X.J OF SCOTLAND. 257
TiU off Norway this Kyng before ; 3310
Gyff he wald cum wyth hys powere
In tUl Scotland to mak were,
Quhare thai mycht -wyt hym till arywe.
Thai suld mete hym thare bely-we
On thare best wys to gyve cownsale,
And mak hym help and suppowale.
This mo-wyd the Kyng off Norway
In Scotland to cum, as yhe herd say :
Bot thai held h3Tn noucht cownnand,
Quhen he come, as yhe herd, in Scotland. 3320
Tharfore in tUl Orknay
In tUl hys dede-iU quhen he lay.
The lettrys seUyd off that cownnand
TUl the Kyng Alysawndyr off Scotland
In gret hy he gert be send.
To mak hys mennys dedys kend.
TUl Alysawndyre the thryd oure Kyng beforne
Ane fayi;e sone that yhere was borne
In till Gedworth. Schyre Gamelyne,
Byschape off Saynctandre-wys, syne 3330
Baptyzyde that barne, and Alysawndyre
Hym caUyd, as wes befor hys fadyre.
And quhen off that byrth come tythyng
TiU Atysawndyr the thryd oure Kyng,
It wes tauld hym that ilk day,
That dede the Kyng wes off Norway :
And swa in dowbUl blythenes
F. 188. The Kyngis hart aU [that] tyme wes.
1266' -^ thousand twa hundyr and sexty
The sext to thai fullyly, 3340
The gud Malcolme Erie off Fyff
Endjrt that ilk yhere his lyff.
VOL. IL R

A.D.
1271.

258 THE CEONYKIL [B. VII.
And foure yhere efftyr his dayis war done,
Colbane deyd this Erlys sone.
A thowsand t-«'a hundyr sevynty and ane
Yheris, fra God had manhed tane,
Off Saynctandrewys Schyr Gamelyne
The Byschape deyd. And nest hym syne
Wilyhame Wyschard in hys stede
Wes Byschape, quhen Gamelyne -wes dede. 3350
At Inchemwthow this Gamelyne
Deyd, and wes enteryd syne :
At Saynctandrewys hys body lyis,
Hys spyrjrt in to Paradys.
Thus quhen his dayis ware done
Wilyhame Wyschard wes blessyd in Scone.
Sevyn yhere and a halff wes he
Byschape, and gert byggyt be
Nere all the body off the Kyrke :
Quhare that he begowth to -^vyrk, 3360
Yhit men may the taknys se
Apperand be affynnet^,
E-wyn-owth the thryd pUlare
Fra the chawncelare dure sene thare ;
Bath wndyre, and owth that south part.
And the northsyd swa westwart,
And that west ga-will alsua
In till hys tyme all gert he ma.
And bot off hys ethchettys hale
Hys Kyrk he endyd Cathedyrale, 3370
Bath in the stane, and thak, and tre.
The body off hys kyrk thus he
In aU he gert be byggyt weUe,
^ ^ That langyt tiU it Ukd deUe.
1274. A thowsand twa hundyr se-vynty and foure

Ch. X.] OF SCOTLAND. 259
The yheris off oure Sawvyoure,
Margret Qwene off Scotland,
Alysawndrys wyff Kyng rygnand,
Deid, and in Dunfermlyne
Hyr body wes entkyd syne. 3380
A.D. A thowsand twa hundyre sevynty and nyne
Fra lychtare wes the suet Vyrgyne,
WUyhame Wyschard off Saynctandrewys
Byschape, -wertus, and off gud thewys,
Wys, honest, and awenand,
TUl God and man in all plesand,
Deyd. And quhen that he wes ded,
Wylyhame Frasere in till his sted
F. 188. b. Succedyt, and sacryt wes
Off the Pape than callyd Nycholes. 3390
Sevyntene vyntyr than wes he
Byschape off Saynctandrewys s^.
A.D. A thowsand and twa hundyr yhere
1280 Foure scor oure tha to rekyn clere.
Off Da-wy, this thryd Alysawndrys sone,
Off this Ijrff all his dayis war done.
Dede he wes in to Stryvelyn,
And enteryd in Dunfermiyn.
A.D. Hys systyr the nest yhere foluand,
^^^^' The Kyngys dowchtyr off Scotland 3400
This Alysandrys the thryd, that fayre May
Wyth the Kyng wes weddyt off Norway :
Margret scho wes caUyd be name,
Comendyt fayre, and off gud fame.
Off August that yhere the twelfft day
Hyr -wayage scho tuk on tUl Norway.
In the Assumptyowne off oure Lady
Scho thare ressa-wyd wes honorably.

260 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIL
Suppos, off caws as hyr beho-wyd,
Swa fra hyr kyn scho wes removyd, 3410
Hyr hart stad in gret hewynes ;
Wyth honowre yheit scho ressa-wyd wes.
Off the mast Byschape off that land
Scho Qwene was made, the crown berand.
Betwene the WayUs and Inglysmen
The gret were wes begynnand then,
Quhare Schyr Dawy, cald Gryffyne,
That wes brodyr to Lewlyne,
The quhilk in to that were wes slayne.
The Inglys men in tiU hard payne, 3420
Swa ware stad in peryle than.
That mony gentill IngUs men
Drownyd was in depe Lo-wys,
Wyth swerdys, sperys, and wyth bo-wys :
Sum in thare tentys wyth suddane dede
Owrtakyn ware -wythowt remede ;
Swa suddane qwalmys God on thame send,
Yha, ware than ony lyvand wend,
Mycht hawe fallyn be lyklynes :
S-wylk sene befor than ne-vyr wes. 3430
The Inglis men yhit than ware q-wyt-
In feld that day dyscumfyt.
Off Walys that day the Prynce wes dede :
Da-wy Gryffyne in tiU his sted.
That brodyr wes to this Lewlyne,
And ras hale to that lordschype syne.
To joys it furth in herytage ;
And off his tenandys thare homage
He tuk, and held wyth thare powere.
Bathe [the] State wp and the were. 3440
All thus quhen the Inglis men.

Ch. X.] OF SCOTLAND. 261
F. 189. As yhe herde, ware dyscumfyt then.
The lordys that tyme ofi' Ingland,
That than remanyd qwyk lyvand,
Menyd befor the Kyng rycht sare
Thare kyne, thare frendys, that peryst ware,
Wndoyne, and slayne in to that were.
That off the Kyngis gret powere
He had tynt swa mony men.
The Kyng thus awnsweryd to thaim then, 3450
" Thare niodris has tynt thame, and noucht I.
Yhe ra-we, and tratelys all foly.
Lat thame soke thame, that has thaim tynt.
Off my purpos I wUl noucht stynt."
AU thus thai sayd that Kyng Edwart,
Wyth the Lang-schankis cald efftyrwart,
Quhen thare wes off his natyown
Mony a famows gret persown,
[And] off his Ifegis gxet gentUl men
On the feld dede lyand thene, 3460
AU on the erd q-wyt foryhet.
To be gleddys or hwndys mete.
This Kyng Edward lyklyly
Hys prynce had chawngyd in tyrandry,
And in lourdnes hys ryalt^.
That suld hawe bene off gret pyte.
And tUl hys l^gis off tendyrnes.
That swa slayne wndyr banyre wes.
The ferd Alysawndyr oure Kyngis sone.
That Uk yhere, that this wes done, 3470
In November the twelfft day set.
At Eoxburch weddyt Dame Margret,
The Erie off Flawndrys dowchtyr fayre.
And [lyppynnyt tlian to be] his ayre.

262 THE CEONYKIL [B.VIL
A.D. A thowsand twa hundyr four scor and thre
1283 Yheris efftyr the Naty-vyt^,
Dame Margret Qwene off Norway
Endyd, and cloysd hyr lattyre day.
And this Edward off Ingland
Kyng, and in it than rygnand, 3480
Fawcht wyth Schyr Dawy, cald Gryffyne,
That brodyr wes to Lewlyne,
Prynce off Walys in the sted
Off his brodyr, quhen he wes dede.
This Da-wy wes tane in to that fycht,
Quhare mony dowre to ded wes dycht :
Bot he payid na ra-wnsown ;
For he deyd in tiU presown.
The Kyng off Ingland held fra then
In gret threllage the Walys men : 3490
And the land, as till hys crown,
F. 189. b. He held in fell subjectiown.
That ilke yhere, that this wes dwne.
The ferd Alysandyre, oure Kyngis swne,
At Lundorys deyde, and syne
Enteryd wes in Dunfermlyne.
[His] fadyre Alysandyre, oure Kyng,
That Scotland had in governyng.
Come in tiU his ryawte
TUl off Saynctandrewys the cyt^, 3500
And in the kyrk standand thare
Devotly before the hey awtare.
In wytnes off all, that thare wes by
Gaddryde and standand, all frely
TiU God and till Saynctandrewe he
Grawntyd the strykyn of mone,
Als frely, qwytly, and fuUyly,

Ch. X.] OF SCOTLAND. 263
As ony tyme befor gane by
Ony byschape had sic thyng,
Quhen that his fadyre before wes Kyng, 3510
Or off hys eldrys ony before.
As mycht be herd, or had memore ;
Sawffand the declaratyown
Off the Inquisityown
Off the feftment off that thyng
To remane ay -wyth the Kyng.
That yhere off Fyffe the Erie Duncane,
That swne wes off the Erie Colbane,
The erldwme off Fyff in herytage
Tuk, and for it made homage 3520
To the Kyng Alysandyr off Scotland
The Thryd, in tUl it yhit rygnand.
Lytiil Jhon and Eobyne Hude
Wayth-men ware commendyd gud :
In Yugil-wode and Barnysdale
Thai oysyd all this tyme thare tra-wale.
A.D. A thowsand twa hundyr foure scor and fyve
Yheris fra borne wes God off lyve,
Alysandyr the Thryd, oure Kyng,
Gert mak at Scone a gret gadryng 3530
The sextene day efftyr Pasce.
Quhen thare the Statis gadryd was,
WUlame Comyn than off lawch.
The lordis brodyr off the Badenauche,
The erldwme off Monteth began
Before the Kyng for to pled than.
The Kyng than off' his cownsale
Made this dely verans thare fynale ;
That erldwme to be delt in twa 3540
Partys, and the tane of tha

264 THE CEONYKIL [B.VIL
Wyth the chemys assygnyd he
TiU Waltyr Stwart : the lave to be
Made als gud in all profyt ;
Schyre WiUame Comyn tiU ha-we that qwyt,
TiU hald in fr4 barony
Besyd the Erldwme aU qwytly.
F. 190. Alysandyr that yhere oure Kyng
The Erie off Drwysys dowchtyr yhyng
Weddyt, that wes cald be name
Dame Jhon, commendyd of gud fame. 3550
To that maryage mony ware
Gaddryd, and come off landis sere :
Off Frawns thare come rycht mony.
Bathe lordys, and ladyis ; and specyaUy
Thai ware tretyd wyth plesawns ;
For Drwys an erldwme wes off Frawns,
The Frankis natyowne war for-thi
Eewardyt the mare largely.
And swa rewardyt, at the last.
In tiU Frawns hame mony past : 3560
Mony wes behynd bydand
Wyth the Qwene, Dame Jhon off Scotland.
A.D. A thowsand twa hundyr foure score off yhere
The fyft, fra that the Madyn clere
Jhesu Crj-^st oure Lord had borne,
Alysandyr oure King deyd at Kyngorne.
Fra that place he wes had syne.
And enteryd in Dwnfermlyne :
In that CoUegyd Kyrk he lyis,
Hys spyryt in till Paradys. 3570
Scotland menyd hym than full sare ;
For wndyr hym all his legis ware
In honoure, qwyete, and in pes ;

Ch. X.] OF SCOTLAND. 265
For-thi cald Pessybill Kyng he wes ;
He honoryd God and Haly Kyrk ;
And medfuU dedys he oysyd to wyrk.
TUl all prestys he dyd reverens.
And sawffyd thare statys wyth diligens.
He [was] stedfast in Crystyn fay ;
Eelygyows men he honoryde ay ; 3580
He lu-wyd aU men, that [war] -wertuows ;
He lathyd and chastyd [al] vytyows
Be justys he gave and eqwytd
TiU Ukd man, that his suld be.
That, he mycht noucht tiU -wertu drawe.
He held ay wndyr dowt and awe.
He gert chasty mysdoarys.
As lauch wald be thare manerys.
The lawch he gert be kepyd weUe
In all his kynryk ilka delle. 3590
He led his lyff in honeste,
Devotyown, and chastyt^.
Till lordys, knychtys, and sqwyerys.
That ware plesand off manerys.
He wes lele, lu-wand, and Uberale,
And aU -wertuows in governale.
He wes gret off almows dede
Till aU that he couth wyt had nede.
Yhwmen, powere karl, or knawe.
That wes off mycht an ox tU ha-we, 3600
F. 190. b. He gert that man ha-we part in pluche ;
Swa wes corne in [his] land enwche ;
Swa than begowth, and efftyr lang
Off land wes mesure, ane ox-gang.
Mychty men, that had ma
Oxyn, he gert in pluchys ga.

266 THE CEONYKIL [B. VII.
A pinch off land efftyr that
To nowmyr off oxyn mesuryd gat.
Be that vertu aU hys land
Off corn he gert be abowndand. 3610
A boUe off atys pennys foure
Of Scottys mon^ past noucht oure ;
A boll off bere for awcht or ten
In comowne prys sawld wes then ;
For sextene a boU off qwhete.
Or for twenty, the derth wes grete.
This falyhyd fra he deyd suddanly :
This Sang wes made off hym for-thi.
[dTanttts.]
Quhen Alysandyr oure Kyng wes dede,
That Scotland led in lu-we and M, 3620
Away wes sons off ale and brede.
Off wyne and wax, off gamyn and gle :
Oure gold wes changyd in to lede.
Cryst, borne in to Vyrgynyt^,
Succoure Scotland and remede.
That stad [is in] perplexyt^.

[ffixjjUcit ^iber (Sejjttmns.]

THE AUCHTAND BUKE

OF THE

OEYGYNALE CEONYKIL
OF SCOTLAND.

THE AUCHTAND BUKE

OF THE

OEYGYNALE CEONYKIL
OF SCOTLAND.

Cotton MS. 5^f|e ^roloug of tfte ^udjtantie Buft

[Cott. F.

139.

In to tilts Cijapter noSxr gijc luft.
(Jlota ie ^ureegsione ^egni.)
OlEEKYS, that in philosophy
Studeis, thai say, that naturally
As woman and man has appetyte.
Mater walde furme haf wyth delyte ;
Sum mater, that is fouUe to sycht,
Desyrys sum furme of bewtd bricht ;
Sum mater, that has habilit^
To be perfyte, perfyt walde be ;
Sum mater walde furme for pleyssance.
Sa, be my sympU suf&cians 1 0
I haf stablit myne entent
Now to mak here apoyntment,
Qwhen the Succession lyneaUe
Endit, the coUateraUe
Eessa-wit of oure Eealme the Crowne ;
And how syne that Succession

270 THE CEONYKIL [Prol.
Was lik to renge in successy-\ve.
As I persawit in my lywe.
In that than thoucht I to declare
Al the fors of my matere, 20
And pesse be pesse ay for to wryte,
Sa that the fors al of my dyt
In til a lumpe to be our-tane
And to be defamyt as a rayne ;
Sen schort thyng is mare pleyssande.
And to be herde is mare likande.
To spede our purposse now draw nere,
And help now, Mary, Maydyn cleyre.

B. VIIL] OF SCOTLAND. 271

Wi}Z Cijapterts of tfjis ^ucfitatHrc Buft
^ext efttr foloiwantie yije mag luft.

i.Q.

J WHEN thar was sex Wardanys in Scotlande.
ii. Off the Compromyssion of Succession.
iii. How the Kyng Edwarde wrat in Frawnsse.
iiu. How the Consail of Frawns delyverit.
MS. Cotton. V. How the Kyng Edwarde gaf sentens of the Suc-
l'.139.b. .
cession.
vi. Off' a computacion of Lynage.
vii. Off the Eri David secunde Douchtere.
vui. Off the Lady Darwogille.
ix. Off the slauchtyr of the Eri Duncan.
[Of Eobert Brucis first mariage.]
X. Off John the Bailyoilis Coronacion.
xi. How the Kyng of Inglande wan the town of Berwik.
How al the Inglis men war put out of Scotlande.
Off the dissencion betweyn the Bailyoil and Eobert
the Broysse.
How Eobert the Broysse askyt to be made Kyng.
xii. Qwhen John the BaUyoile wes degradyt.
Qwhen mony Comownys off Scotlande turnyt to
the Kyng of Inglande.
xiii. Qwhen Wilyam Walas rasse.
Off WUyam Walas and Schyr Hew of Kersyngame.
xiiii. Qwhen Wilyam Fressere was dede, the Bischope
off Sanct Andrewis.
XV. Off the batel of the Fawkyrk.

272

THE CEONYKIL

[B. VIII.

XVI.
xvii.

xvm.

XIX.

XXll.

XXlll.
xxUii.

XXV.
xxvi.

xxvii.

XXVlll.

Qwhen John Cummyn tuk the kepyng of Scot
lande.
Qwhen the Kyng of Frawns sonde to tret of Trewis.
Off the bataile of Eoslyne.
Qwhen the Kyng of Inglande coym eftyre that in
to Scotlande.
Off the asseigis of StreveljTig.
How Eobert the Broys eschapit.
Wyntownys Excusacion.
How Wilyam Walas was dissawit.
Of the Dedication of Sanct Andrewis Kyrk.
[Quhen Kyng Da-\'y wes borne.
Quhen King Davy wes weddit.]
Qwhen the Kyng Eobert the Broyse was dede.
Qwhen Kyng David the Broyse was crownyt.
Qwhen the Eri Thomas was [maid] Warden of
Scotlande.
Off the batel of Duplyne.
Off the begynnyng of Duplyne.
How a Knycht soucht his [cusing] in the feylde of
Duplyne.
Off the Eri Patrik at Duplyne.
Qwhen the Kyng was sende in to Frawns.
Qwhen Edwarde the BaUyoile was crownyt.
Off a jupardy don at Anande.
Off the kepyng of Berwik.
Off the batale of HaUdon Hil.
Qwhen the Kyng of Inglande bad sla al the pre-
sowneris.
Qwhen the Eri Patrik becoyme the Kyng of Ing-
landis man.
Qwhen the Kyng of Frawns sende to trete of Trewis.
Qwhen Edwarde the BaUyoUe bad at Pertht.

B. VIIL] OF SCOTLAND. 273
Qwhen the Stewart of Scotlande Eobert fyrst
rase in to Scotlande.
xxix. Off the asseigis of Louchle-wyn.
Qwhen a Flot of Inglande perest on the coste of
Scotlande.
Qwhen the Eri David of Athoil begouth to rysse.
Off the recwveransse of oure Lande.
Off syndry Jupardysse.
xxx. Qwhen the Kyng of Inglande slew his brothir.
xxxi. Qwhen the Eril of Athoil was slayn.
Qwhen WUyam Mowbray com to pesse.
XXXU. [Quhen the North wes in Scottis menis handis.]
xxxiu. Off the asseigis of Dunbare.
Qwhen Mountagw past agan in Inglande.
xxxiiii. Qwhen Schir Andrew Murrawe wan, qwhen he
was Wardane.
xxxv. Qwhen the Ste-wart of Scotlande was maide
Wardane.
Cotton MS. Off a justyne at Berwik.
F. 140. Off Schir Patrik the Grayme.
xxxvi. Off Schir WUyam of Dowglase, that dyd mony
a gud juperdysse.
xxx-vii. Qwhen the Wardane made hym bown for to
asseige Sanct-Johnston.
[How the Erie of Eoss drew away the watter off
Cristy-Cleik.]
xxxviii. [Off the wynning Edinburgh CasteU.]
Qwhen Eamsay was in the co-we of Ha-wthornden.
Qwhen the Erie of Murrawe coym out of
Frawnsse.
xxxix. Qwhen Schir Alexander de Eamsay wan Eox
burgh.
Qwhen Schir Alexander de Eamsay was slayn.
VOL. II. s

274 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIIL
xl. Off the batel of Durame.
How Schir Edwarde de Bailyoil rad in Scotlande.
xli. Off Wyntownys Were.
xiu. Off the fyrst Pestilence.
How Berwik was won be the Kyng of Inglande.
xliii. Off the batel of Poytere.
Off a Trety of the Kyng David delyverance.
xliiii. Off the carllis that rasse in to Frawns.
[xlv. Off a fechting betuix Eranse and Inglismen.]
xlvi. Off the Queyne Johnys dede.
Qwhen the thride Kyng Edwarde past in to
Frawnsse.
Off the Kyng David last maryage.H

Ch. I.] OF SCOTLAND. 275

CHAP. L
F^i90^b <SJtohert the §,M^s xrfE §cotknIie
<Sex SSarlianss xnrbattst xjf the ^-unb.
A.D. A
1286. ii. THOWSAND yhere and hundrys twa
Foure scor and the sext to tha.
The sextene day efftyr Ease,
The Statis off Scotland gadryd wase.
And assemblyd hale at Scwne,
Fra the Kyng Alysandrys dayis ware dwne.
As tiU than a set Parlyament.
[Thare] thai delyveryd wyth hale intent.
And ordanyd Wardanys twys thre,
Quham throwch the land suld kepyd be ; 10
Twa Byschapys thai ware, and Erlys twa,
Twa Barownys gret to thame alsua.
The Byschape off Sanctandrewys Se,
WUlame Eraser cald wes he ;
Erleys, off Fyffe the fyrst, Duncane,
And Alysawndyr Comyn off Buchane ;
Thir gret mychty Lordis thre
Ware Wardanys be north the Scottis se.
Be sowth, the Byschape off Glasgw,
Eobert a man off gret vertu ; 20
Jhon Comyn, and the Stwart Jamys ;
Thir off tha thre ware the namys.
F. 191. To thire sex in that CownsaUe
Off Scotland wes gyvyn the governale.
Off Dunkeldyn the Byschape then
A Wardane to thir wes, be sum men.

276 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.

A.D.
1290.

QuhiU thus the kynryk wes -wakand.
Off Ingland the Kyng wes than thynkand
Wyth Lang-schankis Schyr Edward,
The kynryk off Scotland how toward 30
He mycht apply nere til his Crown,
Wes his ymagynatyown.
Than kest he till have a mariage ;
And ordanyd thare-on gret message
In Scotland to cum. Byschapis twa.
Off Durame and Karlele bath war tha,
Twa Erlys, and twa gret Barownys,
Famows and mychty gret persownys.
Come chargyd in Scotland wyth message
To tret, and ferme a maryage, 40
Wyth gret profferis, to be dwne
Betwene the Kyng off Inglis swne,
Edwarde wyth Lang-schankis then.
The swne wes Edward off Carnarven,
For to be weddyt wyth that May,
The Kyngis douchtyr off Norway :
Margret wes cald that madyn fayre.
To Norway and Scotland bathe rychtwys ayre.
This wes the sowme off thare erande
Fra the Kyng chargyd off Ingland, 50
As thai famows gret persownys
Proponyd be thare instructyownys.
The Statis assemblyd off oure land.
That herd thare charge and thare erand,
Swne consentyd to thare wUl
That Uka maryage to fulfiUe
Wyth the proponyd condytyownys,
Wndyr gret protestatyownys.
That thare charge, and thare tretis.

Ch. I.] OF SCOTLAND. 277
Na thare consent, off ony wys 60
Prejwdycyaile suld [noucht] be
TiU off Scotland the realty ;
Bot it suld joys all fredomys,
Frawnchis, profyt, and customys,
Alsa frely as before
In the tyme off gud memore
Alysandyre lyvand wes the Kyng,
That Scotland had in governyng,
Or before than ony wys
Mast frely ware oysyd thare frawnchis. 70
Bath the partys -wyth lele intent
Gave tiU this full thare assent.
Efftyr that all this thus wes dwne.
Thai ordanyd message to send swne
Oure se in tUl Norway,
F. 191. b. In till Scotland tUl bryng that May,
The Kyng off Norwayis douchtyr fayre.
Off Scotland and Norway that tyme ayre,
Margret cald, that madyn yhyng.
The dowchtyr douchtyr off oure Kyng 80
Alysandyre off gud memore.
As yhe ha-vve herd here rede before.
To this passage thai ordanyd then
HonorabiU knychtis, and gret men ;
DueUand in to Fyffe war twa,
Thir the namys war off tha ;
Off the Wemys Schir Da-wy,
Schyre Mychel Scot off Balwery :
Thir ware twa weU commendyt men.
And tro-wyd welle off lawt^ then. 90
Oure s^ than chargyd passyd tha
Wyth all hast in till Norwa.

278 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
Dede thah wes that Madyn fayre.
That of lawch suld have bene ayre.
And apperyd tiU have bene
Be the lawch off Norway Queue.
Bot that madyn swet for-thi
Wes put to dede be martyry.
For thai wald, that off na natyown,
Bot off thare awyne, suld bere the crown ; 100
Na be na way the female
Suld be thare cheffe, gyve ony male
Off reaw[ly]s mycht fundyn be
Worth to have that realty.
Thare la-wys wryttyn nevyrtheles
Contrar and agayne this wes.
The Norwayis has a wryttyn buk
Off thaire lawys : thare in thai Ink
All casys cumand, as thai faU,
And be the text thai decerne all 110
Thai casis, but exceptyown :
By that is nane evasyown.
Be thai lawys yhit thai fand.
That the female to that thare land
Descendande be lyne, or ony male
Suld succM coUaterale.
Thowch this was wryttyn in thare buk,
This wald thai nowthir red na luke,
Na per ordyre thai wald noucht hald
Thare lawys, that wryttyn ware off aid. 120
Swa thir knychtis, that passyd in wayne.
To Scotland swne come hame agayne.

Ch. IL] OF SCOTLAND. 279

CHAP. IL
®S the CEffmpxfftrttssgfftotte
Jttabe xrtt the ^ixeeessgctone.
A.D. " r\
[1291.] wWHEN Alysandyre oure Kyng wes dede.
That Scotland had to stere and lede.
The land sex yhere and mayr perfay,
Wes desolate efftyr his day.
F". 192. The Barnage off Scotland at the last
Assemblyd thame, and fandyt fast
To ches a Kyng thare land to stere.
That off awncestry cummyn were 130
Off kyngis, that aucht that reawte.
And mast had rycht thare Kyng to be.
Bot inwy, that is fellowne,
Amang thame mad dissensiown :
For sum wald have the BaUyoUe Kyng,
For he wes cumyn off that ofspryng.
That off the eldest systere was :
And othir sum nyte all that cas.
And sayd, that he thare Kyng suld be,
That wes in als nere degr6, 1 40
And cummyn wes off the nerrast male
In thai brawnchys coUateraUe.
Thai sayd successyown off kynryk
Wes noucht to laware feys lyk ;
Thare mycht succed na female,
Quhill fundyn mycht be ony male
That [be] lyne war discendand.
Thai bare all othirwais on hand,

280 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
For than the nest [comyn of that] sede,
Man, tar woman, suld succede. 150
Be this resown that part thowcht hale.
That the Lord off Anandyrdale,
Eobert the Br-wys, Erie off Karryk,
Aucht to succM to the kynryke.
The Barownys thus war at discord,
That on na maner thai mycht accord ;
Quhill at the last thai all accordyt.
That aU thare spek suld be recordyt
Till Schyr Edward, off Ingland Kyng ;
And [he] suld swere, that, but feyhnnyng, 160
He suld that arbytry declare ;
Off thir twa, that I tald off are,
Quhilk [sulde] succed tUl sic hycht.
And lat hym ryng, that had the rycht.
This ordynawns thame thowcht the best :
For at that tyme wes pes and rest
Betwix Scotland and Ingland bathe ;
And thai couth noucht persa-we the skathe.
That towarde thame wes apperand.
For that the Kyng off Ingland 170
Held sic frendschepe and cumpany
To thare Kyng, that wes worthy.
Thai trowyd, that he, as gud nychtbore.
And as frens-wm composytore,
Wald ha-we jugyd in lawt^ :
Bot othirwayis all yhed the gl^."
For-thi sayd Mayster Jhon Barbere,
F. 192. b. That mekyU tretyd off that matere ;
" A ! blynd folk fulle off aU foly
Had yhe wmbethowcht yowe inkkyrly, 1 80
Quhat peryle to yowe mycht appere.

Ch. il] of SCOTLAND. 281
Yhe had noucht wroucht on this manere.
Had yhe tane kepe, how that that Kyng
Off Walys for-owtyn sudjowrnyng
Tra-walyd to wyn the senyhowry,
And throw his mycht tiU occupy.
Landys, that ware till hym marchand.
As Walys wes, and als Irland,
That he put tiU sic threllage.
That thai, that ware off hey parage, 190
Suld ryn on fwte as rybalddale,
Quhen ony folk he wald assale.
Durst nane off Walls in batale ryd,
Na yhit, fra evyn fell, abyde
CasteU or wallyd towne wythin.
Than he suld lyff and lymmys tyne.
In tUl s-wylk thryllage thame held he.
That he oure-come wyth his powste.
Yhe mycht se, he suld occupy
Throwch slycht, that he namycht throwmaystry. 200
Had yhe tane kepe, quhat was threllage.
And had consydryd his oysage.
That grypyd ay, but gayne-gyvyng,
Yhe suld, for-owtyn his demyng,
Ha-we chosyn yhow a kyng, that mycht
Ha-we haldyn welle yhoure land at rycht.
WaUs ensawmpUl mycht ha-we bene
To yhow, had yhe it before sene.
Quha wiU be othir hym-selff chasty,
Wys men sayis, he is happy. 210
And perylows thyngis may fall perfay
Als weU to morne, as yhystyr-day.
Bot yhe traystyd in lawte
As sympiU folk but maw-vite.

282 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
And wyst noucht, quhat suld efftyr tyde.
For in this warld, that is sa wyd.
Is nane, determyne may, na sail
Knaw thyngis, that ar for to fall :
For God, that is off mast powste,
Eeser-wys that tUl hys Majesty." 220
On this manere assentyd ware
The Barownys, as I sayd yhow are.
And messyngerys send tiU this Edwart,
That had his -wayage tane onwart
For tUl pas in the Haly Land,
On Sarracenys to be thare warrayand.
And fra he -wyst, quhat charge thai had.
He buskyd hym, but mare abad.
And lefft the purpos, that he had tane.
And tiU Ingland agane is gane :
F. 193. And swne tUl Scotland worde send he, 230
That thai suld mak ane assemble ;
And he in hy suld cum to do
In all thyng, as thai wrat hym to.
For he thowcht welle, throwch thare debate
That he suld slely fynd the gate.
How that he aU the senyhowry
Throwch his gret mycht suld occupy.
And to Eobert the Brows said he,
" Gyve thow will hald in cheff off me 240
For e-vyr mare, and thi ofspryng,
I sail do swa, thow saU be kyng.''
" Schyre, (sayd he,) sa God me sawe.
The kynryk yharne I noucht till have,
Bot gyff it fall off rycht to me :
And gyve God wiU, that it swa be,
I saU als frely in all thyng

Ch. IIL] OF SCOTLAND. 283
Hald it, as afferis a kyng.
Or as my eldrys before me
Held it in freast reawte." 250
Wyth this Eobert past his way.
Schyre Jhon the BaUyoU perfay
Assentyd to do all hys will :
Thare-off efftyr fell gret iwill.

CHAP. IIL
^oto ©itoariie ^2^9 torait in to Jfrannre,
'^o hahe Cownsale ofi a ^gstans.
A.D. Tjl
[129].] J? EA that the Statis off Scotland,
Quhen that the kynryk wes -wakand.
Had made thare compromyssyown
Hale in the dyscretyown
Off Edward, the Kyng off Ingland,
That oblyst wes be faythfuU band 260
Off athe, and trewth, in lawt^
The rycht to gere decleryd be.
Be all lauchfuU successyown
Quha suld the State have and the Crown,
Off Jhon the Bailyoil, and Eobert
The Brows, that regnyd efftyrwert ;
As comendyt for to be.
That in gret besynes wes he
To get wyt, and full resown,
Quha suld have that successyown, 270
In Frawns to the Presydentis
And Lordis off the Parlementis,

284 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
And to tha, that war then
Kend off that Court the mast wys men.
And to the Uny-wersyte
Off Parys, the cas all thus wrat he.
F. 193. b. " Off a kynryk a kyng off det
Noucht crownyd, noucht oyntyd, bot symply set
In till a set be sum persownys
Off byschapys, erlis, or barownys, 280
Off the Statis off his land,
Swa to be, as kyng, ryngnand.
Is dede, but ayris off his body
Nest hym till succede lynealy.
This kyng in fe and herytage
That kynrik held, and for homage
Of [a] grettare kyng off mycht.
That wes his oure-lard off rycht lycht.
" Quhen this kyng all thus wes dede.
For till succed in tiU his sted 290
Thare come syndry, bathe he, and he.
That sayd, his ayris thai aucht to be.
" This ilk kynryk, thus -wacand.
The oure-lard tuk it in till his hand,
Quhill that he suld clerly knawe,
Quha suld succed till it off lawe.
Befor this kyng, that wes then
Oure-lard off that rewme, come twa men.
That cusyngis ware coUateraUe
To the dede kyng, noucht lyneale. 300
The fyrst proponyd in manere fayre.
And sayd. That he wes nerrest ayre
Before all othir to bere the crown,
Pryncipaly be this resown ;
The kyngis eld-fadyr last dede before.

Ch. IIL] OF SCOTLAND. 285
Ay for till be off gud memore,
Quhen he hale kyng the kynryk led.
Had a full brodyr off lauchfuU bed
Gottyn and borne, and he had twa
Douchtrys lauchful : the fyrst off tha 310
Bwt dout, (he sayd,) my modyr bare ;
Quhare-for dredles I am nerrare.
Than ony is, to bere' the Crown
Be rycht rycht off successyown
Off this kynrik now wakand."
The tothir, that herd this by standand,
Quhen thus for his part he had dwne.
He made this ansuere scharpe and swne.
" Quhat yhe have sayd, I ha-we herd weie.
And consawyd aU, ilk delle, 320
And grantis, (he sayd,) the antecedens ;
Bot I deny the consequens.
That that lord had dowchtrys twa,
I grant, and at the fyrst off tha
In hyr fyrst byrth youre [modyr] bare,
I grawnt ; bot yhe sayd forthirmare.
That tharfore yhe suld bere the crown.
F. 194. That lauch wald nowthir, na resown :
For successyown off kynrik
Is noucht to laware feis lik ; 330
Yhoure modyr and I in ewynlik gre
Discendand fra the stok are we ;
And off lauch suld na female
Succede, gyve that ony male
Mycht be fundyn off e-vynlik gre
To joys sic a reawte.
The heldare douchtyr yhour modyre bare ;
My modyr hyre systyr wes yhongare ;

286 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIIL
To the stok [I] am swa ne-wu :
Pro-ne-wn yhe ar. Be that -wertu 340
Yhe ar noucht nerrast to the crown,
Na to the rycht off successyown.
" My lady yhoure guddame wes myne awnt ;
The eldare systyr scho wes, I grawnt ;
Scho bare yhoure modyr that wes woman ;
[My modyre bare the fyrst man.]
Be yhe kyng crownyd, and noucht I,
Than am I wrangyd grettumly.
The lawys cyvile, na canown,
Gyvys for yhoure part na resown, 350
Na custome oysyd in na kynryk
Yhoure part and myne may e-vynlik.
That the female in e-wynUk gre,
Preferryd to the male suld be.
And off the female the pro-newu
Suld preferryd be to the ne-wu.
Joys yhe the crown swa, and noucht I,
Wrangyd I caU me hely."
Quha the suth wUl wndyrstand.
Off the Brows wes than lyvand 360
In till this tyme Eobertis thre ;
And the eldast than wes he.
That made this altercatyown
In his rycht off successyown.
Nevw for tUl have wndon.
Is nowthir brodyr na systyr sone ;
Bot fra the stok down ewynlykly
Discendand persownys lynealy
In the tothir, or the thrid gre,
Ne-wu, or pro-nevw suld be : 370

Ch. IIL] OF SCOTLAND. 287
As for tiU call the swn[nys] swne.
Off the dowchtrys swa to be dwne,
Hyr swne may be cald ne-wu :
This is off that word the -wertii.
Quhen aU thus thir persownys twa.
The Brows, the BallyoU bath war tha,
Befor Edward off Ingland Kyng
Had made, as yhe herd, this karpyng,
F. 194. b. The effect oure s6 he wrate,
Cownsale tU ha-we off this debate. 380
Bot he mad fals suggestyown :
Fals wes his relatyown.
And infurmyd [richt] falsly.
And set the case all swykfully ;
Quhen he sayd, in herytage
That kynryk wes haldyn for homage
Aucht tiU a kyng off grettare mycht.
He sayd aU fals, and na thyng rycht.
The kynrik, that he that tale off made.
As in tiU Frawns he wryttyn hade. 390
Wythowtyn [dowt] wes [ay] mare fre.
Than wes that re-wme, that than had he.
He wes ne-vyr worth, na all his kyn.
The fredwme fra that rewme to wyn.
He sawffyd iU kyngis honest^,
Swa to sclandyre a Kynryk fre.
Had he lykyd tUl ha-we thoucht on,
Quhat dyd before hym the Kyng Jhon,
He siUd ha-we worthyd rede for schame,
A fre Kynryk swa tUl defame. 400

288 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIIL

CHAP. IV.
?|oto the Cottttsalle of Jratonee torate
^hare beljiberattee of tkat bebate.
A.D. m
[1291.] JLHE clergy and -the wyt off Frawns,
Fra thai consa-wyd the dystawns.
All the stryffe, and the debate.
As Edward the Kyng off Ingland wrate.
Thai set thaim thraly to declere
Off that Successyown the matere.
The Byschape than Awrelyanens,
A clerk solempne in sere sciens,
Mayster off Art, and in morale
Phylosophi and naturale 410
He wes grwndyt perfytly.
And Bachylere in Theology,
Doctor solempne in to that quhyUe
He wes in canown and cyvyle.
That ilke matere to declere,
Fyrst he sayd on this manere ;
" In the kynryk off Scotland,
That, as yhe herd, is now -wacand.
Gyve custwme approvyd may be knawyn.
And certane by all lawis drawyn, 420
How off that kynryk suld the Crowne
Folow in tUl successyowne
In onykyne lyne down cumand
Fra the stok, or than descendand,
Owthir in successyown lyneale,
F. 195. Or in branchys coUaterale,

Ch. IV.] OF SCOTLAND. 289
The fyrst, or off the fyrst in gre.
As thai may happyn, scho, or he.
Or off tha swa gottyn and borne.
That custwme off that Eewme beforne 430
Suld be preferryd, and haldyn ay
Agayne all, that the lauch may say :
For that custwme al by drawys.
That ar wryttyne in tiU the lawys.
Bot gyve that thare be custwme nane,
Wyth lauch the cas may be oure-tane.
Than war it to the comowne lawe.
That is imperyaUe, erast drawe.
Be that law, but dowt yhe ken
That, quhare [thar] is in plede twa men 440
Askand the Crowne off a kynrike,
Quhar tiU nane othir feis ar lyke.
In [to] brawnchys coUaterale,
Noucht in successyown lyneale.
To be kyng nere, that wes dede.
And tiU succed in tUl his sted,
Noucht bredyr, na bredyr barnys ar,
Bot in thare greis ar ferrare.
But dowt, the nest male in the gre
Preferryd to the Eewme suld be, 450
Noucht agayne standand the eldare
Off twa dowchtris a douchtyr bare."
To this the Byschape off Parys,
That wes a gret clerke and a -wys.
And othir solempne clerkis twa.
As sayd the fyrst, all thai sayd swa.
Nest thaim the Pro-west off Marsyle,
Bathe Doctor in ctoown and cyvUe,
Sayd, " In the cas off tha twa men,
VOL. II. T

290 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
That askyd the kynryk off Scotland then, 460
Be wryttyn lawys imperialle.
And custwme approwyd, and wsuale
In till all the rewme off Frawns,
Quhen thare fallis sic dystawns
In grettare feis, or smallare,
Quha fundyn is in gre nerrare.
The secownde swne set he be.
Or he be ferrare in sum gre
Gyve he be fwndyn in gre nerrare
Till hym, that is off byrth ferrare 470
He sail ha-we the prerogative.
Gyve lyvand be the stok in lyve.
As to be full ayre at the lest ;
Set cummyn thare be off the eldest
Brodyr or douchtyr, twa or ma.
The gre befor the byrth sail ga,
F. 195. b. That tuk the sted in sic dystawns."
The Pro-west sayd, " In the rewme off Frawns
The Kyng befor than, Schir Lowys,
Be cownsalle, that he trowyd wes wys, 480
Quhen he [a] swn had, Philipe cald,
That wes a stowt knycht and a bald.
And this Phylip had swnnys ma
LawchfuUy gottyn, than ane or twa.
Off PhyUppys swn[nys] the eldare
Before PhyUppys brodyr the yhongare
Thowcht tyll hawe bene to the Crown
Nest Lowis in till successyown.
This PhyUppys fadyr than lyvand.
And in tiU Frawns than Kyng ryngnand. 490
Bot that wes delyveryd swne.
That that be na way mycht be dwne.

Ch. IV.] OF SCOTLAND. 291
QuhiU PhyUppys fadyr yhit rignand
A yhowngare swne had than ly-wand.
This Uk maner in to Frawns
Takys sted " he sayd " in swylk dystawns.
And in ma cowrtis lyk tiU it.
Bathe be custwme, and lauch in wryt,
That gyve the eldare swne off twa,
Ha-wand swnnys ane or ma, 500
Dey, his fadyre yhit lyvand.
The fadyre syne dey off his land.
The yhoungare brodyre lyvand in sted
Succedys aU tUl his fadyre dede.
And noucht his eldare brodyr swne ;
This oys wes haldyn in Frawns, and dwne.
This makys for the Brows Eobert,
And noucht for the Bailyoilis part :
For nerrare to the stok wes he.
Than wes the BallyoU, be a gre, 510
And rycht swa tUl WiUame kyng,
That Scotland had in govyrnyng."
Thir -wys men sayd yhit nevyrtheles,
" Gyve s-wylk custwme in Scotland wes.
That the fyrst get in all kyn gre,
Nerrare or ferrare quhethir [it] be,
Suld gyve swylk prerogatyve,
TUl swilk gret rychtis successyve.
That ilk^ custwme Uk^ delle
And specyaUy suld be kepyd weUe, 520
And haldyn in aU propyrte,
Eycht as it oft tyme mycht knawyn be,
Preferryd tiU lawys imperyaUe,
Canowne, or othir custwmale.
Or wryttyn in othir cuntreis,

292 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIIL
As oysyd or haldyn in swilk feis."
Atoure this thai speryd mare
At thame, that to thame chargyd ware ;
F. 196. In that case, that thir twa men.
That askyd the kynrik off Scotland then, 530
Gyve thai had wyttyn, herd, or sen.
That ony custwme optenyd had ben
Before that tyme off s-wylk a case.
Or gyve in Scotland befor than wase
In tiU aU faUyn lyke.
As wes than off that kynryke,
Suppos that off laware feis.
As erldwmys, or barowneis,
Sic cas offt-tymys war faUand,
As to the oure-lardis pertenand. 540
It wes answeryd, that ne-vyr before
Off swUk a cas wes had memore.
As suld succed than that kynryk :
For-thi na cas thai -wyst it lyk.
Bot thai, that made suggestyown.
Be thare fals relatyown
Thai gert thir wys men wndyrstand.
That the kynryk off Scotland
Suld off the Kyng off Tngland be
In herytage haldyn, and in fe ; 550
And in tUl his court for-thi
This matere suld be fullyly
Befor hym pledyt as oure-lard.
And [he] be lauch to gyve award
For ane off thai twa, than askand
The successyown off Scotland ;
And be swUk custwme, as was than.
And in the kynrik off Ingland ran.

Ch. IV.] OF SCOTLAND. 293
The rycht off that successyown
Suld ha-we determynatyown, 560
Suppos this cas wes set all fals.
This ensawmpUl thai tuk in als :
The Duk off Burgoyne, a nobUl man.
The fadyre off hym that duk wes than.
On lauchfuU bed had sownnys twa ;
And the eldare swne off tha
Had a douchtyr, thai made rehers.
That [the] Erie weddyt off Nywers.
Swne efftyr deyd this eldare swne ;
Bot lang efftyr his dayis war dwne, 570
The Duk his fadyre wes ly-wand
In his Duch^ his state haldand.
Bot efftyr quhen this Duk wes dede.
This Erie off Nywers in his 'sted
He askyd be resowne off his wyff
The Duch^ off Burgoyne but mare stryff.
Sen scho wes off the eldare swne
The eldare douchtyr, that to be dwn
He askyd ; for he sayd, that na man
Wes nerrare to that lordschipe than 580
Be custwme appro-vyd in that Duch^
F. 196. b. Off Burgoyne, that than askyd he.
Quhen he thus askyd, the yhoungere
Off thir twa swnnys made ansuere.
And sayd. The custwme he kennyde welle
Oysyd in Burgoyne ilk^ deUe
Off the tenandis off that land.
That thare feis war haldand
Off the Duke hym-self in cheffe.
In ward, or ser-wys, or releffe. 590
That ilke custwme suld oure-ta.

294 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
And bynd his tenandis, and na ma.
By the Dukys awyne subdytis.
That custwme is noucht worth thre mytis.
Quha suld off Burgoyne, he sayd, be Duk,
He suld noucht to that custwme Ink,
Na it serwyd noucht in this dystawns :
Bot in the Kyngis court off Frawns
Decleryd this cas, he sayd, suld be,
Syn this Uke selffe Duche 600
In fe wes haldyn off the Kyng,
That Frawns ay had in go-vyrnyng.
And off rycht rycht wes oure-lard :
Off it he wald ask ane award.
Be custwme off Frawns, quhethir he, or he,
Suld ha-we off Burgoyne the Duch^.
In the tyme off this dystawns
In tUl Parys the Kyng off Frawns
This yhowngere swne gert weddyt be
Wyth hys systyr, a lady fre. 610
This Erie, that sawe this cas led swa.
He trowyd the lave suld fra hym ga ;
For off gold a gret portyown
He gave wp aU hys actyown.
The -wys men aU wndyrstwde,
That in lyk cas the -matere yhwde
Off the kynrik off Scotland,
That, as thai herd, wes than -wakand ;
The Kyng off Ingland suld off lawe
AU that debat, as oure-lard, knawe. 620
Suppos be fals relatyown
Thai had thaire informatyowne.
As thai rypyd materys sere.
The cas off Scotland thai made clere :

Ch. IV.] OF SCOTLAND. 295
For togydder in a sentens.
The Byschape fyrst off Orlyens,
And tiU hym Byschapys twa.
Off Parys, and off Carkason war tha.
And clerkys eUe-wyn in tiU hey greis
Famows in syndry faculteys, 630
Wyth othir gret men, Presydentis,
[And] Lordis of the Parleamentis,
(Thare namys I can noucht aU declere.
For thai ar strawnge tUl yhow tUl here ;
To teU, [as] I thame -wryttyn fand,
F. 197. Thai are noucht eth till wndyrstand,
Na for tUl ha-we off thame knawlage
Expressyd to be in oure langage)
But dowt, aU thai ware gret men, 640
And famows in he statis then,
For-thi the cas wes specyaUy
Put to thame, and thai studyusly
The matere in thare faculteis
Sowcht, and in the Buk off Feys
Makand mony dystynctyownys.
And argumentis in thare coUatyownys,
lit clerk in thare scyence.
And concludyt in a sentence.
And be ensawmpUs red before.
Gyve thai byd in yhoure memore, 650
That the custwme off Uke land
Appro-wyd fermly suld stand.
And suld be preferryd ay
TUl aU, that men off lauch couth say.
For custwme appro-wyd offt by-drawys
Off canown and cyvyUe bath the lawys :
For-thi haldis clerkis be thare sawe.

296 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIIL
That custwme is the tothir lawe.
Gyve off a cas ware custwme nane.
That cas wyth lauch suld be oure-tane 660
Off canowne or imperialle.
Or be gret resownys naturaUe.
AU thir clerkis in thare greis
And studyws in thare faculteis.
And be ensawmpUs befor set.
That, I trowe, yhe ha-we noucht foryhet.
Mad fynale delywerans.
And send that wryttyn owt off Frawns
TUl the Kyng Edward off Ingland,
That, thai tro-wyd, wes it bydand : — 670
" That to the stok the nerrest male
Suld have the Crown and the State hale
In successyown off a kynryk,
Quhare-tUl na laware feis ar lyk."
And off the Orderis off the Freris,
Augustynys, and Corduleris,
And the Blak Ordyr Jacobitis,
And the Qwhyt Carmelytis,
Gret maystrys off dyvynyte,
Sowcht this cas in thare faciUte. 680
Off the BybUl the ferd buke
Thai kest wp, that cas to luke.
That buk is cald Numery :
Off Salphat thare is the story.
The se-vyn and twentyd chapytere
AU thus telUs the manere.
Quhen Moyses, and Eleazare,
And all [the] pryncys off Jowys ware
F. 197. b. In to the Tabernakill hale
To[gydyr] gadyryt tiU a Consale, 690

Ch. IV.] OF SCOTLAND. 297
Off this Salphat douchtrys fyve
To the dure come than belyve.
And thare standand befor Moyses
On this manere thare askyng wes : —
" Oure fadyr Salphat had in his lyve
Na sowne, bot ws hys douchtris fyve ;
And in [that] wpsete he wes noucht.
That Chore agayne Moyses wroucht,
Quhen in the erd was swnkyn than
Chore, Datan, and Abyran : 700
Oui'e faddyr Salphat nevyrtheles
In hys syne deyd in wUdyrnes.
And suppos he deyd but sone,
Quhy suld hys name be aU wndone.
That wes famows in his quhUle
Amang his kyn and his famyle ?
Sum possessiowne gyve ws tharfore
Oure fadyr name yhet to restore,
Amang oure awyne kyne and oure kyth
Oure fadyr name to ras thare-wyth." 710
Wyth this Moyses als fast
For tUl have counsaU off God than past.
And proponyd the askyng
Off Salphattis dowchtris, and thare yharnyng.
And all hale, as thai had dwne.
This ansuere wes made tUl Moyses swne ;
" Thai madynnys askyd rychtwys thyng.
TiU assytht thame thare yharnyng
Gyve thame possessiown amang thare kyth,
Thaire fadyre name to ras thare-wyth. 720
Off swUk cas I -will yhow tell
Thus tiU the foUi off IsraeU;
Quhat man, but sone, off case beis dede.

298 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIIL
Hys douchtyr succede sail in his sted.
And hald hys herytage hyr aUane.
Gyve sone and douchtyr he ha-we nane,
Hys ayre sail his brodyr be.
Gyff brethyr na systyr nane have he,
Na thai na barnys mare na myn.
Than saU the nerrest off his kyn 730
Tak and joys hys herytage
TiU hym fra thine and his lynage.
The folk off IsraeU thow ger this knawe.
And hald it for perpetuale lawe."
AlYSANDYE the thryd oure Kyng,
That Scotland had in govyrnyng,
Sone na douchtyr lefft he nane,
Brodyr and systyr aU dede had tane,
F. 198. "Eme and awnt, bath mare and myn :
Wes nane tUl hym sa nere off kyn, 740
As wes than the Brows Eobert.
Thus made tlie Theologys for his part ;
Nerare tiU Alysandyre the Kyng wes he.
Than Jhon the BaUioU be a gr^.
The sowme thus off theology.
The resownys off philosophy.
And the lawys imperiaUe,
Canown, and custwmys usuale.
And the ensampUlys befor set,
(I trow yhe have thame noucht foryhet) 750
Makys for the Brows Eobert ;
And noucht for Jhon the BaUyoUis part.
TiU rycht and resone thus is Uk
In successiown off kynryk ;

Ch. v.] OF SCOTLAND. 299
To the dede the nerrest male
In ony brawnche coUaterale
Suld be nerrest to the Crown,
And joys swa possessyown.
Off laware feis I say noucht sua.
The custwme appro-wyd is gud to ta. 760

CHAP. V.
^oto (Etitoarlie the 3W9 9^^-c (Sentenre
Contrare till all gab eoitadenre.

1292.

A.D. r\
1291. Vc^WHEN all thir gret conclusyownys
Wyth syndry consultatyownys.
As wes decretyt in to Frans
On the debate and the dystans.
That than wes rysyn in Scotland,
That that tyme wes off kyng wacand.
War oppynyd tUl the awdyens
Off this Kyng Edward wyth reverens ;
Than pre-wely he efftyr send
The mast wys men, that than ware kend 770
Wyth in his land : off tha gert he
Thre score, or ma, assemblyt be.
Wyth tha in hys court alsa fast
He towart the Marche off Scotland past :
And to the Wardanys off Scotland he
Send lettrys off benyngnyt^.
And prayid thame wyth gret dUigens,
That thai wald cum tUl his presens.
And that thai wald bryng alsua
Off the Thre Statis wyth thame ma, 780

300 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
That off fame war gud persownys,
F. 198. b. Byschapys, erlys, and barownys,
HonorabiU burgens, and a-wenand,
Wys men commendyt and cunnand ;
For thare debat than, sayd he,
Suld fuU decleryt, and endyt be.
For'this in hy and in gud spede
He come till Norhame apon Twede.
The Statis off Scotland made thame bowne.
And come on tUl Wpsettlyngtowne. 790
Thiddyr he send thame sawff-cwndyt
Fra aU dowtis to mak thame q-wyt.
Than owre the wattyr off Twed thai rad.
And in the towne off Norhame bad,
For tiU get opyrtunyt^
The Kyng off Ingland for to se.
Swa, thai passyd on to the kyrk
The erandys, that thai come for, to wyrke.
And schawyt thame tiU this Kyngis presens.
And haylsyd hym wyth gret re-vyrens. 800
He thame ressay-wyd curtasly.
And wyth tham spak famylyarly.
Fra thai thare hamly spek had dwne.
This Kyng than proponyd swne.
That the Superyoryt^
Be lauch off Scotland hys suld be.
And prayid thame off thare gud wiU,
And thare consent to gy-we thare tUl ;
For that ensawmplys he tauld, ma
Than Uk war in a twne to ga 810
Off kyngis that, he sayd, dede beforne,
(I [trow] that newyre off wyff ware borne)
And sum, that he rehersyt als.

Ch. v.] of SCOTLAND. 301
(Men wyst and kend welle, that wes fals)
That cald Kyngis off Ingland,
And ourlardis, he sayd, off Scotland.
Than Eobert Byschape off Glasgw,
A lord commendyt off -wertu,
Hym answeryd wnabayssytly
Wyth thare consent, that stud hym by. 820
" ExceUend Prynce (he sayd), and Kyng,
Yhe ask ws ane unleffuU thyng.
That is superyoryt^ ;
We ken rycht noucht, quhat that' suld be ;
That is to say, off oure kynryk.
The quhilk is in aU fredome Uk
TUl ony rewme, that is mast fre.
In tiU aU Crystyanyt^,
Wndyr the sown is na kyngdome.
Than is Scotland, in mare fredome. 830
Off Scotland oure Kyng held evyr his state
F. 199. Off God hym-selff immedyate.
And off nane othir mene persowne.
Thare is nane dedlyke king wyth crowne.
That ourlard tUl oure Kyng suld be
In tUl superyoryt^.
Quhen yhe ws send yhowre sawf-condyte.
We trowyd ws fra thir demandis qwyte.
Here we come at yhoure instans
TUl here decleryt a dystans : 840
Gyff yhe wyll noucht in tiU dede
In that matere now precede,
Wyth yhoure leffe that we pas hame.
But yhoure dysplesance, fra Norhame."
TUl pry-we consaUe than this Kyng
Yhede, and lefft off this askyng ;

302 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
And prayit the Statis off oure Kynryk
Fra theyne to pass on tiU Berwyk :
Thare he heycht thame, wyth lawtd
Thare cas to ger decleryt be. 850
Hys lytill lawt^ nevyrtheles
He smyttyd thare in his proces.
Oure lorddis off Scotland als fast
At his reqwest till Berwyk past.
And in the paroche kyrk thare
Befor this Kyng assemblyt ware.
Oure -wardanys wyth lorddis off Scotland,
And mony gret lordis off Ingland,
And the mast wys men off thir twa
Eewmys thare gadyryt war alsua ; 860
Foure scor sum sayd, or feware,
Bot foure and twenty sum sayd thai ware.
That thare ware stad tiU a gret ath,
Set sum off thame to swer war lath.
That, aU frawde and gyle put by,
Lu-we, or leth, thai lelyly.
Gyve thai couth, thai suld declere
Off that gret dystans the matere.
That wes betwene the persownys twa.
The BaUyoUe, and the Brows ware tha, 870
Quhilk off thai be successyown
Mast rycht had to bere the crown.
This dwne, and the awaymentis
Consa-wyd full in thare intentis,
Owt off the kyrk this Kyng gert pas
AU, bot thai, that sworne than was
TiU that assyse : and thai gert he
Stratly and welle kepyd be.
That nane come nowthir in, na owt.

Ch. v.] OF SCOTLAND. 303
Bot his awyne persown -wythowtyn dowt. 880
F. 199. b. Offt tymys to thame, [he] made entrd.
And lang quhyUe thare wald wyth thame be.
Swa, furth quhen he come at the last,
Gret lorddis abowt hym gadyryt fast.
And askyd hym, how aU wald be.
Hys awnsuere wes to thame, that he
Trowyd the Brows till have the crown,
As he togyddyr herd thame rowne.
" The Brws !" than sayd Anton the Bek,
" Quliat is that. Lord, that yhe now spek ? 890
Gyf [the] Brws [the] Kyng siUd be
Off Scotland, ware yhoure Eeawt^,
Yhoure Marchys, and yhowre walyt townys,
Yhoure castellis, and yhoure possessyownys.
Ken yhe noucht Eobert the Brwsis mycht,
Hys -wyt, his manhed, and his slycht,
Hys kyn wyth-in the Eewmys twa,
Scotland and Ingland bath are tha ?
Gyve Brws beis Kyng off Scotland,
Kepe weUe thi Marchys off Ingland. 900
Gyff he beis swa, yhe sail sare rew.
That e-wyre off his begouth the glewe.
Lat ne-wyre the Brows now bere the crown,
Bot yhe ha-we his subjectyown.
Thus say thai all here standand by,
Suppos the charge off this tak I,
Fre Kyng gyff he beis off Scotland,
Kepe welle yhoure Marchis off Ingland ;
And trowys ne-vyr in pes to be.
Gyve he sail joys that reawte." 910
Quhen Schyr Anton the Bek had dwne
• Hys spek, the Kyng hym awnsweryd swne

304 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIIL
All in till Frawnkis, as oysyd he,
" Par le sang Deiu, vos avese chawnti!'
" Be Goddis blud (he sayd), yhe sang :
Swa sail noucht aU owre gamyn gang."
In this tyrawnd als[a] fast
Agayne tUl the assyis than past.
And askyd thame, how thai had dwne.
TUl hym than thai awnsuerd swne, 920
That thai had made full dely-werans
And lele off the gret dystans.
And in hale conclusyown
Thai ordanyd to the Brows the Crown.
At that he made hym wode [and] wrath.
Noucht agaynstandande the gret ath.
That thai swor, in tiU lawt6
The matere suld aU decleryd be.
Set sum off thame to that wes lath,
Agayne the -wertu off thare ath, 930
Quhat be awe, quhat be thret,
F. 200. He gert thame thare Decrete retret.
And aU tyl wndo thair sentens.
That thai ga-we off gud consciens
Amang thame-self in prewet^ ;
All he gert re-wersyd be.
And gert thame decerne, at the Crown,
As be that successyowne,
TiU the BallyoU siUd faU off law.
In als fere, as thai couth knawe. 940
Off thame efftyr that he herd that,
Dwne in till a set he sat.
As afferyd till a Kyng,
Off that cas to mak endyng.
Before hym the partyis thare standand.

Ch. v.] of SCOTLAND. 305
And by hym lordis on ilk hand.
" God," he sayd, " haffand in consciens.
Here I gy-we now playne sentens,
Jhon the BallyoU tUl have the Crown -950
Be rycht off this successyown
Off [the] kynryk off Scotland,
That, as yhe wate, is nowe -wakand."
As mony ferlyid off this sentens
Noucht gy-vyn off gud consciens.
The Erie off Glocystyre thare standand.
And Eobert the Brws, bath hand in hand,
AU this deide as [thai] sawe dwne.
Thus to that Kyng than sayd he swne,
" A ! Mere de Dew, drede thow noucht.
Or mycht it ne-vyr faU to thi thoucht, 960
Before the rychtwys Dwmmys man
Quhat that thow art to say than,
Quhen th6 beho-wys for tUl appere
His sentens off thi self tiU here.
That gave this sentens off a Kynryk,
Quhare-tiU nane othir feis is lyk ?"
Mare than this wald thai noucht say,
Bot turnyde thare bakkis, and yhede thare way.
The Erie and the Brws Eobert.
Quhat that folwyd efftyrwert, 970
How Eobert oure Kyng reco-weryd his land
That occupyid -wyth his fays he fand,
And it restoryd in aU fredwme
Qwhyt tUl hys ayris off aU threldwme,
Quha that lykis that for to wyt,
To that Buke I tham remyt,
Qnhare Maystere Jhon Barbere off Abbyrdene
Archeden, as mony has sene,
VOL. II. V

306 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
Hys dedis dytyd mare -wertusly.
Than I can thynk in aU study, 980
Haldand in aU lele suthfastnes.
Set aU he wrat noucht his prowes.

CHAP. VI.
Jloto folotogs a eomptttatiottne
CDS $orlig0' ^eitcratiottite.
F. 200. b. Malcolme Kyng quhyle off Scotland,
In it qwhiU he wes Kyng ryngnand.
He tuk Saynt Margret tiU hys -wyff :
On hyr he gat in till his lyff
Sex swnnys, and dowchtrys twa.
In generatiowne now to ga.
Off thai the yhoungast wes Da-wy
Oure Kyng ; and he gat syne Henry. 990
Befor hys fadyr deyd he :
Bot he gat lauchfuU swnnys thre ;
Malcolme the Madyn wes eldast ;
Syne WiUame oure Kyng ; the yhoungast
Was Da-wy, that wes Erie off lauch.
Off Hwntyngtown, and the Garwyauch.
Oure Kyng WUlame efftyr that
Alysawndyre hys swne lauchfuU gat.
That Alysawndyre WUlamys swne
Gat Alysawndyre. In hym wes dwne 1000
And endyt fuU in his persowne
Off WUlame the generatyown ;
For he, as yhe herd beforne.
Be suddane case deyd at Kyngorne.

Ch. vl] of SCOTLAND. 307
TiU Malcolme agayne now mon we ga.
For to spek off hys dowchtris twa.
Off thai the eldast wes Dame Maid ;
Wyth aU the gud Qwene scho wes cald :
Scho wes a plesand fayre lady ;
Scho weddyt wes wyth Schyr Henry, 1010
That wes WiUame Bastardis swne,
Quhen WUlame Eeddis dayis ware dwne.
This Henry Kyng wes off Ingland ;
Off this Dame Maid he wes husband.
Men sayd, this wes the resowne, quhy
Thai cald the gud Qwene that lady ;
Thai sayd a cwstwme in Ingland
Wes oysyd the Comownys sare grewand :
Thraly hyr Lord thare-for scho
Prayid that custwme tUl wndo. 1020
For this sts scho fraynyd fast.
He eonsentyd at the last.
And he hyr grawntyd hyr askyng.
Gyve scho fulfiU wald hys yharnyng.
To that scho heycht for to be bowne.
But ony kyn condytyown :
For scho trowyd bot honest^.
Set by that sum-thyng yhede he.
Than throwch all Lwndyn he bad hyr ryde,
Na clath on hyr to cu-wyre hyr hyd, 1030
Bot, gyve hyr lykyd, wyth hyr hare.
For tiU cu-wyre hyr body bare.
Syn na bettyr mycht be dwne,
TiU that byddyng scho gra-wntyd swne.
And thare-tiU waytyd a brycht day,
F. 201. Quhen wykyd weddyrys ware away,
[And] als nakyt as scho wes borne

308 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
Scho rade, as scho had heycht beforne ;
And sa fulfiUyt aU byddyng
And gat hyr wyU and hyr yharnyng. 1040
Be resowne off this bowsumnes
Maid the gud Qwene cald scho wes :
And hyr Lord, the Kyng Henry,
For hyr -wndyd aU qwytly
That Ul custwme, sare gre-wand
The Statis befor than off Ingland.
Dame Mary hyr systyr weddyt was
Wyth the Erie off Boloyn, Schyr Ewstas.
Hyr fadyre had a brodyr bald.
That be name wes cald Donald. 1050
Quhen Malcolme hys brodyr had made endyng.
This Donald fanddyt tUl ha-we bene Kyng.
Edgare hys brodyr swne for-thi
Tuk this Donald dyspytwsly.
And hard demaynyd his persown,
QuhiU that he deyd in hys presown.
This Donald gat yhit nevyrtheles
A dowchtyr, that cald Bethok wes :
This ilke Bethok efftyr than
Bare a douchtyr; and that woman 1060
In the Kyng WiUamys chawmbyr bade.
And to the Qwene gret serwys made.
Than come thre bredyr off Normandy,
Fayre yhong persownys and joly,
Wyth the Kyng Eychard off Ingland.
The eldast dwelt [tharjfurth bydand :
In tUl Irland past the tothire :
In Scotland come the yhongast brodyr ;
WUlame wes his propyre name.
Thare duelt he wyth the Kyng WUlame, 1070

Ch. vl] of SCOTLAND. 309
The quhilk saw hym a fayr persowne ;
Tharefore in gret affectyowne
The Kyng than had this ilk man.
For -wertu, that wes in hym than.
He made hym, syn he wes stark and sture,
Kepare off hys chawmbyre dure.
Na langage cowth he spek clerly,
Bot hys awyn langage off Normawndy ;
Nevyrtheles yhit quhen he
Oppynyd the dure tUl mak entr^, 1080
" Cwm in, cwm in," he wald ay.
As he herd othir abowt hym, say.
Be that oys than othir men
WiUame Cwmin cald hym then.
The Kyng WiUame off Scotland
Than ga-we hym in tiU Tyndale land.
And gert [hym] than weddyde be
Wytht Donawldis douchtyr douchtyr fre.
F. 201. b. For to wyt how that wes dwne.
The Erie off Saynt Paulys swne 1090
Weddyt Bethok tUl hys wyff.
That Donawld gat in tiU hys lyff ;
And on this Bethok efftyre that
This Erlys swne a douchtyr gat :
This Erlys swne syne off cas,
Dede befor hys fadyr was ;
Swa, be the custwme off the land,
TUl hys fadyr than lyvand
Hys brethyr ayris war off det.
Than Bethok feld hyr rycht hard set, 1100
For hyr dowchtyr, and scho alsua,
Behowyd all the land for-ga.
Than hame thai come in till Scotland

310 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
Till the Kyng WiUame than lyvand :
In his chawmber bath thai bade.
And to the Qwyene thai ser-wyce made,
QuhUl this madyn weddyt was.
As yhe have herd befor the cas.
This WiUame Cwmyn efftyr that
A swne cald Wilyame Cumyn gat. 1110
That WUlame Cwmyn gat swnnys twa ;
Eychard and Waltyre cald war tha.
Bathe thai twa ware mychty men ;
Erie off Monteth wes Waltyr then.
This Waltyr wes mychty efftyr that.
And gret landys be conqwest gat.
Ayre had he nane off hys body ;
Hys eldare brodyr Eychard for-thi
Ayre he mad off aU his land.
The thryd brothyr off thir I fand 1120
Alysawndyr, that Erie wes off Buchane.
He had a swne cald WUlame than.
That WUlame had swnnys twa ;
Jhon and Alysandyre cald war tha.
This Alysandyre efftyr that
Off spows twa fayre dowchtris gat :
Henry de Bewmownt the eldast
Weddyt : and nest hyr the yhowngast
Schyre Jhon de Eoss tuk tUl his wyff.
And furth wyth hyr swa led hys lyff. 1130
Bot Jhon, that wes the eldare brodyr,
Erie off Buchane before the tothir.
Off lauchfuU bed had systrys fywe.
The Erie Patryke tUl hys wyve
The eldast hade : On hyr he gat
Patryk, that Erie wes efftyr that

Ch. VL] OF SCOTLAND. 311
Off Dunbare. And lykwys
Off Stratheme the Erie Malys
The secownd systyr had, and scho
A swne cald Malys bar hym to. 1140
The thryd Schyr Gylbert Wmfrayvyle,
F. 202. Erie off Angws m that qwhUle,
(Off Angws, and off Eyddysdale
Erie he wes, and Lord aU hale)
On that lady efftyrwert
Off WmfraywyUe he gat Eobert :
On that lady he gat alswa
Othir brethyr to Eobert ma.
The ferd Schyr WiUame off Brechyne ;
On hyr he gat Schyr Da-wy syne. 1150
Schyr Nychol de Sowlys tUl hys -wyff
Had the fyft iu tUl hys lyff;
On hyr he gat swnnys twa ;
WiUame, and Jhon cald war tha.
To Eychard Cwmyn now ga we,
The eldest off the bredyr thre.
The Erie Waltyr (qwham off before
Yhe herd, gyve yhe have in memore)
Off Menteth hys ayre hym made
Off aU the landis, that he had. 1160
That Eychard Jhon Eed Cwmyn gat.
This Eed Jhon Cwmyn efftyr that
(How he wes off cond3i;yown,
A knycht he wes off gret renown)
He had twa -wywys in hys lyve,
Ilkane tiU othir successyve,
On ane off tha this Jhon Eed gat
Jhon the Blak Cwm3m efftyr that.
At Lowchyndorb apon cas

312 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
This Blak Cwmyn ded thare was. 1170
The Eed Cwmyn had douchtrys foure.
Off the quham [we] come now to tell oure.
Eychard Sward in [till] hys lyff
The eldest off tha tuk tiU his wyff.
The secownd systyr tuk Godfray,
To surnowme that cald wes Mowbray :
He gat a swne wes cald WUlame :
Jhon the nest wes cald be name ;
In all Scotland wes noucht than
As this Jhon sa fayr a man : 1180
Eogere : and syne PhyUpe the knycht,
Prysyd in hys tyme bawld and wycht :
And the fyft wes cald Godfray ;
Efftyr Banokburne, as I herd say.
In till Ingland he tuk tyte
Off the Frere Precho-wris the habyte.
The thryd douchtyr off Eed Cwmyn
Alysawndyr off Argayle syne
Tuk, and weddyt tUl hys -wyff :
And on hyr he gat in tUl hys lyff 1190
Jhon off Lome, the quhUk gat
E-wyn off Lome efftyr that.
The ferd douchtyr o-wre the lave.
To -wyff the Lord tuk off Murra-we :
F. 202. b. On hyr this Lord off Murra-we gat
Andrew off Murra-we, that efftyr that
Wes at the Bryg off Stryvelyne slayne,
Quhen WiUame WaUas dyd his payne
To succoure the kynrik off Scotland,
Off Kyng quhen it wes than -wakand. 1 200
Bot Jhon Blak Cwmyn in hys ly^^e
Tuk and weddyt till hys wyve

Ch. vl] of SCOTLAND. 313
Jhon the BaUyoUis douchtyr quhyle,
That he gat on Der-worgyU.
Off that matere we sail spek swne,
Quhen aU the lave to that is dwne.
To precede in this matere
For to mak oure proces clere,
Quhen Alysandyr the thryd wes dede.
And lefft na swne in tUl hys sted, 1210
Swa endyt hale in his persowne
Off WiUame the generatyowne.

Oj

'ff WiUameys brodyr we mon for-thi.
That wes but dowt the Erie Dawy,
Eekyn the generatyown.
As come in tUl successyown.
This Da-wy Erie wes off lauch
Off Huntyngtown, and Gar-vyauch.
TUl Kyng WiUame he wes brothyr :
As sum men sayd, he was the tothir ; 1220
Nest Malcolme the Madyn, thai sayd, eldast,
Sa wes Kyng WUlame the yhoungast ;
And, as men sayd, in Sarzines
He tra-walyd, quhen WUlame crownyd wes
And efftyr that, quhen he come hame,
Thare kepyd hym the Kyng WiUame,
And, as men sayd, in the presens
Off mony lordis wyth reverens
He proffryd hym the Crown,
And sayd, that he be mast resown 1230
Befor hym that Crowne suld bere.
For he kend hym his eldere ;
And acq-wyt hym halyly.

314 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
That off nane iU succudry,
Na off nane ill presumptyown
He usurpyd than the Crown :
Bot aU tyme thowcht, gyff that he
Mycht efftyr wyth hys eyne hym se.
The Crown he suld ha-we at hys wiU,
As tUl hym feU off lauch and skyUe. 1240
Wyth this proffyre the Erie Da-wy
Thankyd hym rycht curtasly.
And forsuke thare Kyng to be.
Syne WUlame than had that Eeawte,
Or fra hym to ta the Crown,
F. 203. And held hym payid off Huntyngtown,
And, as fell tyll hym off lauch.
The Erldwme off the Gar-vyauch.
This Erie Da-wy had douchtrys thre.
Margret the fyrst off tha cald he : 1250
This Margret wes a pleysand May ;
Hyr weddyt Alayne off Gallway.
This Alayne on hyr efftyr that
A dowchtyr cald DerworgiU gat :
TUl Jhon the BaUyoU scho wes wyff
On this Der-worgyU in his lyff
Jhon yhowng the BaUyoU he efftyrward
Gat ; and that Jhon gat Edwarde,
That come in tiU Scotland syne.
And strak the battaUle off Duplyne. 1260
In this Edward endyt hale
Off the BaUyoUis all the male.
This DerworgUl the fayre lady
A systyr had cald Marjory ;
Jhon the Cwmyn tuk hyr to wyff.
And gat on hyr in tiU hys lyff

Ch. vl] of SCOTLAND. 315
A swn, that cald wes Jhon Cwmyn,
That slayn in tyU Drumfrese wes syne.
This last Jhon Cwmyn ne-vyrtheles
Had a douchtyr, that weddyt wes 1270
TiU the Erie off Athole, cald Da-wy,
The quhilk gat on her bodyly
A swn cald Dawy, and othir ma.
Bot Da-wy that eldast wes off tha
Schyr Henry de Bewmwnt hys douchtyr fayre
He weddyt, becaus that scho wes ayre
Off all the Erldwme off Buchane,
That Schyre Jhon Cwmyn befor thane.
That hyr modyr fadyr wes.
It awcht, and syne he deyd swnles. 1280
This Da-wy Erie gat on that schene
Da-wy, that wes slayne in Kylblene.
This Alane, that Lord wes off GaUway,
Ane othir dowchtjT had in his day :
And he gert mary that lady
Wyth Schyr Eogere the Qwency.
That Uk Eogere efftyr that
Thre dowchtrys on that lady gat :
And thai douchtrys war weddyt then
Wyth thre nobiU mychty men. 1290
The Lord de Ferrarys the eldast.
The Erie off Buchane the mydlast.
The Lord de le Such in hys lyffe.
The thryd lady tuk tUl hys wyff,
Thir thre lordis thus in their ly-vys
Tuke thir thre ladyis to thare -wywys.
Alysawndyre Cwmyn he wes cald than, '
F. 203. b. That Erie and Lord wes off Buchane,
The quhilk weddyt that lady,

316 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIIL
Schyr Eogerys douchtyr de Qwency : 1300
TUl Schyr Jhon Cwmyn fadyr he wes.
The quhUk, as yhe herd, deyd swnles.

CHAP. VIL
(Dfi the ®rle IPatop ofi J^tontangtotone,
^ttb ofi hie geiteratioune.

Ti

. HE Erie Da-wy off Huntyngtown,
A lord commendyt off renown,
Ane othir douchtyr had, I herd tell.
That cald be name wes YsabeUe.
Eobert the Brws in tiU his lyff
Tuk that lady tUl his wyff.
That Eobert the Brws efftyr that
On hyr a swne cald Eobert gat 1310
The Brws. And he efftyrwart
Gat a swne, wes cald Eobart
The Brws, the quhUk in tUl his dayis
Weddyt off Karryk the Cowntays ;
Swa wes he Erie, and Lord aU hale
Off Karryk and Annandyrdale.
The Erie off Karryk, Schyr Eobert,
Gat on that lady efftyrwert
Eobert the Brws, that wes oure Kyng,
That Scotland tuk in governyng. 1320
The Erie off Karryk gat swnnys ma.
And brethire tUl oure King war tha.
Nele, Alysandyr, and Edwart,
That deyd in Irland efftyrwart.

Ch. VIL] OF SCOTLAND. 317
But barnys, tha bredyre deyde ilkane.
To sawff Eobert oure Kyng allane.
Oure Kyng Eobert had alswa
Systyrys, and the fyrst off tha
Wes weddyt wyth the Erie Gartnay,
That Erie off Mar wes in his day. 1330
On hyr he gat the Erie Donald,
That wes a stowt man and a bald.
This Donald efftyr gat Thomas,
That Erie off Mar syne nest hym was :
Thare come nane ayre off hys body ;
Hys systyr wes hys ayre for-thi.
And that systyre weddyt was
Wyth WiUame, that Lord wes off Dowglas :
That WUlame but dowt wes he.
That made off Dowglas a Cownte. 1340
That WiUame on that lady gat
Jamys off Douglas, that efftyr that
Gert mony off oure fays spwrne.
And syne wes slayne at Ottyrburne.
He wes -wertws, and manly,
F. 204. And governyt the Marchys -wertwsly.
AU the floure off hys yhowtheid
[He spendyt ay in gret manheide].
Bot foure yhere Erie, I trow, he wes ;
That tyme he spendyt in prowes. 1350
He by hys fadyr in Melros lyis,
Hys saule, I trow, in Paradyis.
Off Mar hys systyre wes hys ayre
And off the Gar-vyauch. That lady fayre
Schyr Malcolme off Drowmwnd till hys wyff
Tuk, and weddyt hyr in his lyf :
Barnys on hyr had he nane.

THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
Quhen this Malcolme the dede had tane.
The Erie off Buchanys swn, Stewart
Alysandyre, hyr weddyt efftyrwart. 1360
Scho deyd, and na barne till hym bare ;
Bot he remaynyt Erie off Mare.
He wes aU wertws in hys dede.
And weUe rewlyd that he had to led.
The secownd douchtyr, that Eobert
Erie off Karryk had efftyrwert,
Weddyt wes -wyth the Erie Hw
Off Eoss, a lord off gret -wertu.
On hyr he gat swnnys thre :
The eldast had the hale Cownt^ 1370
Off Eoss, and wes cald WiUame.
He had a systyr wes cald Ewfame,
That [crownyt Qweyn was off Scotland],
Quhen that hyr lord wes Kyng ryngnand,
Eobert Stewart ; the fyrst wes he
Off Stewartis that had that reawte.
This Qwene Ewfame in till hyr lyve,
Quhen scho wes oure Lordis wyve,
TUl hym scho bare barnys sere :
Bot off tha nane lyvand were, 1380
Bot Waltyr Stewart, that than wes
Erie off AthoUe and Katenes,
Off Ewfameys b3rrth amang the lave
Come Thomas, that Erie wes off Murrave,
Quhen that this Memoryall
Wes made, tytlyd Orygenall.
This Erie WUlame had dowchtrys twa :
The eldast weddyt wes off tha
Wyth Schyr Waltyr off Lesly,
A manfuU knycht, and a worthy. 1390

Ch. VIL] OF SCOTLAND. 319
Schyr Alysandyr FrysaU in hys lyff
The tothir douchtyr had till hys wyff.
[This] Waltyr off Lesly had a swne :
Quhen hys faddyr dayis ware dwne.
Off Eoss he joyssyd the Cowntd :
But lauchfuU swne syne deyd he.
Off this progeny gyff yhe will mare,
Yhe spere at othir forthirmare.

Re

i^OBEET the Brws owre Kyng, quhen he
Had off Karryk the Cownte, 1400
F. 204. b. Befor that he tuk the Crowne
Off Scotland, or possessyown,
Erie Gartnayis systyr, I herd teUe,
That cald be name wes YsabeUe,
He tuk, and weddyt tiU hys wyff.
On hyr he gat in tiU hys lyff
Bot a douchtyr, cald Marjory.
Waltyr Stewart that lady
Tuk to wyff, and efftyr that
Eobert Stewart on hyr he gat, 1410
That sum tyme efftyr tuk the Crowne
Off Scotland, and possessyown.
Qwhen YsabeU, off Karryk the Cowntays,
Had endyt off hyr lyffe the dayis,
Hyr Lord Eobert the Brws than bade
AU a qwhyU in wedowhade.
Bot efftyr, yhit or he wes Kyng,
Or off hys rewme had governyng.
The douchtyr he weddyt off Aymere,
That Erie wes that tyme off Wlstere 1420
In Yrland, and on hyr body

320 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
A swne he gat, wes cald Da-wy,
That wes his ayre, and syne oure Kyng,
That Scotland tuk in governyng.
On hyr he gat als douchtyrs twa ;
Mawld and Margret cald war tha.
The Erie off Swthyrland in hys lyff
Tuk this Margret tUl his wyff.
A sone on hyr this Erie gat.
That Jhon he cald efftyr that : 1430
He ostage, for his eme wes send
In Ingland, for that he wes kend
The Kyng Da-wys systyr swne :
Thare ware aU hys dayis dwne.
Off the tothir dowchtyr Malde
Off me yhe saU here no mare talde.
Erie Da-wy hade the thryd douchtyr.
Henry the Hastyngis weddyt hyr :
Thare come na froyt off that weddyng.
Quhat suld be mare sayd off that thyng. 1440
Cast all thir generatyownys.
As thai ran in successyownys.
Off Brws and BaUyoU. Be yhoure sycht
Quhilk ware lyk to haffe the rycht ?
The Stewartis OrygenaUe
The Archedekyne has tretyd hale.
In metyre fayre, mare -wertwsly.
Than I can thynk be my study,
Be gud contynuatyo-wn
In successyve generatyown. ] 450
Off Murra-we and the Douglas,
F. 205. How that thare begynnyng was,
Syn syndry men spekis syndryly,
I can put that in na story.

Ch. VIIL] OF SCOTLAND. 321
Bot in thare armeys bath thai bere
The sternys set in lyk manere :
TiU mony men it is yhit sene
Apperand lyk, that thai had bene
Off kyn be descens lyneale.
Or be branchys coUateraUe. 1460
Off Ingland come the Lyndysay.
Mare off thame I can nocht say.

CHAP. VIIL
^oto gerhorijill that ^abg
^jrettlijit hjjr '^tzsonvz ietootlji.

N(

I OW to rehers it is my wUl
Sum -wertws dedis off Der-worgill.
That lady wes, as I herd say,
Alanys [douchtyr] off GaUway.
Jhon eldare BaUyoU in his lyffe
That lady weddyt tUl his wyff.
And on hyr syne efftyr that
Jhon the BaUyoU the Kyng he gat. 1470
Quhen the BaUyoU, [at] wes hyr Lord
Spowsyd, as yhe herd record,
Hys sawle send tUl his Creature,
Or he wes layd in sepulture,
Scho gert oppyn his body tyte.
And gert his hart be tane owt qwyte.
Wyth spycery weUe savorand.
And off kynd weUe flevorand.
That Uke hart, than, as men sayd,
VOL. II. X

322 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
Scho bawmyd, and gert it be layd 1480
In till a cophyn off evore.
That scho gert be made tharefore,
Annamalyd and perfytly dycht,
Lokyt, and bwndyn -wyth sylver brycht.
And alway quhen scho yhed tUl mete.
That [cophyne scho gert by hir] sett ;
And tUl hyr lord, as in presens.
Ay to that scho dyd reverens.
And thare scho gert set ilka day,
[As] wont before hyr lord wes ay, 1490
All the cowrssys co-weryd weUe
In to sylver brycht -wescheUe
Browcht fra the kychyn, and thare set.
Quhen scho mad hyr to rys fra met,
AU thai courssys scho gert then
Be tane wp, and delt tU pure men ;
Scho send aU thai courssys gud.
As scho thame chesyt, to ta thare fude.
This scho cessyt nevjT to do,
QuhUl lyvand in this warld wes scho. 1500
F. 205. b. Scho ordanyt in hyre testament.
And gave byddyng -wyth hale intent.
That that hart thai suld than ta.
And lay it betwene hyr pappys twa.
As detyt thai war than -wyth honowre
To lay hyr wyth that in sepultoure.
Scho fowndyt in to Gallway
Off Cystews ordyre ane Abbay ;
Dulce-Cor scho gert thaim aU,
That is Swet-Hart, that Abbay call : 1510
And now the men off Gallway
CaUys that sted the New Abbay.

Ch. IX.] OF SCOTLAND. 323
Howssys off Freris scho fwndyt tway :
Wygtowne, and Dund^ [war] thai.
In ekyng als off Goddis ser-wyce
Scho fowndyt in Glasgw twa chapellanyis.
And in the Unyversyte
Off Oxynfurde scho gert be
A CoUage fowndyt. This lady
Dyd aU thir dedis devotly. 1520
A bettyr lady than scho wes nane
In aU the yle off Mare Bretane.
Scho wes rycht plesand off bewt^.
Here wes gret taknys off bowntd.

CHAP. IX.
ten slagnc toes tke ®rle ^aneane,
^he (Erie ofi JgfiEs sone Colbane.
A.D. A
1288. JA. thowsand and twa hundyr yhere
Foure scor and aucht, to rekyn clere,
Efftyr the [blest] Natyvyte,
That wes the matere off oure gle,
Schyre Patryk off Abbyrnethy,
And Schyre Waltyr de Percy, 1530
Be consaUe off Schyr WUlame
Off Abbyrnethy, quharfore he blame
Bare rycht gret, for that thai
In to pry-wy buschement lay
Waytand the Erie off Fyffe Dwncane,
That swne wes off the Erie Colbane ;
The wayis thai kepyt sa stratly.
That he mycht na way get thaim by.

324 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
At PetpoUoch thir knychtis twa,
Schyr Patryk and Schyr Waltyr, tha 1 540.
Forsayd, slew this Erie off Fyffe.
Quhan thai fra hym had tane the lyff,
Owt off the land thai wald ha-we past.
Schyre Andrew Murrawe alsa fast
Folowyd on in gret battaiUe
TiU Colbane-town in Clyddysdale :
Thare tuk he Waltyr, and twa sqwyerys.
That in that slauchtyr ware wyth hym feris.
F. 206. Thai thre thare he put to dede.
And Schyre WUlame, but remede, 1550
In to the CasteUe off Dowglas
He gert hald hym, quhill dede he was.
Patryk for drede off this chans
Fled off Scotland in to Frans :
Thare he bade tUl hys endyng.
This -wengeans folowyd off that thyng.

CHAP. X.
®fi ^allgollis Coronationne,
^nb ofi kt5 ^rgtoationne.
A.D. i
1292. ^ THOWSAND and twa hundyr yhere
Nynty and twa, or thare-by nere,
EfftjT that all this wes done,
Jhon the BaUyoUe wes crownyd at Scone : 1560
And thare he tuk off his barnage,
Fewtd, sei'-wys and homage.
[Bot] off Eobert the Brws he
Gat nowthir homage, na fewtd :

Ch. X.J OF SCOTLAND. 325
Qwhen he Kyng wes off Scotland,
To the Kyng made homage off Ingland.
Quhen Dwncane, that wes Erie off Fyff,
As yhe ha-we herd, had tynt the lyff,
Makduff his brodyr, a sq-wyare.
That Lorde wes than off Kylqwhonqwhare, 1570
Wes hard stad be mony men.
That pressyt thaim for to wyn then
This ilke land off KUqwhonqwhare
Bathe be slycht and be poware.
And browcht that caus in jwgement
Before the Kyng in playne Parlement,
That ordanyd wes and set at Scwne.
Makduff persayvyd the BaUyoUe swne
That contrare in his caus he wes :
Fra his court, and his proces 1580
This Makduff appeUyd for-thi.
And thare-on held he rycht stoutly
In tUl his helpe and his defens.
He cald tUl the audyens
Off Edward, that that tyme wes ryngnand
Kyng wyth the lang schankis in Ingland.
On this appeUe than alsa fast
This Makduff tiU Lwndyn past.
And thare proponyd his querele.
That plesyd tUl this Kyng Edward weUe, 1590
Becaws that ne-vyre the lyk case
TUl hym before retowryd wase.
Hys breyffe he gert spede for-thi
TUl swmmownd this BaUyoU bodyly,
Syn he hym cald off Scotland,
As that rewme off hym haldand.
In hys Parlement tiU appere

A.D.
[1293.]

326 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
F. 206. b. TyU this Makduff to mak awnswere.
How he made hym his court to lede,
Qwhen this Makduff entryd in plede, 1600
And tiU ma opposityownys.
This Jhon the BaUyoU, wyth gret persownys
Off cownsaU chosyn, alsa fast
Till Lundyn in tiU Ingland past.
On a day in playne Parlement,
The Kyng Edward in jwgement
Gert call the Kyng Jhon off Scotland,
That by hym thare he sawe syttand.
As he wes swmmownd tUl appere
TiU Makduff to mak awnswere. 1610
Jhon the BaUyoU, thare syttand,
Gert at the bar his spekare stand.
And to thaim off gret cownsalle
Hys speke he commendyt haUe.
The Kyng Edward off Ingland
Bade hym ga to the bar and stand,
And his spek thare on thame lay,
Qwhat e-wyre thame lykyd for hym to say :
The lawe it wes noucht off that land
Procuratowris to mak, he sayd, syttand. 1620
Than Jhon the BaUyoile alsa fast
To the bar at byddyng past.
And comendyt in that plede
TUl cunnand men hys part to lede.
ri293 "^^^ efftyr that all this wes dwne,
1296.] In Scotland hame he sped hym swne ;
And menyd hym rycht sare, that he wes
Noucht trettyd as Kyng in that proces.
Swa ordanyd he a Parlement swne
Thare efftyr haldyn to be at Scwne. 1630

Ch. X.] OF SCOTLAND. 327
The Statis thare assemblyd hale
Delyveryd, and gave hym for cownsalle.
That bath [be] lettyr, and be sele.
And be sum gret man, that was lele,
Chargyd wyth wys instructyown.
And be fuU informatyown.
Off fewte tUl gyve [up] aU band.
That Jhon the BaUyoU, off Scotland
Than Kyng, aucht tUl Schjrr Edwart,
And aU allegeawns efftyrwart, 1640
And all homage, and serwys.
That Jhon the BaUyoU ony -wys
Had made tiU Edward, than rygnand
Crownyd Kyng in tiU Ingland ;
Syne that he agayne resown
That gat be fals extorsyown.
The Abbot off Abbyrbrothok than.
Dene Henry than caUyd, a cunnand man.
Be cownsale he wes chosyn thare
Off this charge to be berrare. 1650
For he wes rwyd, off gret lowrdnes,
F. 207. Wyth mony men he lathyd wes :
This message thai gert hym tak for-thi.
And on he passyd rycht hastyly
Wndyr cwndyt off schort space.
Quhen he to Lwndyn cumyn wes.
To the Kyng in till presens
Off hys gret CownsaU wyth reverens
Hys charge he delyveryd thare.
The Kyng than made hym awns ware, 1660
"A ! ce fol felun, tel foly fettis."
In Frawnkis quhen this he had sayd thare.
In Frawnkis he sayd yhit forthirmare.

328 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
" Si'l ne voit venir a nos, nos vendrum a ly!'
The fyrst Frawnkis in propyrte
All thus may wndyrstandyn be ;
" Now may yhe se, that a fwle swne
Here a fwlys deid has dwne :
Cwm tUl ws gyve he na -wiUe,
But dowt we saU cum hym tUl."
Set this Abbot wes messyngere,
This Kyng made hym bot lowryd chere : 1670
Nowthir to mete na mawngery
CaUyd thai this Abbot Den Henry.
Set he wes lathyd for lo-wrdnes,
A stowt man and a lele he wes ;
And in hys cownsall he wes -wys.
And dyd this charge all at de-wys.
And, for his cwndyt wes nere gane,
Langare cwndyt he askyd nane ;
Bot fra he this charge had dwne.
In Scotland hame he sped hym swne. 1680
Nevyrtheles he wes in dowt.
Or his cwndyt wes worne owt.
Wyth the lang schankis the King Edwart
Off to the Marche come efftyrwart
Wyth in the Bordwrys off Ingland :
Jhon the BallyoU off Scotland
He gert caU thare as Kyng,
To cum, and hald hys oblysyng.
Bot this King Jhon on na manere
For aU hys callyng wald appere. 1690
Bot offtare, and offtare, this Edwart
Cald Jhon the BaUioUe efftyrwart.
To do the det off his fewt^.
As oblysyd before till hym wes he.

CH.X.J OF SCOTLAND. 329
Bot Jhon the BaUyoU on na -wys
Wald mak hym fewtd, na serwys,
Na at hys call wald nevyr appere,
Na bow tUl hym on na manere.
Swa at the last, for his absens ,
This Kyng Edward gave sentens 1700
And dwme off hys priwatyown
For hys hey rebeUyown,
F. 207. b. And demyd hym depry-vyd to be
Off all honoure and dygnyte.
Off state, and off alkyn thyng.
That afferyd tiU a Kyng.
And wyth the Lang schankis this Edwart
Sayd flechand tUl the Brws Eobert,
That he had gret conscyens
Off the wykkyd wrang sentens, 1710
That he had gyvyn agayne his rycht ;
For-thi, he sayd, wyth all hys mycht
It wes the sowme off his cownsalle.
And heycht hym help and suppowalle.
For to reco-vyre aU hys land.
And for tUl get in tUl his hand
The casteUis, and the fortalys.
Be slychtis and be jwpardys.
And on the BaUyoU to mo-we his were
Wyth his help, and his powere. 1 720
This Eobert the Brws trowyd weUe
AU that he heycht hym ilka deUe ;
And tUl hys frendis that wrat he.
That Kyng off Scotland he thowcht till be ;
For the Kyng Edward in his rycht
Had heycht till help hym wyth his mycht.
Bot this Kyng Edward all wyth gawdys

330 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
Knakkyd Eobert the Brws wyth frawdis,
And tretyd hym in tiU that case
As ay the De-weyle dois in faUase ; 1730
As yhe may here here-efftyr swne,
Quhen aU the lave tUl that is dwne.

CHAP. XL
l^oto ofi Inglani the $s"9 togth atoik
i;ke totone haa toonngn ofi ^ertoike.
1296. A. THOWSAND and twa hundreth yhere
Sex and nynty to tha clere,
Fra the tyme that this wes dwne,
Jhon the Kyng off Scotland swne,
Wyth the Statis off hys Kynryke
The kepyng ordanyd off Berwyke.
And, for in Fyffe that tyme wes nane
Erie, lord, na capy tane, 1740
The fre-haldarys off that land,
Quhare mast wes peryle apperand.
For thare wyt, and thare prowes.
Off the gret Cownsalle chosyn wes :
And off byddyng alsa fast
The GentiUis off Fyffe to Berwyk past.
Off fyve havenys off Ingland
Gaddryd a na-wyne gret thai fand,
Stwffyd all wyth armyd men,
That fast the town assaylyd then. 1750
F. 208. Thre hundyre speris to lykyn, or ma.
Off Fyffe thare fays thai cwprayd swa, ^ /
That mony thai gert droAvnyd be,

Ch. XL] OF SCOTLAND. 331
Mony thai gert swne tak the se
Off fors, hame agayne fleand
To thare a-wyne hawenys off Ingland.
And auchten schyppys gret thai wan :
Off thai thai sawffyd nevyre a man.
For thai tro-wyd swne off were
Assaylyd to be wyth gret powere : 1760
And enpresowneys in swilk qwhiUe
To kepe is dowt, and gret peryle ;
Thai thowcht for-thi mare honeste.
Wnyheldyn to sla thame in meU^,
Than swUke ane hyrsalle for till hald.
And bargane to be in bataille bald.
Off wyt for-thi and great -wertu
Sic dowtis and peryUys tUl ethchowe, *
AU that schyltrum thai slw down.
And sawffyd off Berwyk swa the town. 1770
And thai schyppys in a fyre
Thai brynt aU wp in colys schyre.
Quhen the Kyng Edward off Ingland
Had herd off this deid full tythand,
AU breme he belyd in to berth.
And wrythyd aU in wedand worth,
Alsa kobbyd in his crope.
As he had ettyn ane attyrcope ;
And als fast assemblyd hys ost.
And come to Berwyk wyth gret host ; 1780
And layd a sege to the town,
Assawtis makand rycht fellown.
The stwff wythin resystens
AgajTie hym made, and gret deffens.
Sa, qwhene he saw, that he mycht noucht
The town off were wyn, as he thoucht.

332 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
Wndyr dissymbelatyown
Bath tent thai tuk wp and pa-wUlown,
AU lyk as to gere cese that were.
Than he removyd wyth his powere, 1790
And sealyd in buschementis nere thareby
Hys ostys, bydand pre-waly
Owrdry-wand a day or twa.
And qwhUl that thai war bydand swa.
Thai fenyhyd armys off Scotland,
As thai kend lordis thai berand ;
And ayrly on the Gud Fryday
To the town agayne come thai.
The lordis armys off Scotland
At the sown ryssyng apperand 1800
On bayneris payntyd and penownys.
As thai had bene thare awyne persownys.
F. 208. b. Wythin the town the Scottis wes
Eejosyd in tUl gret blythnes
Off that sycht ; for thai wyst noucht
Off the desayt agayne thame wroucht :
Bot thai trowyd, that thaire Kyng
That ost hade sende in thare helpyng.
For-thi the yhettis alsa fast
AU off the towne thai gert wp cast. 1810
And at thai yhettis oppyn then
Fast thrang [in] the Inglys men.
And wmbeset the Scottis thare.
Or thai wyst welle, quhat thai ware.
The Inglis [men] thare slwe downe
[All] hale the Scottis natyowne.
That wyth in that towne thai fand.
Off all condytyowne nane sparand ;
Leryd and lawde, nwne and frere.

Ch. XL] OF SCOTLAND. 333
AU wes slayne wyth that powere : 1820
Off allkyn state, off allkyn age,
[Thai] sparyd nothir carl na page :
Bath awld and yhowng, men and wy-wys.
And sowkand barnys thar tynt thare lyvys :
Yhwmen and gentUmen alsa.
The lyvys aU thai tuk [thaim] fra.
Thare slayne wes downe the floure off Fyffe :
Thare sawlys to sawff thai spendyt the lyffe.
And in the sawftd off the town
Before thai had the mast renown. 1830
Thus thai slayand ware sa fast
All the day, qwhiU at the last
This Kyng Edward saw in that tyde
A woman slayne, and off hyr syde
A barne he saw fall owt, sprewland
Besyd that woman slayne lyand.
" Lasses, lasses," than cryid he ;
" Leve off, leve off," that word suld be.
Se-vyn thowsand and fyve hundyr ware
Bodyis reknyd, that slayne ware thare ; 1840
This dwne wes on the Gud Fryday.
Off elde, na kynd, nane sparyd thai.
Twa dayis owt, as a depe flwde.
Throw aU the town thare ran rede blude.
Thus that Kyng off Ingland,
Noucht Kyng, bot a feU tyrand.
Led that day his devotyown :
He gert thare thole the Passyown
Off dede mony a creature
In tUl gratyous state, and pure, 1850
Clene schre-wyn, in gud entent
Eedy to tak thare sacrament.

334 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
Hys offyce wes that Gud Fryday
Till here innocentis de, and say
" AUace, AUace, now. Lord, we cry
For hym, that deyd that day, Mercy."
Nane othir ser-wys that day herd he ;
F. 209. Bot gert thame slay on, but petd.
The sawlys, that he gert slay down thare.
He send, quhare his sawle ne-vyrmare 1860
Wes lik to come, that is the blys,
Quhare alkyn joy ay lestand is.

T

HAT ilk yhere all IngUs men.
In Scotland that war duelland then,
Othir vicare, or persown.
Be sentens of priwatyown
Owt throwch all the hale kynrik
Ilk byschape in hys byschapryk
All thare rentis tuk thame fra,
And Scottis men awawnsyd wyth tha. 1870
And aU othir Inglis men
Off ser-wys, or off crafftis then.
Off aU condytyown, or off age
Bathe yhowng and awld, man and page.
Be delyverans off cownsaUe
Than owt off Scotland wes put hale.
That Uk yhere als at Dunbare
Slayne in batayle mony ware :
Schyre Patryke the Grame, a nobUl knycht,
Stowt and manly, bawld and wycht ; 1880
And mony othir gentUlmen
Thare war slayne, and wondyt then.

Ch. XL] OF SCOTLAND. 335
The Erie off Eoss thare WiUame,
A lord off commendyt fame,
Sexty knychtis and to tha ten.
Off sqwyaris mony manly men.
And mony othir fayre persownys,
Famows lordis and barownys.
Fled to the castelle owt off the stowre,
Thare lypnand tiU have had succoure. 1890
Eychard Sward, that wes than
Off that castell capytan,
Eessay-wyde [thaim] rycht blythly.
And syne gert bynd thame sykkyrly.
As bwndyn schepe in Ingland
Thai he send in tUl presand
TUl Edward wyth the Lang-schankis,
That yhald tharfore mony thankis.

Ti

. HIS tyme wes gret dyssentyown
In Scotland and dyvysyown ; 1900
For the kynryk wes in twa
Dyvysyd, and gret dowt wes swa.
The Cwmynys kyn favoryd the part
Off Jhone the BaUyoUe. The Brows Eobert
A byschape favoryd and erlys twa.
Off Glasgw, Athole, and Mare ware tha :
All thir in gret sykkyrnes
Till Eobert the Brows bwndyn wes ;
And mast the Byschape off Glasgw,
F. 209. b. Eobert a lord off gret -wertu. 1910
The Cwmynys [had] aU thir lordis for-thi
In gret suspectyown and in-wy ;

336 THE CEONYKIL [B. Vlll.
And thir lordis had [thame] rycht swa.
Thus wes this rewme dyvysyd in twa.
In this dy-vysyown innocentis
Tholyd gret paynys and towrmentis.

XjlND efftyr that the Scottis ware.
As yhe herd, -wencust at Dunbare,
Till the lang schankis this Edwart
In specyalle come the Brows Eobert, 1920
And prayd hym, gyff it war his wiU,
That he had heycht, than to fulfill ;
That wes the kynryk off Scotland,
That wes that tyme off Kyng -wacand.
On Frawnkeys this Edward made awnsuere
Till Eobert the Brows on this manere,
" Ne avons ren autres chos a fere.
Que a vous reamgs ganere ?"
Thire wordis in to propyrte
AU thus may wndyrstandyn be,
" Ha-we I noucht ellys to do nowe,
Bot wyn a kynryk to gyve yhowe ?" 1 930
Eobert the Brws kend weU than
The falsate off this wykkyd man :
And tUl hys awyn landis alsa fast
Eobert the Brws in Ingland past :
In Scotland he na byddyng made,
Bot in hys awyn in Ingland bade.

Ch. xil] of SCOTLAND. 337

CHAP. XIL
ten the ^alliolle iegrabtt toes,
^ni) mong eome to the inglis fee.
1296. \Y YTH the Lang schankys this Edwart
Throwch Lowthyane passyd efftyrwart.
Thre gret casteUys off this land
Yholdyn he tuk in till hys hand, 1940
Dunbar, Edynburgh, and Stre-wylyn.
He folowyd Jhon the BallyoU syne
Eycht to the CasteUe off Forfare.
Jhon the Cwmyn mete hym thare.
That off Strabolgy lord wes than :
Thare he become this Edwartis man.
TiU Abbyrden than alsa fast
Fra thine wyth his ost he past.
This Jhon the BallioU on purpos
He tuk, and browcht hym tiU Mwnros ; 1950
And in the CasteU off that town.
That than wes famows in renown.
This Jhon the BallyoU dyspoylyd he
Off aU hys robys off ryalt^.
The pelure thai tuk off hys tabart
(Twme-Tabart he wes callyt efftyrwart).
And aU othire insyngnys.
That feU to Kyngis on ony wys,
F. 210. Bathe scepter, swerd, crowne, and ryng,
Fra this Jhon, that he made Kyng, 1960
Halyly fra hym he tuk thare.
And made hym off the kynryk bare.
vol. II. Y

338 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
Than this Jhon tuk a qwhyt wand,
And gave wp in till Edwardis hand
Off this kynryk all the rycht.
That he than had, or ha-we mycht,
Fra hym and all his ayris thare,
Thareefft to clame it nevyrmare.
Be schyi)e than this ilk Jhon
And hys sowne Edward he send onone 1970
To Lwndyn, and thare lang tyme he
Gert thame stratly kepyd be.
Off Jhon the BaUyoUys delyverans
He made, and tholyd hym to pas in Frans.
Bot he gert hys swne Edward
Lang tyme be haldyn efftyrward ;
And gert hym be oblysyd stratly
Be gret ath sworne bodyly.
That he suld nevyr clame na rycht
Scotland tiU have, set he mycht. 1980
Nevertheles in Scotland syne
He come off were, and strak Duplyne.

E

FFTYE that aU this wes dwne,
Wyth the Lang schankis this Edward swne.
As throwch oure land he hamewart rade,
Mony comownys tUl hym than made
Homage -wyth athe off fewt^.
For that beho-wyd off fors to be.
Owt off the land quhen he past.
The Statis off Scotland alsa fast 1990
At Scwne togyddyr assemblyd hale,
To se thare for thar governale.
Twelff lordis thar thai chesyd off mycht

Ch. XIIL] OF SCOTLAND. 339
The Eewme to succoure and thare rycht.
That bwndyn ware -wyth faythfuU band
To succoure the fredwme off Scotland.
Than thare casteUys and thare townys
Wyth -wyttayle thai stuffyd and lele persownys.
Schyr Jhon the C-wmyne, that wes than
Erie and Lorde hale off Buchane, 2000
A gret ost gaddryd than alsa fast.
And in the north off Ingland past
In dyspyt off that tyrand.
That Kyng hym cald than off Ingland.
Wyth fyre and wappyn he dystrwyd :
That he ouretuk all he anoyid.
TUl Carlele swa he past off were.
And it assegyd -wyth hys powere :
Ne-vyretheles yhit as he thowcht.
That town at that tyme wan he noucht. 2010

CHAP. XIIL
F. 210. b. ^£re next folotogs ofi tke iagis,
Qtoken ras gnb OBilleskam OBalags.
A.D. m
1297. _LWELFF hundjTe nynty yhere and se-wyn
Fra Cryst wes borne the Kyng off He-wyn,
fiatu— WiUame Walays in Clyddysdale,
^'£Sr That saw hys kyn supprysyd hale
Wyth Inglis men in gret dyspyte.
Sum off thare harmys he thoucht to qwyte.
For he wes cummyn off gentiUmen,
In sympUl state set he wes then :
Hys fadyre wes a manly knycht ;

340 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
Hys modyre wes a lady brycht ; 2020
He gottyn and borne in maryage.
Hys eldare brodyre the herytage
Had, and joysyd in his dayis.
This ilk WUlame the Walayis
Drew to wapnys and to gere.
As manly men than oysyde to bere :
Wyth a swerd bath scharpe and lang
It wes hys oys than oft to gang.
Gret dispyte thir Inglis men
Had at this WiUame Walays then. 2030
Swa thai made thame on a day
Him for to set in hard assay :
Off his lang swerd in that entent
Fyrst thai made hym argwment
In tUl Lanark Inglis men,
Quhare a miUtitud war gaddryd then.
Ane a tyt made at hys swerd.
W. " Hald stylle thi hand, and spek thi worde."
/. " Wyth thi swerd thow mais gret host."
W. " Tharefor thi dame made lytUl cost." 2040
/. " Quhat caus has thow to were the grene? "
W. " Na caus, bot for to make th^ tene."
I. " Thow suld noucht bere sa fare a knyff."
W. " Swa sayd the preyst, that swywyd thi wyff.
Swa lang he cald that woman fayre,
QuhUl that his barne wes made thi ayre."
I. " Me-think thow dry-wys me to scorne."
W. " Thi dame wes swywyd, or thow wes borne."
Fra that kest thai na ma wordis :
But swne wes tyte owt mony swordys 2050
In to the market off Lanark,
Quhare Inglis men, bath stwre and stark.

Ch. XIIL] OF SCOTLAND. 341
Fawcht in tUl gret multytud
Agayne WiUame Walays gud.
Thare he gave thame dynt for dynt ;
Thare wes na strenth, hys strak mycht stynt.
As he wes in that stowre fechtand,
Fra ane he strak swne the rycht hand ;
And fra that carle mycht do na mare.
The lefft hand held fast the buklare, 2060
F. 211. j^nd he swa mankyd, as brayne wode,
Kest fast wyth the stwmpe the blode
In tUl WUlame Walays face :
Mare cumryd off that blode he was.
Than he was a weUe lang qwhiUe
Feychtand stad in that peryle.
The Inglis men gaddryd alsa fast
On this Walays, qwhyll at the last,
Fra he had wo-wndyt mony thare.
That agayne hym feychtand ware, 2070
TUl hys innys, as hym beho-wyd.
In gret hy he hym remo-wyd,
Defendand hym rycht manlykly :
Bot fol[o]wyd he wes rycht feUownly.
In tiU the towne wes hys lemman.
That wes a plesand fa3rre woman.
And saw this WiUame chassyd swa.
In tiU hyr hart scho wes rycht wa.
Scho gat hym -wyth in the dure :
That sowne thai brussyd wp in the flure. 2080
Than scho gert hym pre-waly
Get owte ane-othir gat thar-by :
And wyth hyr slycht scho tayryd than
Hys fays, qwhiU tUl the wod he wan.
The Schyrra-we that tyme off the land.

342 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIIL
The Kyng off Inglandis lutenand.
Come to Lanark ; and thare he
Gert this woman takyn be.
And gert hyre swne be put to dede.
That Walays sawe in to that sted, 2090
In hydlys quhare he stud nere by :
Tharefore in hart he wes he-wy.
Than tUl hys frendys alsa fast
In tUl the land this Walays past.
And thretty men he gat or ma :
That ilk nycht he come wyth tha.
That ware manly men and stark.
In the town that tyme off Lanark,
And qnhare he -wyst that the Schyrrave
Oysyd hys innys for tiU have, 2100
In tUl a lofft, quhare that he lay,
Efftyr mydnycht before day
Wpe he stwrly bruschyd the dure.
And layd it flatlyngis in the flure.
Wyth that the Schyrra-we aU agast,
" Quha is that ?" than speryd fast.
Sayd WUlame Walays, " Here am I,
WUl the Walays, that besyly
Thow has set th^ for to sla.
Now togyddyr mon we ga : 2110
The womannys dede off yhystyrday
I sail now qwyt, gyff I may."
Alsa fast than efftyr that
F. 211. b. The Schyrrave be [the] throt he gat.
And that hey stayre he harlyd hym down.
And slw hym thare wyth in the town.
Fra he thus the Schyrra-we slwe,
Scottis men fast till hym drwe.

Ch. XIIL] OF SCOTLAND. 343
That wyth the Inglis men [oft] ware
Aggrevyd, and supprysyd sare : 2120
And this WiUame thai made thare
Oure thame chefftane and leddare.
For he durst weUe tak on hand.
Wyth that he fayre wes, and plesand,
Manlyk, stowt, and Uberale,
And -wys in all gud governale :
To sla he sparyd noucht IngUs men.
TUl Scottis he dyd gret profyt then.
The grettast lordis off oure land
TiU hym he gert thame be bowand : 2130
lid thai, wald thai, all gert he
Bowsum tiU hys byddyng be :
And tUl hys byddyng, qwhay war noucht bown.
He tuk, and put thame in presown.
Off casteUis, bo-wro-wys, and fortalys
The grettast made hym thare ser-wys.
The Inglis men owt off oure land
He gert be put owt -wyth stalwart hand.

S

WA ras thare swne rycht he}' fame
Off the Walays this WUlame : 2140
And to the Kyng Edward off Ingland
Come off hys dedis swne tythand.
For he wes occupyid at hame.
He send Schyr Hw off Karsyngame,
That that tyme wes Trezorare,
In Scotland wyth a gret poware.
This WiUame Walays off Dunde
Assegeand the Castelle wes, quhen he
Herd, that thare come ane new ost

344 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
Owt off Ingland wyth gret host 2150
Wyth this Schyr Hw off Karssyngame.
This Uke Walays than WiUame
A payne off lyff and lyme bathe he
Bade the burges off Dund^,
At that assege that thai suld ly,
Aud kepe that casteU rycht stratly,
QuhiU that thai wan the IngUs men.
That occupyid that casteU then.
And wyth his court than alsa fast
TUl Stryvelyne this WUlame Walays past : 2160
And at the Bryg off Forth WUlame
The Walays met wyth Karssyngame.
Thare thai mellayd in to fycht,
Quhare mony dowre to ded wes dycht ;
Thare thai layid on alsa fast :
Thare Karssyngame at the last
F. 212. Wyth the mast part off his men
Slayne besyd that bryg wes then.
And aU the la-we owt off that stede
Than turnyd the bak, and away flede. 2170
The Scottis folowyd fast on then :
Quhare evyr thai ouretuk the IngUs men.
Thai sparyd nane, bot slwe aU down.
Walays off this had gret renowne
For aU hale the -wyctory
The Scottis had off this juperdy ;
And few wes slayne off Scottis men.
Bot Androwe off Murrawe slayne wes then :
Fadyre tUl gud Schyre Andrew he
Wes, and prysyd off gret bownte. 2180
This dyde Walays at Strevelyne,
And hely wes commendyt syne.

Ch. xiv.] of SCOTLAND. 345
Fra -wencust he had Karssyngame,
Heyare, and heyare ay wes hys fame ;
And, throwe the kynrik as he past.
The statis tUl hym bo-wyd fast.
And syne fra the Alhalowmes
In Yngland tiU Yhule he bydand wes.
AU [AUyrdayle] as man off were
That tyme he brynt wyth his powere : 2190
And wyth gret prayis owt off that land
Come efftyr the Yhule in tUl Scotland. .
And aU-kyn kynd off Inglis men
He gert put owt off Scotland then.

CHAP. XIV.
^token SKiUegkam Jfrasere tak tke ^elie,
^ni) ^amhirtotone ras in kis stebe.
J_N tiU Frawns that Uke yhere
The Byschape WUlame cald Frysere
Off Saynctandrewys deyde ; he lyis
In tUl the Frerys Prechowris off Parys.
Bot his hart ordanyd he
Browcht in Scotland for to be. 2200
And swa it wes wyth honowre.
And layd in halowyd sepultoure :
In Saynctandre-wys Cathedrale
Kyrk the conwentuale
Chanownys togyddyr gaddryd all
Layd that hart -wyth in the wall
[Closit and laid rycht sodenly
In that place, and honorably] ;

346 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
Qwhare now ar sene towmys twa.
Off Gamyll and Lambyrtown ar tha, 2210
WUlame Frasere hart is layd
Betwene tha towmys twa forsayd.
Quhen WiUame Frasere thus wes deyd.
Than chosyn Byschape in his steide
[Wes a nobili [and] famous man
That of that Se chosin was than]
Master WUlame off Lambyrtown,
A lord commendyt off renown,
A clerk off gret fame and -wertu :
Chawncelare he wes than off Glasgw. 2220

CHAP. XV.
F. 212. b. m tke Jatokgrk folotois kere
¦^ke bataglle in tkis Ckajritere.
A.D. m
1298. JLWELFF hundyre aucht and nynty yhere
Fra borne had Cryst the Madyn clere,
WiUame Walays in Scotland
Wes the Statis hale rewland.
And commendyt wes rycht weUe
In aU his dedis ilk4 deUe.
Quhen -wyth the Lang schankis the Kyng Edwart
Had herd in Ingland efftyrwart.
How in tUl Scotland than WiUame
Walays had met wyth Karssyngame, 2230
And had hym and his men aU slayne,
Quhare of this Edward wes noucht fayne ;
In Scotland wyth a gret powere
Gaddryd he come, as man off were.

Ch. xv.J of SCOTLAND. 347
On Saynt Mary Magdalenys day
At the Fawekyrk assemblyd thai.
Thare WiUame Walays tuk on hand,
Wyth mony gret lordys off Scotland,
To meUay wyth that Kyng in fycht :
Thare mony dowre to dede wes dycht. 2240
This Kyng Edward off Ingland then
Off Scotland had mony gentiU men.
That for dyspyt and gret in-wy
Till hym drw malicyowsly :
And the Cwmynys in tha dayis
Welle lu-wyd noucht WUlame the Walays.
Bot yhit the lele Scottis men.
That in that feld ware feychtand then,
Togyddyr stwd sa fermly
Strykand before thame manlykly, 2250
Swa that nane thare thyrl thame mycht,
Bot Eobert the Brows than wyth a slycht
(He thare wes wyth this Kyng Edwart,
Set he oure Kyng wes efftyrwart),
Wyth Schyre Anton the Bek a wyly man.
Off Durame Byschape he wes than,
Abowt ane hUl a weU fere way
Owt off that stowre than prikyd thay ;
Behynd bakkis alsa fast.
Thar thai come on, and layid on fast, 2260
Swa made thai the dyscumfytowre.
The Scottis thare slayne war in that stoure.
Thare Jhon Stwart apon fute,
Wyth hym the Brandanys thare off Bute,
And the gentUI men off Fyff
Wyth Makduff, thare tynt the lyff.
For dyspyt and gret in-wy

348 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
The Cwmynys kyn all halyly
F. 213. Fyrst lefft the feld ; and, as beho-wyd.
Syne WUlame Walayis hym remowyd : 2270
For he persa-wyd gret malys
Agayne hym scharpyd mony -wys.
Wythowtyn dowt that ilke day,
Quhen mony Scottis fled away,
Quhare e-wyre thai hapnyd to be ouretane,
AU thai ware slayne downe e-vryilkane.
The IngUs men had halyly
Off that jowrnay the -wyctory.
Before than couth na man say,
Na ne-vyr wes sene befor that day, 2280
Sa hale wencust the Scottis men :
Na it had noucht faUyn then.
Had noucht falshed and in-wy
De-vysyd thame sa syndyrly.
Efftyr that bataile few dayis.
This forsayd WiUame the Walayis
Persa-wyd, how he wes in gret leth
Had wyth the Cwmynys, in thare wreth.
And in dowt off tresown stad.
Be swylk taknys as he had. 2290
Besyd the wattyre off Forth he
Forsuk Wardane evyr to be.
Or swylk state in Scotland hald ;
Tak thai curys quha evyr wald :
For le-ware he had to lyve symply,
Na wndyre sic dowt in senyhowry ;
Na the lele comownys off Scotland
He wald noucht, had peryst wndyr his hand.
Off his gud dedis and manhad
Gret Gestis, I hard say, ar made ; 2300

Ch. XV.] OF SCOTLAND. 349
Bot sa mony, I trow noucht.
As he in till hys dayis wroucht.
Quha all hys dedis off prys wald dyte,
Hym worthyd a gret buk to wryte ;
And aU thai to wryte in here
I want bathe wyt and gud laysere.
A.D. A
1299. J\.KD efftyr that aU thir ware dwne,
Jhon Cwmyn, that wes Jhon Cumynys swn,
Tuk the kepyng off Scotland :
And that he held in tiU his hand, 2310
QwhUl efftyr the battayle off Eoslyne
This Uk yhowngare Jhon Cwmyne
Come till the Kyng off Inglandis pes.
Bot in the tyme he Wardane wes,
Jhone the Sowlys wes -wyth hym hale
Bath in help and in cownsale.
A.D. A
1300. J\. THOWSAND and thre hwndyr yhere
Efftyre the byrth off oure Lord dere,
PhyUpe, that than wes Kyng off Frawns,
Fra he had herd off that dystawns, 2320
F. 213. b. That wes betwene the Eewmys twa,
Scotland and Ingland bath war tha :
A clerk and a knycht he send.
That ware off wyt and manhad kend,
To the Kyng Edward off Ingland,
Wyth gret instans hym prayand.
For than that he trwys wald
Grawnt, and tUl a tyme thame hald,
TiU the Comownys off Scotland,

350 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
Syne thare Ee-wme wes then -wacand. 2330
The Kyng off Ingland, at instans
Off Phylip that tyme Kyng off Frawns,
Thai trewys grawntyd, swth to say,
Fra Alhalowmes tiU Wytsonday,
Wndyr that protestatyown.
That for the confederatyown.
That wes betwene the rewmys twa,
Frawns and Scotland than war tha.
To grawnt thai trewys war noucht hys will :
Bot as than he grawntyd till 2340
The Kyng off Frawnce thai tre-wys, for he
Wes tUl hym cusyne in nere gre.
And specyalle frend, and gud nychtboure.
And amyabiU, he trowyd, composytoure :
To the forsayd termys he grawntyt for-thi
Thai trewys for tiU hald lelely.
Jhone the Sowlys that Uke yhere,
Wyth Jhon Cwmyne falow [and] fere
As a Wardane off Scotland,
Hys falow thar off noucht wyttand, 2350
Be cownsaU off gret persownys,
Byschapys, erlys, and barownys.
Off the Statis off Scotland,
For to send message tuk on hand
TiU the auchtand Bonyface,
That Pape off Eome that tyme was.
Maystyr WiUame fyrst was ane
Archedekyn off Lowthyane,
Baldred Besat, and WiUame
To surname cald off Eglyshame : 2360
Thir thre ware gret clerkys then,
Comendyt wys and cunnand men ;

Ch. XV.] OF SCOTLAND. 351
For-thi chargyd than war thai,
And fullyly instruct to say.
And the grevys for to schawe
To the Pape, and gere hym knawe.
How the Kyng Edward off Ingland
Agayne rycht in Scotland wes wedand ;
And how the Comownys off that Eewme ware
Be that tyrand aggrevyt sare, 2370
Ha-wand for hym na resown,
Bot wylfuU wrangwys presumptyown ;
And to pray this Pape Bonyface,
F. 214. That he wald deyhgne hym off hys grace.
And off hys haly FadjThede,
In thir injwrys to set remede.
Thir messyngerys be instructyown
Had this in thare commyssyown.
The Kyng off Ingland, this Edwart,
Be this Pape swmmownd efftyrwart 2380
Befor hym for tiU appere.
Till thir playnttis tUl mak awnswere.
This Kyng than feyhnyd evydens.
As to declere hys consciens,
[And] sygnyfyid to the Pape rycht swne,
Quhat he in Scotland gert be dwne :
In tiU hys awyne rycht all gert he
Dwne in to that kynryk be ;
For to that Ee-wme he had mare rycht.
He sayd, than he reco-vyre mycht. 2390
Agayne aU resownys, that he couth set,
Maystyre Baldred the Beset,
A -wys clerk and a cunnand,
Ane off the messyngeris off Scotland,
Awnsweryd to thai resownys welle.

352 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIIL
And dystroyid thame Uka dele.
Be e-vydentis, that scha-wyd he agayne
That tyrandis rycht he made all -wayne.
Off this matere sum tyme wes
Made ane autentyk gret Proces. 2400
Wyth the Lang schankis this Edwardt,
Kyng off Ingland, [coyme] efftyrwart.
And Lynlythkw fayre and weUe
Gert byg, and mak thare the PeUe,
A thowsand thre hundyre yhere and ane,
Efftyr that God had manhed tane.

CHAP. XVL
In tkis Ckajritere folotois sjine
%hz balbe ^ataillc ofi ^ossljue.
A.D. A
1302. J± THOWSAND and thre hundyr yhere
And twa to thai to rekyn clere,
Efftyr, before as yhe herd say.
On Saynt Mary Magdalenys day 2410
At the Fawekyrk the IngUs men
The victory had wonnyn then.
The Kyng off Ingland come noucht be north
In propyre persowne the wattyr off Forth.
Bot wyth hys powere ne-vyrtheles
Fra Fyvys-Nes destroyid wes
And wastyd till Saynt Jhonstowne
Be slauchtyr and destructyown.
Wyth gret prayis at the last
This tyrand in till Ingland past. 2420
That wes, to trowe, off Goddis wiU :

Ch. XVL] OF SCOTLAND. 353
F. 214. b. For qwhiU he wes byddand sty 11,
Fra he wndon had Jhon the Kyng,
Quhare-e-wyr that he mad bydyng
In tUl oure land, he dyd gret skayth.
In slawchtyr, and in herschype bath ;
And made hym Maystyr, Lord, and Syre,
And gert aU bow tiU hys empyre.
And qwha tiU hym wald noucht do swa,
Owthyr he gert his men thame sla, 2430
Or he thame heryd, sparand nane,
Noucht levand behynd, bot wattyr and stane.
Bot Goddis gret pyte syne.
That off all sarys is medycyne,
TUl hys purpos made gret lete :
On mony curys his hart he sete.
That he mowcht noucht aU hys will
Off oure Eewme that tyme fuUfiU,
That wes till have subjectyown
Off this Eewme ; or tUl his crown 2440
It tUl have in propyrte
Hys besynes than hale set he.
Quha skaylis his thoucht in syndrynes,
In ilk thyng it is the les.
Off Ingland this Kyng for-thi
For gret herandis and hasty
Sped hym swne owt off oure land.
And as he hamwart wes passand.
On the Sowth halff the Scottis S^
AU made hym athe off fewt^ ; 2450
Bathe the schyrra-wys off the land,
And thai that casteUis ware kepand.
Be Sowth that wattyr generaly
AU bowyd till hys senyhowry.
VOL. II. z

354 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
Yhit sum wes bydand in exyle.
That durst noucht hys lauch byd that quhille.
And syndry othir Scottis men
Pre-waly bade in woddis then.
Jhone the Cwmyne, that wes than
Wardane off Scotland, gud Scottis man, 2460
And Symon Fresare a nobUl knycht,
Stowt and manlyk, bald and -wycht,
Fra this Kyng Edward hame wes past,
Hys sworne men thai dyssessyd fast.
Schyrravis, bayhlyis, and keparis
Off casteUys, and othir offycyaris.
That ware the Kyng off Inglandis men,
Gretly [war] dissessyd then.
For Jhon the Cwmyn, and Fresare
Symownd, thame aggre-vyd sare, 2470
And cessyd nothir day na nycht
Thame tUl dysses wyth aU thare mycht,
Haldand on swa fuU foure yhere.
As werde off were made thame to stere.
Be slawchtyr and be herschype then
F. 215. At wndyre ware haldyn the IngUs men.
Quhen -wyth the Lang schankis this Edwart
Off this herd tythand efftyrwart.
In Scotland he send hys Tresorere,
That cald be name wes Eawff Confrere, 2480
A manly man, bath -wys and wycht,
Comendyt als off gret forsycht.
And wyth hym twenty thowsand men
Welle horsyd, and welle armyd then.
And byddyng had to tak -wengeans,
Off thaim that made dystrowblans
Off the Kyng off Inglandis men

Ch. XVL] OF SCOTLAND. 355
Sworne in Scotland till hym then,
AU to sla downe, and nane to spare.
That brekaris off his pes than ware, 2490
And [to] sek bath holme and hycht.
Thai men to get, g3^e that thai mycht.
Thir Inglis men than come on fast :
And at Eoslyne at the last,
Thare in the straittis, thai tuk down
And stentyt tent and pa-w'iUown,
And ordanyd in to batayllis Thre
Thare ost to departyd be.
Jhon the Cwmyne and Symon then
Frysere assemblyd oure Scottis men, 2500
Se-vyn thowsand, or few ma.
And -wyth that ost assemblyd swa
The space off a nycht fra Bygare
To Eoslyne thai prekyd, and fand thare
Off Inglis men a gret batayle
Bownde to defend, and tUl assayUe.
And wj^h thai the Scottis men
Than fersly fawcht, and layid on then,
Quhare mony dyntis dowre ware sene,
Mony thare dede lay on the grene : 2510
The Scottis men thame cwnrayid swa.
That thai gert mony on bak thare ga :
Enpresoneis thai tuk mony ;
And partyd amang thame wyUfuUy
The armo-wris, and othir gere.
That thai wan fra thame thare off were ;
And wend, that thai had bene all qwyt,
Fra thai that a weyng discumfyte.
Bot, or thai had all that dwne,
Anothir weyng thai saw cum swne 2520

356 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
Off IngUs men aU redy bowne
On thame to feycht. Than slwe thai down
Thare enpresowneis, as thame beho-wyd.
And to that batayle thame stowtly mowyd.
Than thai layid on duyhs for duyhs,
Mony a rap, and mony a bruhs.
F. 2)5. b. On bassynettis thare burnysyd brycht
Men mycht se polaxys [lycht],
Mony a swerd, and mony a spere
In pecis brokyn thare lyand were. 2530
And mony a semly fayre persown
Off Inglis men thare slayne ware down.
And, to record yhow schortly.
The Scottis men had the -wyctory.
And tuk enpresoneys sere.
QuhUl thai thar armowris partand were.
And wende yhit than, that qwyt
AU thare fays [war] dyscumfyt.
The Thryd batayUe swne sawe thai
Cwmmand on in sad aray, 2540
For to feycht all redy bown,
Thynkand owre men for to sla down.
The Scottis men than aUsa fast
Ware grettly in thare hart agast.
And was stad in till gret payne.
Sum off thare falo-wys thare ware slayne ;
Sum forwakyd in tra-walyng ;
Sum for hungyr in lang fastyng
Wery ware, and tyryd thare ;
And sum war granand wowndyt sare. 2550
Wondyre was nane, that thai war rad ;
For in this state as thai war stade.
Thai saw in multitud welle ma.

Ch. XVL] OF SCOTLAND. 357
Than ony off the tothir Twa
Batayllis, before that Uk day
That mad thame twys rycht hard assay.
Off IngUs men. Jhon C-wmyn than.
That off the Scottis wes capitan.
And gud Symon the Fresare,
Thair ost for to comfwrt thare,
like ane off tha before the stowre 2560
Worthyd be wordis a prechoure.
" Lordis, Falowys, and Maystris, now
Wyth stowt hart Ukane off yhow
Set[tis] agayne this ane assay :
Gyve God wUl, owris sail be this day.
In God aU yhoure hope yhe set,
Saynt Andrew, Saynt Nynyane, and Saynt Margret.
And als for oure lemmanys lu-we
Off pres yhit a poynt we pru-we. 2570
And lyppnys noucht, gyve that yhe fley,
A better hape tUl have, than dey.
Than ware it mare honeste
Standand agayne oure fays to be ;
And, gyve we se may thare -wysage.
But dowt, we sail ha-we a -wantage.
For owris is all hale the rycht.
Set we rycht noucht be all thare mycht.
A ware dede may na man tak.
Than to be slayne in to the bak. 2580
F. 216. Owre eldaris, quhill thai Ijrvyd, than
Oure gret lyvyn tUl ws thai wan.
Yhe suld aU trow weUe, and ken.
That yhe ar cummyn off gentil men :
The sympellast, that is oure ost wyth in.
Has gret gentillis off hys kyn :

358 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIIL
Yhe ar aU cummyn off aulde lynage.
Off lordis off fe and herytage.
That had na thyng mare wgsum.
Than for to lyve in tUl thryldwm." 2590
Qwhat wes thare mare ? the Scottis men
Tuk gret comfwrt to thaim then.
The IngUs men fast to thame drew.
Thare presoneys the Scottis slew.
And -wyth the armowris, that thai wan then.
Thai armyd -wp than thare yhwmen,
And delt swne amang thameselff
That, thai had gaddyrd off othir pelff.
Than the thryd tyme off that day
The Scottis in to gud aray 2 COO
Togyddyr knyt [thaim] apertly
Tuk the feld, and manlykly
Fetlyd wyth thare fais in fycht.
That stud agayne thame stowt and wycht.
Thare thai layid on thame dynt for dynt ;
Thai myst bot seldyn quhare thai wald mynt.
Thaire thai layid on duyhs for duyhs,
Wyth mony a rap ; and mony a ruyhs
Thare wes delt in to that felde.
That few had laysere thame to yheld, 2610
Or empresoneys to ta,
Sa fast thai ware feychtand swa.
Thare baneywris thai slwe fyrst down ;
Thai lefft bot few, that bare pennown.
Off Inglis men in to that fycht.
Swa gert thai mony tak the flycht :
Off Inglis men owt off that stede
Mony turnyd the bak, and flede.
The Scottis men thare made the chas ;

Ch. XVL] OF SCOTLAND. 359
Swa that daj'werk endyt wes. 2620
Swa, to record yhow schortly.
The Scottis than had the -wyctory
Off Ukane off thai battayllis Thre
Be manhade, and be gret bownte.
Thare was na man than lyvand,
That e-vyr cowth wyt off ony land.
Or evyr herd, or saw befor.
That e-vyr thai had in till memore
In till ony kyn kynryk,
A day werk to that day werk lyk. 2630
In a ComykyU I wryttyn fand,
F. 216. b. That thare wes thretty full thowsand,
That come in Scotland wyth Confrere,
The Kyng off Inglandis Tresorere ;
And bot ten thowsand Scottis men.
That gaddryd war agayne thame then.
In othir CornykyUis twa I fand.
That thai ware twenty full thowsand.
That come in Scotland off Inglis men ;
And noucht attoure aucht thowsand then 2640
Off Scottis men togyddyr syne
Agayne thame gaddryd at Eoslyne.
Swa trybyU thai war, or dowbiU then
Be the lest sowmyd, off IngUs men
Agayne the Scottis gadryde thare,
Quhen all the nowmyre so-wmyd ware.
Swa agayne a Scottis maa
Twa Inglis be the lest war than.
And lang or the Sowne yhed down
The Scottis men thare wan the Crown. 2650
Armowris, that war gud and fyne
Off Inglis men, that thai tuk syne.

360 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
Wyth aU laysere, and othir pelff
Thai departyd amang thame-selff.
And tUl thare awne syne alsa fast
Ilkane hame -wyth tothir past.

CHAP. XVIL
^tokat tojitk Ike gang sekankis Slitoarlie
^gi in (Seotlani cfitgrtoartie.
A.D. p.
1303. VyFF this deyd come swne tythand
TiU Edward, that Kyng wes off Ingland.
Fra he hard his men slayne swa,
Wes ne-wyre in warld a wasp sa wa : 2660
He wanted na mare than a schowt.
For tiU ha-we made hym brayne-wode owt.
His gret ost than assemblyd he
TUl hald on, bathe be land and se,
In to the kynryk off Scotland.
Throw it swa thowcht he than passand
Wengeans off thame aU to ta.
That befor hys men gert sla.
On that purpos throwch oure land
As -wyth hys ost he was passand, 2670
AU he tuk wp tUl his pes :
Few agayne hym standand wes.
CasteU bath and waUyd town
He drew till hys possessyown,
' And stuffyd all wyth Inglis men.
' Schyrra-vys and bayhllys mad [he] then,
' And aU kyn othir offyceris,
' That till all governale afferis,'

Ch. XVIL] OF SCOTLAND. 361
F. 217. AU he mad off Inglis men.
That ware dyspytwows and hawtayne then. 2680
And o-wre the Mownth than alsa fast
TUl Lowchyndorbe than strawcht he past :
Thare swjowmand a qwhiU he bade,
Quhill he [the] North aU wonnyn had.
Fra thine Sowth on come he syne.
And bade aU wyntyr at Dwmfermlyne.
Edward his swn off Carnarven
Wes in Sa3Tict Jhonystown bydand then.
In Scotland that tyme men mycht sd
Off all kyn -wyttayU gret plenty : 2690
The galown off -wyne in commown prys
Passyd noucht that tyme foure pennys.
For a pynt now mon [we] pay
Als mekiU nere Ukd day.
And efftyr the Puryficatiown
Fra D-wnfermlyne he mad hym bown.
And at Sayntandrewys than bad he.
And held hys Lentyren in reawte.
And thare he held his Parleament :
For he had in hale entent, 2700
That the Kynryk off Scotland
Suld all tyme be wyth hym durand,
As he had than possessyown,
TiU hym and his successyown.
Swa all the Sowth land had he syne.
To sawff the castell off Stryvelyne.

362 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.

CHAP. XVIIL
(SJtoken tkat ilk ®btoarl)e sgne
"^Ike totone assegiJe ofi .Strslielsne.
AD. A
1304. ii. THOWSAND thre hundyr yhere and foure,
Fra he his Lentyren thus held oure,
Fra Saynt Andrewys he passyd syne.
And set his sege abowt Stryvelyn. 2710
Than bathe the casteU and the town
Wes yholdyn -wyth condytyown.
That aU the Scottis men suld be
Off all harmys qwyt and fre.
That wyth in the casteU ware
In lettyre that was wryttyn thare.
To that this Kyng gert put his selle :
Bot in that heycht he wes noucht lele.
Fra he the castell than had gottyn,
That cunnand swne he had foryhottyn. 2720
For WUlame Olyfant, that wes than
Off that casteU capytan,
F. 217. b. He gert be tane, and bwndyn fast ;
And in to Lwndyn at the last
He gert put hym in presown :
Thare sat he lang in that dwngeown.
Thus efftyr the Pasce monethys thre
Bidand in oure land wes he ;
And all the land drwe till his pes.
Bot WUlame Wallays agayne hym wes. 2730
Wes nothir castell, na waUyd town.
That he na had in possessyown.

Ch. XVIIL] OF SCOTLAND. 363
The Archedene in Brwsis Buk,
Quha will in it the fyrst end Ink,
Sayis, ' Fra Wek anent Orknay
' TUl MnUyrryssnwk in Gallway
' He put in Inglis natyown,
' That worthyd so rwyde, and so fellown,
' That Scottis men mycht do na thyng,
' That e-vyr mycht pies to thare lykyng. 2740
' Thare -wywys wald thai offt forly,
' And thare dowchtrys dyspytwsly ;
' And gyve ony thareat war -wrath,
' Wayt hym weUe wyth a gret skath.
' And gyye that ony man thame by
' Had ony thyng that wes worthy,
' As hors, or hwnd, or ony thyng,
' That plesand ware to thare likyng,
' Wyth rycht or wrang it have wald thai.
' And gyve ony wald thame -wythsay, 2750
' Thai wald swa do, that thai suld tyne
' Othir land, or lyff, or lyve in pyne.'
Thai demyd offt rycht feUownly,
And knychtis slw, that ware worthy.
Thus lyvyd the Scottis in threllage,
' Bath sympiU, and off hey parage.
' And off gret lordis sum thai slwe,
' Sum thai hangyd, sum thai drwe ;
' And sum thai pwt in hard presown,
' But ony caws or enchesown.' 2760
And hame agayne in tUl Ingland
Syne passyd Edward this tyrand.
And his swn off Carnarven
Edward Prynce off Walys then.
Bot his Lutenandis behynd lefft he.

364 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
A.D. To gere his statutis haldyn be.
1305]. Quhen aU this sawe the Brws Eobert,
That bare the crowne swne efftyrwart,
Gret pytd off the folk he had.
Set few wordis tharoff he mad. 2770
Apon a tyme Schyr Jhon Cwmyn,
Togyddyre rydand fra Stre-vylyn,
' Sayd tUl hym, Schyr, wiU yhe noucht se,
F. 218. ' How that governyd is this cuntre ?
' Thai sla oure folk but enchesown,
' And haldis this land agayne resown ;
' And yhe tharoff full Lord suld be.
' For-thi, gyve yhe -wiU trow to me,
' l"he saU gere mak yhow thareoff Kyng ;
' And I saU be in yhoure helpyng, 2780
' Wyth thi yhe gyve me aU the land,
' That yhe ha-we now in tUl yhoure hand.
' And gyve that yhe wiU noucht do swa,
' Na swilk a state apon yhowe ta,
' AU hale my landis sail yhowris be;
' And lat me ta the state on me,
' And bryng this land owt off thryUage.
' For thare is nothir man na page
¦ In aU this land, [but] thayne sal be
' Fayne to mak thame-selflyn fre.' 2790
' The Lord the Brws hard his karpyng,
' And wend, he spak [bot] faythfuU thyng :
' And for it lykyd tUl his -wUl,
' He gave swne his consent thare tUl,
' And sayd, " Syne yhe wUl, it be swa,
' I wUl blythly apon me ta
' The state ; for I wate, I hawe rycht :
' And rycht offt maids the febiU -wycht."

Ch. xviil] of SCOTLAND. 365
' Thus thir twa lordis accordyt are.
' That Uke nycht than wryttyne ware 2800
' Thare indentwris, and athis made
' TUl hald all, that thai spokyn had.'
It feU efftyr this band makyng,
Jhon the Cwmyn rade to the Kyng
' Off Ingland, and tald all the cas
' To trow, noucht aU yhit, as it was.
' Bot the indenture tUl hym gave he,'
Off thare cunnandis prwff to be.
And quhen that lettyr the Kyng had sene,
Wythowtyn dowt he wes rycht tene, 2810
And thowcht fuU assyth to ta,
[And -wengeance of the Brwis alssua.]
Than Cwmyne hys leve tuk, and hame went.
' And the Kyng a Parlement
' Gert set thare efftyr hastyly :
' And thiddyr he sowmownd rycht stratly
' The barownys off his reawtd.
' And to the Lord the Brws send he
F. 218. b. ' Word to cum to that gaddryng.
' And he, that had than na -wyttyng 2820
' Off tresown, na off that falset,
' Eade to the Kyng, but langare let,
' And in Lundyn hym herberyd he
' The fyrst day off thare assemble.
' Syne on the morne to Court he went.
' On the morne in his Parleament
' Before his CownsaUe thare Pri-we
' This Lord the Brws than caUyd he,
' And schawyd hym the indenture.
' He wes in tiU gret a-wenture 2830
' To tyne his lyf,' bot gyve he mycht

366 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
Help hym-selff thare wyth sum slycht.
The Kyng than bad hym tak and se,
Gy-we that indenture selyd he.
' The Brws it lukyd ententely,
' And awnsweryd the Kyng rycht mekely,
' And sayd, " How that I sympUl be !
' My seUe aU tyme is noucht wyth me :
' I ha-we ane othir it to bere.
' Tharefore, gyve yhowre willis were, 2840
' I ask respyt, for to se
' The lettyr, and a-wysyd to be,
' Till to-mome, that yhe be set :
' And than, forowtyn langare let,
' I sail entyre this lettyr here
' Before yhoure Cownsall aU playnere.
' And that to do, in bowrch drawe I
' Myn herytage all halyly."
' The Kyng thowcht, he wes trayst inwch,
' Syn he in borch his landis drwch : 2850
' And lete hym with the lettyr pas,
' Till entyre it, as forspokyn was.
J_HE Brws went tUl [his] innys swyth :
' Bot, wyt yhe welle, he wes rycht blyth,
' That he had gottyn that respyt.
' He callyd his marschell tUl hym tyte,
' And bade hym. Ink in all maynere
' For till mak tiU his men gud chere ;
' For he wald in his chawmbyre be
' A weUe gret quhiUe in pre-wate, 2860
' Wyth hym a clerk, forowtyn ma.'
The marschel, as he bad, dyde swa.

Ch. XVIIL] . OF SCOTLAND. 367
The Erie off Glo-werne in that quhyUe,
That saw apperand gret peryle
F. 219. Tyl the Lord the Brws Eobert,
The quhilk he lu-wyd wyth aU hys hart,
Pre-waly hys wardropere
He gert to this Eoberte bere
A pare off spwris, and wyth tha
Send twelff' pennys wyth hym alsua ; 2870
And bade hym to this Eobert say.
That that syl-vyre, yhystyrday
He had borowyd fra hym, tharfore
But mare delay he wald restore.
The Brws than be this payment
Consayt had off the Erlys intent.
The syl-vyr to the wardropare
He gave, and levyd hym [haym] to fare.
And alsa fast as this was dwne.
But mare delay, or langare hwne, 2880
Eobert the Brws in pre-wat^
TiU hym gert twa steddis be
Browcht, and swne on tha
He and his clerk lap on, but ma ;
And furth, foro-wtyn persayvyng.
Day and nycht, bwt swjo-wrnyng.
Thai held [on]. Swa on a day,
As rydand throwch the land ware thai,
Nere owre Marche than rydand.
Thai persa-wyd by gangand 2890
A man, that, as to thame wes sene.
By thame rycht fayne wald have bene.
On hym than thai cald sa fast.
That hym behovyd byde at the last.
In sic karpyng than fell thai thare.

368 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
That thai wyst, that he lettrys bare :
Thai lettrys fra that man thai gat.
And red thame aU owre efftyr that.
Be the tennowre full [well] thai kend.
That Jhon the Cumyne thai lettrys send 2900
TiU off Ingland the Kyng Edwart,
For tiU wndo the Brws Eobert.
He gert stryk off thare off that man
The hewyd, and on hys way held than.
Fra Lwndyn on the fyft day
TUl Lochmabane than come thai.
' Hys brodyr Edward thare he fand,
' That thowcht ferly, he tuk on hand
' To cum hame sa pre-waly.
' He tald hys brodyr halyly, 2910
' How he chapyd, and aU the cas, .
' How before all hapnyd was.
' Sa feU it in the same tyde,
F. 219. b. • That at Dwnfres rycht there besyd
' Schyre Jhon the Cwmyne his dueUyng made.
' The Brws lap on, and thiddyr rade.'
Thaire togyddyr as thai mete.
But gret delay, or langere lete,
' In the Freris at the hey awtere
' He schawyd hym wyth [he-wy] chere 2920
' Hys indenture. Than wyth a knyff
' He re-wyd him in that sted the lyff.'
Quhat that efftyr this Brws Eobert
In all hys tyme dyde efftyrwart.
The Archedene off Abbyrdene
In Brwys hys Buk has gert be sene.
Mare wysly tretyde in to wryt.
Than I can thynk wyth all my wyt :

Ch. XIX.] OF SCOTLAND. 369
Tharefore I will now thus lychtly
Oure at this tyme [passe] the story. 2930

CHAP. XIX.
%hz ^tttoris toorits folotois kere
In this Istgll Ckapgter.

H.

LEEE WYNTOWN poyntis in this dyte,
Quhat he gert off this Tretis wryt.
That tytlyd is Oeygynalle,
Be hys stwdyows and his thra tra-waUe.
Set it be sympiU, as yhe may se.
In this sewyn Bukis tretyd he
Off Latyne in tUl oure langage.
That quha wald mycht have fuU knawlage,
Quhat space off yheris ware gane, beforne
That Da-wy the Brws, oure Kyng, wes borne ; 2940
Sex thousand and fyve hundyr yhere
Twenty or ma, or thar-by nere,
Fra the Warldis begynnyng,
TiU he wes borne till be oure Kyng.
And for he wald usurp na fame
Langare, [na] wald bere na blame.
Than he deserwyd, this poyntment
Here he made in that entent.
That he suld be kend and knawyn
Noucht mare to yharne, than ware his a-wyne ; 2950
Noucht mare to desyre off mede.
Than he deser-wyd in tiU dede
In tUl this memoryal
Lestand to be perpetualle.
VOL. IL 2 a

370 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
Till hys purpos accordand
Before hym wryttyn he redy fand.
That in the Kyng Da-wys days ware dwne
The Brws, and Eobertis, his systyr swne.
Quha that dyde, he wyst lycht noucht ;
F. 220. Bot that tUl hym on cas wes browcht, 2960
And in tUl that ilke dyte
Consequenter he gert wryt.
As he saw thame apperand.
Per ordyre to be folowand.

CHAP. XX.
bn Jkon ofi ^sxdzih in kis Jass
gissatogt jjnii Willame SBalags.
A.D. A
1305. A THOUSAND thre hundyre and the fyft yhere
Efftyr the byrth off oure Lord dere,
Schyre Jhon off Menteth in tha days
Tuk in Glasgw WUlame Walays,
And send hym in tiU Ingland swne :
Thare wes he qwartaryd and wndwne 2970
Be dyspyte and hat in-wy :
Thare he tholyd this martyry.
In aU Ingland thare wes noucht thane
As WUlame Walays swa lele a mane.
Quhat he dyd agayne that natyown.
Thai made hym pro-wocatyown :
Na to thame oblyst nevyr wes he
In fayth, falowschype, na lawt^ :
For in hys tyme, I hard weU say.
That fykkiU thai ware aU tyme off fay. 2980

Ch. XXIL] OF SCOTLAND. 371

CHAP. XXL
^ie bebieatnr noba ceelesia
^anetianiree, ete.
A.D. A
1318. J\_ THOWSAND thre hundyr and awchtene
Fra Cryst had borne the Madyne clene.
Off the moneth off July
The fyft day, fuU solemply
The Byschape WUlame off Lambertown
Made the dedicatyown
Off the newe kyrk Cathedrale
Off Saynct Andrewys conwentuale.
The Kyng Eobert honorably
Wes thare in persown bodyly ; 2990
And sevyn Byschapys ware sene.
And Abbotis als ware thare fyftene.
And mony othir gret gentUI men
Ware gaddryd to that assemble then.

CHAP. XXIL
ten Spng "^Abib toes horne sjinc
in tke ^bbas ofi gtonfermljine.
A.D. A
132.S. ii. THOWSAND thre hundyr and twenty yhere.
And thre yhere owre, to rekyn clere.
Off the Incamatyown,
Be e-wynlyk computatyown.
As the Kyrk off Scotland
Ewyre in auld tyme wes oysand, 3000

372 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
Off the moneth off Martii,
The Kyng Eobertis swn Da-wy
F. 220 b. Wes borne in tUl Dwnfermlyne,
Off Scotland that crownyd Kyng wes syne.
That ilke yhere s-wne efftyrwart
The Kyng off Scotland, than Eobert,
Ambassatowris send in till Frawns,
Ferme to trete thare alyawns
Betwene thai mychty Kyngis twa.
Off Frawns and Scotland than war tha : 3010
That alyawns to rest hale
All tyme fra thine perpetuaUe.
Thai ambassato-wris war chargyd aUswa
Fra thine to the Court to ga,
Thare the Pape for tUl ames.
For, thai sayd, he mo-vyd wes
Agayne Eobert oure Kyng -wyth crowne
Be fykkyll fals suggestyowne.
That was made hym mony wys
Be oure capytale innymys. 3020
Thai ambassatowris dyd rycht weUe
AU hale thare charge ilke deUe :
Pes thai made and alyawns.
Bathe in the Court and in to Frawns.
1326. A. THOWSAND thre hundyr and twenty yhere
The next to tha -wythowtyn were,
Elizabeth Qwene off Ingland,
Off gret tresore abowndand.
For wagys and for large feis
Wageowris scho gaddryde off sere cuntreis. 3030
Edward cald off Carnai-wen,

Ch. XXIL] OF SCOTLAND. 373
That hyr spowsyd lord was then,
Takyn scho gert be rycht swne.
And gert hym in presowne depe be dwne.
Schyre Hw the Spensare scho gert allsua
And hys fadyre be tane : tha twa
On gaUows scho gert hangyd be.
Thaire frendys tharon the war mycht se.
That fadyre and the swne als bath tha
Scho gert demenbryd be alsua. 3040
And in the caws off that wpset.
That -wyolent wes than and gret.
The Byschape off Lwndyn scho gert be
Hey hangyde apon gaUow tre.
Erlys als and gret barownys
Mychty off gret possessyownys
Scho gert condampnyde be to fowle dede.
But ony sawfftd or remede.
Ane haryage he mycht say he had gud.
That had swylk twelff in tyU his stud. 3050
Quhen all this scho gert be dwne,
Edwarde off Wyndesore than hyr swne
(He wes cald Edward off Wyndesore,
For he thare in wes borne before),
F. 221. Fyftene yhere awld, or lytiU mare.
Saw how thir statys demaynyd ware,
Hys fadyr than syttand in presown,
Gert set apon his hevyd the Crown,
And on the Puryfycatyowne day
He gert hym be oyntyd Kyng -werray, 3060
In all landys that ilke yhere
The -wyttalys in gret habowndans were.
That Uke yhere gaddryde syne
At Kamyskynell, besyd Stryvelyne,

374 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
Erlys, byschapys, and barownys,
Prelatis, and othir gret persownys.
To the Kyng Eobertis swne Dawy
Ware bwndyn in fe-wt^ straytly ;
And till hys systyr swne Eobert,
That cald be swrname wes Stwert : 3070
In case that hys eme Dawy
Suld dey, but ayre off hys body.
This Eobert Stwart hys ayre suld be
Neyst successyve in that Eeawte.

CHAP. XXIIL
^tohen toebbst toes the Hpnij ^atog
game Jhone ofi "^oaris tke labji.

A.D. A
1328. il. THOWSAND and thre hwndyre yhere
And awcht and twenty to tha clere.
The Kyng Eobertis swne Dawy
In Berwyk weddyt a fayr lady.
Dame Jhone off the Towris, that wes then
Edwardis dowchtyr off Carnarwen, 3080
That Kyng off Ingland wes before.
Than Edwardis systyr the Wyndesore.
Off [this] mare qwha wyll here.
Bathe the deyde and the manere.
And ma thyngis, I leve behynd.
In Brwsys Buk quhare men may fynd.
That yhere WUlame off Lambyrtown,
Byschape off Sayntandrewys town.
In the Priowris chawmbyre off that Abbay
Off hys lyff closyde the lattyr day. 3090

Ch. XXIIL] OF SCOTLAND. 375
Byschape he wes thretty yhere.
And rewlyd hys state on fayre manere.
And in the north halff off the new kyrke
Cathedrale ane arch he gert men wyrke.
Now sene betwene twmbis t-wa.
Off Gamyle the estmast is off tha.
And in a space, that wes le-vyd
Betwene the pulpyte and his he-vyd,
Ane arche off fayre werk and off fyne
The Byschape Waltyr gert mak syne : 3100
F. 221. b. Wndyi-e that now lyis he.
Thus lyand ar thai Byschapys thre
On the north halff off the Hey Kyrk
In twmbys, that thame-selff gert wyrk.
Quhen dede wes WiUame off Lambyrtown,
Nest hym in successyown
Byschape wes made Jamys Ben,
Archedene off Saynctandrewys then.
Foure yhere and monethis twa,
Byschape he wes noucht oure tha 3110
Lestand into lyff thre dayis.
As off hym the Cornykill sayis.
AD. A
1329. J\_ THOWSAND thre hundyr and twenty yhere
And in the nynde to tha but were.
In Cardros, quhare the Kyng Eobert lay
In lang seknes, hys lattyr day
He closyd in gratyows state and pure,
Hys spyryt sende to the Creature.
In the kyrk off Dwnfermlyne
Hys body wes enteryd syne. 3120
And g-ud Jamys off Dowglas

376 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
Hys hart tuk, as fyrst ordanyd was.
For to bere in the Haly Land.
How that that wes tane on hand.
WeU proportis Brwsys Buk,
Quhay will tharoff the matere luke.

CHAP. XXIV.
;en efitpre gnb ^gng Eobertis iziz,
^gs sone Sgng IPabib rase in kis stebe.
A.D. A
1331. ii. THOWSAND thre hundyr thretty and ane.
Than Eobert the Brwsys dayis aU gane,
Da-wy the Brys than his yhowng swne
Past wyth honeste court to Scwne, 3130
The Byschape off Saynt Andre-wys then,
That cald be name wes Jamys Ben,
Ijic f jjrjjttatac Thare made his Coronatyown
Wyth solempne and halowyd -wnctyown.
Oyntyd before hym wes na Kyng,
That Scotland had in governyng.
Jhon, the twa and twentyd Pape,
Send his Bull to that Byschape,
Byddand, that that Kyng suld be
Oyntyd, qwhen that crownyd ware he ; 3140
And swa aU Kyngis off Scotland,
Efftyr that suld be thare ryngnand.

T

HE Erie off Murra-we Schyre Thomas,
Fra the Kyng Eobert enteryd was,
All this meyne tyme off Scotland

Ch. xxiv.] of SCOTLAND. 377
F. 222. Wardane was, the lauch haldana.
Bettyre befor -wyst na man
The lauch haldyn, than he held than.
He gert ordane in that tyde,
Quhat man that throwch the land wald ryde, 3150
Fra he lychtyd, he suld knyt
Hys brydyU fast ; and gywe that it
Hapnyd to be stoUyn away.
The schyrra-we off that land suld pay
The prys off that brydiU than,
Bwt lang delay, to that man :
And that, before all othir thyng,
Alowyd suld be in tUl reknyng
The nest [compt] that that schyrra-we thare
Suld gywe, qnhare haldyn the chekkare ware. 3160
He bade, that Uk^ man alswa
Suld noucht fra thare plwys ta
Thare plw-yrnys : bot lat thame ly
On thare pl-wys, or nere thar-by ;
And gyve thai hapnyd stoUyne to be,
TUl hym, that aucht thame, ordanyd he
The schyrra-we to pay schyUyngis twa :
And that alowyd to be alswa.
A gredy carle swne efftyr wes
Byrnand in swylk gredynes, 3170
That his plw-yrnys hym-selff staU,
And hyd thame in a pete-pot aU :
He pleyhnyd to the schyrra-we sare.
That stoUyn his plw-yrnys ware.
The schyn-ave than payd hym schyllyngis twa :
And efftyr that he dwne had swa,
Swne a gret Cowrt he gert set,
Wyttyng off that stwlth to get.

378 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIIL
The dravere he gert, and othir ma,
Swa be examynyd, that swne tha 3180
Tald hym, that the carle thame staU,
And hyd thaim in the pete-pot all.
And tuk syne the payment.
Tharefore be lele jwgement
To the gaUows he gert haiie.
And thare he gert hyng wp that carle.
In till Wygtown he gert set
A jwstry, the qwhilk he held but let.
Till hym syttand thare come a man.
And as in playnt he tauld hym than, 3190
That in a wode nere thareby
Thare wes a buschement pre-waly
Set, thare hym till ha-we slayne,
Bot he gat by thame wyth gret payne.
A cumpany he send furth then.
And gert be tane thai ilk men.
That in that bwschement stiU thai fand.
F. 222. b. Before hym thai ware broucht stiU syttand ;
And chalange he gert mak thame then.
That tUl murthrys the Kyngis men 3200
Byddand thai ware in that buschement :
For-thi be lawchfuU jwgement.
The lawche he gert thame suffyre thare.
As murthrarys off the Kyngis men thai ware.
For that to do was all thare will;
Set thai na hape had to fiUfiU
In till that deyd all, that thai thowcht.
In to thame the let feU nowcht.
Efftyr that all dwne wes this,
A jwstr^ he held at Invernys. 3210
Thare he persaywyd, thare wes a man.

Ch. xxiv.J of SCOTLAND. 379
That had a preyst slayne before than :
The Byschape tharfore hym handlyd sa fast,
That to the Cowrt off Eome he past
To be assoylyd : fra thine wes he
Eemyttyde hame in his cuntr^,
Quhare he gat absolutyown.
And dwne had wyth devotyown
And fullfiUyd his pennans welle.
That wes injwnyd hym, ilke dele. 322(3
Yhit this Erie, quhare he sat.
Off this man swne wyttyng gat.
That that man wes nere thareby ;
Than gert he hym be tane hastyly.
And gert bryng hym in jwgement ;
And thare he made hym argwment,
Qwhy he slw the Kyngis man.
He awnsweryd hym, assoylyd than,
Quharefor he trowyd hym tharoff fre.
For he wes bot a prest, that he 3230
Hade slayne befor : swa for that cas
AU q-wyt, he trowyd, that he than was.
The Erie than askyd, qwhays man
Wes that preyst, that he slw than ?
Bwt dowt, he sayd, that preyst lywand
Wes the Kyngis lege off Scotland ;
And for the ordyr, that he bare.
Than othire he wes tUl [hym] derrare :
Swa, for the Kyngis actyown
He suld have sic punytyown, 3240
As the lauch wald gyve hym than.
For slawchtyr off the Kyngis man.
Thare he gert hym wyth gud spede
Thole dede for that ilke dede.

380 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
Off hys byddyng [than] alsa fast
Till Elandonan his Crownare past.
For tUl arest mysdoaris thare,
Quhare that mony that tyme ware.
And thare to ger hym purvaid be ;
For thiddyre swne to pas thowcht he. 3250
This Crownare, wyth a cumpany
Off manlyk men, sowcht naroly
F. 223. Thai mysdoaris here and thare.
That in hys roUys wryttyn ware.
All gat he noucht ; bot fyfty
That fleand ware, [al] wychtly
As [he] ouretuk -wyth mekiU payne,
Fleand the lauch, thai war aU slayne :
And the hevyddis off thame aU
Ware set wp apon the waU 3260
Hey [on heycht] on Elandonan,
Agayne the come off the Wardan.
Off that sycht he wes rycht blyth ;
And tiU his court he yhed rycht s-wyth.
And off the lave that entryde ware
Jwstyce he dyde evynlyk thare.
Bot hym mystryd noucht [to] call
Thame, that flowryd sa weU that wall :
Feware thai ware noucht than fyfty
Hevyddis grynnand rycht wgly. 3270
Wes nevyr nane in justyce lyk
TUl this Erie in oure kynryk :
He sparyd no-wthyre for lu-we na awe.
As caus wes to do the lawe.
The Eewme he held in rest and pes
All tyme, qwhill he Wardan wes.
That lestyd noucht atoure foure yhere ;

Ch. xxiv.] of SCOTLAND. 381
Bot all he led in gud manere.
In tUl sum tyme, qwhill this was.
The gud Lord Jamys the Dowglas, 3280
In tUl the Kynryk off Scotland
On his purpos yhit byddand.
In the Byschapryk off Glasgw
Than wes a clerk off gret -wertu.
Off that cowrt OffycyaUe.
The jwrysdyctyowne he lede hale.
And punysyd exces and trespas ;
Cald he Maystyr WUlame was
Off Hekfwrde. Nere in that land
Than wes a yhowman by duelland, 3290
That wes cald Twyname Lo-wrysown ;
He wes thowles, and had in wown.
By hys wyff, offtsyis to ly
Othir syndry women by.
Before that jwge convenyd he was :
Bot, for he na mend wald his trespas,
Na do pennans for his mysdede.
The spek sa fere betwyx thame yhede.
That this man feU in swylk foly.
And can this gud man swa espy, 3300
That in the town off Are ryddand
He tuk hym rwydly, and hym band :
And or he past, he gert hym pay
A gret sowme off gud monay.
The Lord off Dowglas, that tyme was
Hym makand reddy for to pas
Hys -wayage to the Haly Land,
That he before had tane on hand,
F. 223. b. Gert seke this yhwman sa naroly.
That he be stwlth aU pre-waly 3310

38-2 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
In mekill dowt passyd the s6.
And to the BaUyoU syne come he.
And sayd hym, that he wes his man ;
And swa inducyd he hym than
To purches helpe, and tak on hand
For till rays were in[to] Scotland :
Than he thareto gyve his assent.
This wes the fyrst entycement.
That amovyd on this were.
Lw ! how a lytiU thyng may gere 3320
Gret harmys fall on mony wys.
As men has sene, and seys offtsys.

CHAP. XXV.
^ere folotois the beggnngne
^ni entre ofi IPnjjlgne.

T

HIS Schyre Edward the BaUyoU than
Throwch the entysyn off that man.
As men sayd, past than in tiU Ingland,
Quhare in he syndry lordis fand.
That clamyde tUl hald thare land off fe
In Scotland : and swne thai and he
Made [a] confederatyown.
And for the were fast made thame bown. 3330
Schyre Henry the Bwmownd wes ane,
Quham at thaire consaiUe mast wes tane.
For he wes -wys man and worthy ;
The Erie off Athole syn Dawy ;
Cwmyn, Talbot, and Mowbray ;
And othir may than I can say.

On. XXVI.] OF SCOTLAND. 383
Bot for thai wyst the Erie Thomas
Off Murrawe yhit than lyvand was.
Thai folowyd noucht on thair emprys ;
For the Bwmownd, that wes rycht wys, 3340
Sayd, that it gret wondyr wes.
Gyve God off his gret rychtwysnes
Wald thole that swa rychtwys a knycht.
That swa mantenyd lauch and rycht.
To be -wencust in to were :
Tharfore wyth slycht thai thowcht to gere
Hym wyth -wenenows feU poysown
Be destroyid, [and fel] tresown.
And that thai browcht swn tUl endyng
Be swm tresownabiU wndyrtakyng; 3350
For at the Wemys by the s^
Poysownyd at a fest wes he.
And fra thai wyst that he wes dede,
Wyth aU the folk, that thai mycht lede.
In hy thai pwt thame to the se.
Men callyd thame bot a fewe menyh^ ;
Fyftene hundyre off feychtand men.
Tharefore feU folk had wondyr then.
How thai, but cu-wyne in to the land,
Swa hey a thyng durst tak on hand. 3360

CHAP. XXVL
F. 224. Itt this ©kapiter folotois sgne
Sale tke ^atale ofi gnplgne.
A.D. A
1332. J\. THOWSAND and thre hundyr yhere
[And] twa and thretty to tha clere,

384 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
On Saynt Margret the Madynys day
The Erie Thomas, that qwhiU than lay
In hard seknes, yhald than the gast
Till God, that wes off mychtis mast.
And efftjT that his dayis war dwne.
The Statis off Scotland gaddryd swne,
Byschapys, erlys, and barownys.
And othir famows gret persownys 3370
Than togyddyr at Saynt Jhonystown.
Efftyr gret and lang dyssentyown.
At the last aU, that thare ware,
Ordanyd Donawld, than Erie off Mare,
To be Wardane off the land ;
For the Kyng wes than ha-wand
Bot nyne yhere, but may, off helde.
All wayk than wapnys for to welde.
And on the morne efftyr Lammes day,
Qwhen aU thus [had] ordanyd thai, 3380
It wes tald thame, that at Kyngorne
Bot twa dayis than gone beforne
Edward the BaUyoU had tane land
Wyth the flot, that he browcht off Ingland :
And Alysandyre off Setown, that hym hale set
Thaim to tak land thare to let.
At ane assawte slayne wes he,
And discumfyt his menyhd :
And qwhen that he wes dwne off dawe.
Thai tuk the land forowtyn awe. 3390
This Wardane and the Statis thare,
Fra thai hard, that thai but few ware.
That thar arrywyd in thare cuntrd,
Lang wald noucht in it byddand be.
The Inglis men yhit nevyrtheles.

Ch. XXVL] OF SCOTLAND. 385
Fra thai tuk land, thare byddand wes,
A[nd] restyd thame a qwhiUe ; and syne
Thai tuk the way tUl Dwnfermlyne.
And thar aU a qwhyUe thai lay.
And send thare schyppys abowt in Tay. 3400
And in the meyne tyme in Scotland
The word ran fra hand tUl hand.
That sa few folk in thare cuntr^
Durst tak the land, and leve the se.
The Scottis men made myrth and play.
And offtsys wald amang thame say,
Lattand a crak, that men mycht here.
In hethyng, " Tak ane [Bewmonde] here."
For thai ware few, and thai mony.
Thai lete off thame rycht lychtly. 3410
Bot swa suld nane do, that ware wys :
Wys men suld drede thare innymys ;
F. 224. b. For lychtlynes and succwdry
Drawys in defowle comownaly.
Besowth the Scottis Se than
The Erie Patryk as Wardan
Had aU the land in governale,
Ordanyd be the gret Cownsale.
Than qwhen thai herd the ary-wyng.
Thai made a generale gadryng : 3420
And athyre off thame -wyth playne batayle
Schwpe thaim thare fayis tUl assayle.
Wyth ilkane, as men bare on hand.
Ware weU gaddryd thretty thowsand.
The Erie off Mare wyth his folk ferd
To Saynt Jhonysto-wn ; and thare he herd.
That all thare fays cummyn ware
To Forte-wyot, and thaim thare
VOL. II. 2 B

386 THE CEONYKIL [B.VIII.
Had Iwgyd in a lytUl plas ;
The Mylnarys Akyre it caUyd was : 3430
And men sayis, bath hors and man
In that Akyre war Iwgyd than.
Beyhond Erne a lytUl fra
The Scottis men come till a bra
Twa bowdrawcht, or lytiU mare,
Lychtyd, and a rest tuk thare.
For it nychtyd fast : and thai
Thowcht tUl abyd thare to the day.
Thai send to Perth for wyn and ale.
And drank, and playid, and made na tale 3440
Off thare fays, that lay thame by.
That semyd to be stad stratly :
For lyand before thame e-wyn ware
The gi'et ost, that I spak off are ;
And behynd thame bot fyve myle nere
At Owchtyrardore lyand were
The Erie Patryk, and all his rowt.
That wes a gret ost and a stowt ;
Swa that it semyd, thai ware set
Amang thare fays, as fysch in net. 3450
I trow, thai wald have bene away.
Bot I have herd offtsys say.
That dispare gyvys hardyment :
For qwhen men trowys in thare intent.
That thai can set for thame na rede,
Bot anerly mon byde the dede.
To -wenge thare dede thai tak thaim wUl,
And swa takis hardyment thame tUl.
Tharefore sayd Scypio, that wes wys, 3460
That men suld gyve thare innymys
Laysere to fley, that ware straytly

Ch. XXVL] OF SCOTLAND. 387
Stade, for swa suld men lychtly
Ourecum thame ; for qwha to the flycht
Hym settis, tynys bath hart and mycht.
I trow, that swa fell in this case :
F. 225. Tor that few folk, that closyd wase
Wyth thare fays, as I hard say.
Made thame aU reddy befor day.
And wyth-owtyn noys or cry
Passyd the wattyr pre-waly, 3470
That nane, that sat wpon the bra,
Wyst it, for thai made myrthis swa.
That thai set on thaim na kepyng ;
For thai drede noucht thare owre cummyng.
Men sayis, ane met thame in the forde.
That pre-waly wyth-owtyn worde
Led thame wp by the wattyr syne,
QwhUl thai to the Gask come and Duplyne.
Thare mony wes Iwgyd noucht to layne :
Off thai the mast part have thai slayne, 3480
Syne to the gret rowt held in hy.
That be the noyis, and the cry
Off men, that slayne and stekyd ware.
That thai herd heyly cry and rare.
Thai wyst, thare fays war by thame past.
Tharefore thai mad thame reddy fast.
And tUl thare fays held thare way ;
Bot skalyd swa that tyme war thai.
That thai togyddyr ware noucht then
Owt owre aucht hwndyr armyd men. 3490
The Erie off Murrave, yhoung Thomas,
In tUl that rowt a chefftane was ;
The Erie off Menteth Mwrthak alsua ;
Alysandyr the Frysare yhowng ; wyth tha

388 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
Eobert the Brws, that to the Kyng
Eobert wes swne, in that gaddryng.
The Erie off Mare, that Wardane was,
Wes nere by in ane othir plas.
The fyrst rowt held wp strawcht thare way
And swne as it was dawand day, 3500
Thare fays in the face thai met.
Togyddyr thai strak but langare let.
Men sayis, that the IngUs thare
On bak a gret space rwyschyd ware ;
That the Barown off Staffwrde
On hycht wyth a fuU sturdy wurde
Bade, stand a[nd] pwt ; bot noucht for-thi
Syndry men trowyd rycht fermly.
That had thai hade to feycht laysare.
Thai had noucht bene dyscumfyt thare. 3510
Bot Erie Donawld come hastyly.
Walde he have had assemblyd by.
Thai had hade the ovyr-hand but dowt :
Bot he wyth aU his mekiU rowt
Come on behynd, and aU downe bare.
That e-vyre he fand before hym thare.
Thare wes the myscheff swa cruell.
That qwha sa in that gret thrang feU
F. 225. b. Had nevyre laysere to ryse agayne.
On this wys smoryd war and slayne 3520
Welle twa thowsand, as men can ges.
The Erie off' Murra-we slayne thare wes.
The Erie Murthak, Broys, and FiyseU,
And ane thowsand, as I herd teU,
And ma, wes smoryd in that plas,
Quhare drope off blwde nane drawyn was.
The Erie off Mare thare deyd alswa.

Ch. XXVL] OF SCOTLAND. 389
Hereby men may ensawmpUl ta.
That bettyre is ordynans in till fycht
Sum tyme, than owthir streynth or mycht. 3530
And Caton sayis, off othire thyng
Men may offtsys mak mendyng,
Quhen men trespast has ; bot in fycht
Quhen that men rewlyd ar noucht rycht.
Men saU it noucht weUe mend agayne,
For in the nek folowys the payne.

Ic^WHEN the feld thus -wencust was.
The IngUs men folo-wyd on the chas.
And towart Perth has tane the way.
A knycht off thame, as I herd say, 3540
Lefft in the feld his cusyne slayne :
Tharefore -wyth aU his men agayne
He turnyd, and -wyth hyme othir ma.
In tUl intent -wengeans to ta
For hys cusyne, that thare slayne was.
And qwhen he cummyn was to the plas.
And sawe the Iwmpe sa lathely ly.
He gert hys folk stand stUl hym by.
And sayd in all thare awdyence,
" [Qwhat !] sal I ek tiU Goddis -wengeance ? 3550
It ware to gret crualt4 :
For the warld may playnly se.
That this [is] Goddis deide playnly.''
Than folowyd he hys folk in hy.

T

HE Erie Patryke, that that nycht lay
At Owchtyrardore, quhen it wes day.

390 THE CEONYKIL [B.VIIL
Made hym bowne tiU hys fays to fare.
And thiddir rydand swa met he thare
Ane off the Murrawys, I herd say.
Off TuUbardy, be the way, 3560
Hys bowelys hym before berand.
And swne at hym thai speryd tythand ;
He tald all how the feld wes gane.
Than twa dyscuverowris have thai tane ;
Thai ware Schyre Adam Mwre, thai say.
And Schyre Alexawndyre the Eamsay ;
Thai bade thame ryde in to a lyng
To se, qwhat done wes off that thyng.
Thai rade rycht to the batayle plas.
For aU the IngUs men than was 3570
Went to the town off Perth thare way.
Wondrand a qwhylle thare huvyd thai
Behaldand, how ferlyfuUy
Thai sa-w thaire folk on othir ly
F. 226. Sa hey, that qwha on a halff were
Eydand, suld noucht se hys fere
On othir halff : sa hey thai lay
Hepyd on othir, as thai say.
The Erie Patryk and his menyhe
Syne come that feiiyfuU sycht to se. 3580
And syne to [Lambyrkyn] thai rade :
And thare ilk man a fagote made,
[Swa] towart Perth held strawcht the way.
Wyth thai fagottis thai thowcht that thai
Suld dyt the dykis suddanly.
And till thare fays pas on playnly.
QAvhen thai off the town can thame se,
That semyd ane hare wode for to be,
Thay ware abaysyt grettumly.

Ch. XXVL] OF SCOTLAND. 391
And schupe thame stowtly in all hy 3590
Pypys and townnys for to ta.
And d-wris and -wyndo-wys gret alsua,
To mak defens and brettys :
Thai wrowcht a qwhiUe, as I de-wys.
[Thai] sawe the Scottis men in the bra
Stand, and thare lang a restyng ma.
The Be-wmownd, qwhen he that can se,
Sayd tiU thare menyhd, " Luk that yhe be
Mery and glayd, and ha-wys na dowt ;
For we have frendis in yhone rowt." 3600
Men sayis, he spak on this wys thare.
Aud s-wne the Scottis men, that ware
Hwvand togyddyr on the bra,
Quhen thai a qwhiUe had hu-wyd swa.
Thai turnyd, and awaywart rade. •
Men lypnyd aU lyk, and thai hade
Went to the towne, wyth lytUl payne
Thai mycht have tane thare fays, and slayne,
And off the were have made endyng.
Bot Forto-wn, wyth hyr fals changyng 36 10
That aye warrayis prosperytd,
Swfferyde it noucht all swa to be.
Thare takyn wes the Erie off Fyffe :
Thare wndyr hys banere losyd the lyff
Thre hundyre and sexty gentill men.
That armyd at all poynt ware then.
Thane went the Scottis men thare way :
Quhat caus thai had, I can noucht say.
Bot qwhethire thai caws had or nane.
Ilk man tiU his reset is gane. 3620
Qwhen thai ware went, the Inglis men.
That in tUl Perth ware lyand then.

392 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIIL
Ly-vyd aU at thare lykyng.
And dowtyd noucht mare ourcummyng.
The towne syne thai closyd all
And en-wyro-wnd wyth a mwde wall.
The bodyis, that slayne ware at Duplyne,
Nowmeryd full and sowmyd syne
F. 226. b. In reknyn, passyd thre thowsand
Lefft on that feld thare dede lyand. 3630
The Erie off Fyffe Duncane then.
And the Byschape off Dunkelden
WUlame Synklare, and othir ma
Prelatis, and mony gentUUs alsua
Off Fyffe, Fothryffe, and Gowry,
And off Stratheme halyly,
Wyth this Edward the BallyoU s-wne
Past, and crownyd hym at Scwne.
Bot the cro-wne, that he thare gat.
He held bot schort qwhiU efftyr that : 3640
For o-wre Kjmg Da-wy than had the crown.
And joysyd all fuU possessyown
Wyntrys and yheris befor gane.
Or Edward till hym that crowne had tane.

T

HAT ilke yhere on ordynawns
Owre Kyng Da-wy wes send in Fra-wns,
Quhare he ressayvyd wes rycht welle.
And procuryde in aU ese Uk delle :
And nyne yhere he bade thare
Tretyd -wyth honowre and welfare. 3650
That Uke yhere Jamys Ben,
The Byschape off Sayntandrewys then.
To Brygys past oure the s4 :

Ch. XXVL] OF SCOTLAND. 393
Hys lattyre day thare closyd he.
In the Abbay off Akownt (thare
Chanownys ar fowndyt Eegulare)
Enteryd well his body lyis,
Hys spyryt in tUl Paradyis.
Saynt Andrewys Se yheris nyne
Efftyr that wes -wakand. Syne 3660
The chapytere be electyown
Chesyd a famows gret persown,
Maystyr WUlame BeU, then
That wes Dene off Dunkelden.
Be opposytyownys agayne hym wroucht.
And may defawtis, it gat he noucht.
For WiUame the Lawndalys, that wes than
A yho-wng clerk, and a gentill man.
Set hym for that state sa fast.
That he optenyd it at the last : 3670
On qwhat manere that wes dwne,
Yhe sail heyre here-efftyr swne.

Q^

^WHEN Edward the BallyoU crownyd wes then.
Off Saynt Jhonystown the Inglis men
Ordanyd keparis ; and syne thai
Sowthwart held on fast thare way
TiU Kwnyngame, and tUl Ire-wyne :
TUl Anand held thai southwart syne.
Thare in a gret qwhylle can thai ly.
And tuk to thare pes thare syndry
Off the lordis off that Sowth cuntre, 3680
That come and made thaim thare fewt^.
F. 227. Schyre Alysawndyr the Br-wys perfay,
Than Lord off Karryk and Gallway,

394 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIIL
Come to thare pes, and othir sere.
That I can noucht well rekyn here.
In this meyne tyme, that [I] off tell,
Gud Schyr Symownd the Fresell
And his brodyr wyth hym aUswa,
Yhowng Eobert the Keth, and othir ma, 3690
Past -wyth thame to Saynt Jhonystown,
And wan -wyth manly fycht that town :
Wyth stowt and manlyk assaylyng
Thai tuk, and slwe at thare lykyng.
All the waUys thai kest down thare.
And lefft thame, as befor thai ware ;
Swa thai lefft thare na fortres,
Bot all stwde oppyn, as it fyrst wes.
The Erie off Fyffe thare Duncane,
That Edward lefft tharoff capytane, 3700
And his dowchtyr wyth othir ma.
That pertenyd till hym alswa,
Scottis men be natyown.
All thai tuk wp in that town.
Andrewe thai tuk off Twlybard :
Bwt dowt, wyth hym the court stwde hard ;
Agayne the Kyng and his hey crown
Con-wyct he wes off fals tresown.
For-thi to that dede dwne he wes.
That the lawch wald in that cas. 3710

Al

^NDE, or aU this tyme wes gone.
The yhowng Erie off Murra-we Jhon,
And Schyre Archebald off Dowglas,
That brodyr till Schyre Jamys was,
Purchasyd thame a cumpany.

Ch. XXVL] OF SCOTLAND. 395
A thowsand wycht men and hardy.
Till Anand in a [tranowntyng]
Thai come on thame in the dawyng :
Thare war syndry gud men slayne.
Schyre Henry the BallyoU thame agayne 3720
Wyth a staffe fawcht stwrdyly.
And dyntis delt rycht dowchtyly.
That men hym lovyd efftyr his day.
Thare deyde Schyre Jhone than the Mowbray :
And Alysawndyre the Brws wes tane.
Bot the BaUyoU his gat is gane
On a barme hors wyth leggys bare :
Swa fell, that he ethchapyd thare.
The lave, that ware noucht tane in hand.
Fled, qwhare thai mycht fynd warrand ; 3730
Swa that all that cumpany
Dyscumfyt ware aU halyly.

Ti

. HE Scottis men syne, that hade dredyng.
That Schyre Edward, off Ingland Kyng,
Suld cum wyth fors in tUl oure land
(As he dyd, nowcht agayne standand
The peso, that sworne wes, and made.
And confermyd wyth selys brade),
F. 227. b. Made ordynawns thare land to save.
To the Erie Patryk thai gave 3740
The Castell off Berwyke in kepyng ;
And syne the town in governyng
Thai gave tUl Alysawndyr off Seytown,
That wes a knycht off gud renown.
Schyre Andrew off Murra-we gud and wycht.
That was a bald and a stowt knycht.

396 THE CEONYKIL [B.VIIL
That nane bettyr wes in his day,
Fra the gud Kyng Eobert wes away.
Was made Wardane off aU the land.
And fra he tuk that state on hand. 3750
He gert sowmownd his folk in hy :
And thai assemblyd hastyly.
And wyth that folk he held his way
TUl Eoxburch, quhare the BaUyoU lay,
That had befor in Ingland bene :
Off sergeandys thare and knychtis kene
He gat a gret cumpany.
Schyre Andrew thiddyr can hym hy ;
Hys men held noucht aU gud array ;
Swm yhowng men, as I herd say, 3760
Come on the bryg ; bot Inglis men
Swa gret debate made wyth thame then.
That thai weUe swne war pwt away ;
The bryg syne occupyid thai.
And in defens off Eawff Goldyng,
That wes borne downe on a myddyng,
Schyre Andrew Murra-we owt off his stale.
That wend, that aU his menyhd hale
Had folowyd, bot thai dyd noucht swa
(For s-wme off thame war fere hym fra, 3770
And othir swme owt off array.
For pur-wayd noucht at poynt war thai,
Swa bot fiUl fewe wyth hym ar gane)
He wes nere-hand lefft hym allane,
To the bryg went he stwrdyly.
As aU hys men had bene hym by.
And made sic pay, that men sayis yhete.
He gert fele fall down tUl his fete
Sprewland, as thai chyknys ware.

Ch. XXVIL] OF SCOTLAND. 397
And qwhen his fays saw hym thare 3780
Forowtyn fere feychtand allane.
And has hym in his armys tane.
And enbrasyt hym sturdyly,
[He] turnyd hym wyth hym in hy
For to beteche hym tiU his men.
That he wend at his bake war theu,
Than aU the Inglis cumpany
Behynd stert on hym stwrdyly.
And magrawe his, thai have hym tane ;
Bot swthly he yhald hym to nane. 3790

CHAP. XXVIL
®fi ^algboton ^ille tke battale sgne
^ere folotois zUtyx glnplgne.
F. 228. Al thowsand thre hundyr thretty and thre
^^^^ Efftyr the blessyd Natyvyte,
In the moneth off Avyrylle syne
Nest efftyr the battayle off Duplyne,
Fra Schyr Andrew off Murra-we wes tane.
And all his menyhe hame had gane.
Set he wes takyn apon cas,
Yholdyn to na man yhit he was,
QuhUl he wes browcht in till presand
To the Kyng Edward off Ingland : 3800
TUl hym than yhalde he his body.
Bot thare wes na man standand by.
That durst say [than], that he
Wes yholdyn before enpresown^.
That Uke tyme at Lowchmabane

398 THE CEONYKIL [B.VIIL
Off Anandyrdale the floure wes tane
Wyth off the West Marche men.
That had thame in tUl Ingland then.
Amang thaim WiUame off Dowglas
Takyn, and had tiU presowne was. 3810
This was bot erlys for to tell
Off infortwne, that efftyr fell.
Off that mona before May,
That yhe herd me befor say.
The Kyng off Ingland come off were
Wyth hys ost off gret powere.
Off Walys, Gascone, and his kynryk.
And plantyd a sege abowt Berwyk :
And off Scotland mony men.
That duelt wyth Edward the BallyoU then, 3820
That war manlyk, wycht, and stowt.
Ware thare in the IngUs rowt.
That towne straytly assegede he
Bathe be land and be the sd.
And fast assaylyd it a day ;
Bot thai ware dwngyn weUe away.
Thare WUlame off Seytown fawcht sa fast
Amang the schyppys, qwhUl at the last
Hys fadyre, than chefftane off the towne.
Into the Sd there saw hym drown. 3830
Wyth-in the town, yhit noucht for-thi
Thai ware dredand rycht grettumly :
Syne off yheldyng tretyd thai.
That gyve thai be a certane day
Ware noucht resc-wyde wyth batayle.
Thai suld gyve wp the town but fayle.
Schyre Alysandyr off Seytown,
Capytane that tyme off the town,

Ch, xxvil] of SCOTLAND. 399
This tiU haldyn be and dwne.
In hostage delyveryd to thame hys swne 3840
Thomas, that than wes hys ayre,
A plesand yhowng man and a fayre.
F. 228. b. To that terme wes takyn nere
In space a qwartare off the yhere.
Schyr Archebald than off Dowglas
That Wardane than off Scotland was.
Than gaddryd halyly aU the men.
That worthy war in Scotland then,
Sowmyd sexty fuU thowsand.
Wyth thame he passyd in Ingland, 3850
And dyde thare all the skath he mowcht :
For wyth that herschype swa he thowcht
To ger thame set swa for thare cuntrd.
That that assege suld skalyd be :
And swa it suld, I trow perfay.
Gyve thai had haldyn furth thare way.
Thai schawyd thame at Saynyng-syde,
And syne tuk furth thare way to ryde.
Bot thai, that in tiU Berwyk lay.
Send tiU thame swne, and can thame say, 3860
That thai mycht fecht, for thai war ma
And semyd fayrare folk alsua.
Thai trowyd to that ententyment :
Than to the Park off Dwns thai went,
And thare aU that nycht thai lay,
And thowcht apon the morne at day
Wyth thare fais fell [to] have met.
And for the town sum helpe to set.
The Inglis men than alsa fast
Saw, that thare terme wes nere past, 3870
At Schyre Alysawndyre off Seytown

400 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
Askyd delyverans off the town :
Bot, for that he rescours abade,
Delywerans nane to thame he made.
A hey gaUows thai made for-thi
In dyspyte and in felny.
That hys fadyre thare mycht se,
Hys swne thai gert hangit be.
The fadyre and the modyre alsua
Thus saw wndone thare swnnys twa 3880
In to the defens off that towne.
That thai held off thare Kyng wyth crown.
The dwle, that thai had in that sycht,
Amessyd wes mekill be, the rycht.
That, thai -wyst, feU to thare Kyng.
Than sayd the lady, that scho wes yhyng.
And hyr lord wes yhowng alsua.
Off powere till have barnys ma ;
And set that thai twa dede war thare,
Yhit off thare barnys sum lyvand ware. 3890
For-thi scho prayid hyre lord, that he
Suld noucht for that sycht sary be.
And set bot lytUl be that skathe.
For in honowre thai deyde bathe
Off thaim-selff, and aU thare kyn ;
And he mare honowre wes lyk to -wyn
To spend thame bathe for his lawtd,
F. 229. That [he] off det awcht tyl sawfftd
Off hys land, as beforne
Hys eldarys dyde, or he wes borne. 3900
Thus wes that Lady off conford,
Quhen scho dysesyd saw hyr lord.
Fra Dwns Park tyll Halydown,
Quhare thai mycht welle se the town.

Ch. XXVIL] OF SCOTLAND. 401
Thare fayis als, and thare herbry
(Thai saw thame to the fycht redy ;
On Saynt Margret the Vyrgynys day
AU arayid to feycht war thai)
[The Scottis men arayid tham hail.
And held to thame in plaine batail] 3910
Bot thai consydryd noucht the plas ;
For a gret syk betwene thame was.
On Uke syd brays stay :
At that gret syke assemblyd thai,
Qwhare thame worthyd fyrst down to ga.
Syne on thare fays clyme wp a bra,
Quhare a man mycht dyscumffyte thre :
Bot [that] thai couth noucht before se.
For-thi aU, that assemblyd thare,
Eycht suddanly dyscumfyte ware. 3920
Bot Hw the Erie off Eos, thai say.
That assemblyd in the way.
Made stalwart and rycht lang fychtyng.
That ser-wyd bot off lytUl thyng ;
For he wes dede, and all his men
Ware nere-hand slayne abowt hym then.
WWHEN thus the fecht dyscumfyte was.
The IngUs men folowyd on the chas.
In that chas slayne war rycht mony.
Syne on the morne the Kyng gert cry, 3930
All the enpresowneys slayne to be.
That to be sene wes gret pyttd ;
Men, that mycht help thame na thyng.
To be slayne swa, but sparyng.
AU war noucht slayne yhit ; for gud men.

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402 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIIL
For petd had thare presowneis then,
Quhat thare, qwhat in to the fycht,
Sawfyd mony a worthy knycht.
Schyre Archebald off Dowglas,
That than off Scotland Wardane was ; 3940
Hw the Erie off Eos then.
And -wyth hym mony northyn men ;
And Kennawch Erie off Suthyrland,
Wyth thame bwndyn in specyaU band ;
Alysawndyr the Brws, in oure kynryk
Erie wes that tyme off Karryk ;
The Stwartis brodyr off' Scotland
Jamis, that hardy wes off hand,
And tiU [hym] his brethir twa,
Jhon and Alane cald ware tha ; 3950
F. 229. b. And thre bredyre the Fresare,
That Andrew, Symownd, and Jamys ware ;
All thir in that fychtyng feU,
And mony ma, than I can teU,
Off Scottis men, bald and wycht.
Hale wes slayne in that fycht.
Halydowne that stede for-thi
Cald wes efftyr comownaly.
Be nowmyr sowmyd war the men.
That slayne in to that fycht war then, 3960
Nowcht feware armyd, than ten thowsand
Manly men and weUe fechtand.
Be this ensawmpiU men suld knawe
Thaim-selff, and dowt ay Goddis awe,
Quha wiU noucht ken hymselff for pryd.
That he may schamyd be sum tyde.
Awld men in thare prowerbe sayis,
" Pryde gays befor, and schame alwayis

Ch. XXVIL] OF SCOTLAND. 403
Folowys this on alsa fast.
And it owretakis at the last." 3970
Sa pryde is offt ourtane wyth skath.
Or wyth schame, or than wyth bath.
Be thir Uke men I say,
That kend noucht thameselff for pryd that day,
Na set noucht before thame God off mycht.
That offt relevyd thame in to fycht
Agayne the gret mycht off Ingland.
At Mytown, Bannokbwrne, and Byland,
Off Goddis help and His gret grace
The victory ay thairis was : 3980
And at Eoslyne on a day
Fechtand thryis in hard assay,
Havand God in to thare thowcht,
AU thare fays thai cowntyd noucht :
Ilk6 tyme fechtand then
The feld aye wan the Scottis men.
Al pompe off pryde thai put by.
And aU off God wes ay thowchty :
He ekyd thare manhad and thare mwde,
Tharefor thai drede na multytude. 3990
Ic^WHEN thus his folk war dwyne down.
The Erie Patryk than yhald the town.
And syne become this Kyngis man.
Sa sykkyrly delt he wyth hym than.
That he gert hym off his costage
Mak wp Dunbare, and off his wage.
The Inglis men efftyre this fycht
Persay-wyd the Scottis off lytill mycht
Agayne thare mekiU mycht to stand :

404 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
To thaim thai sesyd than all the land, 4000
And to thare pes tuk wp the men,
That lyvand in the land war then ;
And made balyheys, schyrrawys, and justyis.
And offycyaris on syndry wyis.
F. 230. Throwch aU Scotland brade and wyde
AU worthyd Inglis men in that tyde,
Owttane foure castelUs, and a peUe ;
Thare namys sal I teU yow welle.
Dwnbrettane wes the pryncypalle.
For thiddyrwart repayryd hale 4010
The folk, that yharnyd tiU lyve frely :
Schyr Malcolme Flemyng the worthy
Off that castelle wes capytane.
Syne wes Lochle-vyn, quharoff Alane
The Vypo-wnt Lord wes and ledere,
That governyd hym weUe in aU that were.
The thryd castelle was Kyldrwmy,
That Dame Crystyane the Brws stowtly
Held -wyth knychtis and sq-wyeris,
That reddyt abowt thame welle thare merys. 4020
Syne Wrqwarde wes the ferd casteU,
The qwhilk Schyr Eobert kepyt weUe
Off Lawedyr, that wes worthy.
And dawntyd hys nychtbowris, that war hym by.
The pele wes syne in to Lowchdwne,
That kepyt than Jhon Thomas-swn
Wyth few men : for tUl assay
It weiUe, fere owt [was] off thare way.

Ch. xxviiL] OF SCOTLAND. 405

CHAP. XXVIIL
ten tke Bb"9 ^ Jfratons senb till tret
In (Seotlanb anb inglanb message gret.
A.D. A
1334. J± THOUSAND thre hundyr and thretty yhere.
The ferde to tha, to rekyn clere, 4030
Efftyr the Natyvyte,
That wes the matere off oure gle.
The Kyng Phylipe than off Frawns
For tiU ames than the gret dystawns.
That wes betwene the Eewmys twa,
Scotland and Ingland than ware tha,
HonorabiU message send and gret
Ferme trwys for to trete,
Wyth the Pape Benuettis consent
The twelfft, and wyth thare lettrys there patent 4040
In tUl Scotland fyrst to Perth
Thai come, and syne tUl Schyr Edwerth
Thai passyd ; bot nane mycht gere, that he
Thai messyngerys -wytht hys, eyne wald se.
The Kyng off Frawns yhit efftyr thai
Send tiU this Edward in message may.
That ware kend and knawyn then
HonorabiU and gret famows men,
Wyth the consent off Da-vy yhyng.
That wes off Scotland that tyme Kyng, 4050
Be bathe thare instans and consent.
And be thaire lettrys playne patent,
F. 230. b. For to trete a trew fermly.
This Edward forsuk that wtraly.

406 THE CEONYKIL [B.VIII.
That ilke yhere in tUl Saynt Jhonystown
Thare ras a gret dissensyown
Be Edward the BaUyoU then.
And lordis that ware his sworne men,
. Eychard Talbot, and Schyr Henry
The Bewmownde, and the Erie Da-wy 4060
Off AthoUe, agayne this Schyr Edwart ;
For heyly he fa-wowryd the part
That langyd Schyr Alysawndyr the Mowbray.
Fra hys brudyre dowchtris away
AU thare herytage than tuk he.
That to thai madynnys feU off fe :
Thyr thre lordis fra this Edwart
Wythdrwe thame, for he favoryd that part.
That langyd Schyre Alysawndyre the Mowbray.
Thir Uke lordis held thare way, 4070
Fra thai had thare leve tane,
Qwhare thame lykyd e-vyrilkane.

S

CHYEE Edward the BallyoU that tyme bade
In tUl Perth, and thare he made
The landis lyand hym abowt
TiU hys lordschype wndyrlowt.
The Bewmownde went in tiU Bwchane,
And thare Dwndarg off lyme and stane
He made stowtly, and thare-in lay :
AU, that in Bwchane war that day, 4080
Obesyde tUl hym halyly.
And othir landis ma tharby.
Eychard Tawbot in Lowthyane,
To pas in Ingland, than wes tane ;
And wyth hym than all his men

Ch. xxviii.] of SCOTLAND. 407
As presowneis war takyn then.
Off Athole than past Erie Da-wy
To Lowchyndorb -wyth his cumpany.
Bot the BallyoU this Edwart
Tretyde thir men swne efftyrwart.
And remo-vyd fra hym away 4090
This Schyre Alysawndyi-e the Mowbray.
TiU Schyre Andrewe off Murra-we than
[He past] and become his sworne man.
For he dowtyd the gret mycht
Off his -wnfrendis and thare slycht.
The BallyoU Schyre Edward then
Gave landis tiU his sworne men ;
To the Erie off Athole, Schyr Dawy,
The Stwartis landis he gave halyly ; 4100
For he yharnyd oure the lave
Off lordschype lo-vyn for tiU have.
At Eenfrewe a mawngery
Costlyk he made ryaly.
Fewteys he tuk off mony thare,
F. 231. That gaddryd to the seml4 ware.
And awcht fewt^ for thar tenawndry ;
For nane durst hym contrary.
The keys thai browcht hym thare.
That in Dw[n]hwne and Eosay ware. 4110
Schyr Alane the Lyle made he hale
Schyrra-we off Bwte and Cowale :
Thome off WoUar, I -wndyrstand,
Thare-in he made his Iwtenand.
Qwhen the BaUyoU in Perth abade
This tyme, he syndry chyfftanys made
Off casteUys, that ware nere hym by
In Fyffe, and landis othir syndry.

408 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIIL
WUlame BoUok the CasteUe
Off Cowpyr held, and it warnysyde welle. 4120
The Castele off Saynctandrewys town.
And sere pelys, sum wp, sum down.
This Edward sa gret a lord wes then.
That all he stwffyd with Inglis men.
In aU this tyme, that thai thus ferd.
The Stwart off Scotland than Eoberd,
That than wes yhowng (forowtyn were
Off elde he passyd noucht se-wyntene yhere)
In hydlys wes than in Eothsay :
And in the tyme that he thare lay, 4130
Jhon Gybbownsone, that wes [a] gud man.
And WUlame Heryot, that wes than
DueUand in tiU the Barowny,
Tretyd and wrowcht sa -wyttyly.
That in ane evynnyng in a bate
Fra Eothisay thai held the gate
TiU In-werkype, qwhare hors thame met.
That ilk nycht, but langare let,
Wyth twa men, that his charterys bare.
And a chawmbyr boy -wythowtyn mare, 4140
This Stwart Eobert held hys way
TiU Uvyrcumnok, and or day
A lytiU kobill thare thai mete.
And ha.d thame owre, but langere lete.
To the Castell off Dwnbertane,
Qwhare he -wyth gud wUl in wes tane.
Schyr Malcolme Flemyng the worthy
Thare tretyd hym all tyme honorably.

Ch. xxix.] of SCOTLAND. 409

CHAP. XXIX.
^ttken (Sekgr Jhon ofi ^tr^belsne
^ssegeanbe toes Soeklebgn sgne,
A.D. *
1335. i\_ THOWSAND and thre hundyr yhere
Fyve and thretty to tha clere 4150
Fra lychtare wes the swete Vyrgyne,
A knycht Schyre Jhon cald off Stryvelyne,
That in fewte was that day
At the Kyng off Inglandis fay,
Wyth a weUe gret multytud
Off manlyk men bathe stowt and gude
F. 231. b. Sum that ware clene IngUs men.
Sum Scottis Inglis sworne then ;
Mychale off Arnot wes ane off tha,
Mychale and Da-wy off Wemys alsua, 4160
Eycharde alswa the Male-wyU,
And mony othir in to that qwhyle.
That to the Kyng off Ingland
Off fewt^ sworne [had] made the band.
For tUl assege togyddyr e-wyn
Thai past to the Castell off Lochle-wyn.
Fra the Myde-1 entry n that yhere thare
In that assege thai byddand ware.
And as thai spyid aU abowt
That casteU, thai cowth nane wyth-owt 4170
A place to ly in [fynd] sa plesand,
Na to thare purpos swa gaynand.
As wes the kyrkyharde off Kynros :
For-thi thare-in on set purpos

410 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIIL
Thai lugyd thame, thare for to be
Byddand [thar] oportwnytd
Offttyme, as thare hart wes set
That ilke castell for to get.
Thare-in thai made a fortalyce
TiU hald and trete thare jupardyce. 4180
Set thai war cald Crystyne men,
AU Crystyne dedis thai dyde noucht then
In till that halo-wyd place to ly
Thare Kyngis castell tUl aspy.
To thare fays capytale
To wyn off were than that castale.
Capytane off that castell than
Wes Alane Wypwnd, a gud man.
And Jakkis Lamby ; cytezane he
Was off Saynctandrewys the cyt^ : 4190
Thir twa kepyd that casteUe,
And stwffyde it, and defendyde welle.
Fra off Mydlentryne the Sownday
The ost, that in [the] kyrkyharde lay,
Enbuschementis and sere assawtis made
The tyme that thai thare abade.
And fra Saynct Jhonystown in that qwhiUe,
That wes fra thame bot ten myle,
Offt renewyd thai war wyth men
For till assayle that casteU then. 4200
Before the castelle thus thai lay
Till Saynt Margret the Qwenys day.
That day Schyr Jhon the StryveljTie
Past wyth hys court tUl Dwnfermlyne,
And aU the gentlys, that wyth hym ware.
And in the tyme, that thai war thare.
The stwff, that wes off that casteUe,

Ch. xxix.] of SCOTLAND. 411
Full wyttyng gat, and herd rycht welle,
r-232. That wyth Schyre Jhon off Stryvelyne
Thare fays past to Dwnfermlyne : 4210
Thai yschyd owt, and swne tuk land.
The Inglis men, that war byddand
Behynd to kepe the fortalys,
Fra thai saw, on qwhat kyn wys
The castelanys the land had tane.
Thai meUayd wyth thaim in bargane,
Quhare men war slayne on ilke syde.
And mony wowndyt that ilke tyde.
Quhen thai thus had fowchtyn fast.
The castelanys wan at the last 4220
The fortalys, and tuk the men.
And aU that thai fand wyth thaim then.
Wyttale gud, and all ryches.
That to thare lykyn plesand wes.
Thai gert in to thare battis lay.
And chassyd thare innymyis away.
Behynd thaim thai lefft na thyng.
That thare battis away mycht bryng :
Alblastrys, and bo wys off vyse.
And all thyng, that mycht mak serwyse, 4230
Or helpe thame in to pres off were.
All thai gert thaire battis bere
To the casteUe. Qwhen that wes dwne.
Word come till Dwnfermlyne swne
TUl Sch3T?e Jhon off Stryvelyne,
Than [fra] Kynros [tUl] Dwnfermlyne :
Than wes he nerrare wode thane wrathe.
And swore mony ane awfuU athe.
That he suld nevyre rest, na blyne,
QuhUl he suld that castell wyn ; 4240

412 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
Na fra that sege he suld noucht ga,
QuhUl all the men he suld gare sla,
That than wyth-in that casteU ware.
Swa made he hym for to byd thare
In tiU assege all a qwhyUe,
And offt wes set in hard peryle.
The castelanys than offt and fast
Had at hym swa, qwhyll at the last
He saw welle, all, that he wrowcht,
LytiU helpyt hym, or rycht nowcht, 4250
Wyth thaim he made a smaU trette.
Swa swne owt off the land gat he
Wyth a fere grettare schame.
Than he browcht wyth hym fra hame.

Ti

. HAT Uke yhere, qwhen this was dwne,
A flot off schyppys in Forth come swne
Eftyr-hend the Petyrmes,
Off JuUi qwhen the fyrst day wes,
Amang the craggis, that off aide
In Scotland ware the Wolvys calde, 4260
F. 232. b. The grettast a schype off thame al
Thare brokyn wes in pecis smale.
The Scottis men than thyddyr past.
And all the gud thai tuk wp fast.
The Kyng off Ingland and Edward
The BaUyoU come efftyrward
Till Glasgw, and held a Cownsalle thare.
Syne drwe thame qwhare thare schyppys ware
Nere by, and alsa fast
Thai swne togyddjrr in Ingland [past]. 4270
The Erie off AthoUe than Da-wy

Ch. xxix.] of SCOTLAND. 413
Throwch the Stwartis senyhowry
Had tane manrent and fewt^ :
He let, all at hys wUl suld be.
Qwhen he had dwne his lykyn thare.
He tuk hys -wayage for to fare
Owre the Mownth, and all the land.
That Jhon the Cwmyn had qwhill in hand
He sesyd tUl hym as in his fe ;
And thare a weUe lang qwhill duelt he. 4280
Thus wes the kynryk off Scotland
Sa hale in Inglis mennys hand.
That nane durst thaim than wythsay
(At swa gret myscheffe than war thay),
Bot chyldyr, that na kyndly skyll
Had to dome betwyx gud and iwyll,
Na cowth nowcht drede thare will to say.
For thare Kyng wes a chUd as thai.
Qwhen men askyt qwhays men thai were.
Thai rycht apertly wald awnsuere, 4290
That thai war men to Kyng Da-wy :
Thus sayd thai aU generaly.
That wes prenosticatyown.
That he suld joys efftyr the Crown,
And swa he dyd forowtyn were.
As in this ComykUl yhe may here ;
For myscheyff may noucht lest aUways.
Tharfor suld men, as Caton says,
Have stalwart hartis and sturdy,
Quhen thai ware scathyde feUownly. 4300

T

HE myscheff here I have yhow tauld ;
Now ware gud to tell, quha sa wauld.

414 THE CEONYKIL [B.VIIL
Qwham in ras fyrst recoveryng
Off comfowrt, and the begynnyng.
The Stwart wes in Dwnbertane,
That hevyly in hart has tane.
That off Athole the Erie Da-wy
Swa occupyid his senyhowry.
So in Argyle wes a barown.
That had a gret affectyown 4310
To this Stwart the yhyng Eoberd ;
F. 233. And als hys wil wes til enherde
To the Scottis mennys party :
He wonnyd at Lochawe ner by.
The Stwart send for hym, and he
Come tUl hym swne wyth his menyh^.
So spak thai, that he tuk on hand
Till helpe hym for tiU -wyn his land.
And to mak it his awyn fre ;
DowgaU CammeU to name had he. 4320
Thai gaddryd men, qwhyU that thai ware
Foure hundyr, as men sayis, and mare ;
And in galays be the se
To Dwnhovyn went that menyh<5.
And wyth gud trettd wan it swne,
And has keparis in tUl it dwne.
Qwhen the Brandanys off Bute herd say.
That thare lord in swylk aray
Had tane Dwnhowyn in tUl Cowale,
In hy wyth hym thai ras all hale : 4330
And he thame thankyd off thare rysyng.
And heycht to mak thame rewardyng.
Thai assemblyd that Uke day
WeUe nere by, qwhare the Schyrra-we lay :
The Schyrrawe thare-at had dyspyte.

Ch. xxix.] of SCOTLAND. 415
And gert his men aray thaim tyte.
And ischyd, and can to thaim ga
Qwhare thai ware standand in a bra,
Qwhare plenty ware off stanys rownde ;
Thare mete thai in a lytUl stownd. 4340
Wyth stanys thare thai made swylk pay,
For thare off thanne inew had thay.
That the Schyrrave thare wes slayne.
Jhon Gybbownsone in hand wes tayne.
That heycht to gyve wpe the castelle :
He held cownnand thare off rycht weUe.
And for thai thare with stanys faucht.
And wan thare fays wyth mekUl mawcht ;
Yhit amang the Brandanys aU
The Batayle Dormang thai it call. 4350
The Stwart, qwhen he herd this deyde.
To thame in hy he can hym speyd
TUl his casteUe, and thare-in made
Keparis, that it in yhemsale hade ;
And bade the Brandanys ask thare mede.
That thai suld have for thare gude dede.
Thai askyd to be multyre fre :
Than that wyth gud wUl thame gave he.
Than had he wonnyn tUl his hand
Nyne hundyr markis worth off land. 4360

Q,

' WHILE this thus gat tretyd was,
WiUame off Carrothyris ras
Wyth hys brethir, that war manly,
F. 233. b. And gat tiU hym a cumpany,
That as schawaldowris war wa[l]kand
In till the vale off Anand.

416 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
And rycht in to that same quhille
Thomlyne the Br-wys ras in to Kyle.
Thai folk had lytiU cwmpanyis,
The qwhethir thai rase in sere partyis. 4370
And swne efftyr the Erie Jhone
Off Murra-we in a cog aUone
Come owt off Frawns tUl Dwnbertane.
And thaire thai have to cownsaU tane.
That thai wald stowtly tak on hand
TUl oure-ryd playnly [aU] the land.
The yhynge Stwart off Scotland then
In mekill hy gaddryde his men ;
And thame, that lay at Dwnbertane,
AU halyly wyth thaim have thai tane : 4380
Thai ware the floure off thare menyh^.
Than [in] schort tyme men mycht [thaim] se
Pas Clyde, and ses in to thare hand
The landis, thai before thame fand.
The nethyr end off Clyddisdale
Is cummyn to thare pes all hale :
Off Eainfrwe als the Barowny
Come to thare pes fuU wUfully.
Schyre Gotheray the Eoss wes than
In Cwnyngame, and Inglis man 4390
Wes, and Schyrrawe off Are alswa :
On hym rycht smertly can thai ga.
And qwhat for lu-we, and qwhat for awe.
Till Scottis pes [thai] can hym drawe.
So that in tUl a lytiU qwhyUe
Carryk, Cwnyngame, and Kyle
A gret [part] have [bene] wonnyn then.
And worthyd all hale Scottis men.
Thai made thaim then Wardanys twa ;

Ch. xxix.] of SCOTLAND. 417
Eobert Stwart wes ane off tha, 4400
The Erie off Murra-we the tothir was.
Than Scottis men fra ilk^ plas.
That herd thai war gaddryde, in hy
[Thai] ekyd to thare cumpany.
The Erie off Murrawe [than] herd say.
How in the north cwntra ay
The Erie Da-wy wes sterand.
And occupyid aU that land :
He gaddryd hym a cumpany.
And thyddyr held his way in hy. 4410
Hys men in hy so till hym rays.
That the Erie off Athole ways
Off na powere wyth hym to fycht ;
Tharfore he eschwyd his mycht.
And -wythdrwe hym ay tUl warand.
And he in all tyme wes foluand :
F. 234. TyU Louchabyre he held hys way.
And the tothyris hym folowyd ay.
And led hym in tyll swylk dystres.
That at sa gret myscheff he wes, 4420
That hys knychtis weryd revelynys
Off hydis, or off hart hemmynys.
And hym behovyd to cum Scottis man :
A gret athe thare-to swore he than.
A qwhyle thare held thai cumpany ;
Thare lefft he syne the Erie Dawy
For to mantene welle that cwntre,
(And qwhUe he Scottis wes, sa dyde he)
And he hys way in Lowthyane
Wyth hys menyh^ the gate has tane. 4430
Gud WUlame that tyme off Dowglas
Cummyn hame off Ingland was,
VOL. II. 2 D

418 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
Ande gaddryd hym a cumpany :
He prowyd mony a juperdy
Bathe est, and north, west, and sowthe,
That gud to tell war quha sa cowth.
Alysandrye the gud Eamsay,
That -wycht wes in gret assay,
[Wes worthi] and off gud renown ;
And Lawrence syne off Presto wn, 4440
Halyburtown, Heryng alsua.
And othir worthy -wycht men ma,
Held thame as to the Scottis fay.
Mony gud jwperty dyd thai.

CHAP. XXX.
^tthen tke ^gng ofi Inglanb
^is ^rotkjre sleto togtk kis atoite kanbe.
A.D. J
1335. JLn to this tyme the mychty Kyng
Off Ingland wyth his gadryng
Towart Saynt Jhonystown held the way ;
And efftyr swne, as I herd say,
Jhon off Eltame folowyd in hy,
And in to Lesmahagw cowth ly : 4450
That nycht he brynt [up] that abbay.
This [he] dyd qwhare that he lay ;
Syne went he towart Perth but lete.
Qwhen the Kyng his brothyr he mete,
Thare fell thai in swylk carpyng.
That athire yharnyd to be Kyng
Off Scotland, that thare wyth a knyff
The Kyng refft his brothyr the lyff

Cn. XXX.] OF SCOTLAND. 419
Thare wes the -wengeawnce tane perfay
Off the brynnyng off that abbay, 4460
As bathe gud resowne wald and skylle :
For qwha till Haly Kyrk doys iUe,
SiUd nevyre to do welle have wenyng,
Bot gyve thai come till amendyng.
F. 234. b. The Kyng off Ingland alsa fast
Hame in tUl hys awyne land past.
In the meyne tyme that this wes.
The Erie Jhon dyde besynes,
Bathe be land and be se.
To sawffe the rycht off [his] cwntrd : 4470
For at [the] Tarbart he wes qwhUle
Haldand dayis wyth Jhone off lie.
That wes tiU IngUs fay haldand ;
And qwhyUe wes in to the mayne land
Traveland sa besely.
That men hym callyd wtraly
The best begynnyng off a man.
That in Scotland wes lyvand than.
So feU [it] that the Erie off GeUere,
The Kyng off Ingland wyth his powere 4480
TiU helpe, come in Lowthyane,
And tiU Edynburgh has tane
The way. Wyth that the Scottis men.
That in Lowthyane war then,
Assemblyd to the Erie Jhone.
Gud WiUame off Dowglas was one,
Alysandyr the Eamsay, and Prestown,
And othir fele off gret renown :
Thai met thaim on the Bwrowe Mwre,
And sa rycht rwydly wyth thame fure, 4490
That thai till Edynburgh held the way ;

420 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
In at the Frere Wynd entryd thai.
And to the Crag wp throwch the town
Thai held thare way in a rawndown.
The Castelle thare wes noucht than made ;
Wpon the Crag thar thai abade.
And off thaire hors thai slwe party.
And made thaim forowth thaim to ly.
Sum defens for to mak thaim thare.
Gyve that thai fast assayUd ware. 4500
Thare bade thai aU that nycht qwhUl day.
And in sa gret dystres war thai
Off thryst, that thai off dew wald lyk,
Quhare thai fand it owcht faUyn thyke.
Thai tretyde on the morne at day,
And a sowme off gold to pay
Thai tretyd, that thai qwyt mycht be.
And pas hame to thare cwntrd fre ;
And [in] thare cunnand made thai.
That Scottis men suld thaim con-way 4510
In tiU Ingland, and thare thaim leve :
Tharefor the Erie Jhon off Murreve,
And WiUame off Dowglas, thai twa
Can wyth a sympUl powere ga
F. 235. Till Ingland thame to conway.
Sa met thai rycht in to thare way
Peris off Paryis, that had tane
A pray, and syne hamwart war gane :
Wyth hym thai fawcht, bot for a mau
Apon the Scottis halff cryid than, 4520
" AUace ! oure men has tane the flycht,"
Thai lukyd behynd swne as thai mycht.
And saw off thare falowys ga ;
And thai, that saw thame fleand swa.

Ch. xxx.] of SCOTLAND. 421
Tuk hale the flycht, and gave the bak.
A wykyd word may wmqwhill mak
FuU gret tynseU, as it dyd here ;
For men trowys traystly, but were.
Had noucht this wykkyd word then.
The best had lefft wyth Scottis men. 4530
The Erie off Murra-we thare wes tane ;
And Jamys off Dowglas thare wes slane ;
Bot WiUame hys brodyr off Dowglas
Eschapyd throw Goddis gras.
In this tyme Andrew off Murrawe
Come hame, and a gret rawnsown gave.
And sone the Scottis men in hy
Made thaim a cownsaUe at Derssy.
The Erie Dawy come thiddyr than.
That yhit than had bene Scottis man : 4540
Bot the entent off his cummyng was
TUl have slayne WUlame off Dowglas.
He off his purpos gat wyttyng.
And eschapyt throw frendis helpyng.
Schyre Andrew off Murra-we agayne
Wes wyth thaim all than chosyn Wardayne.
Thai partyd ; and to Lowthyane
Schyr Andrewe and Dowglas bath ar gane.
Bot the Erie off Athole than Dawy,
Fra he persay-wyd than oppynly, 4550
That he mycht noucht sla the Dowglas,
Hys hart fra Scottis all turnyd was ;
And Inglis man become agayne.
And gert his folk -wyth mekUl mayne
Eyot halyly the cwntr^,
And lete, that all hys awyne suld be.
Dunbare be this wes byggyd weUe ;

422 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
And qwhen the Erie sene had his castelle
So stark, he stwffyd it in hy.
And become Scottis man fuUyly. 4560
In Ingland syne thai made a rade
Wyth the smale folk that thai hade,
And come agayne bath hale and fere
All tyme in fors and thare powere.
Now gay we to the Erie Da-wy,
That gaddryd tiU hym a cumpany,
F. 235 b. And rwydly rade owre all the land
Sum qwhyUe, men sayd, wyth thre thowsand.
Swa tUl assege Kyldrwmy
He schwpe hym wyth -wycht men and hardy. 4570
Dame Crystyane the Brwys wyth-in
Thowcht to let hym it to wyn.
Made stowt and manly resistens.
And stowtly set for hyr deffens.
And offtare scathyd thame -wyth-owt.
Than thai dyd thame wjrth-in, but dowt.
That tyme off Eoslyne Schyre Thomas,
That throwch aU Ingland caUyd was
Ane off the best knychtis off hand.
That men mycht fynd in ony land, 4580
TiU Dwnnotyr come be se,
Qwhare WUlame Mowbray met, and he,
Wyth all the men, that than had thai,
TUl AbbjT-dene held strawcht thaire way.
That tUl have fwndyn -woyd off men.
Bot thai fand it noucht swa then ;
For welle nere be the Grennys-end
Thai mete that tyme ma, than thai wend.
Qwhen thai nere ware thaire metyng,
Thare at a lytyll bwrne passyng 4590

Ch. xxxi.] of SCOTLAND. 423
Schyr Thomas hwrt wes in the kne.
And sone off that hurt deyd he.
Thai cryide than, " Eoslyne ;" bot he can say,
" Eoslyne is went, yhe tak Mowbray."
So fell, as thai assemblyd thare.
The Scottis men downe thaim flatlyngis bare :
And on thaim folowyd syne the chas
On folk behynd, that fleand was.
As thai owr-tuk thaim, bare all down.
And off the folk made in the town 4600
Gret slawchtjT, so that thai bathe ware
Wencust ; bot Scottis the war had thare,
Owttane the slawchtyr off Eoslyne.
Hys cors wyth thame tnrsyd thai syne.
And went to Dunnotyre thare way.
Sum off thare men thaire levyd thay.

CHAP. XXXL
tene ofi ^tholle tke ®rle ^atog
Sn ^tlblene toes slagne all totrelg.

Q.

JWHEN Schyre Andrewe off Murra-we herd.
How rudly the Erie Da-wy ferd
Wyth his men, he wes all angry.
And thoucht to rays the sege in hy. 4610
Than aU thame gaddryd he.
That on sowth-halffe the Scottis Se
He mycht purches off armyd men :
F. 236. The Erie Patryke come tUl hym then :
Wyth hym bathe Eamsay and Prestown,
And othir sere off gret renowne ;

424 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
WiUame off Dowglas als wes thare
Wjrth his gud men, that worthy ware.
And othir sere, qwhill thai war then
Welle aucht hundyr off fychtand men : 4620
The floure off that half the Scottis Se
At that tyme in his Court had he.
Thai rade on thare way sa fast,
Qwhill thai have the Mownth sawffly past.
The Erie herd off his cummyng weUe,
And departyde swa fra the castelle :
TiU Kylblene strawcht the way tuk he.
And lugyd thare hys gret menyh6
At the est end, rycht in the way.
And rycht befor thame, qwhar thai lay, 4630
At the Halle off Logyroth-wane
Schyr Andrew his herbry has tane.
Syne come till hym fra Kildrwmy
Thre hundyr, I trow wycht and hardy.
That comfort his men [a] gret thyng ;
And he wes glade off thare cummyng.
So in his cumpany wes ane
Jhon off the Crag, that [hade] bene tane
Wyth the Erie, and suld his rawnsown pay
Apon the morne, that wes his day : 4640
He sayd to the lordis in pre-wat^.
Gyve thai wald trow his cownsalle, he
Suld throw the wode a redy way,
En-werown quhare thare fays lay
And behynd, bryng thaim on welle nere.
Or thai owcht off thaire cummyng siUd here.
And he fuUfiUyd aU, that he hycht ;
For swne efftyr the mydnycht
To Dey he led thaim, and thare thai

Ch. xxxl] of SCOTLAND. 425
Fand in the wode a redy way : 4650
That way thai went, qwhill that thai ware
Passyd thare fays a mylle and mare.
Endlang the wode war wayis twa ;
The Erie in the umast lay off tha :
The Scottis men held the tothir way ;
Syne o-wrthort to that way held thai.
Thare hors thai le-vyd thare ilkane.
Syne to thare fays on fut ar gane.
That off thare come wyst nakyn thyng.
Bot syne welle swne in the dawyng 4660
Thare dyscuverouris gat on thaim sycht.
That -vryth all hy, that e-vyr thai mycht,
Warnyt the Erie ; and he in hy
F. 236 b. Oert trwmpe, and warnyt his cumpany :
And thai tUl hym assemblyd swne.
In tUl schort tyme so have thai dwne.
That at a lytill peth, was thare.
All sammyn thai assemblyd ware.
E-vyn in the peth wes Erie Da-wj'-,
And tUl a gret stane, that lay by, 4670
He sayd, " Be Goddis face, we twa
The flycht on us sail samyn ta."
WUlame off Dowglas, that had then
The waywarde wyth the -wychtast men.
That ware in aU thare cumpany,
Qwhen that he sawe the Erie Da-wy
Stand -wyth his men arayid swa,
Hys spere in bathe his handis can ta
And kest it owrthort, and can say,
" Standis lordis a stownd ; " and thai, 4680
That war in tiU his cumpany,
Murmuryde tharoff all prewely.

420 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIIL
Qwhen the Erie [Da-wy] saw, that thai
Stwde swa, in hy he brak aray.
And cryid, " Hey ! apone thame tyte.
For thai ar welle nere dyscumffyte.''
Than till a fwrde downe can thai ga :
And qwhen the Dowglas saw thaim do swa.
He sayde, " Now we." But mare lete.
Thai strawcht thare speris,and thai thaim mete 4690
In to the fwrd. Eobert Bradey,
Ane hardy knycht, thare gert thai dey.
Amang thaim strakis gret thai gave.
Wyth that Schyr Andrewe off Murrawe
Com in on syd so sturdely
Wyth thame all off his cumpany.
That in thare cummyng, as thai say.
Thai bare down buskis in thare way.
Fra he assemblyde abade nane ;
The comownys all the flycht has tane. 4700
Thare by an ake deyd Erie Dawy,
And syndry off his cumpany :
Schyre Waltyr Cwmyn als wes slayne ;
And Schyre Thomas Brown wes tayne ;
That syne wes hevyddyt hastily :
It semyd thai lu-wyd hym noucht grettumly.
Schyr Eobert Meyhneis tUl Canmore
Went, qwhare he wonnand wes before :
Thiddyr he went, and in a pele
He sawffyt hym and his menyhd weUe. 4710
And syne apon the tothir day
He tretyd, and come to thare fay.
Thare war bot fewe slayne in that fycht,
F. 237. For the wode held thame owt off sycht :
And thai fled als so hastyly.

Ch. XXXL] OF SCOTLAND. 427
That away gat the mast party.
This fycht on Saynctandrewys day.
Or on [the] evyn, as thai say.
As I de-vys, here strykyn was.
Off this fycht qwhUum spak Thomas 4720
Off Ersyldowne, that sayd in derne,
Thare suld mete stalwartly stark and sterne :
He sayd it in his prophecy ;
Bot, how he wyst if, wes ferly.
J. HE Erie thus wes dwne off day.
And efftyr swne WUlame Mowbray
Tretyt, and syne come to thare pes :
And he rycht welle ressayvyd wes ;
For he wes rycht wycht at devys.
And off rycht gud cownsalle, and wys. 4730
The Wardane syne swne tuk the way
TiU Dwndarge, qwhare the Bewmwnde lay.
That had a casteUe made thare then.
And stuffyd it wyth worthy men.
Schyre Andrew is thiddyr went, and syne
Gert kary thiddyr ane ingyne.
Schyr WUlame [suthly] the Mowbray,
That yharnyt to be at assay,
Wyth othir gud, went to the yhate :
The Inglis ischeyd to ma debate 4740
To thaire barras, and faucht fast ;
Bot thai war dre-vyn in at the last.
The Wardane gert his -wrychtis syne
Set up rycht stowtly his engyne.
And warpyd till thare towre a stane.
The fyrst kast, that it kest, bot ane.

428 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIIL
It hyt the towre a mery strak.
That the mast gest off that towre brak.
The Bewmownd than tretyd in hy
To sa-we hym and his cumpany.
And yhald that hows to the Wardane ; 4750
And syne till Ingland went agane.
Qwhethir he went be land or se,
I wate noucht the certant^.

CHAP. XXXIL
^e-gkortbe tke Jttotontk quken mektll lanbe
SBas bratotn in (Scottis mennis kanbe^

AD.
1336.

A THOWSAND and thre hundyr yhere
And sex and thretty to tha clere.
Thus wes the Bewmownd put away.
Than at thare pes haly had thai
On north halff the Mownth halyly.
F. 237. b. Thai war than in gud juperdy 4760
To fare welle, qwhen sa mekiU land
Wes all togyddyr in to thare hande.
That tyme the Erlis wyffe Da-wy,
Wyth othir ladyis, that ware liively.
War in to Lowchindorb lyand.
And qwhen the Kyng off Ingland
Herd, that swa thai ladyis
War en-wyrownd wyth thaire innymyis,
He buskyd to reskwe thame then
Wyth twenty thowsand chosyn men. 4770
He held his way wyth his menyhe.
And swne he passyd the Scottis Se ;

Ch. XXXIL] OF SCOTLAND. 429
And syne to Perth has tane his way.
Schyre Andrew off Murrawe than lay
Wyth the menyhd, that wyth hym were.
In the wode off Stronkaltere.
That to the Kyng Edward wes tald :
Tharefor evyn tiU hym he wald.
And come so nere in tyU a thrawe.
That thaire dyscoverowris athir sawe, 4780
Sum off thaim justyd off were.
Schyr Andrewe in Stronkaltere
Herand his Mes was standand then.
Bot thare wes nane off all his men.
That evyr wes in his rowt that .day.
That ony word durst tUl hym say,
QwhiU he wes herand Mes, for he
Thare-at siUd anoyit be.
Tharefor thai made thaim bowne, and bade,
QwhiU that he herd his Mes all had : 4790
Than have thai tald tiU hym, how nere
That the Kyng and his gret ost were.
He sayd, " Na hast," qwhethyr perfay
Hys folk wald fayne have bene away ;
For the gret ost wes than so nere.
That sum bot schort space fra thame were.
Hys hors tiU hym thai browcht in hy :
Thai wald, he had bene on blythly.
He hym dressyt his sted to ta ;
Hys cuschd laynere brak in twa. 4800
Than wald he nowcht stere off that place,
Bot for aU hast, that evyr thare was.
He gert bryng hym a lytUl cofyne ;
A rone skyne tuk he thar off syne.
And schayre a [tha-wyng] all at laysere.

430 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIIL
And thare-wyth festnyd wp his gere.
I herd sere knychtis syndry say.
That thame thowcht nevyre in thare day
So rycht anoyws a bydyng,
F. 238. As thai had at that [thawyng] scheryng. 4810
He lape on syne, and in aray
Held welle hys folk, and held his way.
And qwhen the Inglis saw thame then
Hald sa togyddyr all thare men.
Thai folowyd noucht owt off aray,
Bot in hale batale folowyd ay
Sa fast, that thai had bene ourtane,
Na war, that thai had wyth [thaim] ane.
That kennyd thame a by -way.
That e-wyn down betwix craggys lay. 4820
Throw that strayte rode, that I de-wys.
Thai gat welle fra thare innymys.
And lefft nothir man na lad.
And [qwhen] the Kyng sawe, that he hade
Tynt thame off swUk wys, he wes wa.
And northwartis on his gate can ga.
He come to Blare, and thare thai lay.
Efftyr to Lowchindorb come thay.
And the ladyis wyth thame has tane.
Till Abbyrdene syne ar thai gane, 4830
And in to -wengeawns off Eoslyne
The towne wp halily brynt thai syne.
And syne to Perth the way tuk he.
And wyth-in schort tyme gert byggyd be
Edynburch, Eoxburch, and Stryvelyne,
And till Ukane set keparis syne.
Schyre Thomas Urchtreth the worthi
Had Perth to kepe : and the Eukby

Ch. XXXIII.] OF SCOTLAND. 431
Wes kepare in to Stryvelyne made :
Edynburgh Jhon off Stryvelyne hade : 4840
Eoxburgh had WiUame off Feltown,
That wes to Scottis men fellown.
Qwhen all this, that I say, wes dwne,
Towart Ingland he went hym swne.
Bot for the Erie Patryk, as hym thowcht.
All his cunnandis held hym noucht.
That gert wp his castelis ma.
And syne so swne turnyd hym fra.
The Mowntagw behynd lefft he.
That wes a lord off gret bowntd, 4850
Wyth othir lordis and knychtis felle.
For till assege that casteUe.
Bot gud Dame Annes off Dwnbare,
Wytht the gud folk, that wyth hyr ware,
F. 238. b. Defendyt it full stalwartly.
As saU be tald yow sone in hy.

CHAP. XXXUL
®fi the .^ssege ofi Itonbare
^tokare tke ®ontes toas tots anb toare.
A.D. ^
tl^ot^n k5CHYEE WUlame Mwntagw, that swa
lo3o.J Hade tane the sege, in hy gert ma
A mekill and a rycht stalwart engyne.
And wp smertly gert dres it syne, 4860
Thai warpyt at the wall gret stanys
Bathe hard and he-wy for the nanys ;
Bot that nane merryng to thame made.
And alswa qwhen thai castyne hade.

432 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIIL
Wyth a towaUe a damyselle
Arayid jolyly and weUe
Wipyt the waU, that thai mycht se.
To gere thaim mare anoyid be.
Thare at the sege weUe lang thai lay,
Bot thare lytill -wantage gat thai ; 4870
For qwhen thai bykkyre wald, or assayle.
Thai tynt the mast off thare tra-wayle.
And as thai bykeryd thare a day.
Off a gret schot I saU yhow say
For that thai had off it ferly.
It here to yhow rehers wiU I.
WUlame off Spens percit a blasowne
And throw thr^ fawld off awbyrchowne
And the actowne throw the thryd ply
And the arow in the body, 4880
QwhiU off that dynt thare dede he lay :
And than the Mwntagw can say,
" This is ane off my Ladyis pynnys ;
Hyr amowris thus tUl my hart rynnys."
QwhiU that the sege wes thare on this wys.
Men sayis thar fell sere juperdyis.
For Lawrens off Prestown, that then
Haldyn ane off the wychtast men
That wes in aU Scotland that tyde,
A rowt off IngUs men saw ryde, 4890
That semyt gud men and worthy.
And ware arayid rycht rychely ;
He wyth als few folk, as thai ware.
On thame assemblyd he thare.
Bot at the assemblyng he wes there
In till the mowth strykyn -wyth a spere,
Qwhill it wp in the liarnys ran :

Ch. xxxiil] of SCOTLAND. 433
Till a dyk [he] wythdrw hym than,
F. 239. And deide, for na mare lyve he mowcht.
Hys men his dede persayvyde nowcht, 4900
And wyth thare fais faucht stowtly,
Qwhill thai thaim -wencust wtraly.
Thus wes this gud man browcht till end,
That wes rycht gretly to commend
Off gret wirschipe and gret bownte.
His sawle be ay in sawffte.
Schyre WUlame als off Galstown
Off Keth, that wes off gud renown.
Met Eychard Talbot be the way.
And set hym to sa hard assay, 4910
That tiU a kyrk he gert hym ga.
And cios [hym] thare defens to ma.
Bot he assaylid thare sa fast.
That hym beho-wyd tret at the last.
And twa thowsand pownd to pay,
Lefft ostage, and went his way.
This passyt noucht, I tro-w, thre yhere
Syn the BalUoU and his folk were
Arywyd in to Scotland,
As I have herd men bere on hand, 4920
That all the Lordis, that ware thare.
In Scottis mennys dawngere ware
Wyth in thai thre wyntyr, owtane
Schyr Eawff Stafforde hym allane.
And the BaUioU, that gat away
At Anand, as yhe herd me say.
It [is] to thynk gret ferly thyng.
That gret battaUUs in fychtyng
Cowth noucht cum to swUk end, as qwhone
[Wyth juperdys oftsys has] done. 4930
vol. il 2 E

434 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIIL
The Muntagw wes yhit liand
Segeand Dunbar -wyth stalwart hand ;
And twa galais off Gene had he
For tUl assege it be the se.
And as he thus assegeand lay.
He was set in tUl hard assay :
For he hade purchesyd hym covyn
Off ane off thaim, that war thare in.
That he suld leve oppyn the yhete.
And certane terme tiU hym than sete 4940
To cum : bot thai thare in halily
Ware warnyt off it pre-waly.
He come, and the yhet oppyn fand.
And wald ha-we gane in fute steppand ;
Bot Jhon off Cowpland, that wes than
F. 239. b. Bot a rycht powre sympUl man,
Schot hym off bak, and in is gane :
The portculys come downe onane.
And sparyt Mwntagw thare-owt.
Thai cryid wyth a sturdy schowt, 4950
' A Mwntagw for e-vyr-mare : '
Than -wyth the folk, that [he] had thare.
He turnyt till his berbery.
And lete hym japyt fuUyly.
Syne Alysawndyr the Eamsay,
That trowyd and thowcht, that thai.
That war assegid in Dunbare,
At gret distres or myscheff ware.
Than in ane e-wynnyng fra [the] Bas
Wyth a few folk, that wyth hym was, 4960
Towart Dunbare in tUl a bate
He held all pre-waly his gate ;
And by the galais all slely

Ch. XXXIII.] OF SCOTLAND. 435
He gat wyth his cumpany :
The lady, and all, that war thare,
Off his cummyng weUe comfourt ware.
He ischeid in the mornyng in hy.
And -wyth the wachis sturdily
Made ane apert and stowt meUe,
And but tynseU entryd he. 4970

Q^

'WHILE Mwntagw wes thare lyand,
The Kyng Edward off Ingland
Purchast hym help and alyawns.
For he walde amowe were in Frawns :
And for the Mwntagw he send ;
For he cowth [bryng] na thyng tiU end
For-owtyn hym, for that tyme he
Wes mast off his cownseU pre-we.
Qwhen he had herd the Kyngis byddyng.
He remo-wid, but mare dueUyng, 4980
Qwhen he, I trowe, had lyin thare
A qwartere off a yhere and mare.
It wes to Scotland a gud chance.
That thai made thaim to werray in France :
For hade thai halyly thaim tane
For to werray in Scotland aUane,
Efftyr the gret myscheffis twa,
Duplyne and Halidowne war tha.
Thai suld have skaithit it to gretly.
Bot fortowne, thowcht scho fald fekiUy, 4990
WiU noucht at anis myscheffis fall :
Tharefore scho set thare hartis all
F. 240. To werray Frawnce richit to be,
That Scottis lyve in grettar le.

436 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
Of this assege in thare hethyng
The Inglis oysid to mak karpyng
" I -wowe to God, scho [mais gret stere]
The Scottis wenche ploddere.
Come I are, [or] come I late,
I fand Annot at the yhate." 5000

CHAP. XXXIV.
^tokat tkat ^ekgre ^nbreto ofi Jttnrratoe toan,
(^ttken kc ofi ^eollanb toas Warbane.

S

CHYEE Andrewe syne, the gud Wardane,
That -wyth aU poware can hym pane
For to reco-vir agane the land.
That Inglis men had thane in hand.
To Fyffe is went wyth his gadryng.
And thare swne at the begynnyng
Wan the Castelle off Andristoun,
And to the erd syne dange it doun.
The Pele off Lukrys syne he wan ;
Syne all the forteris, that than 5010
War in to Fyffe, he wan, owtane
The Castelle off Culpyre [it] alane.
That Schyre WiUiam BuUok stytlUy
Held that tyme -vryth gret cumpany.
Alysawndyre the Eamsay there
Wyth a sqwyere justyd off were.
And hym o-wt throw the body bare.
Qwhen that the Wardane has dueU thare,
QwhiU hym gud thowcht, and off the land
Had wonnyn a gret part tUl his hand, 5020

Ch. xxxiv.] of SCOTLAND. 437
He tuk the way till Bothevyle,
And lay assegeand it a qwhUle,
And browcht a gyne, men called Bowstowre,
For tUl assayle that stalwart towre.
Ste-wyn Wysman, a gud sqwyere,
Apon the Scottis halff slayne wes there.
And Gylmyne the WUleris, [that] than
Held the towre, and wes worthy man,
Sawe his -wittaUs war nere gane.
And hope off the rescours had he nane, 5030
Tretid, and syne the casteUe yhalde ;
His way tUl Ingland syne can hald.
Schyr Andrew syne wyth stalwart hand
Made syndry radis in Ingland,
And brynt, and slewe, and dyde gret skath.
And rychid and stuflid his awyne bathe.
Syne efftyr mony dedis worthy,
F. 240. b. That he dyde in his wardanry,
TiU Avawcht in tUl Eos went he
TiU ese hym in his a-wyne cuntr6. 5040
And thare tuk hym a gret seknes.
That so feUown and angry wes.
And hym dystrenyheit so wondyr fast.
That the dede folowyd at the last.
That nobUl Knycht has thare tane end,
Bot noucht in armys, as he wend :
To dey in armys ^telyd he,
Qwhare he mycht prove his gret bownte.
In the kyrk cathedyrale off Eosmarkyne
That nobUl Knycht wes entferyde syne. 5050
Bot off oure land sum CornykiU sayis,
Schyr Andrewe off Murra-we in his last dayis
Assegyde the Castelle off Strevelyne

438 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
Wyth gret powere. Fra he herd syne.
That the Kyng off Ingland
Wes cnmmand -wj'th stalwart hand.
As off fors than hym beho-wyd,
Fra that assege he hym remo-wyde.
Schyr WUyaim off Keth ne-vyrtheles
Wyth his awyne spere slayne thare wes ; 5060
As he hym presyt wp to the wall.
On his awyn spere he tuk a fall :
Swa deid that knycht ferlyfuUy
Be that cas suddane and wnhappy.
And efftyr, qwhen all this wes gane,
Schyr Andrewe off Murra-we, yhit Wardane,
Efftyre the MichaeUmes passyd on were
TiU Edynburgh -wyth his powere.
And abowt that castelle lay :
And to the Kyng off Scotlandis fay 5070
Off Lowthyane he tuk mony men.
Fra that assege he passyt then.
For he persaywyd, that he na mycht,
Nothir be powere na be slycht.
That castelle wyne, as it wes then
Bathe stuffyd -wyth -wyttale and -wyth men :
And he persaywyd gret frawdfuU slycht
Off Scottis men, and full gret mycht
Off the Kyng off Ingland
Cnmmand on wyth stalwart hand : 5080
As off fors hym beho-wyd,
Fra that assege he hym remo-wyde.
For he persay-wyd a seknes.
That cummand that tyme on hym wes.
Oure the Mownth than passit he
F. 241. Till Ava wch in his awyne cuntr^ ;

Ch. xxxiv.] OF SCOTLAND. 439
And thare than endyt he his dayis.
As before the CornykiU sayis.
He wes a lorde off gret bowntd.
Off sobyre lyff, and off chastyt(5 ; 5090
Wyse and -wertuows off cownsaUe ;
And off his gudis liberaUe.
He wes off gret devotyown
In prayeris and in urysown ;
He wes off mekUl almows dede ;
Stowt and hardy off manhede.
Bot twa yhere and a halff thane
He had off Scotland bene Wardane.
North on fra the Scottis Se
TUl the Scottis fay browcht he 5100
AU the Scottis natyown ;
And aU the casteUis he kest down.
In gret distres the comownys ware
Pynyde to dede in hungyre ;
For wyth his ost as he rade,
Gret wastyng in the land he made.
AU off fors that hym beho-wyd.
As he his purpos that tyme movyde.
To drawe the Kynryk in fredwme.
That IngUs men held in gret threldwme : 5110
Les than swa be na way he
Mycht drawe in fredwme his cuntr^.

440 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.

CHAP. XXXV.
(5Jtohen tke ^ttoart ofi ^eotlanbe •
Was fsr^t mabe SEarbane ofi tke Sanbe.
A.D. A
1338. ii. THOWSAND and thre hundyr yhere
Aucht and thretty to tha clere.
Thus Schyr Andrewe off Murra-we dede,
Wardan chosyn wes in his stede
The Stwart Eobert off Scotland.
The Kyng Da-wy than dueUand
In the CasteUe de Galyarde,
Hys systyr swne the yhowng Stwarde 5120
Be the Statis evryilkane
Off Scotland wes chosyne, and made Wardane :
That he mantenyt mare and mare.
As yhe ma here here forthirmare.
In this tyme WUUame off Dowglas
Tra-welland in the Forast was.
And wan it aU, and held as his,
Magre haly his innymyis.
That tyme the Mwntagw wes gane
F. 241. b. TUl Frawnce, and in tUl bargane tane. 5130
Off Lancastyr Schyr Henry,
That caUyd than wes Erie off Derby,
Than wyth the Kyng wes rycht prewe.
On Scotlandis marchis tra-welyd he,
And had gret yharnyng to -wyn prys :
He wes ay worthy, wycht, and wys.
And mast renownyd off bownt^
Off gentrys, and off honest^.

Ch. xxxv.] OF SCOTLAND. 441
That in tUl Ingland lywand was.
He has herd spek, how the Dowglas 5140
Throw wyt and wyrschipe apertly
Dyd mony dowchty jwperty :
He send and askyd thre cours off were
At hym, and he grawntyt it [richt] there.
Thai come samyn at a certane plas :
Alysawndyre the Eamsay thare was
Ser-wand Dowglas at that justyng,
For he expart wes in tyU swilk thyng.
The nobiU Erie off Derby
Come wyth a joly cumpany. 5150
Sone fra thai hade thair Sains made.
Thai tuk thare rynkis, and samyn rade.
And at the tothir cours off were
The Dowglas hit, and brak his spere ;
And a sclys off the schafft, that brak.
In tUl his hand a wounde can mak :
Tharefore the gud Erie off Derby,
That saw hym hurt sa feUownly,
Wald thole hym than to just no mare.
Bot, or he tuk his leve to fare, 5160
He spak tUl Alysawndyr Eamsay,
And specyally kan hym pray
For to purchas a cumpany.
That at the lest thai war twenty
Off gentUl-men wyth scheld and spere.
To just Uk man thre cowrs off were ;
And gyve he na had aU gentUlmen,
He bad tak knawyn yhwmen then.
To cum to Berwyk a set day.
Thare tUl grawntyd the Eamsay, 5170
And sayd, that he suld welle purchas

442 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
Cumpany, and cum to that plas,
Wytht thi [that] thai all assuryd ware,
Qwhat evyr than feU at that justyng thare :

_L HE Erie thame assuryd wUlfuUy.
F. 242. Ande the Eamsay in weU gret hy
Gat hym falo-wys, and at the day
To Berwyk come bathe he and thai.
The Erie ressay-wyd thame curtasly.
And gert dely-were thame herbry. 5180
Apon the morne, qwhen that thai ware
Makand thame bowne, hym-selff come thare.
And fand all oppyn the entr^ ;
And noucht for-thi thare knokide he
Wyth-owte the dure aU pre-waly,
QwhiU Eamsay tU hym [coym] in hy,
[And] gert hym entre sone. Than he
Sayd, " God mot at yhoure laykyng be."
Syne sayd he, " Lordis, on qwhat manere
WUl yhe ryn at this justyng here ?" 5190
" Wyth plate scheldis," sayd Eamsay,
As it afferis to this play."
" A ! syrrys, be oure Lord," sayd he,
" So suld no man here prysyt be.
For none tUl othir mycht do i-will :
Bot and it Ukand ware yhow tUl,
As men hostayis for to ryn.
So mycht men prys off wyrschype wyne."
Quod Alysawndyre the Eamsay,
" It saU lik tU ws aU perfay. 5200
That ilk man ryn his falow tUl
In kyrtiU allane, gyve that yhe wUl."

Ch. xxxv.] OF SCOTLAND. 443
The Erie sayd than debonarly,
" Nay, that is aU to hard trewly."
Quod WiUame off the Towris than,
" Schyre, gyve yhe na wiU lat ilke man
Eyn all bare -wysage, and yhe
Qwha [eschewis] fyrst, rycht swne sail se."
The Erie sayde mekUly, " Schyris, nay,
Yhit that is all to hard perfay ; 5210
Bot as I sayd yhowe, will yhe do ?
Than suld sum prys folow ws to."
Thaire to thai gave all thare consent ;
And he furth tUl his falowys went.

Ti

.HE justyng lestyd dayis thre,
Qwhare men apert cowrsis mycht se.
Twa IngUs knychtis thare ware slayne :
Off Scottis men there deyde nayne.
Bot turnand hamwart be the way
Off ane hurt endyt Jhone the Hay : 5220
And WUlame the Eamsay wes there
Borne throw the hewyd wyth a spere,
F. 242. b. And throw the helme wyth strynth off hand
Qwhill the trwnsowne [bad] thare stekand.
Thai browcht a preste tiU hym bely-we.
And in his helme he can hym schrywe.
Than sayd the gud Erie off Derby,
" Lo ! heyre a fayre sycht sykkyrly.
A fayrere sycht how ma man se,
Than knycht, or sqwyere, quhethir evyr he be, 5230
In tUl his helme hym thus gat schrwye ?
Qwhen I saU pas owt off this lyve,
I wald, God off his grace wald send

444 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
To me on swylk manere tiU end."
Qwhen he had schrywyn hym, as I say,
Alysawndyr than the Eamsay
Gert lay hym down forowtyn lete ;
And on his helme his fute he sete.
And wyth gret strynth owt can aras
The trownsown, that thare stekand was. 5240
He rase aUane, fra it wes owte.
And wyth a gud wUl and a stowte
He sayd, that he wald [ayl] na-thyng.
Tharoff the Erie had wonderyng.
And gretly hym commendit then.
And sayd, " Lw ! stowt hartis off men."

T

HUS hapnyd tiU hym off this lame.
And a gud knycht, Patrik the Grame,
That had tra-weUyd beyhond the se
TiU eyk his prys throw gret bownte, 5250
He herd spek off this justyng gretly.
And sped hym thiddyr in aU hy.
He come thiddyr on the tothir day :
Than Eychard Talbot can hym pray
To ser-we hym off thre cours off were.
And he thaim grawntyt but dawngere.
Sone efftyr samyn can thai ryne ;
The Talbot on had platis twyne,
And throw thame bath his spere he bare.
And in the brest ane inch or mare. 5260
Had he jwstyd, as conand was.
He had bene dede in to that plas.
Thare coursis haly can thai ma ;
Bot nane had mare harme off thai twa.

Ch. xxxv.] OF SCOTLAND. 445
The Talbot syne can hym requere
To be wyth hym at the supere.
He assentyt, and qwhen thai were
Syttand best at the supere,
Thare salute thaim a cumly knycht.
That semyt stowt, bath bald and wycht : 5270
F. 243. And amang thare gud wordis there
At Schyr Patryk three courss off were
He askyd in to gud cumpany ;
And he, as burdand, sayd smethely,
" Man, wUl thow have off me justyng ?
Eys wp to-morn in the mornyng,
And here thi Mes weUe, and schrywe thd ;
And thow sail sone delyveryt be."
He made tharoff na gabbyng ;
For on the morn at the justyng 5280
He bare hym throw the body qwhit.
And he deyt off the dynt welle tyte.
This was wpon the thryde day.
And qwhen justyt ilkane had thai.
The haraldis sayd than on this wys.
That gud ware to gyff the prys
On athyre halff to mak thaim mede,
That bare thame best for thare gud dede.
The lordis ga-we assent thare till.
And ordanyt wyth thaire allaris will, 5290
That Inglis suld the Scottis prys.
And thai thaim on the samyn wys.
The Inglis men the prys gaffe than
Till ane, that thre haUe courssis ran.
And foro-wtyn hyt. Bot Scottis men
A-wysit thaim alsamyn then,
And tiU the knycht the prys ga-we thai,

446 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
That smate WUyame the Eamsay
Throw owte the hede, and a skyll
Thai schawyt tUl enfors thare tiU, 5300
And sayd, it wes justyng off were.
And [he], that mast engre-wyt there,
Suld have the grettast prys, -wyth thi
That he engrewyt honestly.
The haraldis than can say haly.
The dome wes suthfast and worthy ;
Tharfor sayd ane, " Me-thynk perfay.
That he, that a knycht yhistyrday
Slwe, and ane othir to-day, the prys
Suld have, Patryk the Grame that is : 5310
For hade the Talbot, as taylyd was,
Justyd, he had swelt in to that plas.
As to this prys gywyng, for-thi
I hald hym dede aU wtraly."
On this wys spak the haraldis thare ;
Bot for the prys wes gy-wyn are.
Thai wald repelle it be na way.
F. 243. b. And than the gud Erie can say,
" I trow it has bene seldyn sene,
That off were justyng thus has bene 5320
Contenyt thre dayis, and the prys
Gy-wyn, as at this jwstyng is."
He festaid the jwstarys that day.
That on the morne syne held thaire way.

Ch. xxxvL] OF SCOTLAND. 447

CHAP. XXXVL
®fi sgnbrg jtiperbgis, that toas
gone be ^ek^re WiUame ofi ^otoglas.

T

HE justyng thus gate endit is.
And athyr part went hame -wyth pris.
The land that tyme was aU on were.
And in ryot, as it wes ere :
And yhwng men, that ware in the land,
Thaire prys ware aU tyme purchesand, 5330
And qwhiUis tuk, and qwhillis war tane ;
For ure off were is not ay ane.
Amang thame WUlame off Dowglas
Eycht besyly traveland was.
And for the fredome off the land
Eycht hardy thyngis tuk on hand.
Mony fayr juperty hym feU,
That qwha swa cowth, war gud to tell :
Bot for I na can wryt thaim playnly,
Swme off thaim schortly rehers will I. 5340
At Blakbwrne wyth the Lord Berkley
He wes set to full hard assay :
Bot for thai fawcht in to the nycht.
And faylyd fast [of ther] sycht.
On bathe the hal-wys fled thare men.
Bot Dowglas nere the war had then :
Thare held noucht wyth hym owre thre ;
Tharefore his folk [wende], slayne wes he.
And at the Craggis by Cragyne
He fawcht wyth Jhon off Stryvelyne, 5350

448 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
That wes off Edynburch capitane.
And tuk hym thare wyth mekill payne.
For thai defendyt thame stowtly :
Bot thai war -wencust noucht for-thi.
At Crychtown Den syne, qwha couth tell,
Ane harde ponyh4 off were befell :
For thai war on the lest party
Ane hundreth armyd jolyly
Off knychtis and sqwyeris, but rangale.
Apon hors hapnyt that batalle. 5360
The Inglis ost lay nere thare by :
Bot nevyrtheles full hardely
WUlame off Dowglas and his ro-wte
F. 244. Schot on thame scharply wyth a schowt.
Off were thai justyd fuU apertly :
Dowglas wes strykyn throw the body ;
Bot he ly-wyd efftyr in gud hele.
Swa couth thai wyth thaire fais delle.
That thai ware rudly put agayne.
And off thare folk a few ware slayne : 5370
Bot for thare gret ost, that wes by,
Dowglas wythdrw hym wyttily.
Syne at the Blak SoUyng, thai say.
That he wes set in hard assay :
For he wes few, and Inglis men
Sexti armyt come on hym then
On hors prikand delyverly.
Had he noucht fowndyn in mare hy
Ane a-wawntage, he had bene dede :
Bot thare wes nere hym in that stede 5380
A depe syk, and on fute wes he ;
Thare owre he stert wyth his menyhe.
And abade at the sikis bi-a.

Ch. xxxvl] of SCOTLAND. 449
The Inglis, als hard as hors mycht ga.
Come on, that syk as [thai] noucht had sene :
Thai wend, that all playne feld had bene.
Thare at the assemble thai
In the syk to the gyrthyn lay :
And the Scottis men in the lychtyng
Made thaim so hard a walcommyng, 5390
That thai war slayne ilkane, or tane.
Off all that rowte eschapyt nane.
Apon a Yhule-e-wyn alsua
WyttaUs, that to the Kyng suld ga
Off Ingland, that at Melros lay.
He met rycht stowtly in the way :
And apon aU the cumpany.
That come wyth thame, he schot in hy.
And -wencust thame wyth hard bargane.
Syne had the -wyttaiUe tiU hym tane. 5400
The carle wyth the metane, thai say.
Bare hym rycht weUe at that assay :
Prysyt thare fuU gretly he was.
Syne efftyr WUlame off Dowglas
Off Hermitage the Castelle wan.
That haldyn wes wyth Inglis man :
He stuffyde it wyth men and mete,
And gud yhemsale thare-in has sete.
Syne Waus wes slayne, [that hat] EoUand.
He wes sete hard, I tak on hand : 5410
Thryis in that fycht at gret myscheffe
He wes, bot ay he gat releffe :
F. 244. b. Hys knyff was thrawyn owt off his hand,
Bot yhit owre [Lorde] swylk ure hym sand,
That EoUand the Waws thare was slayne.
And his folk -wencust evyrUkane.
VOL. II. 2 F

450 ' THE CEONYKIL [B. VIIL
And he wyth the owyrhand come syne
Away, but ony mare hurtyne.
Schyre Lawrens als off Abbyrnethy,
That wes a stowt knycht and hardy, 5420
Wencust hym fyve tymys a day :
Bot he so thra off fycht wes ay.
That or e-wyn he had hym tane.
And discumfyte his folk ilkane.
So he, that wes abo-we all day.
Or e-wyn wes set tiU swilk assay.
That he wes presown^ tUl hym made.
That he all day defowlyd hade.
Here-by men may ensawmpUl ta.
How man may his awyne fortowne ma : 5430
For Constance, -wyth a stedfast thowcht
To thole ay noyis, qwha sa mowcht,
May offtsys off wnlikly thyng
Men rycht welle to thare purpos biyng.
Sa dyde it here to this WUlame,
That left noucht for defowle and lame,
Bot folo-wyd his purpos ithandly,
QwhUl he had his intent playiUy.
He wes lang tyme than traveland
In syndry placis in that land, 5440
Qwhare off were feU hym poyntis sere.
That I kan noucht rehers yhow here.
The s^ syne passyd he pri-wely
Till Gallyart to the Kyng Da-wy,
And perfornyst his mede thare ;
Syne hamwart made hym for to fare.

Ch. xx.xvil] of SCOTLAND. 451

CHAP. XXXVIL
djjtoken tke Warbane mabe kgrn botone
^tll togn ofi toere .Sagnt Jkongstotone.
A.D. A
1339. J\. THOWSAND thre hundyr thretty and nyne
Fra lychtare wes the swet Wyrgyne,
The Stwart, than off Scotland
Wes, as I sayd yho-we, lutenand, 5450
Throw-owt all Scotland to the Kyng
Has made a stalwart gadryng
Off aU, that e-wyre mycht wapnys welde.
Or worthy ware to fecht in felde :
For he wyth hys fors made hym bowne
For to [as]sege Saynt Jhonystowne.
The Erie WiUame off Eoss come thare
F. 245. Wyth worthy men, that -wyth hym ware ;
Erie Patryk als is thiddyr gane
Wyth mony gud [men] off Lowthyane ; 5460
Off Murra-we Mawrys, that Clyddysdale
Has thare in tiU his ledyng hale :
Schyre [WUyam of] Keth off [the] Galstown,
And othir mony off gud renown.
In that tyme WiUame off Dowglas
Fra Galyart hame comyn was ;
And wyth hym Frawnkis sqwyeris twa
He browcht hame, and the tane off tha
Hat Galios de la Huse, thai say.
The tothir Jhon de Brws callyd thay. 5470
In Culpris Castell yhit than was
WUlame BiiUoke : bot the Dowglas

452 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
Tretyd so wyth hym, that he yhauld
That CasteUe, and made heycht tUl hauld
The Scottis fay in all his lyve.
Thai bathe come to the assege belywe.
All the lordis, ware lyand thare.
Off thare cummyng recomfurt ware.
For the Dowglas wes worthy man.
The Wardan had hym logyd than 5480
In the Sowth Inche ; and the Erie Patrik
And the mast fors off the Kynryk
Ware als in that South Inche lyand.
The Erie off Eoss on the tothir hand
At the Blak Freris had thare herbry,
Wyth hym a rycht stowt cumpany.
And, or the towne so assegide was
WUlame had purchasyd off Dowglas
A sturdy Ee-were off the s6
Wyth fyve schippis, Hawepyle hat he, 5490
To ly in to the Wattyre off Tay,
That nane Inglis mycht [get] thare away
To bere tythandis tUl Ingland,
Na bryng -wittaUe to thare hand.
A lang tyme at that assege thai lay,
And thai had markat Uke day.
And -wyttaile in to gret fwsown.
Qwhill thai ware lyand at that town,
Thai had offt-tymys bykkeryng,
Qwhare there -wes har and nere schotyng. 5500
Thaire deyd twa Scottis sqwyeris.
As thai war governand thaire archerys,
Alane Boyd, and Jhone off Stryvelyne.
WiUame off Dowglas thare wes syne
Wyth a spryngald gaynyh^ throw the the ;

Ch. xxxvii.] of SCOTLAND. 453
Bot yhit nevyrtheles [alwayis] he
F. 245. b. Mantenyd hym rycht worthyly.
Ay qwhiU the sege thaire can ly.
Da-vvy the Berklay, that wes than
Wyth-in the town as Inglis man, 5510
Askyd at Jhon the Brws justyng
Off were, and he for-owt gruchyng
Delyveryt hym off coursis thre.
Fayre hale justyng men mycht se ;
Bot nane wes hurt thare, as thai say.
In the tyme, that the ost thare lay,
A gret eclippis wes off the sowne :
Thare-for folk, that wes noucht wowne
To s^ swUk awant, as thai saw thare,
Abaysyd off that sycht thai ware. 5520
Bot had thai knawyn the caus aU,
That gerrys swylk ecUppis faU,
Thai suld noucht have had abaysyng,
EcUppis is nane othir thyng.
Than qwhen the mwne, that rynnys [mare] nere
TiU ws, than doys the swne before,
Hapnys e-wyn to cum betwene
Oure sycht and the swne, that is so schene.
It lettis ws the swne to se
In als mekiU qwantyte, 5530
As it passis betwix oure sycht.
And [of] the swne lattis ws the lycht.
The swn all tyme wythowtyn were
Is in the selff bath lycht and clere.
wWHILL thai thus at the sege can ly.
The Erie off Eoss, that wes worthy.

454 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
Get sley mynowrys, and thai syne
Wndyre the erde he gert thaim myne.
And stall thare wattyr away haly,
Qwhill all thare dykis war le-wyd all dry, 5540
And qwhen thai in the town had sene
Thaire wattyr stoUyne away so clene.
That was the mast [defens] thai hade,
A gret abaysyn it thame made.
Schyre Thomas [Uchtrede], a gud man.
That Wardane off the towne wes than.
Saw his fays abowt hym ly.
And hym-selff stade than sa stratly,
That his -wyttaUle was nere gane.
And hope off rescours hade rycht nane. 5550
For to sawffe his comwnat^.
Than wyth the Wardane tretyde he.
And yhald the towne in till his hand.
And fre past hame in tUl his awyne laud,
And all his, that war in to that place.
As thare cunnand fermyd was.
Qwhen thai thus had lefft the town.
The mwde wall dykis thai kest down ;
F. 246. And all the streynthis, that thai hade.
Thai e-wyn layche to the erde has made : 5560
And syne gert convay Schyr Thomas
TiU his land, as his cunnand was.
Abowte Perth than wes the cuntre
Sa wast, that wondyr wes to se ;
For in till welle gret space thare-by
Wes nothir hows le-\vyd, na herbry.
Off dere there wes than swUk foysown.

Ch. xxxvil] of SCOTLAND. 455
That thai wald nere cum to the town.
Sa gret defawte wes nere that stede.
That mony ware in hungyr dede. 5570
A karle, thai sayd, wes nere there-by.
That wald set settys comownaly
Chyldyr and women for to sla.
And swanys, that he mycht oure-ta.
And ete thame all, that he get mycht ;
Crystyne Klek tyl nane he hycht.
That sary lyff contenwyd he,
QwhiU wast but folk wes the cuntre.
The Wardane than fra Perth is gane
To Stryvelyne wyth off his ost ilkane, 5580
That castelle till assege stowtly.
That than Schyre Thomas off Eukby
Held wyth othyr worthy men.
That off the stwff war wyth hym then.
The Wardane than wyth-owtyn lete
Assege abowte the casteUe sete :
Bot off Eoss the Erie WUlame
Fra hym wyth his court passid hame.
Thai, that at that assege lay.
Fast war bykkerand Uk day. 5590
At ane assawte, that thare thai made,
WiUame off Keth, that yharnyd hade
To clyme than, sum sayd, owre the wall,
Harnast in his armyng aU
Wes clymmand wpwart ; bot a stane,
That come fra hycht, has hym oure-tane.
And twa fawld down it can hym bere.
And stekyd hym on his awyn spere :
And off that wounde sone deyde he.
Swa off his dede wes gret pyt^ ; 5600

456 THE CEONYKIL [B. VHI.
For he wes bathe wycht and hardy.
And full off all gud che-walry.
Sete dede befor rehersid he be.
At this assage thus deyde he.
Lang assegeand thaire thai lay.
That thai wyth-in, as I herd say,
Fayhlyde sa fuUyly the mete.
That thai had na thing for tiU ete.
Qwhen the Eukby saw, it wes swa.
That Fortown forsyd hyr to be fa, 5610
And that sa straytly stad he was,
F. 246. b. Othire to dey, or yheld the plas.
He tretyd, and it syne yhalde he.
In his awyne land for to pas fre.
The Wardane has this casteUe tane,
A wycht hows made off lyme and stane,
And set in tiU sa stythe a place.
That rycht wycht off it-selff it was.
Fra he saw, that he mycht noucht
Brek the wallis, as qwhiUe he thoucht, 5620
For-thi till Morys off Murra-we
In kepyng he that casteU gave.
That syne enforsyt it grettunUy,
For ryche he wes, and fuU mychty.
[1339- The Wardane syne tiU his cuntre
¦-' Fure, and a qwhiUe restyd he.
And sum qwhUl passyd throwch the land ;
For than the kynryk wes growand
In ryches, and in honeste.
And off -wyttale gret plenty. 5630
And off the Kynryk the mast party
Wes sworn men to the Kyng Da-wy.
Edynburch and Eo.xburch bathe alsua

Ch. xxxviil] OF SCOTLAND. 457
Ware stowtly yhit haldyn thame fra :
Berwyk, Jedword, and Lochmabane,
Off thir thre yhit thai had noucht ane :
Te-wedale and landis sere
At IngUs fay yhit haldyn were.
The lave hale war Scottis men.
That U-wyd sumdeUe at lykyn then. 5640
The qwhethir juperdyis off were
Fell oft-syis than, as thai dyde ere ;
Bot aU thai tymys comownaly
The best feU to the Scottis party.

CHAP. XXXVIIL
(^tohen be §ektr WiUame ofi potoglas
l^ke Castelle ofi ffibgnbttcgk toonngn toas.
A.D. A
1341. ii. THOWSAND thre hundyr wyntyr gane.
And fowrty yhere to tha and ane.
Worthy WUlame off Dowglas
In tUl his hart aU angry was.
That Edynburchis CasteUe swa
Dyde to the land anoy and wa, 5650
Standand in myddis off the land ;
Swa lang was it in his fais hand.
He thowcht to cast a juperdy ;
Wyth Wate he tretyd off Curry,
That purwoyd a schipe in tUl Dunde,
And hardy men thare in put he ;
WiUame Frysare wes ane off tha.
And Joachym off Kynbuke alsua.
And WiUame BuUok, that wes than

458 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIIL
F. 247. The Kyng off Scotlandis sworne man, 5660
And mony other men alswa
Wycht and worthy war wyth tha.
Thai feyhnyd that thai war marchawns.
That come thare off thaire awyne chawns
Owte off Ingland -wyth qwhete and -wyne.
And othir syndry -wyttalis. Syne
TUl Inchekethe thai come in hy ;
And this Wate than off Curry
Went to the CasteUe, and can say.
That marchandis off Ingland war thai, 5670
That had made thiddyr thare tra-wayUe
In that land wyth syndry -wyttayUe ;
And for tUl have his mantenyng.
Thai wald send hym in the mornyng
A present off -wyttaiUe and off wyne ;
And wald he mare, he suld syne
Have at his will, qv/hat he wald by ;
And that the mastyr walde ayrly
Cum, and a part off his schipemen.
To spek wyth hym, and bad hym then 5680
Lat thame cum hardely hym tUl,
And thai suld entre at thare wUle.
He bade the portare syne, that he
Mak thaim al redy the entre ;
And he sayd, that he suld do swa.
Than Wate has tane his leve to ga.
That sped had wondyr welle his nede.
Downe to the schype in hy he yhede.
And tauld thaim aU, how he had done.
Syne to the Dowglas send thai sone, 5690
That in tiU vaUis nere thare-by
Enbuschid hym that nycht pri-wely.

Ch. xxxviil] OF SCOTLAND. 459
The schip-men sone in the mornyng
Tursyt on twa hors thare flyttyng.
[Ane a payr off coU crelis bare].
That covryt welle wyth clathis are ;
The tothir bareU ferraris twa,
FuU off wattyr als war tha.
Before, and thai aU twelff folowand,
Hkane a gud burdowne in hand, 5700
And royd frogis on thare armyng
To covyre thame for persay-wyng :
And all thare berdis scha-wyn ware.
Wate off Curry wes wyth thame thare.
That [conwoyit] thame wpwart the gate.
And went befor thame to the yhate.
And fand the portare. " Thir ar thai.
The Wardane spak off yhistyrday :
Oppyn the yhete onone," sayd he.
F. 247. b. Hym hade bene bettyr lattyn it be. 5710
The mekill yhete oppynnyt he than.
And he, that nest wes tUl hym, ran,
And layd hym at the erd flatly.
Than a staff tuk Wate off Curry,
And set wndyr the portculys.
That cum downe mycht it on na wys.
Syne the colis and crelis wyth-aU
Apon the turnepyk lete he faU ;
And ane syne blewe a horne in hy.
Than in the Castell ras the cry : 5720
The folk syne sped thame to the yhate ;
Bot thai fand stowt portaris thare-at.
That thame recowntryd sturdely.
Thai fawcht a qwhiUe rycht cruelly,
QwhiU that WUlame off Dowglas,

460 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIIL
That in the waUis enbuschyd was.
Has herd the noyis and the ciy ;
Than to the casteUe hastyly
He sped hym fast. Qwhen he come thare,
Fechtand he fand that thare ware ; 5730
Bot he that meU6 stawnchid swne.
And in schort tyme swa has he dwne.
That the castelle he has tane.
And -wencust the casteUanys Ukane.
Sum he tuk, and sum he slwe,
[And] sum flede downe oure the hwe.
The yhettis he gert kepe stowtly.
Thai off the towne than come in hy :
Off that wynnyng thai war aU blythe.
And Scottis men become rycht swyth. 5740

Q,

'when Dowglas duelt a qwhUl thare hade.
Off that casteUe wardane he made
WUlame the eldare off Dowglas,
That wes his brodyr off purchas ;
And to the Forest he went his way.
In besy tra-^veUe he wes ay
TUl helpe his land on mony wys.
And tUl confounde his innymyis.
Syne Alysawndyr the Eamsay,
Wyth syndry gud men off assay, 5750
In tUl the Cove off Hawthorneden
A gret resset had made hym then.
And had a joly cumpany
Off wycht yhowng men and off hardy.
He wes swa full off gret bownte.
And namyd off prowes swa wes he.

Ch. xxxviil] OF SCOTLAND. 461
That na yhowng man wes in the land,
That traystyd swa in his awyne hand,
Na lete, that he mycht prysyde be,
Bot gy-we a qwhill wyth hym war he. 5760
F. 248. He dyd mony a juperdy.
And wyth hym in tUl cumpany
War Halyburtown, and Heryng,
That bathe war stowt, bald, and yhyng ;
Off Dunbare Patrik, and Dyssyngtown,
And othir fele off gret renowne,
Passyd, and heryd in Ingland,
And made all thairrys, that thai fand.
Thai tuk prais, and presoneris.
And othir gudis on sere maneris, 5780
QwhiU thare handis sa fiUyde ware.
Thai thai at that tyme wald tak na mare.
The castelwartis on [the] Marche herde say.
How ryddand in thaire land war thai :
Thai gaddryd thame all samyn then
Wyth aU, that thai mycht be, off men,
Off castellis, and the hale cwntr^.
And schupe thame forowth thame to be.
And thai wyth presoneys and prayis
Hamwart strawcht held on thaire wayis. 5790
Bot qwhen thai saw the Inglis rowte.
That semyt bathe stwrdy, stark, and stowl.
And war fere owte ma than thai.
Than tUl his feris sayd Eamsay,
" We mon sumdeUe in till this fycht
Wyrk wyth a-wysment and wyth slycht.
Yhe se, that tliai ar ma than we ;
Bot tharoff abaysyd suld we noucht be.
We sail fenyhe ws, as we wald fl^.

462 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
And wythdr-aw ws a litill w^ : 5800
Fast folow ws than sail thai.
And sone swa mone thai brek aray.
On owre hors bakkis than sail we
Schwte on thame, or thai togyddyr be
Knyte agayne." Thus have thai dwne.
In fycht thai ar assemblyd swne.
The Inglis folk all partyd ware.
And wyd sealyd here and thare.
And, for to tell yhow than schortly.
The Inglis war -wencust halyly. 5810
Schyr Eobert tane wes the Mayneris,
And syndry othir gud sqwyeris,
Schyr WiUame Herown -wyth a strake
In to tlie cheke his way can tak.
Sum folk in to that stede
Behynd thame hawe thai le-wyd dede.
Bot in the fycht and in the chas
A gret cumpany takyn was ;
And Eamsay -wyth the o-vyrhand
Come hame agayne in his a-wyne land. 5820
J. HE Kyng off Frawns that tyme gave
For Jhon than the Erie off Muna-we
F. 248. b. Schyr WUlame the Mwntagu qwytly.
That Erie wes than off SaUsbyry,
And a Lord als off gret powste.
Me-thynk aU Scottis men suld be
Haldyn gretly to that Kyng,
That thaire Kyng, qwhan that he wes yhyng.
And set at sa gret distres.
That send owt off his land he wes, 5830

Ch. xxxviil] OF SCOTLAND. 463
He ressaywyd hym honestly.
And tretyd hym rycht curtasly :
And syne off his debonaret^
For the Erie off Murra-we he
Gave Mwntagu all frely.
Cryst his sawle ressay-we for-thi.
Qwhen thus this Erie hame cummyn ways,
Till the Wardane all swne he gais.
For he wes tiU hym nere cusyne.
He duelt thare als a qwhUle : and syne 5840
He went hym till Anandyrdale,
That his herytage wes aU hale.
Bot for Schyre WUlame the Bowne,
That Erie wes off Northamtown,
Helde the Castelle off Louchmabane,
And all the land tiU hym has tane.
As gyvyn hym off the Inglis Kyng,
He fand thare stalwart barganyng.
Ne-vyTethe[les] thare duelt he,
And offt in gret perplexyt^ : 5850
Bot magre thairris, I tak on hand.
He tuk the maUs off the land
TiU his oys [apertly] ;
Thame tuk he noucht all uterly.
The MyddiU Marche kepyt the Dowglas,
That offtsyis in the Forest was.
And abawndown[yt] weUe off that land
Gret part tUl Scottis mennys hand.
In Ingland offt tymys tra-walyd he.
And rychyd hym and his menyh4. 5860
Eamsay on the Est Marche thare-by
Dyd mony joly juperty.
And in till all this tyme thir thre

464 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
Pressyt thaim nest the Marche to be.
Than the remaynande off the land
Wes in tiU gret myrth abowndand :
For the inwart off the kynryk
The land had rest, the folk ware ryke.
And foysowne wes off froyt and fude.
And abowndance off aUkyn gud. 5870
In all this tyme WUlame BeU,
That wes chosyn, as yhe herd teUe,
Efftyr that Jamys Bene wes dede,
TiU ha-we bene Byschape in his stede
F. 249. Off Saynctandre-wys Se -wacand,
Wes in the Court off Eome bydand.
Ne-vyrtheles, as he thowcht.
That Byschapryk optenyd he noucht ;
For blynd off bathe his eene fell he.
Swa nyne yhere -wakand wes that Se. 5880
WiUame the LawndaUs, qwhen that fell.
That tyme Persowne off Kynkell,
In Frawns wes a yhowng clerk than.
Off lynage a gret gentill man,
Anelyd to this Byschaperyk,
Wakand swa lang in oure kynryke.
Hys frendis movyd the Kyng off Frawns
For this WUlame to mak instawns
And thra prayere to the Pape,
This WUlame that he wald mak Byschape 5890
Off Saynctandrewis Se -wacand.
The Kyng [als] Da-wy off Scotland,
That duelland wes in Normandy,
Wrate to the Pape than specyally
For this Lawndalis, that he mycht be
Promovyd to this -wacand Se.

Ch. xxxviil] OF SCOTLAND. 465
Yhit bade that Se stUl -wacande
Off Saynctandrewys in Scotland,
QwhiU efftyr that the Chapytere
Gret instawns made, and thra prayere, 5900
TiU the twelfft Benet Pape
This Lawndalis for till mak Byschape
At thaire instans ; for that S6
Wakyde to lang in thaire cnntr^.
And the kyrk in to that qwhiUe
Ay stud in dowte and in peryle,
And scathis tholyd and dysese
AU tyme, that it -wacand wes :
Na in tUl a -wacatiowne
Thai wald noucht mak electyown 5910
Twyis, for thai trowyd, that war
Sum-thyng to the lauch contrare.
To the Pape thai wrat for-thi
AU the mare effectwisly.
The Pape ressa-wyd thaire lettris welle.
And sped thare instans ilke deUe :
And swa thai gert this WiUame be
Promovyde to this lang -wacand S^.
And that to be clerly -wyttyng.
In tUl his bullis than wes -wryttyng, 5920
That be the specyaU thra prayere
Off hale Saynctandrewys chapytere
Off Eome the twelfft Benet Pape
WiUame the LawndaUs made Byschape.
Than Byschape he wes, qwhill past oure
In hys tyme fourty yhere and foure.
F. 249. b. Off his endyng yhe may here
In tyme to cum off that matere.
The Lordis this tyme off Scotland
VOL. II. 2 G

466 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
Thowcht, it war gud to tak on hand 5930
To send efftyr thare Kyng Da-wy,
That dueUand than wes in Normandy,
Syne the mast part off his land
Wes wonnyn owt off his fais hand.
Thai send hym worde than oure the se ;
And efftjT swne hym bowne made he.
And at the Kyng off Frawns has tane
Hys leve, and to the se is gane
Wyth twa schyypis pre-wely.
He arryvyd at Ber-wy : 5940
The Qwene Jhon wyth hym browcht he.
Than blythe wes all his como-wnatd ;
Thai hym ressa-wyd wyth blythnes.
WeUe waxyn wp that tyme he wes.
And thowles than, for his yo-vrthed
To that Nature wald hym lede :
Justyng, dawnsyng, and playnge
He lu-wyd welle, for he wes yhyng :
And -wyth s-wylk gammys solasand
He rade offt blythly throw his land. 5950

CHAP. XXXIX.
(IJttken ^Ijsanbgr ti)e ^amsag
^oxbnrgk toan ajron ^ask bap.
A.D. A
1342. A THOWSAND and thre hundyr yhere
And twa and fourty to tha clere,
Eycht arly on the Pash day
Alysawndyre the Eamsay
Throwch covyne off ane, that to name

Ch. XXXIX.] OF SCOTLAND. 467
Hwde wes hatyne the Edname,
Come to Eoxburch, qwhen it wes myrk.
And wyth his menyhe thare gert he wyrk
Wyth helpe off Hwde, that his men all,
AVyth leddris clame wp oure the waU : 5960
Downe oure the waU syne ar thai gane.
And wyth fors has the CasteUe tane.
Off aU the folk, war thame agayne.
Sum ha-we thay tane, sum ha-we thai slayne.
Thai tuk the gud all that thai fand.
Feltown wes that tyme in Ingland ;
Tharfore ethchapyd he the dede.
And qwhen Eamsay had made that sted
Obeysand tUl his wiU aU hale.
The mast fors than off Tevedale 5970
Come to the Kyng Dawyis fay :
And he made Alysawndyr the Eamsay
Off all Tevedale his Schyrra-we,
And Eoxburch als he tUl hym ga-we.
F. 250. Syne rade he thryis wyth stalwart hand
Owt o-wre the marchis off Ingland.
And fyrst he rade in his manere
Wndyr off Murra-we the ErUs banere.
And brynt Penyre ; and wyth-aU
Than off the Eois he brynt the HaU. 5980
Syne efftyrwart a rade off' were
He made wyth displayid banere,
Qwhare the knychtis, that he had made,
Owtwartis to wyn thare schone than rade
Wyth a rycht sturdy cumpany.
Eobert off OgiU wes nere thare-by
Wyth a gret rowte : and qwhen he sawe
Thai knychtis swa cum, in tUl a schawe

468 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
He wythdrw hym ; for -wys wes he
And in till weris a-wyss^. 5990
Wyth-in myris in tiU a qwhawe.
That wes lyand nere that schawe.
The knychtis, that sawe his wyth-drawyng.
Thai folo-wyd fast on in a lyng.
And prekyd saw owt off aray,
QwhiU off thare folk in myris lay.
That thare le-wyd noucht fyfty
Togyddyr in aU that cumpany.
Than OgiU turnyd, and abade :
And thai in hy apon hym rade, 6000
And justyd off were apertly.
Thare wes a bargane off felny.
On bathe the halffis slayne war men.
Bot the knychtis the wers had then,
For thare folk -wencust ware Ukane :
And fyve knychtis in fycht war tane,
Stwart, Eglyntown, and Cragy
Boyde, [and] Fowlartown. Thir worthy
OgiU has had tiU his presowne.
And syne delyweryd thame for ra-wnsoune. 6010
J_ HE Kyng but mare skaith hame is went.
Swne efftyr feU a ma-wvetalent
Bet-wix the Dowglas and Eamsay
Ay mare and mare, qwhUl on a day
Dowglas hym spyid as he rade
TiU Hawyk, qwhare ordanyd [he] hade
Till hald a court, qwhare off his men
The mast part to the towne went then :
And to the kyrk his way tuk he

Ch. xxxix.] of SCOTLAND. 469
Bot wyth a few off his menyhe. 6020
Thare come apon hym the Dowglas,
That for that werk welle pur-wayd was,
And tuk hym thare wyth hard fychtyng :
F. 250. b. He wondyd wes in that takyng.
TiU the Hermytage alsa fast
Wyth hym bwndyn than thai past ;
And in presowne thare deyde he.
Off his dede wes gret pete.
To teU yow thare-off the manere.
It is bot sorow for tUl here. 6030
He wes the grettast menyd man.
That ony couth have thowcht off than
Off his state, or off mare be fare :
AU menyt hym, bath bettyr and war ;
The ryche and pure hym menyde bath,
For off his dede wes mekill skath.
Bot playnt, na dule, na yhit menyng
Mycht helpe noucht ; tharfor Da-wy Kyng,
Qwhen he wes dede, and dwne off day.
Than tUl Jhon the Berklay 6040
The yhemsale gave off the casteUe
Off Eoxburch ; and he it keipyt welle.
Ne-wyretheles the Kyng Da-wy
Tuk in hart rycht he-wely
Eamsayis dede, that slayne wes swa :
Tharfor he pressyt hym to sla
This ilke WUliame off Dowglas.
Bot warly [he] hym wyth-drawyn was.
Ay qwhiU the Stwart off Scotland,
That mast tiU help hym tuk on hand, 6050
Prayid for hym sa ythanly.
That the Kyng his malancoly

470 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
Forga-we, and tut hym tiU his grace.
Off Eoxburgh syne he Schyrra-we was.
And had the casteUe in kepyng.
Syne in tUl Ingland past the Kyng
Off were, and a gret herschipe made :
Bot to say suth, at that rade
Nane a-wenture fell than off fychtyng.
That men suld mak off great menyng. 6060
Bot, but tynseU, his men and he
Eepayryde hame tUl thare cuntre.

CHAP. XL.
ten 3^nQ ^abib :p-ass2t fra kame
¦^Ul tke f atell oU inrame.
A.D. A
1346. J± THOWSAND and thre hundyr yhere
And sex and fourty to tha clere.
The Kyng off Frawns set hym to ras
And set a sege befor Calays,
And -wrate in Scotland tiU oure Kyng
SpecyaUy be thra praying
To pas on were in till Ingland ;
For, he sayd, he suld tak on hand 6070
On othir halff thame for to warray :
F. 251. Sa apon bathe thai haUis than suld thai
Be straytly stad. Oure Kyng Da-wy,
That wes yhowng, stowt and rycht joly,
And yharnyd for to se fychtyng,
Grawntyt the Kyng off Frawncys yharnyng.
And gaddryd his folk haly bedene.
He mycht rycht welle content have bene.

Ch. XL.] OF SCOTLAND. 471
That he wes in till Ingland thryis
Off were apon his innymyis, 6080
Syne nane thai tymys tuk on hand
To pas off were in tiU Ingland.
Qwhy couth he noucht have in to pes
Haldyn his land, as it than wes.
And hym-sel-wyn owt off dawngere ?
Qwha standis welle, he suld noucht stere.
Bot for he saw than, that Fortown
Sa ferly wyth his folk had down.
That throwch -wynnyng in juperdyis
Scho had thame heyid on sic awyis, 6090
That thai nere wonnyn had thaire land.
He trowyd, scho wald have bene standand :
Bot that wes noucht off kynd hyr lawe.
Oure Kyng Da-wy couth noucht that knawe.
Qwha wiU off Fortown wndyrstand.
It is hyr lauch to be movand :
Scho war fals, gyve scho suld be
Stedfast standand in a gre.
Eepro-wyd scho suld noucht be for-thi
Off falshede, or off try chery, 6100
For tiU owrtyrwe that is abo-we,
Syn Nature gywys hyr swa till move,
QwhUl gy-wand gret thyng, and qwhill smale,
Fulys to gere trow, that scho sail
Ay trewly in that fredwme left.'
Bot qwhen thai trayst hyr all thair best,
AU that is gywyn be that lady,
Scho owrtyr-wys [it] suddanly.
Off oure folk rycht swa it feU,
As I swne efftyr saU yhow teUe. 6110
Qwhat was thare mare ? The Kyng Da-wy

472 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
Gaddryd his ost in full gret hy ;
And -wyth thame off the north cuntr^
Till Saynt-Jhonystown than come he.
Eaynald off the Ilys than.
That wes commendyt a gud man.
Come till hym owt off fere cuntr^
Wyth hym at that rade to be.
The Erie off Eoss wes thare allsua.
That to this Eaynald wes fuU f a ; 6120
F. 251. b. Tharfore he gert hym swa aspy
In till Elyhok that nwnry,
Qwhare that he wes lyand then.
He gert sla hym and his se-wyn men'
And to Eos wyth his menyhe
Agayne in hy than turnyd he.
This Eaynald menyd wes gretly.
For he wes -wycht man and worthy.
And fra men saw this infortown,
Syndry can in thare hartis schwne, 6130
And cald it iwill forbysnyng.
That in the fyrst off thare steryng
That worthy man suld be slayne swa.
And swa gret rowtis past thaim fra.
Thus amang thaim m-wrmwryd thai.
Bot the Kyng held furth his way,
And for that tynseU wald noucht lete
To do it, that he on wes set.
He passyd swne the Scottis Se,
And to the Marchis hym sped he, 6140
Qwhare-in the Pele wes off Lyddale,
His ost tiU hym assemblyd hale :
Thare-in wes Waltyr off Selby
On the Inglis mennys party.

Ch. XL.] OF SCOTLAND. 473
That PeUe assaylyd thai sa fast,
Qwhill it wes wonnyn at the last ;
And all thai slwe, that thai fand then.
To sawff yhowng childyr and women.
Than consalyd WUlame off Dowglas,
That off weris mast wys than was, 6150
To turne agayne in thaire cuntrd :
He sayd, that -wyth thair honeste
Thai mycht agayne repayre rycht welle.
Syne thai off fors hade tane that PeUe.
Bot othir lordis, that war by,
Sayd, he had fiUyd fullyly
His baggis, and thairris all twme war.
Thai sayd, that thai mycht rycht welle fare
TUl Lwndyn, for in Ingland than
Off gret mycht wes left na man, 6160
For, thai sayd, all war in Frawns,
Bot sowteris, skynneris, or marchawns.
The Dowglas thare mycht noucht be herd.
Bot on thaire way all furth thai ferd ;
And in the Abbay off Hexhame
All thare folk thai gert aname.
And in tUl all thare ost thai fand
Off men armyd bot twa thowsande :
That wes to fewe a folk to fycht
Agayne off Ingland the mekiU mycht. 61 70
Efftyr swne thai passyd syne.
And held to Durame, or thai wald fyne ;
F. 252. And in a park well nere thare-by
Thai lugyd thame, and tuk herbry.
Thai had bene in tUl Ingland
WeUe fourteyne dayis traveland.
That thai couth get na wyttyng

474 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
Off Inglis mennys gadryng :
The qwhethir thai assembUd were
In tUl a park besyd thame nere 6 1 80
Fra Trent northwartis aU the floure
Off folk, that owcht war off -(valoure.
The Archbyschape off Yhork wes thare ;
The Lord the Percy ; and als thare war
The Lord the Ferres, and Eukby ;
The Lord alsua the Lucy ;
And the Lord the Nevyle alsua ;
Co-wpland, OgiU, and othir ma.
That I kan noucht rehers yow here.
Off archeris thare assembUd were 6190
Twenty thowsand, that roUyd war.
But men off armys, that war thar,
Qwhare-off in abowndance had thai.
The Scottis men, that in the park than lay,
Wyst rycht noucht off that gadryng.
Made thame gret myrth and solasyng.
WUlame off Dowglas, that than was
Ordanyd in forray for to pas.
And swa he dyd in the mornyng
Wyth the mast part off thare gadryng, 6200
And towart that place he held the way
All strawcht, qwhare that his fais lay.
And thai, that bowne war weU arly,
Wyth thaire battaUUs suddanly
At the Ferry off the HiU thai mete.
The forryo-wris thare hard war sete ;
For thai war off na fors to fycht.
In to gret hy thai tuk the flycht.
Than thai rudly on thame rade.
And swilk martyry on thame made, 6210

Ch. XL.] OF SCOTLAND. 475
That thare, and by at Swndyr-sand,
Fy-we hundyr deyd wyth dynt off hand.
Dowglas ethchapyd fra the chas.
Thare ost than all affrayid was :
Bot noucht for-thi the worthy men
Thare folk stowtly arayid then,
And delt thame in till eschelis thre :
The Kyng hym-selff in ane wald be ;
And to the Erie syne off Murra-we
And to Dowglas ane othir he ga-we ; 6220
The Stwart hade the thryd eschele.
That wes the mast be mekiU dele.
QwhUl thai thame redyand swa were,
F. 252. b. The IngUs archerys come so nere.
That wyn to thame welle nere mycht thai.
Than gud Schyre Jhone the Grame can say
To the Kyng, " Gettis me, but ma,
Ane hundyre on hors wyth me to ga.
And all yhone archerys skayle sail I :
Swa saU we fecht mare sykkerly." 6230
Thus spak he, bot he mycht get nane.
His hors in hy than has he tane.
And hym allane amang thame rade.
And rwdly rowme about hym made.
Qwhen he a qwhUle had prekyd thare.
And sum off thame had gert sow sare.
He to the battaylis rade agayne.
[Sa fell it, thai his hors hes] slayne.
The Erie off Murrawe and his menyhe
Than nere wes that assemble : 6240
At hey dykis assemblid thai.
And that brak gretly thaire aray ;
Tharfor thai war swne dyscumfyte.

476 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
Thai, that held liale, sped thame full tyte
To the Kyng, that assemblid was
In tiU a fuU anoyus plas.
Than nane, but hurt, mycht lyfft his hand,
Qwhen thai thaire fayis mycht noucht wythstand.
To the Stwartis rowt than went thai.
That was assemblyd nere that way. 6250
Thare had thai rowme to stand in fycht ;
Thare mycht thai welle assay thare mycht.
Than bathe the fyrst rowtis rycht thare
At that assemble -wencust war.
Thare wes hard fechtyng ; as man sayis,
Swilk wes nevyre sene befor thai dayis :
Swa hard fechtyng than wes thare.
That qwhen the flearis twa myle and mare
War fled, the banaris war standand, 6260
And thai ware face to face fychtand,
As mony sayd ; bot noucht for-thi
Thai war syne -wencust wtarly
Mony fled, and noucht agayne
Eepayrid, and thaire war mony slayne.
Jhon off Cowpland thare tuk the Kyng
Off fors, noucht yholdyne in that takyng ;
The Kyng twa teth owt off his hevyd
Wyth a dynt off a knyff hym revyd.
In that fycht slayne war Erlis twa,
Murra-we and Stratheme war tha : 6270
And foure war takyn in presowne
Off Fyffe the fyrst, and syne Wyctown,
Menteth syne, and Swthyrland ;
Thir foure Erlis war tane in hand.
Fywe hundyr slayne ware, as sayd thai,
F. 253. Bot thai, that deyd in [the] forray :

Ch. XL.] OF SCOTLAND. 477
Swa thai all, that slayne war thare,
Nowmryde till a thowsand ware.
Thar Schyr WiUame off Dowglas
Takyne in that fychtyng was : 6280
Thare takyn was the Kyng Da-wy.
Than wes the batayUe off Kersy :
Thare wes mony Inglis men ;
The Scottis trowyde for-thi then.
That few [war] lefft in tiU Ingland
Behynd thame for to kepe [the] land.
Qwhen this bataiUe hale wes dwne
At Durame, efftyr that rycht swne
Tassyle Lorane, that kepyd than
Eoxburch Castelle as wardan, 6290
Gave it to the Lord the Persy,
And syne come Inglis man in hy.
Tweddale, the Mers, and Tevedale,
And off Ettryk the Forest hale,
Anandyrdale, and Gallway,
Thai bowndis fast to thaim drew thai.
At Colbrandispethe and at Soltre
That tyme thai gert the marchis be :
At KarlyngUppis and at Corscryne
Thare thai made the marchis syne. 6300
Bot in Karryk Jhon Kennedy
Warrayid Gallwa sturdely ;
He and Alane Stwart, tha twa
Oft dyd the Galluays mekUl wa ;
(Yhit the BaUioU aU that qwhiU
In Gallwa wes at the Brynt-yle)
And othir sere off Scottis men
Held stalwartly thare bowndis then.
Bot the fell qwhUle, that thai had.

478 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIIL
Sa dowtand than thare hartis made 6310
That thai war all rycht wadand
To fecht in gret rowt hand for hand.

JL HE BaUyoU syne and the Percy,
Wyth othir ma in cumpany,
Passyd on were throw Lowthyane,
To the Fawkyrk thare way ar gayne ;
TUl Glasgw syne thai held thair way.
And throwch Cunygame syne past thay.
And sa furth tUl the towne off Are ;
Throwch Nyddysdale syne couth thai [fayre] 6320
Hamwart in thaire a-wyne cuntr6.
Thai lefft behynd off thare menyh^
Syndry than slayne in sere plas.
That rad noucht gretly skathfull was
Till the cuntrd, that thai throwcht rade,
F. 253. b. Por thai na gret forrais made.
The Stwart off Scotland agayne than
Wes chosyn wpe, and made Wardan.
He made schyrra-wys, and balyhys.
And offycerys off syndry wys. 6330
Off Edynburgh he than ga-we
The castell tiU WiUame off Murra-we
For to kepe, for stowt he was.
Tharfor a gret ryot ras
Betwene hym and men off that cuntr6.
At Dyrltowne efftyr that deyd he.
Syne wes Edynburchis Castale
Gyvyn and the towne aU hale
To Schyr Da-wy the Lyndyssay,
That wes trewe, off stedfast fay : 6340

Ch. XLL] OF SCOTLAND. 479
In till his tyme wyth the cuntr^
Na ryot, no na stryfe made he.

CHAP. XLL
®fi SHgtttotonjis OHere kere mag ske se;
^Is ofi ^ennjs a mortalite,.
A.D. i
1347. i\_ THOWSAND thre hundyr fourty and sevyn
Yheris efftyr the byrth off God off He-wyn,
Qwhen WiUame off Murra-we wes lywand.
In Edynburchis Castell than dueUand,
That yhere Alane off Wyntown
Tuk the yhowng Lady off Setown,
And weddyt hyr than tUl hys wyff.
For that maryage feU gret stryffe, 6350
WUlame off Murrawe wes than hale
In Wyntownys help and suppowale.
Wyntownys Were thai oysyd aU
That Uke ryot for to call :
For in Lowthyane, as men sayde.
Ma than a hundyr plwys war layde.
This Wyntown got noucht for-thi
Twa barnys fayre on that lady ;
A swne that wes callyd WUlame ;
The douchtyr Margret had to name. 6360
And efftyr that aU that wes dwne.
He passyd owt off Scotland swne.
Swa fell, that beyhond the se
In tUl the Haly Land deyd he.
That yhere a gret pestilens.
But ony othir -wiolens.

480 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIIL
Fell on kokis and hennys bath.
That men dowtyd for mare skath.
As for to do in swilk peryle.
For till ete swilk volatUe ; G370
For thai deyd al sua suddanly.
That off thare dede it wes ferly :
F. 254. Eycht as men has sene the swyne
D^ in tUl Connawche syne.

^¦T^- A thowsand and thre hundyre yhere
And aucht and fourty to tha clere.
In that tyme WUlame off Dowglas,
That Schyr Archebaldis sone was
The gud Lord off Dowglas brodyr,
(He gat this WUlame, and ane othir, 6380
That hate Jhon, and eldare than he
Was, and deyd be-yhond the se)
This WiUame come to Dowglas-dale,
And till hym tuk that land aU hale.
Till Edynburgh syne he tuk the way
To Schyr Da-wy the Lyndyssay,
That kepyd Edynburch CasteU,
And he ressay-wyd hym fayre and welle.
AU a qwhiUe thare wyth hym he lay
TUl ese hym wyth solace and play, 6390
For his eme was this Schja* Da-wy
Syne, qwhen a tyme was passyd by.
The Castele in his governyng
He tuk, and made thare-in dueUyng.
Than, qwhat throw mycht off the burges.
And the custwme, that tyme that wes.
In his hand he worthyd mychty.

Ch. XLL] OF SCOTLAND. 481
And gat hym a gret cumpany :
And tiU the Forest syne fure he.
And lay solusand -wyth his menyh^
Thare. Than the folk come to the fay, 6400
For luwand men till hym war thay.
He tiU the pes browcht all that land.
The qwhethir Jhon yhit off Cowpland
Wes in tUl Eoxburch nere tharby.
That wes at this deid rycht angry :
Bot thowcht he wes off feUown will.
He mycht yhyt set na lete thare-tiU.
Syne qwhen a tyme wes passyd, he
Gadryd tUl hym a gret meny h4 6410
Off his, and off his frendis men ;
And in Tevedale passyd he then.
Than the folk of Tevidale
Ware agaynys hym all hale,
And stwde stowtly -wyth thare mycht
Agayne hym pur-wayd in to fycht.
Thai made cowntenens for fychtyng ;
Bot qwhen thai come tiU assemblyng,
For-owtyn dynt thai turnyd the bak.
And na bargane set thame to mak : 6420
And in the chace mony thare
War takyn, and mony ethchapide ware.
F. 254. b. Than in that land sa lang lay he.
That he mast part off that cuntr^
To sawff thare gudis come hym tiU,
And oblyst thame aU till his wiU.
He tuk thame till the Scottis fay :
TUl hym thare athis off that made thai.

VOL. II. 2 h

482 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIIL

CHAP. XLIL
©fi tke f^rst f estilente
In <Seotlanb, tkat toas topolent.
A.D. A
1349. Xl- THOWSAND thre hundyre fourty and nyne
Fra lychtare wes the suet Vyrgyne, 6430
In Scotland the fyrst PestUens
Begouth, off sa gret -wyolens.
That, it wes sayd, off lywand men
The thryd part it dystrojdd then,
Efftyr that in tUl Scotland
A yhere, or mare, it wes wedand.
Before that tyme wes nevjT sene
A pestUens in oure land sa kene :
Bathe men, and barnys, and women.
It sparyd noucht for to kiUe then. 6440
A.D. A
1355. J\_ THOWSAND thre hundyr fifty and fywe
Yheris fra borne wes God off Lyve,
A knycht, Schyre Ewyne cald de Gra-wnceris,
Wyth sexty knychtis and sq-wyeris,
Famows men off gret bownte.
And swa apperand in honest^
Come chargyd fra the Kyng off Frawns
TUl ferme and hald the alya-wns
Betwene thame and the Scottis men,
That lang wes haldyn before then; 6450
And that thai wald wyth thare powere
Mo-we stoutly, and hald wp the were.

Ch.xlil] of SCOTLAND. 483
Off gold he browcht in to the land
Off mwtownys fourty full thowsand :
Thai mwtownys all off fyne gold ware,
Four schUlyngis ilkane worth, but mare.
The Kyng off Frawns tha to thaim sent
To gere thame prove mare hardyment ;
And swa thai dyde for-owtyn were,
And put [thaim in] to perylis sere 6460
To plese hym than, and to wyn prys.
Qwha gyvis swilk gyfftyis, he is wyse.
He gave wysly his gyfft, for he
Throw -wyte, and his debonaret^.
And tha gyfftis off fare sembland,
Thare hartis fuU tUl hym thai band.
Thomlyne Stwart that yhere, syne
Erie off Angws, be cu-wyn
Off the Erie Patryk, apon a nycht
F. 255. Passyd tyll Berwyk wyth gret mycht, 6470
But pers'ay-wyn, all pre-waly :
And at the Kow-yhete aU sturdely
Thare leddrys to the wall thai sete.
And fandyt on the waU to gete.
Willame off the Towris fyrst -wp is gane.
Thare Eobert off Oglis swne wes slane.
Fra thai gat wp, swne efftyr thai
Held downwart in to the town thare way.
And tuk thare spreth and personeris.
Bot gret part off thare ad-werseris 6480
To the CasteUe throw Dowglas Towre
Held thare way to get succowre.
Thai folk ware all that nycht sprethand ;
Thai made aU thairis, that thai fand.
Off that spreth mony war rychyd thare.
That pour and sympill befor ware.

484 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
Qwhen the marcherys herd this tythand,
TUl Jhon thai come aU off Co-wpland,
And thowcht, that thai than -wyth thare mycht
[Suld] tUl the castelle cum be nycht : 6490
Throw Dowglas Towre swa to the town
Thai suld cum, and till confusyown.
That thai fand thare, off Scottis men.
Welle ware off this thai war aU then ;
And swa rycht stowtly thai can assayle
That towre, that thai wyth gret trawayle
At the last tuk it apertly,
And stuffyd it -wyth men, that war worthy.
Thare Schyre Ewyn de Grawnceris,
Wyth hym the knychtis and sq-wyeris, 6500
That off Frawns [come] fra the Kyng,
Pro-vyd gret pryse at that fychtyng.
To Berwyk come the Wardane syne.
And ordanyd men and stuffe thare in.
That held the towne rycht sturdely
Mawgre thaire fays, that war by.
v^UHEN to the Kyng Edward it was tald.
That Scottis men schupe thame till hald
Berwyk, he assemblyd in hy
His gret ryalle che-walry, 6510
QwhUl he had foure scor off thowsand.
He schup hym, bath be se and land,
TiU assege that town, and wyn.
Than the few, that war thare in.
That saw thame, bathe be land and se,
Wmbesete -wyth that menyh^
And wyst that thai mycht noucht it halde.
Thai tretyd fyrst, and syne it yhalde.

Ch. xlil] OF SCOTLAND. 485
And held thare way in thaire cuntre.
Syne wyth his ryalle powere he 6520
TUl Edynburch tuk on the way :
And thare a UtiU tyme he lay
F. 255. b. Abydand his schippis wyth -wyttayle.
Bot a storme swa gret thame skayle.
That thai war drywyn all away :
Qwhare thai arrywyd, I kan noucht say.
And qwhen the Kyng saw that wyttaiUe
Swa in that cuntrd can hym fayUe,
TUl Eoxburch in hy past he.
And thare, before aU his menyhd, 6530
The BaUyoUe gave hym aU the rycht.
That he had, or he have mycht.
In tUl the kynryk off Scotland,
And prayid hym fast to tak on hand
TUl -wenge [hym] on the Scottis men ;
That he cald iU and wykyd then.
The Kyng ressay-wyd that gyfft that day.
And alsa fast held on his way
TUl Ingland wyth his gret menyh^.
The BaUyoile -wyth hym had he, 6540
That aU his tyme in Ingland lay.
And saw ne-vyre Scotland fra that day.

Ti

. HE Lord off Dowglas, fra he wes went.
That sete aU halyly his entent
For till anoy the IngUs men,
A trayne aU slely made he then
TUl a gud knycht Schyre Thomas Gray,
That in tUl Norame that tyme lay.
And off that castelle wes wardane.

486 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
Swa slely haf thai made that trane, 6550
That he ischyd rycht sturdely :
He had in tUl his cumpany
Foure scor off hardy armyd men,
For-owte archeris that he had then.
Wyth aU that rowte he held his way,
Nere by qwhare in a buschement lay
The Lord off Dowglas and his menyhe.
The Erie Patryk thare wyth hym had he,
And Schyre Ewyn, we spak off are.
Swa, qwhen thare fays nere thame ware, 6560
Thai brak enbuschement suddanly.
And schot apon thame hardely.
And qwhen the gud knycht Schyre Thomas
[Saw] the banere off the Dowglas,
And the Erie Patrykys banere wyth all.
He gert tUl [hym] his swn than call,
Willame be name, and made hym knycht ;
Syne tUl his folk sayd, " We mon fycht :
Beis tharefore off gud confurd aU,
That nane reprowe ws, quhat may fall. 6570
In fycht is mensk, and schame in flycht :
Help Uke man tharefor at his mycht."
Wyth thai wordis all assemblyd thai.
Sum held on fute, sum at erde lay,
Qwhat stralds thai gave, I kan noucht teU :
Bot at the last swa it befell.
That Schyre Thomas in fycht was tane.
And nere hand aU his men Ukane.
The Scottis passyd hame wyth blyth sembland,
Thaire presoneris wyth thame ledand. 6580
Mony men than rychid ware
Throwch the rawnsown, that thai wan thare.

256.

Ch. xlil] of SCOTLAND. 487
Twa gud sqwyeris, forsuth I hycht.
Off Scottis men deyd in to that fycht :
Ane wes Jhon off Halyburtown,
A nobU sq-wyere off gud renown ;
Jamys Turnbule the tothir was.
Thare sawlys till Paradys mot pas.
WUlame the Lord than off' Dowglas,
That wUlfuU and all besy was 6590
TUl bryng tiU [the] Scottis fay
Landis, that lang had bene away,
Gaddryd hym a gret menyh4 ;
And in tUl GaUouay -wyth thai past he.
And wyth Schyr Dowgald Makdowyle
Swa tretyd [he], that in a qwhylle
He browcht the landis off Gallway
AU hale tUl Scottis [mennys] fay.
And tUl Cwmnokys Kyrk broucht he
This Schyr Dowgald to mak fewt^ 6600
To the Wardane : and Galloway
Fra thine furth held the Scottis fay.
Hoge off Kyrkpatryke Nyddysdale
Held at the Scottis fay aU hale,
Fra the Castelle off Dalswyntown
Wes takyn, and syne [dongyn] down.
Syne Karlaverok tane had he.
He wes a man off gret bowntd,
HonorabiU, wys, and rycht worthy :
He couth rycht mekiU off cumpany. 6610
The Kyng Da-wy in Ingland
Wes in tiU Lundyn yhyt bydand,
Haldyn straytly in persowne ;
Thare wes na word off his rawnsown :
QwhUl at the last syne purchesyd he

488 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIIL
For till cum hame in his cuntre
On hostage, his l^gis tiU assay,
Qwhat helpe for hym set wald thai.
He made bot schort tyme here dueUyng,
For he sped noucht at his lykyng, 6620
Agane he passyd syne in Ingland,
As he before had tane on hand.
And than a lang qwhUle he lay thare.
Or spek was off his lowsyng mare.
Syne efftyrwartis all a qwhiUe
Wyth a gret folk the Lord off Kyle,
That syne was Erie off Karryke,
F. 256. b. And alsua Prynce off [our] kynryk.
Made in Anandirdale a rade.
And sa lang tyme thare in he bade, 6630
QwhiU aU the folk off that crmtre
Consentyt Scottis men to be :
Thai swore till hald the Scottis fay.
And that athe efftyr weie held thai.
Qwhen he had stablyst that cuntre,
Agayne tiU his resset held he.

Advocates Lib. [CHAP. XLIII.
A. 1. 13. MS.
St. Andrews , . , , . , , , , , ,
MS. ®fi a fetekttng tkat toas tane then
^cttttx tke Jreneke anb inglissmen.]
LxN to this tym that I off teU
Ane a-wenture in Eranse befell.
That for the douchtynes of deid
Is worths baithe to wryte and reid ; 6640
All twichit it nocht to this matere.

Ch. xliil] of SCOTLAND. 489
Me-think it speidfuU to wryte heire.
That men of armys may rejoysyng
Half, quhen it cumis to thare heryng.
In Less-Bertane beyond the Se
Thaire feU a weire of fake poylye
Betuix Eranse and Ingliss men.
At set that IngUss ma ware then
Than ware the Franche, yit aU thare rowte
Ware discomfyt in feicht all owt. 6650
The lord of Bewmanare in feicht
Throw manheid tuk a IngUss knycht
That leit of Franche men rycht lychtly.
And oft wald say dyspituisly,
" Quhat are noucht Ingliss dowchtyast men,
Thocht God wald sleip in tyll hys den,
Yit think me and I ware to ta
Ane Ingliss man worthe Franche twa."
This spak he oft, quhU on a day
This lord of Bewmanare can tUl him say, 6660
" Thow spekis, schir, all to largely.
Men may perchance fynd neirehand by
Men of als mekyU bownte
As thow may fynd in your cuntre."
The knycht saide, " Schir, be my fay
That walde I fayne ware at assay
Quhare we mycht fecht -wyth ewyn meuye.
And ane of thame thare wald I be."
Bewmanare than amowit was.
And said him, " Thow may fynd percase 6670
Thi fyll of feichting gyf thow dare."
". Ya, wald God," said he, " thare I ware."
" Gude schir," says Bewmanere, " perfay
Sen thow wald fayne be at assay

490 THE CEONYKIL [B. VHI.
Yit saU I mak th6 cunnand.
Thow sail pas haym in Ingland
And of the best men in thi cuntre
Cheys the ay tyll the xxx*' be.
And I sail cheys me als mony
Off kyn and freyndis heire me by ; 6680
And set we heire a certane place
To meit, and, gyff God giflis me grace
To haiff -wictory wyth my menye ;
Gyf thow slayne in the bargane be,
Thi ransone sail I gif th6 quhyte,
I sail noucht ask thareof a myte ;
And gif thow be tayne to presone
Than saU thow dowbyU me thi ransone,
Sa saU men se gyf als fele
Off Franche -wyth Ingliss men may dele 6690
A, mychty God of He-wyn !" quoth he,
" How youre worschip and youre bownte
Suld be encressit mony fauld
Gyff ye wU of your cunnand hauld."
" This," saide he, " I saU sykkyrly."
Thaire cunnandys band thai than in hy.
And thareto set a certane place ;
By Kayne in Normondy it was.
Quhen thai devisit had the day.
This knycht tyU Inglande went his way 6700
And taulde en opynne this tithande.
And fra the worde spred throw the land
That, but weire tayn, was sic a thing.
Young men that yarnyt to -wyn lo-wyng,
Walde proffere thare ser-wyce for to gyfl'
TyU thaire lordis tyll thai mycht leiff
For to purchas thaim, that thai mycht

Ch. XLiiLl OF SCOTLAND. 491
In nowmyre of thai xxx feicht.
Than in tyU Ingland sea did he
That he chesyt in gret daynt6 6710
Xxx, aU thir wichtast men
That he conthe wail in Ingland then ;
And Bewmanere in tyll his lande.
Off his freyndys that ware neire hande.
And of hys kyn, chesyt xxx*'
Wicht and apert, stark and donchty.
And prewaly he gert inqueyre
Off aU tha men that wyth him were
Quhilk luffit peramourys, and quhare.
And quhare he so hard thare luffarys ware, 6720
He maide purches sa sutelly.
That gif scho madyn ware his lady
That he sa luffit, than purchest he
That scho sulde at the feichting be ;
And gyf scho bunding ware in wedding,
Hyr lorde sulde thiddire hyre wyth him bring ;
For quhare syc thingys ware a-do.
Him thoucht it feryt well thare-to.
That throw the sycht of fayre ladyis
Sulde reif men thoucht off cowardys. 6730
Thus broucht he aU thare ladyis thaire
In thaire sycht that sulde feicht, but mare.
For he supposit at thare sycht
Suld gif thaim hardyment and mycht.
The day come sone, and in the place
A stalwart barres maide thaire was
Off mekyU bastyn rapis thringin
Throw stowpis that rycht deipe ware dungin
Wythin the erd rycht stalwartly,
And thiddire come of athyre party 6740

492 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
Xxx*' one ilk syd for to fecht ;
The Franche men ware gayly dicht
Wyth co-werit hors in irn and steile,
Bot the Inglismen had na deUe
Co-werit hors, as I hard say,
For-thi alssone as cummyn ware thai
To thaire renk end, thai lychtyt doune.
And to feicht on fute maide thaim bowne
The Franche men rycht sa has done
That saw thaim lycht thai lychtit sone, 6750
And samyn went -wyth speris straucht.
And a lang quhyle foynyeid and faucht.
Ane Inglis man had apon a staff
Ane hammyre held, and thare--wyth gaif
Syc pay, that at thare assembUng
He slew ane wythout reco-wering.
Sa fast thare fors can thai faynd
That baithe the partyis failyeid aynd ;
A lytiU thai wythdrew thaim then.
And on thare suerdis can thaim leyn, 6760
Bot than ane of the Franche sq-wyeris
Saw be the feycht, and thare efferis.
That hard was -wictoure for to wyn
Forowtyn suteUit^ or gyn ;
He left his feris quhare thai stude.
And e-wyn towart his hors he yude.
The lorde of Bewmanere that saw
Him as he thoucht sa withdraw,
Saide, " Cowsyng, I wend noucht in th6
That thow the fyrst suld faUyeand be." 6770
He said, " The ram oft gais a-bak
That he the maire debaite may mak."
This anseure made he him schortly.

Ch. xliii.] of SCOTLAND. 493
And held on tyll his hors in hy,
Lape on, and agane wallopande
He come, and fande thame fast feichtand.
At the syde of the Inglismen
Sa stoutly in he bruschit then.
That sturdely thaim scalyt he.
And quhare he saw the maist sembl^ 6780
Off IngUs men, in thare he raide
And rudly rowme amang thaim maide ;
For his hors rycht well armyt was.
That he thare stabbing dreid the les.
The Franche men that thaim scalyt saw
Euschit on thaim, but dreid or aw,
And discomfit thaim uttraly.
Nyne ware slayne of thare company.
And the ramanand aU ware tane.
Off Franche men thare deit nayne, 6790
Out tak he, that wyth the meU
Was slayne, as ye herd forouthe tell.
The Tranche men ware prysit gretly
Off that at quhen thai in syc hy
Saw thare faUow sa him wyth-draw.
As it hade beyn for dreid or aw.
And maide na takyn of abaysing
For his suddand wyth-drawing,
Bot faucht furthe fersly as before
And sonyeit noucht for-thi the more ; 6800
Thai ware to prys, and sa was he.
That in sa feU a chaidmeU^,
As man for man, and noucht sa feUe,
As thai ware, and wyth wit conthe deile.
And -wysnes throw quhame thai wan
This batell that was takin than

494 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
And endyt quhare ladyis joly
Mycht se rycht weill how manfully
Thaire luffaris baire thaim in that fycht.
And I trow thai walde quhen thai mycht 6810
Eewarde thame in to pre-wate.
Solace and eys for thare bownte.
Now be taking of this fecht
Men may se ogart pryde and hycht
Gart this fycht be undyrtane
For-thi men may s^ wit is nane
To dyspys ntheris natione.
For men may well se, be ressone.
That thai are men als well as thai.
And quhile perchance pruf als weile may 6820
As thai, for-thi sulde nayne dyspyse
Thaire fays, for the -wictoure lyis
In his wirschipe als well as hys ;
For-thi me-think that he wenys mys
That uthire men litiU or noucht is worthe
That beris him bettyre quhen he cummys furthe.]

CHAP. XLIV.
en tke nobili 3W9 Jkon ofi Jfrannce
SKas taksn at ^ogteris tkroto ekatonce.
A.D. A
1356. ii. THOWSAND thre hundyre and fyfty yhere
And the sext off oure Lord dere
Wes borne, and all thir dedis dwne.
The Kyng Edward off Wyndesoris swne, 6830
That wes Prynce off Walls than.
Off prys a well commendyt man,

Ch. xliv.] of SCOTLAND. 495
. Off -wertu, manhede, and bownte,
Wyth a gret powere passyd oure Se.
The Kyng off Frawns, that tyme Jhon,
Agayne hym gadryd his ost onon.
That was may than he be fere.
Togyddyr thai mete swne at Poytere.
Wyth-owtyn dowte the Inglis men
Fayne away wald have bene then ; 0840
Bot that thai mycht noucht than lychtly,
Thai war abowte thame swa mony
Off weUe bodyn Frawns men,
Agayne ane ay as to set ten,
Na nane proffyre wald thai here
Off mesowre for pryd off thare powere.
The MarschaUe off Frawns amang thaim tlian.
Off bownte a commendyt man,
Pressyd hym, as for tUl have
Off manhede prys befor the lave, 6850
Amang the wynys wyth his menyhe
Hapnyd amang thaim in meU^ :
Swa feU, that all tha thar ware slayne.
The Prynce off Walls tharoff wes fayne ;
As that cowntr6 yhed wyth hym thare.
He tro-wyd the bettyr forthirmare.
Alsa fast thai made thame rycht
Bowne, and feU in grettar fycht.
Qwhat was thare mare ? The Inglis men
The bettyr had off that jowrnd then ; 6860
Swa that Jhon the Kyng off Frawns.
Thare wes takyn apon chawns.
Syne to Lwndyn browcht wes he,
F. 257. And kepyd wyth gret solempnty^
Wyth lordis, and mony Inglis men.

496 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
That blyth was off his cummyn then.
He bade, and deyd thare in presowne,
Swa payid he noucht than full rawnsown.
Swilk is the cas offt off bataUe,
That pryd may offt-tymys weU gere faille, 6870
That is apperand rycht lykly ;
Swa dois offtsyis succudry.
MesurabiU is gud to be.
And here proffyre off honest^.
The Lord off Dowglas in that fycht
Wes off the Kyng off Frawns made knycht :
Swa he ethchapyd apon cas.
That he noucht takyn that tyme was.
Bot Archebald, his emys swne,
Wes takyn, or that fycht wes dwne. 6880
Schyr WUlame that tyme the Eamsay
Be -wertu gat hym weU away ;
Swa lang he bade noucht in presown,
And lytUl payid for his rawnsown.
And yhit wyth all honesty
Gottyn welle away wes he ;
And syne he Lord wes off GaUoway,
And luwyd rycht welle than this Eamsay.

Yi

HIT in presowne wes Kyng Da-wy.
And qwhen a lang tyme wes gane by, 6890
Fra presowne and perplexyt^
To Berwyk Castelle browcht wes he
Wyth the Erie off Northamtown,
For to trete thare off his rawnsown.
Sum Lordis off Scotland come thare.
And als Prelatis, that wysast -ware.

Ch. xliv.] of SCOTLAND. 497
Foure dayis or fyve thare tretyd thai ;
Bot thai accordyt be na way.
For Inglis folk all angry ware,
And ay spak rwdly mare and mare, 6900
QwhUl at the last the Scottis party.
That drede thare fais fellonly,
AU pre-waly went hame thare way.
At that tyme thare na mare dyd thai :
The Kyng to Lwndyn than wes had.
That thare a lang tyme efftyr bade.
A.D. T?
[1357.] JliFFTYE swne -wyth medyatyown
Off messyngeris, off his rawnsown
Wes tretyd, qwhill a set day
TiU Berwyk hym agayne browcht thay. 6910
And thare wes tretyd swa, that he
Suld off presowne delyveryd be,
F, 257. b. And frely tUl hys landis fownd.
Till pay ane hundreth thowsand pownd
Off sylver in tUl fourteyne yhere.
And [qwhiU] the payment [payit] were.
To mak so lang trwis tuk thai.
And affermyd wyth sele and fay :
Gret hostage thare levyd he.
That on thaire awne dispens suld be : 6920
Tharfore, qwhill thai hostage ware,
Expens but nowmbyre mad thai thare.
The Kyng wes than delyveryd fr^.
And held his way tiU his cuntre.
Wyth hym off Inglis broucht he nane,
Wyth-owt a chambyre-boy aUane.
The qwhethyr apon the morn, qwhen he
VOL. II. 2 I

498 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIIL
Suld wend till his Cownsall Pre-we,
The folk, as thai war wont to do,
Pressyt rycht rudly in thare to : 6930
Bot he rycht suddandly can arrace
Owt off a maceris hand a mace.
And sayd rwdly, " How do we now ?
Stand still, or the prowdast off yhow
SaU on the hevyd have wyth this mace."
Than wes thare nane in aU that place,
Bot all thai gave hym ro-wme in hy ;
Durst nane pres forthir that war by ;
His counsaUe dure mycht oppyn stand.
That nane durst tiU it be pressand. 6940
Eadure in prynce is a gud thyng ;
For but radure all governyng
SaU al tyme bot dispysyd be :
And quhare that men may radure se.
Thai sail drede to trespas, and swa
PesybUl a kyng his land may ma.
Thus radure dred than gert hym be.
Off Ingland bot a page broucht he.
And be his sturdy [contenyng]
He gert thame aU hawe swylk dredyng, 6950
That thare wes nane, durst neych hym nere,
Bot qwha be name that caUyd were.
He lede wyth radure swa his land
In all tyme, that he wes ryngnand.
That nane durst welle wythstand his -wiU,
AU wonnyn bowsum to be hym tUl.
Mysdoaris ay he chasty wald.
The trwys he pressyd hym fast till hald ;
The qwhethir offt ryot wald thai ma
To pryk, and poynd, bfithe to and fra; 6960

Ch. xlv.J of SCOTLAND. 499
Bot at the dayis off redres
The mast part ay redressyd wes.
The Kyng at Melros offt wald ly,
F. 258. Qwhen gret men off the tothir party
Come dayis off trwys for tUl hald.
Enfors his marcheris sa he wald.

CHAP. XLV.
lien in tgll Jfratons Jak ^onhtome rase,
^ttb (Eheftane onr tke Clarlis toas.
AD. *
1357. ii. THOWSAND thre hundyr fyfty and sevyn
Yheris fra borne wes God off Hevyn,
The feUown Karlis rays in Frawnce,
Thare makand feUown distroybulance. 6970
The gret gentUis thai slw down.
And put thame tUl confusiown :
The gentiU ladyis thai wald ly by.
And syne demembyre thame fouUely ;
Thare armys and thare pappis alsua
Thai wald stryk off, and schere thaim fra :
Barnys in creddiU lyand thare
To sla thame than thai wald noucht spare,
Bot on thare speris thai wald thaim tak.
And to thare ne-wys down wald thaim schak. 6980
AU thus a qwhiUe in to that land
Tha rwd CarUs war wedand.
That thai lete nane Alyen
Frely throwch thare land pas then.
That ony way thai mycht ourtak,
Bot hym behovyd ane athe to mak.

500 THE CEONYKIL [B.VIII
That he had na drope [hym] wyth-in
Of blud cummyn off gentiU kyn.
Thaire Prynce Jak Bonhowme had to name.
That wes all contrare till his fame ; 6990
For Bon-howme in [to] propyrte
A gud man suld callyd be,
Bot swilk a man wes he noucht
Be the myraklis that he -wroucht.
Bot God, [that] welle is off pete.
This tholyd noucht lestand ay to be :
He rayssyd the spyryt off a man.
That cummyn off reaws gret wes than.
The Kyng off Na-werne. Wyth the mast
Gentlis off Frawns and the noblast 7000
On thai Carlis alsa fast
Wyth his powere gret he past.
And aU tha Carlis he gert sla,
Qwhare-evyr the Gentlis thaim mycht ourta.
And broucht thaim till confusyown.
Till this Jak Bon-howme he maid a crown
Off a biandreth all red hate ;
Wyth that takyn he gave hym state
Off his fell presumptyo-wn.
Swa mete tUl hym he made that crowne, 7010
F. 258. b. And sete it swa on his he-vyd^
That it fra hym the lyff thare revyd.
That ilk yhere in oure Kynryk
Hoge wes slayne off Kilpatrik
Be Schyr Jakkis the Lyndyssay
In tiU Karlaverok ; and away
For tUl have bene wyth aU his mycht
This Lyndyssay pressyt aU a nycht
Furth on hors rycht fast rydand.

Ch. xlvl] of SCOTLAND. 501
Nevyrtheles yhit thai hym fand, 7020
Noucht thre myle fra that ilk place.
Thare tane, and broucht agayne he was
TiU Karlaverok be tha men.
That frendis war till Kilpatrik then ;
Thare wes he kepyd rycht straytly.
His wyff passyd till Kyng Dawy,
And prayid hym off his realte.
Off lauche that scho mycht ser-wyd be.
The Kyng Dawy [than] alsa fast
TUl Drwmfres wyth his Court he past, 7030
As lawche wald. Qwhat was thare mare ?
This Lyndyssay to dede he gert do thare.
A weUe gret qwhiUe this Kyng Da-wy
Governyd his Kynrik rycht stowtly.
Agayne the stowt rycht stowt wes he ;
Till sympiU he schawyd debonartd.
He gave tUl gud men largely.
And wald mak so pre-wely
Hys gyfft, that he wald lat nane wyte.
Be hym, qwham tUl he wald gyve it : 7040
And wnaskyd he gave offt-syis ;
Hys gyfft wes fere the mare to prys.
Throw gy-vyn and debonart^
His mennys hartis tiU hym wan he.
CHAP. XLVL
^token tke ^toene Ikone in Inglanb past,
"^Ikare tuk enbgng; at tke last.
A.D. A
1358. ii. THOWSAND thre hundyr and fyfty yhere
And aucht to tha wyth-owtyn were,

502 THE CEONYKIL [B.VIIL
The, Kyng Davy in Yngland raid.
As offt tym in oys he had.
And at Lundoun play hym wald he ;
For thare wes rycht gret specialte 7050
Betwen hym and the King Edward.
Swa than as he past thiddyrwart.
Dam Johne the Quen wyth hym had he,
Hir modyr aud hir brodyr to se :
Than wes scho blyth thiddyr to faire.
And wythin schort tym deit thare.
Wyth hir eldrys scho beryit was.
F. 259. Tyl Paradis hir sawl mot pas.
For scho wes swete, and debonare,
Curtas, hamely, plesande, and faire. 7060
A.D. *
1359. ii^ THOUSAND thre hundyr fyfty and nyne
Fra lichtere wes the swet Virgyne, ¦
The Kyng Edwarde of Yngland
Passit in Frans wyth stalwart hand.
And wyth a gret multitud of men
Mekyl of France ourerad he then.
And gret skaith did in aU the land
Na-kyn thing of froyt sparand,
Abbays, and mony solempnit place.
That stroyit, but recoverance, wace. 7070
Thare wes nane, in France that le-vid.
That durst for thame hald up thare hevid ;
Na nane resistence had thai,
Bot to Paris the straucht way
Blythly past the Ynglis men.
Thai of Paris maid thame then,
Wytht uthir statis ma of France,

Ch. xlvl] of SCOTLAND. 503
For thare Kingis delyverance.
And for the pes of thare kynrike.
The King of Yngland thowcht this like 7080
Tyl hym in profyte to redownd :
Hamwart sone than can he fownd.
In his awyn land than bad he.
Mare for to here off that Trette.

A.D. A
1360. ii THOUSAND thre hundyr and sexty yere
Eftere the birth of oure Lord dere,
Thare com a Cardinale in to France
To travale on the delyverance
Off the King off France, Johne :
Wyth mychty lordis he past onone 7090
In til Yngland efterwarte
To trete wyth the King Edward
Off the deliverance for ransoun
Off the King Johne, that tym in presoun.
The King of Yngland grantit to be
On that matere at trettd
For the King Johnys delyverance :
AU Gaskone wyth the pertanance
To be seysit and -westyte
He and all his airis, q-wyte 7100
Perpetualy fra the realm of France,
For thare Kingis delyverance,
F. 259. b. Ande of the Kyng of France to be
Lowsyt off homage and fewte.
This wes grauntit and ge-vyn thare ;
And to this wes ge-vyne mare.
Al the Duchery off Gyen,
And the Lordschip of Berry then.

504 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIII.
The townys of Gynis and Cales.
The King off Yngland askyt na les 7110
Off landis for redemptioune
Off the King Johne, that tym in preson,
Wyth gret sowmys off mon^.
As of gold mylyonys thre.
The King off Yngland wes obUst thare
The armys off Fraunce, that he bare,
Qwytly to lay all doun
Fra hym and his successionne.
And al the rycht that he mycht have
In to the realm of Fraunce, or crave, 7120
Fra hym and al his airis [to] be,
Qwytly than renuncyt he.
A.D. A
1361. il- THOUSAND thre hundyr sexty and ane.
In to the Court of Eome wes tane
A Frere Minore, that oysit to tel
Sere thingis to fai, or thai fel.
He sayd, that -wythyn nyne yere
In to the warld thair suld fai sere
Ferlys, that suld disess all men.
That in the warld ware livand than. 7130
The Pape Innocent the Sext for-thi
Gert hym be presownyt sikkyrly.
And haldyn in to keiping fast,
Qwhil al tha yeris suld be oure-past.
That ilke yere in til Yngland
The secund dede wes fast wedand.
Off the ostage bydand thare
For the King Da-wy dede than ware :
The Erlys son of Suthirland

Ch. xlvi.] of SCOTLAND. 505
In that dede deit in Yngland ; 7140
And of Morave Schir Thomas
Dede that yere in London was.
A.D. The tothir yere next folowand.
The dede wes entret in Scotland,
Begynnand at the CandUmes,
To the Yule, or efftyr, it wedand wes,
F. 260. Quhare mony men, barnys, and women
That ilke yere ware qwellit then.
In tyl Kynlos that yere for-thi
In Morave held the King Da-vy 7150
His Yule. And of Sanctandrewis than
The Bischope de Landalis, that gud man,
In Elgyne held his Yule that yere.
Wyth thir twa mony lordis sere
Held them in the North Land,
QuhUl this ded wes in South wedand.
That ilke yere the Kyng Davy
The castel assegit off Kyldrumy.
For the Eri off Mar, Thomas,
Past out off the kynrike wes, 7160
That Castle deliverit wes to the Kyng.
Off it he gave than the keping
Tyl Waltere Monethe a knycht.
That wes bath manly, wys, and wycht
And tyl hald Ingrame off Wintoun,
A manly sq-wyere off renown.
Bot quhen the Erie off Mar, Thomas,
Agane in Scotland cummyn was.
The King gert that castel fre
TU hym than deliverit be, 7170
Wyth al the la-w of his land.
This Erie gat in his awyn hand.
vol. il 2 K

506 THE CEONYKIL [B. VIIL

A.D. A
1363. ii THOUSAND thre hundyr sexty and thre
Yeris efftyr the Nativity,
In Inchemortho the King Da-yy
Weddit Dame Mergret off Logy
In the moneth off Apriie.
Thai ware togiddyr bot schort quhile.
That ilke yere, quhen that wes don,
A Parliament gart he hald at Scone. 7180
Thare til the Statis off his land.
That in consal ware sittand,
He movit and said. He wald, that ane
Off the Kyng Edwardis sonnys ware tane
To be King in to his sted
Off Scotland, eftyr that he ware dede.
Til that said all his liegis. Nay :
Na thai consent wald be na way.
That ony Ynglis mannys sone
In [to] that honoure suld be done, 7190
Or succede to bere the Crown
Off Scotland in successione.
Sine of age and off -wertew thare
The lauchful airis apperand ware.
F. 260. b. Quhen this denyit wes utraly,
The King wes rycht wa and angrj^ ;
Bot his yarnyng nevyrtheles
Denyit off al his liegis wes.
Fra than his land in realte
He led, and rewlyt in equite. 7200
Scherreff cowrtis throch al his land
He gert be cours hald, and folowand
Ilka yere a justry

Ch. XLVL] , OF SCOTLAND. 507
He gert hald [rycht] fellonely :
And syne his Parliament at Scone,
Quhare al wald be delyverit sone.
He wes manly, war, and wys.
A.D. Thus in al forme of justris
1370. iig jgf^ jjjg jg^^ ^^ j^jg ending,
And yald his sawl tU He-wynnis King. 7210
He wes tane al to hastely :
He had bot se-yyn yere and fourty,
Quhen he out of this liffe can pas.
At Edinburgh deit and dolvyn was,
Fra Criste wes bom off Mary clere
A thousand and thre hundyr yere
And syne thre score and ten thare til.
Lord God ! gif it be thi wil.
Thou bring his saul to Paradis,
Quhare ay lestand joy [now] is. 7220

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