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308 the mar lodge translation OF ‘ BOECE ’
Fo. xciii. nobilite. In -presens he was modest and manerlie, hantit in
honest studyis and gentill exercitacioun ; he did na thing
with angir nor crudelite. He desirit to be and als appere
ane cherissare of tranquillite, iustice, honeste, sobir and
vertuouft gouerment. Be beneuolence he conquest freyndis,
and nowder be fere nor schore. Reuerendlie he obsemit pe
lyig of pece, bundm with Pichtis, Britouns and Romanis.
m.l.t. 189b Bot as oftymes happynnys amang Scottis, lang contynewit
pece with strangearis preparit sedicioun amang pare self.
Ffor Donald Insulane brocht ane power of men apoun Lugia
(now Rosft) and Murray. Eftir he had made grete hereschip 60
nocht without slauchter of inhabitantis, he draif ane riche
pray for pe samyn to pe Ilis, allegiand pat pe pepill of Murray
and Lugia had assistit to pe Argathelis and vthir pepill,
quhilk contrare Natholok had cowspirit. He aucht and als
wald revenge pe slauchter of Natholok, nocht 3it condinglie
punyst. Quhen King Ffyndok be fugitivis pat evadit slauchter
knewe sic thingis, he contractit ane armye and without tary
went to pe ile namyt Ila; quhare, recountering Donald in
batch, with felloun myscheif he straik pe Insulanis ; syne
ceissit nocht to perseW pe flearis quhill ah pai inemyis, pre-
sumptuoslie to him resisting, wer owder be sey or swerd
brocht to dede. Quhen Donald considerit he was vincust 70
and his folkis lossing pe feild, be flicht socht refuge, tending
to evade the dangers he ran to ane lang fad, quhilk at all
aventure he had reddy apoun the coist. Infinite of his folkis
followit and abone mesurs clam in pe bote. Quhen be na way
pai mycht schute hir fra land, scho was sa wechty and chargit,
Donald with all pat cumpany was sonkin and drownit. The
king tryumphing with his armye to Albioun retumit. Bot
howbeit the Insulanis with sa grete plaig war afflictit, pai
restit noc/zt lang, bot cohecting lymmaris and brokin men fr£
Ireland, having Donald to chiftane, son to Donald latelie
slane, with reiff and slauchter infesting Argathele and Novant
(now Lome), provokit pe king to raift his armye of newe, 80
Fo.xciiii. and with galiouns and barkis returnyng to pe Ilis, quhare
he fand pe lymmaris, gart hang pame on pe gebet; destroyand
castellis, mwniciouns and strenthis be garnison of elder Donald
Fo. xciii. nobilite. In -presens he was modest and manerlie, hantit in
honest studyis and gentill exercitacioun ; he did na thing
with angir nor crudelite. He desirit to be and als appere
ane cherissare of tranquillite, iustice, honeste, sobir and
vertuouft gouerment. Be beneuolence he conquest freyndis,
and nowder be fere nor schore. Reuerendlie he obsemit pe
lyig of pece, bundm with Pichtis, Britouns and Romanis.
m.l.t. 189b Bot as oftymes happynnys amang Scottis, lang contynewit
pece with strangearis preparit sedicioun amang pare self.
Ffor Donald Insulane brocht ane power of men apoun Lugia
(now Rosft) and Murray. Eftir he had made grete hereschip 60
nocht without slauchter of inhabitantis, he draif ane riche
pray for pe samyn to pe Ilis, allegiand pat pe pepill of Murray
and Lugia had assistit to pe Argathelis and vthir pepill,
quhilk contrare Natholok had cowspirit. He aucht and als
wald revenge pe slauchter of Natholok, nocht 3it condinglie
punyst. Quhen King Ffyndok be fugitivis pat evadit slauchter
knewe sic thingis, he contractit ane armye and without tary
went to pe ile namyt Ila; quhare, recountering Donald in
batch, with felloun myscheif he straik pe Insulanis ; syne
ceissit nocht to perseW pe flearis quhill ah pai inemyis, pre-
sumptuoslie to him resisting, wer owder be sey or swerd
brocht to dede. Quhen Donald considerit he was vincust 70
and his folkis lossing pe feild, be flicht socht refuge, tending
to evade the dangers he ran to ane lang fad, quhilk at all
aventure he had reddy apoun the coist. Infinite of his folkis
followit and abone mesurs clam in pe bote. Quhen be na way
pai mycht schute hir fra land, scho was sa wechty and chargit,
Donald with all pat cumpany was sonkin and drownit. The
king tryumphing with his armye to Albioun retumit. Bot
howbeit the Insulanis with sa grete plaig war afflictit, pai
restit noc/zt lang, bot cohecting lymmaris and brokin men fr£
Ireland, having Donald to chiftane, son to Donald latelie
slane, with reiff and slauchter infesting Argathele and Novant
(now Lome), provokit pe king to raift his armye of newe, 80
Fo.xciiii. and with galiouns and barkis returnyng to pe Ilis, quhare
he fand pe lymmaris, gart hang pame on pe gebet; destroyand
castellis, mwniciouns and strenthis be garnison of elder Donald
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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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