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OF ALEXANDER.
This day had na man takin zow
Bot that war nocht for zour prow,
Tharefore gud iliir gif it be zour will,
Comfort zow and be now ftill.
With the maydins zow gammyn and prufe,
Gif thare be ony that ze wald lufe.
And I will be as meffingere,
Zour erands to thame for to here.
Erne faid Betys lat be zour fare,
I pray zow fpeke thareof na mare.
I fawe dame Ideas the zing,
Gif zow hir lufe with ane gould ring.
Fare confine faid Caflamus,
Be all our Gods and be Marcus,
I am our aid to clap or kis,
Maydin that zoung and ioly is,
Bot he is zoung and fare of fere.
And hes great lordfliips for to fi;ere,
And our all thing is ioly and gay.
His make faw I nocht this mony ane day,
And fen God hes fik ane to vs lend,
Quhair nathing may to be amend,
To folace him we fuld vs pane,
Schir mekill thank fayis the Bauderane.
Bot I dar be our gods fwere,
Baith Neptune Mars and lupiter,
I faw hir neuer that ze of mene,
Bot in feir fteids haue I bene,
Quhair I haue hard pryfe hir bounte,
Hir wit hir worlliip and hir bewtie.
Forthy will I faid Caflamus,
Schew zow the fare dame Ideus.
153 L.v. And
This day had na man takin zow
Bot that war nocht for zour prow,
Tharefore gud iliir gif it be zour will,
Comfort zow and be now ftill.
With the maydins zow gammyn and prufe,
Gif thare be ony that ze wald lufe.
And I will be as meffingere,
Zour erands to thame for to here.
Erne faid Betys lat be zour fare,
I pray zow fpeke thareof na mare.
I fawe dame Ideas the zing,
Gif zow hir lufe with ane gould ring.
Fare confine faid Caflamus,
Be all our Gods and be Marcus,
I am our aid to clap or kis,
Maydin that zoung and ioly is,
Bot he is zoung and fare of fere.
And hes great lordfliips for to fi;ere,
And our all thing is ioly and gay.
His make faw I nocht this mony ane day,
And fen God hes fik ane to vs lend,
Quhair nathing may to be amend,
To folace him we fuld vs pane,
Schir mekill thank fayis the Bauderane.
Bot I dar be our gods fwere,
Baith Neptune Mars and lupiter,
I faw hir neuer that ze of mene,
Bot in feir fteids haue I bene,
Quhair I haue hard pryfe hir bounte,
Hir wit hir worlliip and hir bewtie.
Forthy will I faid Caflamus,
Schew zow the fare dame Ideus.
153 L.v. And
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Bannatyne Club > Buik of the most noble and vailzeand conquerour Alexander the Great > (167) Page 153 |
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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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