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JAMES V.
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and clairit, mallvesie musticat1 and allacant, inchethrist
and accqquitie. Ffarder thair was of meittis, of breid
quhyte breid maine breid 2 and gingebreid,3 witht flesches,
beif, muttun, lambes,4 cuning,5 cran,6 suan, wile guse,
5 pertrick 7 and plever,8 duke,9 Brissill cok10 and powins11
togither witht blak cok and murefoull and cappercallzes ;
and also the stankis that was round about the palice was
sovvmond full of all deliecat fisches, as sallmond, troutis
and perches, pykis and eilis and all wther kynd of
ro deliecat fisches that could be gottin in fresche watteris
was all redy to be prepairit for the bancat. Syne was
thair proper stewartis and cuning baxteris and also ex¬
cellent cuikis and potiseris12 witht confectiounis and
drogis ffor thair desairtis. All thir thingis beand in
15 order and prepairit as I haue schawin, hallis, chameris
and witht costlie beding, weschell and naiperie accord¬
ing for ane king, nathing deminischit of his ordour more
nor he had bene at hame in his awin palice. The king
remanit in this present wildernes at the huntting the
20 space of thrie dayis and thrie nightis, and his companie
as I haue schawin to zow affoir. I hard men say that
ewerie day was the Earle of Atholl in expenssis ane
thowsand pound. This ambassadour of the paipis seand
this great bancat and treumph being maid in ane wilder-
25 nes, quhair thair was not toune neir be xx myle, thocht
it ane great merwell that sic ane thing sould be in Scott-
1 I has ‘ ‘ muscatie and allagant, inpechryst and attaquytie ”—i.e.,
Muscatel and Alicante, Hippocras and Aqua Vitae. See Glossary.
2 ‘‘ Maine breid ” = almond bread, or a light fine kind of bread.
3 “ Gingebreid ” = probably gingerbread, but I has “gaige.”
4 I adds, “ veall and venisoun, guse, gryce and capoun and,” &c.
5 “ Cuning ” = conies, or rabbits.
6 “Cran” = cranes or herons.
7 “ Pertrick ” = partridges. 8 “ Plever ” = plovers.
9 I has “ duik, draik, mortoun and murfowll with goudneis
brissell cok pownis blakcok and caperkeillzie.” See Glossary.
10 ‘1 Brissill cok ” = turkeys ?
11 “ Powins ” = peacocks. 12 I has “ potingareis.”
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The earle of
Athollis
expenssis