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THE SCOTTISH BORDER. 79
" ' what will ye nowe that I shall do ? I am your prisoner ;
" ye have conquered me ; I wolde gladly go agayn to New-
" castell, and, within fiftene dayes, 1 shall come to you into
" Scotland, where as ye shall assigne me.' — ' I am content,'
"^ quod Lindsay ; ' ye shall promyse, by your faythe, to pre-
" sent yourselfe, within these foure wekes, at Edinborowe ;
" and wheresoever ye go, to repute yourselfe my prisoner.'
" All this Sir Mathewe sware, and promised to fulfil."
The warriors parted upon these Uberal terms, and Reedman
returned to Newcastle. But Lindsay had scarcely ridden a
mile, when he met the Bishop of Durham, with 500 horse,
whom he rode towards, beUeving them to be Scottish, until
he was too near them to escape. " The bysshoppe stepte to
" him, and sayde, ' Lindsay, ye are taken ; yelde ye to me.'
" — ' Who be you ?' quod Lindsay. — ' I am,' quod he, ' the
" Bysshoppe of Durham.' — ' And fro whens come you, sir ?'
" quod Lindsay. — ' I come fro the battell,' quod the bys-
*' shoppe, ' but I strucke never a stroke there. I go backe to
" Newcastell for this night, and ye shal go with me.' — ' I
" may not chuse,' quod Lindsay, * sith ye will have it so. I
" have taken, and I am taken ; suche is the adventures of
" armes.' " — Lindsay was accordingly conveyed to the bishop's
lodgings in Newcastle, and here he was met by his prisoner
Sir Matthew Reedman ; who " founde hym in a stud ye, lying
" in a windowe, and sayde, ' What ! Sir James Lindsay,
" what make you here ?' — Than Sir James came forth of the
" study to him, and sayde, ' By my fayth, Sir Mathewe, for-
" tune hath brought me hyder ; for, as soon as I was departed
" fro you, I mete by chaunce the Bisshoppe of Durham, to
" whom I am prisoner, as ye be to me. I beleve ye shall not
" nede to come to Edenborowe to me to mak your fynaunce.
" I think, rather, we shall make an exchange one for another,
" if the bisshoppe be also contente.' — ' Well, sir,' quod Reed-
" man, ' we shall accord ryght well toguyder ; ye shall dine
" this day with me ; the bysshoppe and ovir men be gone forth
" to fyght with your men. I can nat tell what we shall know
" at their retourne.'— "^ I am content to dyne with you,' quod
" ' what will ye nowe that I shall do ? I am your prisoner ;
" ye have conquered me ; I wolde gladly go agayn to New-
" castell, and, within fiftene dayes, 1 shall come to you into
" Scotland, where as ye shall assigne me.' — ' I am content,'
"^ quod Lindsay ; ' ye shall promyse, by your faythe, to pre-
" sent yourselfe, within these foure wekes, at Edinborowe ;
" and wheresoever ye go, to repute yourselfe my prisoner.'
" All this Sir Mathewe sware, and promised to fulfil."
The warriors parted upon these Uberal terms, and Reedman
returned to Newcastle. But Lindsay had scarcely ridden a
mile, when he met the Bishop of Durham, with 500 horse,
whom he rode towards, beUeving them to be Scottish, until
he was too near them to escape. " The bysshoppe stepte to
" him, and sayde, ' Lindsay, ye are taken ; yelde ye to me.'
" — ' Who be you ?' quod Lindsay. — ' I am,' quod he, ' the
" Bysshoppe of Durham.' — ' And fro whens come you, sir ?'
" quod Lindsay. — ' I come fro the battell,' quod the bys-
*' shoppe, ' but I strucke never a stroke there. I go backe to
" Newcastell for this night, and ye shal go with me.' — ' I
" may not chuse,' quod Lindsay, * sith ye will have it so. I
" have taken, and I am taken ; suche is the adventures of
" armes.' " — Lindsay was accordingly conveyed to the bishop's
lodgings in Newcastle, and here he was met by his prisoner
Sir Matthew Reedman ; who " founde hym in a stud ye, lying
" in a windowe, and sayde, ' What ! Sir James Lindsay,
" what make you here ?' — Than Sir James came forth of the
" study to him, and sayde, ' By my fayth, Sir Mathewe, for-
" tune hath brought me hyder ; for, as soon as I was departed
" fro you, I mete by chaunce the Bisshoppe of Durham, to
" whom I am prisoner, as ye be to me. I beleve ye shall not
" nede to come to Edenborowe to me to mak your fynaunce.
" I think, rather, we shall make an exchange one for another,
" if the bisshoppe be also contente.' — ' Well, sir,' quod Reed-
" man, ' we shall accord ryght well toguyder ; ye shall dine
" this day with me ; the bysshoppe and ovir men be gone forth
" to fyght with your men. I can nat tell what we shall know
" at their retourne.'— "^ I am content to dyne with you,' quod
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > J. F. Campbell Collection > Minstrelsy of the Scottish border > Volume 1 > (281) |
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| Description | Vol. I . |
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| Shelfmark | Cam.2.d.17 |
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| Description | Consisting of historical and romantic ballads, collected in the southern counties of Scotland; with a few of modern date, founded upon local tradition. |
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| Shelfmark | Cam.2.d.17-19 |
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| Description | Volumes from a collection of 610 books rich in Highland folklore, Ossianic literature and other Celtic subjects. Many of the books annotated by John Francis Campbell of Islay, who assembled the collection. |
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| Description | Selected items from five 'Special and Named Printed Collections'. Includes books in Gaelic and other Celtic languages, works about the Gaels, their languages, literature, culture and history. |
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