Bannatyne Club > Buik of the most noble and vailzeand conquerour Alexander the Great

OF EFFESOVN
God gif all that helpis me,
To his flauchter vengit be,
With that he bradit out his brand.
And fmait ane Grecian I tak on hand,
Quhill Ihulder and arme flew him fra,
And he doun to the erd can ga,
Porrus dufhit with that fer by,
Amang the laif richt fturdely,
that it femit tempeft fers and fell.
Lordingis quhat fall I to zow tell.
All dang he doun that he ourtuke,
Quhare he part the renkis fhuke.
To fay the fuith fa raony he fellit,
that nane is leuand that may tell it.
He focht CalTamus quhill he him fand,
Outwith the battell him reftand.
PORRVS was glaid quhen he had fene,
Auld Calfamus for in that tene,
He thocht to tak in that fteid,
Ane reuenge of his fatheris deid.
He faid cairll with thy fyde beird,
throw quhom our folke ar all affeird,
that ane part fleis, ane vther part flane,
the thrid in perrell or in pane,
thow leuis nocht lang wit thow weill,
this fword that fhorand is of fteill.
Sail in thy body bathit be.
Said Calfamus fa mot I the,
thy mannace dreid I nocht ane dait.
Do furth thy beft for weill I wait,
that of that craft fum deill I can,
For I it leirit fen I was man,
411 Quhair