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LIBER SECUNDUS
121
consolacion said: “ Maist vail3eand Cadill, to me and all Fo.xxvm.
Scottis nacioun thow has done na litill mater of plesures, sen
thow has convoyit to Albioun this victorioft armye without
ony harme resauit fra inemyis. In strange cuntre apoun thy
70 fayis thow tryumphit, fechting in sare bated in plane feild
vnder standartis for richt of pis cuntre and eift of pe commoun
weill. Vincust is Gillus, the cruell tyran, of sa mony evill
dedis the receptakill and resett. To him his schameful fleing,
(the goddis to him aduersant), mycht be na refuge. His hede,
dispitefully schorne fra his crag, is brocht here in Albion sua
pat eftir dede for his odioft tyrannye, vsit all his dayis, he suld
noc/it want derisioun and schame. Ffra inemyis is reft pe
spule3e, and grete parte of oure nacioun, repenting pare doingis,
to fidelite ar resauit, ffor in prosperite we suld to clemence and m.l.t. 876
mercye gif sum place. Be thy manhede and wisdome amang
multitude of inemyis, fer elongate fra oure kinrik, oure army
80 is salfit but dammage. Ffinalie, na thing is omittit in thy
expedicioun concemyng ane stout and prudent chiftane. The Fo.xxix.
honoure of pir weris nor omamentis of victory may nocM
fra pe be reft. Herefore is na caift that aganis the hevin or
fortune thow suld be commovit, ffor how belt be tempest of
weddir and seyis grete parte of pe armye be loist, 3it thy
awne persoun, (the onelie glore of our nacioun), is fra pis grete
myschance preseruit, and stoutlie pow has vincust oure maist
felloun fa. It was pe gift of goddis that with prosper courft
pow went so Ireland, pat pow oure sett inemyis, pat pow
skalit pame and discumfist, wan the spule3e and fra iniuris
alsa kepit pi folkis. Now has pe goddis agane requirit pare
awne and thy honoure to thy self salflie is kepit. Be thy awne
vassalage pow has mater quharein pow may glore. Inemyis
may wele be glaid of myschance, brocht apoun thy folkis be
10 fortune, bot parethrow pai may neuer glore, becauft nowthir
pai may avant pat sa mony as be sey war tynt be pame war
slane, nor 3ft sa mony as retumit be pame war chasit. Gif be
aventure of sey ony parte of sprite, (quhilk pow stoutlie
reft fra inemyis), be salfit and drevin bakwart apoun pare
coist be violence of seyis, thay may weill knawe pat be pare
vassalage sic spule3e was nocht gottin, bot pat sic casuale
121
consolacion said: “ Maist vail3eand Cadill, to me and all Fo.xxvm.
Scottis nacioun thow has done na litill mater of plesures, sen
thow has convoyit to Albioun this victorioft armye without
ony harme resauit fra inemyis. In strange cuntre apoun thy
70 fayis thow tryumphit, fechting in sare bated in plane feild
vnder standartis for richt of pis cuntre and eift of pe commoun
weill. Vincust is Gillus, the cruell tyran, of sa mony evill
dedis the receptakill and resett. To him his schameful fleing,
(the goddis to him aduersant), mycht be na refuge. His hede,
dispitefully schorne fra his crag, is brocht here in Albion sua
pat eftir dede for his odioft tyrannye, vsit all his dayis, he suld
noc/it want derisioun and schame. Ffra inemyis is reft pe
spule3e, and grete parte of oure nacioun, repenting pare doingis,
to fidelite ar resauit, ffor in prosperite we suld to clemence and m.l.t. 876
mercye gif sum place. Be thy manhede and wisdome amang
multitude of inemyis, fer elongate fra oure kinrik, oure army
80 is salfit but dammage. Ffinalie, na thing is omittit in thy
expedicioun concemyng ane stout and prudent chiftane. The Fo.xxix.
honoure of pir weris nor omamentis of victory may nocM
fra pe be reft. Herefore is na caift that aganis the hevin or
fortune thow suld be commovit, ffor how belt be tempest of
weddir and seyis grete parte of pe armye be loist, 3it thy
awne persoun, (the onelie glore of our nacioun), is fra pis grete
myschance preseruit, and stoutlie pow has vincust oure maist
felloun fa. It was pe gift of goddis that with prosper courft
pow went so Ireland, pat pow oure sett inemyis, pat pow
skalit pame and discumfist, wan the spule3e and fra iniuris
alsa kepit pi folkis. Now has pe goddis agane requirit pare
awne and thy honoure to thy self salflie is kepit. Be thy awne
vassalage pow has mater quharein pow may glore. Inemyis
may wele be glaid of myschance, brocht apoun thy folkis be
10 fortune, bot parethrow pai may neuer glore, becauft nowthir
pai may avant pat sa mony as be sey war tynt be pame war
slane, nor 3ft sa mony as retumit be pame war chasit. Gif be
aventure of sey ony parte of sprite, (quhilk pow stoutlie
reft fra inemyis), be salfit and drevin bakwart apoun pare
coist be violence of seyis, thay may weill knawe pat be pare
vassalage sic spule3e was nocht gottin, bot pat sic casuale
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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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