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INDEX OF ROMANCES AND ROMANCE CHARACTERS 297
Adame, thy pairt quha can excuse, [945*973]
With knawlege thow thaX did abuse 170
Thy awin felicitie ?
[Fol. 14a.] The serpentis fals inventing,
The womanis sone consenting,
Was nocht sa wickitlie.
God did prefer the to this day, 175
And thame subdewid to the ;
So all that thay cowld mene or say,
Sowld not half movit the.
To brecking, abiecking.
That heich command of lyfe, 180
Quhilk gydit, provydit.
The ay to leif but stryfe.
Behald the stait thzX man was in, [434*479]
And als how it he tynt throw syn,
And loist the same for ay ; 185
3it God his promeiss dois performe.
Send his Sone, of the virgyn borne,
Oure ransone for to pay.
To that gret God lat ws gif gloir.
To ws hes bene so gude, 190
Quha be his deith did ws restoir
Quhairof we war denude ;
Nocht karing, nor sparing,
His body to be rent;
Redemyng, releving, 195
Ws quhen we war all schent. 196
Finis quod SchcT richart maitland of Lethingtoun, Knycht.
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Index of Romances and Romance Characters.
Alexander [Romance of Alexander, &c.] : Dreme 35 ; Mon. 3642-73,
4175-81.
Arthur, King : Dreme 34 ; Hist. Sq. Meldrum 49, 1320.
Bevis, Sir, of Hampton [Sir Bevis of Hamptoun]: Cupar Banns 244-45.
Brandwell, Sir [The Jests of Sir Gawain] : Hist. Sq. Meldrum 1313
[see Additional Notes],
Etin, Red : Dreme 45.
Faerie, King of : Sat. 4188.
Faerie, Queen of : Sat. 1255, 1536, 1727.
Ferumbras, Sir [Sir Ferumbras] : Hist. Sq. Meldrum 1316.
Fin MacCoul : Sat. 2087.