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THE HISTORIE OF SCOTLAND.
The begin¬
ning of the
Stuarts in
Scotland,
and thair
progres.
Bancho the
kingis Hue-
tenant in
Loquhaber.
Banchois oy,
Walter the
first stuart
is named.
this day, we see, haue gouerned prosperouslie and with
gude luck. This place requires to speik sum thing mair
large of the beginning of the stuartis, that al vatn may se
and consider how rychtuouslie our kingis haue descendet,
and how ordourlie, frome thair parents kingis, and how 5
honorablie that hous of the Stuartis, baith in peace and
weir, with vs hes evir beine. This stock of the Stuartis
and familie had thair original frome ane Bancho his name,
a worthie man in his tyme, and for mony causes honor¬
able, the king his liuetenant in Lochquhaber; bot be 10
quhat way his ofspring cam to be kings is euident of that
quhilk followis. Quhen Machabie forsaid vndirstude be
certane witche wyfes, quha rather sulde be callet deuilis
in the lyknes of wyfes, how schort sulde be thair tyme quha
descendet of him, and how fayr suld flurise the seid 15
qlke Bancho sew, and how lang that suld endure, Mac¬
habie deuyses to cal Bancho and Fleanch, his sone, till
a banket, that be sik a trayne quyetlie he may steil
thame doune, and thaireftir na man suspect him as giltie.
for gif him self in his aw;ze hous sa foul an act had com- 20
mitted, contrare the law of frindschip and kyndnes, jie
and the law of natur, he thocht all men mycht abhor his
cuiwpanie, and war ane occasioune to turn al menis
hartis fra him. he thairfor appoynted certan cutthrots
to wayt thame as fra the Banquet thay return ; quhilk 25
thay did ; slew Bancho, bot ffleanch chapet throuch occa-
sioun of the nycht seasoun, fled to Wallis, and remainet
in his hous, vndir his defence quha for the tyme was
gouernour of that cuwtrie, quhais dauchtir, a woma»
beutiful and fayr, he mariit, vpon quhom he begat a sone 30
Walter. This Walter, of a coragious spirit, able in al
thingz's, following his foirbearzs, Jnspirit with thair spirit,
cumis to Scotland to serue the king in the weiris; Heir
first he vanquissis the hilandmezz, vthiris he laid in pre-
souzze quha war false to thair king, and than returnis 35
with a gret triumph, quhair he is declairet gouernour of
THE HISTORIE OF SCOTLAND.
The begin¬
ning of the
Stuarts in
Scotland,
and thair
progres.
Bancho the
kingis Hue-
tenant in
Loquhaber.
Banchois oy,
Walter the
first stuart
is named.
this day, we see, haue gouerned prosperouslie and with
gude luck. This place requires to speik sum thing mair
large of the beginning of the stuartis, that al vatn may se
and consider how rychtuouslie our kingis haue descendet,
and how ordourlie, frome thair parents kingis, and how 5
honorablie that hous of the Stuartis, baith in peace and
weir, with vs hes evir beine. This stock of the Stuartis
and familie had thair original frome ane Bancho his name,
a worthie man in his tyme, and for mony causes honor¬
able, the king his liuetenant in Lochquhaber; bot be 10
quhat way his ofspring cam to be kings is euident of that
quhilk followis. Quhen Machabie forsaid vndirstude be
certane witche wyfes, quha rather sulde be callet deuilis
in the lyknes of wyfes, how schort sulde be thair tyme quha
descendet of him, and how fayr suld flurise the seid 15
qlke Bancho sew, and how lang that suld endure, Mac¬
habie deuyses to cal Bancho and Fleanch, his sone, till
a banket, that be sik a trayne quyetlie he may steil
thame doune, and thaireftir na man suspect him as giltie.
for gif him self in his aw;ze hous sa foul an act had com- 20
mitted, contrare the law of frindschip and kyndnes, jie
and the law of natur, he thocht all men mycht abhor his
cuiwpanie, and war ane occasioune to turn al menis
hartis fra him. he thairfor appoynted certan cutthrots
to wayt thame as fra the Banquet thay return ; quhilk 25
thay did ; slew Bancho, bot ffleanch chapet throuch occa-
sioun of the nycht seasoun, fled to Wallis, and remainet
in his hous, vndir his defence quha for the tyme was
gouernour of that cuwtrie, quhais dauchtir, a woma»
beutiful and fayr, he mariit, vpon quhom he begat a sone 30
Walter. This Walter, of a coragious spirit, able in al
thingz's, following his foirbearzs, Jnspirit with thair spirit,
cumis to Scotland to serue the king in the weiris; Heir
first he vanquissis the hilandmezz, vthiris he laid in pre-
souzze quha war false to thair king, and than returnis 35
with a gret triumph, quhair he is declairet gouernour of
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| Description | Wrytten first in Latin by Jhone Leslie and translated in Scottish by James Dalrymple. Edited by E.G. Cody. Volume 2 edited by E.G. Cody and William Murison. Edinburgh : Printed for the Society by William Blackwood & Sons, 1888-1895. 2 volumes. |
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