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OF EFFESOVN
thay Ibcht him all day to the iiicht,
And fand him with the euin licht,
than was thair nane but thay tua,
With greting to him can thay ga,
Gaudefeir him regratit raith,
Calland him lord and erne baith,
Syne faid the chylde he that the flew,
Set angeris at my hart anew,
Bot fa God my fytis ceis,
thow iuld be vengit na war the peis.
than to the tempill gart thay bring,
His corpis and auld Clarus the King,
Caleos and Salphadyne,
Caneus and vther fyne,
that flane into the battell ware.
that nicht thay gart walk thame thare,
the laif in pittis eardit thay,
For to haue the ftink away,
thay tuke thair way fyne to the toun.
Quhen thay war cummin to EfFefoun,
at the fute of the mekill tour,
thay lichted vnder ane ficcamour.
Befyde the palace in the plane,
Lichted baith lord and chalmerlane.
And to ane chalmer by the hall,
thay zeid and thame vnarmit all.
And in feir cleithing cled thame fyne,
Quhen Alexander wifi: of thair cummyn,
Into the palace is he gane,
Quhair of gude men thair was gude wane,
throw quhome mony countre he wan,
the King fa thame comfortit than,
427 And
thay Ibcht him all day to the iiicht,
And fand him with the euin licht,
than was thair nane but thay tua,
With greting to him can thay ga,
Gaudefeir him regratit raith,
Calland him lord and erne baith,
Syne faid the chylde he that the flew,
Set angeris at my hart anew,
Bot fa God my fytis ceis,
thow iuld be vengit na war the peis.
than to the tempill gart thay bring,
His corpis and auld Clarus the King,
Caleos and Salphadyne,
Caneus and vther fyne,
that flane into the battell ware.
that nicht thay gart walk thame thare,
the laif in pittis eardit thay,
For to haue the ftink away,
thay tuke thair way fyne to the toun.
Quhen thay war cummin to EfFefoun,
at the fute of the mekill tour,
thay lichted vnder ane ficcamour.
Befyde the palace in the plane,
Lichted baith lord and chalmerlane.
And to ane chalmer by the hall,
thay zeid and thame vnarmit all.
And in feir cleithing cled thame fyne,
Quhen Alexander wifi: of thair cummyn,
Into the palace is he gane,
Quhair of gude men thair was gude wane,
throw quhome mony countre he wan,
the King fa thame comfortit than,
427 And
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Bannatyne Club > Buik of the most noble and vailzeand conquerour Alexander the Great > (441) Page 427 |
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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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