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him for v 3eris eftir following ; attoure, ony maw ]?at brocht him
fe hede of ane Dayn suld haif x \ibri, or ellis land perpetuallye
respondent pair to ; eftir pis maid his orison to God to send his
army gude fortoun and enrage aganis pair vnmercifull inymyis,
and to cheift erar with maist manhede and honour to perseveir
in batall to pair deth, pan to be takin fleand, to maist schamfull
pyne and displeseir. The Scottis, rasit be pir wourdis in grete
esperance of victory, arrayitt pame with na left hattrent pan
hye spreitt to fecht aganis pair fais. Malcolme Duff, Prince
of Scotland and Lord of Cumber, wes arrayit in pe wangard,
369 | and Duncan, Thayn of Athole, in pe reirward, and in pe
myddillward wes King Kenneth. On pe tothir syde pe Danys
wer arrait at pe futte of pe hyll, nocht far distant fra pe Scottis.
pe armyis stude lang arrayitt pus in vther sycht, quhill
at last pe Scottis, oure ferft and desyrous of batall, come
with huge schoure of dartis, arrowis and ga^eis on pe Danys.
The Danys, impacient to sustene pis invasioun of Scottis,
come forthwert with grete noyft in batall. Incontinent baith
pe armyis ionyt to giddir, but ony signe of trumpaitt, and
faucht with sik ferocite pat nane mycht sustene pe preft of
vther ; throw quhilk lang bergane followit with vneertane
victory ; bot ^ite na thing wes mair impediment to Scottis
pan pair desyre to haif pe hedis of Danys erar pan victory.
Quhen pis wes knawin to Danys, pai cryitt with schill voce
othir to haif victory or ellis all at anys to dee. Incontinent
pai ruschitt with sik properant farde that baith pe vangard
and reirward of Scottis wes put to flicht, and pocht pe myddil-
warde witAstude pe haill preft of Danys, ^ite it wes brocht to
sik extreme dangere pat grete novmer of Scottis fled and wer1
slayn, but ony miseracioun, quhair pai war ouretakin ; throw
quhilk pis daye had bene the vtter exterminioun of Scottis,
war nocht ane landvert man, namyt Haye, with his twa
sownys, strang and of rude body, howbeit pai wer of maist
nobill curage, come haistlie in support of Kenneth and his
nobillis, quhilkis war neyr ouresett with pair inymyis. This
Hay, havand na wappywnis bot pe 30k of ane plewch, seand
pe myddilward, fochtin be Kenneth aganis pe Danys, nakitt
1 MS. omits wer.