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CHAPTER CLXIX.
For, quhen ]?ai bekkire wald or assaill,
Thai tynt pe mast of J)ar travale.
And as pa.i bikkerit pare a day,
Off a schot I sail 30W say,
That mony had of it ferly;
Tharfor it now reherft will I. 4670
Will of Spenft persit a bla3one,
And throu thre fald a habimone,
And ane attoun throu thre ply,
And pe arow throu pe. body,
Till of pe dynt doune deid he lay.
And pan pe Muntagw can say :
“ This is ane of my ladyis pynnis ;
Hir amouris to my hert J»us rynnis.”
And till pe segis lestit on J>is wift,
Men sais par fell sein? iuperdyis. 4680
For Lowrens of Prestoun, at pen
Wes haldin ane of pe wichtest men
f. 356 i. That wes in all Scotland pat tyde,
A rout of Inglismen saw ryde,
That semyt gud men and douchty,
And were arrayit iolely;
He, with feware pan pai ware,
Assemblit stoutly on paim pare.
Bot at pe assembling he wes there
In till pe movth strekin wij> a spere, 4690
Quhill it vp to his harnys ran.
Vnto a dyke he drew him pan,
4869. qwhen J>ai om. L.
4870. >e om. E ; part om. RLAuE'2.
4871. And om. E.
4872. a] a gret RLAuE2.
4873. For J)at )>ai] That mony AuE2;
For Jm of it had farly L.
4874. It here to yhow RL, ForJ)i
it now AuE2.
4875. pressit C, persis R, peftit
L.
4876. out om. RLAuE2 ; thre faulde
a] thre fawld of R, a threfald E ; a
om. A.
4877. And ane AuE2.
4882. amowris RA, amouris EAuL,
armouris E2 ; rynnys] it rynnys L.