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LIBER SEXTUS
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and necessary erare to revenge his innowmerabill iniuris, gan Fo. xoi.
to be daly liffand vnder his boist; and 3e knaw gat to the
myserie of 3one tyran murdrissing him self, infamite of vthir
infinite vicis concurris, without blude hurt, or men3e of 3oure
persoun 30 ar victouris, and avancit be glore and fortitude
seildin to gis tyme sene. How mekill skaith he ymaginit
70 aganis 30W, me and gis kinrik, is to 30W knawin, as to me.
It nedis nocht gat be vgfr witnes 3e be resonit in gis caift. Ffor
sa mony cryme3 cowmittit contrare the cowmoun and private
weill he has be 3oure iugement deseruit exquisite panis. Be
his awne boucheory he broc/d him self to dede as he desemit,
and has revengit sic iniuris apoun himself with mare dis-
honoure gan we devisit. Treulie it is resonabill, and amang
ws consuetude, to be revengit apoun inemyis, for oure fore-
bearis sufferit noc/zt ge dissate of King Durst. Siclike King
Evene, ane degenerit son fra his nobill fader, tholit condigne
punycioun for his demeritis ; na man schewin him gareat
displesit. Nor ge vicioft life of Lugthak was nocht lang
vnvindicate. I pretermyt mony vthir princis and grete men
quhais iniurfs contrare the public and private wele, the
80 commvnite myc/zt noc/zt suffir. Now 3e sail gif loving to m.l.t. is?
Almychty God, quhais benygnite has deliuerit 30W, 3oure Fo. xcii.
wyffis and childer fra the fellony devisit be Athircon, memo-
rative how in tyme cuming 36 may without danger evade the
furye of tyrannys. I exhorte 30W be war with the freyndis
and allya of Athircon, euer bettir aplesit of his crymes than
of 3o«r vertewe ; and God defend 3e suld owder command or
suffir ony sic men to 3oure destructioun regne, or gif game
credit of 3oure livis and gudis, contynualie bering contrare
30W rankoure and displeGozzr. Gif ge do, it is force to me and
30W fra thir regiouns remove. We mon seyk newe habitaciouns
or ellis (quhilk is mekill mare myserabill) expone ws to loift
10 oure gudis and lyiffis at pleftowr of inemyis.” In gis sentence
Natholok schewing his Wordis, drewe to him ge kyndenes and
favoure of mony. Noc/ztgeleG sum noblis to quham ge subtell
cast of his ingyne was nocht vnknawin, weyand hevily gat
ge kingis blude suld be defraudit of ge kinrik, in secrete maner
commouit gat the successioun of Athircon (how beit of ane
303
and necessary erare to revenge his innowmerabill iniuris, gan Fo. xoi.
to be daly liffand vnder his boist; and 3e knaw gat to the
myserie of 3one tyran murdrissing him self, infamite of vthir
infinite vicis concurris, without blude hurt, or men3e of 3oure
persoun 30 ar victouris, and avancit be glore and fortitude
seildin to gis tyme sene. How mekill skaith he ymaginit
70 aganis 30W, me and gis kinrik, is to 30W knawin, as to me.
It nedis nocht gat be vgfr witnes 3e be resonit in gis caift. Ffor
sa mony cryme3 cowmittit contrare the cowmoun and private
weill he has be 3oure iugement deseruit exquisite panis. Be
his awne boucheory he broc/d him self to dede as he desemit,
and has revengit sic iniuris apoun himself with mare dis-
honoure gan we devisit. Treulie it is resonabill, and amang
ws consuetude, to be revengit apoun inemyis, for oure fore-
bearis sufferit noc/zt ge dissate of King Durst. Siclike King
Evene, ane degenerit son fra his nobill fader, tholit condigne
punycioun for his demeritis ; na man schewin him gareat
displesit. Nor ge vicioft life of Lugthak was nocht lang
vnvindicate. I pretermyt mony vthir princis and grete men
quhais iniurfs contrare the public and private wele, the
80 commvnite myc/zt noc/zt suffir. Now 3e sail gif loving to m.l.t. is?
Almychty God, quhais benygnite has deliuerit 30W, 3oure Fo. xcii.
wyffis and childer fra the fellony devisit be Athircon, memo-
rative how in tyme cuming 36 may without danger evade the
furye of tyrannys. I exhorte 30W be war with the freyndis
and allya of Athircon, euer bettir aplesit of his crymes than
of 3o«r vertewe ; and God defend 3e suld owder command or
suffir ony sic men to 3oure destructioun regne, or gif game
credit of 3oure livis and gudis, contynualie bering contrare
30W rankoure and displeGozzr. Gif ge do, it is force to me and
30W fra thir regiouns remove. We mon seyk newe habitaciouns
or ellis (quhilk is mekill mare myserabill) expone ws to loift
10 oure gudis and lyiffis at pleftowr of inemyis.” In gis sentence
Natholok schewing his Wordis, drewe to him ge kyndenes and
favoure of mony. Noc/ztgeleG sum noblis to quham ge subtell
cast of his ingyne was nocht vnknawin, weyand hevily gat
ge kingis blude suld be defraudit of ge kinrik, in secrete maner
commouit gat the successioun of Athircon (how beit of ane
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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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