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OF ALEXANDER.
Dedenzeit to lufe zow lelely,
And I grant zow his lufe courtafly,
Great almous it war that fic menze,
Micht at thare will alFemblit be.
With that ze are fare to feill,
And can comfort zour lemman weill.
Said Ideas ze may beft fcorne,
Ze ar baith better and eldar borne.
With haldis him with zour felf in ftill,
And lat me work as weirdis will.
I kepe na lufe loud na ftill,
Bot Caflamus quhill at he will,
THE Bauderane Caftamus and Betys,
That was ioyfull and ioyus.
Come in the chalmer of quhilk the wall.
Of gold clenely was pantit all,
With filuer als and with afour.
Made iindre things of fere colour,
Thare fand thay Fefonas and Ideas,
And the fare dame Idorus.
Quhan thay faw thame cumand neir,
TTiay rais fone and on thair maneir,
Thay welcumed thame with fare wordis in hy,
And by the hand richt courtefly,
Ilkane tuke vther and fyne thay zeid.
To fit on fege and filkin weid.
Ay tua and tua dame Fefonas,
Sat vmeft and fyne the Bauderane was,
Idorus fyne and fyne Betys,
Syne Ideas the fare of face,
And Caffamus fat all the Lift,
Ideas he embrafed faft,
135 And
Dedenzeit to lufe zow lelely,
And I grant zow his lufe courtafly,
Great almous it war that fic menze,
Micht at thare will alFemblit be.
With that ze are fare to feill,
And can comfort zour lemman weill.
Said Ideas ze may beft fcorne,
Ze ar baith better and eldar borne.
With haldis him with zour felf in ftill,
And lat me work as weirdis will.
I kepe na lufe loud na ftill,
Bot Caflamus quhill at he will,
THE Bauderane Caftamus and Betys,
That was ioyfull and ioyus.
Come in the chalmer of quhilk the wall.
Of gold clenely was pantit all,
With filuer als and with afour.
Made iindre things of fere colour,
Thare fand thay Fefonas and Ideas,
And the fare dame Idorus.
Quhan thay faw thame cumand neir,
TTiay rais fone and on thair maneir,
Thay welcumed thame with fare wordis in hy,
And by the hand richt courtefly,
Ilkane tuke vther and fyne thay zeid.
To fit on fege and filkin weid.
Ay tua and tua dame Fefonas,
Sat vmeft and fyne the Bauderane was,
Idorus fyne and fyne Betys,
Syne Ideas the fare of face,
And Caffamus fat all the Lift,
Ideas he embrafed faft,
135 And
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Bannatyne Club > Buik of the most noble and vailzeand conquerour Alexander the Great > (169) Page 155 |
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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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