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THE 6 BUIK.
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* Except mony vertuous men, quhome heir we ex-
preime nocht, in this age, to the gret felicitie of our
cuwtrie, Scotland had tua notable and Wondirfull, in
respecte of thair virtue, singular knawledge and cuwning,
5 halynes and deuotione: Gilbert, of quhome no1 lang
afor we maid mewtioune, and Duthak, baith Bischopis, the
Duthak of Rosse, Gilbert, of Cathnes; quha, albeit fa°yg|"a
baith obteynet this honour, pairtlie throuch miraculous j°^tand
workeng, pairtlie throuch thair cunning and knawlege;
io Nochtw^tandeng appeiris weil that Duthak had the
grettest dignitie, althoch thay baith war in the haly
number, first, because quhateuir pietie or lernewg Gilbert
had, he receiuet from Duthak: and agane, he was in
sik perpetual honour amang Scotismen, that in al Scot-
15 land Was na pilgrimage sa solemne as that quhilke Was frequent and
oft pilgrim-
vowit to S. Duthak, with Kmgxs, Princes, and the age to S.
Duthak
cowmoune peple, to the Rosse. That same age con- throuch ai
teinet another notable perso«e, t prudent and wyse,
meruellous in sanctitude, first Abbot of Arbroth, neist
20 Bischop of Abirdine : quha all his dayes thaireftir, keipet
the way of baith Abbot, and Bischop, that suirlie je
walde doubte gif je had seine, quhither he was a mair
diligent Bischop or a straiter religious mounk. ffor
althoch with sair trauell he keipet the diosie in ordour,
25 the clergie in thair office, and led the peple the way of
lyfe, X NochtwithstandeTzg simpler cled Bischop than
Abbot, scharper dyot ryche than pure, lyuet vnder a
strayter rule magistrate than priuat, evir. Quhairfor
with that haly king Alexander, he was in sik fauour,
* L. “ prseter ”—beside.
t L. supplies “ Rodulphum quendam ”—a certain Rodulph.
J L. “ tamen tenuiori veste Episcopus quam Abbas, duriori
parsimonia dives quam pauper, arctiori regula Magistratus quam
privatus semper vixit ”—yet he lived poorer clothed as Bishop
than as Abbot, poorer fed when rich than when poor, and under
a stricter rule of life when in authority than when in private life.