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LIBER SEXTUS
307
30 departing at ane posterne, he tuke his horft quMk he had Fo. xcm.
reddy for pe sawzmyn cauft, and convoyit with ane servand,
be fleyng salfit him fra persewaris, schewand first novellis to
pe conspiratouris of the kingfs slauchter. The ^ere quhen
Natholok was slane was pe xj eftir he tuke pe crowne of
Scotland, about pe ijc lij 3eris of Criste, quhen pe Romane
Impire be Galiene was rewlit, quhilk be sic sleuth gydit his
sene3eorie pat nane before him was sa vnwourthy, ffor in
his tyme xxxtj tyrannys be mony incowmoditeis supprisit pe
commoun weill.
How Findok was create king ; of his humane con- m.l.t. 189
diciouns; how he dantit pe Insulanis; how be
tresoun of his broder Carance and Donald Insulane
he was slane ; how his broder Donald tuke pe crowne,
and be Donald Insulane was ouresett, tane and
woundit in batell, quharethrow he deceissit ; and of
vthir incidentis. Cap° tercio
Efter slauchter of Natholok the nobillis, convenyng, con-
sultit be quhat way suld pe kinrik be governit. In
40 opiniouns thay War sum parte dividit. Ffinalie in pis sorte
pai war resolute, that pe thre sonnys of King Athirco (of
quham before is rememberit, how in Pichtland pai declynit
pe persute of Natholok) suld be haistelie brocht hame and
pe crowne to Ffindok, eldest broder, suld be gevin. This
mater was nocht deferrit. The Morave quhilk had vndone
pe tyran, be pe nobillis was directit to Pichtland, and fra
thyne with grete pompe and tryne brocht pe kingfs sonnys
to Argathele, quhare Ffyndok, sitting in pe marbill chyare
(as was pe ryte), be the nobillis and cowmoun pepill, to pare
grete ioy and plesere, was declarit king. Ffyndok was of perfite
age and extemyt of grete vertewe, in persoun pe farest man
50 in his tyme. Quharefore his flurissing 3outh and pulcritude
of persoun according togidder with vertewe pareto annext,
he was iugeit to excell all vthir princfs, war pai neuer sa
preemynent and gude. Off this opinion pai war nocht dissauit.
In all his havingfs he schewe continence of wourthynes and
307
30 departing at ane posterne, he tuke his horft quMk he had Fo. xcm.
reddy for pe sawzmyn cauft, and convoyit with ane servand,
be fleyng salfit him fra persewaris, schewand first novellis to
pe conspiratouris of the kingfs slauchter. The ^ere quhen
Natholok was slane was pe xj eftir he tuke pe crowne of
Scotland, about pe ijc lij 3eris of Criste, quhen pe Romane
Impire be Galiene was rewlit, quhilk be sic sleuth gydit his
sene3eorie pat nane before him was sa vnwourthy, ffor in
his tyme xxxtj tyrannys be mony incowmoditeis supprisit pe
commoun weill.
How Findok was create king ; of his humane con- m.l.t. 189
diciouns; how he dantit pe Insulanis; how be
tresoun of his broder Carance and Donald Insulane
he was slane ; how his broder Donald tuke pe crowne,
and be Donald Insulane was ouresett, tane and
woundit in batell, quharethrow he deceissit ; and of
vthir incidentis. Cap° tercio
Efter slauchter of Natholok the nobillis, convenyng, con-
sultit be quhat way suld pe kinrik be governit. In
40 opiniouns thay War sum parte dividit. Ffinalie in pis sorte
pai war resolute, that pe thre sonnys of King Athirco (of
quham before is rememberit, how in Pichtland pai declynit
pe persute of Natholok) suld be haistelie brocht hame and
pe crowne to Ffindok, eldest broder, suld be gevin. This
mater was nocht deferrit. The Morave quhilk had vndone
pe tyran, be pe nobillis was directit to Pichtland, and fra
thyne with grete pompe and tryne brocht pe kingfs sonnys
to Argathele, quhare Ffyndok, sitting in pe marbill chyare
(as was pe ryte), be the nobillis and cowmoun pepill, to pare
grete ioy and plesere, was declarit king. Ffyndok was of perfite
age and extemyt of grete vertewe, in persoun pe farest man
50 in his tyme. Quharefore his flurissing 3outh and pulcritude
of persoun according togidder with vertewe pareto annext,
he was iugeit to excell all vthir princfs, war pai neuer sa
preemynent and gude. Off this opinion pai war nocht dissauit.
In all his havingfs he schewe continence of wourthynes and
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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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