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HTHE FORRAY
Hard neuer man that maid melllng,
With loflingery and taill telling,
Sen this day at the Sone ryiing,
Thow hes contenit this fele fechting,
Quhill now that nicht is cumin neir,
And is woundit in places felr.
How micht thow ftryke fa ftout ane ftraik,
Is nane on lyfe I vndertake,
Na he fculd thairof haue ferly.
Quha hes the in his cumpany,
He aucht in hart loyfiill to be,
For nane that leiffis peir is to the.
God laue the and Ferrand alfua.
For Weill aflemblit ar ze tua.
I foLild na will have to conqueir.
And thow war deid, na armes beir.
With that baith hunders and thoufandis,
War about Betys with burneift brandis,
And faucht felly I vnderta.
Sum him to help fum him to fla,
To nureis gude men and worthy.
Men fould thame preis ay idantly.
For it is proffeit and honour,
And that was fene weill at that ftour.
For thay of Gaderis with all thair micht.
Abandoned thame into the ficht,
For to refkew thair lord Betys.
Thair men micht fie on many wys.
Men fecht with force and with na threat.
And mony ane bathit in blude and fueat.
And mony ane fair body fone ly dead.
The Gaderanes faucht fa in that ftead,
82 That
Hard neuer man that maid melllng,
With loflingery and taill telling,
Sen this day at the Sone ryiing,
Thow hes contenit this fele fechting,
Quhill now that nicht is cumin neir,
And is woundit in places felr.
How micht thow ftryke fa ftout ane ftraik,
Is nane on lyfe I vndertake,
Na he fculd thairof haue ferly.
Quha hes the in his cumpany,
He aucht in hart loyfiill to be,
For nane that leiffis peir is to the.
God laue the and Ferrand alfua.
For Weill aflemblit ar ze tua.
I foLild na will have to conqueir.
And thow war deid, na armes beir.
With that baith hunders and thoufandis,
War about Betys with burneift brandis,
And faucht felly I vnderta.
Sum him to help fum him to fla,
To nureis gude men and worthy.
Men fould thame preis ay idantly.
For it is proffeit and honour,
And that was fene weill at that ftour.
For thay of Gaderis with all thair micht.
Abandoned thame into the ficht,
For to refkew thair lord Betys.
Thair men micht fie on many wys.
Men fecht with force and with na threat.
And mony ane bathit in blude and fueat.
And mony ane fair body fone ly dead.
The Gaderanes faucht fa in that ftead,
82 That
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Bannatyne Club > Buik of the most noble and vailzeand conquerour Alexander the Great > (96) Page 82 |
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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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