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THE NYNT BUIK.
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quhen the feild was fochtne, cam to Lythquowe, quha
lang afor the feild had cum, gif the king had nocht
finjet him selfe seik, and sa cam out of the Castel of
Edr mair with compulsioune nor plesure, and gif his
5 horse had not, of sett purpose, beine slawe in the way.
The slawnes of the kingis horse maid George Douglas in
sik a furie, that with word and wand the kingis horse he
sharplie draue out the * gait, and at last was sa wod
that he spairet nocht proud wordes to the king selfe.
1 o This iniure the king sourlie laid till his chairge eftirward,
and forjhet nocht, quhen he banist him. That sam
selfe nycht the king with his, cam to Striuiling, fra t Ster¬
ling to ffife at speid, persuadet be thame to seik the
Quene, and the Bishop of S. Androis. Bot throuch
15 fidelitie of thair awne war in sik saiftie, that na man
knew of thair aduersaris quhair tha lay hid; The Mon¬
aster of Dunfermling tha spoyled, and tuik quhat tha
fand in the Castel of S. Androis, than hame cam blyth
til Edr.
20 Quhen sik contentioune and stryfe in Scotland amang
the nobilitie sa vehement was seine, the Shirreff of air
slew the Erie of Cassilis, and Sr Jhone Campbel slew
Maklane in Edr. Jn vthiris partes, monie ma slauchteris
at this tyme cruellie ar committed. The Realme was
25 now in sik distres, that the bordourers ilk } other day
spairet not to spoy/jie, rin the foray, tak a pray, out of
the hart of Scotland, the verie mid cuntrie.
Jn the North deidlie feid betuein tua noble houses of
the Leslies and Forbessis, drue to gret parties; the
30 crueller was this feid, and daylie the deidlier, the gretter
parties tha drue to : the ma slauchteris war committed
baith amang gentle & semple, in the Marr, Garreoth,
* L. “acrius incitavit.”
t The sudden changes in spelling of this name are remarkable.
L. keeps always the same form, Striveling.
J L. “ quotidie pene ”—almost daily.
Slauchter,
Thift, and
Reife.
Ciuil weiris
and deidlie
feid ful feirse
betuene the
Lesleis &
Forbessis.
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