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Gentiles.
The scottis
vpo» thair
awne purse
mow sustein
the kings
weiris &
thairfor frie
of custome.
Quhairin
the king of
Scotland is
riches ap-
peires to
cowsist.
114 THE HISTORIE OF SCOTLAND.
thay gaue lande, money, priueleges, and mony vthiris
rewardes, that thay duelling in the marches and bor-
douris of that land mycht defend that natione frome the
force of the ennimie and spoiling. Thir the Romanes
called Gentiles: we eftir thame, * co^forme to thair 5
imitatione, 96 Gentilmen. The hail nobilitie, ^e the
scottis ane and al, in quhatsaeuir digrie or place thay
be in, ar bund of that necessitie, that gif the vveiris be
vrgent thay susteine the kingis weiris vpon thair awne
charges: nethir for al that, ar thay thocht, or sulde be 10
esteimed, to fecht to the king for nocht; quhen thay ar
frie of al custumes, w1 quhilkes ar opprest the subiectes
of vthiris princes, and lykwyse ar induet with diuerse
vthiris priuileges be the king, of his benignitie: first
of al vpo;* this cowditione, that gif the king command, 15
t with ane armie thay passe in haist against the ennimie,
vpo;2 thair awne purse, in quhilke nocht onlie awsistes
a singular vtilitie of the people, bot also a principal
abundance and welth of the king is includet. Nathir
say I this, to gyue ony occasione to suspecte that our king 20
wantes his jeirlie rentis (quhen, in abundance, he hes, of
3eirlie rentis, quhairvpow he royallie may susteine his
court, and vphalde the magnifik persone of a king), bot
to lat thame vndirstand that the welth of our king may
be weil cowpaired w1 the puissance of golde and siluir: 25
and surlie for the cause forsaid, that al jeirlie reTztis, how
abundant sa evir, he may esteime nathing, nathir neides
he, quhen all his people wlout money, quhilke vthiris
callis the X Strenth and force of the weiris, at the kings
cowmande flies til armes co^trare the aduersar. 30
This farther may be coTzsideret, our king nevir to that
97 fine, at ony tyme to haue beine brocht, that he walde
want, by that, men of weir, nohvithstandez/g vpon his
* L. “oi/illorum imitationem.”
f L. “instructo confestim agmine”—having instantly mustered.
J “Belli nervus”—the sinews of war.
The scottis
vpo» thair
awne purse
mow sustein
the kings
weiris &
thairfor frie
of custome.
Quhairin
the king of
Scotland is
riches ap-
peires to
cowsist.
114 THE HISTORIE OF SCOTLAND.
thay gaue lande, money, priueleges, and mony vthiris
rewardes, that thay duelling in the marches and bor-
douris of that land mycht defend that natione frome the
force of the ennimie and spoiling. Thir the Romanes
called Gentiles: we eftir thame, * co^forme to thair 5
imitatione, 96 Gentilmen. The hail nobilitie, ^e the
scottis ane and al, in quhatsaeuir digrie or place thay
be in, ar bund of that necessitie, that gif the vveiris be
vrgent thay susteine the kingis weiris vpon thair awne
charges: nethir for al that, ar thay thocht, or sulde be 10
esteimed, to fecht to the king for nocht; quhen thay ar
frie of al custumes, w1 quhilkes ar opprest the subiectes
of vthiris princes, and lykwyse ar induet with diuerse
vthiris priuileges be the king, of his benignitie: first
of al vpo;* this cowditione, that gif the king command, 15
t with ane armie thay passe in haist against the ennimie,
vpo;2 thair awne purse, in quhilke nocht onlie awsistes
a singular vtilitie of the people, bot also a principal
abundance and welth of the king is includet. Nathir
say I this, to gyue ony occasione to suspecte that our king 20
wantes his jeirlie rentis (quhen, in abundance, he hes, of
3eirlie rentis, quhairvpow he royallie may susteine his
court, and vphalde the magnifik persone of a king), bot
to lat thame vndirstand that the welth of our king may
be weil cowpaired w1 the puissance of golde and siluir: 25
and surlie for the cause forsaid, that al jeirlie reTztis, how
abundant sa evir, he may esteime nathing, nathir neides
he, quhen all his people wlout money, quhilke vthiris
callis the X Strenth and force of the weiris, at the kings
cowmande flies til armes co^trare the aduersar. 30
This farther may be coTzsideret, our king nevir to that
97 fine, at ony tyme to haue beine brocht, that he walde
want, by that, men of weir, nohvithstandez/g vpon his
* L. “oi/illorum imitationem.”
f L. “instructo confestim agmine”—having instantly mustered.
J “Belli nervus”—the sinews of war.
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| Description | Wrytten first in Latin by Jhone Leslie and translated in Scottish by James Dalrymple. Edited by E.G. Cody. Volume 2 edited by E.G. Cody and William Murison. Edinburgh : Printed for the Society by William Blackwood & Sons, 1888-1895. 2 volumes. |
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