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BELLENDEN S BOECE
Scottis wald persevere in pe samyn ; be contrar, gif pa.i desyrit
batall erar pan peace, and nocM resolut quhatt wes best,
desyrit pame with degest counsale to avise quhat displeserr
mycht follow be pair weris, and, sen1 peace was finalie necessair,
to avise quheper it war mair plesand afoir pe weeris or eftir,
or mair proffittabill to haif peace quhen na displeseir war
292 precedent, | or quhen perealmez war brokin with athirslauchter
and herschippis ; howbeit, be exempill of vthir pepill, bettir
war to redreft iniuris or pai ony forthir precede than to augment
pe samyn ilk day mair. The Princes of Ireland, nocMwith-
standing thir humyll wourdis, ansuerit pai suld sustene all
chargis sa wal3eantlie pat na aduersite of fortoun suld doo
pame displesm-, and wald haif na peace quhill pe iniuris done
to pame in Kentyre wer othir redressit haistlie or revengit
with moir skaith. Attowr, pai war profoundlie consultit quhat
proffit or dammage mycht fall pempoun, and had provisioun
of all thingis necessair aganis quhatsuwteuir chance of fortoun
pat mycht follow ; and thoch thir weeris war litill proffitt,
3ite pai war sa accustomit thairwith pat pai couth nocht decist
fra pe samyn.
Quhen pe ambassatouris war returnand be Ireland seyis in
Scotlannd, and pe Scottis traisting na thing left pan batall be
Ireland, ane flott of Ireland men arryvit in pe Ilis, and cessit
fra na maner of cruelteis on pe inhabitantis perof. NocMtheles,
quhen pai had herijt pe cuntre, and makand pame to return
hame oureladin with innovmerabill gudis, ane storme raift be
violence of hevin, throw quhilk nane of pame was sauffit
vnperist. Achayus, knawing be thir ambassatouris the mynde
of Ireland aganis him, thocht to assail3e pame na forthir, and
detestit pair tresoun, becaus pai invadit his realme during pe
tyme of ambassatry, throw quhilk pai war sa puneist be iust
punicioun of God pat pai suld be constranyt to seyk peace at
him. And as pe King comecturit, sa followitt son eftir, for
pir ambassatouris of Ireland come to Achayus at Inverlochty,
confessand pair cruelteis wrocht aganis his pepill and pe
(II. 128) punicioun falling on pame be iustice of God, and thairfor
huwilie desyrit peace, quhilk pai proudelye afoir refusit be
1 MS. send : correction from A.
BELLENDEN S BOECE
Scottis wald persevere in pe samyn ; be contrar, gif pa.i desyrit
batall erar pan peace, and nocM resolut quhatt wes best,
desyrit pame with degest counsale to avise quhat displeserr
mycht follow be pair weris, and, sen1 peace was finalie necessair,
to avise quheper it war mair plesand afoir pe weeris or eftir,
or mair proffittabill to haif peace quhen na displeseir war
292 precedent, | or quhen perealmez war brokin with athirslauchter
and herschippis ; howbeit, be exempill of vthir pepill, bettir
war to redreft iniuris or pai ony forthir precede than to augment
pe samyn ilk day mair. The Princes of Ireland, nocMwith-
standing thir humyll wourdis, ansuerit pai suld sustene all
chargis sa wal3eantlie pat na aduersite of fortoun suld doo
pame displesm-, and wald haif na peace quhill pe iniuris done
to pame in Kentyre wer othir redressit haistlie or revengit
with moir skaith. Attowr, pai war profoundlie consultit quhat
proffit or dammage mycht fall pempoun, and had provisioun
of all thingis necessair aganis quhatsuwteuir chance of fortoun
pat mycht follow ; and thoch thir weeris war litill proffitt,
3ite pai war sa accustomit thairwith pat pai couth nocht decist
fra pe samyn.
Quhen pe ambassatouris war returnand be Ireland seyis in
Scotlannd, and pe Scottis traisting na thing left pan batall be
Ireland, ane flott of Ireland men arryvit in pe Ilis, and cessit
fra na maner of cruelteis on pe inhabitantis perof. NocMtheles,
quhen pai had herijt pe cuntre, and makand pame to return
hame oureladin with innovmerabill gudis, ane storme raift be
violence of hevin, throw quhilk nane of pame was sauffit
vnperist. Achayus, knawing be thir ambassatouris the mynde
of Ireland aganis him, thocht to assail3e pame na forthir, and
detestit pair tresoun, becaus pai invadit his realme during pe
tyme of ambassatry, throw quhilk pai war sa puneist be iust
punicioun of God pat pai suld be constranyt to seyk peace at
him. And as pe King comecturit, sa followitt son eftir, for
pir ambassatouris of Ireland come to Achayus at Inverlochty,
confessand pair cruelteis wrocht aganis his pepill and pe
(II. 128) punicioun falling on pame be iustice of God, and thairfor
huwilie desyrit peace, quhilk pai proudelye afoir refusit be
1 MS. send : correction from A.
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > Third series > Chronicles of Scotland > Volume 2, 1941 > (30) |
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| Description | Compiled by Hector Boece ; translated into Scots by John Bellenden, 1531 ; edited, in continuation of the work of the late Walter Seton, by R.W. Chambers and Edith C. Batho. Volume 2 edited by Edith C. Batho and H. Winifred Husbands. Edinburgh : Printed for the Society by William Blackwood and Sons, 1938-1941. |
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