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1FTHE FORRAY
Na zit fhir Tholomere perfay
That I fled him for cowardife,
I wald nocht to haue Paradife,
In thank to change to be trewlie,
Fra zow out of this companie.
Thy felfe may beft this errand may,
That thou oft carpis to afTay,
Emynedus faid him curtafly,
Beufchir ze wait richt weill that I,
Am Conftabill ordaned be the King,
And hes zow heir in gouerning.
And I left zow but gouernall,
Fechtand in fa fell battall,
I fould all warldis honour tyne.
And with gud richt be hangit fyne.
Bot had the King biddin zow be,
Conftabill as he hes biddin me,
Than micht I weii this meflage ma,
And fould foroutin grudging ga.
Bot in this point it may nocht be,
For fen the King zow taucht to me.
Me had leuer die in bataill.
Than ocht in my defilt fould faill.
QVHAN that the Duke fawe his trauaill,
To get fuccour micht not avail].
And that nocht ane wald for him ga.
In his hart he was wonder wa.
And to Antigonus faid he,
Gud fhir gif it zour willis be.
To Tyre our meflage will ze beir,
Vpon that fteid that is fuifter.
Than is Sparhalk Pertrik or quailze.
14 Say
Na zit fhir Tholomere perfay
That I fled him for cowardife,
I wald nocht to haue Paradife,
In thank to change to be trewlie,
Fra zow out of this companie.
Thy felfe may beft this errand may,
That thou oft carpis to afTay,
Emynedus faid him curtafly,
Beufchir ze wait richt weill that I,
Am Conftabill ordaned be the King,
And hes zow heir in gouerning.
And I left zow but gouernall,
Fechtand in fa fell battall,
I fould all warldis honour tyne.
And with gud richt be hangit fyne.
Bot had the King biddin zow be,
Conftabill as he hes biddin me,
Than micht I weii this meflage ma,
And fould foroutin grudging ga.
Bot in this point it may nocht be,
For fen the King zow taucht to me.
Me had leuer die in bataill.
Than ocht in my defilt fould faill.
QVHAN that the Duke fawe his trauaill,
To get fuccour micht not avail].
And that nocht ane wald for him ga.
In his hart he was wonder wa.
And to Antigonus faid he,
Gud fhir gif it zour willis be.
To Tyre our meflage will ze beir,
Vpon that fteid that is fuifter.
Than is Sparhalk Pertrik or quailze.
14 Say
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| Description | In verse. Edited by David Laing. A free Scottish version, ascribed to John Barbour, of two French poems forming parts of the Roman d'Alexandre: "Les voeux du paon" by Jacques de Longuyon, with part of "Li fuerres de Gadres" prefixed. Faithfully reprinted [by Ballantyne and Co.] from the unique copy printed by A. Arbuthnet about 1580. Reproduces several large cuts of Arbuthnet's device. Presented to the Bannatyne club, by William Henry Miller. |
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