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CRONICLIS OF SCOTLAND.
How ane
ambassadour
come out of
Ingland.
Fol. 116 a.
How the
quene tuik
ane inter-
pryse.
ane ambassadour out of Ingland nameit Lord Williame
witht ane bischope witht him in companie with money
wther gentillmen to the number of iijxx of horse in tryne,
quhilk was all abill men and waillit1 men ffor all kynd of
games and pastymes as schotting, lepping ryding and 5
warsling.2 Bot they war weill sayit3 or they past out of
Scottland [and] that be thair awin provocatioun bot ewer
they tint, quhill at last the quen of Scottland the kingis
mother fawored the Inglischemen so because scho was
the king of Inglandis sister; and thairfor scho tuik ane 10
interpryse of aircharie wpoun the Inglischemenis handis
contrair the kingis grace hir sone and ony sex in Scott¬
land that he wald waill ether gentillmen or zemen that
the said Inglischemen sould schute aganis thame ether
at prickis,4 reveris5 or at buttis as the Scottis pleissit. 15
The king heirand this of his mother was contentit of hir
bonspell6 and gart her pand7 ane hunder crouns and ane
tune of wyne wpoun the Inglischemenis handis and hie
incontienent laid done sa mekill ffor the Scottismen.
The feild and the ground was in Sanctandrois and the 20
men chossin, thre landit gentillmen and thrie zemen8
to schut aganis the Inglischemen to wit, Dawid Wemes
of that Ilk, Dauid Arnet of that Ilk, Mr Johnne Wader-
burne wickar of Dundie; the zemen Johnne Thomsone
of Leytht, Stewin Taburner witht ane9 Baillzie, ane 25
pyper, that schot felloun neir and warrit the Inglische¬
men of tymes be neir schutting, bot the rest of airchouris
1 “Waillit”—i.e., “ waled ” or chosen men. See Glossary.
2 “Warsling” = wrestling.
3 “ Sayit ” = assayit—i.e., tried.
4 “Prickis” or “prickes,” and “ prickewandes,” were marks
used in archery. See Glossary.
5 “ Reveris ” = rovers—i.e., arrows shot at an elevation, contrasted
with “ buttes,” when the bow is held level. See Glossary.
6 “ Bonspeil” = game. See Glossary.
7 “Pand”—z'.c., pledge. See Glossary.
8 “ Zemen ” = yeomen.
9 I has “callit.”