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LIBER DECIMUS SEXTUS
369
and was ane expart medicinar, richt crafty in playing baith
lute and harp and sindry vther instrumentis of musik. Attotir,
he was expert in grawmair, oratory and powettry, and maid
sa flowand and sentencious versis pat apperitt wele he was ane
naturall and born poete. He was als ane cwnyng theologe,
for he leeritt all pir science during pe xviij yeris of his captiuite ;
and was haldin all pe tyme of his residence in Ingland in grete
admiracioun to pe pepill for his singular vertew, and perfor
564 his captiuite succeditt to his maist | gloir and honowr.
(II. 484) King Robert, herand how his son was takin on pis maner
be Inglismen, tuke sik displeserr and malancoly pat he levitt
nocM eftir, and decessitt pe xvj yere of his regne, fra pe In-
carnacioun jm iiijc and vj yeris. Eftir his deth his body was
brocht 'with funerall triumphe to Pasley, quhar he was berijt
with his Qwene afoir rehersitt. King Robert was ane man
of grete stature, richt liberall & gracious in all his werkis,
houbeit he was menyeitt be ane straik of ane horft, as we haif
schewin, richt fervent in his deuocioun, and sa mercifull to
pe pepill pat he wald suffer na iniuris done aganis pame but
punycioun; and gif he mycM haiff passit throw pe cuntre
but impediment of his feitt, pe realme suld haif bene governit
with na left felicite in his dayis pan it was in ony vther princis
tyme afoir. Duke Robert eftir his deth was chosin be new
eleccioun Governonr, and gyditt pe realme eftir pe Kingis
deth with bettir iustice pan afoir.
In pe menetyme pe castell of ledburgh was takin be pe
men of Tevidale and cassin doun to pe ground. Archibald
Douglas, herand pat King Robert was decessitt, maid ane
waye for his redempcioun, & returnit in Scotlannd. Noch
lang eftir ane counsale was sett to restoir George, Erie of
Marche to his honour and landis. Eftir lang disputacioun it
was concludit pat he suld want ane part of his landis, namytt
Annawderdale & Lochmabane, and pe said landis to pas vnder
perpetuall dominioun of pe Douglas. Be thir condicionis was
pe Erie of Marche restoritt to his landis & peace.
VOL. II.
2 A
369
and was ane expart medicinar, richt crafty in playing baith
lute and harp and sindry vther instrumentis of musik. Attotir,
he was expert in grawmair, oratory and powettry, and maid
sa flowand and sentencious versis pat apperitt wele he was ane
naturall and born poete. He was als ane cwnyng theologe,
for he leeritt all pir science during pe xviij yeris of his captiuite ;
and was haldin all pe tyme of his residence in Ingland in grete
admiracioun to pe pepill for his singular vertew, and perfor
564 his captiuite succeditt to his maist | gloir and honowr.
(II. 484) King Robert, herand how his son was takin on pis maner
be Inglismen, tuke sik displeserr and malancoly pat he levitt
nocM eftir, and decessitt pe xvj yere of his regne, fra pe In-
carnacioun jm iiijc and vj yeris. Eftir his deth his body was
brocht 'with funerall triumphe to Pasley, quhar he was berijt
with his Qwene afoir rehersitt. King Robert was ane man
of grete stature, richt liberall & gracious in all his werkis,
houbeit he was menyeitt be ane straik of ane horft, as we haif
schewin, richt fervent in his deuocioun, and sa mercifull to
pe pepill pat he wald suffer na iniuris done aganis pame but
punycioun; and gif he mycM haiff passit throw pe cuntre
but impediment of his feitt, pe realme suld haif bene governit
with na left felicite in his dayis pan it was in ony vther princis
tyme afoir. Duke Robert eftir his deth was chosin be new
eleccioun Governonr, and gyditt pe realme eftir pe Kingis
deth with bettir iustice pan afoir.
In pe menetyme pe castell of ledburgh was takin be pe
men of Tevidale and cassin doun to pe ground. Archibald
Douglas, herand pat King Robert was decessitt, maid ane
waye for his redempcioun, & returnit in Scotlannd. Noch
lang eftir ane counsale was sett to restoir George, Erie of
Marche to his honour and landis. Eftir lang disputacioun it
was concludit pat he suld want ane part of his landis, namytt
Annawderdale & Lochmabane, and pe said landis to pas vnder
perpetuall dominioun of pe Douglas. Be thir condicionis was
pe Erie of Marche restoritt to his landis & peace.
VOL. II.
2 A
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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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