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If THE FORRAY
In perrill and In perplexitie.
This meffage do for zow I will,
Gif God will gif me grace thair till.
Bot my flieild futhly firll fliall be,
To hewin, that men fall weill it fie,
My helme and als my haberfoun.
And I fall fie in grit fufoun.
The blude rin out of my body,
And my fteid that is gude fall halely,
Be haillit in blude and fueat alfa.
But verray takinnis I will not ga.
Quhan I am ftad as I zow fay.
And I yan prayit be, gif I may
Half mycht and fpace and lyfe yairto.
This melTage glaidly will I do,
Thair lall nane mak at me fcornine.
Gir 1 may at my departing
Na zit the King fall nocht blame me.
To gretly gif I may him fe,
With that thay war on athir fide.
All reddy femblit for to ryde,
With vapnis yat war bricht as flour,
Redie to zeild yat ftalwart ftour.
The knychtis of Grece quhom bot yai.
Gouernit yame felf wyfly perfai.
Thai lichtit all in full grete hy,
And armyt yame full cumly,
Gaderit yare hors and knyt yair renzes
And to thair fperis fefnit fenzeis.
And fyne lap on yair fteidis ftyth,
And embraiffit yair fcheldis fwyth,
Thay raid wifly and in gude array.
28 And
In perrill and In perplexitie.
This meffage do for zow I will,
Gif God will gif me grace thair till.
Bot my flieild futhly firll fliall be,
To hewin, that men fall weill it fie,
My helme and als my haberfoun.
And I fall fie in grit fufoun.
The blude rin out of my body,
And my fteid that is gude fall halely,
Be haillit in blude and fueat alfa.
But verray takinnis I will not ga.
Quhan I am ftad as I zow fay.
And I yan prayit be, gif I may
Half mycht and fpace and lyfe yairto.
This melTage glaidly will I do,
Thair lall nane mak at me fcornine.
Gir 1 may at my departing
Na zit the King fall nocht blame me.
To gretly gif I may him fe,
With that thay war on athir fide.
All reddy femblit for to ryde,
With vapnis yat war bricht as flour,
Redie to zeild yat ftalwart ftour.
The knychtis of Grece quhom bot yai.
Gouernit yame felf wyfly perfai.
Thai lichtit all in full grete hy,
And armyt yame full cumly,
Gaderit yare hors and knyt yair renzes
And to thair fperis fefnit fenzeis.
And fyne lap on yair fteidis ftyth,
And embraiffit yair fcheldis fwyth,
Thay raid wifly and in gude array.
28 And
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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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