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300 THE MAR LODGE TRANSLATION OF ‘ BOECE ’
Fo. xc. with ane garde of ruffeanis and menstralis playand apoun
quhissillis, without regarde to honoure or princelie maieste
he passit his tyme. The nobillis detestit thir wantoun latis,
togiddir with pe vicioft liffe of pare prince, sen sic maneris
efferit hot licht wantoun men, and repugnit to princelie
gravite. Thay dedene3it to obey sic ane monstruoft man,
preferring to vse him self as ane fidlar erare pan ane prudent
weill avisit prince. Attoure with grete pane pai sufferit pat 60
joung men corruptit be sic exempill grew sa vndantit and
wylde, pat regarding na thing iustice nor equite, pai daly
iniurit pe pepill; and pe king, coverit with al sorte of vice,
liffit sa delicatelie pat he comptit nocht pe common weill
nor throw vnwourthines and sleuth discernit nocht betuix
pe weill and evill pareof. Daly sic enormyteis increscit to
hurte of pe cuntre. Herefore for ony licht occasion pai coniurit
in hiscontrare. Ane nobill man in Argathele, Nathalok to name,
of grete authorite in pai partis, had twa dochteris plesand of
persoun and farehede. Eftir the king had deflorit pame baith,
he deliuerit pame to his myn3eouns to be abusit in pe samyn 70
sorte. Quhen this displeftowr was schawin to Natholok,
revoluyng in mynde be quhat way he mycht revenge sa
hie iniuris, his dochteris come with mony teris plene3eing
pai war nocht anerlie defoulit be pe king, bot als violate and
deforcit be vile rebaldis and lownys. Thare fader kepit sad
sylence ane quhile, syne conforte his dochteris, excusing pame
m.l.t. 1856 of the cryme, reiecting pe fail3e to pe committaris. Herefore
weyand pe caift mare pacientlie, how beit pare bodyis war
pollute, he knew pare myndis clene and fra all culp vakand.
The nixt day he aduertist pe heris of Argathele and Novant
(now Lome) pai suld spede to him with haist, for ane hevy
caift was happywnit him and his folkis. At pare cuming he
Fo. xci. plene3it the iniuris of pe king, his dochteris war deforcit, 80
cruelly strikkin, and at pe kingis command prostitute and
defoulit be fidlaris, cukis, rebaldis and vthir sic vile persouns,
gif ony mare vile war in pe courte. His freyndis vphalding
pare richt handis swore pai suld revenge pai grete iniuris be
ony way pai mycht; pai suld persew pe king, causare pareof,
and nocht suffir him regnne in Scotland. Thareeftir murmuring
Fo. xc. with ane garde of ruffeanis and menstralis playand apoun
quhissillis, without regarde to honoure or princelie maieste
he passit his tyme. The nobillis detestit thir wantoun latis,
togiddir with pe vicioft liffe of pare prince, sen sic maneris
efferit hot licht wantoun men, and repugnit to princelie
gravite. Thay dedene3it to obey sic ane monstruoft man,
preferring to vse him self as ane fidlar erare pan ane prudent
weill avisit prince. Attoure with grete pane pai sufferit pat 60
joung men corruptit be sic exempill grew sa vndantit and
wylde, pat regarding na thing iustice nor equite, pai daly
iniurit pe pepill; and pe king, coverit with al sorte of vice,
liffit sa delicatelie pat he comptit nocht pe common weill
nor throw vnwourthines and sleuth discernit nocht betuix
pe weill and evill pareof. Daly sic enormyteis increscit to
hurte of pe cuntre. Herefore for ony licht occasion pai coniurit
in hiscontrare. Ane nobill man in Argathele, Nathalok to name,
of grete authorite in pai partis, had twa dochteris plesand of
persoun and farehede. Eftir the king had deflorit pame baith,
he deliuerit pame to his myn3eouns to be abusit in pe samyn 70
sorte. Quhen this displeftowr was schawin to Natholok,
revoluyng in mynde be quhat way he mycht revenge sa
hie iniuris, his dochteris come with mony teris plene3eing
pai war nocht anerlie defoulit be pe king, bot als violate and
deforcit be vile rebaldis and lownys. Thare fader kepit sad
sylence ane quhile, syne conforte his dochteris, excusing pame
m.l.t. 1856 of the cryme, reiecting pe fail3e to pe committaris. Herefore
weyand pe caift mare pacientlie, how beit pare bodyis war
pollute, he knew pare myndis clene and fra all culp vakand.
The nixt day he aduertist pe heris of Argathele and Novant
(now Lome) pai suld spede to him with haist, for ane hevy
caift was happywnit him and his folkis. At pare cuming he
Fo. xci. plene3it the iniuris of pe king, his dochteris war deforcit, 80
cruelly strikkin, and at pe kingis command prostitute and
defoulit be fidlaris, cukis, rebaldis and vthir sic vile persouns,
gif ony mare vile war in pe courte. His freyndis vphalding
pare richt handis swore pai suld revenge pai grete iniuris be
ony way pai mycht; pai suld persew pe king, causare pareof,
and nocht suffir him regnne in Scotland. Thareeftir murmuring
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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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