The Bruce; Or, The History of Robert I, King of Scotland: Written in Scotish Verse, Volumes 1-3G. Nicol, 1790 - Scotland |
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affaill affemblyt agayne alfua amang apon armyt bataill Bot thai bounté BUKE caftell chewalry countré cummyn dede deid doun DowGLAS dryve eftre Erle faid fall faſt fayr fechting fele fend fene flayne fone forowtyn ftrenth furth fycht fyne gane gert giff haff haid haiff hald hard horfs hycht hys cumpany hys men hys menye IHONE ilkane Ingland Inglis intill King ROBERT land litill Lord maid maner mekill mengye mony nane nocht nycht othyr paffyt paſs perfay quha quhar quhat quhen thai quhill raid rycht ſaid ſaw Schyr EDUUARD Scotland Syne tane tauld thai fuld thai mycht thai war thaim thair fayis thar Tharfor thoucht thre throw till hys toun towart trow tyme wald weill wele wittring worſchip worthy wycht wyfs wyft wyrk yeid
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Page 1 - Written in Scotish verse By John Barbour. The First Genuine Edition, Published from a MS. dated 1489 ; With Notes and a Glossary By J.
Page 165 - And prayit thaim in hy to do The thing that thai war chargyt to. Than went thai furth in drery mode. Amang thaim thai thoucht it gode, That the worthy Lord offDowGLAS 205 Beft fchapyn for that trawaill was.
Page 12 - Na he that ay hass levyt fre, May nocht knaw weill the propyrte, The angyr, na the wrechyt dome, That is cowplyt to foule thyrldome. Bot gyff he had assayit it, Than all perquer he suld it wyt ; And suld think fredome mar to pryss, Than all the gold in warld that is.
Page 150 - And fra that tyme furth thar wes nane That assemblyt schot to ma. Quhen Scottis archeris saw that thai sua War rebutyt, thai woux hardy, , And with all thair mycht schot egrely Amang the horss men, that thar raid; 260 And woundis wid to thaim thai maid, And slew of thaim a full gret dele.
Page 17 - Parys ner thre &er duellyt he, And then come tythandis our the se, That his fadyr wes done to ded. Then wes he wa and will of red And thocht, that he wald hame agayne 350 To luk, gyff he throw ony payn Mycht wyn agayn his heritage And his men out off all thryllage.
Page 16 - Quharfor in all his lyve tyrne he Wes in gret payn ec gret trawaill 310 And neuir wald for myscheiff faill, Bot dryve the thing rycht to the end And tak the vre, that god wald send. Hys name wes lames of Douglas; And quhen he herd, his fadir was 315 Put in presoune so fellouuly And at his landis halyly War gevyn to the Clyffurd, perfay, He \vyst nocht, quhat to do na say...
Page 133 - Your worfchip, and your douchty deid ^ " And off the joy that we abid, " Giff that us fall, as weill may tid. «' Hap to wencufs this gret bataill, " In 'your handys without fayle «« Ye ber honour, price, and riches ; " Fiedome, welth, and blythnes -,
Page 18 - And, as we oft observed, he bore himself, Not as the offspring of our cottage blood ; For nature will break out : mild with the mild, But with the froward he was fierce as fire, And night and day he talk'd of war and arms.
Page 150 - Sail mak as mery as we may : *' And mak us boune agayn the nycht ; " And than ger mak our fyrs lycht ; " And blaw our hornys, and mak far, " As all the warld our awne war, " Quhill that the nycht weill fallyn be.
Page 12 - And gif ony wald them withsay ; Thai suld swa do, that thai suld tyne Othir land or lyff, or leyff in pyne. For thai dempt thaim eftir thair will, Takand na kep to rycht na skill. A ! quhat thai dempt them felonly ! For gud knychtis that war worthy, For litill enchesoune, or than nane, Thai hangyt be the nekbane.