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LIBER DECIMUS QUARTUS
263
betuix him and Robert Bruse, desyring King Edward, gif
he intendit to reiose Scotlannd but troubill, to put pe Bruse
haistelye to dede. King Edward gaif litill faith to pe writingis
at pe first sycht, trasting fame to precede be invy of Cwmyng,
dredand pe pyssance of Robert Bruse to pas abone him.
Nochtyeles, he callit pe Bruse to him, demanding gif he had
cognoscence of his awin write. The Bruse denyitt pe lettrez
with grete Constance, schewing pe samyn preceding onlie be
invy of Cwmyng, and perfor desyrit to be avisit with pe
lettrez for ane nycht, and he suld preiff pame fengeitt, vnder
pe payne of tynsale of all his landis & erledome quhilk he had
within Ingland. King Edward, becaus he gaif litill faith to
pir lettrez, gaif pame to pe Bruse ; howbeit it was done with
grete foly, for he suld haif haldin him vnder sikkir festinance,
quhill he had bene profoundly resoluit in pis mater. Nocht-
peles, it was pe werd & will of God pat pe Bruse suld be sauffitt
to recover pe realme of Scotland owte of soruitude & tyranny
of Inglismen. The Erie of Glomere sone eftir his departing
fra pe Kingfs presence send him ij angell nobillis with twa
scharp spurris, throw quhilk pe Bruse conieckitt in his mynde
pat na thing was proffittable for him bot alanerly to flee
487 with all deligence ; incontinent tuke thre of | pe best horsfi
in his stabill, and becaus it was ane vehement snaw, he gart
ane smytA schoo his horft bakwarttis, pat nane suld follow
him be his fute steppis ; incontinent departit oute of Lundoun
with twa traist seruandis with all deligens he mycht, and
come pe vij daye to Lochmabane, quhair he mett his bruper
Dauid Bruse and lohnne Flemyng ; syne went forthwert in
pe cuntre, quhill at last he mett ane 3oung man, namytt
{II. 380) Flemyng, berand writingis fra pe Cwmyng to King Edward
to slaye him in all haist. Bruse, eftir pat he had knawin pe
tenonr of pir writingis, inquyrit quhair pe Cwmyng was. The
Flemyng schew pat he was in pe Freris of Drumfreft. Incon¬
tinent he slew pe Flemyng for bering of pir writingis, and
come haistelye in pe qwere of Druwfreft, quhar he fand pe
Cwmyng, and eftir pat he had accusit him of his tresoun,
straik him with ane swerd in pe wame ; syne fled haistlye
oute of pe kirk, and mett lames Lyndesaye and Rogere
263
betuix him and Robert Bruse, desyring King Edward, gif
he intendit to reiose Scotlannd but troubill, to put pe Bruse
haistelye to dede. King Edward gaif litill faith to pe writingis
at pe first sycht, trasting fame to precede be invy of Cwmyng,
dredand pe pyssance of Robert Bruse to pas abone him.
Nochtyeles, he callit pe Bruse to him, demanding gif he had
cognoscence of his awin write. The Bruse denyitt pe lettrez
with grete Constance, schewing pe samyn preceding onlie be
invy of Cwmyng, and perfor desyrit to be avisit with pe
lettrez for ane nycht, and he suld preiff pame fengeitt, vnder
pe payne of tynsale of all his landis & erledome quhilk he had
within Ingland. King Edward, becaus he gaif litill faith to
pir lettrez, gaif pame to pe Bruse ; howbeit it was done with
grete foly, for he suld haif haldin him vnder sikkir festinance,
quhill he had bene profoundly resoluit in pis mater. Nocht-
peles, it was pe werd & will of God pat pe Bruse suld be sauffitt
to recover pe realme of Scotland owte of soruitude & tyranny
of Inglismen. The Erie of Glomere sone eftir his departing
fra pe Kingfs presence send him ij angell nobillis with twa
scharp spurris, throw quhilk pe Bruse conieckitt in his mynde
pat na thing was proffittable for him bot alanerly to flee
487 with all deligence ; incontinent tuke thre of | pe best horsfi
in his stabill, and becaus it was ane vehement snaw, he gart
ane smytA schoo his horft bakwarttis, pat nane suld follow
him be his fute steppis ; incontinent departit oute of Lundoun
with twa traist seruandis with all deligens he mycht, and
come pe vij daye to Lochmabane, quhair he mett his bruper
Dauid Bruse and lohnne Flemyng ; syne went forthwert in
pe cuntre, quhill at last he mett ane 3oung man, namytt
{II. 380) Flemyng, berand writingis fra pe Cwmyng to King Edward
to slaye him in all haist. Bruse, eftir pat he had knawin pe
tenonr of pir writingis, inquyrit quhair pe Cwmyng was. The
Flemyng schew pat he was in pe Freris of Drumfreft. Incon¬
tinent he slew pe Flemyng for bering of pir writingis, and
come haistelye in pe qwere of Druwfreft, quhar he fand pe
Cwmyng, and eftir pat he had accusit him of his tresoun,
straik him with ane swerd in pe wame ; syne fled haistlye
oute of pe kirk, and mett lames Lyndesaye and Rogere
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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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