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Il8 THE MAR LODGE TRANSLATION OF ‘ BOECE ’
Fo. xxvii. and gai without ordoure, war of his opinioun), secretlie fled
mx.t. 856 in ane fischare bote to Ireland. Quhilk knawing, his folkfs
wilfully randerit game self to Cadale of Brigancia prince,
chiftane to ge armye contrary ge king for ge tyme. Cadale,
resaving to his faith the kingfs armye, but tary assale3eing ge
castell of Evon, resauit ge strenth togiddir with ge fortalice
of Berygone, wilfully randerit almaist without resisting,
quhare, be favouris of ge pepill, he was govemoure constitute. 70
Syne, postponing al vgiV besynes, public and private, and
gamissing ge twa castellis be stark mwnicioun, he devisit
persew Gillus, in quhat parte he declynit, in aventure he suld
contract power of sic persouns, that nowdiV extemyt lawte nor
honeste, to renewe ge batell, ffor of sic condiciouns has euer
in ge Ilis bene mony fra ge begynnyng ; and brocht his army
in the ile of Ila. Be freyndis of King Durst, g«t war left
vnslane, Jong Eder, of ge blude royall and nevo to King Durst,
to him was present as to ge maist sikkir and anerlie refuge.
Efter Cadall had resauit ge chylde, he send him to Brigancea
gat to his perfite age to ge regnne he suld be kepit in Epiac,
the cheif ciete of Galloway for the tyme.
How Evene was crownit; how Cadall persewit
Gillus in Ireland and of his slauchter ; how Cadall on
the sey was trowblit at his returne.
Cap° xiij0
Aboute the ilk tyme quhen Gillus in Ireland, nocht without
grete favoure of ge inhabitantis, was resauit in presens 80
Fo. xxviii. of ge noblis, be mony wourdis he plenjete ge iniuris of ge
Albiane Scottis, how be grete wrang he was banyst his realme
and maist parte be ge wayis of Cadal, and in na place of
Albion was to him securite bot be treson of conspiratoim's was
schorit to dede ; and garefore prayit gaim for supple to recovir
his realme. Be his authorite to ge kinrik of Ireland gat he
m.i-.t. 86 suld fait/ifully be grete athis vnyt and adione ge Ilis he promyst
gif to his kinrik he war restorit. Ibernianis, be hope to brouk
Fo. xxvii. and gai without ordoure, war of his opinioun), secretlie fled
mx.t. 856 in ane fischare bote to Ireland. Quhilk knawing, his folkfs
wilfully randerit game self to Cadale of Brigancia prince,
chiftane to ge armye contrary ge king for ge tyme. Cadale,
resaving to his faith the kingfs armye, but tary assale3eing ge
castell of Evon, resauit ge strenth togiddir with ge fortalice
of Berygone, wilfully randerit almaist without resisting,
quhare, be favouris of ge pepill, he was govemoure constitute. 70
Syne, postponing al vgiV besynes, public and private, and
gamissing ge twa castellis be stark mwnicioun, he devisit
persew Gillus, in quhat parte he declynit, in aventure he suld
contract power of sic persouns, that nowdiV extemyt lawte nor
honeste, to renewe ge batell, ffor of sic condiciouns has euer
in ge Ilis bene mony fra ge begynnyng ; and brocht his army
in the ile of Ila. Be freyndis of King Durst, g«t war left
vnslane, Jong Eder, of ge blude royall and nevo to King Durst,
to him was present as to ge maist sikkir and anerlie refuge.
Efter Cadall had resauit ge chylde, he send him to Brigancea
gat to his perfite age to ge regnne he suld be kepit in Epiac,
the cheif ciete of Galloway for the tyme.
How Evene was crownit; how Cadall persewit
Gillus in Ireland and of his slauchter ; how Cadall on
the sey was trowblit at his returne.
Cap° xiij0
Aboute the ilk tyme quhen Gillus in Ireland, nocht without
grete favoure of ge inhabitantis, was resauit in presens 80
Fo. xxviii. of ge noblis, be mony wourdis he plenjete ge iniuris of ge
Albiane Scottis, how be grete wrang he was banyst his realme
and maist parte be ge wayis of Cadal, and in na place of
Albion was to him securite bot be treson of conspiratoim's was
schorit to dede ; and garefore prayit gaim for supple to recovir
his realme. Be his authorite to ge kinrik of Ireland gat he
m.i-.t. 86 suld fait/ifully be grete athis vnyt and adione ge Ilis he promyst
gif to his kinrik he war restorit. Ibernianis, be hope to brouk
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| Description | Edited by George Watson. Edinburgh : Printed for the Society by William Blackwood and Sons, 1946. An edition of a manuscript, orginally in the Skene Library at Mar Lodge, now in the possession of the Pierpont Morgan Library. The manuscript is imperfect at the beginning and end and the missing portions were supplied from the 1541 edition of the Bellenden version. |
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