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LIBER TRIDESIMUS
215
reiosing of pit landis be Scotland pat pai suld be haldin of pe
King of Ingland, and faith and homage to be maid to him for
pe samyn be all Scottis quhilkis gat pe samyn in possessioun.
The samyn tyme, quhen pir twa Kingis war at 3ork, was
brocM to pame ane childe of grete bewte and heretowr to sindry
landis besyde jork, havand grete malady, for ane of his een
was consumytt be flux of evill humoMn's, his hand pynytt
awaye, and na power of his toung nor 3ite his ta syde. The
medicinaris, knawing nocht pe cauft of his malady, iugit his
seyknes incurabill, becaus he was troubillit with contrarius
maladyis. King Williame, seand this childe in pis infirmite,
maid ane croce on him, and incontinent he was restorit to his
hele ; quhairthrow apperit King Williame was of haly life.
At his retumyng in Scotland he dotate be his magnificence
sindry abbais of Scotland : Newbottill, Melroft, Halyrudehous
& Dunfermling. He dotatt als pe sete of Abirdene, as his
charteris ^ite schawis, with sindry preuilegfs. He foundit ane
new bischopry, callit Ergile, with landis to sustene pe samyn.
Schort tyme eftir, quhen he was enterit in pe castell of
Birtha witht his nobillis, the watter of Taye and Awmond
(II. 330) raift sa grete pat mekill of pe wallis of Birtha was cassin doun,
and mony pepill perist. King William, his wife, childerin
& nobillis eschapitt nerrowly of pair lyvis. Be pis flude pereist
King Williamis son, namyt lohnne, sowkand his nureift,
with xij wemen & xxj of pe Kingis familiaris, throw quhilk
raift na left doloure and lamentacioun pan is with pe peple
quhen pair townis ar takin with inymyis. For pe invndacioun
and preft of rageand watter apperis to me mair terribill and
dangerous pan ony fyre, for pe fyre incresft with small begyn-
nyng, and schawis sa sone pe self pat it invadis pe pepill mair
in pair gudis pan in pair bodeis, and sone slokin, quhar men ar
deligent. Be contrar, na witt nor deligence of man may
resist pe inundacioun 1 of watter, for it enteris at durris &
wyndois with sik violence pat na remede is aganis it, bot gif
ane man fynd hastlye schippis or baittis ; and quhen sic thingis
can nocAt be gottin, howbeit pe pepill pas to pe hede of pe
houft, 3ite pai ar nocAt sauffitt, bot pe watter gangis abone
1 MS. inudacioun.
215
reiosing of pit landis be Scotland pat pai suld be haldin of pe
King of Ingland, and faith and homage to be maid to him for
pe samyn be all Scottis quhilkis gat pe samyn in possessioun.
The samyn tyme, quhen pir twa Kingis war at 3ork, was
brocM to pame ane childe of grete bewte and heretowr to sindry
landis besyde jork, havand grete malady, for ane of his een
was consumytt be flux of evill humoMn's, his hand pynytt
awaye, and na power of his toung nor 3ite his ta syde. The
medicinaris, knawing nocht pe cauft of his malady, iugit his
seyknes incurabill, becaus he was troubillit with contrarius
maladyis. King Williame, seand this childe in pis infirmite,
maid ane croce on him, and incontinent he was restorit to his
hele ; quhairthrow apperit King Williame was of haly life.
At his retumyng in Scotland he dotate be his magnificence
sindry abbais of Scotland : Newbottill, Melroft, Halyrudehous
& Dunfermling. He dotatt als pe sete of Abirdene, as his
charteris ^ite schawis, with sindry preuilegfs. He foundit ane
new bischopry, callit Ergile, with landis to sustene pe samyn.
Schort tyme eftir, quhen he was enterit in pe castell of
Birtha witht his nobillis, the watter of Taye and Awmond
(II. 330) raift sa grete pat mekill of pe wallis of Birtha was cassin doun,
and mony pepill perist. King William, his wife, childerin
& nobillis eschapitt nerrowly of pair lyvis. Be pis flude pereist
King Williamis son, namyt lohnne, sowkand his nureift,
with xij wemen & xxj of pe Kingis familiaris, throw quhilk
raift na left doloure and lamentacioun pan is with pe peple
quhen pair townis ar takin with inymyis. For pe invndacioun
and preft of rageand watter apperis to me mair terribill and
dangerous pan ony fyre, for pe fyre incresft with small begyn-
nyng, and schawis sa sone pe self pat it invadis pe pepill mair
in pair gudis pan in pair bodeis, and sone slokin, quhar men ar
deligent. Be contrar, na witt nor deligence of man may
resist pe inundacioun 1 of watter, for it enteris at durris &
wyndois with sik violence pat na remede is aganis it, bot gif
ane man fynd hastlye schippis or baittis ; and quhen sic thingis
can nocAt be gottin, howbeit pe pepill pas to pe hede of pe
houft, 3ite pai ar nocAt sauffitt, bot pe watter gangis abone
1 MS. inudacioun.
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > Third series > Chronicles of Scotland > Volume 2, 1941 > (229) |
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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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