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CRONICLIS OF SCOTLAND.
ane sone from him laittlie befoir, zeit he gaif him
thankis for the sending of that nobill prince to be his
sone, excepand him in luffe and fawour so ferventlie
as he had bene his awin naturall sone gottin of his
body; and commandit the Dollphin his soune to wait 5
wpoun him and intertein him as his awin brother and
sie that nane of his servantis that come witht him bot
that thai war treitit and weill intertenit according to
thaii estait. Bot the king tarieit no langer thair bot
gart sound his trumpitis and all men to horse, and also 10
gart gett fresche horse to the king of Scottland because
he raid hither on postis, and that night the king come to
ane palice of his awin and remanit thair all night. Bot
zeit in this meane tyme the king of Scottland did his
dew reverence into the quen of France and hir ladyis, 15
and in spetiall to the kingis dochter Magdallan, quho
was rydand in ane charrott because scho was seiklie and
evell dispossit, scho might nocht ryd on horse. Zeit
nochtwithtstanding all hir seiknes and melodic,1 fre
tyme scho saw the king of Scotland and spak witht him 20
scho became so inamorit witht him and luffit him so
Foi. 124 a. that scho wald haue no man on lyffe bot him allanerlie,
quhairof the consall of France and Scottland baitht
lykit nothing thairof ffor they war certiffieit be the
doctouris medicianaris that no successioun wald come of 25
hir body be ressone of hir lang seiknes and melodie 1 and
that scho was nocht abill to travell out of that contrie to
no wther, and gif scho did scho wald not haue lang
dayis thair into. Zeit nochtwithtstanding, the ardant
luffe that this gentillwoman buire to the king of Scott- 30
land caussit hir father the king of France to consent
into hir marieage witht the king of Scotland and to the
effect desyrit the king of Scottland to the samin quho
consentit thairto hastelie ffor the luffe that he bure to
1 I has “malice,” but the word should be malady or “malaise.”
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