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THE SEUINT BUIK.
13
with Jnglawd thay take nocht a Souerans abone four
Ueiris: for quhen mew ar lang ydle, in rest and quyet-
nes, thay grow strenthles, thair strewth dekayes, and
thair hartis effeminat and feble : farther Jnglismen are
5 sik peple that radilie thay brek the band quhilk thay sie
nocht to thair vtilitie and proffite. Mairatouer, he says,
quhen the band appeiris to be maist sure, that nathing
caw be mair sure, than thay be verie warr, and maist
warr, that thay be nocht begylet and, or thay witt, trappit
10 be sum trayne. At last to James Douglas, faithful and
true, he co;wmittis his harte to beir to the haly graue;
because to God he had vowit, with ane armie to Jnvade
the Saracenis gif he had lyfe.
James Douglas, the 3eir following, for his deuotioune jamesDoug-
. . . . . las nies-
15 and his obseruance to King R. putis the king his com- singer to
Hierusalem
mand dulie and trulie till executioune, and to the haly w‘the Erase
* J his harte,
graue takes J ornay with his harte ; quhilk quhen he did, ^r^ehls
al suspicioune he stayes in thame quha suspectet this
kuir thairfor to be cowzmittit to him that he war nocht
20 molestful to his joung sone Dauid, or to his gouernour
Thomas Ranulph, vsurpeng authoritie to him selfe.
He returnis now to Scotland frome Hierusalem be
Spane; and with gret felicitie, gret honour and glore,
with the King of Arragon he seruet in the weiris contrare
25 the Turkis, quhair in battel he is slane the xxvi of
August, the 3eir of our Lord mcccxxx.
Jn this age was borne Jhone Dunse, quha fra the jhoneDunse
. , . -^11 -1 Scot, Doctor
name of his cuwtrie, Scotland, scott was namet in the subtfiis.
schules. This man was of sa quick Jngine and cuwning
30 in \ettres that he meruellouslie amplifiet and helpet the
scholastik Theologie. quhairfor, quha followis his way
of doctrine, or makes patent hard difficulties, or obscuir
questiounis brings to lycht throuch his Jngenious Juge-
mewt, is called Scotista, or a follower of Scotus ; as gif
35 nathiwg war so difficile and obscuir quhilk the subtilitie
of sik ane Jngin war nocht able to make fac/le and plane.
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with Jnglawd thay take nocht a Souerans abone four
Ueiris: for quhen mew ar lang ydle, in rest and quyet-
nes, thay grow strenthles, thair strewth dekayes, and
thair hartis effeminat and feble : farther Jnglismen are
5 sik peple that radilie thay brek the band quhilk thay sie
nocht to thair vtilitie and proffite. Mairatouer, he says,
quhen the band appeiris to be maist sure, that nathing
caw be mair sure, than thay be verie warr, and maist
warr, that thay be nocht begylet and, or thay witt, trappit
10 be sum trayne. At last to James Douglas, faithful and
true, he co;wmittis his harte to beir to the haly graue;
because to God he had vowit, with ane armie to Jnvade
the Saracenis gif he had lyfe.
James Douglas, the 3eir following, for his deuotioune jamesDoug-
. . . . . las nies-
15 and his obseruance to King R. putis the king his com- singer to
Hierusalem
mand dulie and trulie till executioune, and to the haly w‘the Erase
* J his harte,
graue takes J ornay with his harte ; quhilk quhen he did, ^r^ehls
al suspicioune he stayes in thame quha suspectet this
kuir thairfor to be cowzmittit to him that he war nocht
20 molestful to his joung sone Dauid, or to his gouernour
Thomas Ranulph, vsurpeng authoritie to him selfe.
He returnis now to Scotland frome Hierusalem be
Spane; and with gret felicitie, gret honour and glore,
with the King of Arragon he seruet in the weiris contrare
25 the Turkis, quhair in battel he is slane the xxvi of
August, the 3eir of our Lord mcccxxx.
Jn this age was borne Jhone Dunse, quha fra the jhoneDunse
. , . -^11 -1 Scot, Doctor
name of his cuwtrie, Scotland, scott was namet in the subtfiis.
schules. This man was of sa quick Jngine and cuwning
30 in \ettres that he meruellouslie amplifiet and helpet the
scholastik Theologie. quhairfor, quha followis his way
of doctrine, or makes patent hard difficulties, or obscuir
questiounis brings to lycht throuch his Jngenious Juge-
mewt, is called Scotista, or a follower of Scotus ; as gif
35 nathiwg war so difficile and obscuir quhilk the subtilitie
of sik ane Jngin war nocht able to make fac/le and plane.
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| Description | Wrytten first in Latin by Jhone Leslie and translated in Scottish by James Dalrymple. Edited by E.G. Cody. Volume 2 edited by E.G. Cody and William Murison. Edinburgh : Printed for the Society by William Blackwood & Sons, 1888-1895. 2 volumes. |
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