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JAMES IV.
26l
twenty zeiris of aige 1 and was in the tonne the tyme
of the sowmondis, and thairefter quhene the feild
was strikin he swore to me thair was no maner of
man that eskaipit that was callit in that sowmondis
5 hot that on man allone quhilk maid his protestatioun
and appeillit fre the saidis sowmondis hot all the laif
war perischit in the feild witht the kingis grace.2 Thir
nowellis passit through the tonne on the morne to3
everie man as effeirit and spetiallie they come to the
10 kingis eairis quho gaif them bott lyttill credence nor
wald gif to no man nor signe nor taikin quhilk was
contrair to his porpois, but reffussit allwayis godlie
consall quhilk was to his honour and commone weill
of the contrie and wald nocht wse no consall of his How the
. king wold
15 prudent wyfe Margant quene of Scottland for no use na con-
sail of his
prayeris nor suppliecatioun scho could mak, schawand wyffe.
[him] that scho had bot ane sone in to 4 him quhilk was
ane waik warand to the realme of Scottland and ower
soune to him to pase to battell levand so small suc-
20 cessioun behind him; thairfor scho thocht it best that
he sould tarie quhill god send thame more fruit of his
body ffor assuirand him gif he passit to Ingland at that
tyme he wald gett battell. Zeit this wyse consall and
admonitioun [was] of no wyse acceptit nor takin in goode
25 pairt be him [and] because scho was the king of Inglandis
sister was the less regairdit; zeit this nobill woman did
hir dewtie and labouris sa far as scho might for the weill
of hir husband and the commone weill of the contrie Foi. 87 b.
and also for the lufe that scho buire to her brother the
30 king of Ingland desyrand no discord to be betuix the
tuo realmes in hir tyme. Bot nevertheles nothing wald
1 This appears to show that Pitscottie had conversed with a man
who had been in Edinburgh in the year 1513 and was born in 1493;
but see Notes.
2 See Notes.
3 I lias “to,” A has “that,” but the reading of I is preferable.
4 “In to,” we now say.“to.”