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

THE GREAT BATTELL
to male it fa for I na couth,
Bot faid furth as me come to mouth.
And as I faid richt fa I wrait,
thairfoir richt wonder weill I wait.
And it hes faltis mony faid,
Quhairfoir I pray baith zoung and aid,
that zarnis this romanis for to reid,
For to amend quhair I myfzeid.
ZE that haue hard this romanis heir.
May fumdeill by exampill leir,
to lufe vertew attour all thing,
And preis zow ay for to win louing,
that zour name may for zour bounte,
Amang men of gude menit be.
For quhen ze lawe ar laid in lame,
than leuis thair nathing bot ane name,
As ze deferued gud or ill.
And ze may alfweill gif ze will.
Do the gude and haue louing.
As quhylum did this nobill King,
that zit is pryfed for his bounte,
the quhether thre hundreth zeir was he.
Before the tyme that God was borne,
to faue our faullis that was forlorne.
Senfyne is paft ane thoufand zeir.
Four hundreth and threttie thair to neir,
And aucht and fumdele mare I wis.
God bring vs to his mekill blis,
that ringis ane in trinitie.
Amen amen for cheritie.
FINIS.
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