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LIBER QUINTUS
29I
sa mony grete men was nocht to be aventurit to pe chance Fo.lxxxvh.
of ane batell, he thocht best to cummyr and tary Romanis
be licht iuparteis, and nocht recounter pame planelie in batell.
and tary pe cuming of Scottis and Pichtfs, to Romanis per¬
petual! inemyis : giff goddis wald schaw pame freyndlie, be
pare supple Romanis finalie suld be discumfist, and disparing
of sene3eorie in Britane, to pare grete dishonoure mycht
perpetualy be exilit parefra. To this effect Ffulgence convoy-
60 ing his wourdis, drewe to him the favours and hartis of the
pepill. Sone eftir pai brocht pare wyiffis and childer vnabill
for were, with pare bestiall, and plaissit pame beyond pe grete
dyke in desert forestis and montanis. Ffulgence, contracting
his army of pe douchtiest, gaif his besy cure to defend his
cumpany erare pan invade inemyis. Sone eftir come to pame
pe power of Scottis and Pichtis, reddy to be exponit to all
perrellis for the commoun weil. The empriourg, nocht ignorant
quhat inemyis tendit, addressit to mete all pare castis, omytting
na thing pat mycM be cowmodioft to his army and skaith to
inemyis. Quhen he vnderstude all his ordinance was dressit
70 at poynt, he left his sone Geta in pe parte of Britan obeying
pe Romane sene3eory, to exerce iustice and instruct pe inhabit¬
ants in gude maneris, assignyng to him counsalouris of his m.l.t. isi
maist tendir freynds, and tuke his vpfr son, Anthon, to pe
weris. Sua with ordinance reulit, to 3ork he tranoyntit. At
quhais cuming pe cietenaris and barouns of pe cuntre adiacewt
occurrit with glade vultis and chere, resaving pe emprioure
with lawde and honoure, exalting his vassalage, fortitude and
ewroft fortune. Eftir pe emprioure had made his entres and
sacrifice to goddis deuotelie in his maner, he went to pe toure
quhare remanit pe Romane garnisoun. Quhen pare he had
ane quhile passit his tyme, and devisit how inemyis mycht
80 best be expugnate, at last he chargit pai suld with diligence
towart pame move. Quhen pe chiftanis and grete men with f». hxithi.
Ffulgence war certifyit of pare cuming, thay consultit gif
bettir war to gif place to inemyis or recounter pame in bargane.
Euery man sayand his opinioun, finalie pai concludit pai wald
fecht and nocht cowartlie fie, cryand 'with ane voce owthir
pai suld de in defence of pare liberte or lift with honeste.
29I
sa mony grete men was nocht to be aventurit to pe chance Fo.lxxxvh.
of ane batell, he thocht best to cummyr and tary Romanis
be licht iuparteis, and nocht recounter pame planelie in batell.
and tary pe cuming of Scottis and Pichtfs, to Romanis per¬
petual! inemyis : giff goddis wald schaw pame freyndlie, be
pare supple Romanis finalie suld be discumfist, and disparing
of sene3eorie in Britane, to pare grete dishonoure mycht
perpetualy be exilit parefra. To this effect Ffulgence convoy-
60 ing his wourdis, drewe to him the favours and hartis of the
pepill. Sone eftir pai brocht pare wyiffis and childer vnabill
for were, with pare bestiall, and plaissit pame beyond pe grete
dyke in desert forestis and montanis. Ffulgence, contracting
his army of pe douchtiest, gaif his besy cure to defend his
cumpany erare pan invade inemyis. Sone eftir come to pame
pe power of Scottis and Pichtis, reddy to be exponit to all
perrellis for the commoun weil. The empriourg, nocht ignorant
quhat inemyis tendit, addressit to mete all pare castis, omytting
na thing pat mycM be cowmodioft to his army and skaith to
inemyis. Quhen he vnderstude all his ordinance was dressit
70 at poynt, he left his sone Geta in pe parte of Britan obeying
pe Romane sene3eory, to exerce iustice and instruct pe inhabit¬
ants in gude maneris, assignyng to him counsalouris of his m.l.t. isi
maist tendir freynds, and tuke his vpfr son, Anthon, to pe
weris. Sua with ordinance reulit, to 3ork he tranoyntit. At
quhais cuming pe cietenaris and barouns of pe cuntre adiacewt
occurrit with glade vultis and chere, resaving pe emprioure
with lawde and honoure, exalting his vassalage, fortitude and
ewroft fortune. Eftir pe emprioure had made his entres and
sacrifice to goddis deuotelie in his maner, he went to pe toure
quhare remanit pe Romane garnisoun. Quhen pare he had
ane quhile passit his tyme, and devisit how inemyis mycht
80 best be expugnate, at last he chargit pai suld with diligence
towart pame move. Quhen pe chiftanis and grete men with f». hxithi.
Ffulgence war certifyit of pare cuming, thay consultit gif
bettir war to gif place to inemyis or recounter pame in bargane.
Euery man sayand his opinioun, finalie pai concludit pai wald
fecht and nocht cowartlie fie, cryand 'with ane voce owthir
pai suld de in defence of pare liberte or lift with honeste.
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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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