IN THE FIRST CHAPITUR AR TUICHIT THE CAUSIS OF THE COMPILACIOUN OF THIS WERK IN THIS LANGAGE AND SYNDRY MOTIVIS AND PERSWASIONIS INDUSAND THE PEPLE TO THE SERUICE OF GOD IN THE SECUND CHAPITUR IS SCHAWIN THE GRET WERTEU OF THE GLORIUS PASSIOUN OF IHESU AND HOW THE SACRAMENTIS OF HALY KIRK AR FOUNDIT AND TAKIS THARE WERTEU OF IT AND THRE VERITEIS SCHORT CONCERNAND THE HALY SACRAMENT OF PENNANCE THAT PUTTIS AWAYE ALL DEDLY SYN ACTUALE THE THRID CHAPITOUR SPEKIS OF THE SACRAMENT AND WERTEU OF PENNANCE IN GENERALE THE FERD CHAPITUR TRETIS OF CONFESSIOUN SACRAMENTALE OF THE NATURE AND CONDICIOUN OF IT OF PENNANS AND OF THE CONDICIONIS FRUTIS AND PROFFETIS THAIROF THE FYFT CHAPITUR TRETIS OF CONFESSIOUN SACRAMENTALE OF THE NATUR AND CONDICIOUN OF IT IN GRET PROFFETTIS FRUTIS AND VTILITEIS THAROF THAT IS THE SECUND PART OF PENNANCE THE ( VJ ) CHAPITUR TRETIS OF SATISFACTIOUN SACRAMENTALE IN GENERALE THE NATUR CONDICIONIS AND GRET PROFFITTIS THAIROF THAT IS THE THRID PART OF PENNANCE THE ( VIJ ) CHAPITUR TRETIS OF THE DEIDIS OF ALMOS & MERCYE BAITH SPIRITUALE AND CORPORALE OF THARE NATUR WERTEU AND CONDICIOUN AND GRET PROFFET AND VTILITE OF THAM THE ( VIIJ ) CHAPITUR TRETIS OF VERTUOS FASTING AND

MERITOUR AND OF THE NATUR' AND CONDICIOUN OF IT PERTENAND TO THE HALY SACRAMENT OF PENNANCE AND OF GRET PROFFETTIS AND FRUTIS FOLLOWAND IT THE ( IX ) CHAPITUR TRETIS OF THE NATUR' OF PRAYERE OF VRESONE WERTUIS AND GRET FRUCTIS PROFFETTIS AND VTILITE THAROF THE ( X ) CHAPITUR TRETIS OF THE HIE AND NOBLE WERTEU OF CHERITE THAT GEVIS FORME & PERFECTIOUN TO ALL WERKIS WERTUOS AND MERITORE THE ( XJ ) CHAPITER' TRETIS OF THE NATUR' CONDICIOUN AND NECESSITE OF MERCYE MAST PROPER AND GANAND TO THE HIE DEVYNE MAIESTE AND MAST PROFFITABLE & NECESSER' TO WS OF ONY WERTEU IN THIS FIRST CHAPITUR AR TUICHIT THE CAUS OF COMPILACIOUN OF THIS WERKE IN THIS LANGAGE AND SYNDRY MOCIONIS AND PERSUASIONIS INDUSAND PEPLE TO THE SERUICE OF GOD AND PENNANCE IN THAR' ZOUTHHED ( TEMPUS FACIENDI DOMINE QUIA DISSIPAUERUNT LEGEM TUAM ) CONSIDER' THE GRET SYNNIS REGAND BE IGNORANS AND DEFALT OF DOCTRINE IN THE PEPLE IN GRET PART I DREID CUMAND OF FALTIS AND NEGLIGENCE OF KIRKMEN PRELATIS & OTHER THAT GOD OF HIS GRACE I REQUERE ILLUMYNE IN SCIENCE WERTEU AND CHERITE TO DOCTRINE GUD EXAMPLE IN LYF AND SALUATIOUN OF THAIR SAULIS AND OF THE CHRISTIANE PEPELE COMMITTIT TO THAIM I HAUE PURPOSIT TO TREATE PART OF MATERIS OF THEOLOGYE TUICHAND & CONCERNAND THE

SAIFTE OF MENNIS SAULIS AND WOMENNIS STRENTHING OF THAR CONSCIENCE INDUSYNG THAIM TO TRAST IN GOD THAIR MAKAR' AND SALUATOUR AND IN HIS HELPE TO DELIUER THAIM OF ALL SYNNIS TO RESIST STARKLY TO THE ENEMY AND ALL TEMPTACONIS TO CUM TO THE HALY AND VNDOUTABLE REMEID AGANIS SYN THAT IS THE GLORIUS PASSIOUN OF IHESU AND THE SACRAMENTIS OF HALY KIRK THAT HAS AND CONTENIS IN THAIM THE WERTEU OF HIS GLORIUS PASSIOUN AND NAMLY OF THE HALY SACRAMENT OF PENNANS THAT IS SURE REMEID AND MEDICYNE AGANIS ALL SYNNIS COMMITTIT BE WS ( ET EST SCDA TABULA POST NAUFRAGIU ) AS SAYIS SANCT IEROME AND IHESU HIS PRECURSORE BEGAN THAIR PRECHING IN IT ( PENITENCIAM AGITE APPROPINQUAT REGNUM CELORUM ) AND BECAUS THAT I SE AND KNAWIS THAT THIS HALY SACRAMENT IS NECESSER' TO OUR SALUACOUN AND I HAUE PRECHIT IN THIS LENTRYNE OF OTHER' MATERIS AND SEIS THAT MONY PEPLE BE IGNORANCE AND FALT OF DOCTRINE KNAWIS THAT THE GRET & HIE WERTEU OF IT AND HOW MEKLE IT IS NECESSARE & PROFFITABLE TO MEN THE QUHILK PEPLE ME THINK LUFFIS THE WORD OF GOD AND IS INCLINIT TO GUD LYF AND DOCTRINE AND ALLSWA I SE THAT PART OF PEPLE & NAMELYE ZOUNG FOLK IN THAIR STRENTH ZOUTHHED & WANTONES DEFERRIS THAIR PENNANCE TO THAIR EILD CRABAND THEQ HIE MAIESTE OF GOD AND PUTTAND THAIM IN PERILL OF PERPETUALL DAMPNACOUN BOT THE MERCY OF GOD RELEVE THAIM AND OTHER BE PERSUASIOUN OR INDUCTIOUN OF THE ENEMY TENDIS TO THE WAY OF DISPERACOUN NOCHT KNAWAND THE HIE GRET AND INFINIT MERCY OF GOD AND HIS SONE IHESU AND THEQ WERTU OF HIS GLORIUS PASSIOUN AND THE SACRAMENTIS AND NAMLY OF PENNANCE ORDANIT BE HIM AND HIS HIE POWER' AND WISDOME REMEID & SURE MEDICYNE AGANIS ALL SYN MORTALL THAT WE MAY COMMIT THIR' CAUS MOVAND ME

AND THE PRAYER' OF MY MASTERIS AND FRENDIS I HAUE DISPOSIT ME AND PREPONIT TO WRYTE IN THIS TOUNG AND LANGAGE MEKLE OF THE HIE AND SALUTAR' MATER OF PENNANCE AND THOCHT SOME PERSONIS APPRUF NOCHT THE TRANSLACOUN OF HALY WRIT IN YNGLIS TOUNG AND HAPPIN BE RESSOUN FFOR THE WERRAY LETTER BEAND TRANSLATIT WITHOUT THE HIE DEVYNE AND HEVINLIE MYND THAT IT CONTENIS IN IT DECLARIT BE THE HALY GAST THE SONE OF GOD IHESU THE KIRK AND HALY DOCTOURIS AS THE APOSTLE SAYIS QUHILIS SOUNDIS EVILL ( QUIA LITTERA OCCIDIT SPIRITUS AUTEM VIUIFICAT ) NEUERTHELES THE WRIT DECLARIT EFTER THE MYND AND SPIRITUALE SIGNIFICACOUN OF IT WITH THE MYND OF THE GAST THE KIRK AND PROFOUND DOCTOURIS IS THE MAST SURE STARK AND PROFFITABLE THING THAT MAY BE DONE TO CRISTIN PEPLE ELLIS ALL PRECHING OF THE PEPLE WAR' EVILL FORBIDDIN AND DAMPNABLE THE QUHILK IS FALS AGANIS THE EWANGELL AND ALL HALY WRIT AND WERRAY THEOLOGYE AND FIRST I PROPONE TO PERSWADE AGANIS THE PERSWASIOUN OF THE ENEMY THAT ALL PERSONIS ALL TYME THAT THAI AR' IN SYN SULD DO PENNANCE AND NAMLYE IN THARE ZOUTHHED AND STRENTH FIRST IN THE BUKE OF ECCLESIASTICE SAYIS THE WYSMAN SALAMON ( NE TARDAS COMENTI AD DOMINUM ET DIFFERAS DE DIE IN DIEM CITO VENIT IRA ILLIUS & IN TEMPORE VINDICTE DISPERDET TE ) HE BIDDIS THE MAK NA DELACIOUN OF THI PENNANCE FOR THE STARK PVNICIOUN OF GOD IS ABLE TO STRIKE VPON THE ALLSWA SIC A PROMYS MAID THE ENEMY TO THI PROGENITOURIS IN PARADYS VSURPAND THE DEVYNE DIGNITE PROPER TO GOD AND TROWAND TO HIS PERSWASIOUN ALL MANKYND WAS TYNT (ERITIS) HE SAYD (SICUT DII SCIENTES BONUM ET MALUM) SA DOIS HE HEIR' PROMITTAND TO THE TO LYVE TO THIN EILD AND DO PENNANCE THAT STANDIS IN GODDIS HAND AND THE ENEMY

WATE NOCHT OF ANE OF THAI NA WALD NOCHT ANE OF THAIM BOT ALL HE DOIS FOR THI DECEPCIOUN AND TYNSALL OF THI SAULL MALICIOUS ADUOCAT AND FALS DOCTOR TO THE THY WERRAY ENEMY TO SLA THI SAULL PERPETUALLY AND THARFOR' I THE REQUEIRE TRAIST HIM NOCHT AND AGANIS HIS FALS PERSWASIOUN TO ENDUCE THE TO PENNANCE IN THE BEGYNNYNG OF THIS BUKE I SALL MAK FOURE OR FIVE RESSONIS AND ALS MONY IN THE BEGYNNYNG OF THE SECUND THIR' AR TAKIN FRA SANCT AUGUSTYN AND FRA A CLERK THAT STUDYIT IN PARIS CALLIT SCOTUS SUBTILIS THE FIRST RESOUN IS THAT THOW DEFER' NOCHT THI PENNANCE TO THI EILD FFOR THOCHT IT BE TREW THAT ALS LANG AS THI SPREIT & THI SAULL IS IN THI BODYE AND THOU HAS VSE OF REASONE THOU MAY FORTHYNK THI SYN NEUERTHELES IT IS HARD AND DIFFICILL TO DO AND SELD CUMMIS IN THI EILD QUHEN ALL THE ZOUTHHED IS SPENDED IN SYN AND THE FIRST THING TO MOVE THE TO PENNANCE IS PERRELL OF DEID AND THAT THOW ART VNCERTANE QUHEN IT CUMMIS AND QUHYLIS IT CUMMIS SUDANDLYE TO THE SLEPAND AND THAN AND THOW BE IN DEDLY SYN THOW ART TYNT PERPETUALLY AND QUHILIS IT CUMMIS AND GEVIS BOT ANE HOUR' OR TWA OF RESPIT AS BE DEBAIT PERRILL OF WATTER' OR VTHER WAY AND THAN THOW ART TRUBLIT AND WIRKIS EFTER THE INCLINACOUN AND HABITUACOUN THOU HAD BEFOR. ( QUIA HOC QUILIBET FACIT IN REPENTINIS ) AND THAN THOW PASSIS OUT OF THE WARLD WITH SYN OR ELLIS THOW LYIS AND DWYNIS LANG IN SEIKNES AND THAN AS THOW HAS DEFERRIT THI PENNANCE LANGTYM BEFOR' SA WILL THOW ZIT BYDAND QUHILL THOW BE HALE AND THAN THOW ART WAIKE TO BERE IT THE SECUND RESONE TO HAUE PERFYTE PENNANCE AND CONTRICIOUN OF THI SYN THOU MON HAUE FRE WILL AND ARBITOUR THY RESOUN MON DISTINCLY KNAW ALL THI SYNNIS AND THI WILL MON HAUE PERFYTE DISPLESANCE AND DETESTACIOUN OF THAIM BOT

QUHEN THE GRET TERROUR OF DEID PANE AND DOLOR INUADIS THE ALL THIS IS BROKIN AND ALL THI MYND TORNES TO IT THAT THOU MAY THINK ON NA OTHER THING THARFOR THAT TYME IS NOCHT CONVENIENT THE THRID RESSOUNE OR THI PENNANCE BE SUFFICIENT AND MERITOR' TO CLENGE THI SYNNIS AND WYN AGANE THE REALME OF PARADYS IT IS REQUIRIT THAT IT HAUE MONY NOBLE CONDICIONIS AND CIRCUMSTANCIS THAT SALBE TALD EFTER ANE THAT IT BE IN CHERITE AND CAUSIT BE IT THAT IT BE NOCHT ALLANERLY FOR THEQ PANE OF DEID OR OF HELL OR OTHER THINGIS BOT FOR THE LUF OF GOD IT IS RICHT DIFFICILL AT THAT TYME HE HAUE SIC DISPLESANCE WITH ALL THIR' NOBLE CONDICIONIS WITHOUT A SINGULER' GRACE OF GOD THAT HE HAS NOCHT DESERVED BEAND AYE ALMAST IN SYN THE FERD RESOUNE THE VSE HABIT CONSUETUDE AND INCLINACOUN TO VYCE AND TO EVILL WIRKING THAT THE PERSONE HAS HAD AYE AND VSIT QUHILL THAT TYME INCLINIS STARKLY AGANIS THIR' INCLINACONIS AND HAUE GRET DETESTACOUN AND DISPLESANS OF THE WERKIS THAT THIRE THINGIS INCLINIS HIM TO (QVIA DIFFICILE EST AGERE CONTRA TOT HABITUS ITA RADICATOS ) ALLSWA THE GRET LUF THAT THE SYNNAR' HAS TO THE WARLD HIS FLESCH AND CARNALL FRENDIS DRAWIS HIM THAT HE HAUE NOCHT SIC DETESTACIOUN AND DISPLESANCE OF HIS SYN FOR THAR' PRESENCE WITH HIM OR ELLIS AY IN HIS FANTASYE & THAN THE ENEMY TRUBLIS HIM MAST OF ONY TYME AND CASTIS HEVYE AND TERRIBLE TEMPTACOUN IN HIS MYND THAT HE MAY NOCHT RESIST TO WITHOUT THE GRACE OF GOD THAT HE HAS NOCHT ZIT BECAUS OF HIS SYNNIS THE FYFT RESON THE LES POWER' THAT A MAN HAUE OF HIS BODY AND MEMBERIS AND HE REPENT PERFYTLY HIS SYN THE MAIRE & THE GRETAR' DISPLESANCE SULD BE ALS STARK AS THE PLESANS OF THE SYN WAS AS SANCT IHON SAYIS IN THE APOCALIPS ( QUANTUM QUIS GLORIFICAUIT SE ETC ) AND ELLIS HE IS

NOCHT PERFYTE PENITENT AND THE SYN LEVIS HIM AND HE NOCHT THE SYN BOT THAN HE HAS NA POWER' OF MONY OF HIS MEMBERIS FOR HE MAY NOCHT COMMIT WITH HIS MEMBERIS LECHERY NA OTHIR' THING THOUGHT HE WALD AND THAIRFOR HIS DISPLESANS IS OF NANE AWALE AND THARFOR HE SULD DO PENNANCE QUHEN HE MAY AND IS OF POWERE IN THIS CHAPITER' FOLLOWAND IS SCHAWIN THE GRET WERTEU OF THE GLORIUS PASSIOUN OF IHESU AND HOW THE SACRAMENTIS OF HALY KIRK AR FOUNDIT AND TAKIS THAIR WERTEW OF IT AND THRE WERITEIS SCHORT CONCERNAND THE SACRAMENT OF PENNANCE THAT PUTTIS AWAYE ALL DEDLY SYN ACTUALE EWERILK CRISTIN MAN OR WOMAN SULD WNDERSTAND THAT THE BOUNTE AND MERCY OF GOD ALMYCHTI GOD MAKERE AND SALUATOUR OF THE WARLD AND NAMELY OF MANKYND IS SA GRET AND CONSIDERAND THAT HE KNAWIS OUR FRAGILL NATURE AND INCLINACOUN TO SYN DAYLY AND OUR TEMPTACOUN & GRET INDUCTIOUN AND PERSUASIOUN THAIRTO BE OUR ENEMYS THE FLESCHE THE WARLD & THE EVILL & WIKIT SPREIT ENEMY TO GOD AND MANKYND THAT THIRE THINGIS BEAND CONSIDERIT HE HAS OF HIS INFINITE MERCY AND GUDNES SCHAWIN WS PURE & SYNFULL CREATURIS SA GRET KYNDNES & LUF THAT HE HAS DEIT & THOLIT THE MAST DOLORUS PASSIOUN FOR WS & FOR OUR SYNNIS THAT EUER PERSON THOLIT ON THE CROCE BE THE WIKKIT IOWIS MEMBERIS OF THE EWILL SPREIT AND ENEMY FOR TO PLES HIS FADERE OF HEVIN BE HIS OBEDIENS AND HUMILITE THOLAND SA CRUELL A DED FOR OUR' SYNNIS THE QUHILK A HUNDRETH THOUSAND TYMES MAR' PLESIS GOD AND IS MARE ACCEPTABLE TO GOD BEFOR' THE TRONE OF HIS HIE MAIESTE ANE HUNDRETH THOUSAND TYMES NA THE SYN OF OURE FADERE ADAM AND ALL OUR SYNNIS WAS OR MAY BE DISPLESANCE TO HIM AND OF HIS GRET & INFINIT MERCY

HAS LEFT WS MONY AND SYNDRY WAYIS MEDICINIS AND REMEDIS HOW THROW THE WERTEU OF HIS GLORIUS PASSION WE MAY SONE GET FORGIFNES OF ALL OUR SYNNIS HOW GRET THAT EVIR' THAI BE THOCHT THAI WAR' INFINIT OF NOVMERE FFOR THE GUDNES AND PROFFET OF HIS GLORIUS PASSIOUN EXCEDIS INFINITLYE THE EWILL AND MALICE OF ALL SYNNIS THAT AR OR MAY BE IN THE WARLD AND FOR REMEID AND SURE MEDICYNE AND HELE OF OUR SAULL TO BRING WS FRA ALL SYN TO IOYE AND GLORE PERPETUALE HE HAS ORDANIT THE (VIJ) SACRAMENTIS THE QUHILKIS INCLUDIS & CONTENIS IN THAME THE WERTEU OF HIS GLORIUS PASSIOUN THE QUHILKIS SEVYNE SACRAMENTIS AR BAPTEME CONFIRMACOUN MARIAGE ORDOUR MES AND SACRAMENT OF THE ALTAR PENNANCE & VNCTIOUN THE QUHILKIS ARE CALLIT THE WESCHELL OF GRACE AND WERRAY MEDICYNE OF THE SAULL AGANIS ALLKYND OF SYN AND THIS DIFFERENCE IS BETUIX THE MEDICYNE OF THE BODY AND THE HALY SACRAMENTIS MEDICYNE OF THE SAULL FFOR OFT TYMES MEDICYNE IS APPLYIT TO SEIKE MENNIS BODYIS AND HELIS THAIM NOCHT BOT GIF A MAN OR A WOMAN WILL LEIF SYN AND CUM TO THIR' HALY SACRAMENTIS IT IS NOCHT POSSIBILL BOT HE BE HELIT IN HIS SAULL FOR THE GRET WERTEU THAI HAUE AND HE THAT TRASTIS VTHERWAY IS EWILL CRISTIN MAN AND SYNNIS HEVELY IN HERESYE AND ANE PRINCIPALE OF THIRE SACRAMENTIS MEDICYNE AGANIS ACTUALE AND DEDLY SYN IT IS THE HALY SACRAMENT OF PENNANCE THE QUHILK HAS THRE PARTIS CONTRICIOUN & DISPLESANCE OF OUR SYN THE SECOUND CONFESSIOUN THE THRID SATISFACTIOUN AND SAMEKLE IS THE MERCY OF GOD THAT QUHATSUMEUER PERSONE EFTER ALL SYNNIS COMMITTIT THAT AR OR MAY BE THAT MAY SAY OR THINK THIR' THRE WERITEIS FOLLOWAND HE SALL BE SAIF THE FIRST WERITE IS SOUERANE LORD OF HEVIN & ERD & ALL CREATURE I GRANT THAT I HAUE SYNNIT AGANIS ZOUR HIENES

BREKAND ZOUR LAW AND COMMANDEMENT THE QUHILK I FORTHINKE AND REWIS AND WILL FOR MY SYN TAK PENNANCE THE SECUND WERITE SOUERAND LORD WITH ZOUR HELPE & GRACE I PURPOS AND DESYRE IN TYME TO CUM TO KEPE & ABSTENE ME FRA SYN AND THINKIS TO SERF ZOUR HIENES WITHOUT FALT OR DISPLESANCE AND KEPE ZOUR LAW AND COMMANDEMENT THE THRID WERITE SOUERANE LORD I HAUE PURPOS & INTENCIOUN WITH ZOUR HELPE AND GRACE TO CONFES ALL MY SYNNIS THAT AR' VNCONFESSIT IN THE TYME & PLACE THAT ZOUR MAIESTE AND HALY KIRK COMMANDIS ME TO CONFES THAIM AND QUHAT EUER HE BE OR SCHO THAT WITH GUD MYND WITHOUT FICTIOUN EFTER ALL SYNNIS MAY SAY THIR' THRE WERITEIS OR THINK THAME HE IS IN THE STAITE OF GRACE AND GIF HE HAPPINNIS TO DE THAN SUDANELY SLEPAND OR WALKAND THOCHT IT BE WITHOUT ACTUALE CONFESSIOUN OR SATISFACTIOUN WITHOUT ONY DOWTE HE IS SAIF AND BECAUS THAT CONFESSIOUN IS NECESSERE FOR THE TYME & PLACE THAT IS TO SAYE THAT ALL PERSON HAVAND WIT & DISCRESSIOUN IS OBLIST TO CONFESSIOUN ANYS IN THE ZEIRE AT THE LEST AND NAMELY QUHEN HE RESAUIS THE HALY SACRAMENT OF THE ALTARE OR ONY VTHIR SACRAMENT OR QUHEN HE IS IN PERRILL OF DEID OR QUHEN HE IS IN PRESENCE OF HIM THAT MAY ASSOLZE HIM THAT HE MAY NOCHT PERCHANS HAUE PRESENS OF EFTERWART THAN HE IS OBLIST TILL CONFES HIM ALS FAR AS STANDIS IN HIS POWERE BUT RICHT GUD & EXPEDIENT WARE EFTER THE STAIT OF THE PERSON AND AS HE FYNDIS HIS CONSCIENS GREVIT TO CONFES HIM FOUR' TYMES IN THE ZERE AND BETTER ILK MONETH & BETTER ILK OULK OR FEIST OF THE KIRK AND BEST OF ALL QUHEN EUER HE KNAWIS OR DOUTIS TO BE IN DEDLY SYN THOCHT HE BE NOCHT OBLIST THAIRTO IN ALL TYME AND FOR ALL TYME VNDER THE PANE OF DEDLY SYN AND THAIRFOR THE HELE OF SAULIS & HELPING OF PERSONIS OF FEBLE KNAWLEGE INDUCIS ME TO WRYTE IN OUR TUNG A TABLE OF CONFESSIOUN THAT EUERY MAN REDAND IT MAY REDE & SE HIS AWNE CONSCIENCE AND KNAW HIS STATE & HIS SYNNIS AS IN A FAIRE & CLERE

MYRROR AND PAS SURELY WITHOUT ONY AFFRAY OR DOWT TO SEKERE REMEID AND MEDICYNE FOR HIS SYNNIS AND MALADY THAT IS TO CONFESSIOUN AND ABSOLUCOUN OF ALL HIS SYNNIS THIS CHAPITER SPEKIS OF THE SACRAMENT AND WERTEU OF PENNANS IN GENERALE PENNANCE TWA WAYS MAY BE TAKIN A WAY AS A NOBLE WERTEU INCLYNAND A PERSON TO LEVE TO HATE AND HAUE ABHOMINACOUN OF SYN AND THAT MANER DOCTOURIS SAYS IT IS WERTEU AND GRACE INDUCEAND TO REMEID OF SYN HATAND AND FORTHINKAND THE SYN COMMITTIT BE THE PERSOUN ANE OR MONY AND THINKAND NEUER TO COMMIT AGANE SYN NA OFFEND GOD IN TYME CUMMYNG AND THROW THIS THE WILL OF THE PERSONIS SULD HAUE FOUR' CONSIDERACIONIS THE FIRST TO WILL & DESYRE THAT THE SYN BE PVNIST THE SECUND TO DECIST THE SYN & HAITE IT AND WILL & DESYRE THAT THE PERSON HAD NEUER COMMITTIT THE SYN THE THRID TILL HAUE WERRAY MYND & PURPOS TO ACCEPT AND SUFFERE PANE FOR THE SYN AND OFFENS COMMITTIT THE FERDE TO SUFFER' PACIENTLY THE PANE FOR THE SYN QUHEN THE TYME CUMMIS AND ALL THIS FYNALIE TO PUT FRA WS THE INDIGNACOUN OF GOD ALMYCHTI AND TO CUM AGANE TO THE LUF AND FAUOUR OF HIM ALLSWA PENNANS MAY BE CONSIDERIT ANE OF THE SACRAMENTIS IT IS INSTITUT AND ORDANIT IN THE NEW LAW OF THE EWANGELL BE IHESU CRIST THE SON OF GOD AND SUM DOCTOURIS SAYS THE PROMULGACOUN WAS MAID BE HIS APPOSTOLIS OF IT TO THE PEPLE OF THE WARLD BOT WERITE OF HALY WRIT IS THAT IT WAS ORDANIT INSTITUT & PROMULGIT BE IHESU THE WERRAY SON OF GOD AS IT MAY BE SCHAWIN IN SYNDRY PLACIS OF THE EWANGELL THIS CHEPTOUR FOLLOWAND TRETIS OF CONTRICOUN SACRAMENTALE THE FIRST PART OF THE HALY SACRAMENT OF PENNANCE OF CONDICIONIS FRUTIS AND PROFFETIS THAIROF

THE FIRST PART OF THE HALY SACRAMENT OF PENNANS IS CONTRICIOUN THE SECUND CONFESSIOUN THE THRID SATISFACTIOUN AND THUS THE SACRAMENT OF PENNANCE HAS THRE PARTIS FOR TWA CAUSS ANE IS HE THAT OFFENDIS HIS PRINCE OR LORD SULD OUTHER BE SUMMOND OR OF HIS AWNE WILL COMPEIRE BEFOR HIS LORD OR PRINCE BE IUSTICE AND KNAW HIS FALT BE FRE CONFESSIOUN AND OFFER' ANE HONERABLE MENDIS FOR HIS TRESPAS AND SEN GOD IS SOUERANE LORD TILL ALL MAN AND CREATOUR FOR MANNIS SYN THROUQ THE QUHILK GRETLY MAN OFFENDIS GOD THE MAN IS OBLIST TO THIRE THRE THINGIS ANENTIS GOD THE FIRST IS CONTRICOUN THE SECUND CONFESSIOUN THE THRID SATISFACTIOUN AS WAS SAID OF THE PRINCE BE IUSTICE FOR THE TRESPAS THE SECUND CAUS IS SEN MAN OR WOMAN OFFENDIS GOD IN THAIR HERT THINKAND OR SPEKAND BE THARE TUNG AND IN DEID THAI AR OBLIST TO REFORME TO HIM AND DO HIM HONOUR AND OBEDIENS IN THIR' THRE THINGIS THE FIRST IS BE CONTRICIOUN THAT IS IN THE HERT THE SECUND BE CONFESSIOUN IN THE MOUTH AND THE THRID BE SATISFACTIOUN IN WERK CONTRICIOUN AS DOCTOURIS SAYIS IS A WILFULL DISPLESANS OF THE SYN THAT A MAN HAS COMMITTIT CAUSIT OF GRACE AND CHERITE AND BE LUF OF GOD WITH PURPOS TO MAKE CONFESSIOUN AND SATISFACTIOUN EFTER THE ORDINANS OF HALY KIRK FFOR GIF A PERSONE HAS HAD PLESANS OFFENDAND GOD HE SULD HAUE MEKLE MAIR' DISPLESANS OF THE OFFENCE CONMITTIT AGANIS HIS HIE MAIESTE AND THAT DISPLESANS SULD BE WILFULL ELLIS IT WAR' NOCHT PLEASAND TO GOD NA MERITORE FFOR IT CUMMIS TILL A MAN AGANIS HIS WILL NOUTHER HAS HE MERYT NOR DEMERIT OF IT IT IS SAID OF SYN COMMITTIT BE HIM FFOR AND HE HAUE DISPLESANCE OF OTHERE THING AS OF SEIKNES OR HURT OF HIM SELF OR HIS FRENDE IT IS NOCHT CONTRICIOUN AND IT MON BE IN GRACE ELLIS IT IS NOUTHER CONTRICOUN NOR MERITOR FFOR GOD GEVIS NOCHT ETERNALE GLORE FOR NA WERK DONE OUT OF CHERITE

NA FORGEVIS NOCHT DEDLY SYN ALLSWA HE SULD HAUE PURPOS TILL CONFES HIM AND MAK SATISFACTIOUN ELLIS HE OBEYS NOCHT TO THE LAW AND COMMANDEMENT OF GOD AND HALY KIRK AND HOW LITILL THAT EUER CONTRICIOUN BE IT PUTTIS AWAY ALL DEDLY SYN FFOR NA DEDLY SYN MAY REMANE WITH GRACE FFOR AND A PERSON BE IN DEDLY SYN HE IS NOCHT OBLIST THAR' TO PERPETUALE CONDAMPNACOUN AND GIF HE BE IN GRACE HE IS NOCHT OBLIST THAIRTO BOT AND HE DEIT IN THAT STATE FYNALIE HE WALD CUM TO ETERNALE GLORE AND IOYE AND THIR' REPUGNIS TOGIDDER AND CONTRICIOUN MAY NOCHT BE WITHOUTIN GRACE AND GIF THE DISPLESANCE OF SYN BE COMMITTIT WITHOUTIN GRACE CAUSIT IN THE PERSON IT IS CALLIT ATTRICOUN & NOCHT CONTRICON BOT IT OR SIC ANE NOTHER DISPLESANCE OF SYN MORTALE BE CALLIT PERFYTE CONTRICIOUN THE FIRST THAT A MAN EXAMYN HIS CONSCIENCE AND RECORD ALL THE SYNNIS THAT HE HAS COMMITTIT OF THE QUHILKIS HE HAS NOCHT HAD PERFYTE CONTRICIOUN NA MAID CONFESSIOUN AND OF THE CIRCUMSTANCE THAT CHANGIS THE KYND AND NATUR' OF THE SYN TO BE MARE GRETE THE SECUND THAT THE PERSOUN HAUE DISPLESANS AND DETESTACOUN OF ALL THIR ' SYNNIS THAT HE HAS DISTINCT MEMOR OF THE THRID THAT THE PERSONE HAUE GENERALE DISPLESANCE AND DETESTACOUN OF ALL SYNNIS FORZET BE HIM OR HIRE OR THAT THAI COMMITTIT BE IGNORANCE FOR SIC IGNORANCE EXCUSIS NOCHT AND FOR THAT CAUS MEN AR OBLIST TO KNAW THE LAW OF GOD AND QUHAT IS SYN AND QUHAT IS NANE AND THAI MAY KNAW ON THE HALYDAY BE HERYNG OF PRECHING BE COMMONYNG WITH GUD CLERKIS WITH KIRK MEN WITH DEVOTE PERSONIS BE DEVOTE VRISON AND ALMOUS DED FFOR ALL THIR' HELPIS HIM THAIRTO THE FERD THAT THE PERSON CES FRA SYN AND ABSTRACT HIM THE OCCASIOUN OF SYN AND PURPOS TO COMMIT NA SYN IN TYME TO CUM THE FYFT CONDICIOUN THAT THE PERSON HAUE PURPOS

TO MAK CONFESSIOUN AND SATISFACTIOUN FOR THE TRESPAS AND SYNE EFTER THE ORDINANCE OF HALY KIRK THE SEXT THAT ALL THIS THE PERSONE DO NOCHT ALLANERLY FOR DISPLESANCE OF THE SYN NA FOR DREID OF THE PANE OF HELL BOT PRINCIPALLY FOR THE LUF OF GOD ELLIS IT IS ALL WITHOUTIN CHERITE AND WANTIS THE MAST CIRCUMSTANCE OF THE END THROU THE QUHILK PRINCIPALYE THE WERKE SULD BE IUGIT GUD AND THIS IS THE DOCTRINE NOCHT ALLANERLIE OF THEOLOGIS AND HALY WRIT BOT RICHT SA OF PHILOSOPHOURIS AS ARESTOTILL IN THE FIRST BUKE OF ETHIKIS AND MONY VTHER PLACE AS TO MORALE WERTEU THE ( VIJ ) THAT QUHEN HE CUMMIS TO ABSOLUCIOUN HE HAUE ANE GENERALE DISPLESANCE AND DETESTACOUN OF ALL HIS SYNNIS QUHAT EUER THAI BE AND THIR' ( VIJ ) AR WERTUISLY CONTENIT IN THRE WERITEIS DECLARIT IN THE FIRST CHAPITERE OF THIS TRETYE ALLSWA CONTRICOUN HAS MONY NOBLE FRUTIS THE FIRST IT REMITTIS THE SYN THE SECUND IT PUTTIS AWAY ETERNALE PANE AND CHANGIS IT IN PANE TEMPORALE OF PURGATORE AND IT MAY BE SA GRET THAT IT GETTIS FORGIFNES OF IT THE THRID IT RESTORIS A MAN TO THE HERITAGE OF HEVIN THE FERD IT MAKIS FRENDSCHIPE BETUIX GOD & MAN FOR THAI WAR' BEFOR' AT DISCORD THE FYFT IT RESTORIS ALL WERTEU & GRACE COMMONLY MAIRE THAN WAS BEFORE THE SEXT IT RESTORIS THE WERKIS THAT WAS BEFOR THE SYN MERITORE & TYNT BE SYN TO THAIR WALOURE THE ( VIJ ) IT DOIS PLESANS AND HONOUR TILL GOD TO ALL THE COURT OF PARADYS TO THE ANGELL THAT KEPIS THE PERSON TO THE GUD LIFFARIS OF THE WARLD FFOR IT MAKIS THAIM OFT STARKER' AGANIS THE DEVILL IT HELPIS EWILL LIFFARIS TO TORNE FRA THAIR SYN AND IT HELPIS THE SAULIS IN PURGATORIE TO THAR' DELIUERANS FFOR THAN THE GUD DEID AND PRAYERE OF THE PERSONE GOD HERIS FOR THAIM AND NOCHT QUHEN THAI AR' IN SYN AND TO ALL THIR' THE SYN COMMITTIT BE THE PERSONE DOIS DISPLESANCE AND QVHAR' THE PERSON HAS NOCHT CONTRICIOUN BOT ATTRICIOUN AND CUMMIS TO CONFESSIOUN AND ABSOLUCIOUN SACRAMENTALE QUHEN THE SYNNAR MAKIS

CONFESSIOUN TO THE PREST THAT IN THAT CAIS IS VICARE AND PLACE HALDAND OF GOD WITHOUT FICTIOUN AND PUTTAND NANE OBSTAKLE OF DEDLY SYN THE CONFESSOUN MAKIS THE SYNNER' AND PENITENT SEKIR' OF ALL THIRE FFOR THOCHT HE DOWT QUHIDDER' HE HAUE CONTRICIOUN OR NOCHT OF THIS HE MAY BE MAIR' SEKERE THIS CHAPITER' FOLLOWAND TRETIS OF CONFESSOUN SACRAMENTALE THE NATUR' AND CONDICIOUN OF IT AND GRET FRUTIS PROFFETTIS AND VTILITE THAIROF THAT IS THE SECUND PART OF PENNANCE THE SECUND PART OF THE HALY SACRAMENT OF PENNANCE IS CONFESSIOUN SACRAMENTALE QUHAR' THE SYNNERE CONFESSIS THE SYNNIS THAT HE HAS COMMITTIT & THE PREST IN THE PLACE OF GOD ASSOLZEIS HIM OR HIR' THE CONFESSIOUN REPRESENTIS THE MATER' OF THE SACRAMENT & THE ABSOLUCIOUN THE FORME THAT IS MAST PRINCIPALE AMANG ALL THE PARTIS OF THE HALY SACRAMENT OF PENNANS FIRST FOR THE DIUINITE AND THE WERTEU OF THE PASSIOUN OF IHESU ASSISTIS MARE TO THE WORDIS AND FORME SACRAMENTALE THAT THE PREST SAYS THE QUHILKIS AR' ( EGO TE ABSOLUO A PECCATIS TUIS IN NOMINE PATRIS ET FILIJ ET SPIRITUS SANCTI AMEN) THAT IS TO SAY I SERUAND AND PLACE HALDAND OF GOD ASSOLZEIS THE FRA THI SYNNIS IN THE NAME & POWERE OF THE FADERE THE SONE & THE HALY GAIST SA THAT TO THIRE WORDIS PROFFERIT BE THE PREST ASSISTIS THE WERTEU OF GOD AND GIF THE SYNNAR' DO HIS PART IT IS VNPOSSIBLE THAT THE SYNNERE BE VNASSOLZEIT OF ALL HIS SYNNIS FFOR THE PROMYS THAT GOD HAS MAID TO THE KIRK AND FOR THE WERTEU OF THE PASSIOUN OF IHESU THE SECUND CAUS FOR THIRE WORDIS AR DIVYNE AND REPRESENTIS MARE THE SACRAMENT &

APPROCHIS MARE TO THE SATISFACTOUN OF THE PERSONE IN THE WERTEU OF THE SACRAMENT AND TO THE DELIUERANS OF SYN AND INFUSION OF GRACE NA ONY VTHER PART OF THE SACRAMENT OF PENNANCE AND IS THE MAST SEKERE AND ABLE WAY TO CUM THAIRTO AND SANCT AUGUSTYNE SAYS THAT CONFESSIOUN IS A THING THROU THE QUHILK THAI HAF FALT & INFIRMITE OF THE PERSON THAT IS THE DEDLY SYN OF THE PERSON DONE BE CONMISSIOUN OR OMISSIOUN WITH HOPE OF FORGIFNES IS DECLARIT TO THE CONFESSOURE PLACE HALDAND OF GOD AND THAN IT CAUSIS A MAN TO DECIST AND HATE SYN IN SA FER THAT IT IS AGANIS THE LAW OF GOD AND OFFENDIS HIS HIE MAIESTE WITH HOPE THAT THROW THE WERTEU OF THE GLORIUS PASSIOUN OF IHESU AND CONFESSIOUN AND SATISFACTIOUN DONE OR PURPOSIT TO BE DONE AND BE WERTEU OF ABSOLUCIOUN GEVIN BE THE PREST THE MERCY OF GOD WILL REMYT THE SYN & RESSAVE THE PERSONE TO LUF AND KYNDNES AND RESTORE AGANE ALL WERTEU AND GRACE THAT THE PERSONE HAD BEFORE AND GOD GEVIS TO NA MAN THIS PENNANS BOT HE GIF HIM GRACE & FORGIFNES AND THOCHT THE PERSONNIS BEAND IN HELL MAY HAUE DETESTACIOUN OF THAR' SYNNIS THAI MAY NOCHT HAUE THIS MANERE OF DETESTACIOUN NOW DECERNIT THE CAUS QUHY THAI MAY NOCHT IT IS FFOR THAI AR' PASSIT THE WAY & TYME OF MERIT FFOR IT THAT DEID DOIS TO MEN AND PUTTIS THAIM OUT OF THE WAY OF MERIT FALLIN DID TO THE EWILL ANGELL ALLSWA THAI AR ABSTINATE IN THAR' SYNNIS BOT AND IT WAR' POSSIBLE THAT THAI HAD SIC PENNANCE GOD WALD REMIT THAIR SYN HIS MERCY IS SA GRET AND THIS TRISTICE AND DOLOUR IN A MANNIS MYND BEFOR THAT GOD ILLUMYNE THE SAULL WITH GRACE IS CALLIT ATTRICOUN BOT QUHEN THE ABSOLUCOUN IS GEVIN & THE SYNNERE PUTTIS NANE OBSTAKLE GOD GEVIS EUER GRACE TO SAULL AND ALL WERTEU AND THAN THAT DOLOUR IS MAID CONTRICIOUN AT THE LEIST AND OFTTYMES BEFOR' IT IS WERRAY

CONTRICIOUN AND THIS DOLOUR OF THE SYN COMMITTIT BEGYNNIS AT THE DREID OF THE IUSTICE OF GOD ANE PANE OF HELL AND ENDIS IN THE HOPE OF FORGIFNES CAUSIT IN TRAST CUMAND BE THE INFINITE MERCY OF GOD AND THUS BETUIX THIRE TWA AS THE NETHIR' & OVIRE MILSTANE THE SYN IS WROCHT AWAYE AND GRACE SEND TO THE SAULL AND THAT IS CALLIT CONTRICIOUN AND AS THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTEME PUTTIS AWAY ORIGINALE SYN SA DOIS THE SACRAMENT OF PENNANCE ACTUALE MORTALE SYN OF THE PERSON AND AS IS SAID BEFORE THOCHT THI DOLOUR AND DISPLESANCE BE NOCHT YNEUCH AS IT MAY NOCHT BE YNEUCH IN THE AWNE WERTEU ZIT THE GLORIUS PASSIOUN OF IHESU IS SAMEKLE THAT BE THE WERTEU OF IT THE DOLOUR THAT THOW HAS OF THI SYN GIF IT BE GRET WITH PURPOS TO CONFES THE AND GIF IT BE LITILL WITH CONFESSIOUN AND ABSOLUCIOUN SACRAMENTALE REMITTIS THI SYNNIS AND RESTORIS THE TO ALSMEKLE GRACE OR MAR' AS THOW HAD BEFORE AND ALL WERTEU DEVYNE AND THEOLOGE THROW THE WERTEU OF THE HELFULL AND GLORIUS MEDICYNE & INFINIT OF THE PASSIOUN OF IHESU AND BE THE PROMIS OF THE ASSISTENCE OF THE WERTEU OF THE HALY TRINITE TO THE SACRAMENT OF PENNANS QUHEN THOW APPLYIS THE TO IT WITHOUT FEYNYNG AND PUTTIS NANE OBSTAKLE IN SAFER AS IS IN THE FFOR GOD WILL NEUER FALZE IN HIS PROMYS AND LES IN THE WERITEIS OF GRACE NA IN THE WERKIS OF NATURE AND ERAR' WILL CES TO GIF THE SAULL TO THE BODY QUHEN IT IS DISPOSIT TO RESAIF IT NA TO GIF GRACE TO THE SYNNERE QUHEN HE DISPONIS HIM SUFFICIENTLY TO IT AND OF THIS SUFFICIENT DISPOSICOUN IN THE FIRST I HAUE SCHAWIN THE THRE WERITEIS AND TO THIS HALY SACRAMENT OF PENNANCE THOCHT IT BE OF THE LAWE OF NATURE IN SA FER' AS IT IS REMEID VOLUNTAR' AGANIS THE OFFENCIS MAID TO GOD AND NAMELIE AS TO REPENTANS IN THI MYND NEUERTHELES IN SAFERE AS IT IS A SACRAMENT IT IS COMMANDIT

INSTITUT AND ORDANIT BE THE SONE OF GOD IHESU TO DELIUER THE OF THI SYN AND THOW ART OBLIST TO VS & TRAST IN THE PASSOUN OF IHESU TO GIF WERTEU TO ALL SACRAMENTIS AND TO MAK CONFESSIOUN ALL PERSONE HAVAND MYND AND RESOUN BEAND IN DEDLY SYN ACTUALE IS OBLIST BE THE LAW OF THE EWANGELL AND THE COMMANDEMENT OF IHESU THAT HAS GEVIN THE KIRKMEN POWERE TO REMIT THE SYN AND TO IUGIS ARBITOURIS ( IBI ACCIPITE SPIRITUM SANCTUM QUORUM REMISERITIS PECCATA REMITTENTUR EIS ET QUORUM RETINUERITIS RETENTA ERUNT IO XX ) AND SEN THAI AR' IUGIS ARBITOURIS TO THE AND IUGIS OF THI SYNNIS AND TO GIF PENITENT FOR THAIM THAI MON KNAW THAIM ELLIS THAI MAY NOCHT BE IUGIS OF THAIM FFOR IUGEMENT REQUYRIS KNAWLEGE AND THAI MAY NOCHT KNAW THAIM BOT GIF THE SYNNERE REVELE THAIM TO THAIM THARFOR' THE SYNNAR' IS OBLIST TO REVELE THAIM TO THE PREST AND THAT THE REUELACOUN IS CONFESSOUN ANE NOTHER' RESOUN ALL PERSON THAT BE HIS DEFALT HAS TYNT THE GRACE OF GOD AND WERTEU IS OBLIST ALS FER AS HE MAY TO RECOVERE & CUM AGANE AND REPAIRE THAIM BE TWA COMMANDEMENTIS OF THE LAW ANE THAT HE SULD HONOUR GOD AND REPAIR' TILL HIM HIS TRESPAS AND LUF HIS LYF SPIRITUALE AND HIS SALUACOUN AND HE THAT GRACE TYNT BE HIS FALT AND SYNE HE MAY RECOVERE IT BE CONFESSIOUN BE THAT WORD OF IHESU ( QUORUM REMISERITIS PECCATA ) THE THRID RESON A PERSONE IS OBLIST THE NERREST & MAIST CERTANE WAY THAT HE CAN TO LAUBOUR FOR HIS SALUACON DELICIOUN AND AWAY PUTTING OF SYN AND RECOUERANS OF GRACE AND WERTEU AND THAT IS BE CONFESSOUN AND ABSOLUCOUN FFOR IT IS MAR' CERTANE NA CONTRICOUN FFOR GIF HE HAS BEFOR' NA CONTRICOUN THE WERTEU OF CONFESSIOUN & ABSOLUCOUN MAY CAUS CONTRICOUN WITH THI THAT HE HAUE ATTRICOUN AND CUM TO CONFESSIOUN WITHOUT FICTIOUN AND PUT NANE IMPEDIMENT OF ACTUALE SYN AND HAUE DISPLESANCE OF THE SYNNIS COMMITTIT

AND THAT THE PERSOUN MAY KNAW AND MAY NOCHT KNAW QUHIDDER' HE HAUE GRACE AND CONTRICIOUN OR NOCHT FFOR IT THAT IS NOCHT WORTHY TO BE CALLIT MERIT NA CONTRICOUN BE THE WERTEU OF THE PASSIOUN OF IHESU AND OF THE SACRAMENT APPLYIT TO IT IS WERRAY ACCEPTABILL TO GOD AND MAID MERIT & CONTRICOUN FFOR HIS MERITIS SAVIS WS AND OUR' DEIDIS DISPONIS WS TO BE PARTICIPALE AND ACCEPTABLE OF HIS GLORIUS PASSIOUN THE QUHILK IS BETTER & MAR' ACCEPTABLE BEFOR' THE HIE TRONE OF THE GODHED AND TRINITE THAN ALL SYNNIS THAT AR WAS OR MAY BE AR EWILL OR DE ACCEPTABLE FFOR HIS MERIT AND CONSIDERACOUN OF HIS DIUINITE AND HUMANITE AND PERSOUN THAT IS WERRAY GOD IS OF INFINITE WERTEU AS WERITEIS AND MONY DOCTOURIS SCHAWIS AND THE SYNNIS ARE FYNITE AND THOCHT THAI WAR' INFINITE ZIT HIS MERIT EXCEDIS IN GUDNES FFOR HE IS WERRAY GOD MEN AR OBLIST TO MAK THAIR CONFESSIOUN OF ALL DEDLY SYNNIS THAT CUMMIS BE THAR' KNAWLEGE THAT THAI AR NOCHT CONFESSIT OF BEFORE OF THE CIRCUMSTANCE THAT CHANGIS THE SYN FRA A KYND TILL ANE NOTHER OF THE CIRCUMSTANCE THAT GARRIS THE SYN GROW RICHT HEVELY AS SAYIS THE GRET DOCTOR' ATISIODORENSIS OF IT THAT HIS CONSCIENS SCHAWIS TO HIM THAT IT IS DEDLY SYN THOCHT IT BE NANE AND OF IT THAT HE DOWTIS OF QUHIDDIRE IT BE DEDLY OR VENIALE ELLIS THE PERSOUN EXPONIS HIM TO PERILE OF ETERNALE DAMNACOUN OF VENIALE SYN THROW THE COMMANDEMENT OF GOD HE IS NOCHT OBLIST TO MAK CONFESSIOUN TO THE PREST WNDER THE PANE OF DAMNACON BOT IT IS RICHT PROFFITABLE & MERITOR TO DO IT AND HE THAT DOIS IT NOCHT IS NOCHT WYS AND IT IS ANE EVILL TAKIN CONSIDERAND THE GRET PROFFET THAT HE MAY HAUE THAIRTHROU THAI THAT HAS NOTHER DEDLY NOR WANELY SYNNIS AR NOCHT OBLIST TO MAK CONFESSIOUN AS OUR LADY WAS WITHOUT ONY

SYN BOT AND THAR' WARE NOW ONY SIC PERSONIS THAI MYCHT FOR HONESTE AND COMMANDEMENT OF THE KIRK AT PASCHE CUM AND SCHAW TO THE PREST THAT THAI HAUE NA CONSCIENCE OF SYN MEN AR HALDIN TO MAK CONFESSIOUN ANYS IN THE ZERE AT PASCHE BECAUS OF THE RESAVING OF THE HALY SACRAMENT OF THE BODYE AND NOBLE PERSOUN OF IHESU AND OBEYAND TO THE COMMANDEMENTIS OF THE HALY KIRK ALSA QUHEN THAI PAS TILL ONY PERILL OF DEID OTHER BE SEIKNES BATELL OR SE AND QUHEN THAR' CONSCIENCE IUGIS THAT THAI AR' OBLIST TO CONFES THAM AND QUHEN THAI HAUE PRESENS OF A CONFESSOURE THAT HAS POWERE TO ASSOLZE THAIM AND THAI DRED THAT WITHIN THAT ZERE THAI CAN NOCHT GET PRESENS OF HIM NA SIK AGANE IN THIR' FOUR' CAIS A MAN IS OBLIST TO MAK HIS CONFESSIOUN WITHOUT GRET DELACOUN THE PERSOUN THAT SULD HEIR' CONFESSIOUN SULD BE A PREST HAFAND IURISDICTOUN OF THE SYNNARE THAT IS OUTHER HIS CURAT HIS BISCHOP OR THE PAPE OR VTHER COMMITTIT BE ANE OF THAM AND HIS PROPER CURAT NAWAY SULD BE CONTEMPNIT AND IT IS SURE AND SEKERE OUTHER ANYS IN THE ZERE TO MAK CONFESSIOUN TO HIM OR ELLIS BE HIS LICENCE TO ANE NOTHER THAT WORTHY IS TO HEIR' THI CONFESSIOUN ALLSWA HE THAT HERIS CONFESSIOUN FOR THE HONOUR OF THE SACRAMENT SULD BE OUT OF SYN OR ELLIS TAK AND HAUE CONTRICOUN OF HIS SYN OR HE GIF ABSOLUCOUN BOT GIF HE DOIS VTHIR WAY IT HURTIS HIM AND NOCHT THE PERSON THAT MAKIS CONFESSIOUN TO HIM FFOR HE MAY NOCHT KNAW THE CONSCIENCE OF THE PRESTE ALLSWA THE CONFESSOUR SULD HAUE SCIENS AND DISCRECOUN TO DISCERNE BETUIX VENIALE & DEDLY SYN AND TO KNAW QUHIDDER' HE HAS POWERE TO ASSOLZE HIM FRA THE SYN OR GIF IT BE RESERUIT AND THE MAIR' KNAWLEGE HE HAUE IT IS THE BETTER THE PREST HERAND CONFESSIONIS MAY MAK INTERROGACIONIS TO KNAW THE CONSCIENCE AND THE STAIT OF THE SYNNERE

AND TO GIF REMEID AND MEDICYNE SPERAND IN GENERALL OF THE ARTIKLIS OF THE FAITH OF THE ( X ) COMMANDEMENTIS OF THE ( V ) WITTIS OF THE ( VIJ ) DEDLY SYNNIS AND VTHER THAT ARE VSIT BOT OF SYNNIS THAT AR NOCHT GRETLY VSIT HE SULD NOCHT SPEIRE MEKLE NA DISCEND PARTICULARY NAMELY IN THE SYN OF LICHORY FFOR BE THAI INTERROGACONIS HE MAY INDUCE PLESANCE IN THE SYNNERE HERAND THE PARTICULARYE CIRCUMSTANCE OF THE SYN OF THE FLESCHE AND TECHE THE SYNNAR' WAYS TO SYN AND VNKNAWIN BEFORE AND HE SULD SPEIR' AT ILK MAN THE SYNNIS THIT HE TRASTIS MAST THAT HE IS INCLINIT AND HAS COMMITTIT AS AT THE KING AND IUGIS ANENTIS THE KEPING OF IUSTICE BARONIS & MEN OF WEIR' ANENTIS REIF MURTHOUR AND STOUTH LAUBORARIS ANENTIS THAIR MERCHANDICE MANSWERING & OKIRE KIRK MEN OF SYMONY EVILL GOVERNANCE AND NEGLIGENCE ANENTIS THE PEPILL AND NOTHER THE CONFESSOUR SULD SPERE PARTICULARY OF THE SYN OF ONY VTHER PERSON NA THE PERSON THAT MAKIS CONFESSIOUN SULD TELL OF ONY VTHER PERSONIS SYN IN PARTICULARY ELLIS THAI DO EVILL AND IT IS A MANER OF SCLANDER AND DETRACTIOUN BOT GIF THE SYN BE SIC THAT IT CAN NOCHT BE CONFESSIT WITHOUT KNAWLEGE OF VTHER ALLSWA THE PREST SULD HALD ALL SECRETE THAT HE HERIS IN CONFESSIOUN QUHAT SYN THAT EUER IT BE AND NA WAY SULD REVELE IT AND TO THAT HE IS OBLIST BE THE LAW OF NATUR THE LAW OF THE EWANGELL AND CANNONE LAW WNDER PANE OF DAMNACIOUN OF HIS SAULL DEGRADACOUN AND MONY VTHER PANIS GRET AND HEVY FFOR HE REPRESENTIS THE PERSON OF GOD HERAND CONFESSIOUN AND OUTWITH CONFESSIOUN HE MAY SAY AND SWERE HE WATE NOCHT OF THE THING THAT HE HERD IN CONFESSIOUN FFOR THAIR HE SWERIS AS A PARTICULAR' PERSON AND IN HIS AWNE NAME AND IN THAT WAY HE HERD NOCHT

CONFESSIOUN ALLSWA BE FRATERNALE LUF THAT HE AW TO HIS NYCHTBOURE HE SULD KEPE HIS HONOUR IN TO GUD FAME AS HIS AWNE AND THAIRFOR HE SULD NOCHT REVELE IT THAT IS SCHAWIN TO HIM IN CONFESSIOUN FFOR THAT WALD HURT THE GUD FAME & RENOVNE OF HIS NYCHTBOUR THOCHT HE PROMIS TO KEPE IT SECRETE QUHEN THE SYNNARE CONFESSIS THE SYN TO HIM ELLIS HE WALD NA WAY TELL IT FOR SCLANDER ALLSWA ALL CRISTIN MAN IS OBLIST TO GIF NA OCCASIOUN TO ANE NOTHER TO LEIF & BREKE THE LAW OF GOD BOT HE THAT REVELIS CONFESSIOUN GEVIS OCCASIOUN TO THE PERSON TO BREK THE LAW OF GOD FFOR IT GEVIS HIM OCCASIOUN TO CUM NOCHT AGANE TO CONFESSIOUN THAT HE BE NOCHT REVELIT THE QUHILK IS AGANIS THE LAW OF GOD AND THOCHT THE PAP WALD CHARGE THE CONFESSOUR VNDER THE PANE OF CURSING SENTENCIE LATE HE SULD NOCHT DO IT FFOR THE SECRET OF CONFESSIOUN IS COMMANDIT BE THE LAW OF NATURE & OF GOD AND THE PAPE IS NOCHT ABOUE THIRE LAWIS BOT OBLIST TO KEPE AND OBSERUE THAIM AND IN THAT COMMANDEMENT THE CONFESSOUR IS NOCHT VNDER THE PAPE FFOR THE CONFESSOUR REPRESENTIS THE PERSON OF GOD AND GIF THE PAPE GIF THAT CHARGE IT IS WRANG NA THE PREST FALLIS NOCHT IN CURSING NOCHT OBEYAND AND IN SAMEKLE THAT THE PREST HERIS THE PAPIS CONFESSIOUN AND THE PAPE CONFESSIS HIM TO THE PREST IN THAT THE PAPE IS WNDIR THE CONFESSOUR THOCHT HIS AUCTORITE BE MAIRE AND THOCHT HE BE A GRETAR PRELAT THE FRUTIS OF CONFESSIOUN AR MONY AND RICHT PROFFITABLE AND GIF CONTRICOUN PASSIT NOCHT BEFORE AND THE SYNNERE CONFESSIS HIM WITHOUT FICTIOUN & PUT NA OBSTAKLE IT PUTTIS AWAY SYN IT CHANGIS THE PANE OF HELL PERPETUALE INTO THE PANE OF PURGATORIE AND GIF CONTRICON PASSIT BEFORE IT CHANGIS THE PANE OF PURGATORIE IN PANE TO BE DONE HEIRE IN THE WARLD THE QUHILK MAY BE SONE PAYIT IN THE REGARD OF THE PANE OF PURGATORIE AND THE MAIR' THAT A PERSOUN CONFESSIS HIM OF THAT SYN WITH SCHAME & DEVOCIOUN THE MARE OF THE PANE IT FORGEVIS AND HE MAY NOCHT DO IT SA OFT THAT ALL THE PANE WILL BE FORGEVIN THE SECUND FRUT IT MAKIS A PERSONE SEKERE QUHAR' HE WAS BEFORE

IN DOWT QUHIDDER HE HAD CONTRICOUN OR NOCHT AND THOCHT THE WAY OF CONTRICOUN OFTTYMES CUM NOCHT WITHOUT CONFESSIOUN AND ABSOLUCIOUN ZIT THIS WAY THAT CUMMIS EFTER IS MAST SEKERE THE THRID IT DELIUERIS A PERSON FRA THE TRANSGRESSIOUN OF THE COMMANDEMENT OF GOD AND OF THE KIRK THE FERD IT CAUSIS NEW MERIT BE OBEDIENS OF THIRE COMMANDEMENTIS THE FYFT IT RESTORIS GRACE AND WERTEU AND GIF THAI BE GOTTIN BEFOR' BE CONTRICOUN IT EIKIS THAIM THE SEXT IT MAKIS THE FACE OF THE SAULL AND MYNDE CLERE BEFORE GOD AND THE ANGELLIS AND TERRIBLE TO THE DEVILL TO LUKE ON FFOR THAIR HE SEIS THE PASSIOUN OF IHESU AND HIS DEFENCE AND BANERE THE ( VIJ ) IT HELPIS THE SAULIS OF PURGATORIE FOR THAIR DELIUERANCE FFOR THAN THE WERKIS OF THE PERSON AR ACCEPT BEFOR GOD IT PLESIS THE ANGELLIS OF HEVIN (QUIA MAIVS GAUDIUM EST IN CELO) IT REIOSIS THI GUD ANGELL THAT KEPIS THE & LUFIS THI SALUACOUN IT DOIS HONOUR TO GOD FOR THAN HE REPUTIS THE HIS SERUAND AND FRENDE AND ACCEPIS THI SERUICE IT DOIS PLESANCE TO THE GUD LIFFARIS OF THE WARLD FOR IT MAKIS THAIR OST & BATELL STARKAR AGANIS THE DEVILL & ENEMYE THE EWILL LIFFARIS IT HELPIS TO CUM FRA THAIR SYN AND FYNALIE IT GERRIS THE OUR'CUM THE WARLD THE FLESCHE & ALL THI ENYMYS AND DOIS GRET CONFUSIOUN TO THE DEVILL THIS CHAPITER' FOLLOWAND TRETIS OF SATISFACTIOUN SACRAMENTALE IN GENERALE THE NATUR' CONDICIOUN AND GRET PROFFETIS THAIROF THAT IS THE THRID PART OF PENNANCE THE THRID PART OF THE HALY SACRAMENT OF PENNANCE IS SATISFACTIOUN THE QUHILK IS AS DOCTOURIS TECHIS RECOMPENSACOUN BEFOR THE DEVYNE MAIESTE OF THE CULPE AND OFFENCE COMMITTIT BE THE SYNNARE WITH PENALE MEDICYN

TO FORBERE SYNE IN TYME CUMMYNG AND SEN THE SYNNARE BE HIS SYN TYNIS THE LUF AND AMITE OF GOD AND COMMITTIS OFFENCE AND IS INOBEDIENT TO THE LAW OF GOD BREKAND IT AND IS OBLIST TO THOLE PANE AND MAK RECOMPENSACIOUN AND SATISFACTOUN THOCHT HE RECOVERE THE FAUOUR AND AMITE OF THE FADER OF HEVIN BE CONTRICOUN AND CONFESSON ZIT FOR THE INOBEDIENS THAT HE HAS DONE TO GOD BE HIS SYN HE IS OBLIST TO MAK REPARACOUN & RESTORANCE OF THE SERUICE THAT HE HAS DRAWIN FRA HIM & THE INHONORACOUN THAT HE HAS SCHAWIN IN THE BREKING OF HIS LAW AND THAT IS SATISFACTOUN AND THAT SULD BE PENALE AND BECAUS THE SYN WAS PLESAND & VOLUNTARE AND THAT SATISFACTIOUN MAY BE DONE & MAID BATH BE ACTON AND GUD WERKIS AND PASSIOUN AND GUD SUFFERANS AS IHESUS IN HIS GLORIUS PASSIOUN SUFFERIT FOR WS ALL INNOMERABLE PANE AND MAID SATISFACTIOUN FOR ALL OURE SYNNIS BAITH ORIGINALE & ACTUALE BOT IN THIS DIFFERENS THAT FOR ORIGINALE SYN HE HIM ALLANE MAID SATISFACTON BE HIS PASSIOUN AND DELIUERIT IT BE THE HALY SACRAMENT OF BAPTEME BOT THOCHT HIS GLORIUS PASSIOUN BE SATISFACTOUR SUFFICIENTLY FOR ALL MORTALE SYN ACTUALE AND INFINIT MERIT NEUERTHELES HE HAS ORDANIT FOR HIS HONOURE AND OUR' PROFFET TO PUT AWAY ACTUALE MORTALE SYN FRA WS THE HALY SACRAMENT OF PENNANCE THAT CONTENIS IN IT THE VERTEU OF HIS GLORIUS PASSOUN AND WITH THAT & ATTOUR HE HAS ORDANIT THAT THE SYNNAR' OF HIS AWNE PART MAK SATISFACTOUN BE WERK OR PASSOUN PREVALE FOR HIS SYN AND HAUE DISPLESANS OF IT AND BECAUS THAT HE CONCURRIT WILFULLY AND WITH PLESANS COMMITTAND THE SYN THAT HE CONCUR' WILFULLY AND WITH DISPLESANS OF THE SYN GETTAND FORGIFNES & REMISSIOUN OF THE SYN FOR THE SAIKE LUF & HONOUR OF IHESU AND HIS PASSON & OBEDIENCE ANENTIS THE FADER' OF HEVIN AND DOAND THAT HE DISPONIS HIM IN SAFER AS IS IN HIM TO RESAIF THE WERTEU OF THE GLORIUS PASSIOUN OF IHESU AND OF THE SACRAMENT & GETTIS REMISSON

OF THE PANE THAT HE WAS OBLIST TO MAKAND AND DOAND THE SATISFACTIOUN INIUNIT TO HIM BE THE PREST AND THE PREST SULD BE DISCRETE AND INIUNE PENNANCE WITH THE CONSENT OF THE PENITENT AND SIC PENNANS AS HE TROWIS THAT THE PENITENT MAY AND WILL FULFILL AND THAT IS CONVENIENT FOR THAT SYN AND WAYS MEDICINALE AND CONTRAR TO IT ELLIS HE FALIS IN HIS OFFICE SATISFACTOUN IS DONE BE CONTRICOUN CONFESSIOUN BE SCHAME THAT THE SYNNAR' HAS OF THE SYN CONFESSAND IT BE ALMOUS DEID FASTING VRISOUN AND PRAYERE AND THOCHT THIR' THRE LAST PROPIRLY BE CALLIT THE PARTIS OF SATISFACTIOUN BE ALMOUS WNDERSTAND ALL THING THAT THOW DOIS TO THI NYCHTBOUR THAT MAY BE PROFFITABLE TO HIM IN SAULL AND BODY BE FASTING ALL THING PVNISSAND THE BODY FOR SYN AS TO WERE THE HARE CLATH AND DISCIPLYNE THAT RELIGIOUS MEN & VTHER TAKIS FOR THAIR SYN GRETING AND ALL SICLYK THING BE VRISOUN AND PRAYERE WNDERSTAND ALL THING THROU THE QUHILK GOD IS ADORNIT AND DONE HONOUR TO AS PILGRIMAGE PRAYER PUTTAND THE ON THI KNEIS LIFTAND THI HANDIS & THI EYNE TO HEVYNE TO THE SACRAMENT AND ALL SIC THINGIS AND THAT ONY WERK OR SUFFERANCE OF PANE BE SUFFICIENTLY SATISFACTOUR AR FYVE CONDICONIS REQUYRIT THE FIRST THAT IT BE GUD WELE DONE IN THE HONOUR OF GOD NOCHT FOR THE HELE OF THI PERSONE NA LOVING OF THE WARLD NA SIC CAUS THE SECUND THAT IT BE PENALE AND DOLORUS OF THE NATURE OF THE WERK AND THOCHT HALY MEN FAST PRAY & DO VTHER THINGIS INIUNIT TO THAM GIF ALMOS PLESANDLYE NEUERTHELES THAI WERKIS OF THAR' NATURE AR PENALE TO THE BODY AND IN A PART DISPLESAND FFOR THE SENSUALITE AYE INCLINIS TO THE PLESANS OF IT SELF AND NOCHT OF THE SAULL AND RESOUN THE THRID THAT IT

BE WILFULLY DONE ELLIS IT CAN NOCHT PROFFET THE ALLSWA THOW COMMITTIT THE SYN WILFULLY AND THAIRFOR THOW SULD OF THI WILL HAUE DISPLESANCE OF IT THE FERD THAT THOW DO IT FOR CHASTISING OF SYN AND PLESANCE OF GOD TO RECOUNSALL THE AGANE TO HIM THE FIFT THAT THOW BE NOCHT OBLIST TO DO THAT WERK OR SUFFER' THAT PANE FOR OTHER CAUS BOT FOR THE RECOMPENSACOUN OF THI SYN FFOR AND IT BE DONE FOR OTHER CAUS PROPERLY IT IS NOCHT SATISFACTOUN OF THI SYN AND THOCHT GOD THI MAKERE BECAUS OF CREACIOUN CONSERUACOUN AND REDEMPCOUN AND MONY VTHER WAYIS MYCHT HAUE OBLIST THE TO DO ALL THI POWERE IN HIS SERUICE NEUERTHELES OF HIS HIE GRACE AND INFINIT MERCY HE HAS OBLIST THE BOT TO LITILL THAT IS TO THE ( X ) COMMANDEMENTIS OF THE LAW THAT THE LAW OF NATURE OBLISS ALL MAN TO DO THE FAITH OF IHESU AND PART EKIT IN THE EWANGILL THAT MAY BE ALL REDUCIT TO THE ( X ) COMMANDEMENTIS AND BE THIR' THOW MAY WYN THE REALME OF PARADYS FFOR ALL THI SERUICE IS PROFFITABLE TO THI SELF AND THOW DOIS BOT HONOUR TO HIM AND DOAND ALL THIRE WERKIS THOU MAY MAK SATISFACTIOUN FOR THI SYN AND IHESUS THI SALUATOUR FOR ALL FALTIS THOW MAY HAF IN SAULL & BODY INCLYNAND THE TO SYN HAS ORDANIT MEDICYNE HAVAND WERTEU OF HIS GLORIUS PASSIOUN AND VTHER INFINIT REMEIDIS AND THOW DOIS ONY WERKIS NOCHT PENALE NA DOLORUS THAI SULD BE CALLIT MAIR' MERITOURIS NA SATISFACTOURIS AND THUS ALL TRUBLE FLAGELLACOUN AND CASTIGACIOUN IN THI BODY THI BARNIS THI GUD THAT GOD SENDIS ON THE AND THOW TAK IT PACIENTLY WILLFULLY AND OBEDIENTLY THANKAND GOD THAIR OF SUBMITTAND

THE TO HIS WILL PRAYAND HIM THAT IT BE REMISSIOUN OF THI SYNNIS ALL THAT HELPIS THE TO SATISFACTOUN ALLSWA AND THOW BE PUT TO DEID RICHTWISLIE OR WRANGUISLIE AND THOW TAK IT IN PACIENCE AS I HAUE SAID NOW IT DELIUERIS THE FRA MEKLE OF THE SATISFACTIOUN THAT THOW ART OBLIST TO WITH THI THAT THI SYN BE FORGEVIN AND THE DOCTOR SUBTILIS SCOTUS SAYS THAT NATURALE DED AND THOU ACCEPT IT WILFULLY WITH PACIENCE FOR THE PLESANCE AND OBEDIENCE OF GOD IT MAY PUT AWAY THE PANE THAT THOU ART OBLIST TO FOR THI VENIALE SYNNIS AND MEKLE THAT THOU ART OBLIST TO SUSTENE FOR DEDLY SYN THAT IS REMITTIT TO THE AND GIF THOW SPERIS AT ME GIF A MAN MAY MAK SATISFACTON TO GOD FOR HIS DEDLY SYN COMMITTIT BE HIM I ANSWER' TO THE THAT ABSOLUT & INFINIT POWERE OF GOD MAY ACCEPT ATTRICOUN OR ONY VTHER THING FOR THE REMISSIOUN OF SYN BOT BE THE ORDINAT POWER' OF GOD AND KEPAND THE LAW THAT IS GEVIN FRA GOD TO WS WITHOUT HELPE NA MAN MAY MAK SATISFACTIOUN FOR HIS DEDLY SYN FFOR GOD HAS DISPONIT & ORDANIT NEUER TO REMIT DEDLY SYN BOT THROUQ THE WERTEU OF THE GLORIUS PASSIOUN OF HIS SON IHESU NA ZIT TO GIF GRACE BOT FOR THE SAIK OF IHESU AND THUS WITH THE HELPE AND SUPLE OF HIM A PERSONE MAY MAK SATISFACTOUN FOR HIS SYNNIS BOT NA VTHER WAY AND THOW MAY NOCHT MAK SATISFACTOUN FOR A DEDLY BOT GIF THOW MAK SATISFACTOUN FOR ALL THI SYNNIS

AND THOCHT THOW PAY THE PANE FOR A SYN AND NOCHT FOR ANE NOTHER' THOW MAY NOCHT CUM TO THE RECONSILIACOUN AND AMITE OF GOD PUTTAND AWAYE A SYN BOT ALL BE PUT AWAYE ELLES THOW WAR' A TYME BAITH IN GRACE AND DEDLY SYN FOR GIF ANE DEDLY SYN BE REMITTIT THOW ART IN GRACE AND GOD LUFIS THE AND GIF ANE NOTHER BE NOCHT REMITTIT HE LUFIS THE NOCHT AND THIR MAY NOCHT STAND TOGIDDER THOW MAY SPEIR' AT ME GIF ANE PERSONE MAY MAK SATISFACTIOUN FOR ANE NOTHER I ANSWER' THAT IHESU HAS MAID SATISFACTIOUN FOR OUR SYNNIS AND WE DO OUR PART THAT HE HAS ORDANIT WS BOT THAT ONY VTHER MAY MAK SATISFACTIOUN FOR THE AND THI SYN PROPERLYE AS TO ENCLYNE THEQ PERSON IN TYME CUMMYNG FRA SYN IT MAY BE DONE BE THEQ MANER OF MERIT BOT NOCHT OF SATISFACTIOUN FOR THE FASTING ALMOUS DEID ORYSOUN AND PILGRIMAGE THAT THOW DOIS CHASTYIS NOCHT MY PERSONE OR ANE NOTHER FRA SYN BOT TO PAY THE PANE THOW OR ANE NOTHER PERSONE IS ORDANIT TO SUSTENE FOR SYN A PERSONE MAY DO THAT FOR ANE NOTHER AND BAITH BE IN CHERITE AND NAMLYE AND HE THAT AW TO MAK SATISFACTIOUN BE IMPOTENT TO DO IT AS IN PURGATORE AND HEVY SEIKNES ELLIS AND HE MAY DO IT HIM SELF AND WILL NOCHT IT IS A TAKIN THAT HE IS NOCHT VERRAY PENITENT MAKAND GUD CHEIR' HIM SELF AND LETTAND ANE NOTHER FAST FOR HIM FFOR THUS ANE NOTHER MAY GA TO PARADYS FOR HIM SEN HE FASTIS FOR HIM BOT THE TOTHER PERSONE SUM WAY MAY WYN THE SUM MERIT AND NAMLY AND THOW BE DISPONIT TO RESSAUE IT TO THE AND FOR MEN THAT AR GRETLY INCLINIT TO ANE SYN OUTHER BE COMPLEXIOUN OR CONSUETUD OR OTHER WAY THAT CONFESSIS HIM OF THEQ SYN

AND SONE EFTER FALLIS IN THE SYN COMMITTIT BEFOR' DOCTOURIS GEVIS THRE REWLIS OF COUNSALL THE FIRST PROPONE IN THI MYND AND HAUE FERME PURPOS THAT GIF THOW BE TEMPIT AGANE OF THE SYN AND THOW COMMIT IT EFTERWART THE FIRST DAY THOW SALL SAYE THE ( VIJ ) PSALMES OF PENITENCE THE SECUND DAY THOW SALL FAST THE THRID DAY THOW SALL GIF ALMOS AND THAN THE ENEMY WILL DREID THE AND GOD WILL HELP THE OUTHER NOCHT TO FALL IN SYN OR TO RYS SONE FRA IT THE SECUND REULE & REMEID GIF THOW BE GRETLYE TEMPIT TO THE SYN HAUE FERME PURPOS & PROMYS OR THOW COMMIT THE SYN GIF THOW HAPPIN TO BE VINCUST IN TEMPTACOUN OR THOW COMMIT THE SYN TO SAY THEQ ( VIJ ) PSALMIS OF PENITENCE OR ANE VRISOUN OR THOW COMMIT THE SYN IN HONOUR OF IHESU AND HIS PASSIOUN BEFOR THE CROCE OR MAKAND ANE CROCE ON THE PUTTAND THE ON THI KNEIS OR SAYAND ANE VRISOUN OF OUR LADYE COMMENDAND THE TO HIR' GRACE AND HELPE AND TO THE GUD ANGELL AND THROU THIS THE ENEMY WILL DREID THE THAT THOW LEVE HIS PERSUASON AND GIF HE EUER PERSEUERIS GOD OF HIS GRACE WILL DELIUER THE FRA TEMPTACOUN BE HIS MERCY AND PRAYERE OF THE VIRGIN AND SANCTIS OR GIF THOW FALLIS THAI WILL HELPE THAT THOW RYS SONE FRA THE SYN AND QUHEN THE ENEMY PERSAUIS THAT THOW HAS BETTER WAYIS TO DELIUER THE FRA SYN NA HE TO BRING THE TO IT HE FOR SCHAME & GRET PRYDE THAT HE HAS TO BE OURCUMMYN WILL LEVE THE TRASTAND THAT HE MAY NOCHT OURECUM THE THE THRID WAY AND DOCTRINE IS PURPOS FERME & STARKLY IN THI MYND GEVE THOU BE MAIRE AND STARKLY TEMPIT TO SYN THAT THOW SALL INCONTINENT TURNE THI MYND TO THE CONSIDERACIOUN OF ANE

HEVY TERRIBLE CONSIDERACOUN OF DREID OUTHER' THINKAND ON DEID THAT IS ABLE TO CUM ON THE OR OF PERPETUALE DAMPNACOUN FOR THI SYN AND INGRATITUD CONSIDERAND THAT GOD OF HIS MERCYE SA OFT HAS FORGEVIN THE OR THAT THOW ART ABLE TO DUELL PERPETUALLYE IN COMPANY OF THE DEVILLIS IN HELL OR THAT THOW TROW THAT THOW WILL TYNE THE REALME OF PARADYS THE GRET PLESANCE OF THE VISIOUN DIVINE OF OUR LADYE AND THE COMPANY OF THE HALY ANGELLIS OF HEVIN AND BE THIS CONSIDERACOUN THI ENEMY THAT FOR HIS SYN THOLIS ETERNALE AND INNOMERABLE PANE WILL BE ABASIT & LEVE THE AND GOD WILL HELPE THE AND THI RESSOUNE AND VNDERSTANDING THAT WAS VINCUST BE SENSUALITE SLEPAND & DREMAND WILL WAKIN & STERT WP IN GRET FORS SAYAND TO THI WILL THAT HAS DOMINACOUN OF THE WILL THOW FOR SA LITILL A FOLYE & VNPROFFITABLE THING & PLESANCE DO DISPLESANCE TO GOD THE CREATOUR EVILL & DAMPNABLE TO THI SELF SAULL & BODY AND TYNE HIS LUF FAUOUR & SERUICE THE MERIT OF HIS GLORIUS PASSIOUN AND THE REALME OF PARADIS AND TURNE THE TO PERPETUALE DAMPNACON AND QUHEN THE PERSONE WILL & FRE ARBITOUR VNDERSTANDIS AND HERIS THIS THE PERSONE IS ABASIT TRYMBLAND & DREDAND AND CENSUALITE FALIS AND CESSIS AND THE PASSIOUN AND GRET INCLINACOUN AND MOCIOUN TO FLESCHLY LUF & SYN OUTHER IN THAT OR OTHER SYNNIS FAYLIS AND IS WAYKIT AND RESSOUN IUSTICE AND THE LAVE AND COMMANDEMENTIS OF GOD HAS PLACE AND AR HERD AND GOVERNIS THE PERSONE DRAWAND THE PERSONE FRA SYN AND ALL EVILL INCLINACIOUN TO THE OBEYSANCE OF GOD RESOUN AND THE LAW OF GRACE AND THE EWANGELL GEVIN BE IHESU THE SONE OF GOD AND EVYNE AS THOW WAR' TEMPIT WITH A LADY OR SHE

WITH THE RICHT STARKLYE AND ZE PRESENT TOGIDDER TO HAUE ZOUR' PLESANCE AND THOW KNEW SEKERLY THAT FOR THAT DEFALT AND SYNE THOW SULD BE SLAYNE AND DE EFTER WITHIN ANE HOUR' THE RADDOUR OF DEID WALD ABAISE THE SA GRETELY THAT ALL THI LUST SENSUALITE AND PLESANS WALD FALL FRA THE AND THE LADY ALLSWA AND GEVE DREID OF TEMPORALE DEID MAY MOVE THE SAMEKLE INCONTINENT QUHAT TROWIS THOW DREID OF PERPETUALE DAMPNACOUN AND OF OTHER' THINGIS THAT I HAUE SPOKIN OF RICHT BEFORE THOW MAY SPEIR' AT ME GIF SATISFACTIOUN MAID OUT OF CHERITE AND IN DEDLY SYN SULD BE MAID AGANE I ANSWER' THAT FASTING AND ALMOS DED THAT CHASTYIS THE PERSONE IS NOCHT NECESSARE TO BE DONE AGANE BECAUS THAT THE AFFLICTIOUN OF THE PERSONE GOD OF HIS GRACE ACCEPPIS FOR SATISFACTIOUN BOT THE DOCTOR SUBTILE SCOTE GRET OF SCIENCE AND DOCTOR OF PARIS SAYIS MAIR' IN THE FERD BUKE OF THE SENTENCE SPEKAND OF THIS MATERE FFIRST HE SAYIS THAT SATISFACTIOUN ORDANIT BE THE CONFESSOURE PLACE HALDAND OF GOD ( CLAM NON ERRANTI ) THAT IS TO SAY VSAND LAWFULLY HIS POWERE AND IT BE DONE IN CHERITE IS PERFYTE AND NOCHT ALLANERLY DELIUERIS THE PERSONE FRA PANE BOT GARRIS HIM WYN THE REALME OF PARADYS THOCHT HE HAD IT NOCHT BEFORE AND GIF HE BEFOR WAS WORTHY TO HAUE IT SATISFACTIOUN THAT I HAF SPOKIN OF WYNNIS HIM NOW MERITIS SECUNDLIE HE SAYIS THAT THOCHT HE BE IN SYN AND OUT OF GRACE AND HE FULFILL IT HE IS NOCHT OBLIST TILL DO IT AGANE THE THRID WAY HE SAYIS THAT AND HE FALL IN A NEW SYN OR TWA OR MONY AND BE CONDAMPNIT FOR THAIM AND HE WAS BEFOR' VERRALY ABSOLUTE FRA THAT SYN AND MAID PART OF SATISFACTIOUN

BE THE PENNANCE INIUNIT TO HIM ALL OR PART AND SEN THE PANE INIUNIT TO HIM WAS TEMPORALE AND HE DE AND PASS TO HELL ZIT THE WERRAY IUSTICE WILL SEN THE PANE ORDANIT FOR THAT SYN WAS TEMPORALE THAT IT TAK ANE END IN HELL FOR AS HE SAYIS IT THAT WAS ANYS RICHTUISLY IUGIT BE THE VICAR' OF GOD SULD EVER' STAND ( IUXTA ILLUD QUICQUID LIGAUERITIS SUPER TERRAM ERIT LIGATUM ET IN CELIS ET DEUS NON IUDICAT BIS IN IDIPSUM ) NEUERTHELES THE PERSONE FOR THE OTHER' DEDLY SYNNIS IS DAMPNIT AND WILBE PUNIST PERPETUALLY A GRET DOUT IS QUHETHER A DED DONE OUT OF CHERITE IN MORALL WERTEU EFTER AS ARESTOTILL SPEKIS OF MORALL VERTEU BE WORTHY OF ONY REWARD OR GEVE GOD GEVIS ONY REWARD FOR IT TO THIS DOCTOURIS SAYIS THAT IN REGARD OF THE PERSONE THAT DOIS THE WERK IT IS WORTHY NA REWARD ( QUIA DICIT AUGUSTINUS NON EST DIGNUS PECCATOR PANE QUO VESCITUR ) THE CAUS IS FOR ALL REWARD AND BENEFICE GEVIN SULD CUM OF LUF IN A WERTUOS PERSONE AND NAMELY GOD THAT IS FULL OF WERTEU AND THIS PERSONE BEAND IN SYN MORTALL HAS NA LUF TO GOD AND THAIRFOR HE IS WORTHY NA REWARD OF HIM AND THAT SUM CALLIS (MERITUM DE CONDIGNO) BOT IN REGARD OF THE GRET AND HIE MERCY OF GOD AND HIS INFINIT LIBERALITE GEVE THE PERSONE ONY WAY DISPONIS HIM BE MORALL WERTEU TO LEVE THE SYN AND WIRK EFTER THE LAW OF NATURE THAT MAY BE CALLIT (MERITUM DE CONGRUO) EFTER PART OF DOCTOURIS THAN GOD OF HIS GRACE AND LIBERALITE GEVE HE GIFFIS HIM NOCHT THE HIE REWARD THAT HE GEVIS TO MEN FOR THE HONOUR OF HIS TRAST LUFIT CHILD IHESU & HIS PASSIOUN HE GEVIS HIM TEMPORALE REWARD (QUIA MULTUM BONUM IRREMUNERATUM ) OUTHIR' LORDSCHIPE AND GUDIS TEMPORALE AS HE GAVE TO THE ROMANIS (PRO SUA VIRTUTE & IUSTICIA)

(ORBIS TERRE DOMINATIONEM VEL DISPOSITIONEM AD GRACIAM) THAT IS THAT THAI WERKIS DISPONIS THAIM TO CONTRICIOUN CONFESSIOUN AND TO GRACE IT HELPIS THAIM ALLSWA TO DO MONY SIC GUD WERKIS FOR OF SIC WERKIS ALL MORALL VERTU IS GENERIT THAT PLATO SOCRATES ARESTOTILL TUIIUS SENEC AND ALL MORALL PHILOSOPHOURIS SPEKIS OF THOW MAY SPEIR' GIF SIC WERKIS LESSIS THE PANE OF HELL I ANSWER' THE ZA BOT NOCHT SA THAT THE SYNNIS THAT THOW HAS COMMITTIT BE VNPVNIST BOT THAI CAUS THAT THE WERKIS THAT THOW DOIS BY THAM AR NA SYN OR AR NOCHT SA GRET SYN AND ALSWA DISPONIS MEN TO CUM FRA SYN AND TO GRACE AND FYNALIE VNDERSTAND THAT THAIR IS REQUIRIT THRE PARTIS TO PERFYTE PENNANCE CONTRICIOUN CONFESSIOUN AND SATISFACTIOUN OF THAI TWA CAUS DOCTOURIS ASSIGNIS ANE A PERSONE OFFENDIS GOD THINKAND SPEKAND AND WIRKAND AND THAIRFOR HE SULD PLEIS IN THAI THRE THE FIRST HE DOIS BE CONTRICIOUN THE SECUND BE CONFESSIOUN THE THRID BE SATISFACTIOUN THE SECUND CAUS IUSTICE REQUYRIS THAT A PERSONE CUM BEFOR THE IUGE OTHER OF HIS FRE WILL OR BE SUMMONDIS AND THAT THE SYNNARE DOIS BEFOR THE DIVINE MAIESTE BE CONTRICOUN SECUNDLIE HE SULD GRAUNT HIS DEFALT HVMELY AND OFFER' AMENDIS AND REPARACIOUN BEFOR HIS LORD AND ASK GRACE SA DOIS THE SYNNARE BEFOR THE HIENES OF GOD BE CONFESSIOUN THE THRID HE SULD FOR HIS DEFALT BE PVNIST & MAK AMENDIS AND SA DOIS THE PENITENT BE SATISFACTIOUN AND THIS IS THE HALY SACRAMENT THAT DELIUERIS MEN FRA THAIR SYN AND BRINGIS THAM TO THE REALME OF PARADYS AND TO ETERNALE BLIS AND SANCT IEROME THE DOCTOUR CALLIS IT (SECUNDAM TABULAM POST NAUFRAGIUM) FOR QUHEN A MAN HAS TYNT ALL GRACE AND VERTEU IT BRINGIS HIM AGANE TO IT AND TO THE REALME OF PARADYS

IN THIS CHAPITUR FOLLOWAND IS TRETIT OF THE DEIDIS OF ALMOS AND MERCYE BATH SPIRITUALE AND CORPORALE OF THAR NATUR VERTEU AND CONDICIOUN AND GRETE PROFFET AND VTILITE OF THAM ALLMOUS DEID IS A PART OF SATISFACTIOUN AND IS A WERTEU THROW QUHILK THE PURE AND MISTERFULL PERSON IS HELPIT BE COMPASSIOUN FOR THE LUF OF GOD AND HONOUR OF HIM AND TO IT INCLINIS LIBERALITE IUSTICE AND CHERITE AND THAT ALMOS DEID BE VERTUOS PERFYTE AND MERITOR AR REQUYRIT FOUR' CONDICIOUNS & CERCUMSTANCIS THAT IT SULD BE CLED WITH THE FIRST IS (HILARITAS) THAT THOW GEVE BLYTHLYE AND FRELY FFOR THOW SULD GEVE GOD FRELY AND HABOUNDANTLY OF HIS AWNE AND IT THAT THOW DOIS TO THE PURE HE REPUTIS IT DONE TO HIM AND AS THE FADER AND THE MODER GARRIS TRETE THE NURIS WEILE IN MEITE & DRINKE THAT THE BARNE BE WELE NURISIT SA GOD LENIS GUD TO THE RICHE THAT THAI NURIS THE PURE THE SECUND CONDICIOUN IS (REI PROPRIETAS) THAT IT BE THI AWNE THING THAT THOW DO ALMOS OF FOR GOD BIDDIS THE NOCHT DO VNRICHT NA WRANGE BOT AND THOW SE A PERSONE IN EXTREME NECESSITE AND HAUE NOCHT OF THI AWNE BOT GUD OF OTHER' PERSONIS ZIT THOW MAY GEVE ALMOS WITH THE CONSENT OF THE PERSONIS AND THOCHT THEQ PERSON WILL NOCHT CONSENT ZIT THOU SULD DO IT AND THOW ART NOCHT OBLIST TO RESTITUCOUN OF IT AGANE OR THOW MAYE TAK ANE NOTHER PERSONIS GUD IN THAT CASE WITH MESOURE AND HELPE THE PURE GEVE THE TOTHER PERSONE BE NOCHT IN SIC NECESSITE THAT THOW TAKIS IT FRA FFOR IN THAT CAISE (OMNIA SUNT CO'IA) ALL THING IS COMMOUN AND THE THING THAT THOW GEVIS THE PURE IN THAT CASE IS HIS

AWNE AND THOW ART NOCHT OBLIST TO RESTITUCOUN THAIROF AND IT THAT LADYIS WYNNIS VNLEFULLY ABUSAND THAIR BODYIS THAI MAY LEFULLY GEVE IN ALMOUS BOT NOCHT OF REIF NA STOUTH BOT THOW RESTORE IT AGANE OR ALS MEKLE THE THRID CONDICIOUN IS THAT THOW DO IT IN CHERITE AND FOR THE LUF OF GOD AND HONOUR OF HIM FOR THAT ALL VERTEU & MERIT AR' ORDANIT TO AND IT IS THE MAST PRINCIPALE CONDICIOUN FOR IT IS TANE OF THE LAST END THAT IS MAST WORTHY & NOBLE THAT ALL OUR WERKIS SULD BE ORDANIT & DRESSIT TO AND THE APOSTILL SANCT PAULE SAYIS THOCHT THOU GEVE ALL THI GUD TO THEQ PURE AND NOCHT THROUQ CHERITE IT AVALIS NOCHT TO THE TO THE DELIUERING OF A PERSONE PERFYTLYE FRA SYN NA TO WYN THEQ REALME OF PARADYS AND THOCHT THOW BE PURE & HAUE NA GUD THOUQ ART OBLIST TO DO ALMOS DEID IN THI PURPOS & ENTENCON AND TO HAUE PETE IN THI HERT AND GEVE CONSOLACOUN IN THI WORD AND HELPE WITH THI SERUICE & THOU SE ANE PERSONE IN NECESSITE THE FERD CONDICOUN IS (TEMPORIS & LOCI OPORTUNITAS ) THAT IS TO SAYE AND THOW HAF SUFFICIENTLY TO SUSTENE THI SELF THOU ART OBLIST TO GIF ALMOS IN TYME & PLACE NECESSARY & THI WYF BARNIS & SERUANDIS BE OUT OF EXTREME NECESSITE AND KNAW A PERSONE IN GRET NOTABLE NECESSITE & PERILE BE SIGNIS APPERAND THAN THOW ART OBLIST TO SUBUENE AND HELPE THE PERSONE AND NOCHT TO BYDE THE EXTREME NECESSITE FOR THAN HAPPIN THE METE DRINK OR OTHER' THING MAY NOCHT HELPE THE PERSONE AND THAIRFOR THOW ART OBLIST TO PREVENE AND TO THIS ART THOU OBLIST BE LAW OF NATURE THAT THOW ART OBLIST TO LUF & HELPE THI NYCHTBOUR AS THOW WALD OR SULD WILL BE RESOUN THAT HE HELPE THE NOCHT ALANERLY BE AFFECTIOUN BOT ALS IN DEID FOR SANCT IHON SAYIS IN HIS CANNONYKE (FILIOLI MEI DILIGITE INUICEM)

(NON SOLUM VERBO ET LINGUA SED OPERE ET VERITATE) ALLSA THOW ART OBLIST BE THE LAW OF GOD AND THE EWANGELL TO DO ALMOS FOR THAM THAT DOIS NANE IHESU THE SONE OF GOD IN THE DAYE OF IUGEMENT WILL CONDAMPNE THAIM TO PERPETUALE PANE AS IS WRITTIN IN THE EWANGELL AND HIS IUGEMENT IS ALL FULL OF IUSTICE FOR GOD NOTHER WILL CAN NOR MAY DO WRANGE AND THAIRFOR THAI WAR OBLIST BE HIM AND HIS LAW TO ALMOS ELLIS VNRICHTUISLY HE CONDAMPNIS THAM THAT MAY NOTHER BE SAID NOR THOCHT WITHOUT SYN THOW MAY ASK AT ME QUHA MAY DO ALMOUS I ANSWER' ALL PERSONIS THAT THE FOUR' CONDICIONIS BEFOR' SAID CAN BE FOUNDIN IN THOU MAY SPEIR' QUHETHER A RELIGIOUS MAN MAY DO ALMOS I ANSWER' OUTHER HE IS PRINCIPALE OR NOCHT GEVE HE BE PRINCIPALE HE IS OBLIST THAIRTO IN RELIGIOUN FOUNDIT GIF HE BE NOCHT HE HAS OFFICE OF DISPENSACOUN TRETAND THE GUDIS OF THE PLACE OR NOCHT GEVE HE HAS OFFICE HE MAY DO ALMOS & IS OBLIST THAIRTO GIF HE HAUE NA OFFICE OUTHER HE HAS LEVE OF HIS OURMAN EXPRES OR VERTUALE TRASTAND BE APPERAND RESSOUN THAT HIS OURMAN WILL BE CONTENT AND THAN HE MAY GEVE ALMOS BOT AND HE HAUE NA LEVE AND HIS OURMAN EXPRESLY FORBID HIM OUTHER THE PERSONE THAT HE WALD AND SULD GEVE ALMOS TO IS IN EXTREME NECESSITE OR FALLAND IN IT AND THAN HE IS OBLIST TO DO IT FFOR THE LAW OF GOD AND NATURE IS MAIR' NA HIS OURMAN THAT IS EVILL AND FAILIS AGANIS GOD AND HIS LAW AND OTHER' WAY HE SULD FOR HIS WOW OBEY TO HIS OUREMAN A LADY MAY SPEIR' AT ME GIF SCHE MAY OF RESSOUNE GIF ALMOS WITHOUT CONSENT OF HIR' HUSBAND I ANSWER' OTHER SHE HAS GUDIS PROPER OF HIR' AWNE AND THAN SHE MAYE WITHOUT CONSENT OF HIR' HUSBAND AND THOCHT HE BE NOCHT CONTENT THAIROF GEVE ALMOS FOR SCHE SULD LUF BETTER HIR'

SAULL VSAND WERTEU NA HIM GIF SCHE HAS NOCHT PROPER TO HIR' SELF BOT ALL HIS AND HIRRIS SHE SULD HAUE HIS CONSENT BOT MEIT AND DRINK AND SIC THINGIS SCHO MAY GEVE NOCHT WASTAND THE HOUS AND OTHIRE THINGIS TRASTAND THAT IT PLEIS HIR' HUSBAND THOCHT HE QUHILIS REPRUF HIRE GEVE SHE TRASTIS THAT IN HIS HERT AND MYND HE BE CONTENT AND WALD BE CONTENT AND HE WAR THAR' AND KNEW THE CASE VSAND AYE WERTEU AND RESSOUN BOT GIF ALLUTERLY HE FORBIDIS HIR' AND WILL NAY WAY THAT SHE GIF ALMOS OF THE COMMOUN GUDIS BETUIX THAM AND THE MISTERFULL PERSONIS BE IN EXTREME NECESSITE OR FALLAND IN IT WITHOUT HIS CONSENT AND AGANIS IT GIF HE REPUGNIS SCHE MAY AND SULD GEVE ALMOS OBEYAND TO GOD AND HIS LAW AND NOCHT TO HIR' HUSBAND AND HE WILL BE PVNIST FOR HIS EVILL DEID ANE NOTHER WAY RESSOUN IS THAT THE LADY OBEY TILL HIR' HUSBAND AND RICHT SA I ANSWERE OF A SONE AND AIR' TO A LORD THAT HAS PART OF MINISTRACON OF HIS FADERIS GUDIS THE SERUAND HAVAND MINISTRACOUN VNDER' HIS MASTER MAY GEVE PART OF MEIT AND DRINKE OF HIS MASTERIS NAME WITH DISCRECOUN OTHER THING HE SULD NOCHT DO MEKLE BOT GIF HE KNAW THE WILL & PLESANS OF HIS MASTER THOU MAY SPEIRE AT ME QUHOM TO ANE PERSON IS OBLIST TO GEVE ALMOS I ANSWER' TO ALL THAT AR IN NECESSITE FRENDE AND FA GUD & EVILL FOR GOD THI FADER SUSTENIS AND NURISIS BATH GUD & EVILL BOT THOU SULD SONERE & ERAR' GEVE TO GUD PERSONIS THAM THAT AR NERREST TO THE IN BLUDE AFFINITE LUF FRENDSCHIP OR OTHER WAYIS AND MAST & SONEST TO THAM THAT AR IN MAST INDIGENCE AND DISTRES AND QUHARE MONYEST OF THIR' CONDICIONIS CONCURRIS THOW SULD EREST HELPE THE PERSONE THOU MAY SPERE QUHETHER ALMOUS

SPIRITUALE OR CORPORALE BE MAIRE ACCEPTABLE TO GOD J ANSWERE VERRALY THAT SPIRITUALE FOR THE GIFT IS OF MAIR' VALOUR FOR IT IS SPIRITUALE AND THE THING THAT IS HELPIT IS BETTER THAT IS THE SPREIT AND SAULL AND THE DEIDIS AR' SPIRITUALE BOT IT MAY HAPPIN THAT THE ALMOS CORPORALE SUMTYME BE MAIR' ACCEPTABLE TO GOD EFTER AS THE PERSONE HAS MAIR' MISTERE AND NECESSITE AND ALMOS MAY BE DONE OF SIC DEUOCIOUN THAT IT PUTTIS AWAYE ALL SYN AND PANE FOR' THE APPOSTILL SAYS ( PIETAS AD OMNIA VALET ) AND THAIRFOR ALL PERSONE SULD BE INCLINIT TO ALMOS IN THIS CHAPITUR FOLLOWAND IS TRETIT OF WERTUOS FASTING AND MERITOR' AND OF THE NATUR' AND CONDICIONIS THAIROF PERTENAND TO THE HALY SACRAMENT OF PENNANS AND OF THE GRET PROFFETTIS AND VTILITEIS FFOLLOWAND IT ANE NOTHER' PART OF SATISFACTIOUN IS FASTING IS ( PARCIMONIA VICTUS ABSTINENCIAQUE CIBORUM )IT IS WERTUOS MESOUR IN ETYNG AND DRINKING FOR THE CHASTISING OF THE FLESCHE AND AWAY PUTTING OF THE SYN & INCLINACOUN TO IT AND INCLINIS THE PERSONE TILL OBEY TO GOD AND TO HIS LAW FOR THE LUF OF HIM AND HIS HIE MAIESTE AND INFINIT GUDNES MERCY & PETE AND SEN IN A MANNIS BODYE OR IN A WOMANNIS IS THEQ NATURE AND THE SYN THE PERSONE SULD FAST SA DISCRETLY THAT THE NATURE OF THE BODYE BE NOCHT DISTROYIT NA HEVELY HURT AND THAT THE SYN BE CHASTYIT AND PVNIST AND IN SAMEKLE FASTING IS COMMANDIT BE THE LAW OF NATURE AND IHESU

AND A DEID OF WERTEU FOR NATUR' RESSOUNE WERTEU & PRUDENCE AND ALS THE LAW OF GOD ORDANIS AND INCLINIS A MAN TO LUF THE EXTREMITE OF WYCE IN METE AND DRINKE NOTHER VSAND OURMEKLE NA OUR LITILL BOT IN THEQ MYDWAY THAT THE BODY OBEY TO THE SAULL AND THE SENSUALITE TO RESOUNE AND ALL THE PERSONE TO THE LAW AND COMMANDEMENT OF GOD AND THAIRFOR AND A PERSONE FAST NOCHT HE NURISIS WANTONLY HIS FLESCHE AND IT OBEYIS NOTHER TO RESSOUN NA ZIT THE SENSUALITE NOTHER NA ZIT THEQ PERSONE TO THE LAW AND COMMANDEMENT OF GOD EVYN AS A VANTON AND VNTECHIT HORS WILL NOCHT OBEY TO THE RYDAR' NA TO THE BRIDILL BOT CASTIS HIM AND GIF THE PERSONE FASTIS OUR EXTREMELY THAT HE ENTER' IN SEIKNES AND DEID OR WAYKYNG OF HIS WIT AND HE DO IT OF CERTANE PURPOS IT IS DEDLY SYN AND GEVE OTHER WAYIS HE DOIS IT DOAND VNLEFULLY AND VNLEFULL WERKIS HE FALZEIS BOT GEVE HE VSIS ALL LEFULL THINGIS AND WIRKIS WITH GUD ENTENCIOUN AND FALL IN SIC WAIKNES GOD OF HIS MERCY WILL HAUE PETE OF THE INDISCRECIOUN OF THE PERSONE AND THOCHT THE LAW OF NATUR & GOD OBLIS THUS A MAN TO FASTING ( QUIA DICIT DOMINUS HOC GENUS DEMONIORUM NON NISI ORACIONE ET IEIUNIO EXPELLITUR ) AND THAT OBLIGACOUN IS IN GENERALE NEUERTHELES THE DETERMINACOUN OF THE TYME OF FASTING AND THE MANER IS COMMANDIT BE THE KIRK & THE PRELATIS OF IT AND EXPREMIT BE THE LAW OF HALY KIRK FFOR THE PRELATIS HAS POWER' TO DETERME THE TYME & MANER' OF FASTING AND PRAYERIS BE THE POVER' GEVIN TO THAM BE THAR' MASTER IHESU THAT SAYIS ( QUI VOS AUDIT ME AUDIT ET QUI VOS SPERNIT ME SPERNIT ) THAT IS TO SAY HE THAT OBEYIS TO ZOU IN ZOUR' RESSONABLE COMMANDEMENTIS

GEVIN IN MY NAME OBEYIS TO ME AND HE THAT RESISTIS TO ZOU THAIRIN RESISTIS TO ME AND THIS COMMANDEMENT OF THE KIRK SULD MAIR' BE TANE & VNDERSTANDYN EFTER THE ENTENCIOUN OF HALY KIRK NA EFTER THE WORDIS AND FORMES OF IT FOR IT IS GEVIN IN GENERALE ( ET VT IN PLURIBUS ) AND THAIRFOR IT MAY HAUE INSTANCE IN PARTICULAR' CAS AS AND A CASE CUM THE MAKER' OF THE LAWE WAR' PRESENT HE WALD SAY IN THAT CASE HE ORDANIT NOCHT THE LAW TO OBLIS THE IN SIC A CASE THAN THOCHT THOW DO AGANIS THE WORDIS OF LAW THOW SYNNIS NOCHT DEDLY BOT & THI PRELAT BE PRESENT ASK HIM LEWE FOR THE MAIR' SECURITE AND HAUE HIS DECLARACOUN THAT IT BE KNAWIN THAT THOU CONTEMPNIS NOCHT THE KIRK NA THI PRELAT ALLSWA & FASTING BE MERITOUR IT HAS MONY FRUTIS AND VTILITEIS IT CHASTIS THE BODYE AND GERRIS IT AND SENSUALITE OBEY TO RESSOUN QUHAR' RESSOUN WAS SLEPAND AND HAD NA FORS IT PUTTIS IT WP IN STRENTH FORCE & VIGOUR TO GOVERNE ALL THE BODYE AND PERSONE AND TO TAK KEPE TO THE LAW OF GOD AND TO OBEY TO IT TO SERUE GOD AND OURCUM THEQ ENEMY AND MONY VTHER THAT THE HALY AND GRET CLERK SANCT AUGUSTYNE SCHAWIS IN TWA SERMONES THAT HE MAID ( DE IEIUNIO & ORATIONE ) ALLSWA THE HALY KIRK SCHAWIS MONY GRET VTILITEIS AND IN THE PREFACOUN OF THE MES IN LENTRYNE SAYIS ( QUI CORPORALI IEUNIO VICIA COMPRIMIS MENTEM ELEUAS VIRTUTEM LARGIRIS ET PREMIA) THAT IS TO SAY THAT GOD OF HIS HIE GRACE BE THE WERTEU OF FASTING PUTTIS AWAY SYNNIS LIFTIS THE MYND OF A PERSONE FRA FALS AND WERLDLY THINGIS TO CONSIDERE CELESTIALL HEVINLIE AND GODLY THINGIS GEVIS ALL WERTEU IN THIS LYF AND GRACE AND EFTER THIS PRESENT LYF ETERNALL AND EUERLESTAND IOYE IN PARADYS THOU MAYE SPERE

QUHAT AR THE CONDICIONIS THAT CAUS FASTING TO BE WERTUOS AND MERITOUR J ANSWER' FIVE PRINCIPALE THE FIRST THAT THOU DO IT WITH RICHT ENTENCIOUN NOCHT FOR TO SPAIR' THI PURS NA HELE OF THI BODYE NA FOR THE HONOUR OF THE WARLD BOT FOR THE HONOUR OF GOD AND PLESANCE OF HIM FOR THAT WAYE AND END SULD ALL GUD AND WERTUIS WERK BE DONE FORE THE SECOUND THAT THOU FAST WITH VRISOUN AND PRAYERE FOR FASTING CHASTYIS THE PERSONE AND LIFTIS THE MYND TO THE CONTEMPLACOUN OF GOD THE THRID THAT THOW CLENGE THI CONSCIENCE BE CONTRICIOUN OR DISPONE THE THAIRTO THE FERD THAT THOW GIF ALMOS THAT THE PURE PRAYE FOR THE THAT GOD DELIUER THE OF THI SYNNIS AND GIF THE GRACE THE FYFT THAT THOW HAUE GRACE & CHERITE FOR CHERITE IS FORME AND PERFECTIOUN OF ALL WERTEU AND NA MERITE MAY BE WITHOUT IT AND THUS PERFYTE FASTING AND MERITOUR IS NOCHT WITHOUT GRACE AND CHERITE BOT SUM DOCTOURIS SAYIS THAT FASTING DONE OUT OF CHERITE MAY DELIUER THE OF PART OF PANE INIUNIT TO THE HALY KIRK HAS ORDANIT THE FASTING OF LENTRYNE BEFOR' PASCHE TO CLENGE THE CONSCIENS OF THE PERSONE TO RESSAVE THE HALY BODY OF IHESU AND BECAUS THAT MEN HAS BENE GRETLYE NURISIT IN WYNTER THAT THAI AR INCLINIT TO LUSTIS OF THE FLESCHE AND ALS BECAUS THAT IN THE SPRING OF THEQ ZERE MENNIS NATURE RYSIS AND BURGEONIS AS THE TRE & HERBE AND THAIRFOR TO DRAW MEN THAT TYME AND CHASTY THAM FRA THE SYN OF LUST AND THE FLESCHE THAT FASTING IS ORDANIT THAT TYME AND FOURTY DAYIS THOU SULD FAST FOR THE EXAMPLE OF IHESU AND FOR TO PAY THE TEND OF ALL THE ZERE BOT NOCHT THE SONDAYIS OF LENTRYNE FOR THE HONOUR OF THE RESURRECTIOUN OF IHESU THAT ETE TWYS ON PASCHE DAYE EFTER THAT HE RAIS FRA DEID TO LYF AND

THOW HAUE WOWIT TO FAST FRYDAY OR SETTERDAY AND ZULE DAYE FALL ON IT ZIT THOW SULD KEPE THI WOW ZONG PERSONIS OF GROUTH QUHILL THAI CUM TO ( XXJ ) ZERE AR NOCHT OBLIST TO FAST ALL LENTRYNE BOT THAI SULD BEGYN & DISPONE THAIM NA AULD FOLK NA WOMMEN WITH BARNE NA NURICIS NA PURE LAUBORARIS THAT HAS NOCHT SUSTENANCE YNOUGH THAI THAT PASSIS HEVY PILGRIMAGE INIUNIT TO THAM PURE BEGGARIS SERUANDIS THAT HAS NOCHT BOT TO OBEY TO THAIR MASTERIS THAT MAKIS RICHT LANG DYNERIS AND WILL THAT THE SERUANDIS TAST THAIR MEIT THIR' AR NOCHT OBLIST DRAGY NA SIC THING BREKIS NOCHT FASTING NA DRINK SA THAT IT BE SOBIRLY TANE GIF ANE LADY FASTIS AT HIR' AWNE WILL AT THE PLESANCE OF HIR' HUSBAND SCHE MAY BREK IT BOT NOCHT THE COMMANDEMENT OF THE KIRK WILFULLY THIS CHAPITOUR FOLLOWAND TRETIS OF THE NATURE AND PRAYERE OF VRISOUN WERTUIS AND GRET PROFFETTIS FRUTIS & VTILITE THAIROF THE THRID PART OF SATISFACTIOUN IS PRAYERE & VRISOUN THE QUHILK IS THE MAST SWIFT MESSINGERE AND ACCEPTABLE THAT THOU MAY SEND TO GOD IN THE HIE TRONE OF THE DIUINITE FFOR OR THOW FORME IT IN THI MYND AND IN THE SAMYN TYME GOD KNAWIS THI PURPOS THI MYND AND THI DESYRE AND QUHEN THOU MAKIS THI PRAYERE THE SANCTIS OF PARADYS SEIS IT IN THE DEVYNE OFFENCE AND THE BRICHT MYRROUR OF DIUINITE THAT REVELIS IT TO THAM AND IT IS FOUNDIT IN TREW FAITH OF IHESU & HOPE OF IMPETRACIOUN AND IT HAS TWA WYNGIS THAT IT FLEIS TO HEVIN WITH

THAT IS CHERITE AND LUF OF GOD AND THI NYCHTBOUR VRISON AND PRAYERE AS DOCTOURIS SAYIS ( ORACIO EST ASCENSUS SEU ELEUACIO MENTIS IN DEUM ) THAT IS TO SAY PRAYERE AND VRISOUN IS RESAVING AND LIFTING OF THE MYND OF A PERSONE FRA WARLDLY THINGIS TO THE CONSIDERACOUN OF GOD AND HEVINLIE THINGIS PERTENAND TO THE SALUACON OF THE PERSONE AS TO CUM FYNALIE TO ETERNALE BLIS TO GET HERE WERTEU AND GRACE TO REMITT AND PUT AWAYE THE SYNNES AND OTHER' THINGIS PERTENAND AND HELPAND TO THI SALUACOUN AND IN SAMEKLE AS VRISOUN IS DESYRE AND APPETIT OF THIR' THINGIS IT SULD BE CONTINUALE (IN ACTU VEL VIRTUTE QUIA DICIT DOMINUS IN LUCA OPORTET SEMPER ORARE) FFOR EVIR' A MAN SULD HAF THAT PURPOS BOT TAKAND VRISOUN FOR ACTUALE PRAYERE MAID BE ANE PERSONE IT MAY NOCHT BE CONTINUALE FOR A PERSONE MON OFTTYMES OCCUPY HIM IN OTHER WERKIS BOT IT IS RICHT CONVENIENT THAT IT ENDURE & LEST SA LANG AS THE DEUOCIOUN REMANIS IN THE MYND OF THEQ PERSON BOT QUHEN THE DEVOCIOUN CESSIS OR THOW TAK GRET NOYE AND TYRITNES IN PRAYERE WITHOUT DEVOCIOUN IT WAR' BETTER TO CESSE FOR A TYME QUHILL THOW CUM TO NEW DEVOCIOUN AND PAS TO SUM OTHER GUD WERK AND NAMLYE IN A SECULER' PERSONE FOR KIRKMEN THAT PRAYIS FOR ALL THE PEPLE IN CERTANE AND PLACIS AR ORDANIT TO PRAYE (COMMUNITER & VOCALITER) AND IT SUFFICIS NOCHT THAT THEQ PERSONIS THINK IT IN THAIR MYND BOT THAI SULD SPEIK & SYNG AS THE HALY KIRK HAS ORDANIT THAIM AND IT IS RICHT CONVENIENT AND PROFFITABLE THAT ANE PARTICULER' PERSONE MAK PRAYERE NOCHT ALLANERLY IN HIS MYND BOT ALS IN HIS MOUTH FOR MONY CAUSIS ANE FOR VRISONE VOCALE MAID BE HIS MOUTH CAUSIS OFTTYMES MAIR' DEVOCOUN IN THE PERSONE THE SECUND CAUS FOR QUHEN IT IS MAID &

DONE BAITH IN THI MYND AND TOUNG IT REDOUNDIS AGAIN IN THE MYND THAT IT CUMMIS FRA THE THRID CAUS THAT PERSON SERUE GOD ALS WELE IN HIS BODY AS IN HIS MYND FOR ALL CUMMIS FRA GOD AND HE SYNNIS AGANIS HIM IN BAITH AND THAIRFOR MEN SULD SERF GOD IN PRAYERE BAITH BE MYND AND TOUNGE AND BE OTHER CAUS CONTENIT IN THIR' VERS ( COLLIGE SEX CAUSAS OB QUAS VOCALITER ORAS VT TORPOR CEDAT MENTIS DEUOCIO CRESCAT VT CO R MUNDETUR ET PROXIMUS EDIFICETUR LINGUA LAUDETUR OPIFEX DEMONQUE FUGETUR) AND VRISON IS A SPIRITUALE WERK OF THE SAULL AND CUMMIS OF THE VERTEU OF RELIGIOUN FOR BE VRISOUN THE PERSONE SUBMITTIS HIM TO GOD AS TO THE GOVERNOUR OF HIM AND THE WARLD ASKAND HIM HELPE AND MERCYE IN NECESSITE AND VTILITE DOAND TO HIM HONOUR AND REUERENCE AS THE PURE PERSONE SULD DO TO HIS MAKERE LORD AND GOVERNOUR OF THE WARLD AND AS PHILOSOPHOURIS AND THEOLOGIS TECHIS ALL MORALL AND WERTUOS WERKIS AND ALL DEDIS MERITOUR DEPENDIS PRINCIPALLY EFTER THE MYND OF ENTENCIOUN OF THE PERSONE AND GIF THE MYND BE GUD & RICHT AND THE WERK BE CONFORMIT TO IT IT IS GUD AND WERTUOS AND GEVE IT BE DONE IN GRACE AND CHERITE BE ANE OF THE CAUS OF IT THE DEID IS MERITOUR FFOR IHESUS SAYIS ( NON POTEST ARBOR BONA MALUM FRUCTUM FACERE ) THE FRUTE THAT CUMMIS OF A NOBLE TRE AND ERD MAY NOCHT BE EVILL AND PERVERST THOCHT THE WERK QUHILIS APPERE GUD IT IS ILL AND YPOCRESY AND A PERSONE IN HIS PRAYERE SULD HAUE GRET ATTENCIOUN AND THOCHT FIRST AND PRINCIPALY TO GOD TO THE END & MATER' THAT HE PRAYIS FOR AND THAT IS MAST PRINCIPALE AND GEVE ALL HIS MYND BE ON GOD AND THE MATER THAT HE PRAYIS FOR THOCHT HE TAK NA KEPE NOR TENT TO THE WORDIS HIS PRAYERE IS RICHT VERTUOS AND PROFFITABLE AND THAIRFOR OFTTYMES THE PRAYERE

OF LAWIT PEOPLE IS RICHT PROFFITABLE THOCHT THAI VNDERSTAND NOCHT THE WORDIS THAT THAI SAYE AND EFTER THIS AND IN THEQ SECUND PLACE IT IS MEKLE BETTER THAT THE PERSONE THAT PRAYIS HAUE ATTENCIOUN THOCHT AND MYND OF THE SENTENCE AND SIGNIFICACOUN OF THE PRAYERE NA OF THE WORDIS ONY OF THIR' THRE ATTENCIONIS HELPIS THE FIRST MAST THAT IS OF THE MATER' AND END THAT THE PERSONE PRAYIS FOR SYNE THE ATTENCIOUN OF THE SENTENCE AND LAST OF THE WORDIS AND GIF IT WAR' POSSIBLE THAT ALL THRE WAR' TOGIDDER IT WAR' OF RICHT GRET STRENTH AND THOCHT THE MYND OF THE PERSONE VARY AND THINK ON OTHER THINGIS PRAYAND WITH THAT THE PERSON DO IT NOCHT OF CERTANE PURPOS NA HAUE NOCHT CONTRARE ENTENCIOUN TO THE PRAYER' FORMALE OR VERTUALE AND THE PRAYERE AND VRISOUN BE WEILE BEGONNE THE PERSONE TYNIS NOCHT THE MERIT OF THE PRAYERE & VRISON THOW MAY ASK AT ME GIF PRAYERE & VRISOUN BE NECESSARE J ANSWERE THE IT IS COMMANDIT BE THE LAW OF GOD FFOR IHESU SAYIS (OPORTET SEMPER ORARE & NON DEFECERE) THAT I HAUE EXPONIT BEFOR IN THIS CHAPITER AND THEQ RESSOUN IS FOR ILK MAN IS OBLIST TO PROCUR' SPIRITUALE GUDIS ETERNALL GLORE GRACE & MERIT PUTTING AWAY AND REMISSIOUN OF SYN BATH FOR HIM SELF AND HIS NYCHTBOUR AND THIRE CAN NOCHT BE GOTTIN BOT FRA GOD FOR OTHER' HAS NA POWER' THAIROF AND THAIRFOR MEN SULD ASK THAIM AT GOD AND THAT ASKING IS VRISOUN AND PRAYERE BOT ATTOUR ALL THIS THE SPOUS OF IHESU THE HALY KIRK HAS ORDANIT AND DETERMIT THE TYME AND PLACE OF PRAYERE BATH TO THE KIRKMEN THAT LIVIS OF THE PEPLE AND SULD PRAY FOR THAIM BATH IN MES & HOURIS & IN SIC PRAYERE AS THAI AR OBLIST AND ALL THE LAWIT PEPLE AR ORDANIT ON THE SONDAYE AND FESTUALE TYMIS TO CUM TO THE KIRK AND CONFORME THAR' ENTENCIOUN AND PRAYERE TO THE KIRK AND MINISTERIS OF IT AND WITH THAT IT IS RYCHT

MERVALUS PROFFITABLE TO A PERSONE TO DISPONE HIM FOR PRAYERE AND VRISOUN FFOR BE THAT WE KNAW THAT GOD IS OUR GOVERNOUR AND BE THE ACCES WE HAUE TO HIM BE PRAYER' HE SENDIS AND GEVIS WS ALL OUR' MISTERIS AND IN OUR PRAYER' WE HAUE COMUNICACOUN WITH GOD OUR' MAKAR' AND SALUATOURE AND BE THE WERTEU OF OUR VRISON HE PUTTIS AWAY OUR SYNNIS OUR BODELY SEIKNES IT HELPIS WS TO OURCUM OUR ENEMYS BATH SPIRITUALE OR CORPORALL IT PROLONGIS OUR LYF TEMPORALE IT DELIUERIS MEN BATH FRA SCHAME & SUDAND DEID IT CLERIS A MANNIS WIT TO KNAW THE WERITE AND STEIKIS HELL IT OPINNIS HEVYNE AND SCHAWIS GOD MEIK AND MERCIFULL TO WS AND GIF THOW ARGONIS SAYAND THAT GOD KNEW OF BEFORE ALL OUR MISTERIS AND MAY NOCHT BE TORNED FRA HIS PURPOS BE OUR PRAYERE AND THAIRFOR THOW MAY SAY THAT THOW WATE NOCHT QUHAT PRAYER' HELPIS THE PERSONE I ANSWER' THAT GOD ORDANIT PRAYERE THAT THROW THEQ MERIT OF IT AND THE HALY SANCTIS OF HEVIN THAT WE PRAYE TO HE OF HIS MERCY AND GRACE DELIUER WS FRA OUR SYNNIS AND BRING WS TO THE REALME OF PARADYS FOR THIR' MEANYS & WAYIS HE ORDANIT ETERNALY OR HE MADE THE WARLD TO BRING WS FRA OUR SYNNIS TO ETERNALE GLORE AND AS SAYIS SANCT AUGUSTYNE THE GRET CLERK (DE UERBIS DOMINI NON NOS HORTARETUR VT PETEREMUS NISI DARE VELLET ) THAT IS TO SAYE WALD NOCHT GOD HERE OUR PRAYERE AND HELPE WS HE WALD NOCHT HAUE ORDANIT AND INDUCIT WS TO PRAYERE AND THAT THI VRISON BE HERD AND THAT GOD GRANT THE THI PETICIOUN AR REQUIRIT CERTANE CONDICIONIS AND CIRCUMSTANCIS FFIRST THAT THE PERSONE PRAYE FOR HIM SELF THE SECUND ASK IT THAT IS NECESSAR' FOR HIS SALUACOUN THEQ THRID THAT HE PERSEUERE IN HIS PETICIOUN THE FERD THAT HE ASK AND PRAY GOD PETUOSLY & NOCHT BE MERCY THE FYFT THAT HE

ASK IN FAITH AND CONFIDENCE (POSTULET IN FIDE NICHIL HESITANS )THE SEXT THAT HE ASK WITH HUMILITE ( RESPEXIT IN ORATIONEM HUMILIUM ) THE ( VIJ ) THAT HE PRAY FERVENTLY AND THOCHT GOD HERE NOCHT CONSENTAND TO THE PRAYERE IN SAMEKLE THAT HE IS IN SYN NEUERTHELES IN SAFERE AS THE NATUR' OF THE SYNNAR' IS GUD AND THE SYNNAR' ASKIS IT THAT IS CONVENIENT FOR HIM AND HIS SALUACOUN AND TEMPORALE LIFFING QUHILIS GOD HERIS HIM NOCHT THROUQ IUSTICE BOT MERCY FFOR THE PUBLICANE PRAYIT IN THE EWANGELL ( DEUS PROPICIUS ESTO MICHI PECCATORI ) AND MAKAND THI PRAYERE AND VRISOUN THINK IN THI MYND OR SAY THAT THOCHT GOD KNAWE THAT THOW ART VNWORTHY FOR TO PRAY HIS HIE MAIESTE NEUERTHELES PRAY HIM FOR HIS MEKLE MERCY AND GUDNES FOR THE LUF OF HIS BLIST SONE AND PASSIOUN OF HIS MODER' THE VIRGIN OF THE SANCTIS OF HEVIN AND ANGELLIS OF HALYE KIRK HIS SPOUS THAT HE WILL HEIR' & GRANT THI PRAYERE AND FOR THE HALYNES OF THI HALY SACRAMENTIS THAT HE HAS INSTITUT AND ORDANIT AND HONOUR OF THAM THE MES AND THE WORDIS SACRAMENTALE HAS WERTEU ( EX OPERE OPERATO ) AND THAI VRISONIS AR OF GRET PREUILEGIS SA IS THE ( PATER NOSTER ) THE ( AUE MARIA) AND THE CREDE AND THE HALY WRIT FOR THE HONOUR OF IHESU THE TRINITE THE APOSTOLIS THAT MAID THAME PRAY HIM OF HIS GRACE THAT HE WILL HEIR' AND ACCEPTE THAM FOR THAR' SAIK ALLSWA PRAY HIM THOCHT THOW BE WNWORTHY ZIT FOR THE HONOUR AND WERTEU OF THE GIFTIS THAT HE HAS GEVIN TO THI SAULL TO THE HALY KIRK THAT IS OF FAITH HOPE CHERITE GIFTIS OF THE HALY GAST (BEATITUDIS SACRAMENTIS) ORDOUR GIF THOW BE ANE KIRKMAN AND INDULGENS THAT GOD OF HIS GRACE WALD HERE THI PRAYERE ALLSWA THAT FOR THEQ LUF OF THAM THAT THOW PRAYIS FOR THAT AR IN SAMEKLE NECESSITE AS IN PURGATORY IN SEIKNES IN CAPTIUITE OR GRET INDEGENCE

OR AR' SA NEIR' TO THE OUTHIR' IN BLUD OR AMITEE THAT HE OF HIS GRACE HERE THE ALLSWA CONSIDER' THE GRET HIE AND INFINIT MERCYE OF GOD THAT HE HAS SCHAWIN TO THE QUHEN HE DEYIT FOR THE AND THROW THAT CONSIDERACOUN THOCHT THOW BE LITILL AND WNWORTHY ZIT THOW MAYE ASK MEKLE AT HIM THAT IS OF INFINIT POWERE AND WILL AND MAY GEVE AND DO ALL THAT PLESIS HIM MAK FOR THE INTERCESSOURIS THE SAULL OF IHESU THE BLISSIT MODER OF GOD THYNE ADUOCATE AND OF THYNE NATUR AND KYN THI PATROUN THI GUD ANGELL THE SANCT THAT THOW ART NAMED EFTER' AND OTHERIS THAT THOW HAS DEVOCIOUN TO THE SANCTIS THAT HAS SINGULARE PREUILEGIS GRANTIT TO THAIM BE GOD AND IN THAT THING THAT THOW DESYRIS ( QUIA DIUISIONES GRATIARUM MULTE SUNT QUOD VERUM EST ECIAM DE SANCTIS IN CELO ) AND GIF THAIR BE ONY OF THI BARNIS BAPTISIT AND DECESIT SONE EFTER BEFORE VSE OF VRISOUN AND OTHER' DEVOTE PERSONIS THAT LUFIT THE THAT THOW TRASTIS BE GUD APPERANCE BE IN PARADYS THOU MAY PRAY THAIM AND THUS THIN VRISOUN MAY WELE BE HERD & THOW HELPIT THOW SULD NOCHT PRAY FOR THAIM THAT AR IN HEVIN FOR THOW MISTERIS THAIR HELPE AND THAI NOCHT THYNE NA ZIT FOR A DAMPNIT PERSONE IN HELL FOR HE IS NOCHT THI NYCHTBOUR AND THOW MAY NOCHT HELPE HIM BOT FOR ALL OTHER THOU SULD PRAYE QUHETHER THAI BE IN PURGATORY OR IN THE WARLD FOR ALL THAT MAY CUM TO THE REALME OF PARADYS AR THI NYCHTBOURIS AND THOW SULD LUF THAIM AND HELPE THAIM MARE SPIRITUALYE NA BODELY BOT AMANG THIR' THOW ART MEKLE MAIR' OBLIST TO HELPE & PRAY FOR ANE MAIRE NA FOR ANE NOTHER AS FOR THI FADER' THY MODERE THYN OURE MAN THAM THAT THOW ART MAST OBLIST TO FFOR THAM THAT THOW LYVIS OF THAIR ALMOS AND SUPPLE AND

ALL THI PRAYER' AND MERITOUR DEIDIS OFFER' TO GOD DESYRAND THAT HE HAUE MERCYE OF THE AND DISPONE THI MERITE AND PRAYERE EFTER HIS PLESANCE TO HIS HONOUR AND THI PROFFET AND QUHAR' HE KNAWIS THE MAST GRETLY OBLIST AND AMANG ALL VRISOUN AND PRAYERE THE MAIR SPIRITUALE THAT IT BE IT IS THE BETTER FOR IT IS FARRAR' FRA CARNALE & WARLDY THINGIS AND MAIR' ACCEPTABLE FFOR IHESU SAYIS (VERI ADORATORES ADORABUNT IN SPIRITU ET VERITATE ) ALLSWA AND ALL OTHER' THING AS WERTEU AND CHERITE BE ELYKE MEKLE THE VRISON AND PRAYER' OF GRET THEOLOGIS IS BETTER AND MAIR' ACCEPTABLE NA THE PRAYERE OF OTHERE PERSONIS FFOR ATTOUR' THE KNAWLEGE OF OTHER' PERSONIS THAT IS FAITH THAI HAUE HIEAR' MAIR' CLEIRE AND PURE COGNOSCENCE AND KNAWLEGE OF THE DIUINITE AND THAIR VRISON IS MAIR' SPIRITUALE ALLSWA THE PRAYERE OF CHILDER' BAPTISIT THAT AR NOCHT TUICHIT WITH CARNALL & FLESCHLY SYN IS RICHT ACCEPTABLE FFOR BE THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTEME THAI AR MAID THE SONIS AND DOUCHTERIS OF GOD AND PLESIS HIM ( ET IDEO DE EIS SCRIBITUR EX ORE INFANCIUM & LACTENCIUM PERFECISTI LAUDEM ) AND THE BETTER AND MAIR' SPIRITUALE THAT PERSONIS BE THAR' PRAYERE IS THE BETTER AND MAIR' ACCEPTABLE AND THAIRFOR THE PRAYERE OF ALL THE HALE VNIUERSALL KIRK IS EVER' HERD AND ACCEPIT BEFOR THE DIUINE MAIESTE OF IHESU THE SPOUS OF IT AND THOW SULD WITH GRET APPETIT VSE & FREQUENT THE MATERIALL KIRK AND NAMLIE OF THE PARROCHIN THAT THOU ART OF FFOR SEX CAUSIS AS SANCT THOMAS TECHIS FIRST BECAUS OF THE BANIS AND RELIQUIS OF HALY MEN CONSERUIT THARE IN THE KIRK KIRKZARD AND OTHER PLACIS AND HAPPIN OF MONY OF THI FRENDIS AND PARENTIS THE SECUND CAUS FOR THE HONOUR AND WERTEU OF THE HALY SACRAMENTIS BEAND THARE & MINISTERIT THAT CONTENYS THE WERTEU OF THE GLORIUS PASSIOUN

OF IHESU THE THRID FOR THE DEVYNE SERUICE THARE THE FERD FOR THE PRESENCE OF HALY ANGELLIS THAT COMMONLYE AR THARE THE FYFT FOR THE GRET PARDONIS AND INDULGENS GRAUNTIT TO THAI PLACIS THE SEXT FOR QUHEN THOW CUMMIS THAR' AND SEIS THE SEPULTOUR OF THI FRENDIS AND CONSIDERIS THE GRET MISTERE & INDULGENS THAT THAI AR' IN THOW ART PERSWADIT TO HELPE AND PRAYE FOR THAIM AND THOCHT THOW KNAW THAT THE KIRK BE RICHT HALY AND MAIST CONVENIENT TO PRAY IN ZIT TRAST NOCHT BOT IN OTHER PLACIS QUHAR' EUER THOW PRAYIS WITH DEVOCIOUN GOD HERIS THE AND THI PRAYERE THE CAUSIS QUHY HALY KIRK HAS ORDANIT CERTANE PLACIS TO PRAY IN AR ANE FOR AND THAIR WARE NA PLACE ORDANIT IT COUTH NOCHT BE KNAWIN QUHETHER MEN PRAYIT OR NOCHT AND MONY WALD NOCHT PRAY NOR MAK NA COMPT THAIR OF THE SECUND CAUS FOR QUHEN THE PERSONE PASS TO PRAY THE MAR' THAT HE LAUBOURIS HE WYNNIS THE MAIR' MERIT AND THE ANGELL NOVMERIS THE GAIT AND PASSAGE THAT HE MAKIS ALLSWA THEQ PLACE INDUCIS THE PERSONE TO DEVOCIOUN AND A GRET DOCTOUR IN THEOLOGY TELLIS ( VIJ ) CAUS QUHARFOR GOD HERIS SONERE AND ERARE THE VRISON MAID IN THE KIRK NA IN OTHER PLACIS FFIRST FOR THAT PLACE IS PRINCIPALY ORDANIT FOR THAT OFFICE AND WERK BE GOD AND HALY KIRK ( SCRIPTUM EST DOMUS PATRIS MEI DOMUS ORATIONIS VOCABITUR ) THE SECUND CAUS FOR IT IS TO BE TRASTIT THAT THE HALY ANGELLIS HANTIS MAIRE THAT PLACE FOR IACOB THE PATRIARK SAW ANGELLIS CUMMAND WP & DOVNE FRA HEVIN TO IT AND SAYD HERE IS THE HOUS OF GOD AND PORT OF HEVIN AND THAR' AR THE ANGELLIS REDY TO BERE THI PRAYERE TO THE HIE DIVINE MAIESTE THE THRID CAUS FOR THE ENEMYS OF HELL AR EUER REDY TO TEMPT MEN & LET THAR' PRAYERE DREDIS MAIRE

THAT PLACE THAN ONY OTHERE FFOR THE WRIT SAYIS IT IS TERRIBLE THE FERD CAUS FOR THE KIRK IS CONSECRAT IN THE HONOUR OF SUM HALY SANCT OF HEVIN THAT WILL DEFEND HIS PLACE AND PEPLE AGANIS THE ENEMY MAIR' THAN ANE TEMPORALE PRINCE WILL DEFEND HIS LAND AND REALME AGANIS HIS ENEMYS THE FYFT CAUS FOR THAIR IS EVER OR IN THE MES AT THE LEIST THE PRECIUS BODY OF IHESU THAT THE ENEMY DREDIS MAST AND THE NERRAR THOW BE HIM & PRAY WITH GUD FAITH AND DEVOCIOUN THOW ART THE SONER HERD AS THE GUD THEF AT THE CORS AND MARY MAGDALEN & MONY VTHER AND IHESU SAYD TO SANCT THOMAS ( QUIA VIDISTI ME THOMA CREDIDISTI BEATI QUI NON VIDERUNT ME & CREDIDERUNT) AND NOW HE HERIS DEVOTE PEPLE NA LES THAN THAT TYME THE SEXT CAUS FOR THAR' AR' THE RELIQUIS OF HALY PERSONIS AND QUHEN WE HONOUR THAIM THAI PRAY FOR WS AND HELPIS WS RICHT GRETLY THE ( VIJ ) CAUS FOR THAIR IS THE YMAGE OF IHESU AND HIS GRACIUS PASSIOUN AND HIS HALY MODERE AND OTHER SANCTIS AND THIR' AR THE BUKIS OF LAWIT MEN AND PEPLE AND CAUS THE MEMOUR OF THAIM THAIRE PASSIOUN AND GRET WERTEU AND BE THAT CAUSIS DEVOCIOUN AND CAUSIS OUR VRISOUN & PRAYER' TO BE WORTHY AND TO BE HERD OF THE HIE MAIESTE OF GOD OUR MAKERE THE EXPOSICIOUN OF THE VRISOUN DOMINICALL THAT IHESU MAID IN ANE NOTHER BUKE CALLIT THE A B C OF SYMPLE & DEVOTE PEPLE CHRISTIANE IN THIS CHAPITUR IS TRETIT OF THE HIE & NOBLE WERTEU OF CHERITE THAT GEVIS FORME AND PERFECTIOUN TO ALL WERKIS WERTUOS & MERITOUR

AND DOCTOURIS SAYIS THAT CHERITE IS LUF AND DILECTIOUN BE THE QUHILK THOW LUFIS GOD FOR HIM SELF AND THI NYCHTBOUR FOR THEQ LUF OF HIM AND BECAUS THAT GRACE AND CHERITE IS FORME AND PERFECTIOUN OF ALL WERTEU AND NA WERK IS MERITOUR NA ACCEPTABLE TO GOD WITHOUT IT AS THE AULD TESTAMENT AND THE NEW (DE DILECTIONE DEI) THARFOR IN THIS CHAPITERE I SALL TREIT OF THE MAIST HIE AND NOBLE WERTEU OF CHERITE SANCT MATHEW SAYIS THAT HE THAT IS WITHOUT AND WANTIS THE HABIT OF CHERITE THOCHT HE BE OF THE KIRK & (NUPCIIS EIUS ) IN SAFAR' THAT HE HAS FAITH NEUERTHELES HE SALL BE BUNDIN HANDIS & FEIT AND CASTIN IN MYRKNES FRA GODDIS SICHT QUHAR' THAIR SALBE GRETING SOROW & HEVY MURNYNG ALLSWA SANCT PAULE IN ANE OF HIS EPISTLIS WRITIS TO THE CORYNTHIANIS SAYIS THAT ELOQUENS SCIENCE ALMOS MIRAKLIS PROPHECY FAITH DEID OR ONY VTHER THING DONE WITHOUT CHERITE MAY NEUER BRING A MAN TO IOYE ETERNALE (ITEM DICIT SIQUIS NON AMAT DOMINUM NOSTRUM IHESUM CHRISTUM SIT ANATHEMA HOC EST MALEDICTUS ) HE SAYIS AND A PERSONE LUF NOCHT IHESU CRIST HE IS WARIIT BE GOD HIM SELF AND CURSIT ALLSWA SANCT AUGUSTYNE SAYIS THAT WERKIS AR NOCHT MERITOUR BOT GEVE THAI BE DONE IN CHERITE AND BE IT AND END AT THE SAMYN HE SAYIS IN THE BUKE ( DE SPIRITU & LITTERA NON EST FRUCTUS BONUS QUI DE RADICE NON SURGIT CARITAS ) ALLSWA IN HIS BUKE OF THE HEVINLIE CITE HE SAYIS ( NULLAS ESSE VERAS VIRTUTES SI IN DEUM FINALITER NON REFERANTUR ) THAT IS TO SAYE THAR' IS NANE WERRAYE AND PERFYTE VERTEU NA WERKIS BOT GEVE THAI BE DONE IN HONOUR AND PLESANS OF GOD AND FOR THE LUF OF HIM THE HIE & NOBLE WERTEU OF CHERITE ENCLYNES TO THE LUF OF GOD AND THI NYCHTBOUR & GOD OUR' ALL THING AND THAT SYNDRY WAYIS

FFIRST LUFAND HIM OUR' ALL THING AND PUTTAND ALL THI MAST PRINCIPALE HART LUF AND PLESANCE IN HIM NOCHT LUFAND HIM FOR NANE OTHER' THING BOT ALL OTHER THING FYNALIE FOR HIM FFOR OUR GUD DEIDIS DOIS NA GUD NA PROFFET TO GOD BOT HONOUR TO HIM THAT WE AR' OBLIST TO AND PROFFET TO OUR SELF AND THAIRFOR THAI HAUE GRET MERIT THAT CONSIDERIS BE CONTEMPLACIOUN THE INFINIT GUDNES AND PERFECTIOUN OF GOD AND TAKIS PLESANCE THAIRIN ( QUIA DEUS PROPTER SE DILIGENDUS EST ET NON PROPTER ALIUD QUOD FINIS VLTIMUS ET OPTIMUS ) THE GRACIS BENEFICIS & PERFECTIONIS THAT GOD GEVIS THE CAUS THE AND GEVIS THE OCCASIOUN TO LUF HIM BOT PRINCIPALY LUF HIM FOR HIMSELF AND HIS INFINIT GUDNES AND THUS ALL THAT EVERE THOW DOIS OR LEVIS VNDONE THOW SULD DO FOR HIM HIS LUF AND GLORE AND THAIRFOR SAYS SANCT PAULE ( SIUE MANDUCATIS SIUE BIBITIS SIUE QUID ALIUD FACITIS OMNIA IN GLORIAM DEI FACITE VT IN OMNIBUS HONORIFICETUR DEUS ) THOW SULD EIT THAT THOW MAY LEVE THOU SULD LYVE THAT TO DO MERITOUR WERKIS THOW SULD DO THAI WERKIS THAT THOW MAYE HAUE ETERNALE GLORE AND NOCHT FYNALIE FOR THI PROFFET BOT ALL FYNALIE FOR THE HONOUR OF GOD THAT IS SCHAWIN MAST IN THAT WERK AND THUS ALL THI WERKIS THOU SULD ORDANE AND DRES ACTUALY HABITUALY OR VERTUALY IN GOD PRINCIPALY IN HIS HONOUR AND SERUICE AND THIS LUF & CHERITE THAT THOU HAS TO GOD IS RICHT PROFFITABLE AND NECESSAR' FOR THE AND I SALL REHERS ( VIJ ) GRET PROFFETTIS AMANG THE LAVE THE FIRST CHERITE MAKIS THE PERSON SONE OF GOD BE LUF AND ADOPCIOUN AS MONY AUCTORITEIS OF HALY WRIT PROVIS ( AD ROMANOS VIIJ MISIT DEUS SPIRITUM FILIJ SUJ IN QUO CLAMAMUS ABBA PATER & IO PRIMO DEDIT EIS POTESTATEM FILIOS)

(DEI FIERI) TO THAM THAT TROWIS IN HIM WITH WERRAY CHERITE AND DILECTIOUN ( QUI EX DEO NATI SUNT ) AND QUHAR' DEDLY SYN PUTTIS A PERSON FRA GOD IN DISTANCE INFINIT OBLISSAND HIM TO EUERLESTAND PANE CHERITE RECOVERIS HIM AGANE AND CONIUNIS HIM WITH GOD MAKAND HIM HIS AWNE LUFIT CHILD THE SECUND PROFFET CHERITE GARRIS ALL MORALL WERK DONE BE IT DESERUE AND WYN ETERNALE LYF OR ELLIS AUGMENTACOUN OF IT FFOR THE APOSTILL SAYIS ( SI FILIJ ET HEREDES ) THE THRID VTILITE AND PROFFET IS THAT LITILL THING GEVIN IN CHERITE IS MEKLE MAIRE PROFFET TO THE PERSONE THAN ALL THAT HE MAY GEVE WITHOUT IT AS IHESU SAYIS OF THE WEDOW AND LADY THAT GAF TWA HALPENNEIS IN OFFERAND AND HE BERES WITNES THAT SHE GAIF MARE THAN ALL THE LAIF RICHT SA SANCT PETER KEST BOT LITILL THING TO SERF IHESU BOT HE REWARDIT HIM RICHELY & SAYD (CENTUPLUM ACCIPIETIS & VITAM ETERNAM POSSIDEBITIS ) AND SANCT GREGOR' SAYIS THAT GOD CONSIDERIS THE LUF & CHERITE THAT THE THING IS GEVIN BE MEKLE MARE THAN THE QUANTITE OF THE GIFT AND SPECIALIE QUHEN THE POWERE AND SUBSTANCE IS LITILL THE FERD IT MAY CAUS ALS GRET MERIT TO ANE PURE PERSONE THAT HAS NA GUD AS TO ANE KING AND PRINCE AS TO ETERNALE GLORE AS GEVE ANE PERSON BE IN GRET CHERITE AND WALD GEVE ANE THOUSAND CROVNIS AND HAS IT NOCHT FFOR GOD PRINCIPALY CONSIDERIS THE MYND THE LUF AND THE ENTENCIOUN OF THE PERSONE THE FYFT THE MARE CHERITE THAT THE PERSONE HAUE THE MAIRE KNAWLEGE IOY & GLORE HE SALL HAUE IN HEVIN FOR CHERITE TECHIS THE WAY TO PARADYS AND EUERMAR' CHERITE CAUSIS CLERARE AND MARE VISOUN OF GOD KNAWLEGE LUF DILECTIOUN AND DILECTACOUN THE SEXT PROFFET CHERITE GARRIS THAT ALL WERKIS DONE IN IT AR PROFFITABLE TO THEQ PERSON

ALL OTHER THINGIS (QUIA DICIT APOSTOLUS CARITAS FACIT QUOD DILIGENTIBUS DEUM OMNIA COOPERANTUR IN BONUM ) TO THAIM HEVIN IS OPIN HELL CLOSIT THAR' PRAYERE THIRLLIS PURGATORE TEMPORALL GUDIS SUSTENIS THAIM QUHILL THAI PAS TO PARADYS ADUERSITE IS WYNNYNG TO THAIM AND PACIENCE GRET MERYT THE ( VIJ ) VTILITE CHERITE CAUSIS THE HARDEST & HEVYEST WERK IN THE WARLD TO BE LICHT AND PLESAND AND CONSIDERAND THE GRET REWARD OF ETERNALE IOYE AND THE GRET ARDENT LUF THE PERSON SETTIS NOCHT BY QUHAT HE DO OR SUFFER' THAIRFOR ( QUIA AMOR VINCIT OMNIA ET FORTIS VT MORS DILECTIO ) FOR IHESU SAYIS (IUGUM ENIM MEUM SUAUE EST ET ONUS MEUM LEUE ) AND SANCT PAULE SAYIS ( FINIS PRECEPTI EST CHARITAS) AND AGANIS THIS HEVELY & HIE WERTEU SYNNIS MONY PEPLE PRIPONAND CREATURIS WARLDLY HONOUR PLESANCE RICHES AND OTHER' THINGIS TO IT AND THE LUF AND COMMANDEMENT OF GOD ERARE DISPLESAND GOD & BREKAND HIS COMMANDEMENT OR THAI WALD LEVE & WANT THIRE THINGIS OR DISPLEIS THE PERSONIS OF THE WARLD PRINCIS LADYIS OR OTHIR' THAT THAI DESYRE AND WALD HAUE PROFFET & PLESANCE OF AND DOCTOURIS SAYIS THAT IN EUERY MANNIS MYND IS SUM THING THAT HE LUFIS MAST AND ORDANIS AND DRESSIS ALL HIS LYF FOR THAT THING AND PLESANCE OF IT AND GEVE THAT BE GOD THE PERSONE IS IN THE WAY OF SALUACOUN & THOCHT HE DEIT IN THAT STAIT HE WALD BE SAUF AND GIF IT BE OTHER' NA GOD AS A CREATUR HONOUR RICHES OR OTHERE PERSONE THAT FOR THE LUF OF THAT THE PERSONE OFFENDIS GOD HE IS IN THE WAY OF DAMPNACOUN AND DEIT HE IN THAT STAIT HE WAR ALLUTERLY TYNT AND CONDAMPNIT & MONY PERSONIS FOR DEFALT OF KNAWLEGE WERTEU AND CHERITE LAUBOURIS OUR MEKLE FOR HONOUR RICHES AND WARLDLY PLESANCE CONTENAND THAIM THAIROF LYKE TO BARNIS THAT AR BETTER CONTENT OF

ANE APPILL THAN OF ANE WALLTOUNE OR ERLDOME OF LAND AND SIC MANER OF PEPLE WALD THAT GOD KNEW NOCHT THAIR SYNNIS OR ELLIS THAT THAIR SYNNIS PLESIT HIM AND AGANIS THIR' PEPLE SAYIS THE PROPHET IN THE PERSON OF GOD ( EXISTIMASTI INIQUE QUOD ERO TUI SIMILIS ARGUAM TE ET STATUAM CONTRA FACIEM TUAM ) AND THIR MEN WALD THAT GOD WAR NOCHT GOD FOR THAI WALD THAT GOD HAD NOCHT ALL SCIENS FOR THAI WALD HE KNEW NOCHT THAIR SYNNIS ALLSWA THAI WALD HE WAR NOCHT OF INFINIT IUSTICE FOR THAI WALD HE LEFIT THAIR SYNNIS AND PVNIST THAM NOCHT AND THUS HE WAR NOCHT GOD FOR WITHOUT ALL SCIENS AND WERTEU HE MAY NOCHT BE AND HIS SCIENS AND IUSTICE IS HIM SELF AS ALL THEOLOGIS & PHILOSOPHOURIS SAYIS AND THUS WITHOUT THAI VERTUOS HE MAY NOCHT BE GOD AND THAI THAT DENYES THIR' VERTUIS IN GOD AR FULIS AND DENYIS HIS GODHED FFOR THE PROPHET SAYIS ( DIXIT INSIPIENS IN CORDE SUO NON EST DEUS ) THIS CHAPITUR FOLLOWAND SPEKIS OF THE NATURE CONDICIOUN AND NECESSITE OF MERCYE MAST PROPER' AND GANAND TO THE HIE DEVYNE MAIESTE AND MAST PROFFITABLE & NECESSARE TO WS OF ONY WERTEU NOW IN THIS LAST CHEPTOUR I WILL TREIT OF THEQ HIE AND MYCHTI WERTEU OF MERCY AND GRACE THE QUHILK IS MAST PROPER TO GOD AND PROFFITABLE TO THE PERSONE AND SYNNARIS THE HALY DOCTOUR & GRET CLERK SANCT AUGUSTYNE SAYIS IN HIS BUKE OF THE CITE CELESTIALL ( MISERICORDIA EST ALIENE MISERIE IN CORDE NOSTRO COMPASSIO QUIA SI POSSUMUS SUBUENIRE COGIMUR)

MERCY IS THE GRETEST WERTEU OF ANE THAT IS AND IT IS ANE WERTEU THAT INCLINIS ANE PERSONE THAT IS OF MARE POWERE AND WORTHIAR' THAN ANE NOTHERE TO MAK HELPE AND SUPLE TO THE WAKAR' PERSONE AND TO RELEVE HIS INDIGENCE NECESSITE & FALTIS THE APOSTILL SAYIS ( PIETAS AD OMNIA VALET ) AND THE HALY DOCTOR SANCT AMBROS SAYIS ( SUMMA DISCIPLINE CHRISTIANE IN MISERICORDIA ET PIETATE EST ) THAT IS TO SAYE THAT THE MAST PERFYTE THING PERTENAND TO THE DOCTRINE AND DISCIPLINE OF IHESU IS IN MERCY AND PETE AND THOCHT MERCY PETE & CHERITE THAT HAS GRET CONVENIENCE TOGIDDER CONCERNE ALL PERSONE CAPABLE OF IT NEUERTHELES GRACE & WERTEU FOLOWIS NATURE AND THE ORDOUR AND MANER OF IT AND PERFITIS IT ( QUIA GRATIA NON DESTRUIT NATURAM SED PERFICIT ) AND NATUR WIRKIS MAIR STARKLY IN THE THING NERE IT NA FAR FRA IT AND THAIRFOR' GRACE MERCY & PETE INDUCIS A PERSONE TO HELPE SONERE & ERARE THE PERSONE MARE CONIUNCT AS IN BLUDE FRENDSCHIPE OR OTHER' WAYE AND THE APOSTILL SAYIS ( QUI SUORUM ET MAXIME DOMESTICORUM CURAM NON HABET FIDEM NEGAUIT ET EST INFIDELI DETERIOR ) AND SEN ALL NOBLE PERSONE SULD HELP & SUPPLE THE DEFALT AND INDIGENCE OF ANE OTHIR' PERSONE THROUQ GRET VERTEU AND NOBLE CONDICIOUN OF IT AND SEN THE MERCY OF THE GRET HIE AND NOBLE DIUINITE IS INFINIT IT ENCLYNIS TO HELPE ALL THAT MISTERIS ASKIS & DESYRIS WITH GUD MYND WITHOUT FICTIOUN HIS HELPE MERCY & SUPLE AND MONY & DIUERS CAUSIS AR QUHY GOD IS MAIRE INCLINIT TO MERCY NA TO PVNICOUN FOR MERCY IS MARE NATURALL TO HIM NA PVNICIOUN FOR THE VRISOUN OF THE KIRK SAYIS ( DEUS CUI PROPRIUM EST MISERERE SEMPER ET PARCERE ) ALLSWA IT IS THE MAIR' NOBLE CONDICOUN

GANAND TO A LORD OR PRINCE THE THRID FOR HE VSIT EUER MERCY AND EUER ' WILL FFOR THE WRIT SAYIS (IN ETERNUM MISERICORDIA EIUS ) THE FERD FOR MEN OF GRET CURAGIS FORGEVIS REDELY FALTIS AS ARESTOTILL AND PHILOSOPHOURIS SAYIS (PARCERE PROSTRATIS EST NOBILIS ) AND GOD IS OF INFINIT POWERE (QUOD OMNIPOTENS )AND THAIRFOR MERCY IS MAST CONVENIENT TO HIM OF ONY WORTHY AND NOBLE CONDICIOUN FOR BE THAT HIS GUDNES AND GRACE IS MAST SCHAWIN AND THE WRIT SAYIS ( VNIUERSE VIE DOMINI MISERICORDIA ET VERITAS ) THAT IS IN ALL CREATUR GOD SCHAWIS AND MANIFESTIS HIS MERCY AND WERITE IN HEVIN IN HELL AND IN ERD THOCHT MAIR' IUSTICE BE IN A PLACE AND MAIRE MERCYE IN ANE NOTHER MAKAND THE WARLD CONSERUAND IT IN HIS HALY INCARNACIOUN PASSIOUN RESURRECTIOUN IN OUR' REDEMPTIOUN AND IN ALL HIS DEIDIS HE HAS SCHAWIN TILL WS HIS GRET HIE AND INFINIT MERCY ALLSWA HIS FADER' OF HEVIN IS FADER' OF MERCY ( PATER MISERICORDIARUM & DEUS TOCIUS CONSOLACIONIS) HIS MODER' IS MODER' OF MERCY AND QUENE FOR THE HALY KIRK SAYIS (MARIA MATER' GRACIE ET MATER MISERICORDIE ET SALUE REGINA MISERICORDIE ) THARFOR THE SONE SULD BE RICHT MERCIFULL AND THAIRFOR THE TYME OF HIS CUMMYNG IN THE WARLD IS CALLIT THE TYME OF MERCY AND HIS LAW THE LAW OF MERCY AND THE APPOSTILL SAYIS ( APPARUIT GRATIA DEI SALUATORIS NOSTRI ET ALIBI APPARUIT BENIGNITAS & HUMANITAS DEI SALUATORIS NOSTRI ) AND ALL HALY WRIT IS FULL OF HIS MERCY AND MERCIFULL DEIDIS AND NAMLY THE EUUANGELL AND NEW TESTAMENT ALLSWA ABRAHAM DAUID AND HIS PROGENITOURIS IN HIS HUMANITE WAS RYCHT MERCIFULL THAT THE WRIT SAYIS ( MEMENTO DOMINE DAUID ET OMNIS MANSUETUDINIS EIUS ) AND THE NOBLE CHILD IN WERTEU FOLLOWIS THE CONDICIONIS OF HIS FORBEARIS ALLSWA HE WAS ANOYNTIT KING AND BISCHOPE AND WITH THE GRACE OF THE HALY GAST (VNXIT TE DEUS TUUS OLEO)

(LETICIE PRE PARTICIPIBUS TUIS) AND ALL THIS BETAKINNIS MERCY AND GRACE AND SANCT IHON SAYIS ( VIDEMUS EUM PLENUM GRATIE ET VERITATIS ) ALLSWA THE GRET PANE AND EXPERIENCE THAT HE HAD IN OUR NATURE INDUCIT HIM TO HAUE PETE AND COMPACIENCE OF WS AND SEN THAIR IS ANE COURT OF IUSTICE THAT GOD VSIS IN HELL AND VSIT BEFOR' HIS INCARNACOUN AND PASSIOUN AND ANE NOTHER' OF MERCYE THE QUHILK HE VSIS & VSIT SEN THE TYME OF HIS INCARNACIOUN AND EVER' QUHILL THE END OF THE WARLD WILL WS HERE ALS LANG AS THE SAULL REMANIS IN THE BODYE THOCHT HE VS WS RIGORUS IUSTICE EFTER THAT THE SAULL PART FRA THE BODY AND THAIRFOR ILK PERSONE SULD HERE HUMILIE HIM BE PENNANCE IN THIS WARLD AND THAN GOD WILL EXALT HIM BE HIS MERCY FOR HE SAYIS ( QUI SE EXALTAT HUMILIABITUR ET QUI SE HUMILIAT EXALTABITUR ) AND OFFER THE IN THIS WARLD TO PENNANCE AND CUM TO THE SACRAMENTIS OF THE KIRK HAVAND VERTEU OF THE GLORIUS PASSIOUN OF IHESU AND APPELE FRA THE COURT OF IUSTICE RIGORUS TO THE COURT OF MERCY AND THOW WIL BE SEKER' AND NOCHT TYNT AND THE MERCY OF GOD AND HIS COURT WILL RESAIF THE FOR AS SAYIS SANCT IAMES ( MISERICORDIA SUPEREXALTAT IUDICIUM ) THAT IS MERCY OURECUMMYS IUGEMENT FOR THAR' HAS THOW THI UIGE IHESU THAT IS THI KING & LORD AND OF THI KYN IN HIS HUMANITE THAT THOLIT PASSIOUN FOR THE BECAUS HE SULD NOCHT TYNE THE AND ALS HIS MODER' IS OF THI KYN THYN ADUOCAT AND MODER' OF MERCY AND THAT GLORIUS LADY IS THAIR TO HELPE THE EVERE REDYE AND THOW LEVE THI SYN AND ASK WITH GUD AND DEVOIT MYND MERCYE AND HELPE OF HIRE BLISSIT SONE AND HIRE AND SA WILL HELP THE ALL THE SANCTIS IN HEVYNE FOR GRET LUF AND CHERITE THAI HAF TO THE AND THOW SYNNIS NOCHT TROWAND THAT THE MERCY OF GOD BE MEKLE FOR IT IS INFINIT AND MAIRE THAN ALL

CREATURE MAY VNDERSTAND AND CONSAIF BOT TRAIST NOCHT SA IN THE INFINIT MERCYE OF GOD THAT THOW CONTEMPNE HIS IUSTICE AYE PERSEUERAND IN SYN AND TROWAND THAN THAT HE WILL SAUF THE BE HIS MERCYE FOR THAN THOW PERSEUERIS IN SYN AND PUTTIS OBSTAKLE AND SCORNIS HIM AND HIS LAW AND HIE POWERE & MERCYE THOW CLOSIS THE WAYE OF GRACE AND OPINNIS THE WAY OF SYN AND THAT IS A SYN IN THE HALY GAST TO TRAIST THAT THOW DO NA PENNANCE NA DISPONE THE NOCHT TO GOD AND ZIT THAT HE WILL SAUF THE BOT FORTHINK THI SYN WITH FERME PURPOS TO MAK CONFESSIOUN AND DO PENNANCE AND TRAST IN THE MERCY OF GOD AND HE WILL REMIT THY SYNNIS AND SAIF THE FOR HE SAYIS ( NOLO MORTEM PECCATORIS SED VT CONUERTATUR ET VIUAT ) AND THIS IS THE VERRAYE DOCTRINE OF IHESU AND OF THE HALY KIRK THAT THOW MAY TRAST IN AND THOW KEPE AND FULFILL IT FFOR BE HIS AWNE NATUR' AND INFYNIT GUDNES HE IS ENCLYNIT TO MERCYE AND TO SAIF THE AND TO PVNICIOUN OF THI SYNNIS ENCLYNIS HIM AND SANCT THOMAS OF AQUINE SAYIS AND A PERSOUN SYN WITH PURPOS TO PERSEUERE THAREIN AND TRAIST OF IT FORGEVENES IT IS ANE GRET HEVY SYN OF PRESUMPCIOUN AND THAT MAKIS THE SYN MARE GRET AND HEVY FFOR IT MAKIS THE WILL OF THE PERSONE MAIR' STARK IN EVILL BOT AND A PERSONE SYN AND TRAIST TO BE FORGEVIN EFTIRWART AND HAUE THAT TYME PURPOS TO LEVE THE SYN EFTERWART AND DO PENNANCE FOR IT THAT IS NOCHT OF PRESUMPCIOUN AND THAT PURPOS MAKIS AND CAUS THE SYN TO BE LES AND BECAUS IT MAKIS THE WILL OF THE PERSONE TO BE THE WAYKERE

COMMITTAND THE SYN AND THE MASTER OF THE SENTENS SAYIS THAT THE SYN OF ADAM WAS THE LES FOR HE HAD HOPE OF FORGEVENES AND MERCYE BOT AYE HAF THOW PURPOS TO LEVE THE SYN TO DO PENNANCE AND TRAIST IN THE MERCY OF GOD FOR THE PROFFET SAYIS ( MISERICORDIAS DOMINI IN ETERNUM CANTABO ) AND THE INFINIT MERCY OF GOD IN COMPARISOUN OF THI SYN OR ONY SYN THAT MAY BE IS MAIR' THAN ALL THE SE IN REGARD OF ANE DROP OF WATTER AND GIF ALL THE LICHT OF THE SON AND THE HEIT OF IT STRIK APONE A STANE QUHAR' THAIR IS ANE DROPE OF WATTER IT SONE DRYIS IT AND PUTTIS IT AWAYE RICHT SA THE INFINIT MERCYE OF GOD AND IT STRIK ON THI SAULL INCONTINENT IT PUTTIS AWAY ALL THI SYNNIS AND THAIRFOR I REQUYRE THE BE CHERITE EUER DISPONE THE TO HIS MERCYE THAT IT MAY WIRK IN THE AND THIS VOLOME AND THE BUKE FOLLOVAND SUDANLY COMPILIT FOR THE HONOUR OF GOD AND PROFFET OF THE PEPLE NOCHT IN PARIS QUHAR' I HAUE WAIKIT TO STUDY BOT IN THE CASTELL OF EDINBURGH IN THE COURT OF OUR SOUERANE LORD I SUBMIT TO THE CORRECTIOUN OF THE HALY KIRK THE HALYE SETE OF ROME THE VNIUERSITE OF PARIS THE KIRK AND VNIUERSITEIS OF SCOTLAND AND ALL OTHER' PERSONIS THAT IT PERTENIS TO AND HAS AUTORITE THAIROF PRAYAND THE REDAR' HUMILY BE CHERITE GEVE HE FYNDIS ONY PROFFET IN IT GEVE LOVING & HONOUR TO IHESU AND HIS BLIST MODER' AND OF THE FALTIS FORGEVE ME BATH FOR DEFALT OF KNAWLEGE BUKIS OF TYME AND STUDY AND ALS I PRAY THEQ REDARIS TO PRAY TO IHESU AND HIS MODER ANE ( PATER NOSTER ) AND ANE ( AUE MARIA ) FOR MY SALUACIOUN AND PROFFET ( AMEN FINIS )

IN THE FIRST BUKE HAS BENE TRETIT OF THE HALY SACRAMENT OF PENNANCE IN GENERALE AND OF THE PARTIS OF IT AND MONY AND SYNDRY DOCTRINIS PROFFITABLE TO DRAW MEN AND WOMEN FRA THAIR SYN AND TO BRING THAME TO THE WAYE AND STAIT OF GRACE CONFORMAND TO THE SCIENCE OF SANCT THEOLOGYE AND THE DOCTRINE OF PROFUND THEOLOGIS AND NOW IN THIS BUKE GOD WILLAND SALL BE DECLARIT THE MATER AND THE TABLE OF CONFESSION AND BECAUS THAT PENNANCE IS NECESSARE TO BRING FOLK OUT OF DEDLY SYN ( QUIA DICIT LUCAS NISI PENITENCIAM AGERITIS OMNES SIMUL PERIBITIS ET DOMINUS QUI NON TOLLIT CRUCEM SUAM ET SEQUITUR ME NON EST ME DIGNUS ) THE QUHILK CROCE OF IHESU AND PENNANS ANE PERSONE SULD TAK IN ZOUTHHED AND STRENTH FFOR IN THE BUKE OF ECCLESIASTICI IS WRITTIN THAT THOW SULD REMEMBER' OF THI CREATURE IN THI ZOUNG AGE AND ANE PERSONE SULD NOCHT BE LATHAND TO TORNE TO GOD HIS CREATUR NA DEFER' FRA DAYE TO DAY FOR AND THOU VSE SIC DILACON THE SWERD OF PVNICIOUN AND STRAIK OF GOD WILL CUM APONE THE TO THI VTTER' DISTRUCTIOUN BOT BECAUS THE ENEMY OF MANKYND AGANIS THE WYS AND SALUTAR' COUNSALL AND DOCTRINE INDUCIS THE ZOUNG PERSON SERUAND HIM AND BEAND IN SYN FYNALIE TENDAND TO HIS PERDICIOUN AND TYNSALL TO HOPE AND ESPERANCE OF LANG LYF SAYAND TO HIM IN HIS MYND OR BE PERSWASIOUN OF OTHER SERUANDIS OF THE ENEMY THAT THOW ART YONG & WILL LEVE LANG GOD WILL NOCHT TYNE THE HE KNAWIS QUHAT THE COURS OF ZOUTHED REQUYRIS AND TAK THI PLESANCE THOW WAIT NOCHT QUHAT

THOW GETTIS QUHEN THOW PASSIS OF THE WARLD FOR THEQ COURS OF ZOUTHHED GOD WILL NOCHT TYNE THE FOR HE MAID THE NOCHT TO CONDAMPNE IT SUFFICIS TO DO PENNANCE IN THIN EILD QUHEN THOW ART WYS AND ZOUTHHED PASSIT THE QUHILK PERSWASIOUN IS AGANIS THE FAITH AND THE LAW OF GOD INDUSAND THE TO PERPETUALE DAMPNACOUN FOR NANE WAIT QUHEN GOD CALLIS THAIM AND GIF THAI LEVE EVILL AND DEIS SA IN THAIR ZOUTHHED THAI AR SEKER' OF PERPETUALE DAMPNACOUN AND PANE ETERNALE AND HERTLY LUFIT BRODER' AND SISTER IN CRIST BE CHERITE I THE REQUEIRE IN THE NAIM OF IHESU AND FOR THE SALUACIOUN OF THY SAULL TROW NOCHT THIS ADUOCAT THE DEVILL ENEMY TO GOD THI MAKER' AND HE THAT PERSWADIS AND LAUBOURIS ALL FOR THI DAMPNACOUN HE IS ANE EVILL DOCTOR' & A DISSAITFULL FADERE OF ALL FALSHED AND THAIRFOR I COUNSALL THE TRAIST NOCHT IN HIS DOCTRINE NOR PERSWASIONIS & TRAIST NOCHT IN FOLY & VNCERTANE HOPE OF LANG LYF AND TO SERF GOD AND MEND IN THIN EILD FOR SUDAND DEID AND PVNICIOUN OF GOD IS ABLE TO STRIK APON THE AND THAN THOW PASS TO DAMPNACIOUN FOR THE SCRIPTUR SAYIS THAT THIS DANGERUS PROMYS OF LANG LYF HAS LED MONY THE WAY OF PERDICIOUN AND THAIRFOR I SALL SCHAW THE THAT THIS DOCTRINE OF THI ENEMY AND PERSWASION OF LANG LYF AND TO DO PENNANCE DEFERRAND TO EILD IS AGANIS GOD RESOUN AND THI PROFET AND EFTER I SALL DISCEND TO THE TABLE OF CONFESSIOUN THE FIRST RESOUN & EXAMPLE IS HE THAT HAS ( X ) HORS TO CHARGE AND PUTIS THE CHARGE OF ALL ON THE WAKEST AND LATTIS THE LAVE BE FRE & WANTOUN DOIS AGANIS RESOUN & IUSTICE AND

MONY WALD IWGE HIM ANE FULE SA DOIS THE SYNNARE THAT WILL AND PURPOSSIS TO PUT ALL THE CHARGE OF SYN THAT HE HAS DONE IN HIS BARNEHED HIS GROVING HIS ZOUTHHED STRENTH AND VIRILITE APON THE ELD FOR HE PUTTIS THE CHARGE ALL HALE ON THE WAKEST FOR THAN HAS THE MAN NOTHER STRENTH NOR WERTEU TO SUFFER' PANE LAUBOUR FASTING NOR VRISOUN AND HE IS MAST ENCLINIT TO AUARICE BECAUS THE STRENTH FALIS HIM AND THUS IS HE WARIJT OF GOD THAT ALL HIS FORS HIS BEWTE HIS FAIRENES HIS ZOUTHHED EXPONIS IN THE SERUICE OF THE DEVILL THE WARLD AND THE FLESCHE AND PROPONIS TO SACRIFYE TO GOD BOT THE DREGGIS OF HIS EILD THAT STANDIS NOCHT IN HIS HAND BOT IN GODDIS GEVE HE WILL OF HIS GRACE THOLE HIM TO CUM THAIRTO THE SECUND RESOUN IS HE THAT IS IN FORS AND STRENTH AND MAY NOCHT LIFT ANE BIRDING THAT TRASTIS QUHEN HE IS WAIKIT BE GRET HEVY SEIKNES OR TYNT HIS STRENTH TO LIFT IT BETTER VSIS GRET FOLY ALLSA HE THAT MAY NOCHT LIFT ANE BIRDING AND FIRST EIKIS ALSMEKLE TO IT AND TRASTIS TO LIFT BATH AND SYNE AGANE ALSMEKLE AND TRASTIS TO LIFT ALL MAY BE IUGIT TO WS GRET FOLY SA HE THAT IS IN FORS & STRENTH AND CAN NOCHT BERE THE BIRDING OF PENNANCE AND QUHEN HE IS WAIKIT IN HIS EILD TRASTIS TO BERE IT AND EIKIS TO IT ANE HUNDRETH OR A THOUSAND TYMES MA BIRDINGIS OF SYN AND TRASTIS IN HIS EILD QUHEN HE IS WAYKIT & TYNT HIS STRENTH THAT HE SALL BERE & MAK SATISFACTIOUN FOR ALL MAY BE IUGIT BE WYS MEN ANE WERRAY FULE AND FER' FRA ALL WISDOME AND GUD PURPOS THE THRID RESOUN IS HE THAT ALL HIS LYFTYME MAKIS LAUBOUR & TRAVALL TO BIG ANE PALACE OR ANE PLACE THAT HE THINKIS NEUER TO DUELL IN AND

JN ALL HIS LYFTYME LAUBOURIS AND DESYRIS TO DISTROYE THEQ HOUS AND PALACE THAT HE DESYRIS FOR HIS MANSIOUN PERPETUALE HAS RESSONABLE CAUS TO BE CALLIT A FULE AND ANE DEFAMIT PERSONE AND SA DOIS THE SYNNARE THAT ALL HIS LYFTYME LIFFIS IN PLESANCE AND DELYTIS OF THIS WARLD FOLOWAND COMPANY PLESANCE TO THE WARLD AND THE FLESCHE AND BE THAT COMMITTIS MONY SYNNIS AND THUS IN ALL HIS LYFTYME AND THROUQ ALL HIS WERKIS HE BIGGIS HIM A HAME PLACE & HABITACOUN IN HELL QUHAR HE WALD NEUER DUELL AND THE PLACE THAT GOD ALMYCHTI HAS ORDANIT TO HIM IN THE HEVYNE QUHAR' HE WALD DUELL ALL HIS LYFTYME HE HAS LAUBORIT TO DISTROY HE MAY BE CALLIT ANE ORPIT FULE & DEFAMIT PERSON THE FERD RESON HE THAT MAY BE HALE FRE & RICHE AND LAUBOURIS & DESYRIS MAIRE TO BE SEIK NA HALE SERUAND NA LORD PURE NA RICHE HE DOIS AGANIS HIM SELF AND HE MAY BE CALLIT FULL OF FOLY AND SA DOIS THE MAN FOR HE CHESIS THE SEIKNES OF THE SAULL THAT IS SYN AND LEDIS TO THE DEID ETERNALE AND WILLFULLY CHESYS TO SERF SYN & THE DEVILL ( QUIA QUJ FACIT PECCATUM SERUUS EST PECCATI ) HE THAT DOIS SYN IS SERUAND TO IT AND TO THE ENEMY ALLSWA WILFULLY HE TYNIS THE REALME OF PARADYS AND ALL THE RICHES OF IT AND THARE HE MAY BE IUGIT ANE WERRAY FULE WIRKAND AGANIS GOD RESOUN AND HIS AWNE HONOUR GRET PROFFET AND VTILITE CONSIDER' PERFYTLYE THIRE REWLIS FOLLOWAND

THIS BUKE AND TABLE OF CONFESSIOUN IS ANE MYRROUR IN THE QUHILK THOW MAY KNAW THI CONSCIENCE AND THI STAIT AND QUHAREIN THOW HAS SYNNIT AND SULD CONFES THE OF IT IS CONVENIENT THAT CONFESSIOUN OF A LADYE NAMLY BE MAID IN THE KIRK IN A PLACE MANIFEST FOR CONFUSIOUN OF THE ENEMY HUMILITE & ESCHEWING OF SYN AND THAT THE CONFESSOUR LUK NOCHT IN THE FACE OF THE PENITENT THAR' IS MONY SYNNIS RESERUIT TO THE PRELATE AND PART TO THE PAPE THAT THE CURAT HAS NOCHT POWERE TO ASSOLZE OF BOT GEVE HE HAUE POWERE OF THE OUR MAN AS SACRILEGE HURTING OF KIRKMEN SYMONY HERESY SLAUCHTER BIRNYNG MANSWERING IN IUGEMENT STRIKING OF FADER' OR MODER' OPPRESSIOUN OF THAIR AWNE BARNIS IN YOUTHHED BREKING OF WOWIS THE FOULL AND ABHOMINABLE SYN AGANIS NATUR AND MONY VTHER KYNDIS OF THE SYN OF LICHERY AND THAI BE MANIFICIT AND PUBLICIT AND THAIRFOR IT IS EXPEDIENT THAT THE CURAT HAUE THE POWERE OF THE OURE MAN IN LENTRYNE ALL SAID IN CONFESSIOUN SULD BE SECRET AND NEM NEUER ANE NOTHER PERSON BOT THOW THROW THE CONFESSOUR BE HALY AND ALLUTERLY FOR CHERITE & HELPE OF THAT PERSONE GEVE THE CONFESSOUR MAY DO IT GEVE THOW HAS INDUCIT ONY PERSONIS TO SYN AND NAMLY ZONG MEN AND WOMEN CONFES THE OF IT AND INDUCE THAIM AT THI POWERE TO CORRECTIOUN GEVE THOW BE IN FERME PURPOS TO PERSEVERE IN THI SYN THOW SULD NOCHT DESYR' ABSOLUCIOUN FOR THOW ART NOCHT DISPONIT THAIRTO NA THE CONFESSOUR SULD NOCHT ASSOLZE THE NEUERTHELES DO AY GUD FOR IT WILL HELP THE TO RYS FRA SYN ALLSWA BE ORDINANCE OF HALY KIRK ALL SYNNAR' SULD AT THE LEST CONFES HIM ANYS IN THE ZERE AT PASCHE FOR HONOUR OF THE HALY SACRAMENT OF THEQ BODYE OF IHESU ALLSWA QUHEN THAI SULD MINISTER' OR RESSAUE ONY SACRAMENT AND QUHEN THAI AR' IN PERRELL OF DEID AND QUHEN THE PERSONE HAS PRESENS OF HIM THAT MAYE ASSOLZE

HIM AND HAPPIN EFTERWART MAY NEUER HAUE HIS PRESENS AND THE OFTER' THAT THE PERSONE CONFES HIM IT IS THE BETTER OTHER' FOUR' TYMES IN THE ZERE OR ILK MONETH OR ILK OULK OR FESTUALL DAY THOCHT HE BE NOCHT OBLIST THAIRTO OF THAT WAS SPOKIN IN THEQ FIRST BUKE AND IN THE END OF THI CONFESSIOUN CONFES THE OF ALL THI SYNNIS THAT THOW HAS FORZET COMMIT OR COMMITTIT BE IGNORANCE AND GEVE THAI CUM EFTER TO THI MYND CONFES THE OF THAM HEIR' FOLLOWIS THE TABLE OF CONFESSIOUN I SYNFULL PERSONE HUMILIE CONFESSIS AND SCHRYVIS ME TO GOD ALMYCHTI MY FADER' MAKERE RANSOMERE & SALUATOURE & TO HIS GLORIUS MODER' THE VERGIN MARIE AND THE HALY COURT OF HEVYNE PRAYAND THAIM HUMILIE TO MAK PRAYERE AND INTERCESSIOUN FOR ME AND ASK FORGEVENES OF MY SYNNIS AT ALMYCHTI GOD AND TO ZOW SPIRITUALE FADER IN ERD GODDIS STEDE HALDAND OF ALL THE SYNNIS THAT I HAUE DONE SPOKEN AND THOCHT SEN I WAS BORNE AND MAST PRINCIPALY OF THAIM THAT I HAUE NOCHT MAID DETFULL CONFESSIOUN OF AND NAMLIE OF THAIM THROU THE QUHILKIS I HAUE OFFENDIT THE HIE MAIESTE AND IUSTICE OF GOD BE COMMISSIOUN OR OMISSIOUN SEN I WAS LAST CONFESSIT AND SCHREVYNE TO THIS PRESENT TYME THE ( V ) WITTIS FIRST I HAUE SYNNIT AGANIS MY MAKER' IN MY ( V ) WITTIS OF NATURE THAT GOD OF HIS GRACE HAS GEVYNE ME TO VSE WELE IN HIS SERUICE TO HIS HONOUR & MY PROFET IN MYN EYNE SEAND THROU THEQ QUHILK I HAUE HAD PRYDE AND HATREND SEAND PLESANCE AND VANYTEIS OF THE WARLD MEN OR WOMEN BE CONCUPISCENCE &

FLESCHLY LUSTIS AND PLESANCE SEAND THE SCATHIS AND DAMMAGIS OF MY NYCHTBOURIS PLESANCE HAVAND OUR' GRET SEAND OTHERE PERSONIS GUD THAR' WYFFIS OR POSSESSIOUN AND DESYRAND THAM AND NAMLYE IN THE KIRK QUHAR' I SULD HAUE SPENDIT MY SICHT IN GODDIS SERUICE AND DEVOCIOUN SEAND LADYIS WITH PLESANCE NOCHT SEAND WITH MYN EYNE DEVOTLYE THE PRECIUS BODY OF IHESU NA THE PURE WITH PETE ALLSWA I CONFES ME THAT I HAUE SYNNIT AGANIS MY MAKER' AND CREATUR ABUSAND MYN ERES AND HERYNG WILFULLY SCLANDER' BAKBITING DETRACTIOUN LESINGIS AND VANE LANGAGE OF MY NYCHTBOURIS WITH PLESANCE OR CAUSIT OTHER TO SAYE IT FOR THAR' DAMMAGE AND MY PROFFET APPERAND TO ME BOT VERRALY FOR DAMPNACOUN TO MY SAULL HERAND WITH PLESANCE AND SYN VANE & FALS LOVING OF MY SELF HERAND FOULE LANGAGE ENCLYNAND TO SYN NOCHT HERAND THE SERUICE OF GOD WITH PLESANCE NA THE TYME THAT I WAS OBLIST THAIRTO NA THE WORD OF GOD AND PRECHING NA THE MES WITH DEVOCIOUN APPLIAND ALL MY WIT & UNDERSTANDING THAIRTO ALLSWA I CONFESS ME THAT I HAUE OFFENDIT THE MAKAR OF HEVIN AND ME WITH MY MOUTH SPEKAND AND MANSWERAND THE HALY NAME OF GOD HIS MODER' & OTHER SANCTIS MAKAND LESINGIS AND DETRACTIONIS SPEKAND EVILL OF OTHER PERSONIS TRASTAND VANTONLY AND BE SURFET AND DELICIOUS METIS AND DRINKIS ENCLYNAND ME TO SYN AND HAFAND PLESANCE THAIRIN KISSAND LADYIS BE SYN PLESANCE & FLESCHLY DESYRE OF MAIR' PLESANCE OF THAIM

AND WOMEN ALLSWA DOAND TO MEN ALLSWA I CONFES ME THAT I HAUE SYNNIT IN THE ABUSIOUN OF MY HANDIS DOAND EVILL WERKIS FORBIDIN TO ME STRIKAND OR HURTAND SLAAND STELAND REFAND TUICHAND VNLEFULL PARTIS OF MYN AWNE BODY AND MEMBERIS OR OF THIR' PERSONIS HAVAND PLESANCE THAIRIN CLETHAND ME OR ADORNAND ME TO PLEIS OTHER PERSONIS FOR INCLINACOUN TO PRYDE OR SYN OF THE FLESCHE OR PLESANCE OF THE WARLD AND NOCHT OF GOD MY MAKERE NOCHT DOAND MERITOUR DEIDIS FOR THE HONOUR OF GOD AND SALUACIOUN OF MY SAULL ALLSWA WITH MY FEIT GANGAND I HAUE OFFENDIT GOD GANGAND TO PLACIS VNHONEST QUHAR' I HAUE COMMITTIT SYN INTO AND TO VNLEFULL PLAYIS NOCHT GANGAND TO THE KIRK NA THE PARDONE NA THE MES NA PRECHING NA PILGRIMAGE NA TO VESYE THE PURE IN PRESON OR OTHER PLACIS QUHAR' THAI WARE AND WITH THE PARTIS & MEMBERIS OF MY BODYE HALSAND KISSAND CLAPPAND & BRASAND OR OTHIR' WAYE ABUSAND ONY OF MY MEMBERIS OTHER IN POLLUCIOUN OR OTHER WAYE ABUSAND AND IN MY HERT CONSENTAND TO THIRE & MONY VTHER IN MURMURACOUN AGANIS GOD FORMALE OR WERTUALL NOCHT OBEYAND TO HIS COMMANDEMENTIS BOT HAVAND DISPLESANCE THAT THAI OBLIST ME AGANIS MY FLESCHLY PLESANCE AND APPETIT AND ALS THINKAND AGANIS MY NYCHTBOUR IN ALL THIR' THINGIS I GRANT ME THAT I HAUE DONE AGANIS THE LAW OF GOD HIS HIE IUSTICE AND COMMANDEMENT AND OF ALL THIR' I HUMILIE ASK HIM MERCY AND ZOU SPIRITUALE FADER IN GODDIS STEID FORTHINKAND MY SYN AND THINKIS WITH HIS HELPE AND GRACE TO FORBERE IN TYME TO CUM AND KEPE HIS LAW AND COMMANDEMENT THE ( VIJ ) DEDLY SYNNIS ( SUPERBIA )

ALLSWA J CONFES ME OF THE ( VIJ ) DEDLY AND CAPITALE SYNNIS COMMITTIT BE ME AGANIS MY CREATUR AND REDEMPTOUR BE MYN INGRATITUDE AGANIS MY PROFFET AND THE GUD OF MY SAULL AND FIRST IN THE GRET & FOULL SYN OF PRYDE THAT I HAUE SYNNIT AGANIS GOD BREKAND HIS LAW AND COMMANDEMENT AND FOLLOWAND THE DEVILL HIS WERKIS & PERSWASIOUN IN PRESUMPCIOUN IN VANE GLORE MANIFEST IN YPOCRISY IN INGRATITUDE AND VNTHANKFULNES ANENTIS GOD AND MAN KNAWAND THARE GIFTIS NA BENEFICIS GEVIN TO ME BOT EXTOLLIT MY SELF THROUQ THAIR GIFTIS QUHAR' I SULD HAUE HUMILIT ME NOCHT DOAND DETFULL REUERENCE TO MYN OURMEN SPIRITUALE AND TEMPORALL AND NAMLIE TO THE HIE MAIESTE OF GOD OR NOCHT SAMEKLE AS I WAS OBLIST TO MAKAND DERISION OF OTHER PERSONIS BE MY PRYDE DESYRAND BE MY PRYDFULL AND ORGOLE HERT VENGEANCE & PVNICOUN QUHAR I SULD HAUE PETE AND HELPIT THE PERSONE NOCHT OBEYAND TO GOD MY MAKER' TO MYN OURMEN TO THE HALY KIRK AND THEQ CONMANDEMENTIS OF IT AS I SULD HAVAND IN MY HERT ARROGANCE AMBICIOUN REBELLIOUN AND SYMILACOUN DESYRAND OUR GRETLY WARLDLY HONOURIS MAIR' THAN I WAS WORTHY TO PREFERRAND ME TO MONY MEKLE BETTER AND WORTHIARE THAN MY SELF AND NAMLY THROUQ THE HELYNES OF MY HERT AND FOR MY SCIENCE MY WERTEU MY KYN NOBILITE MY ZOUTHHED MY STRENTH MY FAIRENES MY BEWTE MY RICHES MY GUD NAME MY FORTOUNE MY CLETHING & OTHER GIFTIS OF GOD OF GRACE NATURE OR OF FORTOUNE FOR THE QUHILKIS I SULD HAUE LOVIT GOD MY MAKER' GEVIN HIM HONOURE AND LOVING AND HUMILIT MY SELF I HAUE BENE DISPITUOS AND REBELLIOUS AND NOCHT OBEYAND TO WISDOME PRUDENCE AND GUD COUNSELL BOT TROWIT OUR MEKLE IN MYN

AWNE OPINIOUN PRESUMAND MEKLE WERTEU IN MY SELF AND DISPRISAND OTHER IN ALL THIRE & MONY VTHER I CONFES ME THAT I HAUE OFFENDIT THE HIE MAIESTE OF MY MAKARE & SALUATOUR OF HIS LAW AND OF ALL I REPENT AND CONFESS ME AND HUMILIE ASKIS MERCY AT GOD & ZOU SPIRITUALE FADER ( AUARICIA ) ALLSWA J HAUE SYNNIT THROW AUARICE AND COVATIS BE FALS AND VNLEFULL DISSAIT IN OKERE SYMONY OR VNLEFULL CONQUEST DESYRAND TAKAND AND HALDAND VNLEFULLYE GUDDIS OF VTHER PERSONIS MOVEABLE AND VNMOVEABLE THAIR HERITAGE OFFICIS OR BENEFICIS BE FRAUDE REIF STOUTH OR ONY VTHER WAYE HAVAND MY HERT OURE MEKLE ARDENT ON THE GUDIS OF THE WARLD BYAND GUD CHAPE AND SELLAND OUR DERE BE FALS WECHTIS OR FALS MESOURIS SWERAND OR MANSWERAND THE THINGIS OR MERCHANDICE AFFERMAND TO BE OF MAIR' AVALE THAN THAI WAR' OF QUHARFOR I CONFES ME ASKAND GOD MERCY AND ZOU ( INUIDIA ) ALLSWA I HAUE SYNNIT IN THE GRET AND HEVY SYN OF INVY BEAND EVILL CONTENT IN MY HERT OF THE PROSPERITE OF OTHER PERSONIS AND BLYTHT OF THAR' ADUERSITE BAITH MANIFESTLY AND SECRETLY BE FALS AND WIKIT DISSIMILACOUN BEAND THE CAUS OR OCCASIOUN OF THAR' EVILL IN COUNSELE AND DEID HALDAND OTHER PERSONIS GUDIS FRA THAM THROW INWYE OR DESYRAND THAIR GUDIS BE THE SAMYN WAYE BE INVY SPEKAND EVILL LANGAGE LESINGIS AND DETRACTIONIS AGANIS THAIR GUD FAME AND HONOUR LOFAND EVILL MEN FOR HATRENT OF GUD PERSONIS TRASTAND BE THAT TO CUM TO MY PURPOS & WARLDLYE DESYRIS OF THE QUHILK I CONFES ME ASKAND GOD ( IRA )

ALLSWA I HAUE SYNNIT IN IRE BEAND LICHLY AND SUDANLY CRABIT WITHOUT WERTEW OR PACIENCE DESYRAND PVNICIOUN AND VENGEANCE OF OTHER PERSONIS AND PERSEUERAND THAIRIN LANG WITHOUT MERCYE BLASPHLEMAND AND SCLANDERAND BE IRE OF MY HERT GOD OR MY NYCHTBOURIS IN THOCHT WORD OR DEID NOCHT HAVAND PACIENCE IN MY HERT BOT RANCOUR' FELLONY AND IMPACIENCE BEAND GRETLY COMMOVIT BECAUS OF TRIBULACOUN AND PERSECUCIOUN MAID AGANIS ME NOCHT SUFFERAND PACIENTLY THROW ADUERSITE OF MALADY SEIKNES TYNSALL OF WARLDLY GUDIS AND LANGAGE SAID OF ME OR TO ME FALLAND IN IRE AND IMPACIENCE TYNAND MY RESSOUN AND WERTEU THAN THINKAND THAT GOD DID NOCHT WEILE TO ME NOCHT HELPAND ME PUNNISSAND AND TAKAND VENGEANCE ON THAM BEAND CRABIT AGANIS MY FRENDIS THAT HAS LUFIT ME AND GEVIN ME GUD COUNSALL I HAUE HALDIN IRE AND CRABITNES OURLANG IN MYN HERT NAMYT THE ENEMY THROW CRABING AND IRE NOTHER FORGEVAND NA ASKAND FORGEVENES IN TYME NA PLACE QUHEN I SULD DESYRAND IN MYN IRE AND CRABITNES EVILL PVNICIOUN AND TRUBLE OF VTHER PERSONIS AND QUHILIS STRIKAND OR HURTAND THAIM AND OF ALL THIRE I CONFES ME TO GOD ALMYCHTI AND TO ZOW SPIRITUALE FADERE IN HIS NAME ASKAND MERCY ( ACCIDIA ) ALLSWA J HAUE SYNNIT GRETLY IN THE FOULL SYN OF SWERNES IGNORANCE NEGLIGENCE AND FORZETFULNES PASSAND THE TYME NOCHT BEAND WALKRYF IN MY HERT TO CONSIDER MY CAISE AND OBLISING TO GUD WERKIS NOCHT LOFAND GOD NOCHT DESYRAND TO THE KIRK TO HEIR' GODDIS SERUICE NA TO PRAY

AND HERE MES ON THE HALY DAYE NOCHT HERAND THE MES NA PRAYAND WITH DEUOCIOUN BOT HAVAND MY MYND ON OTHIR THING AS WARLDLY PLESANCE BEAND SWERE AND LATHAND TO GUD WERKIS AND REDDY TO DO EVILL NOCHT PRAYAND FOR MY FORBEARIS FFOR THE SAULIS IN PURGATORY FOR THE PECE FOR EVILL DOARIS THAT GOD OF HIS GRACE WALD TURNE THAIM TO THE RICHT WAY BEAND SWER' TO CUM TO CONFESSIOUN TO SAY MYN HOURIS TO FAST TO PRAY TO TURNE ME TO GOD AND LEVE MY SYN AND REDY TO DO EVILL SAY EVILL AND THINK IT AND OF ALL THIS I CONFES ME AND ASKIS ALMYCHTI GOD MERCY AND FORGEVENES AND ZOU ( GULA ) ALLSWA J HAUE SYNNIT IN GLUTONY ETAND & DRINKAND OURE MESOUR OF WERTEU AND RESOUNE FOR PLESANCE & DELYTE OF MY PERSONE SPENDAND OURMEKLE THAIRAPON OFT TYMES WITHOUT NECESSITE NOTHER HAVAND HUNGER' NA THRIST OUTWITH TYMES CUSTOMABLE TO ETE & DRINK IN METIS AND DRINKIS OUR' DELICIOUS ENCLINAND ME TILL OTHER SYNNIS HAVAND NA CONSIDERACIOUN OF THE PURE THROW PLESANCE OF IT BREKAND THE LAW OF GOD AND THE COMMANDEMENT OF THE KIRK NOCHT KEPAND THE LENTRYNE IN FASTING NA THE QUATER TEMPIS NOR THE FASTING COMMANDIT BE THE KIRK NA INIUNIT TO ME BE MY CONFESSOUR I HAUE NOCHT FASTIT NOR ABSTENIT ME FRA SYN THAT IS MAIST NEIDFULL AND WERTUOS FASTING AND STRATEST COMMANDIT I HAUE SYNNIT WITH MY TUNG IN OURMEKLE SPEKING AND DETRACTIOUN IN DERISIOUN IN FLATTERY IN BLASPHLEMYNG SPEKING EVILL OF OTHER PERSONIS ACCUSAND THAIM & THAIR SYNNIS WITH MY MOUTH & TUNG & EXCUSAND MY SELF AND MY SYNNIS AND THROW THIS SYNE FALLAND IN DRUNKYNNES TYNAND MY RESSOUN

AS ANE VNRESSONABLE BEST AND OF ALL THIR' J CONFES ME ASKAND GOD MERCY ( LUXURIA ) ALLSWA J HAUE SYNNIT GRETLY IN THE FOULL & HEVY SYN OF LICHORYE IN THE FOULL & ABHOMINABLE LUST OF THEQ FLESCHE IN THOCHT LANGAGE VNHONEST IN THE SCHAMFULL DEID WITH MADINNIS MENNIS WYFFIS PERSONIS OF RELIGIOUN OR OTHER WOMEN SIB OR FREMMYT IN ADULTERY FORNICACOUN STUPRACIOUN DEFLORACIOUN OR ONY VTHER MANER IN THE EVILL CONCUPISCENS OF MY HERT IN ILLUSIOUN IN POLLUCIOUN OUTHER SLEPAND OR WALKAND HAVAND PLESANCE IN MYN HERT TO THINK OR SPEIK OR HERE SPEIK OF THAT MATER AND SYNE CLETHAND ME WANTONLY IN ENTENT TO PLES THE WARLD AND THE PERSONIS THAT THROU THAT THAI & I SULD BE REDIARE AND THE MAIR' ENCLINIT TO THAT SYN VSAND & DESYRAND MEITIS AND DRINKIS TO INDUCE ME OR THE PERSONIS TO SYN DOAND THIR' OR CONSENTAND IN MYN MYND AND OF ALL THIR' I ASK GOD THE ( VIJ ) VERTUIS AGANIS THE ( VIJ ) DEDLY SYNNIS ALLSWA J HAUE NOCHT HAD THE ( VIJ ) NOBLE AND EXCELLENT WERTUES REPUGNAND AND RESISTAND TO THE ( VIJ ) DEDLYE SYNNIS TO ENFORS AND STRENTH ME AGANIS THAIM THAT IS HUMILITE AGANIS PRYDE LIBERALITE AGANIS COVATICE CHASTITE AGANIS LICHERY ABSTENANCE AGANIS GLUTTERY CHERITE AGANIS INVY DILIGENCE AGANIS SWERNES AND PACIENS AGANIS IRE AND OF THAT I ASK GOD MERCY

THE TEN COMMANDEMENTIS ALLSWA J HAUE TRESPASSIT IN THE TEN COMMANDEMENTIS OF THE LAW OFFENDAND GOD THAIRIN NOCHT LUFAND GOD MY MAKERE AND REDEMPTOUR ATTOUR ALL THING WITH ALL MY HERT MY FORS AND POWERE I HAUE SWORNE HIS HALY NAME IN WANE AND QUHYLIS MANSWORNE AND THE NAIM OF THE GLORIUS VIRGIN HIS MODERE & OTHER SANCTIS I HAUE NOCHT DETFULLY HONORIT THE HALY DAYIS NOR KEPIT THE FASTING DAYIS BOT THAI TYMES QUHEN I SULD PRINCIPALLY HAUE SERUIT GOD ERARE DOAND SYNNIS NA OTHER TYMES I HAUE NOCHT HONORIT FADER & MODER DETFULLY EFTER THE COMMAND OF GOD NA MY SPIRITUALE FADERE MY PRELAT MY PERSONE VICAR' PARISCHE PREST AND HIM THAT HAS MINISTERIT SACRAMENTIS TO ME ANE OR MA I HAUE SLAYNE MY SAULL BE DEDLY SYN I HAUE COMMITTIT SLAUCHTER OTHER BE MYND OR IN DEID BE MY COUNSALL SUPPORT OR ASSISTENCE OR IN WORD SCHAWAND HIM IN HIS HONOUR I HAUE COMMITTIT STOUTH TEMPORALE AND SPIRITUALE TYNAND THE WERTEU AND GRACE THAT GOD HAS GEVIN ME AND ORDANIT TO ME I HAUE BROKIN MY MARIAGE OR COMMITTIT VTHER OF THE FLESCHE I HAUE BORNE FALS WITNES HINDERING OTHER PERSONIS IN THAIR GUDIS AND THAIR HONOUR I HAUE DESYRIT WILFULLY MY NYCHTBOURIS WYF HIS DOCHTER OR HIS DAMYSELE OR AN NOTHER WOMAN TO FLESCHLY PLESANCE OUT OF SPOUSAGE ALLSWA I HAUE DESYRIT WILFULLY AND WRANGUISLY MY NYCHTBOURIS GUDIS AND POSSESSIOUN TO ME HIS HERETAGE HIS TAKKIS OR ONY VTHER MANER OF GUDIS AND THUS I HAUE NOCHT LUFIT MY NYCHTBOUR AS MY SELF FFOR I HAUE NOCHT DONE TO HIM AS I WALD HE HAD DONE TO ME AND OF ALL THIR' I CONFES ME ASKAND ALMYCHTI GOD MERCY & ZOU THE ( VIJ ) DEIDIS OF MERCY

ALLSWA J HAUE NOCHT COMPLETIT NOR FULFILLIT THE ( VIJ ) DEIDIS AND WERKIS OF CHERITE AND MERCY THE QUHILKIS AR' DOUBLE CORPORALL AND SPIRITUALE J HAUE NOCHT DETFULLY GEVIN METE AND DRINK TO THE PURE NA CLED THAIM NA VESYET THE SEIK HELPAND THAIM NA THAIM THAT WAS IN PRESOUNE NOCHT HERBERIT THAIM THAT MISTERIT NA ERDAND THE DEID BE PETE NOCHT SPENDAND THE GUD THAT GOD HAS LENT ME IN HELPE AND REFRESCHYNG OF THE PURE HIS CREATURIS BOT IN MY LUST PLESANCE AND WANTONES I HAUE NOCHT COMFORT THAIM THAT HAS BENE DISCOMFORT AND HAD MISTER THAIROF I HAUE NOCHT PRAYIT FOR THAIM THAT HAS DONE ME DISPLESANCE THAT GOD OF HIS GRACE AND MERCYE WALD AMEND THAIM I HAF NOCHT FORGEVIN THAIM THE EVILL THAT THAI HAF DONE TO ME NA THOLIT PACIENTLY THE PERSECUCIOUN I HAUE NOCHT TECHIT THE IGNORANT NA COUNSALIT THAIM THAT WAS IN DISCOMFORT SPIRITUALIE NA HID THE SYNE AND DEFALT OF MY NYCHTBOURE NA SUFFERIT INIURIS NA PRAYIT FOR THE SYNNARE AND OF ALL THIR I ASK GOD MERCYE AND ZOU AND THE (VIJ) CORPORALE AR CONTENIT IN THIS WERS (VISITO POTO) (CIBO REDEMO TERO COLLIGO CONDO) AND THE (VII) SPIRITUALE IN THIS WERS ( CONSULE CASTIGA SOLARE REMITTE FER ORA ) IN THE FIRST WORD MAY TWA BE COMPREHENDIT THE ( XIJ ) ARTIKILLIS OF THE TREUTH ALLSWA J HAUE SYNNIT AGANIS GOD ALMYCHTI NOCHT TROWAND IN HIM AND IN THE FAITH OF HIS DIUINITE AND HUMANITE OR NOCHT TROWAND IN HIM AND HIS FAITH NA DEFENDAND IT SA STARKLY AS I SULD AND AS I AM OBLIST TO DO FIRST NOCHT TROWAND IN THE ARTIKLE OF HIS HIE AND INFINIT POWERE ( DE OMNIPOTENCIA ) NOCHT PUTTAND NA EXPONAND AND DOAND MY LAUBOUR PANE & DILIGENCE TO KNAW HIS LAW HIS FAITH

AND ARTIKLIS THAROF BAITH CONCERNAND THE DIUINITE AND HUMANITE OF IHESU THAT AR DECLARIT IN ANE NOTHER BUKE NOCHT TROWAND THRE PERSONIS IN A DIUINITE AND A SUBSTANCE POWER' SCIENCE WILL & GUDNES IN THRE PERSONIS IN THE DIUINITE THAT MAY DO ALL THAT PLESIS HIM TO DO IN HEVYNE ERD AND HELL AND ALL PLACIS AND MAID THE WARLD AND ALL CREATURIS OF NOCHT NOCHT TROWAND IN IHESU THE SONE OF GOD ETERNALE AND THE GLORIUS VIRGIN MARIE TEMPORALE NOCHT TROWAND TRASTLYE IN HIS BLISSIT CONCEPCOUN AND INCARNACOUN IN HIS HALY DOCTRINE MIRAKLIS PASSIOUN AND DEID ON THE TRE OF THE CROCE VNDER THE IUGE ROMANE PONCIUS PILATUS HAFAND IN IERUSALEM POWER' OF THE EMPRIOURE BE THE FALS INDUCTIOUN AND SUGGESTIOUN OF THE IOWIS AND IN HIS SEPULTUR' OF HIS BODYE AND THE DISCENCE TO HELL OF HIS SAULL AND IN THE DELIUERANCE OF ALL HIS GUD SERUANDIS THAT DEIT IN HIS FAITH SERUICE AND GRACE IN HIS GLORIUS RESURRECTIOUN BE HIS AWNE MYCHT AND POWERE IN HIS MERWALUS ASCENSIOUN QUHAR' HE SITTIS ETERNALY WITH HIS FADER' OF HEVIN AND THE HALY GAST TWA PERSONIS IN A GODHED HE THE THRID & MYD PERSONE BETUIX THAME AND THAT HE SALL CUM IN THE ENDING OF THE WARLD AND IUGE GUD & EVILL REWARDAND GUD LIFARIS AND PVNIS TRESPASSOURIS AND THAI SALL RYS THAR THROW HIS WERTEU IN BODY AND SAULL AND ANSWERE FOR ALL THAIR WERKIS GUD AND EVILL ALLSWA I HAUE NOCHT TROWIT IN THE HALY GAST THE THRID PERSONE IN DIUINITE THAT GOVERNIS THE HALY KIRK AND IN THE HIE POWERE GRAUNTIT TO IT BE IHESU THE SONE OF GOD AND THE SECUND PERSONE IN DIUINITE TO REMIT AND FORGEVE ALL SYNNIS AND BRING THE SYNNARE TO THE STAIT OF GRACE AND ALS THAT THE HALY KIRK BE REULIT AND GOVERNIT BE THE HALY GAST THAT IT MAY NOCHT ER IN THE FAITH NA BE ALL OUT OF CHERITE IN CONCORD AND COMMOUN OF SANCTIS AND THE HALY SACRAMENTIS OF THE

KIRK AND THAT I HAUE NOCHT TROWIT VERRALY AND FERMELY THAT MEN SALL RYS IN THE DAYE OF IUGEMENT IN BODYE AND SAULL THROW HIS HIE WERTEU AND THAT HE SALL REWARD THE GUD PERSONIS GEVAND THAM ETERNALE LYF AND TO THE SYNNARIS PERPETUALE AND ETERNALE PANE AND IN ALS FAR' AS I HAUE DOWTIT ONY WAY IN THIS HALY FAITH OF GOD AND THIR' ARTIKLIS HERE EXPRESSIT AND OTHER THAT AR DECLARIT AND TROWAND IN NYGRAMANSY WICHCRAFT SORCERY OR DREMYS OFFENDAND GOD MY MAKARE BREKAND HIS FAITH AND MY PROMYS TO HIM I ASK HIM HUMILY MERCYE AND CONFESS ME TO HIM AND TO ZOW IN HIS NAME ALLSWA J HAUE SYNNIT GRETLY NOCHT HAVAND NOR VSAND IN MY DEFALT THE ( VIJ ) HIE AND MYCHTI GIFTIS OF THE HALY GAST THE GIFT OF WISDOME OF SCIENCE OF COUNSALL OF VNDERSTANDING OF STRENTH OF PRUDENCE OF PETE AND OF DREID TO TYNE THE LUF AND THE FAVOUR OF GOD AND RADDOUR OF PVNICIOUN OF THE PANIS OF HELL AND IN SAFERE AS I HAUE NOCHT DISPONIT ME TO THIRE HALY GIFTIS NA VSIT THAM I ASK GOD MERCY ALLSWA J HAUE OFFENDIT NOCHT HONORAND THE GLORIUS PASSIOUN OF IHESU NOR THE ( VIJ ) SACRAMENTIS OF HALY KIRK HAVAND WERTEU OF HIS GLORIUS PASSIOUN BREKAND MYNE OBLISSING MAID TO HIM IN THE RESAVING OF THE HALYE SACRAMENTIS FIRST IN THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTEM AND CONFIRMACOUN OF PENNANCE OF THE ALTAR' OF THE EXTREME VNCTIOUN OF THE ORDOUR & PRESTHED AND MARIAGE OF ALL THIR' TRANSGRESSIONIS I ASK MERCY AT GOD & ZOU

ALLSWA BE MYNE EWILL AND WIKIT LYF J HAUE NOCHT DISPONIT ME TO HAUE NOR HAS NOCHT THAI SEVYNE GRET WERTUIS THAT GOD PROMITTIT AND ORDANIT TO GIF ME AND WAS REDY THAIRTO BOT BE MY DEFALT I HAUE TYNT THAIM THAT IS TO SAYE THE FOUR WERTUIS CARDINALE AND PRINCIPALE AMANG MORALL WERTUIS IUSTICE PRUDENCE FORS THAT IS STRENTH AND TEMPERANCE AND THE THRE DIVYNE VERTUIS THAT IS FAITH HOPE AND CHERITE AND OF THIS INDISPOSICIOUN I ASK GOD MERCY ALLSWA J HAUE SYNNIT AGANIS THE HALY GAIST QUHEN HE HAS SEND TO ME GUD AND HEVINLIE INSPIRACOUN IN MY MYND CONSAVAND THAM OR BE HIS ANGELL OR BE THE PRECHOUR OR GUD COUNSELL THAT I HAUE TORNED ME TO THE WARLD AND MY SYN STEKAND MYNE EIRE OF MYN HERT AND MAKAND NA COMPT OF THAM OF THEQ QUHILK I ASK GOD MERCY ALLSWA I GRANT THAT I HAUE OFFENDIT GOD MY CREATURE AND MY MODERE THE HALY KIRK NOCHT OBEYAND TO THE COMMANDEMENTIS OF IT FALLAND IN CURSING OUTHER' MAID BE THE LAW OR SENTENCE OF THE IUGE A WAY OR OTHER' CONTEMPNAND IT IN MY PERSONE OR OTHER' BE MY COUNSALL COMMONAND WITH CURSIT MEN OTHER' WAY THAN I SULD HAF DONE PREVAND & DEFRAUDAND MYSELF OF THE PRAYERIS AND SUFFRAGIS OF HALY KIRK BREKAND IN THAT THE LAW OF GOD AND REFAND GOD AND THE HALY KIRK IN MYN

AWNE PERSONE OR DOAND IT BE MY CONSENT COUNSELL ASSISTENCE OR MANTEINANCE IN OTHER PERSONIS CONTEMPNAND IN THAT MYN AWNE SAULL AND OBLISSAND ME TILL ANSWERE FOR ALL BEFORE THE IUSTICE OF GOD NOCHT OFFERAND QUHEN I SULD HAUE DONE AND OF ALL THIS I ASK GOD MERCYE AND ZOW SPIRITUALE FADER FYNALYE I SYNFULL CREATURE HAS SYNNIT IN THIR' THINGIS FORSAID OFT AND MONY TYMES AGANIS GOD MY CREATOUR AND REDEMPTOUR AND THAIRFOR' I CONFES ME OF ALL THIR' TO HIS HIENES TO HIS GLORIUS MODER' AND TO THE SANCTIS OF PARADYS IN THE HONOUR OF GOD MY MAKERE AND FOR THE LUF HONOUR REUERENCE AND OBEDIENCE THAT I AW VNTO HIM IN THE SALUACON OF MY SAULL IN CONFUSIOUN OF THE ENEMY AND VNDER GOD I ME CONFES TO ZOU SPIRITUALE FADER THAT PRESENTIS THE PERSONE PLACE AND AUTORITE OF GOD IN THE WARLD AND PROMITTIS TO AMEND MY LYF TO MAK SATISFACTIOUN TO KEPE ME FRA SYN WITH THE GRACE OF GOD I FORGEVE ALL MEN AND WOMEN HERTFULLY ALL THE DEFALTIS MAID TO ME FOR GODDIS SAIK AND HVMELY ASKIS HIM & THAM FORGEVENES OF THAT I HAUE OR BENE CAUS OF BE MY SELF COUNSELL OR OTHER WAYE GRANTAND MY SYN PRAYAND AND REQUYRAND GOD ALMYCHTI OF FORGEVENES AND ZOW OF ABSOLUCIOUN EFTER THE GRET MERIT OF GOD AND MY REDEMPTOUR IHESU TRASTAND AND TAKAND ME TO HIS HIE AND INFYNIT MERCY AND NOCHT TO HIS EXTREME IUSTICE

THE PREST SULD INIUNE PENNANCE DISCRETLY WITH THE CONSENT OF THE SYNNERE ASKAND HIS CONSENT THAIRIN PENNANCE CONVENIENT AND PROPORCIONABLE AGANIS THE SYN THAT HE TRASTIS BE THE PERSONIS COMPLEXIOUN AND OTHER' WAYE THAT THE PERSONE WILL DO SOBERLY SWETLY AND WITH DISCRECIOUN ELLES THE CONFESSOUR FALIS IN HIS OFFICE HALELY AND CONSIDER' THE SYN AND INIUNE PENNANCE CONTRAR TO THE SYN ( QUIA CONTRARIA CONTRARIIS CURANTUR ) AGANIS PRYDE HUMILITE AGANIS AUARICE LIBERALITE AND ALMOS DEID AGANIS GLUTTERY AND LICHORY FASTING AND SPIRITUALE WERKIS SEN THAI AR CARNALE AND OF FLESCHLY PLESANCE AND ABSTINENCE AND SA OF OTHER' SYNIS ( VERBA SACERDOTIS ABSOLUCIONEM ET REMISSIONEM EXPLICIT PER MANUM JOHANNIS ASLOAN FINIS )

(HEAD) HEIR BEGYNNIS THE BUKE OF THE CHES (END OF HEAD) SONE EFTER' THE TYME THAT ALD SATURNUS HE REGNIT HAD AND WOIDIT OF HIS HOUS SA THROW THE CONIUNCTIOUN THAT THAN BEFELL OFF THIS SCHREWIT SATURNUS THAT I OF TELL CRABIT FELLOUN AND NOYAND TILL EUERY THING AND IUBITER' THE PLANET MOST BENYNG CAUSIT THAR' WAS ANE RICHT GRET INFLUENS THROW THE QUHILK GENERIT WAS A PESTILENS AS BE THE ALD REWLIS OF ASTRONOMY OF THE GREVOUS PASSIOUN MALANCOLY THAT BENE ALL GENTILL HERTIS WERRAY DEID BOT MEN OF PRUDENS FYND THAIRIN REMEID SEN COMFORT & PLESANCE BE THE ENEMY OFF THIS DEDLIE PASSIOUN MALANCOLY AND MOST OF STRENTH THIS PASSIOUN TILL OPPRES AND TILL ESCHEW THE WYCE OF YDILNES THAI GO TO SPORT TO CAUS THAIM COMFORTING SUM LYKIS WELE TO REWELE & TO SYNG SUM GOIS TO DYSE THAIR LEWDNES FOR TO SCHAW QUHILK BENE A SPORT FORBODYN IN THE LAW FFOR QUHY THE WYNNYNG BE THE DYCIS CHANCE AS THIFT OR REIF IT ASKIS RESTORANS QUHAR' THAI THAIRTO FOR WYNNYNG GOIS SUTHLY AS THAN IT BENE A SPORT OF HARLOTRY SUM IN TILL HUNTING HAS THAIR HALE DELYTE AND VTHERSUM ANE NOTHER APPETIT THAT GLADLIE GOIS & IN TO ROMANIS REIDIS OF HALYNES AND OF ARMES THE DEIDIS SUM LYKIS WELE TO HEIR' OF MENSTRALY AND SUM THE TALK OF HONEST COMPANY AND VTHER SUM THAIR LANGING FOR TO LES

GOIS TO THE RIALL SPORTING OF THE CHES OF THE QUHILK QUHA PRENTIS WELE IN MYND THE CIRCUMSTANCE THE FIGUR' & THE KYND AND FOLLOWIS IT HE SALL OF WERTEU BE THE MANERE OF OFFICE LAWE & HIE OF KINGIS AND LORDIS SALL HE EFTER KNAW AND OF CRAFTIS AS I SALL EFTER SCHAW OF THE QUHILK GENTILL SPORT INGENYOUS IN TERMES PLANE & SCHORTLIE SAY I THUS THE TRETY OF THIS CHES SPORT BUT FALE DIUIDIT IS IN TO FOUR' PARTIS SMALE AND IN THE FIRST PART SCHAWIN SALL BE THAN UNDER' QUHAT KING THIS GENTILL SPORT BEGAN AND QUHAT MAN THAT FIRST THIS SPORTING FAND AND SYNE THE CAUS QUHY IT WAS TANE ON HAND THE SECUND PART THE FIGOUR SALL CONTENE AND THE MANERE OF NOBILLIS KING & QWENE ALPHINIS KNYCHTIS AND ROKIS QUHYTE & BLAK THE THRID PART SALL SUM MENCIOUN MAK OF AUCHT POPULARIS THAT BENE THAIM WITH AND FIRST THAIR BENE THE TELE MAN & A SMYTH ANE NOTAR ANE POTINGARE & A MERCHAND ANE TAVERNARE & ANE OFFICERE OF WAND TO REWLE THE CITE THAT BENE REDY BOWNE THE ( VIIJ ) A COMMOUN CURROUR OF THE TOVNE AND OF THIRE ( VIIJ ) THE FIGOUR & THE MANERE THE FERD PART SALL IN THE SELF DECLARE OF ALL THE CHEKKERE & THE PROPER MOVING OF EUERY MAN IN ORDOUR TO THIS KING

IT IS ANE EWILL THING IN A MAN OF DEID OFF HIS TRESPAS TO HAF OF GOD NA DREID AND THROW HIS VICIOUS LYF INORDINAT THAT DOIS OFFENS TILL VTHER MENNIS ESTAIT AND MAY NOCHT THOLE FOR TO CORREKKIT BE AS OF THE EMPRIOUR' NERO REID WE THAT SLEW THE CLERK HIS MAISTER SENECA FFOR HIS CORRECTIOUN WAS NOCHT TILL HIS PA FFORSUTH THE GENTILL SPORTING OF THE CHES DEVYSIT MAID & FIRST BEGUNNYNG WAS IN THE TYME OF EUELMORADRAG THE KING OFF BABULONE THAT WAS IN HIS LIFFING SA VICIOUS CROWELL THAT DIUIDIT ON FORS IN THRE HUNDRETH PARTIS HIS FADERIS CORS AND TO THRE HUNDRETH GRIFFONIS GAIF HE IT TO EIT ANE RICHT EVILL FALT WAS IN THAT TYRAND SET WANTOUN HE WAS & PROWDE IN ALL DEGRE AND LEVIT HALELY IN SENSUALITE AND MICHT NOCHT HEIR' OF HIS CORRECTIOUN BOT HIS CORREKKARIS ALL HE SLEW THAIM DOVNE TO HIM WAS LYK NABUGODONOSOR' HIS AWNE FADER & CROVNED KING BEFOR' OFF BABULONE THAT FOR HE COUTH NOCHT KEPE INTILL HIS MYND THE DREMES OF HIS SLEIPE THAN ALL THE WYSMEN WALD THIS KING HAF SLONE THAT COUTH NOCHT REID THE DREMYS THAT WAR GONE BOT QUHA SA SAYIS IN THAIR OPINIOUN THIS SPORT WAS MAID IN SEGING OF THE TOVNE OF TROYE OR VTHER WEYE IT IS THAN HEIR' IS SAID FORSUTH HE GOITH MYS AS IN THIS WRIT SALL BEIR' TO WITNES THE WORTHYE FAMOUS CLERK DIOMEDES

THE FYNDAR OF THIS CHESS SPORT BUT FAILE WAS A PHILOSOPHOUR ORIENTALE THAT WITH THE CALDES IS CALLIT PERSES ANE PHILOSOPHOUR' IN TO GREIK IT WAS AND ALL WAS ONE TO SAYE BE MYNE AWYS THE LUFFER' OF MESOUR AND OF IUSTIS AND FOR TO SPEIK OF HIS FAMOSITE I SUFFYS NOCHT THE MATERE IS SO HIE BOT IN HIM WAS SIC IUSTICE & PRUDENS HONOUR LAWTE & SO GRET SAPIENS THAT WOIDE HE WAS OF ALL DISSIMILACIOUN VNTO THE KING AND TO HIS RIALL TOVNE SO QUHEN THIS CLERK THIS KINGIS LYF SAW VICIOUS INIUST AND ALL AGANIS THE LAW AND THAT HE WAS OF SIC A CRUELL FEDE THAT HIS CORREKKERIS PUT HE ALL TO DEID FFIRST FOR THE PEPILL SYNE FOR THE FALT HE FAND FFOR TO CORREK THIS KING HE TUK ON HAND AND TO DISPONE HIM ERAR FOR TO DE THAN FOR TO LEIF & TO BEHALD & SE THE INIUST ABHOMINABILL LIFFING OFF EUELMORADRAGE HIS SOUERANE KING AND IN SCHORT TYME HIS LYF TILL END THAIRFOR' THAN BUT IUSTICE FOR TILL LIF EUER MOR' TO THIS EFFECT THUS SAYIS VALERIUS THAT THEODORIUS TYRANTIUS BOT FOR HE SPAK & SCHUPE HIM TO CORREK THE TYRRAND PRINCE THE KING LESSYMMEK

TAKYNE HE WAS AND HYNGIT ON A TRE AND QUHAR' HE HANG VNTO THE KING SAID HE INIUST THOW ART THAT REIFFIS THI COUNSALL AND GIFFIS ME THAT SULD BE THARIS HAILE THAT SULD DE THUS AND TO THIS DEID TO GO THAT IN THI VYCIS DISSIMILIS WITH THE SO BOT NOCHT I REK FOR THIS IN MYNE ENTENT SO THAT I DE FOR IUSTICE INNOCENT AND THE WORTHY CLERK DIOMETRICUS OR HE WALD SE THE FOULL LYF VICIOUS PROSPER' INCRES WITHOUT CORRECTIOUN OF THE INIUST CETEZERIS OF THE TOVNE OF HIS AWNE HED HE TUKE OUT BAITH HIS EYNE SO THAT LES ILL DOIS SOROW HERD NOR SEYNE QUHEN SOCRATES TO DEID FOR IUSTICE ZEID HIS WYF WEPIT SAYAND FOR NO MISDEID BOT FOR IUSTICE MYN HUSBAND MON BE SLANE ALLACE SCHO SAID THIS IS A LESTAND PANE FFOR HAD MY HUSBAND SAID OR DONE A MYS MY PANE WAR' NATHING HEVY LYK TO THIS FFIRST REWLE THI SELF AND OF THI SELF BE LORD SYNE REWLL THI FOLK & SE IT SALL ACCORD TO THIS PURPOS I MAID IN TO EFFECT THIS SPORT OF CHES IN FIGOUR TO CORRECT THY VICIOUS LYF THE KING WAS WEILE CONTENT THANKIT THE CLERK & THAIRTO GAIF CONSENT AND FRA A TYRRAND CALLIT WAS ANONE A WORTHY PRINCE THE KING OF BABULONE RICHT PACIENTLYE SULD LORDIS THOLE & HEIRE THAR WYS COUNSALL AND OF CORRECTIOUN LEIRE AS OF ALEXANDER' SAYIS VALERIUS QUHAR THAT A KNYCHT REPRUFFIT HIM & THUS

SULD GOD HAUE MAID THI CORS IN QUANTITE LYK TO THI WILL AND THI DESYR' TO BE SO LARGE OF PERSONE SUTHLIE SULD THOW BENE THAT ALL THIS WARLD SULD NOCHT THI CORS CONTENE FFOR WITH THI RICHT HAND TUICHE THOW SULD THE EST AND WITH THI LEFT HAND THE WEST PART AT THE LEIST BOT SEN AT GOD HAS NOCHT MAID THI PERSONE OFF QUANTITE LYK IN COMPARISOUN VNTO THI WILL & TO THI GRET DESYR' THAN OTHER THOW ART OF SIC ANE HIE EMPYR' THAT GOD THOW ART OR ELLIS THOW ART A MAN OR NOCHT THOW ART AND BE THOW GOD QUHY THAN WILL THOW NOCHT WIRK AS GOD DOIS IN ALL CAISE NO MAN TO REIF TO EUERY MAN DO GRACE BE THOW A MAN CONSIDER' WEILE THAIRFOR' THAT THOW MON DE & LEIF THIS WARLDIS GLOIR' AND BE THOW NOCHT AS NOCHT SONE SALL THOW BE FFORZET THI SELF & IN ENSAMPLE SE THE LYON KING OF BESTIS AS THOW SEYIS SUM TYME IS FUDE TO MEGIS & TO FLEIS AND PACIENTLIE HE TUKE THIS FOR THE BEST AND SO WAS SENE APONE HIS FAIR' CONQUEST THE SECOUND CAUS WAS OF THIS FORSAID CHES FFOR TILL ESCHEW THE WYCE OF YDILNES YDILNES BUT LETTERIS SENECA SAYIS IS MANNIS DEID & TINSALL OF HIS DAYIS AND OF A LIFFAND MAN THE SEPULTOUR' AND NERO SAYIS A GANGAND TRAVALOUR' HE GOIS NOCHT ALLANERLY TO GO BOT FOR SUM PROFFET FOR TO WYN ALLSO

RICHT SO OUR' LYF IS NOCHT ANERLYE TO LIF BOT IN OUR TYME TO DO SUM GUD OR GIF BOT NOW THE MOR' THAT FORTOUNE CAN INCRES MOR' WANTOUN IS THE WYCE OF YDILNES OFF THE QUHILK IS GENERIT A BITTERNES THAT SPIRITUALE COMFORT EUER IS THE LES THROW THE QUHILK IS CAUSIT DISPERACIOUN THAT DRAWIS MANNIS SAULL TO CONFUSIOUN AND SO FOR QUHY THROW GUDLIE SPORT I GES WE MAYE ESCHEW THE WYCE OF YDILNES THIS WORTHY FAMOUS CLERK PERSES FORSAID AS FOR THIS CAUS THE SPORT OF CHES HE MAID THE THRID CAUS WAS OF THE CHES FOR QUHY FFOR EUERY MAN DESYRIS NATURALLY TO LEIR' & KNAW & HEIR' OF NOVELTE AND FOR THE CORPORALL SEYNG OF THE E STOPPIS SUM TYME THE SUBTELL MYND OF MEN AS OF MONY FAMOUS CLERK WE KEN THAT EUER CHESIT FOR AYE BLYND TO BENE THAN TYNE THAIR SCIENS THROW THAIR WANTOUN EYNE FFOR SUTH THIR' FOLK THAT WANTIS SICHT OF E SCHARPAR' OF WIT AND KNAWLEGE WILL THAI BE OFF THE CITE OF ALEXANDER IN DEID THAT THROW HIS GRET KNAWLEGE & SCIENS AND WAS OF SIC ANE HIE INTILLIGENS GREGOR' AND IEROME THE CARDINALE OF ROME FFAMOUS DOCTOURIS TO EUERY MANNIS DOME WITH GREIT LAUBOUR TO ALEXANDER THAI WAN AT THIS BISCHOPE THAIR SCIENS FIRST BEGAN AND AS DISCIPULIS IN HIS SCULE THAI STUD

THROW HIS EXCELLEND WITTIS ALTITUD AND SO THIS PERSEIS FOR THE GRET DESYRING OFF THE RICHT SUBTELL RESSONNIS FYNDING AND THE ENGYNES IN BATALL MOR' & LES CONTENIT IN THE FIGOUR OF THE CHES HE HAD NO MYND OF ERDLY THING OUTWARD BOT COMPREHENDIT ONELYE IN HIS HERT THE SPORT OF CHES IN TO REMEMBERANS TO KING AND PRINCE OF LORDLY GOVERNANS THE SECOUND PART OF THIS BUKE FORSAID OFF FORME & MANER' SALL BE MENCIOUN MAID OFF LORDIS AND THAIR NOBILITE FFIRST OF A KING AS HIEAST IN DEGRE A KING SULD SIT ON HICHT IN THIS MANER' IN ROB RIALL IN PURPOUR COLOUR CLEIR' IN HIS RICHT HAND TO BEIR' A SCEPTOUR WAND AND A ROUND BALL IN TILL HIS TOTHER HAND AND ON HIS HED A PRECIOUS CROVNE SULD BE IN HONOUR OF HIS RIALL DIGNITE THE QUHILK RIALL DIGNITE IN A KING SULD BE HIS PEPILLIS IOYE & COMFORTING FFORSUTH A KING HE SULD BE SET ON HICHT THAT ALL HIS FOLK MYCHT HAUE OF HIM A SICHT FFOR EUERY MAN SULD TO HIS KING ATTEND AND TO HIS PRECEPT OBEYE & TO DEFEND THIS PURPOUR RYALL ROB SULD SIGNIFYE AS HE THAIRWITH IS WESTIT RIALLYE RICHT SA SULD THE SAULL OF HIS EXCELLENS BE CLED WITH MORALL WERTEU & SCIENS

THIS ROUND BALL SULD IN THE SELF PRETEND THAT OF THE REALME ALL FRO END TILL END THE REWLL HE BERIS AND ALS THE REGIMENT THE SCEPTOUR IS IN TO A GUD ENTENT THE WAND OF RIGOUR AND OF IUSTICE PLANE AND FOR WERTEW AND WERITE AGANE KEPIS A KING HIS CROVNE OF MAIESTE STABILLIT AND GROUNDIT WITH IUSTICE SULD IT BE AND IN HIM SULD MERCYE & GENTILNES APPEIR' & SCHYNE FER' MOR' IN EUERY CAIS THAN ONY MAN IN LAWAR' HONOUR SAID SENECA TO NERO EMPRIOUR' VALERIUS SAYIS SWET HUMANITE SOFTIS THE CRUELL MYND & THE E OFF THE PRINCIS DEDLIE ENEMYS AND FORTHER' HER'OF REID WE ON THIS WYS PHILESTRICUS THE DUKE OF ATENENS A DOUCHTER' HAD OF SIC EXCELLENS IN TILL HIR' BEAWTE THAT THAIR WAS NONE SA FAIR' A FRESCHE ZOUNG MAN A KNYCHTIS SONE & AIR' LUFFIT THIS VIRGYNE IN TO SIC A KYND THAT HE BECOME HIR' MAN IN TO HIS MYND AND DURST REVELE HIM TO NONE ERDLYE WICHT AND COUTH NOCHT GET HIR' PRESENS NOR HIR' SICHT QUHILL IN A MORNYNG WENT THIS VIRGYNE FAIRE WITH HIR' MODER' FOR THE HALSUM AIRE DOWNE BY A RYVER' OUR' THE GRAVIS GRENE THIS ZOUNG MAN SET HIS PASSAGE THAIM BETWENE AND AGANE THE LAWIS CUSTOME & THE LAW HE KISSIT THIS VIRGYNE & THAT HIR' MODER' SAW

AND SO AMOVIT WAS SCHO WILL ZE MOR' THAT SCHO WALD HAUE THIS ZOUNG MAN DEID THAIRFOR' BUNDING HE WAS IN CHENZEIS & IN LOKKIS AND IN A DUNGEOUN SET IN TO THE STOKKIS QUHILL THAT THIS DUKE WAS CUMMYN TO HIS PLACE AND THAN THIS LADYE TALD HIM ALL THIS CAISE AND ON HIR' KNEIS ASKIT SIC REMEID TO GAR' STRIK OF THIS FAIR' ZOUNG MANNIS HED FFOR THE DEFOULE WAS TO HIR' DOUCHTER' DONE THIS WORTHY PRINCE HE WAS AVYSIT SONE GART BRING THIS MAN & ASKIT AT HIM QUHY DID HE HIS DOUCHTER' SIC A VYLANY HIS ANSWER' WAS THAIRTO NO THING AMOVIT BOT FOR HIS DOUCHTER' ONELY SA HE LUFFIT THAT FOR TO SERF HIR' HE WALD ATTEND & WALK TO ALL HIR' KYN FOR THIS VIRGINIS SAIK HIR' MODER' WALD NO THING BOT HAF HIM DEID THIS WAS THE LORDIS OF ANSWER' OF REMEID SULD WE THAIM SLA OR PUT THAIM IN TO PANE THAT LUFFIS WS THAN WALD I WIT AGANE QUHAT SULD I DO TO THAIM AT LUFFIS WS NOCHT AND SO TO FREDOME WAS THIS ZOUNG MAN BROCHT THIS WAS A WORD AS ZE MAY VNDERSTAND OFF A WORTHY PRINCIS MOUTH & CUNNAND FFRA THE VERRAYE RUTE OF HUMANITE AND GENTILNES AS EUERY MAN MAY SE FFOR THROW THAT WORD THE LAK OF THAT VIRGYNE REDEMIT WAS AND THIS ZOUNG MAN MAID CLENE THIS DUKE HE HAD A FRENDE CALLIT ARISPUS THAT WAS SO CRABIT & SO WENNOMOUS VNTO THIS DUKE THAT IN HIS AWNE PLACE

THROW WERRAYE IRE HE SPITTIT IN HIS FACE AND NEUERTHELES THIS LORD AMOVIT NOCHT IN WORD NOR DEID QUHAT EUER WAS IN HIS THOCHT BOT PACIENTLIE HE COLORIT ALL THE CAISE AS NOCHT BENE SAID NOR SPITTIT IN HIS FACE HE STOPPIT HIS SONE THAT WALD HAUE SLANE THIS MAN TILL ON THE MORNE & SO ARISPUS THAN SEAND THIS FALT THAT TO HIS LORD HE WROCHT TO SLA HIM SELF THAN VERRALYE HE THOCHT AND QUHEN THIS DUKE THIS SLAUCHTER VNDERSTUD COME TO THIS MAN TUKE HIM IN FRENDSCHEPE GUD AND SWOR' TILL HIM TO HALD HIM THAN WEILE MOR' IN TENDERNES THAN EUER HE DID BEFOR' AND SO THIS FREND HE LETTIT TO BE SLANE AND WAN THIS MAN & THROW HIM MONY ANE A CLERK THAR' WAS A GRET PHILOSOPHOUR' TWO LADYES HAD WP IN A STAITLIE TOVR' IN GOVERNANS AS OF A RIALL BLUDE ABONE HIS HED QUHAR' THAT HIS STUDY STUD RICHT GAYLY WAR' THIR' GENTILL LADYES CLED AND RICHT FAIRLY WAR' THIR' LADYES FED AND SA INCLUSIT FOR THAIR WANTONE WILL TILL ON A DAYE THAI COUTH NOCHT HALD THAIM STILL BOT RICHT GRET LANGAGE TO THIS CLERK THAI SPAK ABONE HIS HED A RICHT GRET NOYES THAI MAK THAI STAMPE THAI DWNT THAT HE COUTH HAUE NO HO AND AYE COMPLENIT THAI WAR' INCLUSIT SO AND SYNE QUHEN THAI SAW ALL THIS GRET OFFENS AMOVIT NOCHT THIS CLERKIS PACIENS THAI STAMPIT SO TILL DOVNE THAI DANG THE DUST AND TEMYT A IURDANE OF A STRANGE GUST DOVNE ON HIS HED & BLYNDIT ALL HIS BUKIS

NO THING HE SPAK BOT TO THE LOFT HE LUKIS AND SAID EFTER SIC THONDER' & SIC WYND I WIST SIC RAYNE SONE EFTER SULD I FYND SO MEIK WAS THE WILL OF PORRUS KING QUHEN HIS LIEGIS HE HERD IN THAIR FESTING DEFAMOUS LANGAGE SPEKAND OF HIM THAN SYNE GART HE CALL THAIM EUERY MAN AND ASK GIF SIC THING ON HIM THAI SAID THE SEMPILLEST MAN FIRST THIS ANSWER' MAID HAD NOCHT ZOUR WYNE BENE SCANTIT ON THIS SORT ALL AT THAI SAID IT HAD BENE BOT IN SPORT TILL IT THAT THAI IN TILL COMPARISOUN WALD SO HAUE SAID APONE THI HIE RENOVNE AND SEMPILLY THUS EXCUSIT AT THAI SPAK AND SO THIS WORTHY KINGIS YR' THAI BRAK AND IN TO SPORT HE TUKE IT MAIR' & LES ALL AT THAI SPAK IN TO THAIR DRUNKYNNES A WORTHY KING IN HERT & MOUTH SULD BE BUT FALLANS AYE IN TO WERITE THIR' PRINCES SULD NO AITHIS VSE SUTHLY BOT IN TO NEID & LO THE RESSOUN QUHY A KINGIS WORD IN TILL EFFECT SULD STAND MOR' THAN THE AITH OF ONY FRE MERCHAND ALEXANDER' HE TYNT THE TOVNE LAPSAT FFOR REKLESLYE HE SWOR' IN HIS ESTAIT ITEM FOR QUHY SEILDIN IS TO SE A CRUELL MAN VNCREWELLY TO DE FFORSUTH IT SEMYS NOCHT CRUDELITE IN TILL A KING OR IN A LORD TO BE THIS SAYIS THE WORTHY CLERK ORACIUS THAT A FELLOUN SMYTH CALLIT PORRULUS

TO PLEIS THE KING PHILARD HAS HE MAID A BULL OF BRAS AND IN THE SYD IT HAD ANE DUR' WEILE CLOSAND WITH A SUBTILE GYN TO PUT ALL DAMPNIT FOLK THAT BULL WITHIN SO QUHEN THIS BULL WAS SET THE FYR' SO NEIRE THE VOCE OF THAIM WAS SOROWFULL TILL HEIRE THIS TYRANE SAW THIS CRUELL INSTRUMENT AND HAD GRET PETE IN HIS AWNE ENTENT BOT HE COMMENDIT GRETLY IN HIS THOCHT THE WIT THAT FAND THIS BULL FIRST TO BE WROCHT GART CALL THIS SMYTH AND SAID THAIM TWO BETWEYNE TYRAN OF TYRANNIS CRUELL SMYTH THOW BENE AM I NOCHT SET TO FER' IN SIC MISDEID BOT THOW ART SET TO GAR ME THUS EXCEID SEN THOW HAS MAID THIS CRUELL INSTRUMENT GO PREIF IT FIRST FOR THIS IS MYNE ENTENT AND IN THIS BULL THAI PUT HIM FOR TO DE AND SO HE ENDIT IN HIS CRUDELITE IN TILL A KING SULD AYE SCHYNAND BE IUSTICE WITH LAW AND WERRAYE EQUITE WITHOUT IUSTICE QUHAT IS A KINRIK THAN BOT THIFT & REIF WITH FOULL SLAUCHTER OF MAN AND SO SAYIS AUGUSTYNE THAT DIOMEDES A SEYE REVER' THAT WITH NO MAN HAD PEIS FFOR WITH A GALAYE MAID HE SIC A WEIR' THAT ALL THE GRET SE DOWTIT HIS EFFEIRE HE REFT HE STAW AND TUKE SCHIPPIS SO FAST QUHILL AT THE VOCE OF HIM COME AT THE LAST TILL ALEXANDER' THE KING & CONQUEROUR' AND IN TO WORSCHIPE OF HIS HIE HONOUR HE SET A NAVYNE TO THE SE TO GONE TO TAK THIS MAN & SO THAI DID ANONE

THIS BEAND DONE THE KING TO HIM SAID QUHY HAS THE SE THE THUS MISLUFFIT MAID RICHT AS THE WARLD SAID DIOMEDES HAS THE AT FEID SO NOUTHER MOR' NOR LES AND FOR I REIF WITH A GALAY ALLONE CALLIT I AM A THEIF QUHAR' EUER I GONE AND FOR THOW REIFFIS BATH BE SE & LANDIS ANE EMPRIOUR OUR' ALL THE WARLD THOW STANDIS BOT HAD FORTOUNE ME HELPIT ONY THING I SULD DO GUD BOT SEN THOW ART A KING THE MOR' THAT FORTOUNE GIFFIS THE OF GRACE THE WAR' THOW ART THE KING SAID IN THIS CAISE THOW SALL NOCHT WYTE THI FORTOUNE OF THI MYS HE MAID HIM LORD & SO HE CHANGIT IS FFROME THIFT & REIF AND SLAUCHTER IS HE GONE AND WAS IN ERD THE IUSTEST MAN OF ONE FROME LICHORYE A KING SULD HIM SUSTENE FFOR THI HE SULD BOT ONELYE HAUE A QUENE AND COMMONLYE WE SE QUHAR' THAT A KING IS OF WERTEU & IUST IN HIS LIFFING HIS SONIS AYE IN TILL EXAMPILL TAKKIS THE FORME OF LIFFING THAT THE FADER' MAKIS AND SO THAI SULD OF HIM AYE TAK NATUR BAITH FORME & MANER OF THIS WARLDIS CUR AGANE NATUR SUM THING A MAN HE DOIS TO LEIF HIS WYF AND WILL ANE VTHER VSE IN BEISTIS AND BIRDIS FYND WE THIS IN DEID QUHAR' THAT THE MALE TO NURYS & TO FEID THE BIRTH HE GAT & HAS THAIROF THE CUR' VNTO THE FAMELL HE KEPIS HIS NATUR AS IN DOWIS SPAROWIS & VTHER BESTIS MO

AND QUHAR' A COK OF ZOUNG BIRDIS ALLSO HAS NOCHT THE CUR' IN HIS NUTRYMENT TO EUERY HEN HE GOIS INDIFFERENT AND FOR A MAN ABONE ALL BESTIS LIFFAND OFF HIS BARNIS HAS MAIST THE CUR' ON HAND TO NORYS HONOUR TO CLEITH AND THAIM TO FEID AGANE NATUR FORSUTH HE DOIS IN DEID LEIFFAND HIS WYF & TAKAND VTHER MO FFOR IN THIS CAISE THIR' BIRDIS DOIS NOCHT SO AND THAIRTO SAYIS THE CLERK VALERIUS THAT A ZOUNG KNYCHT SCIPE AFFRICANUS A ROMAN AND OF ( XXTI ) ZERIS OF AGE QUHEN THROW HIS MANHED & HIS GRET CORAGE HE WAN THE CITE OF CARTAGINENS AND QUHEN THE PEPILL COME TO HIS PRESENS TO PLEIS THIS PRINCE THAI BROCHT IN OFFERAND A ZOUNG VIRGYNE THE FAREST OF THE LAND AND QUHEN HE SAW HIR' PASSING PULCRITUD GRET WAS THE PLESANS THAT THIS KNYCHT IN STUD BOT QUHEN HE HERD SCHO SPOVSIT WAS WITH ONE THIS WORTHY VICTOR WALD NO FERTHER' GONE GART CALL HIR' FRENDIS AND HIR' SPOUS HIM TILL GAIF THAIM THE VIRGYNE WITH A NOBILL WILL BUT HURT OR HARME & VNDEFOWLIT THAN WITH ALL THE GOLD THAT IN THIS TOVNE HE WAN AND THROW THE QUHILK COUNTENANS OF THIS KNYCHT THE NOBLE HUSBAND OF THIS VIRGYNE BRICHT GART ALL HIR' KYN IN SERUICE TO HIM STAND AND MAID HIM KING & LORD OF ALL THAT LAND IN FIGOUR' SULD BE MAID IN CHES A QUENE

A FAIR' LADYE THAT GALYE CLED SULD BENE AND IN A CHYAR' SCHO SULD BE SET ON HICHT A CROVNE OF GOLD APONE HIR' HED WEILE DICHT AND ON THE KINGIS LEFT SYD SITUATE BE GRACE OF HIM THE QUHILK BE HIS ESTAIT BE NATUR HAS THROW HIS PROGENITOUR THROW SUCCESSIOUN FOR TO BEIR' THE CURE TO RYNG AND FOR TO HAUE REGIMENT FFER BETTER IS THAIRTO FOR TO CONSENT THAN HAF A KING BE THAIR ELECTIOUN FFOR QUHY THE PRINCE IS VNDERNETH THE CROVNE IN THAIR ELECTIOUN OFT SYS IS A LET WITH GRET DISCORD & OFTTYMIS AR SET TO CHEIS A MAN FOR THAIR AWNE APPETITE AND NOCHT THE BEST BOT FOR THAIR AWNE DELYTE BOT QUHEN A KING HAS LIFFAND TO SUCCEID A SONE OF HIS THAIROF THE PRINCE HAS DREID TO MOFE DISCORD IN TO THAT REGIOUN QUHEN THAI ON THINK HIS SONE SULD WEIR' THE CROVNE A QUENE SULD BE RICHT WERRAYE SAPIENT OF GUD MANER' AND CHAIST OF HIR' ENTENT BORNE OF GUD BLUD OBEYAND TO THE KING AND BESY IN HIR' BARNIS NURYSING THE SAPIENS THAT SULD BE IN A QUENE NOCHT ANERLY IN HIR' MANER SULD BENE BOT IN HIR' TONG SECRETLY TO HALD IN TILL HIR' MYND ALL SECREIT THING VNTAULD A COMMOUN KYND IN WOMEN OFT WE SE LAITH TO COUNSALL BOT NOCHT SA ALL THAI BE AND THAIRFOR' SAYIS MACROBIUS THUS THAT A ZOUNG ROMAN CHILD PAPIRIUS

COME WITH HIS FADER' QUHAR THE COUNSALL SAT OF ROME AND WITH HIM IN HE GAT AND SO IT WAS SO SECRET WAS THE THING THAT THAI ON SAT THAT VNDER BANNYSING OR TO BE HEDIT THAIR SULD NO MAN REVELE THIS CHILD WENT HOME HIS MODER' GAT A FEILE THAT IN THE COUNSALL HOUS THIS CHILD HAD BENE AND ASKIT FAST THIS CHILD AND HIR BETWENE QUHAT WAS THE THING THAI SAT APON SA LANG WNDER THE PANE SAID HE TO HEID OR HANG THAI AR' COMMANDIT TO REVELE IT NOCHT AND SO MOR' ARDENT WAS SCHO IN HIR' THOCHT SCHO HECHT HIM GOLD SCHO HECHT HIM VTHER GEIRE AND QUHEN SCHO SAW THAT NO THING MYCHT HIM DEIRE BOT GIF HE TALD SCHO SCHORD HIR' SONE TO SLA TO SAIF HIS LYF KEPAND COMMAND ALLSA MODER' HE SAID ON SIC A THING THAI SIT QUHETHER BETTER WAR' A WOMAN WALD THAI WIT TO HAIF TWO HUSBANDIS OR THAN A MAN TO HAIF TWO WYFFIS AND SO THIS MODER THAN CHARGIT THIS CHILD TO KEPE IT SECRET ALL SONE EFTER THIS THE WYFFIS GART HIS MODER CALL TAULD THAIM THE CAISE & SO FURTH THAI BUT MO APONE THE MORNE THAI ALL TO HARNES GO AND SONE THAI COME QUHAR' THAT THE COUNSALL SAT AND WITH A WOCE THAI CRYIT ALL THAIRAT WE WILL A WOMAN HUSBANDIS TWO SCHO HAFE OR OF ZOW LORDIS SALL WE NO MAN SAIF GRET WAS THE WOUNDER THAT THIR' LORDIS HAD QUHAT SULD THAIM ALE THAT SIC A NOYES THAI MAID AND SO THIS CHILD REVELIT TO THAIM SONE

WITH HIS MODER' ALL HOW HE HAD DONE THAN OF THIS CHILD THE WIT THAI GRETLY PRYSIT CONTENT THIR' WYFFIS AND THIS STATUT DIUISIT AND EUERY MAN DECRETIT BE HIS DOME NO CHILD SULD CUM IN COUNSALL HOUS OF ROME BOT ONELY THIS CHILD PAPIRIUS QUHILK ALL HIS TYME WAS MAID OF COUNSALL THUS HONEST AND CHAIST IN HIR' PERSONE TO BENE ABONE ALL THING IT SEMYS WEILE A QUENE THAT VTHER WOMEN MAY ENSAMPILL TAK BE HIR' HIENES TO LEFE THAIM HEIR' BUT LAK QUHEN TO THE WORTHY WEDOW ANIMA HIR' NYCHTBOUR' COME TO PLEIS HIR' TO HIR' PA AND LAID HIR' TO A HUSBAND FOR TO TAK AND IN THIR' TERMEZ HIR' ANSWER' COUTH SCHO MAK GET I A GUD MAN AS I HAD IN DEID AYE OF HIS DED SULD I BE IN DREID GET I A SCHREW I HAD BEFOR' A GUD IN TO SOROW THAN EUERMOR' I STUD AND FOR THIS DOVTE I CHEIS THE BEST FOR ME TO LEIF ALLONE AND KEPE MY CHASTITE LUCRICIA WAS A LADYE FAIR' & GUD BORNE OF ROME & OF THE RIALL BLUDE HIR' HUSBAND WAS SOLATINUS THE KYNCHT THAT TO COLLACIOUN CALLIT ON A NYCHT THE SONE OF TORQUYNE EMPRIOUR & KING SEXTUS TO NAME THAT WROCHT THIS HEVY THING QUHEN IN THIS KNYCHTIS CASTALL COME THIS MAN

QUHEN THAT HE SAW THIS LADYE SO RICHT THAN THROW THE EXCELLAND FAIRHED THAT SCHO BAIRE SIC A DESYR' THIS KINGIS SONE HAD THARE THAT QUHEN THE KING AND HIR' HUSBAND ALSO WAR' OWT OF ROME HE SCHUPE HIM THAN TO GO WNTO THE CASTELL TO THIS LADY BRICHT WELCUM HE WAS AND THAIR HE BAD ALL NICHT AND QUHEN TO REST THE HOUSHALD ALL WAS GONE THAT OUT OF QUYET LEVIT WAS THAIR NONE QUHAR SCHO WAS SLEPAND SONE IN COME HE THAR' IN HIS RICHT HAND A NAKIT SWERD HE BAIRE WITH HIS LEFT HAND THE LADYE COUTH HE TAK SEXTUS I AM & IN THIR' TERMEZ SPAK AND ONY NOYS OR WORD CUM OF THI HED THIS NAKIT SWERD FORSUTH SALL BE THI DEID THOW SALL HAUE GOLD THOW SALL HAUE GUD & LAND SO TO MY WILL AND MY DESYR' THOW STAND AND WILL THOW NOCHT THOW SALL HAUE DEDLY PANE FFOR IN THI BED THI FULE HE SALL BE SLANE FFOR PLANLY THAN THI FRENDIS ILK ANE SEIS THAT FOR THE LUST OF SIC A SOT THOW DEIS THUS HIR' EFFRAYE WAS WOUNDER MERWALOUS QUHAT THROW HIR' SLEPING & HIS CUMMYNG THUS SCHO SAID NO WORD SCHO DOWTIT NOCHT HIR' DEID SCHO DOWTIT MOR' OF HIR' DEFAME REMEID OR SIC A SOT SULD IN HIR' BED BE SLANE SCHO LEVER' HAD BENE DEID & DEID AGANE LANGAR TO LEST IT WAS NOCHT HIR' ENTENT THAN TO DECLAIR' HIR' MYND WAS INNOCENT AND SO ON FORS THIS PRINCIS WILL WAS DONE AND FOR HIR' FRENDIS SEND THIS LADYE SONE FFADER' BROTHER' & HUSBAND BEST BELUFFIT

THE FORSAID CAISE SCHO PLANLYE TO THAIM MOVIT THOCHT HIR' PERSONE WAS NOCHT INNOCENT BAITH CLENE AND HALE BUT WYCE WAS HIR' ENTENT THUS HIR' DEFOULE SCHO OPINNIT TO HIR' KYN AND AS THAIM LIST SCHO TALD THAIM MOR' & MYN AND FOR EXAMPILL IN TO WOMANHED TO KEPE THAIM CHAIST AND TO FORBEIR' MISDEID APONE A SWERD THAT WNDER' CLOIK SCHO BAIR' SCHO SLEW HIR' SELF BEFOR' THAIM ALL WAS THAR' HIR' HUSBAND THAN HIR' BRETHER' AND HIR' FADER' AND WITH THE LAIF OF HIR' KYN THAT COUTH GADDER' APON THAT SWERD AND ON HIR' BLUD THAI SWER' THAT FOR HIR' SAIK THAI SULD MOVE SIC A WEIRE THAT THAI SULD SLA THIS KINGIS SONE BUT DOME BANNIS THE KING AND ALL HIS KYN OF ROME THAI TUKE THE CORS WP OF THAT LADY BRICHT AND PLANLY THAI LAID IT IN THE SICHT OFF ALL THE PEPILL THAT IN TO ROME THAI FAND AND ALSONE AS THE CAISE THAI VNDERSTAND THAI ZEID TO FEILD AND HIR HUSBAND IN PLANE WITH HIR' AWNE SWERD THE KINGIS SONE HAS SLANE AND BANNIST WAS THE KING AND ALL HIS KYN THUS SIC REWARD CUMMIS OF SIC A SYN AS WE HAUE SAID A QUENE SALD MANERIT BE SCHAMFULL RICHT SONE DREDAND IN ALL DEGRE QUHAR IN A WOMAN SCHAME IS TYNT ZE SE ALS TYTE IS TYNT HIR' WERRAYE CHASTITE SCHAMEFULL TO BE MEKE LUKE VNREPRUFFIT MAKIS A WOMAN LOVIT & WEILE LUFFIT SENECA OF A WOMAN SAYIS THAT OF SIC SCHAME SCHO WAS IN TO HIR' DAYIS THAT QUHAR' HIR' FRENDE WAS PURE & WANTIT GUD

TO SAYE FREND HAF IN SIC A SCHAME SCHO STUD SCHO WALD ERAR' THE SILUER THAT HE FAND SULD IN A PURS BE REDYE TILL HIS HAND SO QUHEN ZE KYTH TO FRENDIS ZOUR GUD WILL THE GUD WILL SPEIK THOCHT ZE WALD HALD ZOW STILL A QUENE SULD BE OF HONEST PARENTELE THE WYS MAN SAYIS WILL THOW THI WYF CHEIS WEILE TO THE GUD MODER' DOUCHTER' SE THOW GO SO THAT HIR' GRANDAME BE OF GUD FAME ALSO WALERIUS SAYIS OF WOMEN THUS I WEYNE SIC IS THE DOUCHTER' AS THE MODER' BEYNE TO TECHE HIR BARNIS QUHAT SO EUER THAI BENE HIR' DOUCHTERIS AYE THAI BE OF CONTENANS HIR' SONNIS OF LITTERATURE INTELLIGENS NEIDFULL IT IS TO PRINCIS OR TO A KING OFF LITTERATOUR TO BE ATTOUR' ALL THING THAT DAYLY IN THE LAW OF GOD SULD REID A KING BUT LETTERIS LYKYNNIT IS IN DEID VNTO A CROVNIT AS THAT NO GUD CAN OCTOVIANE THE FIRST EMPRIOUR' BEGAN TO TECHE HIS BARNIS IN TO LITTERATUR AND SYNE HIS SONNIS WITH A BESYE CURE TO LEIPE RYN SWYM IUST & SCHUTE ALL THING TO DO ON HORSBAK & ON FUTE THAT TO KNYCHTHED OF WORSCHIPE SULD PERTENE AND FOR HIS DOUCHTER' CHARGIT HE THE QUENE TO GAR' INSTRUCT THAIM WITH A GRET DELYTE TO SCHAIPE AND SEW TO SPYN & WEIF PERFYTE ALL THING TO VS THAT LANGIT WOLL OR LYN THE WYNNYNG THAIROF GART HE DEILE IT SYNE WNTO THE PURE AND SAID THIS WAS HIS QUHY THOCHT I BE KING ZIT THAN NO THING WAIT I NA MY BARNIS IN POWERTE MAY STAND

AND NOW THAI HAF THAIR LIFFING IN THAIR HAND THIR' DOUCHTERIS CONSERUIT WEILE SULD BE AND SPECIALIE IN TILL ALL CHASTITE FFOR QUHY THROW CHASTITE ALLONE WE REID OFF WERGINIS QUENIS WAR' MAID IN DEID THE GRET DUCHES CALLIT ROSAMYLDA FFOUR SONNIS HAD AND DOUCHTERIS HAD SCHO TWA QUHAR' THAT SCHO WAS IN TO HIR' CASTALL STRANG OFF LONGABARD HIR' NOBILL MAN AMANG SO COME THE KING TYTANE OF VNGARYE TO SEGE THIS PLACE & QUHEN THIS FAIR' LADYE HAD SEYNE THIS KING THAT WAS SO FAIR' A MAN THROW LUF OF HIM IN SECREIT WYS RYCHT THAN SCHO WRAIT HIM TO SO THAT HE WALD HIR' WED BAITH HOUS AND ALL SULD AT HIS WILL BE LED THE QUHILK HE HICHT & RICHT SO SCHO IT WROCHT BAITH HE & HIS OIST WAS IN THE CASTALL BROCHT HIR FOUR' SONNIS WAR' OUR' THE WALLIS GONE AND ALL THE LAIF WAR' OUTHER TANE OR SLONE THE WOMEN WAR' DEFOWLIT FELLONLY THAI SPARIT NONE FOR LUST TO LY THAIM BY HIR' DOUCHTERIS TWO FOR THAIR VERGINITE HAD NO DEFENCE THAI WAR' SO FAIR' TO SE BOT THAT THAI TUKE THE FLESCHE OF A ZONG HORS IN THYN SCHAIFFIS & LAID IT ON THAIR CORS WNDER' THAIR PAUPIS QUHILL AT IT TUKE HEIT SO QUHEN THAI COME VNTO THIRE LADYIS SWEIT IT STYNKIT SO THAT NANE MICHT NECHE THAIM NER' SO VNDEFOWLIT WAR' THIR' VERGYNIS CLEIRE AND SO REMANYT IN TO THAIR CHASTITE THROW THE QUHILK QUENYS BATH THAI BE

THE TANE OF FRAUNCE OF ALMANYE THE TOTHER BOT ON THE MORNE THIS KING WEDDIT THAIR MODERE AS HE HAD HECHT AND SYNE GART OF HIS MEN TO LY HIR' BY THE NOVMER' NYNE OR TEN AND SYNE GART SCHERE HIR' WITH A SPALE OF TRE WP TILL HIR HALS AND ON THIS WYS SAID HE THIS WIKIT WOMAN WERRAY LICHEROUS THAT FOR HIR' LUST THIS CASTELL GAF OUR THUS AND TYNT HIR' BARNIS MEN & ALL THE LAIF OF RESSOUN SULD SCHO SIC A HUSBAND HAIF THE FORME OF ALPHYNE AS I WNDERSTAND SULD BE A IUGE INTILL A CHIAR' SITTAND ANE OPYNE BUKE OF LAW BEFOR HIS EYNE AND SO FOR QUHY FOR TWA CAUS THAIR BENE ANE CRIMINALE ANE NOTHER OF POSSESSIOUN OF GUD AND LAND AND WRANG DONE IN THE TOVN RICHT SO TWA ALPHINIS SULD THAIR BE BUT FABLE ANE SET IN BLAK FOR CAUSS CRIMINABLE THE SECUND ALPHINE IN TO QUHYTE HE STANDIS FFOR WRANG & RICHT AND POSSESSIOUN OF LANDIS THAR' OFFICE IS TO COUNSALL WELE THE KING LAWIS TO MAK AND KEPE AT HIS BIDDING AND ALL THE PEPLE TILL INFORME & LEIRE OF GUDLIE MANERE & IUSTLIE LEVING HEIRE A IUST SENTENCE WITHOUT CORRUPCOUN AND AT THE INSTANCE OF EUERY PERSOUN FFOR COVATIS FOR DANGERE OR FOR DREID STRATLIE TO GIF FOR FAUOUR OR FOR FEID A IUGE OF LAW HE SULD BE IN SIC A KYND RICHT FERME & WERRAY CONSTANT IN HIS MYND

THAT COVATIS SETTIS HIM NO THING BY CARNALE INFECTIOUN IRE NOR ZIT INWY AS TO THIS AFFERMES AND SAYS SENECA THAT DIOGENES LIAND IN THE WRA THAT NO THING HAD NOR WALD IN HIS ENTENT BOT FOR TO STUDY IN TO THE FIRMAMENT RICHER' HE WAS THAN ALEXANDER' THE KING THAT ALL THING HAD FOR MOR' WAS THE THING THAT THE GRET CLERK DIOGENES REFUSIT THAN GUD & LAND & ALL THAT THIS KING VSIT AND MARCUS TUTIUS THAT NOBLE WERIOURE ANE ROMANE BORNE & OF ARMES THE FLOURE QUHAR' THAT HE LAY THE GRET CITE TO WYN OF BENWYNCANE THE MEN THAT WAR' THAIRIN THAI GART ESPY THIS LORD IN TYME OF METE AND SO THAI SAW FRA TYME THIS LORD WAS SET THAT DISCHE DUBLARE AND COP WAR' ALL OF TRE AND IUGIT IT TO WERRAY POUERTE GRET GOLD & GUD THAN TO THIS LORD THAI SEND TILL LEIF THIS TOVNE AND SO THE WEIR' TILL END NA SAID THIS LORD I WILL NO MOR' BE SLANE SAY TO ZONE FOLK THAT I DESYR' AGANE ERAR' TO WYN ZONE MYCHTI MEN THIS NICHT THAN HAF THARE GOLD AND WANT ZONE MEN OF MICHT WYN I THE MEN THE GUD IS MYNE VNBOCHT ALL GUD IN ERD TILL HONOUR COMPT I NOCHT SALL NO THING HELP THAIM GOLD NOR SILUER FYNE BOT MEN TOUNE AND GUD ALL SALL BE MYNE VALERIUS SAYIS THE SENATOUR OF ROME IN COUNSALL HOUS HE ASKIT BE THAIR DOME

OF TWO ROMANIS ANE VAS IN POUERTYE THE TOTHER A VRETCHE RICHT MYCHTIE VAS HIE QUHILK OF THIR TWO THEY THOCHT BE THARE INTENT MAIST GANAND VAS TO HAWE THE REGIMENT IN SPAINGZE LAND THE LAWIS TO LEID FURTHE A VYSMAN SAID NOCHE ANE OF THAME VAS VOIRTH THROW MYCHT THE PURE MAN MAY BE TURNIT TYT THE MYCHTIE MANE DESYRIS BE A MYTE SO HIE REPRUIFFIS IN A JUDGE TO BE A VRECHEDNES ALYK AND VERRAY POUIRTIE VE REID OF ROME THE ROMANIS LUIFFIT SO THAIR POUERTIE THAT QUHAN TO DEID THEY GO THE COST OF WORSCHIPE IN THAIR BURYING WAS ONLY MAID VPON THE COMMOUND THING AND RICHT SO QUHAN THAIR DOCHTER VAS TO VED THE COMMOUND GUID MAID THE HAILL OUTTRED AND ALL THAT TYME THE LORDIS VAR AND HEID OF ALL THE VARLD FRA POUERTIE VAS DEID AND SINGULARE PROFEIT TUIK THE STEIR ON HAND THAIR VAS NO VYCE BOT IT RANG IN THAT LAND SO QUHAN THEY TINT THAIR SINGULAIR POUERTIE THEY TYNT THAIR LAND THAIR GUID GOLD & FIE THIR IUDGES SULD RICHT VEILL ATTEND FRA PRYVATE LUIF AND FAYND THAME TO DEFEND SENTENCE OF LUIF EUERMORE BEIN BLIND AS IN A PROPER ACTIOUN AY VE FIND ERAR A MAN TO DE THAIRIN FORQUHY HID PROPIR LUIF HIM BLINDIS SUDDANLYE

( * * * ) CLENANDUS HIE MICHTIE TO REHERS SO CRABITT VAS THE MICHTYE KING OF PERS THAT FOR A IUDGE REMOWIT FOR INWY TO SLA ANE MAN BUT CAUS AND INIUSTLYE * * AND IN THAT SETT THAT IUDGIS SONE VAS BROCHT AND MAID HIM IUDGE & BAID HIM HAIF IN THOCHT QUHOW THAT HIS FATHER THROW HIS FALS SENTENS HES LOST HIS HYD TO LY IN HIS PRESENS AND ON THIS VAYIS THIS KING VRIT VITH HIS HAND THIR THRE VERSEIS BEFOR HIS EYNE TO STAND ( * * * ) RICHT EQUALL BOITHE TO FREIND & FO THE SENTENCE AYE SULD FRA A IUSTYCE GO COLONGUID THE VERRAY IUST IUSTICE MAID FOR ADULTERYE A VERRAY GRYT DEVYSE THAT QUHA SO VAR IN SICK ANE VYIS CONVICKIT HIS EYNE SULD BAITHE OUT OF HIS HEAD BE PILKIT AND SO THIS IUDGIS SONE HIE VAS OUERTANE INTO THIS VYCE & GRACE HIE COUTHE GET NEINE AND ALL THE PEPILL FOR THIS CHYLDIS SAIK WNTO HIS FATHER INSTANCE GRYT THEY MAK FOR TO REMIT HIS SONNE INTO THIS CAISE THAT VALD HIE NOCHT BOT THUS HIE DID HIM GRACE OF HIS AWNE HEID HIR TUIK ANE OF HIS EYNE AND OF HIS SONNE ANE VTHER TO BE SEYNE HIE VALD NOCHT BRAK THE STATUIT HIE COUTH MAK BOT TYNT HIS E OR HIE VALD BRAK HIS ACT BOT OFT ALLACE THAT NOW INTO OUR DAYIS OUIR SUITH IT IS THAT ANARITIUS SAYIS THE ETTERCOPE VOBBIS AR THIR LAWIS LYK THAT QUHANE A FLIE HAPPINIS THAIRIN TO STRYK THAT SICK A BEIST SULD EUER HAIF OUER HAND

JT CHAPIS NOCHT BOT THAIRIN MON JT DE BOT AT THIS WEB A GRET BEST BYDIS NOCHT SO AR THIR' LAWIS NOW ON DAYIS WROCHT THIR' SYMPILL FOLK AR BY THE LAW CONSTRENZEIT THE GRET MEN ALL AR FRA THE LAW DERENZEIT AND THROW THE QUHILK IS GENERIT IN THE LAND BAITH THIFT AND REIF AND SLAUCHTER OF MANNIS HAND STRYF CONTEMPCIOUN FEID YR' & VIOLENS LORDSCHIPE ON FORS INIURIS & OFFENS OPPRESSIOUN OF PEPILL THAT WAR' PUR' AND ALL IN FALT OF THAIM THAT BERIS THE CURE OF IUSTICE & OF LAWIS REGIMENT A IUGE ALSO HE SULD SET HIS ENTENT DAYLY TO REID IN TO THE BUKE OF LAW SO THAT HE MAYE VNTO THE PEPILL SCHAW DOWTIS & WERIS THAT FALLIS THAIM AMANG FFOR QUHY BUT IUSTICE EUERY MAN GOIS WRANG WITH MEN OF LAUBOUR PEIS LEVING & REST IN NO TYME MAY BUT IUSTICE HAF A LEST OF ADUOCATIS QUHAR' THAT THAI BENE TO GET IN SIC A KYND THE MAIST PART IS SET THAT THAIR SYLENS IS ALS WEILE TO SELL AS IS THE PROVES OR THE TAILE THAI TELL A KNYCHT IN FIGOUR THUS HE SULD BE SENE A MAN ON HORS AND BOITH IN ARMES BENE THIS KNYCHT ON HED HE SULD BE HELMYT WEILE AND ON HIS HORS ANE HABIRIOUN OF STEILE WITH VTHIR GRAITH GANAND HIS ESTAIT AS LEG HARNES AND GLUFFIS MAID OF PLAIT

CLED WITH A SCHEILD IN HIS RICHT HAND A SPEIRE IN HIS LEFT HAND A CLENLYE SWERD OF WEIRE SPURRIS OF GOLD APON HIS FEIT SULD BE IN TAKIN OF HIS KNYCHTLYE DIGNITE HIS HORS RICHT SO THE FEIT OF WEIR' SULD HAUE AND HIS HARNES FROME HARMES HIM TO SAIF FFORSUTH A KNYCHT QUHEN HE OF NEW IS MAID NEW LYF NEW REWLL RESSOUN WALD HE HAD FFIRST OF CLENE LYF AND RICHT DEVOIT TO BE BAITH NYCHT AND DAYE BESEKAND GOD THAT HE SUM GRACE OF HELPE & SUCCOUR HIM TO SEND QUHEN STRENTH OF NATUR MAY NOCHT HIM DEFEND A KNYCHT SULD HAF OF PROPERTEIS GUD WISDOME LAWTE FREDOME & FORTITUD REWLE OF LAW DEFENS AYE TILL ENDUR' IN FAITH OF CRIST AND PEPILL THAT AR' PUR THE HONOUR AND KNYCHTLYE REUERENS IS FOR HIS VERTEW AND GRET INTELLIGENS NOCHT FOR HIS HORS HIS HARNES NOR HIS SPEIRE BOT FOR THE VERTEU THAT HIS SAULL SULD BEIR' RICHT AS HIS CORS OF HARNES HAS DEFENS SO SULD HIS SAULL WITH GRET INTELLIGENS OF KNYCHTLIE WERTEU BE ENARMED RICHT AND THAN HE BENE A VERRAYE GUDLYE KNYCHT WYS AND EXPERT SULD BE A NOBLE KNYCHT SENE LYF AND DEID OF ALL THE BATALL RICHT HONOUR & LAK IN TO THIR' KNYCHTIS STANDIS THAT HAS THE CUR' OF BATTALLIS IN THAIR HANDIS EXPERIENS IN TO A PRUDENT KNYCHT DOIS MOR' IN BATTALL BE ALL RESSOUN RICHT THAN OF A ZOUNGAR INEXPERT THE HARDYNES

AND THAIRFOR SULD IN EUERY WERELY CAISE NO ZOUNG KNYCHT HAUE THE CUR' OF REGIMENT BOT WITH ALD MEN BE REWLIT THAIR ENTENT GRET ALEXANDER' OF LANDIS & OF MICHTIS HE WAN FER' MAIR' WITH PRUDENS OF ALD KNYCHTIS THAN THROW THE FORS OF STRENTHY MEN IN DEID AS IN A ROMAN STORYE THUS WE REID A WORTHY KNYCHT HE TUKE ANE WEIR' ON HAND AND FOR THE COMMOUN PROFFET OF THE LAND AND IN HIS WEIR' HE WAS SUPPRISIT SO THAT TO DEVOCIOUN SCHUPE THIS KNYCHT TO GO AND IN ANE ILE THIS WORTHY KNYCHT HE WENT TUK FOLK HIM WITH OF HALY GUD ENTENT AND WITH THAIR PRAYER' AND THAIR CLENE FASTING THAR' THAI BESOCHT THE GRET HIE HEVYNNIS KING CONTYNUALLY THRE DAYIS & THRE NYCHTIS FFOR GRACE HELPE & SUCCOUR OF THIR' KNYCHTIS AND BE SANCT AMBROSE ABOUT THE THRID NYCHT IT WAS REVELIT TO THIS WORTHY KNYCHT HE SULD THAIM WYN WITHOUTIN SPEIR' OR SCHEILD THAN ON THE MORNE HE SCHUPE HIM TO THE FEILD AND WITH FYVE THOWSAND HE WAN IN BATTALE PLANE A HUNDER' THOWSAND CUMMAND HIM AGANE THROW GUD PRAYER' & CLENE LYF OF THIS KNYCHT AND HIS CONSTANCE IN TO HIS QUERELL RICHT KNYCHTIS SULD BE RICHT WERRAYE TREW & LEILE TO THAIR LORDIS AND WITH NA FALSET DEILE THUS SAYIS PAULE THE GRET HISTORIALE OF LONGABARD IN ANE ENTENTYF TALE

THAT QUHEN DUK GARYBALD THE FIRST TRATOUR' OFF LONGABARD WITH GRET DISHONOUR HAD SLANE GOBARD OF LONGABARD HIS KING AND MAID DUK GRYMBALD CROVNIT FOR TO RYNG AND BANNIST WAS THE GUD LORD PERTERAK BROTHER TO KING GOBARD THAT I OF SPAK FFOR HELPE OF PERTERAK THIS GARYBALD MAID INTERCESSIOUN TO THIS KING GRYMBALD TO TAK THIS LORD TO GRACE & BRING HIM HAME AND SO HE DID THIS TRATOUR SYNE BE NAME SEDUCIT SO THE KING IN HIS ENTENT THROW HIS TRESSOUN THE KING GAIF HIS ESSENT TO MAK THIS LORD SIC FESTING & SIC CHERE THAT THROW THE FORS OF SWEIT WYNIS CLEIRE MAK HIM TO SLEPE AND REST AS HE WAR' DEID TO SLA HIM THAN & SO TO END THE FEID ENULPHUS WAS THIS PERTERAKIS KNYCHT AND OF SIC LAWTE WAS THIS WORTHY WICHT THAT QUHEN HE GAT FEILE OF HIS TRESSOUN QUHAR' THAT HIS LORD WAS LYAND IN TO SWOUN HE LAID HIS SQWYER' IN TO HIS LORDIS BED AND VNDER' CARPET BROCHT THIS LORD FURTH LED AND SAID IT WAS HIS SQWYAR' THAT WAS DEID THAT LYAND WAS IN TILL HIS LORDIS STEID AND IN TO PRESENS OF THIS LORDIS SICHT HAD HIM TO KIRK & WOK HIM THAR' THAT NYCHT AND QUHEN HE WALKYNNIT OUR THE WALLIS HIM BROCHT AND TALD HIM ALL HOW THAT THE TRATOUR WROCHT SONE ON THE MORNE QUHEN AT THIS TRATOUR FAND THAT PERTERAK WAS CHAPIT FRA HIS HAND AND GAT ANE KNAWLEGE HOW THAT THIS KNYCHT HAD DONE

BEFORE THE KING THIS KNYCHT WAS CALLIT SONE AND OPENLYE CONFESSIT HIM THAT HE SET HIM SELF TO DE HIS MAISTERIS DEID TO LET AND THAN THE KING HE ASKIT IN DECRET AT HIS COUNSALL QUHAT DEID THAI WAR' TO MEIT THAT SO HAD WROCHT AGANIS HIS MAIESTE SUM SAID TO HEID SUM SAID TO HANG THAIM HIE TO BYRNE THAIM BOITH IN HAT LEID AND IN PIK SAID GARYBALD OR THAN TO FLA THAIM QUYK NAY SAID THIS KING BE GOD OMNIPOTENT THAI SERF WEILE MOR' TO SAYE BE MYNE ENTENT TO HAIF HONOUR AND LORDIS BAITH TO BE THAT TO THAIR LORD HAS KEPIT SIC LAWTE AND MAID THIS KNYCHT ANE DUKE WITH HIS AWNE HAND AND HIS SQWYAR' A KNYCHT AND GAIF HIM LAND AND GARYBALD THIS FORSAID TRAYTOUR STRANG CONDAMPNIT WAS AS TRAYTOUR' THAIM AMANG AND WAS DEPRYVIT OF HIS DAYIS MO OFF HIS HONOUR AND OF HIS LYF ALSO KNYCHTIS FORSUTH AMANG THAIM SELF SULD BE OFF GRET LUFRENT AND OF GRET LAWTE RICHT DOWTIT AR' KNYCHTIS IN BATALL STRANG QUHEN LUF AND LAWTE RYNGIS THAIM AMANG AND QUHAR' DISCORD AMANG KNYCHTIS RESTIS SEILDYN OR NOCHT THE VICTOR' WITH THAIM LESTIS THARFOR' IT SULD BE HONOUR TO ANE KNYCHT ALL VTHER KNYCHTIS VERRAYE HONOUR & RICHT AND EUERY KNYCHT HE SULD BE VTHERIS BROTHER AND IN DEFENS ILKANE TO DE WITH VTHER

AND OF TWA KNYCHTIS FERTHER' REID WE THUS THAT CALLIT WAR' DAMON AND PHISIUS SO LELELY THAI LUFFIT VTHER WEILE THAT QUHEN DENYS THE GRET KING OF CECILE DETERMYTE WAS THAT DAMON SULD BE SLANE THIS DAMON ASKIT NO REMEID AGANE BOT THAT HE SULD GO TILL HIS HOUS THAT NICHT FFOR TO DISPONE HIS GUDIS AND HIS MICHT AND TO HIS DEID THAN SULD HE CUM AGANE AND HIS FALLOW BAID VNDERNETH THE PANE OR DAMON PASSIT THIS OTHER KNYCHT HE THOCHT SULD DAMON DE LANGAR LEIF WALD HE NOCHT AND CHARGIT HIM HE SULD CUM NOCHT AGANE AND HE SULD BYD WITH ALL THE CHARGE & PANE SONE COME THE HOUR' THAT DAMON SULD COMPEIRE AND IN HIS STEID COME FURTH HIS FALLOW DEIR' AS HE HAD HECHT TO WNDERLYE THE PANE AND IN THAT TYME THIS DAMON THOCHT AGANE HOW SULD HE LEIF AND HIS TREW FALLOW DEID OFF HIS AWNE LYF REFUSIT THE REMEID AND COME AGANE TO KEPE THIS KNYCHT VNSLANE AND ZIT THAI STRAIF ABOUT THE DEDLYE PANE THE KING WOUNDERIT HOW SIC ANE LUF SULD BE IN TWO KNYCHTIS AND OF THAIR GRET LAWTE REMITTIT ALL THE QUERELL & THE SCAITH SO THAI WALD HIM TAK BROTHER TO THAIM BAITH AS THRID FALLOW TUKE THAI HIM & BROTHER AND TREWAR WAS THAIR NEUER VNTO VTHER OFF IULIUS CESAR THAT WORTHY KING WE REID THAT FRENDSCHIP OUR' ALL VTHER' THING HE ADMITTIT WITH MOST DIFFICULTE AND MOST CONSTANTLYE THAT THING KEPIT HE

KNYCHTIS SULD BE RICHT WERRAY LIBERALL OR THAN THAIR WORSCHIPE MOST ON NEDIS FAILE FFOR QUHEN A KNYCHT TO COVATICE IS SET AND HIS PEPILL CAN NOTHING OF HIM GET JT CAUSS THAIM TO TURNE THAIR BAK & FLE QUHEN THAI SULD FECHT AND HE BE LARGE & FRE IT CAUSS THAIM ILKANE FOR TO REMANE ERAR TO DE THAN SE THAIR MAISTER SLANE BOT NOW ALLACE THAT EUER IT SULD BE SO THAT KNYCHTIS SULD THE WORTHY MEN FORGO FFOR WARLDLYE GUD IS IN OUR TYME WE SE FFAIR' MEN HAS NOCHT A MANNIS MEIT & FE QUHAT WILL ZE MOR' THAIR MAY NO WORTHY KNYCHT HAVE BAITH THE MEN AND HALD THE WARLDIS MICHT TO LORDIS LARGE THE MEN DRAWIS IN DEID AND SO OF GRET ALEXANDER' WE REID HOW THAT HE COME TO PORRUS KING OF IND DISSIMILIT IN A SEMPILL KNYCHTIS KYND AND QUHAR' HE SAT WITH PORRUS AT THE MEIT BAITH COPE AND DISCHE THAT WAR' BEFOR HIM SET OFF GOLD AND SILUER FURTH WITH HIM HE BAIRE AND AS OF THIFT HE WAS ACCUSIT SAIRE HIS ANSWER' WAS AT SO IT WAS THE RICHT WITH ALEXANDER THAT EUERY MANFULL KNYCHT BAITH COPE & DISCHE OF GOD AND SILUER GUD IN TYME OF MEIT ALL AT BEFOR HIM STUD SULD WITH HIM TAK AND SO I DID THAIRFOR' AND TRAISTAND SEN ZOUR WORSCHIPE IS FER' MOR' THAT MOR' REWARDIS ZOUR KNYCHTIS SULD RESAIF QUHEN THIS WAS HERD IN PLANE AMANG THE LAIF THE MEN OF WEIR' BE THIS TAILE VNDERSTUD

THAT ALEXANDER' COMPTIT NONE ERDLYE GUD THE MEN OF WEIR' FRA PORRUS AR THAI GONE TO ALEXANDER' AND COME AGAINE ANONE WITH ALEXANDER AND SLEW PORRUS THE KING AND PECIABLY MAID HIM IN YND TO RYNG KNYCHTIS SULD BE OF WERRAYE FORTITUD STARK IN THAR' HERT AND IN THAIR QUARELL GUD STRINTH OF PERSONE GRET LAK IT DOIS ANE KNYCHT BOT IN THE SAULL THE MAN BE WERRAYE RICHT RICHT WICHT IN HERT HE IS FOR TO DEFEND THAT SUFFERIS GRET AND HALDIS TO THE END ANE KNYCHT SULD STAND IN TO HIS QUERELL RICHT FFOR DEID OR DREID OF ONY WARLDIS MICHT MERCYE SULD SCHYNE RICHT WERRAYE FYNE & BRICHT ABONE ALL THING IN TO A NOBILL KNYCHT IN BATALL IS MOR' WORSCHIPE & RENOVNE TO WYN & SAIF THAN FOR TO SLA ALL DOVNE ANE DUKE THARE WAS ANE WORTHY HARDY MAN THAT DAYLYE FAUCHT AND DAYLY AYE HE WAN AND SLEW THAIM ALL OR HE WALD FORTHER' GONE THAT HE MICHT SLA AND SAIFFIT NEUER ONE AND ALL THAT TYME HE COUTH NO LANDIS WYN NOR TOWR' NOR HOUS TO SET HIS HED WITHIN QUHILL AT THE LAST HE LEFT HIS CRUELTE THAT WONNYNG WAR HE THOLIT NONE TILL DE AND THAN THE FOLK BEGOUTH ON HIM TO FALL OFF TOWR' AND TOVNE AND MAID HIM LORD OF ALL KNYCHTIS SULD KEPE THE PEPILL & DEFEND AND FOR THAIM FECHT AND TO THAIR WEILE ATTEND HOW SULD THE TEILE MAN IN THE TYME OF WEIRE

OR MEN OF CRAFTIS GO TO SCHEILD OR SPEIR' THAN MOST THAIR LAUBOURE NEDIS FALE & FALL AND SO ON FORS THE KNYCHT MOST FAILE WITH ALL THE ROMANS HELD OF KNYCHTIS AT THE FEILD ANE LEGIOUN IN ARMES VNDER SCHEILD TO HALD THE COMMONIS AT THAIR CRAFTIS STILL AND SA LANG HAD THAI WERRAYE WELTH AT WILL KNYCHTIS ALLSO THE LAWIS SULD DEFEND RICHT AS THAI SULD VNTO THE KING ATTEND AND WITH ARMES THE KINGIS MAIESTE WITH LAWIS SULD IT WEILE ENARMED BE LIGURIUS THE WERRAYE NOBLE KNYCHT SEAND HIS TOWNE WITHOUTIN LAW OR RICHT HE MAID ( XIJ ) LAWES SAYAND THAT HE WALD GO TO DELFLYK HIS FOLKIS SWOR' THAIM TO HALD AT HIS REQUEST BOT QUHILL HE COME AGANE HE TUKE ANE STRINTH FOR EUER TO REMANE AND QUHEN THE TYME COME THAT THIS KNYCHT SULD DE BAD BYRNE HSIS CORS AND CAST IT IN THE SE SO THAT THE FOLK OF THAT TOWNE SULD NOCHT TROW WITH HIS BANIS TO BREK THE FORSAID WOW AND SO THIS KNYCHT IN EXILE WALD HE STAND AND BRYNT HIS CORPS TO BRING LAW IN HIS LAND THE FIRST LAW WAS THE PRINCE SULD AYE ATTEND TO KEIPE IUSTICE & HIS PEPILL DEFEND AND AT THE FOLK SULD AYE BE REDYE BOVNE IN HIS SUPPLE THAT IS PRINCE OF THIS TOVNE THE SECOUND LAW WAS VNDERNETH A PANE NO IDILL FOLK SULD IN THE TOWNE REMANE THE THRID WAS QUHA WALD OUTHER BY OR SELL GIFF GUD FOR GUD & NA MONEY TO TELL THE FERD IT WAS THAT GOLD AND SILUER BRICHT AS FILTH SULD BE & REPUT FOR NA MICHT

THE FIFT WAS EUER IN TO DIGNITE THE PRINCE REWLER' IN BATTALL SULD HE BE MAISTERIS OF LAW TILL HALD THE LAW TILL END KNYCHTIS ILK ANE THE LAWIS TO DEFEND THE PEPILL SULD HAUE WERRAYE POWER' PLANE BALLIES TO CHEIS AND TO DEPRYVE AGANE THE SEXT LAW WAS HOW EUER IN STAIT THAI STAND THAT EUERY MAN SULD HAUE IN LYK OF LAND THE SEVYNT WAS MAID IN OPYN FOR TO CRYE NO WICHT SULD BE THE CAUS OF LICHORYE THE ( VIIJ ) WAS THAT ALL CHILDER' FER' & NER' BOT A CLETHING SULD HAF IN TO THE ZERE THE NYNT LAW WAS THAT PUR' BARNIS SULD BE WEDDIT BUT GUD OR ONY SIC DROWRYE THE LEVYNT LAW WAS WOMEN CHOSYNE TO BENE NOCHT FOR THAIR MICHT THAT BLYNDIS MENNIS EYNE THE TWELF LAW WAS THAT MEN SULD HAUE OF RICHT HONOUR FOR AGE MOR' THAN FOR WARLDLY MICHT BUT QUHO SO NOW THE ORDOUR ON HIM TAKIS OFF KNYCHTHED AND DEFENS NONE HE MAKIS VNTO HIS PRINCE TO FAITH TO LAW TO PURE OFF NO TYME SALL HIS HONOUR HEIR' ENDUR' FFOR LAND FOR GUD FOR HORS FOR HARNEIS BRICHT HE HAS NOCHT BOT ANE SCHAWDOW OF ANE KNYCHT ANE ROWKE SULD BE ANE KNYCHT CLED IN TO PALL SITTAND ON HORS ARRAYED WEILE WITH ALL ANE STAF IN HAND THE WAND OF CHASTITE OFF DIUERSS COLOURIS SULD HIS MANTILL BE AND FOR ANE KING MAY NOCHT BE AYE PRESENT IN EUERY PLACE TO SCHAW THAIM HIS ENTENT NEIDFULL IT IS TO HAF HIS LUFTENNEND

WITH HIS POWER' FOR REWLING OF THE LAND AND FOR THE REALME SULD BE OF GRET DISTANS FFOR THE WPRYSING OF GRET WARIANS OFF DIUERSS PARTIS OF THE REALME ALSO NEIDFULL IT IS LUFTENNENDIS TO HAIF TWO THE QUHILK BEING TWO ROKIS TO THIS KING TO REWLL THE REALME & WNDER HIM TO RYNG INTO THE PARTIS EXTREME OF HIS LAND FFOR QUHAR' A KING IS PRESENT WITH HIS WAND THAR' NEDIS NO LUFTENNAND NER' ABOUT BOT IN FER' PARTIS FRO THE KING WITHOUT AND THAIREFTER BENE THIR' ROKIS SITUATE FFERRAST HIM FRA OF ONY GRET ESTAIT IN QUHOM MEIKNES IUSTICE & PETE SULD BE FFREDOME PACIENS AND WILLFULL POWERTE TO KEPE IUSTICE THIR' ROKIS SULD OF DET FFOR THROW INIUST MEN AR THIR' REALMES SET OFTSYS ON PERELL & OFTSYS AR' THAI TYNT SLAUCHTER' IS WROCHT & LANDIS BRAID AR' BRYNT IN IUSTICE AND ANE MINISTER' GO MYS ANE IUST KING THAN INIUST HALDIN IS AND RICHT SO QUHEN WERRAYE IUSTICE IS DONE ANE INIUST KING RICHT IUST IS CALLIT SONE AND THAIRFOR SULD THAI SET THAIR BESY CURE AND KEPE IUSTICE AYE FERMELYE TO ENDUR' AND FOR THE REALMES COMMOUN GUD TO STAND AND SET THE COMMOUN PROFFET OF THE LAND BEFOR' THAIR LYF & THAIRTO PLANELY GO MARCUS REGULUS HE DID ALLSO QUHEN IN THE WERIS OF CARTAGINENS TAKIN HE WAS & BROCHT IN THAIR PRESENS

APONE HIS AITH THAI FRED HIM VNDER PANE TO PAS TO ROME AND KEPE HIS TRYST AGANE SO TO THE ROMANIS THAT HE WALD DECLAIR' THAR' WILL OF EUERY ROMANE PRESONAR' TO INTERCHANGE AND SEND THAIM HAME AGANE FFOR ALS MONY OF THAIR MEN THAT WAR' TANE SO QUHEN THIS WORTHY ROMANE KNYCHT MARCUS VNTO THE ROMANIS SCHAWIN HAD ALL THUS THE SENATOUR HIS COUNSALL ASKIT THAN BE HIS LAUTE AND SO THIS KNYCHTLY MAN TO COUNSALL GAIF TO LAT THIR' FOLK STILL LY BUT INTERCHANGE OF ONY MAN FOR QUHY THE ROMANIS THAT WAR' IN CARTAGINENS ZONGE MEN THAI WAR' NOCHT OF EXPERIENS IN FEIT OF WEIR' THAT HAD BOT LITILL FEILE AND THAIR FOLK WAR' EXPART IN ARMES WEILE SA THOCHT THIS KNYCHT DESYRIT TO BE FRE HIS LAWTE MAID HIM PRESONER' TO BE AND FOR THE COMMOUN PROFFET OF THE LAND HE CHESIT HIM AS PRESONERE TO STAND THAR' WAS A ROMAN TAKIN IN THE WEIR' AND FRED AGANE THAI GART THIS ROMANE SWERE TO CUM AGANE AND ENTER' IN THAT PLACE AS PRESONER' AND SO THUS STUDE THE CAISE HE ENTERIT NOCHT BOT WITH SOLACE HE SAID THAT HE HAD KEPIT ALL THE BAND HE MAID THE SENATOUR FOR WORSCHIP OF THAIR BLUDE AND FOR THE LAWTE THAT THAIR TOWNE IN STUD HE TUKE THIS MAN & BAND HIM ON ANE HORS

AND TO HIS TAKARE HE SEND HIM ON FORS FABRICIUS WAS ANE KNYCHT SO WERRAY LEILE THAT WITH TRESSOUN ON NA WYS WALD HE DEILE HE WAS KING PORRUS DEDLYE ENEMY THIS KINGIS MEDICINER' COME SECRETLYE AND TO THIS KNYCHT PROMITTIT FOR TO SLA THIS KING WITH WENNOME FOR HE WAS HIS FA SO THAT HE WALD REWARD HIM FOR SIC THING THIS KNYCHT HIM BAND AND SEND HIM TO THE KING AND WRAIT HIM WITH THE TRESSOUN OF THIS MAN THIS KING WOUNDERIT & IN HIS SAULL SAID THAN THE SONE SALL SONER' WARYE IN HIS SPEIRE THAN FABRICIUS TO TYNE HIS CREDENS HEIRE VALERIUS SAYIS IN TO HIS SEXT BUKE THAT TANVLPHUS A WORTHY ROMANE DUKE IN SEGING OF PHILISTER' THE FAIR' CITE FFURTH COME THE MAISTER OF THE SCULE & HE THE LORDIS SONNIS BROCHT THAIM FURTH ILK ONE THAT WITH HIM STUDE AS TO THE SPORT TO GONE TO PAS HIM WITH FOR TRESSOUN HE WROCHT AND TO THIS DUKE HE HAS THIR' CHILDER' BROCHT O LORD HE SAYIS TO LANG THIS SEGING STANDIS NOW SALL I PUT THIS TOWNE IN TO ZOUR HANDIS I PRESENT ZOW THIR' CHILDER' FAIR' & ZUNG AS PRESONERIS TO STAND AT ZOUR BIDDING THAR' FADERIS HAS THE TOVNE IN REGIMENT AND OR THAI SAW THAIR SONNIS SULD BE SCHENT THAI SALL ZOW GIF THAIR GUDIS & THAIR LANDIS AND ALL THE TOVNE IN HONOUR AS IT STANDIS NA SAID THIS LORD I WILL NOCHT SO BEGYN

WORSCHIPE AT CHILDER' SE I NONE TO WYN WITH MEN OF ARMIS COME I HEIR' TO FECHT AS IN A WOW TO GRET GOD I HECHT WITH TRESSOUN SALL I NOCHT THAIR CITE WYN BOT WITH WORSCHIPE AND EUER I CUM WITHIN FFOR SIC ANE TRATOUR' WAS THAIR NEUER SEYNE IN ONY LAND AS THOW FALS TRATOUR BENE THAT WALD BETRAIS THIR' BARNIS INNOCENS THAT HAS THE CUR' OF THAR' INTELLIGENS AND THAT THAIR FADERIS SO THE TRAIST THAI WALD THAT THAIR MAIST IOWELLIS GAIF THAI THE TO HALD THIS WORTHY LORD GART BYND THIS TRATOUR STRANG DELIUERIT HIM THAIRFOR' THE CHILDER AMANG AND TO THIS TOVNE THIS TRATOUR HAF THAI BROCHT AND TALD PLANELY THE TRESSOUN THAT HE WROCHT AND HOW THIS LORD HAS DONE OF GENTILNES HONOUR LAWTE IUSTICE AND OF GRACE WE WILL HIM HAUE TO BE OUR PRINCE & LORD GAIF HIM THE TOVNE AND ALL WITH ANE ACCORD WITH GRET PETE THIR' LORDIS AYE SULD STAND THAT HAS THE REWLL OF IUSTICE IN THAR' HAND AND WITH DISCRECIOUN SULD IT VSIT BE FFOR GRACIOUS AFFECTIOUN IS CALLIT PETE OFF THE SWETNES OF MANNIS MEIK MYND WALERIUS SAYIS OF PETE IN THIS KYND A NOBILL WYF AND OF A RYALL BLUD FFOR CRYME CONWIKIT SA THE CAISE IT STUDE THAT SCHO BUT FUDE SULD IN TO PRESOUN BE QUHILL SCHO MICHT LEIF WITH LES LAK SO TILL DE SCHO WAS SO KEPIT EUERY DAYE & NYCHT

THAT TO THIS WOMAN COME NO ERDLYE WICHT BOT ONELY A DOUCHTER' THAT SCHO BAIR' AND SO BESOUCHT THAT NO FUDE BROCHT SCHO THAR' SCHE LIFFIT LANG WEILE ( XXIIIJ ) NICHT AND THAN THIS IUSTICE GART BRING HIR TO HIS SICHT AND ASKIT HOW SCHO LIFFIT IN THIS CAISE BUT MEIT OR DRINK AND SO IN HOPE OF GRACE SCHO SAID PLANELYE MY DOUCHTER' EUERY DAYE COME TO THE PLACE IN PRESOUN QUHAR' I LAYE AND WITH HIR' PAUPIS SCHO ME FED ALLSO AS I DID HIR' OR' SCHO BEGAN TO GO FFRA HIR' ZOUNG SONE TO ME SCHO BROCHT HIS FUDE DO AS ZE LIST FOR THUS THE MATERE STUDE SO MERWALUS AND STRANGE IT WAS THE CAISE THE LORD THROW PETE DID THIS WOMAN GRACE TO LIF AT FREDOME WAS THIS WOMAN MAID THROW WERRAYE PETE THAT IN HIS HERT HE HAD MARCUS TULIUS QUHAR' HE IN BATALL WAN OFF SO GRET PETE WAS THIS WORTHY MAN THROW SOROW THAT HIS ENEMY IN BEN THE TERIS WALD COME SPRINGAND FRO HIS EYNE AND IULIUS CESAR HE DID ALLSO GRET ALEXANDER AND MONY VTHER MO QUHAR'FOR I TROW IN QUHOM IS NO PETE THAT COVATICE IS IN HIM RINGAND HIE LORDIS SULD BE OF GRET HUMILITE THE GRETEST LORD MAIST HUMBLE SULD HE BE OFF SO GRET MEIKNES WAS WASPASIANE

THAT QUHEN NERO THE EMPRIOUR' TO DEID WAS GANE AND ALL THE PEPILL WITH A WOCE THAI CRYE WASPASIANE SALL BE OUR KING WORTHYE TO TAK THE CROVNE THIS WORTHYE KNYCHT WALD NOCHT TILL THAI ON FORS TILL MAK HIM KING HIM BROCHT MOR' WORSCHIPE IS FOR TO BE CHOSYN KING THAN OF CONQUEST IN ( XXTI ) REALMES TO RYNG PRINCIS THAT BENE OF NOBLE EXCELLENS IN HERT SULD BE OF WERRAYE PACIENS AS OF IULIUS CESAR REID WE MORE THAT A WYF REPRUFFIT HIM RICHT SOR' THAT HE WAS BORNE BOT OF A BASTARDIS BLUD AND PACIENTLIE THIS KING RICHT STILL HE STUD HE SAID SPEIR' GIF THAT BETTER BE NOBILITE IN ME GROWAND OR DISCENDAND IN THE TYRANTIUS THE WORTHY MAN ANOYIT QUHEN THAT HE SAW HIS GRANGIS WAR' DISTROYIT ALL THROW THE NEGLIGENS OF HIS SERUAND TO STRIK HIM HE LIFTIT WP HIS HAND AND ZIT CONSIDERIT THAT HE IN YR' WAS SET HE WALD NOCHT STREK FOR ONY SCAITH TO GET BOT ERAR WALD THE HAILE TRESPAS REMYTE THAN IN HIS YR' FOR TO EXCEID FOR IT A MAN IN YR' SULD NO PVNICIOUN MAK FFOR DREID THAT HE EXCEID AND TAK A LAK THE WILLFULL POVERTE OF TYMES LANG OUR ALD FADERIS THAI VSIT THAIM AMANG THAR' RICHES WAS TO BE OF WORTHY FAME SIPIO AFFRICANUS BE HIS NAME

TO HALLD OF ROME ALL AFFRIK QUHEN HE WAN NONE ERDLYE GUD OF TRESSOUR' TUK THIS MAN BOT THAT HIS SURNAME TUKE HE TILL HIM THUS EFTER' AFFRIK CALLIT AFFRICANUS TRESSOUR TO LORDIS SULD THAIR NO THING BE BOT GUD MANER' HONOUR & HONESTE THE QUHILK HONOUR SALL LEST QUHEN THAI GO HYNE THAT THAIR AIRIS MAY NOUTHER SELL NOR TYNE PRINCIS THAT BENE RICHT WERRAYE LIBERALL FFOR FALT OF MEN THIR' PRINCIS MAY NOCHT FAILE FFOR THROW THAIR LORDIS LIBERALITE THE LAUBOUR' LICHTER' OF HIS MEN SULD BE TITUS THE LAST SONE OF WASPASIANE SO LIBERALL WAS THAT THAIR COME NEUER ANE BOT OUTHER HE GAT OR ELLIS HE HECHT HIM LAND AND DID HIS COUNSALL FOR TILL VNDERSTAND IT SEMYT NO MAN NOTHER AIR' NOR LAIT WITHOUT REWARD TO PAS FRO HIS ESTAIT AND IULIUS CESAR A MANER' HE HAD THAT TO HIS KNYCHTIS NEUER MOR' HE SAID GO FURTH OR GO BOT KNYCHTIS FALLOW ME SO THAT MOR' PLESAND SULD THAIR LAUBOUR BE IN THIS THRID PART WE SULD THE FORME DECLEIR' OFF THE AUCHT POPULARIS AND THAR' MANERE AT THE TEILEMAN WILL WE THUS BEGYN ON THE RICHT SYD THE CHEKKER' SET WITHIN BEFOR' THE ROKE THIS TEILEMAN SULD HE STAND AS PROWYDER' OF FUDE FOR ALL THE LAND

HIS FIGOUR' ANE MAN ON FUTE HAVAND TO DELF THE ERD ANE SPAID IN HIS RICHT HAND IN HIS LEFT HAND A WAND TO CHER' & KEPE FFRA CORNE & HAYE BOITH HORS CORNE & SCHEIPE AND AT HIS BELT A CORNE HUKE & A KNYF TO SNED THE TREIS QUHAR' THAT THAI WANT OF LYF ADAM HIS FIRST SONE CAM AS I GES IN TO THIS WARLD THE FIRST TEILEMAN THAT WES AND FOR THE ERD IT WAS OUR FIRST MATER' AND QUHEN WE PAS IT IS OUR HERBRYERE THIS TEILE MAN SULD KNAW GOD AND KEPE LAWTE AND DOWT NOCHT HIS DEID AND AYE BESY TO BE TO KEN HIS GOD HE SULD ON THIS MANER' SYNE FOR HIS GRACE THE TEYND TILL HIM OFFEIRE WITHOUTIN FRAUDE SO HE BE NOCHT THE WERE THROW ONY SCAITH THAT HE HAUE TINSALL FER' THROW THIFT OR REIF OR FYR' ON HIM TO FALE THROW HIS FALS TEYND AND SO TO TYNE WP HALE THIS LAUBORAR HE SULD BE TREW & TRAIST VNTO HIS LORD QUHILL THAT HIS LYF MAY LAST QUHEN THE GUD MAN ANTHONE OF ADULTRY ACCUSIT WAS OF THAT CRYME FELLONLY AND PEPIUS HIS TEILEMAN WAS FURTH BROCHT AS WITNES AND WIT HOW IT WAS WROCHT AND FOR HIS MAISTER WAS IT HIS DESYRE TO BYD THE PANE OF KNYF SWERD OR FYR' AND ERAR' DE THAN WORD COME OF HIS HED THAT BENE THE CAUSING OF HIS MASTERIS DEID QUHEN THEIFFIS COME TO SLA PANNAPEON

TENENS HIS TREW SERUAND COME ANONE AND WITH HIS MAISTER CHANGIT HE HIS WEID AND FOR HIM THAN ZEID TO DEID ON DEID SEN THIS TEILMAN SO HEVINLYE HAS HIS LEVING AND MON SUSTENE THE QUENE KNYCHT ROKE & KING AND HAS SIC MEID TO WYN THE PUR' FOLK BREID HE SULD NOCHT DREID THE CUMMYNG OF HIS DEID THIS TEILMAN SULD HIM KEPE FRO YDILNES AND EUER DOAND WERKIS MOR' & LES BOT THAT HE SULD FRA WERKIS ONELY REST THE HALY DAYE TO SERF GOD IT IS BEST THIS TEILEMAN HAS A HUKE TO CUT HIS CORNE A WAND OR QUHIPE IN TO HIS HANDIS BORNE TO CALL HIS CATTELL TO THAIR PASTUR RICHT AND BRINGIS THAIM QUHAR THAI SULD REST ALL NYCHT THE FIRST HERD WAS WORTHY IUST ABELL THAT AYE THE BEST OF ALL THING TO HIM FELL TO GOD HE GAIF IN TO HIS SACRYFYS THE TEILMAN ALS HE SULD WITH GRET AWYS TREIS CUT PLANT AND GAR' THAIM SPRING NOYE WAS THE FIRST THAT VSIT SIC A THING THIR' WYLD WYNE TREIS BITTER FRUTE THAT BAIRE BROCHT TO HIS GARDING AND HE SET THAIM THAR' AND WITH THE CRAFT & LAUBOUR THAT HE MAID BAITH FAIR' & GUD THE WYNE SWET GUST IT HAD SYNE QUHEN HE GUSTIT OF THE WYNE HE WROCHT DRUNKYNE HE WAS & ALL WITH SLEIPE BESOCHT AND SA THIR' FOLK THAT LAUBOURIS IN THE WYNE SOBIR' SULD BE OR THAN THAIR WIT THAI TYNE

BEFOR' THE KNYCHT THAT STANDIS IN ESTAIT ON THE RICHT SYD THE SMYTH IS SITUAT A MAN TO MAK HIM HARNES FOR HIS CORS SADILL AND SCHONE GRAITH GANAND FOR HIS HORS IN HIS RICHT HAND A HAMMER' SULD HE BEIRE IN HIS LEFT HAND A QUHITTILL FOR TO SCHER' AND AT HIS BELT A TROWALL BE WITH ALL THAT MASONNIS VSIS FOR TO PLANE THE WALL AND BE THIS HAMMER' SALL ZE WNDERSTAND ALL HAMMER' MEN OF CRAFTIS IN THE LAND AND BY THIS KNYF ALL TYMMER' MEN ALLSO FFOR SCHIPPIS HOUSSIS AND VTHER' THINGIS MO AND INLYKWYS THE TROWALL INSTRUMENT ALL MASOUN CRAFT IT SALL ZOW REPRESENT THIS MAN SULD HAUE QUHA WEILE HIM VNDERSTUD LAWTE WISDOME AND RICHT GRET FORTITUD IN GRET LAWTE THIR' MEN OF CRAFT SULD STAND THAT BAITH HAS CURE APON THE SEYE & LAND THE SMYTH OF METALL HAS ALL THE CURE THE WRICHT ALLSO TO MAK THIR' SCHIPPIS SURE FFOR GRET PERELL BAITH OF LYF & GUD THE MASONNIS SULD MAK HOUSS STARK & RUDE TO KEPE THE PEPILL FROM THIR' STORMES STRANG AND BE THAI FALS THE CRAFT IT GOIS ALL WRANG OFF SAPIENS THIR' MEN OF CRAFT SULD BE AND THIRE WYS MEN THAI HAF A PROPERTE NO THING TO WIRK SULD MAK THAIM PENITENT BOT WITH GRET CONSTANS AND A SAD ENTENT WITH HONESTE AND ALL WITHOUT INWY

SO SULD THIR' FOLK BE SET FRO WYCIS BY NO MAN OF CRAFT SULD HAUE INWY AT VTHER' BOT LUF HIS FALLOW AS HE WAR' HIS BROTHERE THIR' MEN OF GUD HAS NA MAN AT INWY INWYOUS MEN THAI MURMOUR & THAI CRYE ( FFERTILIOR SEGES ALIENIS FIT SEMPER IN ARVIS VICINUMQUE PECUS GRANDIUS VBER HABET ) OFF FORTITUD AND STRENTH IN HERT STITHLY THIR' FOLK SULD BE FIRST ON THE SEYE FOR QUHY THROW WAIK SPREIT OF THAIM THAT HAS THE CURE SCHIPPIS AR TYNT MOR' THAN WITH STORMYS STUR AND IN LYK CAISE AS ON THE SEY IT STANDIS RICHT SO WE SE THIR' CRAFTIS ON THE LANDIS OFF GRET CORAGE FORSUTH A MAN HE BENE WICHT IN HERT A QUARELL TO SUSTENE FOR QUHY BEFOR THE IUGIS SE WE STAND GRET PLEYIS BAITH OF LYF & LAND BEFOR' THE ALPHYNE HE IS FOR HIS ESTAIT ON THE RICHT SYD THE NOTAR SITUATE HIS RICHT HAND A PAIR' OF SCHERIS SULD BEIRE THE LEFT A KNYF A PEN ABONE HIS EIRE AND ON HIS BELT A SCRIPTOR' FOR WRYTING HIS OFFICE IS TO PUT IN WRIT SIC THING AS MEN SULD VSE IN CAUSS OF THE LAW ENTENTFULLYE FOR VTHER LUF OR AW TO EUERY MAN ELYK TO FREND & FO TO KEPE LAWTE & NEUER TO PAS THAIRFRO THAT OCHT MAY HURT THE PARTY INNOCENT

FOR AND HE DO HE AW BE MYNE ENTENT THE SCAITH THAIROF BE RESSOUN TO RESTOR NEIDFULL THAI ARE THIR' NOTARIS WILL ZE MOR' AND THAI BE LEILE THAI AR THE BEST I SE AND BE THAI FALS IN ERD NONE WAR' MAY BE NOW BE THE SCHERIS SALL THE WNDERSTAND AND BE THIS KNYF HE BERIS IN HIS HAND ALL CRAFT AS WOLL LEDDER AND WEILE MO SCHAPARIS SEWARIS AND BEST SLAARIS ALSO THIR' MEN OF CRAFT SULD KEPE A GRET LAWTE OFF FALLOWSCHIPE AND FRENDFULNES TO BE OFF COUNTENANS AND WORD OF SUTHFASTNES AND KEIP THAIR PROMYS BOITH TO MOR' & LES TO KEIPE FRENDSCHIPE IT SEMYS WEILE THAIM TILL AND FRO DISCORD SET BAITH THAIR MYND & WILL FFRENDSCHIP AND LUF ENCRESSIS AYE THE TOVNE THE COMMOUN GUD DISCORD IT PUTTIS DOVNE NO THING IN ERD IS SWETAR FOR TILL HAIF THAN IS A FREND IN TRAIST ATTOUR' THE LAIF BOT FOR HIS FRENDE THE WYS MAN NEUER STUD AGANE HIS AITH OR ZIT THE COMMOUN GUD VALERIUS SAYIS THAT BASILIUS HIS FREND INIUSTLYE ASKAND ANSWERIT THUS THAT ON NA WYS HE WALD TO HIM CONSENT THIS FREND DISPLESIT SCHEW HIM HIS ENTENT AND SAID QUHAT SULD THI FRENDSCHIPE ONY WYS THAT SO PLANELY ME MY REQUEST DENYS QUHAT SULD THI FRENDSCHIP SAID THIS MAN AGANE THAT CHARGIS ME FOR TILL INCUR' THE PANE OFF MY DEFAME & GRET VNHONESTE THE QUHILK I WILL INCUR' GUD FREND FOR THE FFRENDSCHIPE FOR MICHT IS LYK TO CAF OF CORNE

AND BOCHT TO DAYE AND SAULD TOMORNE ( DONEC ERIS FELIX MULTOS NUMERABIS AMICOS TEMPORA SI FUERINT NEBULA SOLUS ERIS ) A FREND IS KEND IN GRET NECESSITE BALTESAR WAS A MAN OF ARABYE AND HAD IN EGIPT BE HIS AWNE AWYS IN FALLOWSCHIPE OF LAUBOUR MERCHANDYS QUHEN BALTESAR IN EGIPT COME TO SE HIS TREW FALLOW OF NEW TO MARIJT BE THE VERGYNE WAS OF SIC A PULCRITUD THAT FOR HIR' LUF IN POYNT OF DEID HE STUD AND SO THIS EGIPT VNDERSTUD THIS WEILE AND OF HIS PANE HE GAT A SEKER' FEILE AND ERAR THOCHT THIS VERGYNE TO FORGO THAN WAUT THIS MAN THAT HE HAD LUFFIT SO TO BALTESAR HE GAIF THIS VERGYNE BRICHT HE WEDDIT HIR AND WOX A MAN OF MICHT AND BROCHT THIS LADYE IN TO ARABE THIS EGIPT FELL IN SIC A POWERTE LANG EFTER' THIS AND THOCHT HE WALD PERSEW IN ARABE TO SE HIS FALLOW TREW TRASTAND HE SULD SUM COMFORT OF HIM GET IN ARABE QUHEN THIS EGIPT WAS SET THIGGAND HIS BREID & BEGGAND IN THE LAND SO ON THE NICHT A MURTHERIST MAN THAI FAND AND THIS EGIPT FOR SLAUCHTER' OF THIS MAN WAS TAKYN TYTE & INNOCENT NOCHT THAN AND GRANTIT IT & ERAR WALD BE SLANE THAN FOR TO BYD OF POVERTE THE PANE THIS BALTESAR WAS PRESENT IN THE PLACE QUHAR' THIS EGIPT OF THIS ACCUSIT WAS

AND KNEW HIM WEILE AS FOR HIS FALLOW THAN AND HARD HIM GRANT THE SLAUCHTER OF THIS MAN AND HAD IN MYND QUHEN HE IN EGIPT WAS HOW THAT HIR FALLOW KEPIT HIS KYNDNES TO SAIF HIS LYF HE TUKE HIS LADYE BRICHT GAIF HIR' TO HIM AND MAID HIM MAN OF MICHT AND FOR HIS KYNDNES THOCHT HE ERAR TO DE THAN TYNE HIS FALLOW AND HE LIFFAND BE AND WP HE STUD AND TUK APON HIM PLANE THE HALE SLAUCHTER OF THIS MAN WAS SLANE SAYAND HE MICHT NOCHT THOLE ANE INNOCENT FFOR HIS TRESPAS BE OTHER SCHAMIT OR SCHENT AND THUS ADDREST HIM PLANELYE TO BE DEID AND SO THE THRID THAT SLEW THE MAN FOR FEID SAID THIR' TWO TO DE FOR HIS MISDEID OFF GODDIS AW HE STUDE IN SIC A DREID THAT HE GRANTED THE DEID IN IUGEMENT DECLARIT PLANE THIR' TWO WAR' INNOCENT AND SO THE IUGE SEAND THE GRET KYNDNES BETUIX THIS EGIPT & HIS FALLOW THAT WAS AND OF THE THRID THE NOBLE CONSCIENS WNTO THAIM ALL REMITTIT THE OFFENS AND BALTASAR BECOME BROTHER OF NEW AND HIS WYF SISTER' TO THIS EGIPT TREW AND IN TWO DIUIDIT LAND AND GUD GAIF HIM THE HALF AND SO FURTH AYE THAI STUD THIR' MEN OF CRAFT IN SPECIALE SULD BE SENE OFF HONEST COUNTENANS FOR QUHY THAI BENE IN THAR' OFFICE SA PUBLICT AS ZE KEN THAT WOMEN HAS GRET ACCES TO SIC MEN THARFOR' THAI SULD FOR TO ESCHEW A LAK

THAR' PRESENS AND THAR' SICHT FRA THAIM ABSTRAK FOR DIOMETRICUS MYCHT NOCHT BEHALD THIR' WOMEN FAIR' BOT HE DESYR' THAIM WALD FFOR COUNTENANS HE TUKE OUT BATH HIS EYNE SO THAT FOR HIM NO WOMAN SULD BE SENE AND SPWRYNO A ZOUNG MAN RICHT FAIR' THAT HIM TO SE THE FOLK HAD GRET REPAIRE IS EXCELLEND WAS THE FAIRHED IN HIS FACE THAT OF ADULTRYE HE SUSPECT WAS AND WITH A LANCE HIS FAIR' FACE HE RAST AND NEUERTHELES THIS MAN WAS WERRAY CHAST AND THAN DEFORMIT WAS HIS FACE TO SE AND THIS HE DID TO KEIPE HIS CHASTITE THIR' MEN OF CRAFT SULD BE OF WERITE THAT WORD AND MYND AND DEID ACCORDAND BE VALERIUS SAYIS THAT DENYS THE KING WITH TYRANDRYE IN CECILE SCHUPE TO RYNG SO LANG THAT ALL THE PEPILL OF HIS TOVNE ASKIT AT GOD FOR TO DEPRYVE HIM DOVNE SAIFFAND THAIR WAS ANE ALD WYF RICHT TREW THAT FOR HIM PRAYIT EUERY DAYE OF NEW TO SEND HIM HEILE LANG LYF RICHES AND RENT AND OF THIS WYF THE KING WAS WEILE CONTENT AND THANKIT HIR' AND ASKIT SYNE QUHARFOR' SCHO PRAYIT SO THIS WYF COUTH SAYE NO MOR' BOT AS SCHO THOCHT AND CHANGIT IN NO THING QUHEN I WAS ZOUNG WE HAD A TYRAND KING I ASKIT THAN THAT SONE HE SULD BE DEID AND SO HE WAS A WAR' COME IN HIS STEID AND ALS FAST THAN FOR HIS DEID I BESOCHT SYNE COME THE WERST THAT EUER MYCHT BE WROCHT

AND SULD THOW DE IN DREID SO AM I SET TO GET A WER' THOCHT IT BE FER' TO GET AND FOR THIS CAUSE I PRAYE FOR THI WEILEFAIRE AND OF THIS TALK THE KING SCHAMIT RICHT SAIRE TO PVNIS HIR' WITH WORSCHIPE COUTH HE NOCHT SO PLANE SCHO WAS AND SAID RICHT AS SCHO THOCHT NOW OF THE MERCHAND SULD WE SAYE SUM THING THIS POPULAR SULD STAND BEFOR' THE KING THAT GOLD AND GUD BE REDYE AT HIS WILL FFOR HIS KNYCHTIS FOR TO DISPONE THAIM TILL A PAIR' OF BALLANX IN TO HIS RICHT HAND AND IN HIS LEFT OF MESORING A WAND AND AT HIS BELT SULD HYNGAND BE A PURS DEPOS OF GOLD AND SILUER FOR TO TURS AND BE THIR THRE ZE SALL WEILE VNDERSTAND ALL MERCHAND MEN THAT VSIT AR IN LAND CONZEOUR' WISLAR RESAVER' TO THE KING AND ALL THIR' FOLK SULD KEPE THAIM OUR ALL THING FFRO AWARIS DANGER' & OF DET AND THAIR PROMYS KEPE WITHOUTIN LET AND QUHAR' THAI AW TO PAYE & KEPE THAIR TERME THAR OBLISSING IT SULD BE KEPIT FERME AWARICE IT IS LUF INORDINATE TO GADDER' GOLD OR GUDIS AIR' OR LAIT OR THAIM TO KEPE AT OUR NECESSITE AND IN A LORD THIS WYCE SULD NEUER BE IT IS THE WERST THAT IS OF WYCIS ALL THE FUNDEMENT OF WYCIS GRET & SMALL HE FALIS NOCHT QUHAT EUER A MAN DENY

WNTO A WRECHE FOR QUHYE A WRECHE SUTHLY NO THING HE DOIS RICHLYE FER' NOR' NEIR' BOT EFTER HIS DEID LEIFFAND HIS GUDIS HEIRE AND THUS WE REID THAR' WAS A WRETCHID WYF GADERIT GRET GOLD AND LED A WRETCHID LYF QUHEN SCHO WAS DEID THE BISCHOPE GART RESAIF THE WYFFIS GOLD AND PUT IT IN HIR' GRAIF AND FOR SCHO HAD SA GRET DELYTE THAIRIN BOITH QUYK & DEID THAT THAI SULD NEUER TWYN QUHEN SCHO WAS ERDIT WITH HIRE GOLD & MICHT COUTH NA MAN REST THRE DAYIS AND THRE NICHT SCHO CRYIT SO GRET THAT SOROW WAS TO HEIRE THAI WAR' EFFRAYIT THAIROF BAITH FER' & NEIRE AND BROCHT THE BISCHOPE TO THE SEPULTOUR' TUK WP THE STONE AND ALL THE GOLD & VR' WAS MOLTYNE HAT AND IN HIR' MOUTH IT RAN THIS GUD BISCHOPE THIS WORTHY HALY MAN GART TAK THIS GOLD OUT OF THAT WYFFIS * * AND TO THE PUR' GART DEILE IT EUERY * * AND TUKE HIR' CROCE OUT OF THIS * * * AND TO THE PEPILL PRECHIT ALL * * * AND IN A DRAUCHT GART CAST * * * OFF AUARYS EXAMPILL TO BE * * * THIR' MEN OF TRAIST * * * FFRA OUR' GRET DET ALL * * * AMBROSE SAYIS POVERT * * * SCHAME IS TO LY IN * * *

BOT NOCHT TO PAYE AND TO BE CRAIFFIT SOR' MOR' SCHAME IT IS THAN BE PUR' EUERMOR' GRET FRAUDE IT IS IN THI CREDENS TO TAK MOR' THAN THOW MAY THAR OF PAYMENT MAK BE NOCHT FRENDFULL THE GUDIS TO RESAIF AND VNFRENDFULL QUHEN THAI THE GUDIS CRAIF QUHA LENNYS GUD TO SIC A FREND AS THIS TYNT IS HIS FREND AND ALS THE GUD I WIS IN THI DEPOIS HAUE THOW GUDIS TO KEPE DELIUER THAIM OR EUER THOW EIT OR SLEIPE ALS TYTE AS THOW REQUYRIT BE THAIRTO DEFER' IT NOCHT FOR OCHT THOW HAS A DO TO GABART THE FAMOUS MERCHAND OF GEYNE THAR' COME A THEIF AND HE BEGOUTH TO FEYNE THAT WITH THIS MERCHAND THAT I EIR' OF TALD FFYVE HUNDRETH DUCATIS LEFT HE FOR TO HALD AND ASKIT HIM TO GIF THE GOLD AGANE AS HE WAS TREW AND ALL WAS FALSAT PLANE THIS GABART WOUNDERIT ON THIS FORSAID MAN UNTILL THIS TYME HE SAW HIM NOCHT OR THAN * * HIS BUKIS COUTH HE FYND RICHT NOCHT * * ME THAT HE SULD AW HIM OCHT * * HIM SO THIS THEIF BEGOUTH TO CRY * * THIS GUD MAN THUS MY GOLD DENY * * HAD IT & SULD BRING DOCUMENT * * MAN SCHAMIT IN HIS ENTENT * * WAS HE LAITH TO TYNE * * GAIF HIM SYNE * * THAT I EIR' OF SPAK * * OR HE WALD THOLE THE LAK * * HOME THE THEIF IS GONE

TO MERCHANDYS HE PUT THIS GOLD ANONE AND ( XV ) THOWSAND WITH THIS GOLD HE WAN AND AT HIS END HE MAID THIS MERCHAND MAN HIS AIR' OF ALL & GAIF HIM LAND & GUD FFOR HE HAD NANE WAS CUMMYN OF HIS BLUD AND TALD IN PLANE THAT ALL THIS GUD BEGAN WITH GOBARTIS GOLD AND HOW THE GOLD HE WAN AND SO THROW LAWTE THUS THIS TREW MERCHAND THIS THEIF AT HIS END DAYE LEILE HE FAND HIS PROCURATOUR HE WAS & MAID HIM TREW REKNYNG AND GUD PAYMENT OF ALL THIS FORSAID THING THE MEDICINER' IS SET BEFORE THE QUENE IN A CHYAR IN HIS RICHT HAND THAIR BENE A BUKE AND IN THE TOTHIR HAND HE HAS WITH VNZEMENT A BOX OR THAN A GLAS AND AT HIS BELT LANCIS AND YRNIS SMALL TO SCHER' THE WOUNDIS THAT HE SULD MAK HAILE BE THIS BUK HE BERIS IN HIS HAND A VAILE GRET CLERK ZE SALL UNDERSTAND IN PHESIK AND THE SEVYNE SCIENS LIBERALL WITHOUT THE QUHILK SEVYNE SCIENS NO MAN SALL BE SUFFICIANT THE CUR' ON HAND TO TAK OFF PHESIK OR A MEDYCYNE TO MAK BUT GRAMMER' CAN HE NOUTHER SPEIK NOR REID AND TO CONCLUD LOGIK WILL HIM SPEID BE ARGVMENT WITH THE GRET VRBANITE OF RETHORYE EXPERT SULD HE BE IN TO THE COURS & CHANGING OF THE MONE

QUHILK BUT ASTRONOMY NO WAYIS MAY BE DONE AND WITH ARSMETRIK SULD HE PERFYTLYE THE MYNUT COMPT & KEPE THE HOUR' THAIR BY AND THAIM TO WEY & MESOUR SEKERLY BE THE VERRAYE SCIENS OF GEOMETRYE AND SEN THE WANIS PVNSING OF THE MAN IS LYK IN ARMONY HIM NEDIS THAN THE RICHT MESUR' OF MUSIK FOR TO HAF TO KNAW THE WANIS PVNSING WITH THE LAIF AND BE THIS GLAS A POTINGAR IS TANE BE THIR' IRNIS A MAISTER SIRURGIANE AND ALL THIR' FOLK THAI SULD BE DELIGENT IN THIR BUKIS TO SET THAIR HAILE ENTENT WITHOUT SCIENS TO TAK ON HIM THE CUR' OFF MEDICEN ERAR I ZOW ASSUR' A MAN SLAAR WE SULD HIM IUGE & KEN THAN FOR TO BE A MEDICINER' OF MEN THIR' FORSAID FOLK OF FAIR' MANER ' SULD BE OFF SWET LANGAGE & OF GRET CHASTITE OFF GRET PROMYS TO CUR' MEN OF THAIR CAIRE TO WESYE OFT SEIK FOLK & THE SAIRE AND TO REVOLF THE BUKIS AYE BETWENE OFF YPOCRAS AVICEN AND GALIENE THIS MEDICINER' THAT IS BEFOR' THE QUENE WITH CHASTITE HE SULD BE AYE SO CLENE THAT TO ALL WOMEN MYCHT HE SAIFLY GO IN SECRET WYS AND THUS WE REID ALLSO THE CHASTITE IT WAS SO MERWALOUS OFF YPOCRAS AS SAYIS VALERIUS IN ATHENENS THAIR WAS A LICHT WOMAN

SO FAIR' SCHO WAS THAT NONE WAS FARER' THAN OFF ONY MAN THE COUNTENANS SCHO SAID THAT SCHO SULD BREK & THAIRAPON SCHO LAID ANE HUNDRETH PUND AND FOR THE CHAIST WICHT WITH YPOCRAS SCHO LAY IN BED ALL NYCHT IN CONTINENS THIS MAN WAS SO PERFYTE THAT HIR' FAIRNES AVALIT NOCHT A MYTE TO HURT OR BREK HIS CHASTITE FOR OCHT THAT SCHO COUTH DO BOT STILL HE SLEPIT SOFT AND ON THE MORNE THIS HUNDER' PUND OF PANE THAI ASKIT HIR' SCHO ANSWERIT AGANE SCHO WEDDIT BOT OF MENNIS CHASTITE AND YPOCRASE NO MAN SCHO SAID WAS HE HE WAS A STOK IN FIGOUR OF A MAN AND THIS SCHO THOCHT THIS HUNDER' POUND SCHO WAN THIR' MEN OF CRAFT THAI SULD RICHT WEILE ATTEND HOW THAT THAI SULD INFIRMITEIS AMEND AS CALD WITH HEIT & RICHT SO HEIT WITH CALD IOYE WITH SOROW RICHT SO THE CONTRAR WALD IOYUS TO BE THE WYSMAN AYE HE WILL WITH TEMPERANS HIS PLESANS TO FULLFILL FFOR OUR' GRET IOYE IS MONY MANNIS DEID OF OUR GRET SOROW IS THAIR NO REMEID ON TO THE LADYE LYNA HIR' NAME COME OF HIR' HUSBAND THAT WAS WENT FRA HAME A FALS TYTHAND HIR' HUSBAND SULD BE DEID SCHO WEPIT SO AND SWOWNIT IN THAT STEID AS SCHO OURCOME & WENT FURTH AT THE ZET ALL SUDANLY HIR' HUSBAND THAIR SCHO MET QUHAR' SCHO THROW SOROW BEFOR WAS DEID ALMAST FFOR GRET IOYE THAN SCHO SWELT & GAIF THE GAIST

IT IS A CAUS OF WERRAYE DED IN DEID OF CHILDER' ZOUNG IN LAUCHTER' TILL EXCEID QUHEN YPOCRAS THE FAMOUS MEDICINAR IN FER' CUNTRE HAD LIFFIT ( XXTIQ ) ZERE AS HE HAME COME HE SEND A MAN BEFOR' TO SAYE HIS FADER' AND MODER' THAT HIM BOR' THAT HE WAS BLYND AND TYNT HAD BATH HIS EYNE FFOR THAT THE IOYE OF HIS CUMMYNG SULD BENE THE LES TO THAIM AND MESIT IN SUM THING DREDAND THAIR DEID FOR OUR GRET REIOSING A POTINGAR HE SULD HAUE WEILE IN MYND QUHAT HE SULD GIF QUHOM TO & IN QUHAT KYND THAT HE NOCHT A THING FOR A NOTHER GIF TO SLA THE SEIK MAN QUHILK HE SULD GAR' LEIF AND CONFECTIOUN WENNOMUS IT SULD NOCHT TO SEMPILL FOLK BE NOTHER SAULD NOR' BOCHT FFOR DREID THAI SULD SLA GRET FOLK THAIRWITH WITHOUT THE QUHILK THAI WANT BAITH FORS & PITH THE TAVERNAR THIS MAN OF HOSTILLARYE BEFOR' THE ALPHYNE SULD HE STAND FOR QUHY IN THAIR PLACIS OFT SYS DISCORD IS SENE NEIR' BY THE IUGIS THAIRFOR SULD THAIR BENE HIS RICHT HAND FURTH TO WELCUM & TO CALL AND IN HIS LEFT HAND BREID & WYNE WITHALL AND AT HIS BELT HIS KEYIS SULD HE BEIRE OF LOKKIS TO KEPE HIS GESTIS GEIRE THIR' FOLK SULD BE IN WORD & DEID HONEST AND GRAITH GUD METIS & DRINKIS TO THAIR GEST AND TO THAIR GESTIS SULD THIR' FOLK BE LEILE THAR' GUDIS KEPE & THAIR SECRET CONSEILE AND TO DEFEND THAIR GESTIS AT THAIR MICHT

AND SUPPLE THAIM IN THAIR QUARELL RICHT THIR' FOLK SULD KEPE THAIM OUT OF GLOTONY THAT VTHER TAK AN EXAMPILL THAIM BY TO BE CONTENT OF GUDLIE SUSTINENS AND NOCHT EXCEID THAIR LYFFIS SUFFICIANS ANE WOD WILL FEID ANE HUNDER' OLYPHANTIS AND ALL THE ERD AND SE AS WYS MEN GRANTIS SUFFICE NOCHT TO FEID A MAN A NICHT BOT GIF HE HAUE THE FOWLIS OF THE FLICHT THAR' FOLLOWIS OFT SYS EFTER GLOTONY INIURIS GRET SLAUCHTER & LICHORY AND LOTH THAT WAS THE CHASTAST MAN OF ONE QUHEN THAT HE WAS WITH STARK WYNES BEGONE IN TO THE HILL COMMITTIT LICHORYE AND THAT WAS THROW THE SYN OF GLOTONY QUHEN DARIUS COME WITH HIS MEN ONONE HAD BALTASARE THE KING OF BABULONE BENE SOBIR' IN TO WYNES AS HE MICHT KING DARIUS HAD NOCHT HIM SLANE THAT NICHT BOT FOR HE WAS OUR SET WITH DRUNKYNNES HE TYNT THE TOVNE & SO THAIR SLANE HE WAS A BLYTH VULT SWET LANGAGE & FAIR' CALLING A FAMOUS OIST SULD MAK ATTOUR ALL THING THIR' FOLK SULD BE RICHT DELIGENT TO KEPE THAR' GESTIS GRAITH BAITH QUHEN THAI WALK & SLEIPE AND SIC TREW SERUANDIS SULD THAI WITH THAIM HAF THAT HORS NORE MEN NOTHER THAI DISSAIF TO PARMA TOUN THAIR COME IN LUMBARDY A WORTHY LORD & TUK HIS HERBERYE

AND QUHEN THIS LORD AND HIS FOLK WAS ON SLEIPE THE OISTIS MAN THAT SULD THE STABILLIS KEPE STAW IN QUHAR' AT THIS LORDIS HORS STUD AND PUT HIS HAND TO TAK AWAYE THAIR FUD THIS LORDIS HORS HE TUK HIM BE THE ARME AND BAIT HIM SOR' AND DID HIM RICHT GRET HARME AND HELD HIM FAST QUHILL THROW THE MANNIS CRY THAI WALKYNNIT ALL THAT WAR' ABOUT NER' BY AND OR THAI COUTH DEPART THIS MAN & HORS THE IUSTICE COME AND TUK THIS MAN ON FORS AND THROW HIS GRANT HE GAIF A SENTENS PLANE TO HING THIS THEIF AND RICHT SO WAS HE SLANE BEFOR' THE KNYCHT ON THE LEFT SYD SULD STAND ANE OFFICER' TO KEPE THE TOVNE HAVAND IN HIS RICHT HAND THE KEYIS OF THE ZET A MASE HE HAS IN HIS LEFT HAND IN SET ANE OPYNE PURS AT HIS BELT SULD THAIR HYNG FFOR TO RESAIF THE TOLLIS OF THE KING AND BE THIR' KEYIS THE TOVNE KEPAR ZE KNAW ALL COMMOUN OFFIS SULD THE MASUR ZOU SCHAW AND BY THIS PURS THE CUSTOMERIS ZE KEN BEFOR' THE KNYCHT AR SITUAT SIC MEN FFOR TO THIS KNYCHT AS CAPITANE OF THE TOVNE THAI SULD OBEYE IN ABSENS OF THE CROVNE THIR' FOLK SULD BE RICHT VERRAYE DELIGENT RICHT SCHARPE OF SICHT & TREW IN THAIR ENTENT THAI SULD AYE CAST QUHAT MICHT THE CITE DEIRE ALS WEILE IN PEIS AS IN TO TYME OF WEIRE

IN TYME OF WEIR' VNTO NONE ERDLY WICHT PATENT SULD BE THAIR PORTIS ON THE NYCHT THIR' FOLK SULD BE OF RICHT HALE CONSCIENS THAT THROW INWY THAI DO TO NONE OFFENS FFROME COVATICE SIC FOLK THAI SULD BE SET AND TAK NO MOR' THAN THAI SULD OF DET AND OUR ALL THING THAI SULD HIM DREID AGANE BUT QUHAIS HELPE THAIR KEPING IS IN WAYNE THE DREID OF GOD BRINGIS A MAN TO BLIS AND IN A STORYE FYND I MOR' OF THIS DENYS THE KING OF CECILL BE HIS NAME QUHAR' EUER HE WAS IN PLACE OR ZIT FRA HAME RICHT SAD OF CHEIR' & HEVY WAS LYKAND SO IN HIS CHAIR' AS HE RAID THROW THE LAND HE SAW TWO BEGGARIS CUMMAND THROW THE STREIT RICHT BLYTH THAI WAR' THE KING WENT THAIM TO MEIT RESAUIT THAIM WITH HONOUR & REUERENS THE GRET LORDIS THAT WAR' IN HIS PRESENS THAI HAD GRET WOUNDER OF THIS FORSAID THING AND HIS BROTHER THAI CHARGIT TO THIS KING TO ASK THE CAUS QUHY SULD HIS EXCELLENS TAK SIC A LAK TO DO SIC REUERENS AND HE SO HIE & OF SO GRET ESTAT TO SALUS SO TWO BEGGARIS ON THE GAIT FFOR THROW HIS MICHT OF LANDIS & OF GUD WAS NONE SO BLISSIT AS THAI VNDERSTUD VNTO THIS KING THIS BROTHER SAID & MORE THE FORSAID LANGAGE AS ZE HERD BEFOR' THIS KING ASKIT AT HIS BROTHER GIF HE WALD TAK HIS STAIT & AS A KING TO BE

PLESIT HE WAS AND HELD HIM WEILE CONTENT THE KINGIS STAIT THAT HE MYCHT REPRESENT THE KING CHARGIT HIS LORDIS & HIS MEN HIS DARREST BROTHER AS THAIR KING TO KEN SO ON A DAYE IN TO THE TYME OF MEIT QUHEN HIS BROTHER AS KING TO BURD WAS SET A NAKIT SWERD ABONE HIS HED THAIR HANG BOT WITH A THREID AND THAIROF THOCHT HE LANG IT TRYMBLIT SO THAT IT WAS LYK TO FALL HE WAS AGAST AND TRYMBLIT SO WITH ALL HE DURST NOCHT PUT HIS HAND FURTH TO THE MEIT HE DREDIT SO THE SWERD THAT THAIR WAS SET HE DURST NOCHT LUK HE DURST NOCHT MUF HIS HED HE DOWTIT SO THE SWERD SULD BE HIS DEID THAN SAID THE KING QUHY MAK ZE NOCHT GUD CHER' HAUE ZE NOCHT ALL AT ZOUR WILL AT IS HEIRE ARE ZE NOCHT BLISSIT BAITH WITH LAND & GUD HAUE ZE NOCHT NOW THE STAIT THAT I IN STUD THIS BROTHER SAID I AM IN SIC A DREID OFF ZONE SCHARPE SWERD THAT HINGIS BE ZONE THREID THAT ALL BLYTHNES IN ERD IS REFT FRA ME I WILL NA MAIR' OF SIC A DIGNITE THAN SAID THIS KING I DREID IN ME RICHT SO THE SWERD OF GOD IN ALL TYME QUHAR' I GO ZONE TWO PUR' MEN QUHOM TO I GAIF REUERENS SO BLYTH THAI AR & HAILE OF CONSCIENS THAI AR PRINCIS AND SULD BE REPUT SO WEILE WAR' THE KING THAT WAR' SO BLYTH AS THO BOT NEUERTHELES IT IS A WYCE IN DEID TO BE OUR' SUR' OR OUR FER' IN TO DREID

MOST SEKER' IS FOR' TO BE REWLIT SO TO DREID NO THING BOT GOD QUHAR' EUER THOW GO FREDERIK THE GRET EMPRIOUR' & KING TO MAK THE PEPILL TO HAUE OF HIM DREDING AT CAMPANA CITE ON A BRIG OF STONE A TOWR' HE BIGGIT MERWALOUS OF ONE OFF HICHT AND STRENTH ABONE THIS TOWRIS ZET HIS FIGOUR' WITH TWO IUGIS THAIR HE SET AND FOR TO PUT THE PEPILL SO IN DREID GART SET THIS WRIT TO EUERY MAN TO REID ( * * * * ) THE THESAURER HE SULD BE AY SO LEILE THAT WITH THE COMMOUN GUD AND GOLD SULD DEILE SO AT HIS COMPT IT BE NOCHT SAID AT HE SULD BE A THEIF AND FOR THAT CRYME TO DE THE REBALD OR THAN THE TOVNIS CURROUR ON THE LEFT SYD SULD STAND THE ROKE BEFOR' IN HIS RICHT HAND SUM MONEYE SULD HE HAF IN HIS LEFT HAND THRE DYS TO PLAYE THE LAIF AND AT THE CORD QUHILK FOR A BELT HE WERIS THE BOX QUHILK HIS LETTERIS IN HE BERIS AND BE THE FIRST SALL REPRESENTIT BE THIR' REBALDIS FULL OF PRODIGALYTE AND BE THIR' DYCE THIR' PLAYERIS EUERILKONE AND BE THE BOX A CURROUR FOR TO GONE

AS TO THE FIRST OF PRODIGALITE THAT VASTOURIS AR OF GUD AS ZE MAYE SE SIC FOLK SULD HAUE A CURET WITH ALL RICHT FFOR TO DISPONE THAIR GUDIS & THAIR MICHT AND NOCHT TO THOLE THAIM SPEND THAIR GUD IN WANE AND SYNE TO STEILE OR THAN TO REIF AGANE THE GENTILL MAN THAT WAISTIS ALL HIS GEIRE THAT HAS NO CRAFT NA WILL NO CRAFTIS LEIRE AND HAS A SCHAME TO THIG QUHAT WILL HE SYNE BOT REIF OR STEILE AND GO TO SCHAME & PYNE WAIST NOCHT THI GUD FER' MOR' WERTEU IT IS TO KEPE A PUND THAN WYN TEN PUND I WIS THIR' HASATOURIS AND PLAYARIS AT THE DYS HARLOTTIS THAI AR' AND FULIS NO THING WYS FFOR IN THAIM RYNGIS FILTH OF LICHORYE BAITH THIFT & REIF AND WYCE OF GLOTONY FFALSET DISSAIT SLAUCHTER AND GRET TRESSOUN THAT SULD NOCHT RYNG IN NO WEILE REWLIT TOVNE AS SANCT BERNARD WAS RYDAND THROW THE LAND HE MET A MAN THAT HAD THRE DYCE IN HAND AND SAID HIS SAULL FOR HIS HORS WED HE WALD QUHA KEST UP MAIST SANCT BERNARD SAID I HALD THIS HARLOT KEST APON THRE DYCE AUCHTENE AND THOCHT TO HAUE SANCT BERNARDIS HORS BETWENE QUHEN BERNARD KEST A DYCE IN TWO IS GONE ON A SYD SEX & ON THE TOTHER ONE AND ON TWO DYCE ( XIJ ) POYNTIS WP THAIR BEYNE THUS ON THRE DYCE SANCT BERNARD KEST NYNTENE THIS MIRAKILL THAT HASATOUR HE SAW

THANKIT GRET GOD AND FELL ON KNEIS LAW BECOME A MONK AND TUKE THE HABIT TYTE AND KEPIT THAIR REULL AND MAID ANE END PERFYTE CURROURIS THAT BERIS LETTERIS TO & FRO THAI SULD NOCHT TARYE BE THE WAYE THAI GO FFOR OF ANE HOWRIS TYME IMPEDIMENT THE MAN CONTRAR MAY CUM TILL HIS ENTENT THARFOR' THAI SULD BE BESYE OF LAUBOUR THAT THAI NOCHT TARYE TYD TYME NA HOUR' THE TURSER' IS A FULE AMANG THE LAIF TO WESYE OCHT BOT HE IN CONAND IT HAF THAT FOR THE SICHT OF FLOWRIS IN THE MEID TYNIS THE THOCHT OF HIS CHARGE & DED IN THE FERD PART OF THIS TRETYE FORSAID FFIRST OF THE CHEKKER' SALL BE MENCIOUN MAID AND SYNE EFTER OF THE PROPER MOVING OF EUERY MAN IN ORDOUR TO HIS KING THE CHEKKER' SULD WS REPRESENT ANONE THE GRET CITE AND TOVNE OF BABULONE AND AS THE CHEKKER' IN FOUR' SQWAR' IS MET AND ILK SQWAR' WITH ( VIIJ ) POYNTIS IS SET THE QUHILK POYNTIS BE AUCHT TO MULTIPLY THRE SCOR AND ( IIIJ ) IT MAKIS VERELY RICHT SO THIS TOVNE IN FOUR' SQWAR' WAS WROCHT IN THRE SCOR' AND FOUR' MYLYS WAS IT BROCHT THE SYDIS OF THIS CHEKKER' SET ON HICHT SALL REPRESENT THE TOVNIS WALLIS WICHT BOT OF THE TOWRIS HICHT TRYANGULER' VNTO THE STORYE I REFER' ME THAR'

THE POPULAR BEFOR' THE LORD HE STANDIS FFOR HIS LEVING IS IN HIS POVNIS HANDIS QUHAT IS A ROVK TO STAND THE KING IN STEID WANT HE THE SMYTH AND RICHT SO FURTH THE LAIF IN TILL THIS CHEKKAR IS ALS GRET THE SPACE WNOCCUPIIT AS IT THAT THIR' FOLK HAS QUHEN EUERY MAN HAS PLACE IN PROPERTE THE KINRIK SULD OUR THAT EXTENDAND BE WITHOUT KINRIK TO CALL A MAN A KING IT IS IN VAYNE RICHT SO OF VTHER' THING TO BE A LORD BUT MANER' OR BUT MICHT IT IS A SCORNE TO EUERY MANNIS SICHT AND AS THE CHEKKER' SCHAWIS WS THIS TOVNE RICHT SO IT MAYE THE KINRIK & THE CROVNE THE WARLD & ALL THAT IS THAIRIN SUTHLYE THE CHEKKER MAYE IN FIGOUR SIGNIFYE NOW SEN A KING IS HIEAST IN ESTAIT AND ALL POWER' IS FRA HIM DERYVAT AND IN HIM IS THE CORAGE OF A KNYCHT THE PRUDENS OF THIR' IUGIS IN TO RICHT AND OF THE ROKE THE HALE AUCTORITE THE QUENYS CONTENANS & THE VNITE AND CONCORD OF THIR' POPULARIS THAI AR IN LYK MANERE HE MOVIS OUR ALL QUHAR IN HIS FIRST MOVING MAY HE SAIFLY GO ON EUERY SYD TO VOID POYNTIS & SO THE ROK SULD GO BOT NEUERTHELES THE KING MOR' SOBER' IS IN TILL HIS FIRST MOVING

HE PASSIS NOCHT A POYNT OR TWO OR THRE AND FRA THIN FURTH BOT A POYNT PASSIS HE AND RICHT SO SALL THE POPULAR OF RICHT ALSO HE HAS THE MOVING OF A KNYCHT IN POYNTIS VOID QUHEN LYKIS HIM TO STEIRE BEFOR' THE NOTAR AND THE MEDICINERE AND AS ANE ALPHYNE SO FURTH MAY HE FAIRE BEFOR' THE SMYTH BEFOR' THE TAVERNAR AND AS THE QUENE THE POYNT ANGULER' SULD HALD SO MAYE THE KING PAS ALL TYME & HE WALD THUS ALL THAIR MOVING CUMMIS FRA THE KING RICHT AS THE REVER' FRO THE WELL CAN SPRING AND HIS FIRST MOVING MAY THE QUENE FURTH GO KEPAND COLOR' IN ALL MANER' ALSO SAIFFAND THE MOVING OF THE KINGIS KNYCHT FFOR QUHY A WOMAN IS NO BATTALL WRYCHT AND BE THIS FIGOUR SALL ZE VNDERSTAND A WOMAN AW TO FOLLOW HIR' HUSBAND AND IN THIS SPORT QUHAR' VICTOR' SULD BE HAD QUHEN TO THE KING CHEK IN THE FEILD IS MAID THAT IS TO SAYE IN LANGAGE DO ME RICHT HAUE ZE NA RESKEW OF SUM VTHER KNYCHT HE MON REMOFE AND GIF HE MAY NOCHT SO THE FEILD IS TYNT & HIS VICTOUR AGO THARFOR' A PRINCE SULD HAUE SIC REGIMENT HIS FOLK TO REWLL & HALD TO HIS ENTENT IN SIC COMFORT & FAUOUR SULD THAI BE QUHEN THAI SULD FECHT THAT NO MAN SCHUPE TO FLE

A QUHEYNE MOVAND SCHO SULD KEPE COLOURIS AY IN HIR' FIRST MOVING MAY SCHO DIUERSS WAYE FFIRST TO THE POYNT BEFOR' THE MEDICINER' SYNE TO TWO POYNTIS WERRAYE ANGULER' TO THE POYNT VOID BEFOR' THE NOTAIR' SYNE TO THE POYNT BEFOR' THE TOVNE KEPAR FFRA SCHO BE GONE TO O POYNT & NO MO ON EUERYE SYD ON ANGULER' WYS TO GO RICHT SAD IN MOVING SULD THIR' WOMEN BE AND OF SCHORT SPACE & TO NO FER' CUNTRE FOR THE DOCHTER OF IACOB DYNA THE FAIR' QUHILL WITH HIR' BROTHER HELD SCHO HIR' REPAIRE SCHO WERGYNE WAS SYNE QUHEN SCHO WENT TO SE TO FAR LANDIS IN HIR' VERGINITE WITH SYTHYNNIS SYNE SCHO WAS CORRUPPIT SONE RICHT SO AR' ABILL VTHER' WOMEN DONE BOT SENE WOMEN ARE WAIK OF STRENTH & SPREIT VNTO A QUENE BE RICHT IT IS NOCHT MEIT TO GO TO BATALL WERIS TO SUSTENE TO THIS I ANSWER' THAT THE MANER BENE IN TARTARY THAT ALL THE WOMEN GAIS BEFOR' THE MEN TO FECHT APONE THAIR FAIS BOT IN TO HANDIS CUM THAI NOCHT IN WEIRE OFF ARCHERYE THE REWLL ALLHAILE THAI BEIRE THE MEN WITH MEN FECHTIS APONE FUTE AND THE WOMEN WITH STRANG BOWES THAI SCHUT

NOW OF THE MOVING SULD WE MENCIOUN MAK OFF THE TWA IUGIS ALPHYNE QUHYTE & BLAK THE ALPHYNE THAT IS PLACIT NIXT THE KING IN TWO POYNTIS HE MAKIS HIS MOVING BEFOR THE TEILEMAN A POYNT HE STANDIS THARE THE TOTHER IS BEFOR' THE POTINGAR RICHT SO THE ALPHYNE PLACIT NIXT THE QUENE BEFOR' THE MERCHAND MAY HIS MOVING BENE BEFOR' THE CURROUR MAN THIS ALPHYNE FAIRE AND AYE THAI KEPE THE POYNTIS ANGULER' AND EUER THE ALPHYNE KEPIS COLOUR AYE AND QUHYTE HE IS NOCHT FOR HIS QUHYTE ARRAYE BEFOR' THE PLACE THAT HE IS FIRST IN SET AND BLAK HE IS THROW HIS BLAK PLACE OF DET AND WITH SEX DRAUCHTIS GOIS HE ALL ABOUT VNTO THE PLACE THE QUHILK HE FIRST COME OWT HE WESYES ALL THE CHEKKER' WITH HIS WAND AND RICHT SO SULD THE IUSTICE DO IN LAND IN TO THE CHEKKER' BE THAR' KNYCHTIS TWO ANE QUHYTE AND BLAK ON EUERY PART NO MO THE KNYCHT THAT STANDIS NIXT THE KING QUHEN HE IS IN HIS PLACE SALL PAS TO POYNTIS THRE BEFOR' THE TEILMAN MAYE HE PAS & STAND AND IN THE PROPER' PLACE OF THE MERCHAND BEFOR THE NOTAR MAY HE PAS ALSO

AND INLYKWYS THE TOTHER KNYCHT MAY GO THIS KNYCHT HE AW HIS FOLK FOR TO DEFEND AND IN HIS PASSING SULD HE HIM PRETEND FFROME HIS FIRST MOVING IN THIR' POYNTIS THRE IN FOUR' POYNTIS SYNE MAY HIS MOVING BE AND SYNE INCRESSAND IN TO POYNTIS AUCHT AND CHANGIS COLOURIS AYE AT EUERY DRAUCHT THE WORTHY KNYCHT THAT WALD OF WORSCHIP WYN IN SOBIR' WYS RICHT SO HE WALD BEGYNE AND SO INCRES IN MOR' & MOR' IN DEID OFF GRET CORAGE HE IS THAT HAS NO DREID AND DOWTIS NOCHT HIS FAIS MULTITUD BOT STARKLY FECHTIS FOR HIS QUERELL GUD FORSUTH THE ROK IN TO HIS FIRST MOVING SEN THAT HE IS LUFTENNAND TO THE KING HE HAS NA POWER' FERTHER' FOR TO DO THAN BE THE KING HE IS DIRECT TO HE MAY NOCHT PAS NOR' OF HIS STEID TO STEIRE QUHILL KNYCHT OR' POVNE IS STANDAND HIM SO NERE BOT BE THE CHEKKER' VOID ON EUERY HAND OF TWO BARRIS IN ALL POYNTIS MAY HE STAND AND IN MYDFEILD GIF HE BE STEDIT STILL TO FOUR' PARTIS HE PASSIS AT HIS WILL RICHT FURTH HE GOIS NO THING ANGULER'

HIS POWER' IS SO PLANE THAT HE HAS THAR' AND ALSO GRET HE HAS AUTORITE THE KNYCHTIS PERSONE REPRESENTIS HE TWO ROKIS MAYE A KING ALLONE PUT DOVNE AND HIM DEPRYVE OF HIS LYF & HIS CROVNE ALL POPULAR HE HAS IN LYK MOVING AS FORSAID IS DYRECT FRA THE KING TO THE THRID POYNT THE FIRST TYME MAY HE PAS AND NEUER A BAK TO CUM QUHAR' THAT HE WAS BOT SO IT BE THROW AWENTUR' HE WYN THE OWER' BAR AND HE BLAK THAIRIN HE GOIS BLAK IN NATUR OF THE QUENE AND STAND HE QUHYTE AS FERS HE BENE EFTER ALSO THIS POVNIS FIRST MOVING FFROME POYNT TO POYNT THE COURS FURTH SALL BRING AND NEUER PAS TO POYNTIS ANGULAR BOT SA IT BE TO SLA HIS ADUERSAR THE QUHILK IS LYK BE HIS BY PASSING THAN IN ANGULER' WYS TO SPULZE SUM PUR' MAN LEIFSUM IT IS THIS POVNE HIM TO DEFEND AND NO MAN SULD IN TO THIS WARLD PRETEND TO LICHTLY OCHT OR SIC MEN TO DISPYS FFOR OFT WE REID OF PUR' MEN IN THIS WYS THAT WONNYNG HAS THE KINRIK & THE CROVNE

THROW THAR' WERTEU AND WYCIS HAS PUT DOVNE KINGIS PRINCIS AND GRET MEN OF DEGRE AS IN EXAMPILL EUERYE DAYE ZE SE THARFOR' FROME WYCIS SULD ZE SET ZOUR THOCHT AND OF WERTEW THE WELL IT SULD BE SOCHT AND I BESEIK HIM LORD OF ALL IESU THE GROUND OF GRACE THE WELL OF ALL WERTEU TO SEND WS GRACE THAT SIC WERTEU WE HAF TO SERF HIM SO THAT OUR' SAULIS HE SAIF AND BRING WS TO HIS KINRIK AND HIS BLYS QUHAR' LYF BUT END AND IOYE ETERNALL IS ( AMEN AMEN ) (COLOPH) HEIR' ENDIS THE BUKE OF THE CHES ( SCRIPT' PER MANUM IHOIS SLOANE )(END OF COLOPH)

(HEAD) HEIR' FOLLOWIS THE DIUISIOUN OF ALL THE WARLD CALLIT THE CART SCHORTLY DRAWYN IN YNGLIS (END OF HEAD) JULIUS CESAR BE COUNSALL OF THE SENATOURIS AND ALD MEN OF ROME LUKIT AND SERCHIT STORYIS AND BUKIS OF HIS ELDARIS AND ORDANIT WYS MEN TO MEIT & DISCRIVE ALL THE WARLD ABOWT THAT HE MYCHT KNAW AND BE EXPART BAITH OF THE PROVINCIS AND NACIONIS AND SOLEMPNE TOWNIS AND THIS WITNES SANCT IEROME IN THE TRANSLACOUN OF THE STORYE OF EUSEBII ( LIBRO 2OQ CAPOQ 2OQ ) THAT THAR' HE SAYIS ALSA THAT PILAT CERTEFYIT TO TYBERIUS OF MERWALLIS THAT CRIST WROCHT IN IOWRY AND TIBERIUS TALD IT TO THE SENATOURIS BOT THAI TROWIT NOCHT FOR THAI HERD NEUER SPEIKE OF SIC MERWELLIS BEFOR' AND THE WARLD BE EXPERYMENT AND BESY LAUBOUR OF WYS MEN WAS FUNDYN TO HAF ( XXX ) VNCOUTH SEIS ( LXXIJ ) EYLANDIS ( XL ) HILLIS (LXXVIIJ ) PROVINCIS (IIJCQLXX ) NOTABLE CITEIS ( L ) GRET REUERIS ( CXXV ) DIUERS NACIONIS THE ROUNDNES OF THE WARLD ABOUT IS ( IIJCQXV ) SYIS ( CMQ ) PASE THE LENTH OF THE ERTH QUHAR' MEN WONNIS FRA THE EST TO THE WEST THAT IS FRA YND TO GADDES HERCULES IS ( VIIJ ) SYIS ( CMQ ) AND ( LXXVIIJ ) MYLIS BOT THE WAY FRA THE TA END TO THE TOTHER IS LES BE WATTER NA BE LAND THE BREID OF THE ERTH FRA SOUTH TILL NORTH THAT IS FRA THE CLEWE OF THE OCCEANE IN ETHIOPE THAT IS THE LAND OF BLA MEN TILL THE MOUTH OF THE REVER' OF CANAIS IN THE NORTH AND THE BREID IS SCANT HALF SAMEKLE AS THE LENTH AND IT CONTENIS ( LIIJCQ & LXIJ ) MYLIS ALLSWA IT IS FUNDING THAT

THE DEPEST PLACE OF THE SEE CONTENIS ( XV ) FURLANG THOLOMEUS SAYS THAT THE ROUNDNES OF THE ERD ALL ABOUT IS THRYS SAMEKLE AS THE BREID & ( VIJ ) PART MAIRE SA THAT THE PROPORCOUN OF THE ROUNDNES ABOUT A CIRKLE TO THE THRID IS ( XXIJ ) TO ( VIJ ) AND SA THE ROUNDNES OF THE ERD CONTENIS BE HIM ( XXMQ ) AND ( LX ) MYLIS THAN PART THE SAMYN IN THRE AND THE ( VIJ ) PART OF THE THRID AND THE THIKNES OF THE ERD SALL BE ALMAST ( VJMQ ) & ( VCQ ) MYLE SAIF ( IX )THAT LAKKIS THAN THE MYDDIS OF THE ERTH IS ( IIJMQ IJCQ & XLV ) MYLE AND SUMQUHAT OUR' AS IT WAR' HALF A MYLE AND HELL IS AS SUM MEN SAYS IN THE MYDDIS OF THE ERTH THUS MEN MYCHT KNAW HOW MONY MYLE WAR' TO HELL FFOR THE DIUISIOUN OF THE WARLD IT IS TO KNAW THAT THE GRET SE OF OCCEAN GAIS ALL ABOUT THE ERD AND THE ERD IS PARTIT IN THRE PARTIS ASYA EWROPE AND AFFRICA BOT THIR' THRE PARTIS IS NOCHT IN LYK MEKLE FFOR ASIA CONTENIS HALF THE ERTH STREKIT FRA THE SOUTH TO THE EST & SA TO THE NORTH AND IT IS CLOSIT ABOUT WITH THE OCCIANE SE BOT IT ENDIS WESTWERT AT THE GRET SEE AND ENDIS AT THE MOUTH OF THE RYVER' NYLUS IN THE SOUTH AND OF THE REVER' TANAIS IN THE NORTH EUROPIA STREKIS DOUNWART FRA THE REVAR' TANAIS BE THE NORTH OCCEANE TO THE COSTIS OF SPANE AND LESTIS TILL THE GRET SEE BAITH BE EST & BE SOUTH AND ENDIS AT THE EYLAND GANDIS AFFRICA STREKIS FRA THE WEST TO THE SOUTH COST OF EGIPT EUROPIA & AFFRICA IS DEPARTIT BE THE ARME OF THE SE OF THE QUHILK ARME THE MOUTH CONTENIS ( XVMQ ) PAS IN LENTH

AND ( VMQ ) IN BREID ASYA IS MAST IN QUANTITE EUROPIA IS LES IN NOVMER' OF PEPLE AND AFFRICA IS BAITH LES IN PLACE AND NOWMERE OF PEPILL AND THAIRFOR SUM MEN THAT KNEW MONY LANDIS COMPTIS BOT TWA PARTIS OF THE ERD ASYA AND EUROPIA SA THAT AFFRICA SULD BELANG TO EUROPIA FOR AFFRICA IS NAROW IN BREID AND WIKKIT DIUERS CORRUPPIT AIRIS AND WYLD BESTES AND WENNOMUS WORMIS THAIR AND THAIRFOR THAI THAT COMPTIS AFFRICA THE THRID PART THAI COMPT NOCHT BE SPACE NOR MESOUR BOT BE DIUERS DISPOSICIOUN AND SA IS AFFRICA DEPARTIT FRA ASYA AND EUROPIA AS A MEMBER' THAT IS SEIKE FRA THE MEMBERIS THAT AR HALE AND SOUND ALSA AFFRICA HAS IN HIS SPACE LES AND MAR' WILDERNES & WAIST LANDIS FOR GRET HETE AND BIRNYNG OF THE SON THAN EUROPIA THOCHT EUROPIA HAF MAR' CALD FFOR ALL THAT LIFFIS MAY BETTER WITH CALD NA HEIT BUT MESOUR THARFOR' EUROPIA BRINGIS FURTH IN KYND GRET MEN STRANGAR' AND FARER' OF SCHAP THAN AFFRICA FFOR THE SON BEME BYDIS ALLWAY APON AFFRICA THAT IT DRAWIS OUT THE HUMOURIS OF THE MEN AND MAKIS THAIM SCHORT OF BODY BLAK OF SKYN SKIRSP OF HAIRE AND BE DRAWIN OUT OF THAIR SPRETIS MAKIS THAIM COWARTIS OF HERT CONTRAR' THE NORTHIN MEN QUHAR' CALD WITHOUT STOPPIT THE SMALE PORIS HALDIS THE HETE WITHIN AND MAKIS HIM GRETAR' HARDIAR' AND BALDAR' OF HERT THAN THE GRET SE BEGYNNIS IN THE WEST AT HERCULES PILLARIS THAR' THE SE OF THE OCCEANE

OF ATHALAND BREKIS OUT & MAKIS THE SE GADITAN THE LENTH OF THE SE IS ( XVMQ ) PAS AND THE BREID ( VMQ ) PAS AND IT HAS IN THE RICHT SYD AFFRICA AND IN THE LEFT SYD EUROPIA AND THAIROF SPRINGIS VTHER SEIS THE END THAIROF IS THE RYVER' THANEIS IN THE NORTH SYD AND NYLUS IN THE SOUTH SYD THIS GRET SE FLOWAND OUT OF THE OCCEANE TORNES TO THE SOUTH AND THAN TO THE NORTH BALIARES IS THE FIRST GRET HAVIN & PASSAGE OF THAT SE TO SPANE AND THAN THE TOTHER MOUTH GALTRICUS PASSIS BY THE PROVINCE OF NABNE & LIGUSTIUS BISANIA AND ACAT THAN TYRENUS TO YTALE REKIS AND TO THE HAVIN OF STICILIA & PASSIS TO CROTA THAN THE PASSAGE STREKIS VNTO PANPHILIA IN EGIPT THAN THE STREME OF THE GRET HAVIN AND THE MOUTH OF ELESPONTE BREKIS OUT OF BREID IN GRET WAYS AND STREMES AND TORNES NORTHWART BOT BESYD GRECE AT BEFIONE HE WAXIS NAROW AND STRAIT AS THE PAS OF ( VIJ ) FURLANG THARFORE PORRUS KING OF PERS MAID A BRIG OF SCHIPPIS OUR THE SEE FOR TO PAS TO GRECE TO THE WERE THE SEE IS THAR' SO NAROW THAT MEN MAY HEIR' FOULIS SYNG AND DOGGIS BARK ON ATHIR' SYD OF THE LAND BOT WYND OR WEDDER LAT IT THIS NAROW SE IS CALLIT SANCT GEORGE ARME AND STREKIS FURTH TO CONSTANTINOPLE BETUIX EUROPIA & ASIA AND IN THAT SE IS THE YLAND ABYDOS THAN THE SEE STREKIS FURTH NORTHWART AND MAKIS THE SE PROPONDIDES THAN HE NAROVS TILL THE NAROWNES OF ( VJCQ ) PAS THAIR IS THE SE OF TRACHE

THAN THE GRET PROPONDIDES PASSIS NORTH BY TRACHIA AND MESIA THAT STREKIS TO THE WATTER OF MYRREIS AND MEOTIDES AND TUICHIS THAR' THE RYVERE OF THANEIS THAN HE STREKIS ESTWART TO PAS TO THE LES ASYA TO THE ENDIS OF YLERIA AND ARMANIA AND THIS SE IS CALLIT CUSUM THAT SEE IS SWETAR' SCHORTAR' AND MAR' MYCHTI FOR FRESCHE RYVERIS TORNIS ABOUT IT AND FILLIS THAIRTO AND RYNNIS BY THE YLAND OF CALDEIS AND PATHMOS AND VTHERIS AND THE SEE PROPONDIDES FLOWIS NOCHT NOR EBBES NOCHT AS VTHERIS DOIS BOT EUER TORNIS IN TO THE SEE OF ELESPONTE THE CAUS THAIROF IS MYCHT AND STRENTH OF OTHER' RYWERIS & BLAK WATTERIS THAT RYNNIS THAIRTO AND DRYFIS FURTH THE SEE CUSUM EUERMAR' IN A COURS AND THE STRENTH OF THE FLUDE OF THE SEE ELESPONTE THAT IS SA FER' FRA THE OCCIANE MAY NOCHT WITHSTAND THE COURS THE STRENTH & THE STRANG STREMIS THAT RYNNIS THAIR COURS AND AS THE ERD HAS DIUERS NAMES BECAUS OF DIUER S LANDIS SA THE SEE BECAUS OF DIUERS PLACIS THAT IT RYNNIS BY IS DIUERSLY NEMYT AND ZE SALL WNDERSTAND THAT IN THIS GRET SE THAT ENTERIS AT HERCULES PILLARIS OF THE QUHILK I SPAK AR ( IIJXQXQ ) OF FAMOUS YLIS IN THE SAMYN SEE STREKAND ALLMAST TO IERUSALEM ESTWART AND SOUTH NERE THE RED SEE AND NORTH VNTO PANTEPOLEM AND TO AMASOUN FRA THIN CUMMIS THE RYVER' OF TANAIS FRA THE NORTH AND RYNNIS SOUTH THIS RYVER' RYNNIS ON HED IN THRE PLACIS FRA MONT TRYPLAY IN THE NORTH AND ENTERIS IN THE SE THAT WE CALL ELESPONTE AND

THAT STREKIS EST NER' THE RYWER' OF HUNTES AND THAN TO THE NORTHWEST SYD OF GRECE AND THAR' IT RESAUIS MONY RYWERIS THE MAST FAMOS IS CALLIT DANNUBIUS THE QUHILK RESAUIS IN HIM ( XL ) RYWERIS AND THAN CUMMIS THE RYWERIS WLGA BORESTENUS ESTUS ALLEA & MONY MA THIS DANNUBIUS CUMMIS NERE FRA DENMARK AND RYNNIS EST VNTO THE BRAIS OF SANCT GEORGE AND ZE SALL WNDERSTAND THAT EUROPIA BEGYNNIS AT ZE RYVER' OF TANAIS AND CONTENIS ALL THE CUNTRE BETUIX DENMARK & GERMANY AND IT GAIS TO ( LIJ ) DIUERS PEPILLIS IN THIS EUROPIA IS ALL CRISTINDOME CONTENIT AND IT LESTIS TILL THE PILLARIS OF HERCULES THAN THE NIXT REALME EST FRA TANAIS IS THE REALME OF AMASON AND THAIR BEGYNNIS ASIA YSYDORUS SAYIS THAT ASIA HAS THE NAME EFTER A WOMAN CALLIT ASIA IN ASIA IS MONY PROVINCIS AND LANDIS THE QUHILKIS I SALL DISCRIVE & AND BEGYN AT YND YND HAS IN THE EST THE SON RYSING AND IN THE SOUTH THE SE OCCIANE AND IN THE WEST THE RYVER' OF YND AND IN THE NORTH THE HILL CAUCASUS IN YND IS THE TRE OF THE SON & THE MONE THAT GAF ANSWER' TILL KING ALEXANDERE OF HIS DEID IN YND IS MONY PRECIOUS STANIS AND HILLIS OF GOLD AND MEN OF BLA COLOUR AND THE BIRD THAT IS CALLIT SCITACUS THE PAP-IOY AND EUERILK THING IS FULL ILL TO WYN FOR GRYPIS AND DRAGONIS YND IS THE MAST LAND OF THE WARLD AND MAST FULL OF PEPILL AND MAST WOUNDERFULL & MERWALUS IN YND

AR TREIS SO HIE THAT MEN MAY NOCHT SCHUTE TO THAIR CROPE AND ALLSA THAIR IS REDIS SAMEKLE THAT A MAN MAY HAF A BAIT OF ( IIIJ ) MENNIS ROWME TO ROLL OUR A WATTER OF A PART BETUIX TWA KNOTTIS THAR' IS ALSA A GRAVEL SEE THAT EBBIS AND FLOWIS WITHOUT WATTER IN THE QUHILK IS WOUNDERFULL FISCHIS AND IN YND ALSWA AR CURELLIS OF ( XXX ) FUT LANG EST FRA YND IS PARADYS TERRESTERE AND THE MYRK LAND THAT NA MAN MAY SE DAY NOR NYCHT AND HILLIS AND ROCHIS AND THAT IS TOWARD THE EST AT THE BEGYNNYNG OF THE ERTH BOT THAT IS NOCHT OUR' EST IN YNGLAND QUHAR' THE SON RYSIS THAN IT IS MYDNYCHT IN ANE NOTHER CUNTRE FOR ROUNDNES OF THE ERD THAT GOD MAID IN THE MYDDIS OF THE FIRMAMENT HINGAND AS GOD SAYD ( NE TIMEAS AN TERRAM SUSPENDERE EX NICHILO ) THIS PARADYS IS THE HIEAST PLACE OF THE WARLD FOR IT TUICHIS NERE THE CIRKLE OF THE MONE THE FLUDE OF NOTH MYCHT NOCHT CUM THAIRTO THE QUHILK COUERIT ALL THE ERD ABOUT THIS PARADYS IS COUERIT WITH A WALL THAT SEMYS ALL GROWING OUR WITH MOS THAT NA ERDLY MAN MAY KNAW QUHAT IT IS IN MYDDIS THAIROF IS A WELL THAT CASTIS OUT FOUR' FLUDIS THAT RYNNIS TO DIUERS LANDIS THE FIRST FLUD IS CALLIT FYSON OR GANGES THAT RYNNIS THROUQ YND IN THAT RYVER' IS MONY PRECIOUS STANIS & LIGNUM ALOES THAR' CUMMIS FRA PARADYS GRAUELL OF GOLD ANE NOTHER IS CALLIT NYLUS OR GYON THAT RYNNIS THROUQ ETHIOPE AND EGIPT THE THRID IS CALLIT TYGRIS THAT RYNNIS THROUQ ASIA & ERMONE THE GRET THE FERD IS CALLIT EUFRATES

THAT RYNNIS THROW MEID PERS AND ARMONY THE LEIST ALL FRESCHE WATTERIS OF THE WARLD TAKIS THAIR FRESCHENES AT THIR' FOUR' WATTERIS BOT NA MAN LIFFAND MAY PAS TO THAT PARADYS FOR WYLD BESTIS AND HILLIS AND ROCHIS BE LAND NA BE WATTER FFOR THE STRANG COURS OF WATTERIS THAT CUMMIS FRA THE GRET HICHT AGANE THE QUHILK MAY NA SCHIPE SAILE IT CUMMIS WITH SA GRET WAWIS IN YND AR' MEN ALL FEDDERIS BOT THE WISAGE IN YNDE IS THE DEID SE THAT HAS NA GROUND AND THAIR IS TREIS THAT BERIS BAITH HVNY & WENNOME AND IN SUM WALIS AND YLIS OF YND AR' TREIS THAT HAS PRECIOUS STANIS VNDER' THAIR RUTIS THAT NA MAN SALBE BLUD DRAWIN THAT BERIS THAT STANE APON THAIM ITEM THAIR IS SNALIS ALS MEKLE THAT MEN MAY BE HERBERIJT IN THAIR SCHELLIS THE SE OF THE OCCEANE GANGIS ALL THE ERD ABOUT AS ANE GARLAND AND BE TYMES CUMMIS & GEVIS EBBING & FLOWING AND SWELLYIS IN SEIS & WYNDIS WAWIS THAIRIN THE HIE FLUDIS OF THE OCCEANE ARYVIS WP IN THE COSTIS OF BRETTANE ( IIJXQXQ ) OF CUBITIS HIE AND THAT RYSING AND DEPNES IS BETTER KNAWIN ON THE SYDIS THAN IN THE MYDDIS OF EUERY FLUDE THE FLUDE RYSIS MAIRE IN THE OCCIANE NA IN THE MYD SE THAT IS FOR THE HALE TOGIDDER IS MAR' MYCHTI NA ONY PART BE THE SELF THE HALE OCCIANE IS STRANGARE & MAKIS MAR' OPERACIOUN OF THE MONE THAN ONY PART BE HIM SELF THAT IS SMALLER OR LES THAR' IS SUM REVER' OF PONDES THAT NEUER EBBIS NOR FLOWIS AS DOIS THE OCCEANE QUHILKIS SPREDIS TO DIUERS MOUTHIS & COSTIS TOWART DIUERS

LANDIS AND MONY PLACIS AND WELE NERE TUICHIS THE MERE SE SO NERE THAT THE MOUTH THAT IS CALLIT ARABICUS THAT IS THE MOUTH OF THE RED SE IS FRA THE MOUTH OF EGIPT BOT FYFTY THOUSAND PAS ALSWA THE MOUTH OF THE SE QUHILK IS CALLIT CASPINOS IS BOT ( IIJCQ IIJXQXQ XV ) MYLE FRA THE GRET SE THAT IS CALLIT EUFINUS AMANGIS ALL THE MOUTHIS AND THE SEIS THAT CUMMIS TOWARD THE END OF THE OCCIANE THRE AR' MAST FAMOUS HALDIN THE FIRST MOUTH AND SE HAS TWA NAMES THE TANE IS CALLIT GADITANUS THE TOTHER ATHALANTICUS ALSWA THE SECUND IS CALLIT CASPINUS & ENTERIS TOWARD THE NORTHEST AND DEPARTIS BETUIX THE NORTH SYD OF YNDE AND SITHIA AND SA STREKIS TOWARD THE GRET MOUTH AND SE OF EUFINUS THE THRED MOUTH & SE IS THE RED SE AND IT CUMMIS OUT OF THE NORTHWEST & RYNNIS SOUTHEST AND DEPARTIS THE SOUTH SYD OF MEDE FRA ETHIOPE AND EGIPT THAN THE RED SE STREKIS FORTHER' & DEPARTIS ( IJ ) MOUTHIS OF SEIS THE TANE IS CLEPIT PERSICUS THAT STREKIS NORTHWART AND THE TOTHER ARABICUS THAT STREKIS WESTWART AND TOWARD THE GRET SE THE RED SE IS NOCHT RED ON KYND BOT THROUQ BAFFING & WESCHING ON RED CRAGIS & STANIS AND SA IT IS RED AS A ROS THARFOR ON THE CLIFTIS AND STRANDIS OF THE SE IS GADDERIT WERMILZOUN AND REID PRECIUS STANIS SOLITIUS SAYS THAT THE RED SE IS CALLIT CASPINUS BE THE HILLIS OF CASPY THAT HAS IN LENTH ( VJMQ ) PAS AND IN BREID ON HEYS A CART WAY IN THE SYD OF THE HILLIS OF CASPY SALT BANYS MULIS AND WESCHIS OUT HUMOURIS & MOSTOUR DRYIT BE HETE OF THE SON & IOYNIS AND CLEIFFIS TOGIDDIRE AS GLAS AND SA MEN MAY NOCHT CLYM THE HILL THE WAY IS SO SLIDDRY

ALLSWA EUERY DRAUCHT IS TO DRAW THE SPACE OF ( XXVIIJMQ ) PASE THE LAND IS SO HAIT & DRY WITHOUT MOYSTOUR AND EDDERIS SERPENTIS THAT FALLIS THAIRTO BOT GIF IT BE WYNTER THAIR MAY NA MAN CUM THAIRIN MARCIANUS SAYS THAT THE ZETTIS OF CASPY AR' STEKIT WITH YRNE BANDIS & BARRIS FOR SERPENTIS & EDDERIS AND THE MASTER OF THE STORY SAYS AT THE PRAYERE OF KING ALEXANDER' THE HILL OF CASPY WAS CLOSIT AND IOYNIT TOGIDDER THAR' IS MONY SWELCHIS OF THE SEE OF THE QUHILKIS TWA AR' MAST FAMOUS THAT IS CALLIT SCILLA & CARIBD OF THE QUHILKIS SPEKIS VERGILIUS AND SAYIS THAT SCILLA IS PERRELLUS IN THE RICHT SYD AND CARIBDIS IN THE LEFT SYD VTHER SWELCHIS AND PERRELLIS AR' IN THE OCCEANE AS IS THE WEST CLEIF OF LITILL BRETTANE AND IT IS CALLIT THE LITILL NAVILL OF THE SEE THE TOTHER IS BETUIX BRITANNIA & GALACIA AND IT IS SAID THAT THIRE TWA TWYS IN THE NYCHT & THE DAY SWELLYIS IN FLUDIS AND STREMYS AND CASTIS WP AGANE AND SWELLYIS SCHIPPIS ALSWA BESYD ORKNAY THAIR IS SIC ANE NOTHER ZE SALL UNDERSTAND THAT THE OCCEAN CIRCUIS THE ERD AS IS BEFOR' SAID AND SYDRAK CALLIS IT MAIR' BATHIE BOT THAR' IS ANE NOTHER THAT CALLIS IT MARE NIGRE THE QUHILK GAIS ABOUT MAIR' BATHIE THAT NA MAN MAY PAS BOT THAT IS NOCHT SALT AS THE TOTHER BOT ZIT THAIR IS ANE NOTHER THAT SYDRAK CALLIS MARE PULENTIE THE LEVER' SE THE QUHILK EMYON SAYS THE TOTHER TWA AR' DRAWIN WP IN THE AIRE BE THE COURS OF THE MONE IN THE CLOUDIS THIS SAMYN OCCEAN IS ( X ) TYMES SAMEKLE AS THE ERD AS DOCTOURIS TELLIS AND ALS THAIR IS MONY YLIS IN THE OCCEAN

AND TO BEGYN AT PARADYS SOUTH EST FRA IT IS THE ILE OF ALATHIM AND NIXT THAT IS THE ILE OF CRESOLIS AND MONY VTHER SOUTH FRA IT AND THAN THE ILE OF GLIAPROBAMEA THAIR IS PLENTE OF GOLD & SILUER THAR' IS TWA SUMMERIS AND TWA WYNTERIS IN THE ZERE BE EST FRA THIN IS THE ILE OF THE SON AND THAN THE ILE MALETUS THAT STANDIS ANENTIS THE RED SE AND NIXT IT IS THE ILE OF SUPHE THAT IS IN THE SOUTH EST PART OF THE WARLD AND THAN WESTWERT IS THE ILE SENENE AND OCTIANUS AND EGIPCIATUS AND THE ILE OF ADAMAS & ETHIOPES AND THE ILE OF SAMARY AND ANE NOTHER ILE THAT STANDIS IN THE SOUTH PART OF THE ERD THIR' YLIS STANDIS SOUTH FRA PARADYS & MONY MA FFOR IT IS SAID THAT THAIR BELANGIS TO YND MA THAN ( VMQ ) YLIS AND THAN FRA THE SOUTH OF HERCULES PILLERIS IN THE SOUTH WEST AR MONY YLIS BOT ( XXTQIQ ) AR MAST FAMOS THE QUHILKIS AR INHABIT WITH MERWALUS BESTIS AND MISCHAPIN MEN AND FRA HERCULES PILLARIS VNTO THE LAND AR MONY FAMOUS YLIS AND NIXT BEZONDE THAT IS ORKNAY SCHETLAND AND FAYRAY PAPPAY RUDRAY & FAWLAY YSLAND GRYNLAND AND LOUPLAND AND MONY VTHER YLIS THAT LANGIS TO NOROWAY IN THE QUHILKIS AR MONY MERWALUS BESTES AND MEN THAT NA NOTHER MAN MAY CUM TO THAIM TO TELL THE MANER NOR CONDICOUN OF THAIM THIS GRYNLAND LYIS NORTH EST ( XJ ) DAYIS SALYNG AND YSLAND ( VIIJ ) DAYIS IN THE QUHILKIS IS MONY FERLYIS FOR THAR' IS COMMOUN PURGATORIE AS ME HAS PREVIT

BOT LAIT SYNE SCALDAND WATTER THAT BIRNIS BAITH STANIS AND IRNE AND THAIR IS ALSWA A LOUCH TO THE QUHILK THAIR CUMMIS BLAK FOWLIS WITHOUT NOVMERE DALYE AND FALLIS THARIN AND RYSIS WP AGANE QUHYTE QUHEN THAI AR PURGIT BOT NA MAN MAY CUM THAR' FOR HEITE AND THAIR IS MONTANIS AY IN FYRE FFRA THE QUHILKIS CUMMIS BRYNSTANE IN GRET QUANTITE AND IN THE SOMERE IS EUERMAR' FROSYN AND THAN GA EST IS THE ILE OF GENOSUAR' AND CONTENIS FURTH BE THE SE FRA YNGLAND AND DENMARK THAN GA NORTH EST IS THE ILE OF GARGANEA THAN GA THE SAMYN COURS IS THE ILE OF YPOLITANEA AND SOUTH FRA IT IS THE ILE OF AFFRAYT AND EST FRA IT IS THE ILE YPERBIA IN THAT CUNTRE IS ( VJ ) MONETH DAY & ( VJ ) MONETH NYCHT CONTINUALL THAR' MEN LIFFIS SA LANG WITH FRUCT QUHILL THAI GA TO THE MONTANIS AND LEPIS DOWNE AND BREKIS THAIR BANIS FOR AGE WITH THAIR AWN WILL THAT REALME IS WMBELAPPIT WITH THE OCCEANE SE BOT AT THE SOUTH WEST SYD IS A LITILL ENTRE EST FRA THIS LAND IS TWA YLIS DUCARIA & CANATOS AND THAT IS THE NORTH EST PART OF THE ERD AND EST FRA THIS IS THE REALME OF AMPHOLIS VMBELAPPIT WITH THE OCCEANE SYNE AT THE SOUTH WEST SYD AND EST FRA THIR' YLIS AR STANZIA AND OCTIANUS SARRIATUS AND ALBATUNUS THAN THE ILE OF PANESSIARON THAR' IS MEN THAT HAS ERES SA LANG THAT COVERIS THAIR BODYIS FRA CALD SOUTH EST FRA THIS ILE IS ANE ILE THAT MEN HAS FEIT LYKE HORS AND THAI AR CALLIT YPONES OR YPOTITES

NORTH EST FRA THIS ILE IS THE ILE OF OCTIANA & SAMARIA AND SUTH EST IS SYTAGUS AND ATIANUS THAN MARCERENE THAT STANDIS IN THE NORTH EST SYD OF THE WARLD THAN NIXT IT IS THE REALME OF ORDASA THAT STREKIS EST IN THE OCCEANE ALMAST WMBELAPPIT WITH THE SE AND FRA THIS OTIGARIA ANE ILE AND SOUTH AR' THE ILIS OF ARGUE & CRISA AND THAR' IS PLENTE OF GOLD AND SILUER AND THAN SOUTH FRA CRISA IS THE ILE OF TYSES THAT NEUER LAKIS LICHT AND IT IS A LARGE ILE AND NIXT TO PARADYS NORTH EST FRA THIR' AR' THE ILIS MAST FAMOUS IN THE OCCIANE BOT IT WAR' TO LANG TO TELL THE NOWMERE AND THE MERWALIS OF THIRE ILIS AND LANDIS GIF ZE SULD LUKE THAIM SE THE LAUD OF ALEXANDERE THAT CONQUEST ALL THE WARLD FFOR HE TELLIS OF THE ILE OF BRAGMAN QUHAR' MEN AR NEVERE SEIKE NOR CALD NOR HUNGRY NOR NANE LEVIS LANGAR' NA ANE NOTHER THAI GA NAKIT & LEVIS ON FRUTE ALLSWA IN THE ILE OF CALAMYTH AR PATEN FISCHIS THAT LEDIS THAIM SELF TO THE LAND ILK KYND EFTER OTHER QUHILL MEN TAK OF THAIM QUHAT THAIM LYKIS ALLSWA IN THAT ILE OF TRATOTA MEN SPEKIS NOCHT BOT QWISSIS LYKE EDDERIS THAN IS THE ILE OF NATVMERAN QUHAR MEN HAS HEDIS LYKE HOUNDIS THAN IS THE ILE OF SODOME QUHAR' EUERILK MAN ETIS VTHER QUHEN THAI AR DEID THAT KING HAS VNDER HIM ( LIIIJ ) KINGIS OF DIUERS ILIS AND SUM OF THIR' ILIS HAS MEN WITH ANE E IN THE FORHED & ETIS FLESCHE RAWE IN ANE NOTHER ILE AR MEN WITH MOUTHIS IN MYDDIS OF THAIR BRESTIS & THARE

EYNE IN THAR' SCHULDERIS IN ANE NOTHER ILE AR' MEN WITHOUT HEDIS AND SUM WITHOUT NEISSIS AND THAIR MOUTHIS IN THAR' BAKKIS AND SUM ILIS HAS PEPLE THAT AR' BAITH MEN AND WOMEN AND IN ANE ILE AR' WILD GEIS WITH TWA HEDIS AND QUHYTE LYONIS ALS GRET AS OXEN IN THAT CUNTRE THE SE RYSIS WP TO THE CLUDDIS LYKE TO DROVNE THE ERD AND THAIRFOR SAYS DAUID ( MIRABILES ELACIONES MARIS ETC ) THAN AS I SAID THE NIXT REALME EST FRA TANAIS IS THE REALME OF AMASON AND THAIR BEGYNNIS ASYA AND EST FRA AMASON IS THE REALME ALBANIA SUPERIOR IN THAT LAND IS ( XXXIIJ ) DIUERS PEPLE THE RYVER' HYMERS DEPARTIS THIR' TWA RYWERIS THAT CUMMIS FRA THE SOUTH EST FRA THE MONTIS OF ARCATON THE NIXT CUNTRE FRA ALBANY EST IS THE MOUTH OF CASPY QUHAR' ALEXANDER' THE CONQUEROUR INCLOSIT THE IOWIS THIS CUNTRE CONTENIS FRA THE NORTH AND SUMQUHAT TO THE NORTH EST DEPARTIS OF THE SPACE FRA THE RYVER' OF TANAIS TO PARADYSE TO PAS BE NORTH OCCIANE AMANGIS THE MOUTHIS OF CASPY AR TWA BREKINGIS OUT OF THE OCCEANE ANE HECHT MAIRE CASPINUM AND THE TOTHER MARE CYRITUM AND BETUIX THE MOUTHIS OF CASPY AND THE OCCEANE AR ( LIJ ) DIUERS PEPLIS & MERWALUS BESTIS AND THRE FAMOUS FLUDIS ANE HECHT OCTOGARIA BORIAS & ATHEO AND THAI AR CALLIT THE FLUDIS OF HEL THE NIXT REALME FRA THIR' MOUTHIS IS THE REALME OF PROMONTORIUM & SAMAREA AND PANDEA AND THAR' IS MERWALUS PEPLE SUM AR QUHYTE HARIT IN

THAR' ZOUTHHED AND BLAK QUHEN THAI AR' ALD THAR' IS THE HILLIS OF GOLD THAT PISMORES KEPIS THAR' IS ALLSWA GYANDIS ( XXTQIQ ) CUBITIS LANG AND SUM THAT SLEPIS AY BOT QUHEN THAI ETE THAN THE NIXT CUNTRE THAT IUNYS TO PARADYS IS CALLIT ASKENOR THE TREIS AR GRENE THARE AND THE LAND IS FULL OF WORMES THIS GRET YND BEGYNNIS AT THE ZETTIS OF CASPY AND LESTIS VNTO THE RED SE AND THE NIXT CITE VNTO PARADYS ON THE NORTH SYD IS THE CITE OF LAZERONE THIR' AR' THE FOUR' FLUDIS OF THE QUHILKIS I SPAK OF BEFOR' THAT RYNNIS WEST VNTO THE RYVERE OF GANGES IN THE QUHILK RYVER' IS ANE ILE INHABIT WITH ( ICQ ) THOUSAND MEN WITHOUTIN COMMONIS THAT RYVER' RYNNIS FRA THE MOUTH OF CASPY NERE THE RED SEE AND THE MAST NORTH OF THIR' FOUR' FLUDIS IS EUFRATES AND NIXT IT TYGRIS AND THAN PHISON AND NYLUS IS THE MAST SOUTH EST FRA THE HED OF THIS RYVERE AR' MEN THAT LIFFIS WITH THE SAWOURE OF QUHYTE APILLIS AND DEIS QUHEN THAI WANT THAT SAWOUR THAN SOUTH AR' MEN THAT AR' CALLIT ANTIPOTES THAT HAS ( VIIJ ) FYNGERIS ON ILK HAND AND A HOUNDIS HED AND BARKIS LYKE A DOG IN THAT CUNTRE TOWARD THE RED SE AR' THE TREIS OF THE SON AND THE MONE AND THAR' IS MISCHAPEN MEN AND WOMEN AS ALEXANDER' TELLIS SUM HAS FOUR' FEIT ALL ROUCH AND TUSKIS LYKE A BAIRE AND SUM HAS SCHANKIS OF ( XIIIJ ) FUT LANG AND ALL THAIR BODY BOT FOUR' FUT LANG THAR' IS ALLSWA THE LAND OF PIGMEI THAT MEN AR NOCHT BOT A CUBIT LANG AND

THAI LIF BOT ( VIIJ ) ZERE AND THAI GET THAIR BARNIS QUHEN THAI AR BOT HALF A ZERE ALD AND THAIR IS MEN BESYD THE RED SE THAT BEHALDIS THE SON FRA MORNE TILL NYCHT AND HAS NA VTHER FUDE THAN WEST BEZOND THE REVER' GANGES IS THE GRET DESERTIS OF YND AND THAR' IS MEN ALL FEDDERIS BOT THE WISAGE ALLSWA THAIR IS MEN THAT HAS PRECIOUS STANIS IN THAIR EYNE THAT WILL SLA MEN WITH THAIR LUKE BE WERTEU OF THAI STANIS THAN BE THE NORTH COST OF THE RED SE IS MEDEA MAIOR & MEDEA MINOR AND WEST FRA THAT IS ARABIA SUPERIOR & INFERIOR AND THAIR WAS THE PASSAGE OF MOYSES OUR THE RED SE THIS RED SEE TUICHIS NERE THE DEID SE AND NERE THE GRET SE OF MYDDILL ERD AND NORTH FRA MEDEA IS THE REALME OF ASSERIA AND WEST FRA ASSERIA IS CALDEA AND NORTH FRA MEDEA IS THE GRET CITE OF NYNYUE AND WEST FRA THIS IS THE TOVNE OF BABULONE THE MONT OF SYNAY THAN WEST FRA IT THE REALME OF SUERY AND IUDA THAT LESTIS TO IERUSALEM AND NORTH FRA IT IS THE TOWRE OF BABULONE AND THE REALME OF MESOPOTANEA AND THE EMPYR' OF PERS NORTH EST IS ARMON AND THE LAND OF ANTIOCHE AND NORTHWEST FRA THAT LAND IS FRIGIA AND TROY TARTERY & TURKY THAT IS ARMONY THE LES QUHILK IOYNIS TO BRAIS OF SANCT GEORGE THIR' AR' THE LANDIS OF ASYE SALF ETHIOPE AND EGIPT BEZOND THE RED SE IS THE LAND OF ETHIOPE IN THAT CUNTRE AR THE ZETTIS OF IRNE LYK TO THE ZETTIS OF CASPY THAR' IS MEN WITH A FUT & GAIS NAKIT IN THAT CUNTRE IS A

WELL THAT IS CALD ON THE DAY AND HAIT ON THE NICHT QUHILK IS CALLIT THE WELL OF ZOUTHHED FFOR HE THAT DRINKIS OF THAT WELL IS MAID ZOUNG AND HELE OF ALL SEIKNES THAI WAR' WONT IN THAT CUNTRE TO DO REUERENCE TO THE TEMPLE OF IERUSALEM AND HAD THRE KINGIS AND THRE BISCHOPIS AND FRA THE END OF ETHIOP CUMMIS A RYVERE THAT IS CALLIT ( FONS NYLUS ) THAT RYNNIS THROUQ ETHIOPE AND EGIPT AND DEPARTIS ASIA FRA AFFRICA AND ENDIS THE MEDITERANE EWYNE SOUTH WEST FRA IERUSALEM IN ( VIJ ) PARTIS THAT CONTENIS THE BREID OF THE REVERE IN THAT CUNTRE ARE ( IJ ) MERWALUS YLIS THE TANE HAIT BABILONIA AND THAR' IS TAYNE COCADRILLIS TO RYDE OUR' WATTERIS FFOR THAI CAN SWYM THE TOTHER RYVER' IS CALLIT BATUS ASSII IT RYSIS WP IN THE SOUTH EST SYD OF ETHIOPE NERE THE OCCEANE AND RYNNIS WEST NERE THE END OF AFFRIK AND ENTERIS IN THE ERD IN THE MANERE OF A SWELCH AND CONTENIS IN LENTH THE THRID PART OF THE ERD ON THE SOUTH SYDE OF THAT FLUD AR' THE DESERTIS OF ETHIOPE AND AFFRIK IN THE QUHILK DUELLIS MISCHAPEN MEN AND MERWALUS BESTES AND DRAGONIS DROMYDARIS CAMELIS COCADRILLIS COCATRICE & BASILISKIS THAR' IS MEN THAT HAS LANG FEIT THAT COWERIS THAIR BODYIS FRA THE SON AND SUM MEN TAKIS THAIR MEIT WITH A REID FOR THAI HAF NO MOUTH AND SUM MEN HAS THAIR NETHER' LIPE SAMEKLE THAT IT COWERIS THAIR FACE FRA THE SON AND SUM ARE HEDLES THAR' IS ALLSWA GIANDIS THAT ETIS MEN AND THAR' IS A CUNTRE OF MONTANIS ALL IN FYRE IN THAT ILE IS SERPENTIS THAT WE CALL MERMADYNNIS

ON THE NORTH SYD THIS WGLY WATTER AR' MEN WITH SWYNE HEIDIS AND ALS MEN WITH TALIS AND GAIS WITH FOUR' FEIT AND SUM ANE E AND WITHOUT NESE AND HE WILL DRAW WITH HIM TILL HIS CAIF ANE LYOUN OR A LIBBERD AND THE SOUTH PART OF AFFRIK IS INHABIT WITH WYLD BESTIS AS OLIPHANTIS TYGRIS AND APIS MERMOSATIS AND VTHERIS THE MAST MERWALUS BESTIS OF THE WARLD SANCT THOMAS OF AQUYNE SAYIS THAT THAIR IS FOUR' ELEMENTIS OF THE QUHILKIS MEN AR MAID THE FIRST AND THE LAWAST IS THE ERD THE SECUND THEQ WATTER THE THRID THE AIRE AND THE FERD FYRE THE ERD IS MARE THAN ( XXMQ ) MYLE ABOUT & SUM MEN SAYIS ( XXXMQ ) BOT THE WATTER IS ( X ) TYMES SAMEKLE AND THE AIRE IS ( X ) TYMES MARE THAN THE WATTER AND THE FYRE IS ( X ) TYMES MARE THAN THE AIRE AND ALSWA SYDRAC SAYIS THAT THAIR IS ( VIJ ) PLANETIS OF THE QUHILK THE MONE IS THE LAWAST THAT IS PLANET OF WAY LAUBOUR & OF WATTER THE NIXT IS MERCURIUS THE PLANET OF SCIENS & MERCHANDIS THE THRID WENUS THE PLANET OF LUF MYRTH & IOYE THE FERD IS THE SON A PLANET OF POWERE & MYCHT OF KINGIS AND PRINCIS THE FIFT HECHT MERS THE PLANET OF BATELL AND STRYF THE ( VJ ) IUBITER THE PLANET OF RICHES PROFFET AND WORSCHIPE THE ( VIJ ) PLANET IS SATURNUS THE PLANET OF HUNGER' DEID & SEIKNES SANCT THOMAS SAYIS THAT THE SPACE FRA THE ERD TO THE MONE IS ( XVMQ & VJ ) MYLIS AND ( ICQ & XXIIIJ ) FURLANG THAN FRA THE MONE THAT IS THE LAWAST PLANET VNTO MERCURY IS ( VIJMQ VIIJCQ & XIJ ) MYLIS THAN FRA MERCURY VNTO VENUS IS ALSMEKLE THAN FRA VENUS VNTO THE SON IS (XXMQ IIIJCQ & XXXIIJ ) MYLIS THAN FRA THE SON TO MARS

IS ( XVMQ IJCQ AND XXV ) MYLIS THAN FRA MARS TO IUBITER ( VIJMQ VIIJCQ AND XLIJ ) MYLIS AND FRA IUBITER TO SATURNUS ALSMEKLE THAN FRA SATURNUS TO THE STERNIT HEVYN ARE ( XXXIIJMQ IIIJCQ & XXXVJ ) MYLIS THAN FRA THE ERD TO THE STERNIT HEVYN AR ( ICQMQ IIJCQ AND XVIJ ) MYLIS (COLOPH) HEIR' ENDIS THE CART OF THE WARLD (END OF COLOPH)

(HEAD) HEIR' FOLLOWIS THE WERTUIS OF NOBILNES AND PORTRATOURIS THAIROF CALLIT THE PORTUUS AND MATYNNIS OF THE SAMYN (END OF HEAD) I NOBILNES LADY OF WEILE WILLING QWENE OF WISDOME AND PRINCES OF HIE DOYNG TO ALL THAM THAT HAS WILL AND CORAGE OF WORTHINES PECE AND GRETING TO ZOW BE THIR ' PRESENTIS I MAKE KNAWIN THAT TO REMOVE AND DRAW OUT THE WIKIT RUTIS OF WRANG AND EWILL DEIDIS THAT WELANY OR CARLICHNES HAS WNDERTAKIN TO GROUND & STABLE IN NOBLE HERT EUERY MAN THAT WILL BE MAID PARFYTE SAY AND REID CONTYNUALLY HIS MATYNNIS & HOURIS ON THIS PORTEUS I MAY COMPLENE SOROWE & BEVALE MONY MEN THAT IN ALL THINGIS HAS COUNTERFEIT MYNE ESTAIT AND SETTING WERTEU AT NOCHT HAS TAKIN MY NAME LEVYNG ALL GUD DEIDIS ACCORDING THAIRTO MISFASSONIT & DEGRADIT THAIM SELF INCLINAND

THAIR HERTIS TO VICIOUS AND EWILL SAYNG AND EWILL DOYNG BOT NEUERTHELES QUHA THAT WILL HAF FORGIFNES AND REMIT OF ALL HIS TRESPASS SAYE DAYLY HIS MATYNNIS AND HOURIS ON THIS PORTUOS QUHA THAT IS OF ANE NOBLE & GUD MAN THE AIRE AND SUCCESSOURE SULD NOCHT HAUE THE PROFFET OF HIS LANDIS AND GUDIS WITHOUT THE PERSEUTE AND FOLLOVING OF WERTEU & GUD DEIDIS FFOR GIF HE BE NOCHT AIRE AND SUCCESSOUR TO HIS WERTUIS AND WORSCHIPE THE GUDIS OF ANE NOTHER' MAN AR VNPERFYTLY IN HIM AND SA HE HAS FORFALT AND TYNT ALL LOVING & HONOUR QUHEN HIM SELF IS THE MYRROUR & EXAMPLE OF VELANY NEUERTHELES QUHA THAT IS ACCUSABLE OF THIRE MISDEIDIS AND DAMPNABLE VYCIS SAY DALY THAR' HOURIS AND MATINNIS ON THIS PORTUOS O NOBLE MAN FOR TO WNDERSTAND HOW NOBILLIS AR MAID PERFYTE THAR' IS ( XIJ ) WERTUIS BEHUFFULL AND THAT SCHAWIS WERRAY NOBILITE HERFORE HE THAT WILL BE ANE WERRAY NOBLE STABLE & RUTE IN HIS HERT THIR' ( XIJ ) WERTUIS AND EXCERS THAIM DALY SAYNG HIS MATINNIS AND HOURIS ON THIS PORTEUS AS FOLLOWIS THE FIRST WERTEU REGAND IN ANE NOBLE MAN IS FAITH ALLMYCHTI GOD QUHOM OF CUMMIS ALL NOBILNES AND QUHOM OF ALL PERFECTIOUN DISCENDIS HAS MAID ALL THING OF NOCHT NURISIS AND SUSTENIS ALL THINGIS BE THE HIENES OF HIS WORTHY & EUERLESTING

PROVISIOUN BOT FOR TO HALD AND STABLE THIS WARLD IN CONCORD AND VNITE HE HAS ORDANIT EUERY THING IN HIS PROPER OFFICE SUM TILL HAF LORDSCHIPE AND OTHERIS TO LIF IN SUBIECTIOUN AND SERUIS FOR TO KEPE FAITH AND LYF IN TO IUSTICE AND QUHAY THAT OF GOD HAS GRET TEST & MAST HIE HONOUR BE HABOUNDANCE OF LORDSCHIPE OR RICHES IS MAST BEHALDIN AND TO HIM MAST PROPERLIE IT PERTENIS TO HAF IN HIM WERRAY HARTLIE LUF DREID HONOUR GUD DEVOCIOUN AND SCHAME TO DO EWILL WYCE OR VELANY IN WORD OR DEID AND FOR TO KEPE WERRAY FAITH & LIF IN IUSTICE HE IS WERRAY NOBLE AND FOR ANE NOBLE SCHEWES GOUERNIS AND MANTEINIS HIM WITHOUT FENZEING THAT HALDIS HIM AND LEVIS OBEDIENT TO GOD DOIS TO EUERY MAN RICHT WITHOUT MALICE WRANGE OR INIURE AND QUHAY THAT VTHER WAYS SEIKIS NOBILNES DOIS WRANG TO GOD AND PREIUDICE SCHAME & REPREFE TO HIS BLUDE FOR GOD HAS MADE & ORDANIT THE CONDICIOUN AND NATURE OF NOBILNES FOR TO KEPE FAITH AND LIF INTO IVSTICE OF NOBLE MAN PURE RICHE & ALL ESTAIT DEIS AND TORNIS TO CORRUPCOUN FILTH AND MEIT OF WORMES NOBILIS COMMONIS AND EUERY MAN AW TILL GOD SERUICE & OBEDIENS BOT ZIT NOBILIS ARE EXALTIT AND HAS PREROGATIFIS FOR TO KEPE FAITH AND LIF IN TO IUSTICE THE SECUNDE WERTEU HEIRE FOLLOWANDE IS LAWTE OR TREUTH

FOR' TREUTH AND LAWTE NOBLIS WAR' FIRST ORDANIT AND STABLIT TILL HAUE LORDSCHIPE ABONE THE COMMOUN PEPLE AND THAIRFOR' TO THAIM WAS GEVIN HIE HONOUR MANRENT AND SERUICE OF THAR' SUBIECTIS THAI AR' NOCHT SA HIE SET NOR ORDANIT FOR TO REIF OR TAK BE FORCE IN ONY WAY BOT THAI AR' HALDIN IN WERRAY RICHT AND RESOUN FOR TO SERF THAIR KING AND DEFEND THERE SUBIECTIS AND THE MAIRE THAT THAI BE REWARDIT WITH HONOUR AND THE MAIR' DIGNITE THAT THAI CUM TO THAI SULD BE THE BETTIR CONDICIONIT AND DO & MANTEINE ALL THER' THINGIS THE MAIR' AVISITLY IN RESOUN THAR' HARTIS SULD BE SEKERE AND STABLE THAR' SAYNG AND PROMYS FERMELY HALDIN AND KEPIT THAI SULD DO NA WRANG NOTHER TO GRET NOR LES THAN THAM SELF FOR THAI SULD WITHOUT WARIANS OR DREID OF ONY MAN SERUE THAIR KING & DEFEND THAR' SUBIECTIS AND GIF THAI WARY & BE DISORDANIT THAT THAR' SUBIECTIS AR' NOCHT DEFENDIT BE THAIM OR THAIR KING BE HABANDONIT WITH THAIM FOR ONY ESTAIT THAT HE HAS HALDIN ON THAIM OR OTHER' WAYIS I SAYE THAI AR BECUMMYN MAIR' CARLIS AND OF MAIR' VYLE CONDICIOUN THAN BE DRONKART OR RUFFIEN THAT SELLIS HIS LAND TO LIF IN HARLOTTRY O NOBLE MAN IN NOBILNES THE RICHTIS OF LAWTE AND TREUTH AR ' CONTENIT AND IN SPECIALE TO KEPE FERMELY IN HERT THIR' TWA POYNTIS TO SERVE THAIR KING AND DEFEND THAIR SUBIECTIS THE THRID WERTEU IN ANE NOBLE IS HONOURE

HHIE HONOUR' IS THE TRESSOUR' OF NOBILNES HIS PREVE RITCHES AND IT THAT ANE NOBLE HART SULD DESYRE HIS WERRAY KEPAR' AND SAIF CONDUCT IN ALL ADUERSITEIS HIS COMFORT PLESOUR' AND BLYTHNES AND THE WERRAY MYRROUR QUHARIN HE SULD ADDRES ALL HIS WERKIS FFOR THAR' IS NA THING THAT MAY TRUBLE ANE GUD AND WALIANT HERT THAT LUFIS HONOUR NOR HE SALL NEUER HAUE SCHAME FFOR IT IS THE GUD THAT PASSIS ALL VTHER RITCHES AND GUDIS HE THAT HAS NA HONOUR HIS HIENES BE HE NEUIR SO GRET HASTELY FALLIS HIS LOVING PERISIS AND GUD NAME LEVIS HIM WRANG GARRIS HIS POWERE SLYDE AND GENTILNES TYNIS HIS NAME IN HIM FOR SCHAME WELANY AND VNCUNNYNG MAKIS ANE GENTLE HART TO DEFORME AND CHANGE IT SELF THAR' IS NA THING MAY SA FER' DEGRAIDE A GUD HART AS TO REFRENZE HONOUR DOWTAND IN WERTEU SEN HONOUR IS THE GUD PASSING ALL VTHER RITCHES AND GUDIS QUHAR' HONOUR IS ALL WRANGIS AND VNRICHTIS CESSIS IT IS THE WERRAY WAY AND GYDE TO WORTHYNES HONOUR IS THE LEDERE OF GUD MEN TO HIE ESTAIT PUTTYNG IN HIM DANTIT BLYTHNES CURTASSY FAIR' SPEKING TREUTH & WORTHYNES IT WARE FER' BETTER & MAIR' LOVEABLE ONY MAN TO SUFFRE WITHOUT DREID THE TERRIBLE PANE OF MARTIRDOME OR COVATIS SULD OURCUM HIS HIE HONOUR FFOR IT IS THE GUDIS AND RITCHES THAT PASS ALL VTHER GUDIS O NOBLE MAN HALD WITH THE AND KEPE AS GRETEST TRESOUR NOBILL MEN FOR NOBILNES IS THE GUD THAT PASSIS ALL VTHER GUD AND RITCHES

THE WERTEU OF RESSOUN QUHILK IS THE FERDE WERTEU PERTENAND TO A NOBILL RESOUN EQUITE AND MESOUR' LAWTE AND RICHTUISNES MAKIS MYCHTI MEN TO LEST AND HONESTE AND NURTOUR BE WERRAY KYNDE AND NATUR' MAKIS ANE GUD HART TO BE MESURIT AND FLE EWILL DEIDIS OR REPREVABLE SAYNG OR SWERYNG AND TO KEPE IN HIS RITCHIT HERT TO EUERY MAN HIS WERRAY RICHT HERFOR' EUERY NOBLE CREATUR' SULD ESCHEW TO DO WRANG SCAITH OR INIURE IN HIS FURTH BERYNG SEN THE CHARGE OF EUERY LEVING SULD BE MESURIT WITH RICHT IT IS FER' BETTER' TILL ONY MAN TO HAF HIS HERT BRYNT WITH THOLYNG THAN KENDILLIT WITH TAKING OR REIF FFOR AT THE LAST GOD THAT IS MAST RYCHTTUIS SALL GIF TO EUERY MAN HIS WERRAY RICHT ANE NOBLE MAN OF NATURE GIF HE DOIS OR PROCURIS TO HIS BLUDE DEFORMITE OR SCHAME ENARMAND IN ANE FALS MIRK OR WRANGWIS QUERELE FOR TO HAUE SINGULER' AVALE OR PROFFET HE IS AS THE MANSWORN AITH DAMPNIT AND FORIUGIT BE IUSTICE THAT GEVIS TO EUERY MAN HIS WERRAY RICHT O NOBLE MAN LAT WS NOCHT MAK WS TO BE MURMURIT NOR BE MONY TUNGIS COMMONIT BE ESCHEWAND THE SCHARPE DREID OF GODDIS IUSTICE LAT WS GIF TO EUERY MAN HIS WERRAY RICHT THE FYFT WERTEU IS WORTHYNES WORTHINES MAKIS NOBLE MEN TO KNAW THAT HAS HART AND CORAGE TO SERF WNDERE HIR' BANERE THAT THAR MAY NA MAN BE HIR' HAUE PRYCE LOVING RENOVNE OR BE RESAUIT IN HIRE LARGE COURT WITHOUT THAT HE HAUE IN HIM FER' MAIR' GUD DEID THAN MANERE OR COUNTENANCE

THEROF AND TO HAUE AT THE POYNT OF HIS DOYNG WITHOUT PURCHES OF IUST PARTY GUD GYDING HARDYNES SEKER' PURPOS AND STABLIT CORAGE WITH DILIGENCE SECRETNES AND LITILL LANGAGE AND IN THE STOURE TO DREID NATHING BOT GOD BOT ERAR' TO CHESE AS FOR AWANTAGE HONEST DED THAN TO LIF WITH SCHAME GUD RENOVN IS TO WORTHINES TRESSOURE RITCHES AND THING IN THE WARLD SCHO HALDIS MAST DEIRE NOR THAIR SALL NEUER MAN DO WELE HIS DET THAT IN ARMES FIRST SEIKIS PROFFIT PRAY OR GUDIS FFORE COVATIS IS ALLWAY ACCUSTOMIT TO LUF HONOUR FRAWARTLY AND FOR HIR' LUFYNG ATTANYS TO BREK & DISTROYE THE ORDOUR' OF GUD CORAGE HONOUR ALLWAY LEVIS HIM THAT INTENDIS TO PILLAGE AND FOR PROFFET THAT TYNIS HIM SELF AND ALL HIS LAUBOUR HERFORE EUIDENTLYE IT APPERIS THAT GREDY HERT FOLLOWIS GRET SCAITH AND THAT BETTER IS HONEST DEID THAN TO LIF IN SCHAME THIS LADY WORTHINES WILL RESAIF NA SERUICE NOR FAITH OF THAM THAT BE LANG TYME TRAVALIS BOT FOR WYNNYNG OF GUDIS BOT GIF THOW WILL KNAW HIR' SERUANDIS THAI HAUE NOTHER' HASTY HED NOR HAND THAT IS THAT THAI AR' NOCHT OUTTRAGEOUS TO ANSWER' IN CRUELL LANGAGE NOR TO TAK VENGEANCE BE STRENTH WORTHINES ALLWAY IS SWEIT AND GENTILL TO NOBLE & LIBERALL MEN AND SCHO IS FERS AND FELLOUN TO OUTTRAGIOUS CRUELL MEN AND TO SEMPLE MEN SCHO MAKIS NA LET TRUBLE NOR STOPPING I SAY THAT THAI PERSEWE THIS LADY WORTHINES RICHT SWERLYE AND WITH GRET SCHAME AND TAKIS ARMYS IN ANE SYMPLE WASSALEGE THAT TAKIS & REVIS THE GUDIS AND SUBSTANCE OF PURE COMMONIS AND LAUBORARIS AND FLEIS THE SCHARPE ASSALTIS & DANGER' OF THAR'

ENEMYS AND SA SIC MEN SULD CHES FOR AWANTAGE ERARE HONEST DEID THAN TO LIF IN SCHAME O NOBLE MAN THAI THAT LIFFIS OUTTRAGIOUSLIE DEIS PERFORCE BE CRUELL AND OUTTRAGIOUS DEID AS RESSOUN WILL AND GOD HIM SELF BERIS WITNES HERFOR EUERY MAN OF HIE BIRTH AND GUD CORAGE SULD BETTER LUF AND SONER' CHEIS HONEST DEDE THAN TO LIF IN SCHAME THE SEXT WERTEU IN A NOBLE IS LUF GUD LUF WITHOUT BITTERNES IS A THING WORTHY PLESAND COMFORTAND AND DELITABLE FOR GUD LUF MAY NOCHT FAILE STANCHE NOR SLOKIN IN THE NOBLE BLUDE OF A MAN SEKER' AND STABLE LUF IS THE FREDOME LARGES AND HABOUNDANCE OF ANE HIE HONERABLE HART IT IS THE BOUNTE THAT NURISIS & MAKIS THE SELF FAIRE AND PLESAND AND THAT CONQUESSIS ANE NOTHER HERT FOR HIS HATRENT AND INWY BERIS THE FYRE THAT DISTROYIS THE SELF HERFOR HE THAT HAS NOCHT LUF & FRENDE HAS NATHING ALL NOBLE MAN SULD WELE CLAME & CHALLANCE THIS LADY LUF AND CONQUES & GET FRENDIS BE SWET SERUICE HIS KING HIS LANDIS AND HIS FRENDIS HE SULD LUF AND AT MISTERE RELEIF HELP AND SUCCOUR THAM BOT QUHEN THE HERT IS NOCHT SECURE AND FAITHFULL IT IS BOT FENZEING FULL OF EWILL CRAFT THAT DISCOUERIS AND SCHEWIS HIS DISSAIT AND FRAUDE OUR' LATE AND THAN HE REPORTIS THAIROF NOTHER' TO HIM SELF NOR TILL VTHERIS GUD HONOUR NOR PROFFIT FOR ANE MAN HATIT LIFFIS ALLWAY IN GRET REPREF HERFOR' QUHA THAT HAS NOCHT LUF & FRENDE HE HAS NATHING ANE NOBLE MAY WELE CALL HIM CATIF & HIS ESTATE IS CATIF AND DAMPNABLE THAT IN HIS DOYNGIS NOYIS & AND GREVIS AND MAKIS HIM SELF TO BE DEFAMIT & LUFIS NA THING BOT FOR LUF OF PROFFET IN FORTOUNE THAI TURN

TO THAM THE SCHARPE POYNT FOR THE FOX OFTYMES FOR ALL HIS WYLIS BE TRUMPARY AND FOR LITILL THING IS DISSAUIT LUF CUMMIS ALLWAY TO HIM THAT LUFIS HIR' WELE AND A MAN HATIT LIFFIS IN GRET REPREF SCHAME AND VNPROVIT HE HERFOR THAT HAS NOCHT LUF AND FREND HAS NA THING O NOBLE MAN BE LUF WE AR' ADUNIT TO GOD AND BE LUF AND FRENDSCHIPE IN ERD ALL THING IS CONSERUIT THARFOR HE THAT HAS NOCHT LUF & FRENDE HAS NA THING THE SEVYNT WERTEU IN ANE NOBLE IN CURTASY QWHAY THAT WILL ASSAY NOBILNES QUHARTO NA VYLE NOR VICIOUS MAN MAY CUM HE SULD SEIKE AND FYND THAT LADY QUHAR' CURTASY REMANIS QUHILK OURCUMMIS ALL HIRE ENEMYS BE HIR' GRACIOUS SWETNES SCHO IS NOCHT INWYOUS FELLOUN NOR PRYDEFULL BOT SOBIR' MEIKE IOYUS AND PLESAND ALLWAYIS IN WORD & DEID BE THE DEID ALLWAY IS PREVIT THE THING THAT IS CLOSIT IN THE HERT THE LYF MAKIS THE CARLE TO BE REPREVIT THAT MAKIS HIM GENTILL FOR NOBLENES DEFAIDIS ALLWAY IN THAIM THAT HAS ANE VICIOUS SCHAMFULL & FOULE LYF ANE OUTTRAGIOUS TUNG ANE INVIOUS HERT AND PERILLOUS HAND GARRIS ALL MEN BE HATIT AND IN CURTAS MEN MAKIS WELE THAM SELF AND THAR' GUDIS BE MONY WAYS TO BE PROVYNE IN THAM MAY NOCHT BE COUERIT NOR REMANE WIKITNES EVILL NOR WELANY THAI HAUE NEUER FENZEIT COUNTENANCE NOR DANGEROUS MANERE BOT ALLWAY LUFAND AND GRACIOUS CHERE TECHING ALL MEN TO NA MAN DANGERUS BOT ALLWAY REWLIT MESURIT AND GYDIT IN WORD & DEID O NOBLE MAN ANE HED OUR HASTY RIGOUR DISPYTE & RIATUS TUNG MAKIS ALLWAY STRYF DISCORD AND GANESTANDING IN WORD AND DEID THE ( VIIJ ) WERTEU IS DELIGENCE

SEN THAT WERTEU MAKIS IT SELF PERFYTE BE PANE & TRAVALE THE SAULL BE TRAVALE IS THE BETTER AND THE LYF MARE HALE THE MAN BE TRAWELL CUMMIS WYS SEKERE AND EXPERT AND YDILNES IS FULE NYCE CARLICH VNPROVIDIT NOCHT REKAND AND VNSEKIRE THAT NEUER DESERUICE LOVING PRYCE NOR GRACE ANE MAN MAY WELE IUGE THAT NOBILNES TYNIS HIRE IN ANE SWERE AND DOLF HERT THAT TRAVALIS FOR NA THING FFOR HE LIVIS AS AT NOCHT THAT PERSEWIS NOCHT DELIGENS QUHILK WAIKIS ALL WERTUIS DELIGENCE IS NYCHTBOURE TILL NOBLENES FOR SCHO IT IS THAT GYDIS REULIS & CONDUCIS ALL HIS WERKIS AND DOYNGIS QUHAROF NOBILNES APPERIS IT IS FOLIE AND VANITE TO ONY MAN OF NOBLE & HIE BLUDE TO TRAST OR HALD HIM SELF NOBLE WITHOUT THAT HE APPERE AND SCHEWE HIM NOBLE BE HIS WERTUIS DEDIS FFOR HE THAT IN ALL HIS DEIDIS LUFIS NEGLIGENCE DELITAND IN IDILNES HIS NAME FALLIS HIS WERTUIS TYNIS AND HE IS LIFFAND AS ANE DEID MAN FOR IT IS NA REK NOR COMPT OF HIS LYF THAT SAWIS NOCHT DELIGENCE QUHILK AWALKYNNIS ALL VTHER WERTUIS QUHAT AVALIS OR QUHAT IS ANE MAN WORTH THAT MUSIS & LYIS IN SLOGARDY THAT WILL HAUE ANE SOFT BED ANE FULL WAME REMANYNGE AT EIS AND PECE THE TYME DAY BE DAY AND WOLKE BE WOLKE AND REKIS NOCHT NOR TAKIS NA COMPT HOW ALL THING PAS QUHAT BE WONNYNG OR QUHAT BE TYNT AND WILL HAUE MEN BEFOR HIM BAIRHED KNELAND & SAYNG THAT HE IS ANE NOBLE QUHILK IS GRET MERWELL QUHAR' HIS AWNE DEIDIS SCHAWIS THE CONTRARE BOT QUHA THAT IS ANE NOBLE HE LERIS QUHAROF SERVIS DELIGENCE THAT AWALKINNIS ALL VTHER WERTUIS O NOBLE MAN

THE WYNE GRAIP ROTTIS AND DEIS GIF IT LY AT THE ERD VNDER' THE LEIF THE MISCHEIF & FALL AWYS & CONSULIS A MAN AND DELIGENCE THAT AWALKIS ALL WERTUIS IN TRAVALE MAKIS OF ANE RUDE & VNNURIST MAN ANE MAN CUNING PERTE & WEILE MANERIT THE ( IX ) WERTEU IN ANE NOBLE MAN IS CLENLYNES THE HERT SET IN NOBILNES AND DESYRAND HIE HONOUR' SULD DISPYSE ALL FILTH AND VNHONESTYE FOR HE DISPRYSIS HIS NOBLENES THAT TAKIS KEPE AND TENT TILL VTHER MENNIS GYDING AND KEPIS NOCHT HIM SELF CLENE HE THAN SULD NOTHER SAY NOR DO THING THAT WAR' TO DISCOMMEND NOR THAT MICHT EMPAIRE OR SCAITH ANE NOTHIRE MAN NOR THAT MYCHT MENYS HIS AWNE LOSE AND HONOUR GIF HE AVISIT THOCHT & LUKIT WEILE TO HIM SELF THAT TAKIS TENT AND KEPE TILL ALL VTHER MEN FOULE SPEKYNG AND MEKLE MISSAYNG OR FLYTING OR ANE VNHONEST DEVYSE TO THE MAN THAT IS SENE AND BEHALDYN BE MONY MEN FOR HONESTE IS REQUYRIT TO KEPE IN SAIF GARDE THAIM THAT TAKIS COMPT AND KEPE OF OTHERE MENNIS GYDING O NOBLE MAN BE CLENLYNES OF PERSOUN PLESAND AND FAIR' HAVING THAI KEPE THAIM FRA FILTH THAT TAKIS KEPE TO ALL OTHER' MEN THE TENT WERTEU IN ANE NOBLE MAN IS LARGES LARGES IN ALL CAISE IS SA CURTASE AND AWENAND THAT IT PLESIS TO IT SELF AND PROFFETTIS ALL VTHERIS FOR IT IS THE RENT OF HONOUR QUHAROF THE ANE WYNNIS PROFFET AND THE OTHERE MERIT IT PROFFETTIS THE TAKERE AND DELYTIS THE GEVARE AND AMENDIS AND SETTIS THAIM BAITH IN RICHT THAR' IS NATHING TYNT THAT LARGES DISPENDIS FOR HE DISPENDIS

ALL HIS GUDIS BE WISDOME AND TO LARGES ALLWAY GUDIS CUMMIS AND ABOUNDIS BOT THE PROTHOCALL MAN SPENDAND WITHOUT MESOUR AND PROVISIOUN WAISTIS AND DISTROYS LARGES THAN THAT PROFFETTIS & EIKIS HIM SELF & PLESIS AND CONTENTIS ALL VTHERIS IS THE TECHERE OF ALL WERTUIS IN THIS WARLD THE REWARD TAKIN OBLISSIS THE TAKERE AND ACQUYTIS THE GIFFARE OF HIS BOUNTE THING THAIRFOR GEVIN IS BETTER THAN ALL THE LAIF OF GUDIS HID REPORTIS BOT LITILL THANK IOY OR PLESOUR AND AUARICE IS WARIJT AND HALDIN ABHOMINABLE BE SAMEKLE THAT SCHO CLOSIS HIRE HAND & GIFFIS TO NA MAN AND IT CUMMIS OFTTYMIS TO THE AUARICIUS THAT ANE NOTHER SPENDIS & PUTTIS TO THE WYND THE GUDIS THAT HE GADDERIT WITH GRET TRUBLE & PANE AND GIF THAIR CUMMIS TO HIM WEXACOUN WERE OR TRUBBLE THAIR IS NA MAN THAT COMPTIS OR SETTIS THAIRBY SUPPOS IT CONFOUND HIM BOT LARGES GETTIS ALL TYME FRENDIS & HELPE THAT IS THE TECHERE OF ALL WERTU IN THIS WARLD HERFORE AND FRE LIBERALE HERT QUHAREIN NOBLNES INHABITIS SULD NOCHT BE SCARS & HALDAND BOT BLYTHARE & MARE IOCUND TO GIF THAN TO TAK FFOR LARGES RELEVIS & SUCCOURIS A MAN AND SCARSNES INTERDYTIS NOBILITE GUD DEDIS IS SIC THAT GOD WILL THAT IT BE REWARDIT HEREFOR BE LARGES THE GUD DEPARTIS CUMMIS AGAIN GUD DEID TYNIS NEUER IT SELF IN NA TYME BOT SAMEKLE AS IT DOIS REDOUNDIS AGAIN TO HIS MASTERE FOR LARGES BERIS THE STANDART VPON ALL RENTIS THAT IS THE TECHERE OF ALL WERTUIS IN THIS WARLD O NOBLE MAN THE RICHE MAN THAT LATTIS HONOUR FOR EXPENS GUDIS FALZEIS HIM & ALL SCHIFT IN HIM CONFOUNDIS BE LARGES THE HERTIS OF MEN AR SENE AND VNDERSTAND THAT IS THE TECHER' OF ALL VERTUIS IN THIS WARLD THE ( XJ ) WERTEU IN A NOBLE MAN IS SOBERNES QWHEN GUD DESYRE INTENDIS TO ASCEND & CUM TO HICHT PUTTIS THE THOCHT TO CUM TO HONOUR THAN SULD ANE MAN HALD & REULL HIM SOBIRLY & ESCHEW DISTEMPERANCE

OF WYNE AND HEIT THAT TORNED GUD AWYS IN FOLY GREVIS STRENTH DOIS WRANG & HURTIS THE NATURE TRUBLIS PECE MOVIS DISCORD & LEVIS ALL THING VNPERFYTE BOT QUHA THAT WILL DRAW SOBIRNES TO HIM SCHE IS HELPLIE OF LITILL APPLESIT HELPE OF THE WITTIS WACH TO THE HELE KEPARE OF THE BODY AND CONTYNEWALE LYNTHER' OF THE LYF FFOR TO EXCES THAIR MAY NEUER CUM GUD NOR PROFFIT NOR BODY NOR LYF IS NEUER THE BETTER AND SA IT TYNIS ALL MANERE CONTINENS VOCE AYND LICHTNES & COLOUR A GLUTONE ALLWAY HAS SUM SEKNES OR SOROWE HE IS HEVY FAT & FOULL HIS LYF SCHORTIS & HIS DEID APPROCHIS THAR' IS NA MAN THAT BEVALIS OR MENYS A MAN GIF HE DRAWIS HIM NOCHT TO SOBIRNES FFOR SOBIRNES IS SCHO THAT ALL MAN PLESIS HELPE OF THE WITTIS WACHE OF THE HELE KEPERE OF THE BODY & LYNTHERE OF THE LYF AND HE THAT CAN NOCHT REULE HIS MOUTH THAT IS VSCHERE TO THE HERT HOW SULD HE CUM TO KNAWLEGE TO HAUE GYDING OF GRET THINGIS GLUTONY ALLWAY LEVIS HIE HONOUR & GRATHIS ALLANERLYE DED TO HIM SELF ANE FULL WAME IS NEUER AT EIS BOT SLEPAND FOR VTHER THINGIS HE NEUER THINKIS DOIS NOR DREMES BOT SOBIRNES GIFFIS ALL THINGIS IN SUFFICIENCE AND TO ALL THING THAT WERTEU IS FOR SCHE IS HELP OF THE WITTIS WACH TO THE HELE KEPARE OF THE BODY & LYNTHER' OF THE LYF THE ( XIJ ) WERTEU IN ANE NOBLE IS PERSEUERANCE O EXCELLENT HIE AND GODLIE WERTEU MYCHTI QWENE & LADY PERSEUERANCE THAT MAKIS PERFYTE FULFILLIS & ENDIS ALL THINGIS FOR QUHA THAT KEPIS THI FAITHFULL & TREW TECHING FYNDIS WITHOUT STOPE THE WAY OF LOVING PECE & SUFFICENCE THOW OURCUMMIS ALL THING BE THI SEKERE CONSTANCE THAT TYRIS NEUER TO SUFFERE THOU OURCUMMIS WANHAP THAT PASSIS FORTOUN & IN ALL PLACIS SCHO GIFFIS TO THE VICTORY THAN BE RESON THOU GETTIS THE CROVNE QUHEN ALL WERTUIS GIFFIS TO THE OURHAND AND BE THI GYDING CUMMIS TO HIE LOVING THAI SULD WELE ADOURE THE AS LADY MASTRES & PATRON SEN THE END MAKIS ALL THING TO BE LOVIT THOW ART SCHO THAT EXAMYNIS ALL HARTIS AND AS THE GOLD CHESIS OUT THE FYNIT HARTIS IN TREUTH & LAWTE BE THI HV MILL SUFFERANS AND QUHA THAT TO THE ASSURIS & DELIUERIS HIM SELF THOW RASIS HIM QUHEN HE IS TO FALL AND GIFFIS HIM SUSTENANCE & COMFORT

BOT THE FEBLE HERT CASSYN IN WARIANCE SPILLIS & TYNIS IN SCHORT SPACE ALL THAT IT DOIS INWY BREKIS SIC FOLKIS THAI WANT WERTEU IN DEFALT OF FAITH TYRIS THAM AND HONOUR HABANDONIS THAM THAI AR' PVNIST LADY GOD THANK THE FOR GUD MEN HAS GUD THAT TO GUD ATTENDIS AND ALL NOBILLIS THAT SEIKIS TO HIE WORSCHIP GIF THAI BE WYS AND WILL AWOWE TO SERF THE SEN THE END MAKIS ALL WERKIS TO BE LOVIT HE DOIS NA THING THAT BEGYNNIS & ENDIS NOCHT AND THAT IN HIS WERKIS INCLINIS HIM TO WARIANS QUHEN THE WARK IS HIE WORTHY AND LOVEABLE GIF THE VNDERTAKING TURN NOCHT TO PERFYTE END HIS LAUBOUR PASSIS AS AT NOCHT AND REMANIS OUT OF REMEMBERANS AND THAT IS ATTOURE MESOUR REPREF & SCHAME FFOR THARE A MAN TYNIS HIS NAME & HIS SCIENS AND HIS GUDIS INCONTINENT AR TYNT & GAIS TO NOCHT BOT QUHA THAT WITH RICHT ORDANIS & AVYSIS HIS DOYNGIS AND TO A PERFYTE END IN TREUTH & LAWTE PERFURNISIS THAIM HIS GUDIS THAN MAKIS THAIM TO BE AMENDIT & EKIT AND THAI THAT INCONTINENT & HASTY ZELDIS THAIM TO FORTOUN THAT IS TO ADUERSITE MAY FURTHWITH DISAWOW NOBILNES SEN THE END IN ALL THINGIS MAKIS THE WERK TO BE LOUIT O NOBLE MAN THAI AR' NOBILLIS THAT DISPENDIS THAIR BODY & GUDIS IN TREUTH & LAWTE & DEFENDIS THAR LORD NOCHT LOWSAND THE RICHT KNOT OF THAIR FAITH SEN THE END MAKIS ALL WARKIS TO BE LOUIT NOBLES REPORT ZOUR MATINNIS IN THIS BUKE AND WYSLY LUKE ZE BE NOCHT COUNTREFETE NOR TO RETRETE SEN LAWTE SEIKIS NA NUKE AND GOD FORSUKE BREUELY FOR TO TRETE ALL THAT FALS AR' AND NOBLES CONTREFEIT (COLOPH) HEIR' ENDIS THE PORTEOUS OF NOBLENES ( SCRIPT' PER ) M. IO ASLOAN (END OF COLOPH)

(HEAD) HEIR BEGYNNIS THE SCOTTIS ORIGINALE (END OF HEAD) IN TO THE FIRST IT IS TO BE WITTIN THAT THE NACIOUN OF SCOTTIS BEGOUTH IN THE TYME OF MOYSES QUHILK IS CONTENIT IN THE BIBILL AND IN THAT TYME THE ETHIOPIS HELD WEIR' APON ALL EGIPTE WITH CRUELL FORCE FOR THE QUHILK THE EGIPCIANIS SOCHT SUPLE AT THE GREKIS WITH QUHAM THAI WAR' ALLYIT AND IN SICLYK FORME AND MANERE AS SCOTLAND AND FRAUNCE QUHARFOR' THE KING OF ATHENIS IN TO GRECE CALLIT NEOLUS SEND HIS SON WITH GRET POWERE CALLIT GATHELOS EFTER QUHOM OUR LANGAG IS CALLIT GALEIG WITH GRET POWER' OF MEN IN EGIPTE AND DISCOMFIT THE ETHIOPIS AND HABANDONIT THAM VNTO THE TYME THAT MOYSES RAIS FFOR THE QUHILK VICTORY THE KING OF EGIPT GAF HIS ALLANERLY DOCHTERE & AIR' CALLIT SCOTA IN MARIAGE TO THE SAID GATHELOS BE PROPER' NAME OF THE QUHILK SCOTA WE WAR' CALLIT SCOTTIS AS VSE AND CUSTOME WAS THAT TYME TO NACIONIS TO TAK DENOMINACIOUN AND NAME EFTER THE PROPER NAME OF WOMEN AND NOCHT OF MEN AS ASYA AFFRIK & EUROPE THE THRE PRINCIPALE PARTIS OF THEQ WARLD ( A SCOTA NATA PHARAONIS REGIS EGIPTJ VT VETERES TRADUNT SCOCIA NOMEN HABET ) SA THAT THE OPINIONES OF THAM AR' NOCHT TREW THAT SAYIS OR TROWIS THAT WE COME OF BRUTE QUHILK COME OF TRATOURIS OF TROYE AS IS WELE KEND AND CONTENIT IN THE STORY OF TROYE MAID AND COMPYLIT BE THE CLERK CALLIT GWYDO DE COLUMNA FOR SEKERLY WE AR' CUMMYN OF THE MAST FAMOUS & MAIST WORSCHIPFULL NACIOUN THAT EVIRE WAS IN ERD QUHILK IS

OF GRECE OF THE MANNIS SYD CALLIT GATHELE AND OF THE EGIPCIANIS OF THE WOMAN SYD CALLIT SCOTA QUHILKIS WAR' BEFOR' THE DISTRUCTIOUN OF TROY MAIRE THAN THRE HUNDRETH ZERIS AND SALANG THE NACOUN OF SCOTTIS WAS BEFORE ONY TRESOUN RAS IN TROYE AND AT THE GREKIS WAR' THE MAST WORSCHIPFULL NACIOUN FOR TWYS THAI CONQUEST ALL THE WARLD ANYS BE THE WORTHY MAN CALLIT HERCULIS AND ANYS BE THE FAMOUS CONQUESTOUR ALEXANDERE THE QUHILKIS WARE BAITH BORNE GREKIS AND THE TROIANIS DID NEUER BOT QUHEN THAI WAR' SEGIT BAID AT THAIR DEFENCE & WARE VINCUST AND VTTRELY DESTROYIT AND SUPPOS OF THAIM AR CUMMYN MONY NOBLE & WORTHY MEN ZIT THAI AR' SUCCEDIT OF THAM THAT BURE & BERIS THE FOULL SURNAME OF THE TRESOUN OF TROYE AND SA WRAIT THIS FAMOUS CLERK GRECIA THIS FORSAID SCOTA & GATHELOS WAR' SPOUSIT TOGIDDER QUHEN AT THE BARNIS OF ISRAELL PAST IN THE REID SE AND EFTER THE DECES OF KING PHARO THAI GOUERNIT THE LAND OF EGIPT AND FOR THAI SAW & WNDERSTUD THE FELLOUN PLAGIS THAT COME ON EGIPT THAI TUKE PURPOS AND DECRETIT TO PAS WITH THE FOLK THAT THAI HAD OF GRECE & EGIPT FOR TO SEIKE VOIDE LANDIS AND INHABIT THAM FOR HE WALD NOCHT PAS IN HIS AWNE CUNTRE AGANE AS THE MANERE WAS THAT TYME AND GIF ONY WALD SAY THAT WE AR' CUMMYN OF THE TA SYD OF THAIM OF EGIPT THAT OPPRESSIT THE BARNIS OF ISRAELL LUF WS NOCHT THE WERE THAIRFOR FFOR THAI WAR' AY LELE AMANGIS THAIM SELF FFOR IHESU CRIST WAS BORNE OF IEWIS SUPPOS THAI PERSAUIT THE BARNIS OF ISRAELL THAI RESAUIT CRIST IN EGIPTE AND NURIST HIM NERE ( VIJ ) ZERE QUHILL THE GENERACOUN OF THE SAMYN

BARNIS PERSEWIT CRIST TO THE DEID AND CRUCIFYED HIM THIS GATHELOS AND SCOTA PASSIT WITH THAIR FOLK OUT OF EGIPT AND MONY GRET GENTILLIS WITH THAIM WITH GRET RICHES AND MONY MICHTI SCHIPPIS AND THE MAST PART WAR' LORDIS AND GENTILLIS THAT PASSIT WITH THAIM AND FIRST THAI ARYVIT IN AFFRICA AND REMANIT THAR' ( XL ) ZERIS WITH MEKLE WEIRE & WEXACOUN AND BECAUS THAI DESYRIT AND HAD CONCLUDIT TO SEIKE VOIDE LANDIS AND INHABIT AS THAI WAR' COUNSALIT BE THAR' PAGANE GODDIS THARFOR THAI RASIT THAIR FOLKIS WITH THAIR SCHIPPIS AND PAST THE RAIS OF IUBITERE AND AT THE LAST THAI COME IN SPANZE AND ARYVIT IN PORTINGALE QUHILK HAS NAME OF GATHELE OUR' FORFADER AND EFTER THAT THAI COME IN NAWARNE & BESKAY AND DUELT APON THE REVER' OF OLOR AND SYNE IN THAT CUNTRE THAT NOW IS CALLIT IRLAND AND FANDE IT VOIDE AND FAND IN IT A CERTANE OF GIANDIS QUHILKIS HE DISTROYIT AND INHABIT THE LAND CALLIT EFTER SCOTA SCOCIA MAIOR VNTO THE TYME THAT PART OF WS COME OUT OF IT IN OUR' SCOTLAND THAT NOW IS INHABIT AND WAS CALLIT SCOCIA MINOR AND THAN SCOCIA MAIOR BEGOUTH TO BE CALLIT YBERNIA OF THIS SAID IBER SCOT SA OURE NACIOUN AND OUR NAME WAS FOUNDIT AND OUR LAND INHABIT LANG TYME OR TROYE WAS DISTROYIT AND OR BRUTUS WAS BORNE AND SA LANG TYME EFTER COME BRUTE IN OUR LAND AND CALLIT IT BRETTANE BOT TO THE SCOTTIS SEY AND NORTHHALF THE SCOTTIS SE DUELT NEUER BRETTONE NOR WAS SUBIECTE TO BRETONIS NOR TO ROMANIS NOR TO NANE VTHER NACIOUN FRA THE SCOTTIS SE NORTH ITEM THE FIRST THAT COME OUT OF MAIR' SCOTLAND IN THE LES SCOTLAND THAT NOW

IS OURIS BE THE GRACE OF GOD WAS ANE CALLIT ETHIOS ROTHAY EFTER QUHOM IS CALLIT THE ILE & THE CASTELL OF ROTHISSAYE THE QUHILK IS NOW CALLIT BUTE EFTER SANCT BRANDANE OF THAT ILK SYNE COME ANE NOTHER CALLIT SYMON SURKE AND INHABIT OURE SCOTLAND OR BRUTE COME IN THE NORTH PARTIS AND SA REMANIT LANG TYMES QUHILL THE TYME THAT THE PICTIS COME QUHILK WAS CHASIT OUT OF THAIR AWN LAND CALLIT SYTHIA BE A PRINCE OF EGIPT CALLIT OGENERE AND THAI COME IN A NAVYNE THRETTY SCHIPPIS FULL OF MEN BUT WOMEN AND ARYVIT IN SCOTLAND MAIOR AND ASKIT AT THE SCOTTIS LAND TO DUELL APON AND THAI DENYIT AND WALD GIF THAIM NANE NOR LAT THAIM MAK IN THAT CUNTRE ONY RESIDENCE BOT COUNSALIT THAIM TO CUM IN LES SCOTLAND QUHILK WAS NOCHT SA INHABIT AS WAS MAIR' SCOTLAND NOW CALLIT IRLAND AND THAI SULD HELP THAIM GIF ONY WALD GANESTAND THAIM TO ENTRE AND BECAUS THAI WAR' DESOLATE OF WOMEN THAI DELIUERIT TO THAIM ANE CERTANE OF WEDOWIS AND MADINNIS TO MAK GENERACIOUN WITH AND MULTIPLIE THE CUNTRE AND SA THE PICTIS GAT ENTERES AND FAUOURIS IN THIS CUNTRE THROW THE WOMEN THAT THAI BROCHT WITH THAIM OUT OF SCOTLAND MAIOR QUHILKIS WAR' OF BLUDE TILL OUR SELF SYNE THAI MULTIPLIJT GRETLIE AND VSURPIT APON WS SCOTTIS MEN AND DID WS GRET SCAITH AND THOCHT TO PUT WS OUT OF THE LAND QUHILK WAS TALD TO THE PRINCE OF GRET SCOTLAND AND HE WAS GRETLIE AMOVIT THAIRAT AND THAN THE KINGIS SON CALLIT TO NAME FERGUS FERHERD GADDERIT GRET POWERE OF SCOTTIS MEN AND COME IN LES SCOTLAND AND TUKE THE CROVNE OF

JT AND WAS OURE FIRST KING AND BROCHT THE ARMES OF SCOTLAND THE QUHILK REMANYS ZIT ANE RED RAMPAND LYOUN IN A SCHELD OF GOLD VERSUS ( ALBION IN TERRIS REX PRIMUS GERMINE SCOTUS * * * CHRISTUM TERCENTIS TERDENIS PREFUIT ANNIS ) AND SEN SYNE NEUER FALZEIT KING OF THAT BLUD FRA THE RIGNE AND THE CROVNE OF SCOTLAND NOR NEVIRE WAR' DEPRYVIT BOT HAS REMANIT BE RICHT LYNE DISCENDAND AY DOVNE FRA THE SAID FERGUS TILL OURE SOUERANE LORD IAMES THE FYFT THAT NOW IS QUHOM ALMYCHTI GOD CONSERF NOR FRA GATHELE OUR FIRST PROGENITORE TILL THE SAID FERGUS THE QUHILK NOVMER OF KINGIS CUMMIS TO ( VJXQXQ ) NOR NEUER STRANGER' RANG ON WS NOR HAD DOMINACIOUN OF WS SUPPOS ARTHUR' THAT TYRAND MAID WEIR' ON WS AGANIS HIS FAITH AND PROMYS AND EFTER THAT THE ROMANIS DANTIT THE BRETTONNIS THAI ALLYIT THAIM WITH WS TILL HELPE THAIM AGANE THE ROMANIS THE QUHILK WE HELD & KEPIT AND WORE APON THE ROMANIS AND OCCUPIIT THAIM SA THAT WE GART THAIM BIG TWA WALLIS FRA THE EST SE TO THE WEST SE TO KEPE WS FRA THE BRETTANIS THAT THAI DANTIT AND WAN ON FORS AND WE STRAIK THAIM AY DOVNE AND SLEWE THAIR EMPRIOUR' CALLIT SEUERUS AT ZORK AND GANESTUDE IN ALL THING IULIUS CESARE CLAUDIUS AND VASPASIUS EMPRIOURIS OF ROME QUHILKIS WALD HAF DANTIT WS AS THAI DID BRETTONNIS BOT TO TELL ALL THE PROCES OF THIS IT WAR' TO LANG BOT THIS ARTHOUR NOCHT GANSTANDING QUHILKIS WE & THE PICTIS

HELPIT HIM AND THE BRITTONNIS TO PUT OUT THE ROMANIS QUHEN THE ROMANIS HAD DANTIT THAIM & WTTERLY DESTROYED HAD NOCHT BENE OUR' SUPLE FALSLIE HE BRAK HIS ALLIA TILL WS AND MAID WEIRE ON WS A QUHILE AND TUKE TO HIM FRA THE RICHTUIS AIRE THE CROVNE OF BRETTANE THAT IS TO SAY FRA MORDRED AND GAWANE QUHILKIS WAR' SIR LOTH OF LOTHIANIS SONIS GOTTIN APON THE KINGIS DOCHTER AND AIR' OF BRETTAN QUHILK WAS ARTHURIS SISTER & MARIIT WITH THE SAID LOTH OR ARTHOUR WAS BORNE AND BECAUS THE AIR' OF BRETTANE WAS MARIIT WITH A SCOTTIS MAN AND THE KINRIK WAS FALLYN THROUQ WERRAY RICHT IN A SCOTTIS MANNIS HANDIS AND BRETTANE VOIDE OF AIR' MALE AND THIS ARTHOUR WAS ( XV ) ZERIS ALD THE BRETTONNIS MAID HIM KING THROW THE DEVILRY OF MERLYNE THIS ARTHOUR WAS GOTTIN APON ANE NOTHER MANNIS WYF THE DUKE OF CORNWELLIS SPOUS AND WAS NEUER ABLE TO ANE CROVNE FOR HE WAS THE SON OF ADULTRY AND THIS FALS BRETTONNIS BE THIS CAUS BURE BY MORDRED THAIR RICHTUIS AIRE & WERRAY WNDOWTABLE KING THE QUHILK MORDRED QUHEN ARTHOUR WAS OUT OF THE CUNTRE IN HIS TYRANDRY HE GADDERIT ALL THE ESTATIS AND SCOTTIS MEN TO LONDOUN & SCHEW THAIM HIS RICHT AND THAR' AWYSITLY THE BRETTONNIS CHESIT HIM KING AND CROVNIT HIM INCONTINENT AND IN HIS RICHTUIS QUERELL & DEFENCE HE SLEWE THIS ARTHOURE AND ARTHURE HIM AS BRUTE SAYS AND GORANE THAT TYME KING OF SCOTLAND SEND HIS OST OF SCOTTIS MEN WITH MORDRED AGANIS ARTHOUR ALLWAY BECAUS OF MORDREDIS RICHT AND ANE NOTHER WAY BECAUS

ARTHURE FALSLY AGANE HIS ALLYA AND BAND MAID BETUIX WS AND HIM MAID WEIR' ON WS FOR FRA WE HAD MAID HIM IN PECE OF HIS ENEMYS HE WITH THE BRETTANIS RAIS APON WS AND WALD HAUE PUT WS OUT OF OUR' CUNTRE WITH THE SUPLE THAT HE HAD OF ROMANIS BOT THROUQ HELPE OF GOD WE AND THE PICTIS RESISTIT THAIM ALL IN SIC A WYS THAT THAI WAR' FAYNE TO CES AND QUHEN THAI HAD MAIDE WEIR' ON WS THRE HUNDRETH ZERE THAI SAW THAI COUTH NOCHT WYN AT WS THAI WAR' FAYNE TILL ALLY THAIM WITH WS THE QUHILK ALLIA WAS LANG TYME WEILE CONSERUIT & KEPIT VNTO THE TYME THIS ARTHUR' BRAK IT AND SEN SYNE TO THIS HOUR QUHATSUMEUER BAND WE HAD OF THAIM IT WAS NEUER WELE KEPIT AND SUPPOS FENZEOURIS SAYIS THIS ARTHOUR DID GRET CRUELTE IN DIUERS LANDIS AND MAID GRET CONQUEST AS MASTER WALTER MAPILL FENZEIT OF HIM IN HIS WRYTING OF THE QUHILK THE STORY BERIS WITNES IN THE CONTRARE AND THIS CRUELL WERE WE AND THE PICTIS MAIDE SA FORSY DEFENCE AGANIS BAITH ROMANIS AND BRETTONNIS QUHEN THIS ARTHOUR HAD FALSLY VSURPIT THE CROVNE OF BRETTANE THAT THAI MYCHT NOCHT GANESTAND WS THAN CALLIT HE IN HELPE OF THE FALS SAXONIS QUHILK SAXONIS WEXIT OUR' LAND MEKLE WITH ARTHOUR AND IN THE SUPLE OF HIM NOCHTWITHSTANDING WE PUT THAIM FURTH SCHARPLY AND SYNE THAI REMANIT STILL IN BRETTANE IN CONTRAR' ARTHURE AND ALL THAT HE COUTH DO AND SA IT SEMYS NOCHT TO BE SUTH THAT HE SULD CONQUES IN

HIS TYME ( XXX ) KINRIKIS THAT MYCHT NOCHT PUT OWT OF HIS AWNE LAND THE SAXONIS QUHILKIS LETE HIM NEUER SIT A DAYE IN PECE QUHILL THE SAXONIS WAR' FALSLIE SWORNE TO THE BRETONNIS AND BUNDYN TO THAM FFOR THAI BRAK THAIR FAITH AND RAIS AGANE THAM AND AT THE LAST PUT THAIM OUT OF THE LAND OF THE QUHILK THE PROCES WAR' LANG TO WRYTE THARFOR I WILL INTROMET NO FORTHER' THAIRWITH BOT THAI MAY BE WELE CALLIT (SERPENS IN GREMIO) AND EFTER THAT THAIR FELL ANE DISCORD BETUIX WS AND THE PICTIS QUHAR THROUQ THAIR RAIS ANE GRET WEIRE AND LESTIT LANG TYME QUHILL AT THE LAST WE PUT THAM OUT OF OUR LAND OF SCOTLAND BE OUR KING KENNETH MCQCALPYNE THE QUHILK WAS DONE SEVYNE HUNDRETH ZERIS SYNE AND SA REMANIT THE SAXONIS IN THE SOUTH PART & WE IN THE NORTH VNTO THE TYME THAT THE DANYS DANTIT THE SAXONIS AND REGNIT ON THAIM THRETTY ZEIRE AND SYNE WILLAM BASTARD THE DUKE OF NORMONDYS BASTARD SON AND PUT THE DANIS & MONY OF THE SAXONIS OUT OF BRETTANE AND HALDIS THAT LAND AS ZIT QUHILK OF GROUND RYCHT SULD BE THE KING OF SCOTLANDIS THROW THE TITILL AND RICHT OF EDMOND IRNSYDIS SONIS DOCHTER THE QUHILK WAS MARIJT WITH A KING OF SCOTLAND CALLIT MALCOME CANMORE CALLIT TO NAME SANCT MERGARET FRA THE QUHILK IS DISCENDIT LYNE BE LYNE OUR SOUERANE LORD THAT NOW IS AND THIS EDMOND IRNSYD WAS RICHTUIS KING OF YNGLAND ITEM IT IS SUTH AND IUST LAW THAT A BASTARD MAY

NOCHT SUCCEID THE WERRAY AIR' BEAND ON LYF AND THUS WAR' THE PICTIS WERELY PUT OUT BE WS SCOTTIS AND THE BRETTONNIS BE THE SAXONIS AND THE SAXONIS BE THE DANYS AND THE DANIS BE THE BASTARD OF NORMONDYE AND SA REMANIS THE ILE ALLANERLIE OCCUPIJT WITH WS SCOTTIS IN SCOTLAND AND NORMANDIS IN YNGLAND TO THIS DAY AND SUPPOS SCOTLAND WAS LANGTYME WEXIT WITH WEIRE OF DIUERS NACIONIS THAT IS TO SAY ROMANIS BRETTONNIS SAXONIS DANYS PICTIS AND NORMANNIS NEUERTHELES WE SCOTTIS MEN PUT THAIM AY OUT THROU CRUELL FORCE AND BATELL AND WITH NA MORNE SLEPIS SA THAT WE MAY SAY THIS DAY BE WERRAY SUTHFASTNES THAR' WAS NEUER LAND NOR IS NO LAND NOR NACIOUN SO FRE BYGANE OF ALL THE WARLD NOR HAS STANDING SO LANG TYME IN FREDOME AS WE SCOTTIS IN SCOTLAND FFOR WE HAUE BENE ( XVIIJ ) HUNDRETH ZEIRE IN CONQUEST NOR NEUER WAS DANTIT BE NO NACIOUN OF STRANGE CUNTRE OR KING TO THIS DAYE BOT EVIR' WNDERE OUR' KINGIS OF RICHT LYNE DISCENDAND FRA GATHELE & SCOTA FIRST INHABITARIS OF THIS LAND AND FRA FERGUS FORSAID TILL OUR SOUERANE LORD THAT RYNGIS NOW PRESENT QUHOM GOD KEPE AND CONSERF AND GIF THE FALS YNGLIS MEN WILL SAY THAT OUR' KING WAS SUMTYME ALLYIT TO THE KING OF YNGLAND AND MAID FEWTE TO HIM GIF THAT WAS SUTH IT WAS NOCHT FOR THE KINRIK OF SCOTLAND THE QUHILK THE WORTHY KINGIS OF SCOTTIS BRUKIT ON RICHTUIS TITILL MONY ZERIS BEFORE OR INGLIS OR BRETTONIS COME IN THAT ILE BOT FOR THE LANDIS

THAI HELD OF HIM IN YNGLAND RICHT AS THE YNGLIS KING HELD AND SULD HALD OF THE KING OF FRAUNCE ITEM GIF ONY OF THAIM WALD SAY THAT FRAUNCE STUD LANGTYME VNCONQUEST IT IS WELE WITTIN BE ALD CORNIKILLIS THAT GALLOY THAT NOW IS CALLIT FRAUNCE WAS LANG TYME TRYBUTERIS TO THE ROMANIS AND WAR' KING OF IT AND SYNE COME A ROMANE DOVNE AND OPTENIT FRAUNCE AND WAS KING OF IT BOT WITHIN THIS THOUSAND ZERE THE STORY HERE OF WAR' LANG TO TELL AND OF ALL VTHER NACIONIS THAIR SUBIECTIONIS CONQUEST & CHANGIS ITEM ZE SALL WIT OF THIS THOUSAND AND ( VIIJ ) HUNDRETH ZEIR' THAT WE SCOTTIS HAS REGNIT IN THIS LAND OF SCOTLAND OF THE QUHILK TYME WE WAR NEUER THRE HUNDRETH ZEIR' IN PECE BOT AY WEXIT WITH VTHER NACIONIS AS IS FORSAID AND LANGAST BE THE ROMANIS NOW CALLIT YNGLIS MEN AND THAR' LAND IS CALLIT ANGLIA BE ANE CUNTRE IN ALMANE CALLIT ANGLIUS OF THE QUHILK THAI AR CALLIT ANGLICI OF (ANGLI AB ANGLO VNDE AUCTORITAS IUXTA DICTUM EUANGELIUM WERITAS NON QUERIT ANGLOS ) THARFOR' THAI MAY NEUER BE TREW THAT COME (AB ANGLO )AND NOW THE ROMANIS HAS TANE THAIR NAME & FALSNES TOGIDDER AND EUERY MAN WNDERSTUD GENOLOGI OF YNGLISMEN THARE SULD FEW WOUNDERE OF THAM SUPPOS THAI BE WERRAY FALS AND THE CAUS QUHY THAR' KING IS CUMMYN DOVNE LYNE BE LYNE FRA THE DEVILL AS THAR' AWNE CRONIKLE CALLIT POLICORNICA PROPORTIS

AND BERIS WITNES OF HENRY THE SECUND THAT SLEW SANCT THOMAS OF CANTERBERY THAT WAS THE EMPRYS SON THE QUHILK EMPRICE WAS WEDDIT WITH THE ERLL OF ANGEOS AND HE GAT APON HIR' THIS HENRY THE TYRAND THE QUHILK WAS SECUND FRA THE DEVILL CARNATE AS THAR' AWNE ALD WRIT BERIS WITNES AND ALL THE KINGIS OF YNGLAND SEN SYNE AR' DESCENDIT AND CUMMYN DOVNE OF THE SAMYN TYRAND AND THE SAMYN CORNIKLE OF YNGLAND SAYS THAT QUHEN THIS SAID HENRY TYRRAND WAS ANE BARNE IN TENDIRNES IN HIS CREDILL WITH THE KING OF FRAUNCE SANCT BERNARD COME & SAW HIM AND SPAK OF HIM THIS PROPHECYE SAYAND THUS (A DIABULO EXISTI ET AD DIABOLUM IBIS ) AND IT THAT THAIR AWNE WRITTIS PROPORTIS OF THAM HOW SULD WE CONTRARE NOCHT ALLANERLIE OF THIS BOT A HUNDRETH MAR' THINGIS OF THE QUHILKIS ZE SALL HEIR' EFTERWART OF THAIR WIKITNES & TO WRYT ALL IT IS TO LANG TO WRYT OF NOW AND SEKERLY THIS IS THE MANER' OF YNGLISMEN THAT QUHAR' THAI MAK STRATEST OBLIGACOUN & BAND OF PECE THAR' THAI DISSAIF SONEST AS THAI HAUE DONE ALL TYMES BYGANE TILL WS THAI KEPIT NEUER LANGAR TREWIS THAN THAI MYCHT SE APPERANCE OF ONY AWANTAGE QUHILK WAR' NOCHT THAIR COMMOUN AND THAI WAR' TREWE AS THAI WAR' NEVIRE AND HAD CONSCIENCE AS THAI HAF NANE FOR THAI TUKE AT WS FIRST FAITH AND CRISENDOME AND DOCTRINE OF HALY

KIRK FFOR WE WAR' CRISTINNIT BEFOR' THAIM FOUR' HUNDRETH ZEIRE AND MAIRE ( IUXTA ILLUD METRICE DICTUM * SCOCIA CATHOLICAM CEPIT INIRE FIDEM ) AND FOR ALL THIS THAI KEPIT TIL LL WS KYNDNES AS MEN WAIT IN REMEMBERANCE OF THAIR AWNE SOROW AND WENGEANCE ANE KING OF SCOTLAND CALLIT GREGOUR DANTIT THAM TO THE WATTER' OF THEMES AND HELD THAM AT OUR' IURISDICTOUN MAIRE THAN ( XXX ) ZERE QUHILK THAR' AWNE WRIT BERIS WITNES AND PROPORTIS THE SAMYN (COLOPH) HEIR' ENDIS THIS SMALL TRACTACT' OF THE SCOTTIS ORIGINALE (END OF COLOPH)

(HEAD) HEIRE FOLLOWIS ANE TRACTACT' OF A PART OF THE YNGLIS CRONIKLE SCHAWAND OF THAR' KINGIS PART OF THAR' EWILL & CURSIT GOVERNANCE (END OF HEAD) FORSAMEKLE AS WE HAUE SENE AND WNDER'STANDING ZOUR FALS AND FENZEIT WRIT THAT ZE CALL ANE CRONIKLE IN THE QUHILK ZHE MAK ZOW TO SCHAW THE DEFALTIS OF OUR SCOTTIS NACOUN AND THAT CERTANE OF OUR KINGIS SULD HAF MAID HOMAGE VNTO ZOUR KINGIS OF YNGLAND THE QUHILK IS WERRAY FALS IN THE SELF AS BAITH OUR' CORNIKLIS AND ZOURIS BERIS EXPRES WITNES TO THE QUHILK ZE SALL BE ANSWERIT AS EFFERIS ITEM IN THE FIRST WE WNDERSTAND HOW ZE AR' CUMMYN OF BRUTUS THAT IS THE MAST FALTYF PEPILL OF ALL THE WARLD THAT WAS THE TRESONABLE TRATOURIS OF TROYE OF QUHAIS WIKIT FALS DEIDIS ALL THE WARLD REIDIS AND WILL DO VNTO THE END THAIROF AND WE AR' CUMMYN AND DISCENDIT OF THE MAST NOBLE PEPLE THAT EVIRE WAS IN ALL THE WARLD BAITH OF OUR MANHED AND TREUTH THAT IS OF THE NOBLE GREKIS THAT WE ARE CUMMYN OF ON THE MANNIS SYD AND ATTOUR TO MAK ZOW TILL WNDERSTAND ZOUR AWNE VNHAPPYNES AND CURSIT LYNNAGE AND THAT ZE AR' LYNEALY DISCENDIT OF THE DEVILL IN THE FIRST AS IS SCHAWIN IN ZOUR AWNE POLICRONICONE THAT QUHEN ALIBENE AND HIR' SISTERIS THE DOUCHTERIS OF DIOCLESIANE ARYVING IN TO YNGLAND THAR' WAS NA MAN AMANGIS THAIM TILL

HAUE CONUERSACOUN WITH BOT AT THE DEVILLIS TUKE LIKLYNES OF MEN AND HAD CARNALE DELE WITH THAM AND SA WAS ZOUR FORBEARIS THAT FIRST INHABIT YNGLAND ENGENERIT & GOTTIN BE THE DEVILL & THIS ZOUR AWNE CORNIKLIS BERIS PLANE IN THE SELF THAT ZE MAY NOCHT GANESAY ALLSWA QUHAR' ZE SAY THAT OUR' KINGIS SULD HAF HALDIN OF THE KINGIS OF YNGLAND THE CONTRAR' OF THAT IS WERRAYE TREUTH FFOR SEN THE FIRST TYME THAT THE SCOTTIS INHABIT THIS ILE WE HAF AY LIFFIT WNDER' A GOD AND ANE KING AND AY KEPIT ANE ARMES AND SA DID ZE NEUER AND AS FOR TO SCHAW THAT ZE LIFFIT NOCHT AY WNDER' A GOD ZE HAF TWYS ERRIT SEN ZE COME TO THE FAITH FFOR THE QUHILK CAUS ZOUR PRESTIS WAR' CHANGIT IN THAR' DEVYNE SERUICE FRA THE VSE OF ROME VNTO A STRATER' SERUICE THAT IS CALLIT SALISBERY VSE AND SO TO SCHAW THAT ZE HAF NOCHT LIFFIT VNDER' A KING ZE HAUE FIRST BENE OF THE SARAZENIS AND SECUNDLIE OF THE BRUTIS THE QUHILK BRUTUS SLEW BAITH HIS FADERE AND MODERE AND COME OF THE FALS TRATOURIS OF TROYE THE THRID TYME OF THE PAGANIS OF HORSUS AND OF INGEST THAT COME FIRST IN NORTHUMBIRLAND & CONQUEST ZOW HALELY SEXABURGA THE QWENE OF GERMANY LEFT BEHYND HIRE THE SAID HORSUS AND INGEST TO BE MASTERIS AND GOVERNOURIS OURE ZOW EFTIR' THE QUHILK INGEST ZOUR REALM IS

CALLIT YNGLAND THE QUHILK FALS SAXONIS BLUD WAR' EVIRE ZIT AGANIS THE CRISTIN FAITH AND AS ZIT REMANIS STILL AMANGIS ZOW EFTER THE SAXONIS THE DANYS WILLAM HAUSLOT THE PRINCE OF DENMARK AND CONQUEST ZOW HALELY AND RANG ON ZOU AND HELD ZOW IN SIC THRILDOME THAT IN EUERILK HOUS OF YNGLAND THARE WAS PUT ANE DENE TO BE MASTERE NOW GENTILL MASTERIS I SALL SCHAW ZOW HOW ZE LERIT ZOURE CURTASY THAT ZE PRYDE ZOW SAMEKLE IN THE QUHILK WE CALL DEIR' BOCHT FOR ALS LANG AS A DENE WAS IN ONY HOUS OF YNGLAND THE GUD MAN OF THE HOUS HELD AY HIS BONAT OF SALANG AS THE DENE WAS IN WITH HIM AND AY QUHEN THE DENE SPAK TILL HIM HE KNELIT AT ILKA WORD AND SICLYKE QUHEN ONY YNGLIS MAN MET ANE DENE ON THE GAIT HE KNELIT DOWN ON HIS KNE QUHIDDERE THE GAIT WAS FAIRE OR FOULE QUHILL THE DENE WAS GANE BY HIM QUHAR' THROW ZE LERIT & WAS BROCHT IN VSE OF ALL ZOUR FAIR' FLATTERING LANGAGE & SUBTELL DEIDIS AND CONTENEWIS THAIRIN EFTER' THAT THE ROMANIS CONQUEST ZOW CERTANE ZERIS IN THE ZERE OF GOD ( VIIJCQ & XV ) GREGORY THE NOBLE KING OF SCOTTIS CONQUEST & WAN ALL YNGLAND TILL THE WATTER' OF THEMES AND THE MAST PART OF IRLAND AND WALIS THE QUHILK HE HELD VNDERE HIS OBEYSANCE TO THE END OF HIS LYF BOT TO

REHERS ALL HIS NOBLE DEIDIS TO ME IT WAR' OUR LANG AND AS FOR SAMEKLE AS ALL YNGLIS MEN AR SO PRESUMPTUOS IN THAR' ARGUMENTIS AND COLLATIONIS OF THAIR CORNIKILLIS AND SA PROUDE IN THAR' GENOLOGY AND ANTECESSOURIS QUHEN THAI COMMOUN WITH ONY VTHER NACIONIS QUHILKIS AR' CUMMYN OF A MAIRE NOBLE HOUS AND OF ANE WORTHIAR' GENOLOGY THAN THAI AR' FOR THAT CAUS AND FOR TO STANCHE & SLAIKE THAIR PRYDE I SALL WITH THE HELPE OF GOD SCHAW HOW THAI AR' LYNEALY CUMMYN DOVNE FRA THE DEVILL LYKE AS ZOUR AWNE PRINCIPALE STORY AND CORNIKLE CALLIT POLLICRONICON DECLARIS IN THE SELF IT IS NOCHT TILL HAF BENE WRITTIN IN ZOUR CRONIKLIS AND IN AUTENTIK BUKIS LES THAN IT HAF BENE WERITE & TREWE IN THE SELF AND HEIR' WILL I BEGYN AT THE BASTARD OF NORMONDYE TO DECLAIR' THE STORY BEFOR' SAID EFTER THE DEID OF SANCT EDUARD THE GUD HALY KING OF YNGLAND QUHILK THAM SELF MARTYRIT FALSLY THAN REGNIT HEROLD THE SONE OF THE ERLL GODWYNE QUHILK FALSLY BRAK HIS MARIAGE WITH THE DOUCHTER' OF WILLAM DUKE OF NORMONDY QUHARFOR' QUHEN THE SAID HEROLD WAS DREVYN IN NORMONDY AGANIS HIS WILL HE FENZEIT AND SAID HE COME FOR MARIAGE AND THAN THE DUKE OF NORMONDY GAIF HIM HIS DOUCHTER' & GRET RITCHES AND ALSON AS HE COME HAME IN YNGLAND HE CUTTIT BAITH HIR' PALPIS OF AND PUT OUT HIR' EYNE

AND SEND HIR' SA HAME TILL HIR' FADER ON A MEYRE AND HIR' FACE TILL THE MERIS TALE THAN THE DUKE SEAND THIS CALLIT HIS TWA SONNIS THAT WAR' OF FULL BED AND BAD THAM TAKE ANE ARMY AND PAS IN YNGLAND AND WEIRE ON HEROLD THAT WAS KING BUT ONY RYCHT AND THAI TWA REFUSIT IT AND THAN HE CALLIT WILLAM HIS BASTARD SON QUHILK GRANTIT TO GANG AND COME IN YNGLAND WITH ANE GRET OST AND POWERE AND SLEWE THAIR KING HEROLD AND WAS CROVNIT KING HIM SELF AND LIFFIT LANG WITH RIALTE THARE WITH HIS QWENE ON QUHAM HE GAT MONY FAIR' CHILDER' THAT IS TO SAY ROBERT CURTHOSE DUKE OF NORMONDY AND GAF ALL YNGLAND TO WILLAM THE ROS RICHERT THAT DEIT IN HIS CHILDHED HENRY BEAUCLERK AND MALD WITH VTHER FOURE CHILDER THAT DEIT IN THARE ZOUTHHED AND AT HIS END DAY HE MAID ROBERT CURTHOS DUKE OF NORMONDYE AND GAF ALL YNGLAND TO WILLAM THE ROS THE SECUND BEGOTTIN SON AND TO HENRY BEAUCLERK ALL HIS TRESSOUR AND THAN DEIT THE ( XXIJ ) ZERE OF HIS REGNE AND EFTER HIM REGNIT THIS WILLAM ROS QUHILK WAS ENGENERIT AND GOTTIN BE ANE EWILL SPREIT APON HIS MODER' AND WAS CALLIT INCOBUS QUHILK WELE APPERIT BE HIS DEIDIS FOR HE WAS ALL HIS DAYS CONTRAR' TILL GOD AND HALY KIRK AND NEVIR' DID THINGIS ALL HIS DAYIS THAT SONED VNTO GOD FFOR

QUHAR' EUER HE COME HE DISTROYIT HALY KIRK ANCELM ARCHEBISCHOP OF CANTERBERY BECAUS HE REPREVIT HIS WIKKIT DEIDIS HE EXILD HIM OF YNGLAND AND THIS SAMYN KING GART MAK THE NEW FOREST AND FOR TO MAK THE SAID FOREST HE DISTROYIT & WASTIT ( XXVJ ) TOWNIS AND THAR' KIRKIS AND ( LXXX ) HOUSS OF RELIGIOUN AND ALL FOR THE MAKING OF THE SAID FOREST AND HE WAS SA WIKIT OF HIS DEDIS THAT THE THINGIS THAT WAR' PLESAND TO GOD DISPLESIT HIM FFOR SA HE ENDIT IN THIS SAID FOREST SODANDLYE AMANGIS HIS PEPLE BE A SCHOT OF ANE ARROW AND NA MAN WIST HOW IN THE ( XIIJ ) ZERE OF HIS WIKITNES AND THAN EFTER HIM WAS MAID KING HENRY BEAUCLERK HIS BROTHER BECAUS HE HAD NA CHILDER' GOTTIN OF HIS BODY AND QUHEN THIS HENRY BEAUCLERK WAS CROVNIT THE FERD ZERE OF HIS REGNE HE SPOUSIT MALD THE GUD QWENE THAT PUT DOVN THE REKE PENNY OF YNGLAND THAT WAS DOUCHTER TO THE HALY QUENE OF SCOTLAND SANCT MARGARET AND THIS KING HENRY GAT ON HIS WYF MALD ( IIJ ) SONNIS & DOCHTERIS THAT IS TO SAY WILLAM RICHERT AND MALD THAT WAS WEDDIT TO THE EMPRIOUR OF ALMANZE AND IN THE ( XVIIJ ) ZERE OF HIS REGNE THAIR RAIS ANE GRET DEBAIT BETUIX HIM AND LOWIS KING OF FRAUNCE IN THE QUHILK WEIR' HE

HAD GRET HELPING OF THE ERLL OF BLAIS THAT SPOUSIT MALD HIS SISTER AND QUHEN HE HAD ENDET HIS WEIRE IN FRAUNCE HE RETORNED AGANE IN YNGLAND AND LEFT HIS TWA SONNIS TO FOLLOW HIM THE QUHILKIS WAR' DROWNIT IN THAR' HAME CUMMYNG WITH GRET COMPANY OF NOBILLIS WITH THAM AND EFTER THAT NEW WORDE COME TO THE KING THAT HENRY THE EMPRIOURE QUHILK SPOUSIT MALD HIS DOUCHTER' WAS DEID AND SCHEW TILL HIRE FADER' TILL FETCHE HIRE OUT OF NORMONDYE AND SA HE DID AND BROCHT HIR' HAIM IN TO YNGLAND AND EFTER THAT MARIJT HIRE WITH GALFRYDE ERLL OF ANGEOS QUHILK GAT ON HIR' A SON THE QUHILK WAS CALLIT HENRY THE SECUND THE SON OF THE EMPRICE AND QUHEN THIS WAS DONE THIS FORSAID KING HENRY BEAUCLERK TUKE A GRET SEIKNES AND DEIT THE ( XXXV ) ZERE OF HIS REGNE AND QUHEN HE WAS DEID STEVYNE QUHILK WAS SON TILL THE ERLL OF BALLONZE AND MALD HIS SISTERE WAS CHOSIN KING & COME IN YNGLAND THROU THE HELPE OF HIS FADER' THE ERLL AND COUNSALL OF MONY GRET BARONNIS OF YNGLAND THAT FALSLY BRAK THE AITH THAT THAI HAD MAID BEFOR' TO MALD THE EMPRIS IN THE FERDE ZERE OF THE SAID KING STEVYNNIS REGNE MALDE THE EMPRIS COME FURTH OF ANGEOS IN TILL YNGLAND TO PERSEW HIR' RICHTIS THE QUHILK SCHE DID WITH GRET TRAWELL AND PANE AND OFT TYMES FLED AND WAS CHASIT DIUERS TYMES THROU ALL YNGLAND

AND IN THE MEYNTYME THAT THIS WEIRE WAS IN YNGLAND BETUIX THE SAID KING STEWYNE AND THE EMPRYS MALD THE ERLL GALFRYD OF ANGEOS GAIF OUR' ALL NORMONDY TO HENRY HIS SON THE SAID ERLL GALFRYD OF ANGEOS WAS INCOBUS AND GOTTIN BETUIX A DEVILL & HIS MODERE IN MANNIS LIKNES AND HE WAS FADER' TO THE SAID HENRY THE EMPRYCE SONE OF QUHOM AR' CUMMYN DOVNE ALL THE SAXONIS OF YNGLAND LYNEALY KING BE KING AND WITHIN SCHORT TYME EFTER THE ERLL GALFRYD DEIT AND THAN WAS HENRY HIS SON DUKE OF NORMONDY AND ERLL OF ANGEOS IN THIS SAMYN ZERE THE KING OF FRAUNCE PARTIT WITH HIS QWENE BECAUS THAI WARE OF BLUDE AND SCHO WAS RICHTUIS AIRE OF GASCONZE AND THAIREFTER SCHO WAS SPOUSIT WITH HENRY THE EMPRIS SONE AND THAN THE SAID HENRY COME WITH ANE GRET POWERE IN YNGLAND TO PERSEW HIS RICHT AND MAID GRET WEIRE THROW ALL YNGLAND QUHILL AT THE LAST IT WAS ACCORDIT BETUIX THAIM THAT KING STEPHYNE AND HENRY THE EMPRICE SONE SULD HAF ILK MAN HIS PART OF YNGLAND AND QUHA THAT FIRST DEIT THE TOTHER SULD BE HIS AIRE AND IN THIS KYNG STEVINNIS CORONACOUN AT THE MES THE PAX WAS FORZET AND NOCHT GEVIN AND IN ALL HIS TYME HE HAD NEVIR' PECE AND SA DEIT THIS KING STEVYNE FIRST AND THAN THIS HENRY WAS CROVNIT KING OF ALL

YNGLAND AND HE HAD WITH HIS WYF THRE SONNIS THAT IS TO SAYE HENRY HIS FIRST BEGOTTIN SON & RICHERT ERLL OF OXINFURD AND IHON HIS ZOUNGEST SON AND THIS HENRY THE EMPRICE SONE WAS SA CONTRARIUS TILL GOD AND CRISTIN FAITH THAT HE AND HIS SONE HENRY SLEWE THE HALY MARTIR' SANCT THOMAS OF CANTERBERY AMANG MONY VTHERIS OF THARE CURSIT AND WIKIT DEIDIS AGANIS GOD & THE CRISTIN FAITH AS THAI HAUE EUERMAR' PERSEWIT VNTO THIS DAY BOT FIRST DEIT HIS SON HENRY AND THAN HE DEIT THE ( XXXVJ ) ZERE OF HIS REGNE AND EFTER HIM REGNIT RICHERT HIS SECUND SON QUHILK WAS SLANE AT THE CASTELL OF GALZONE BE ANE OF HIS AWNE PEPILL THE ( IX ) ZERE OF HIS REGNE FFOR HIS PEPLE WAR' TILL HIM FALS AS ALL YNGLAND WAS EUER SUBTELL & FALS BAITH TO THAIR AWNE NACIOUN AND TO ALL VTHERIS AND BECAUS THIS KING RICHERT HAD NA CHILDERE HIS ZOUNGAST BROTHER IHON WAS MAID KING EFTER HIM THE QUHILK KING IHON WAS SA CONTRARIOUS TILL GOD AND HALY KIRK THAT HE DISTROYIT NEIRE ALL THE KIRKIS OF YNGLAND AND REFT FRA THAIM THAIR POSSESSIONIS AND GUDIS AND DISTROYIT ALL THE ORDOUR OF SISTENS WITHIN YNGLAND BAITH MONKIS & NUNNIS FFOR THE QUHILK CAUS HE AND ALL YNGLAND WAS INTERDYTIT MONY ZERIS AND AY QUHILL IT WAS ACCORDIT BETUIX THE PAPE & KING IHON THAT HE RESIGNIT WP THE CROVNE OF YNGLAND TO PANDULF THE PAPIS LEGAT

AND SYNE ON THE PAPIS BEHALF HE TUKE IT AGANE OF HIM EVIRMARE TO BE HALDIN OF HIM FOR A RENT ZERELIE OF ANE THOUSAND MERKIS YNGLIS TO BE PAYIT ZERELIE IN NAME OF TRIBUT THAIRFOR' AND SA MAY NOCHT INGLAND BE CALLIT A FRE REALME WITHIN THE SELF AS VTHER REALMES IS BOT A REALME THAT IS HALDIN FOR TRIBUT' PAYAND THE SAID SOVME ZERLIE THE QUHILK GIF THAI FALE TO DO THAIR INFEFTMENT TO BE OF NANE AVALE THE QUHILK IS TO BE WNDERSTANDING NOCHT KEPIT AND SA HAF THAI TYNT THARE INFEFTMENT AND SA HE LIFFIT MONY ZERIS THAIREFTER BOT HE AND HIS FALS PEPILL WAR' NEUER AT ACCORDE FOR GOD FOR HIS WIKITNES SEND SIC VENGEANS ON HIM THAT HE HAD NEUER REST NOR PECE IN ALL HIS TYME THIS KING IHON HAD MONY FAIRE CHILDER' THAT IS TO SAY HENRY HIS AIRE THAT WAS KING EFTER HIM RICHERT THAT WAS ERLL OF CORNWELL ELEZEBET THAT WAS EMPRYCE OF ROME AND ELENE WITH MONY VTHERIS THAT THAIR NAMEZ AR' NOCHT HEIRE AND IN HIS TYME ALEXANDER' THE SECUND OUR KING PAST THROU YNGLAND WITH ANE GRET ARMY TILL DOVERE AGANE KING IHONIS WILL AND BAID THAR' ( XV ) DAYS AND SPAK WITH KING LOWIS OF FRAUNCE AND RAID IN THE WATTER' OF DOWERE QUHILL HIS HORS FLETIT WITH HIM AND SYNE SLANG HIS SWERD IN THE SE AND SAID THAIR WAS NEUER SCOTTIS MAN RAID FERRARE IN YNGLAND

THAN HE DID AND IN HIS HAME CUMMYNG KING IHON BRAK ALL THE BRIGGIS AND PASSAGIS AND ZIT HE COME HAME IN SCOTLAND HALE & FEIRE AND ALL HIS ARMY AND IN HIS HAME CUMMYNG KING IHON WAS POYSONIT THE ( XVIIJ ) ZERE OF HIS REGNE AND THAN THE SAID KING ALEXANDER' SPULZEIT THE CASTELLIS AND BROCHT IN SCOTLAND ALL THE TRESSOUR & IOWELLIS THAT WARE IN THE SAIDE CASTELLIS ITEM NIXT EFTER THIS KING IHON HIS SON HENRY THE THRID WAS CROVNIT AND IN THIS HENRYIS TYME LOWIS THE DALPHYNE OF FRAUNCE CONQUEST MEKLE OF YNGLAND AND WAS THAIRIN MONY A DAY AND THIS SAMYN HENRY AND HIS PEPLE WAR' EUER AT DISCORD FFOR QUHY THAI WAR' SA FALS TILL HIM & HE TO THAM THAT THAIR MYCHT NEUER ANE OF THAIM TROW ANE NOTHER THAN SYMOND OF MONTFURDE ERLL OF LACISTER REPREVIT THIS KINGIS VYCIS THE QUHILK CAUSIT THE KING TO HAF SIC INVY AT HIM THAT HE THROU THE HELPE OF GILBERT OF CLAIRE ERLL OF GLOCISTER SLEWE THIS GUD MAN THE ERLL OF LACISTER THIS HENRY THE THRID HAD FIVE CHILDER THAT IS TO SAY EDUARD MARGARET EDMOND BEATRICE AND KATRYNE AND SYNE HE DEIT THE ( LV ) ZERE OF HIS REGNE AND THAN WAS CROVNIT EDUERD HIS SON WITH THE LANG SCHANKIS IN TO QUHAIS TYME THE NOBLE WERIOUR WILLAM WALLACE WAS QUHILK FOLLOWIT HIM IN TO YNGLAND VNTO SANCT ALBANIS AND REMANIT THAIR FRA ALL HALOWE EVYNE TILL THE MORNE EFTER CANDILMES DAY AND THAN THROU TRETY OF THE QWENE OF YNGLAND THAT WAS A FRANCHE WOMAN

AND THROW THE FULFILLING OF HIS DESYRIS TORNED AGANE IN SCOTLAND AND BRYNT AND DISTROYIT ALL NORTHUMBIRLAND TO THE NEW CASTELL AND COME HAME WITHOUT BATELL AND THAN DEIT THIS EDUARD LANGSCHANKIS AT BURGH ON THE SAND THE ( XXXV ) ZERE OF HIS REGNE AND WAS DISSAUIT THROW A MAWMENT THAT SPAK TILL HIM IN A RYNG SAYAND THAT HE SULD NOCHT DE TILL HE COME TO THE BURGH OF IERUSALEM BOT HE WAS SA BEGYLIT AND ZIT AY ON SYNDRY YNGLIS MEN AR DISSAUIT TROWAND TROWAND IN THAIR MAWMENTIS AND VSIS THAIM AMANGIS THAIM ZIT DAYLY AND EFTER THIS EDUARD WITH THE LANG SCHANKIS WAS CROWNED HIS SONE EDUARD OF CARNAUERANE QUHILK WAS THE MAIST INFORTUNAT KING THAT EUIR WAS IN YNGLAND AND RAIS SA EWILL OF GOVERNANCE THAT HE REWLIT HIM ALL BE LADDIS AND BE MEN OF NA AVALE AND OF LAW BIRTH AS BE PERES OF DAMMASTOUN QUHILK WAS BAITH HANGIT & DRAWIN FOR HIS FALS COUNSALL AND SYNE EFTER BE SIR HEW SPENSAR' THE FADER AND BE SIR HEW SPENSAR' HIS SONE QUHILKIS WARE BAITH FALS TRATOURIS AS HAS BENE MONY MA OF THAT NACIOUN AND AT THAR' ENDINGIS WAR' BAITH HANGIT AND DRAWIN THIS SAMYN KING EDUARD WAS SA CONTRARIOUS & SA FULFILLIT WITH FALSET AND WIKITNES THAT HE EXILIT BAITH HIS QWENE AND HIS ELDEST SONE OUT OF THE REALME OF YNGLAND IN TO FRAUNCE TO HIR' FADERE AND IN THIS SAMYN TYME THE PAPE SEND

A CARDINALE IN TO YNGLAND FFOR TO CORREK THE FALTIS OF HALY KIRK AND OF ERRASY QUHILK RANG EVIR' STILL AND ZIT DOIS IN THAT REALM AND HE WAS BAITH STRIKIN AND SPULZEIT AND ALL HIS GUDIS REFT FRA HIM THE QUHILK WAS ANE CURSIT DEID AND ALL THE LAND AND PEPLE WAR' CURSIT ( DE FACTO ) THIS SAMYN EDUARD TYNT THE BATTELL OF BANNOKBURN LOVING TO GOD QUHILK WAS ANE ZERIS PROVISIOUN TOGIDDER AND SYNE WAS SCHAMEFULLY CHAST EFTER THE BATELL FRA STRIULING TO DUNBAR AND THAR' STALL AWAY IN A BAIT AND FLED IN YNGLAND AND HE MARTYRIT IN HIS TYME THE HALY MAN THOMAS OF LACISTERE QUHILK LYIS AT POMFRET AND IS A SANCT OF ZOUR AWNE MAKING AS ZE HAF MONY MA AND QUHEN ILKANE OF ZOU STIKKIS & GORRIS VTHER THAN ZE CALL THAI SANCTIS OF ZOUR MAKING AND FOR HIS WIKKIT DEIDIS BOT WE SCOTTIS MEN LUFIS NA SANCTIS OF ZOUR MAKING AND FOR HIS WIKIT DEIDIS HE WAS PUT DOWNE AND THAN THE HALE COUNSALL OF YNGLAND GART CROVN HIS SONE EDUARD OF WYNDESORE QUHILK WAS CALLIT EDUARD THE THRID AND THAN THIS EDUARD OF CARNAUERANE WAS PUT IN PRESON BE HIS SON AND HIS WYF IN THE CASTELL OF KILEMONTH EUER TO REMANE TILL THE END OF HIS LYF AND HIS KEPAR' WAS SIR HENRY SANCT THOMAS BROTHER OF

LACISTERE BECAUS THAT HE SULD REMEMBER' THE DEID OF THE HALY MAN HIS BROTHER BOT EFTERWART HE WAS CHANGIT VNTO THE CASTELL OF BARKLAY TO BE IN THE KEPING OF SIR IHON BARKLAY AND SIR IHON MAUTYUARIS AND THAIREFTER RANG HIS SON EDUARD OF WYNDISSORE FFURTH IN HIS CRUELNES AND AY IN TRIBULACOUN AND CONTRARYNES BOT QUHA HARD EUER IN ONY REALME OF SIC A KING OF GOVERNANS OF CURSITNES AND FALSET AS WAS THIS EDUARD OF CARNAUERANE AND SA FALS AND TRESSONABLE PEPLE AS WAS HIS LIEGIS TO HIM FFOR THE FADER MYCHT NOCHT TRAST THE SONE NOR ZIT THE SON THE FADER NOR THE MODER NOR NANE OF THAT NACOUN MAY TRAST ANE NOTHER NOR ZIT VTHER PEPILL TRAST THAIM AND QUHEN EDUARD OF CARNAUERANE HAD BENE TWA ZERE IN PRESOUN HE WAS BE THE COUNSALL OF HIS SONE EDUARD OF WYNDISSORE AND HIS WYF THE QWENE CHANGIT OF HIS WARDE VNTO THE CASTELL OF CROIF THE QUHILK WAS THE PLACE OF THE WARLD THAT HE WERST LUFIT AND THAR' THROW COMMAND OF HIS SON THE NEW KING & OF HIS WYF THE QWENE ELIZEBETH AND COUNSALL OF THE FALS PEPILL OF YNGLAND HE WAS MURDREST SCHAMEFULLY IN THIS MANERE THAI PUT ANE HORNE IN HIS FOUNDEMENT AND THAIRTHROU PUT ANE HATE SPEIT WPTHROW THE HORNE AMANG HIS BOWALLIS AND SA SLEW HIM AND THIS WAS A GRET SCHAME

TO THE SONE TO SLA THE FADER' ON THIS MANERE THIS EDUARD OF WYNDESOR' MAID FEWTE TO THE KING OF FRAUNCE AS LORD AND MASTERE AND THAIREFTER IN THE ( LJ ) ZERE OF HIS REGNE DEIT EDUARD HIS SON THAT WAS PRINCE OF WALIS IN THIS SAMYN ZERE WAS A GRET MURTHOUR OF LORDIS IN YNGLAND AND IN THE ( LIJ ) ZERE OF HIS REGNE HE DEIT AND EFTIRWART WAS RICHERT OF BURDEOUS PRINCE EDUARDIS SON CROWNIT & REGNIT MONY ZERIS EFTER IN YNGLAND AND IN THE FERD ZERE OF HIS REGNE RAS THE COMMONIS OF KENT AND MONY VTHER CUNTREIS AND CHESIT THAIM A CHIFTANE CALLIT IAK STRO AND ANE NOTHER CALLIT WAT THRILDERE AND THROW THE COMMONIS AND THAIR CHIFTANIS SPULZEIT REFT & SLEW OUR' ALL YNGLAND A LANG TYME FOR THE GRET MISGOUERNANS OF THIS KING RICHERT AND HIS FALS COUNSALL AND IN THE FYFT ZERE THE ERD QUOKE AND SCHUKE SO HORRIBILLY IN YNGLAND THAT ALL THE PEPILL WAS EFFERIT OF THAR' LYVIS AND SAID IT WAS FOR WENGEANS OF THAR' WARIJT KING AND HIS COUNSALL AS WAS SENE ON THAIM EFTERWART IN THE ( XJ ) ZERE OF HIS REGNE RAIS AGANIS HIM FYVE OF THE GRETEST LORDIS OF ALL YNGLAND THAT IS TO SAYE SIR THOMAS WODSTOK THE KINGIS EME AND DUKE OF GLOCISTERE THE ERLL OF RIDDISDALE

RICHERT ERLL OF WERWIK SIR HENRY BOLLYNBROKE ERLL OF DARBY THE FYFT SIR THOMAS MOWBRAY ERLL OF NOTTYNGHAME AND THIRE FYVE TRATOURIS SET ANE PARLIAMENT AT LONDOUN AND THAR' PUT TO DED MONY LORDIS OF THE KINGIS COUNSALL WITH VTHER DIUERS GRET TRESSONNIS AGANIS THE CROVNE THE QUHILK WAS NEUER RED SICLYK OF NA NACIOUN EXCEPT THE FALS NACIOUN OF YNGLAND IN THE ( XVJ ) ZERE THAIR COME LORDIS OF SCOTLAND IN TO YNGLAND TO DO ARMES THAT IS TO SAY THE ERLL OF MAR' CHALLANGIT THE ERLL MARSCHELL OF YNGLAND SCHIR' WILLAM DALZELL CHALLANGIT SIR PERIS CORTNAY KNYCHT OF YNGLAND A SQWYERE CALLIT COKBURNE CHALLANGIT SIR NYCOLL HANBREKE AND DID THAR' ARMES AT SMEITHFIELD AND RETORNED AGANE WITH HONOUR & VICTORYE THIS KING RICHERT DISTROYIT MONY ABBAIS & RELIGIOUS PLACIS IN TO SCOTLAND THAT IS TO SAY IEDBURGH KELSO MELROS DRYBURGH AND NEWBOTILL THIS KING RICHERT MURDREST MONY OF HIS LORDIS IN YNGLAND AND WAS EXILD IN TO SCOTLAND THE QUHILK DEIT A BEGGARE AND OUT OF HIS MYND AND WAS ERDIT IN THE BLAK FRERIS OF STRIULING AND THAN THIS HARY OF LONGCASTELL TUKE THE CROVN IN PLANE PARLIAMENT BE HALE CONSENT OF THE FALS PEPILL OF YNGLAND BUT ONY TITILL OF RICHT AND THIS HARY OF LONGCASTELL SLEW THE QUHYTE HEREMYTE

OF YNGLAND AND MAID A SANCT OF HIM BECAUS HE SCHEW HIM A VISIOUN THAT WAS SCHAWIN TO HIM BE THE HALY TRINITE THAT IS TO SAY THAT THE SAID HEREMYT SAW A PLACE FOR THE KING IN HELL AND HE RESIGNIT NOCHT OUR' THE CROVNE FRA HIM AND THAN THE KING SPERIT AT HIM QUHA SULD REGNE EFTER HIM & HE RESIGNIT NOCHT THE CROVNE HE SAID EFTER THE SALL REGNE ANE HALY MAN AND EFTER HIM THE DEVILL AND EFTER HIM THE SWERD AND EFTER IT NANE ITEM IN THE FIRST ZERE OF HIS REGNE HE MURDREST THE ERLL OF SURRY THE DUKE OF EXISTERE THE ERLL OF SALISBERY THE ERLL OF GLOCISTERE AND IN THE SAMYN ZERE THAIREFTER SCHIR' IHON HOLLAND DUKE OF EXISTER WAS TANE AND HEDIT WITH MONY VTHERIS THAT I KNAW NOCHT THAR' NAMES ITEM THAIR RAIS ANE WELCHE SQWYERE AGANIS HIM CALLIT EWYNE OF GLENDOURE AND IN THE THRID & FERD ZERE OF HIS REGNE HE HAD ANE GRET BATELL CALLIT SCHREWISBERY BETUIX HIM & THE PERSES OF NORTHUMBERLAND THAR' WAS SLANE IN THE KINGIS COT ARMOUR THE ERLL OF STANFURDE & SIR WALTER BLUNT BE A SCOTTIS LORD CALLIT SIR ARCHEBALD DOUGLAS IN THE SEXT ZERE THE ERLL OF MAR' PASSIT IN YNGLAND ON A CONDUCT' AND CHALLANGIT SIR EDMOND ERLL OF KENT OF CERTANE DEIDIS OF ARMES THE QUHILKIS WARE ESCHEWIT MANFULLY & RETORNED WITH HONOUR

ITEM IN TO THE ( VIIJ ) ZERE OF HIS REGNE HE SLEWE THE ERLL OF NORTHUMBERLAND & THE LORD BARDE IN THE ( XIIJ ) ZERE HE DEIT AND HIS LYF WAS EVIR' IN TO TRESSONABLE MURTHOURE AND THAN WAS CROVNIT HIS SON HENRY THE FYFT CALLIT HENRY THE TYRAND QUHILK SPOUSIT KATRYNE DOUCHTER TO THE KING OF FRAUNCE AND IN THE NYNT ZERE OF HIS REGNE FOR THE MISGOUERNANCE OF HIM ANENTIS GOD AND HALY KIRK AND THE HALY MAN SANCT FIACRIE HIS BELLY RAIF AND ALL HIS BOWALLIS COME OUT AND THUS HE ENDIT HIS LYF AWFULLY & OFFERIT ANE MORT TO MAHOVNE EFTIR' HIM REGNIT HIS SONE HENRY THE SEXT QUHILK WAS ANE GUD MAN AND IN HIS TYME LEVIT ALL POSSESSIONIS THAT HENRY THE TYRAND HAD GOTTIN IN FRAUNCE ITEM A SQWYERE OF WALIS OF LAW BLUD WEDDIT QWENE KATRYNE AND GAT APON HIRE THRE SONNIS AND A DOUCHTERE AND ANE OF THAIM WAS ERLL OF RICHEMONT THE TOTHER ERLL OF PANBREK THE THRID ANE MONK IN WESTMISTER' ITEM IN THE ( XVIIJ ) ZERE OF KING HENRYIS REGNE THE SEXT DAME ELENOR OF COBANE WAS ARRESTIT

(HEAD) HEIR' FOLLOWIS ANE SCHORT MEMORIALE OF THE SCOTTIS CORNIKLIS FOR ADDICOUN (END OF HEAD) ITEM IT IS TO WIT THAT THE SCOTTIS REGNIT BEFOR' THE PICTIS ( IJCQ LXV ) ZERIS & THRE MONETHIS THE PICTIS REGNIT ( IMQ LXJ ) ZERE FRA THAI BEGAN OR THAI WAR' DISTROYIT SCOTLAND WAS A KINRIK BEFORE THE INCARNACIOUN ( CCCCXLIIIJ ) ZERIS THE ZEIR OF GOD ( IMQ IIIJCQ XXVIIJ ) THE ( XX ) DAY OF SEPTEMBER' ALLANE STEWART LORD DERNLIE WAS SLANE AT POLMAIS THORNE BE SIR THOMAS BOYD VNDER ANE ASSOUERANCE TAKIN BETUIX THAM THE ZERE OF GOD ( IMQ IIJCQ XXXIX ) THE (VIJ ) DAY OF IULIJ SIR THOMAS BOYD WAS SLANE BE ALEXANDER STEWART BUKTUTH & HIS SONIS & MATHOW STEWART WITH HIS BROTHER AND VTHER SYNDRY THAT SAMYN ZERE THE THRID DAY OF AUGUST THE LORD KALENDAR' SIR ALEXANDER' LEVINGSTOUN THAT TYME BEAND IN THE CASTELL OF STERLING WITH THE QWENE TUKE THE QWENE AND PUT HIRE IN ANE CHALMERE AND KEPIT HIR' STRATLYE THAIRIN TILL SCHO WAS LOWSIT BE THE THRE ESTATIS AT THE COUNSALL HALDIN AT STRIULING THAT SAMYN ZERE THE LAST DAY OF AUGUST AND THAT SAMYN TYME HE TUKE SIR IAMES STEWART THE LORD OF LORNIS BROTHER & WILLAM STEWART & PUT THAM IN PITTIS & BOLLIT THAIM AT THAT SAMYN COUNSALL SIR IAMES WAS BOROWIT BE THE LORD GORDOUN SIR ALEXRQ SETOUNE LORD OF THE YLIS SIR WILLAM OF CRECHTOUN THAT TYME CHANCELLER' VNDER THE PANE OF THRE THOUSAND

THE SAMYN ZERE THE ( XXIIIJ ) DAY OF SEPTEMBER' IHON OF CULQUHONE THE LORD OF LUS WAS SLANE IN INCHEMURYNE VNDERNETH ANE ASSOUERANCE BE LAUCHLANE MCQCLANIS AND MURTHOW GIBSON THE SAMYN TYME THAR' WAS IN SCOTLAND A GRET DERTH FOR THE BOLL OF QUHEIT WAS AT ( XL ) S' AND THE BOLL OF ETE MELE ( XXX ) S' AND WERRALY THE DERTH WAS SA GRET THAT THAIR DEIT A PASSINGE PEPLE FOR' HUNGERE AND ALS THE LAND ILL THE WAME ILL WAS SO VIOLENT THAT THAIR DEIT MA THAT ZERE THAN EUER THAIR DEIT VNDER' ( IIJ ) PESTILENS OR ZIT IN ONY VTHER SEIKNES IN SCOTLAND AND THAT SAMYN ZERE THE PESTILENS COME IN SCOTLAND AND BEGAN AT DRUMFRES AND IT WAS CALLIT THE PESTILENCE BUT MERCY FFOR THAR' TUKE IT NAIN THAT EUER RECOUERIT BOT THAI DEIT WITHIN ( XXIIIJ ) HOURIS THE ZEIRE OF GOD ( IMQ IIIJCQ XLIIJ ) THE ( X ) DAY OFMARCHE ERLL IAMES DOUGLAS DEIT AT THE CASTELL OF ABERCORN TO THE TAKIN THAI SAID HE HAD IN HIM FOUR' STANE OF TALCH AND MAIRE THAR' FAUCHT ON MYDSOMERE DAY IN SANCT IHONSTON SCHIR' WILLAM ROWANE IHON GORME STEWART OF ATHOLE QUHAR' THAIR WAS SLANE WILLAM OF ROWTHWAN AND ANE MAN WITH HIM ON HIS SYD & NA MA AND ON THE TOTHER SYD THE SAID IHON GORME GILCRIST MAKYNARE AND OF THAIM SLANE OUT OF HAND OF GENTILL MEN & ZEMEN ( XVIIJ ) & MA & MONY HURT IN PERELL OF THAIR LYF THAT GAT AWAY AND THIS BARGANE WAS DONE ON THE NORTH INCHE OF SANCT IHONSTON ALL FOR THE TAKIN OF A MAN FOR THIFT THAT THE SAID WILLAM TUKE

THE SAMYN ZERE FORSAID THE ( XV ) DAY OF IULIJ SCHIR' ROBERT SEMPILL THAN BEAND IN THE CASTELL OF DUMBERTAN AND SCHIREF DEPUT TO THE LORD ERSKYN AND PATRIK CALBRETH BEAND IN THE OWER' BAILZE HAVAND THE ENTRE BE HIM SELF AT WALLACE TOWRE AND THE KEPING OF THE OWER' BALZE THE SAID SIR ROBERT PUT OUT THE SAID SIR PATRIK CLERLIE FRA ALL GOVERNANS OF THE CASTELL SUBTELLY AND GART HIM REMUF HIS GEIR' AND ON THE MORNE THE SAID PATRIK PAST AGANE TO THE CASTELL & GAT ENTRE TO REMUF THE LAIF OF HIS GERE AND HAD IN WITH HIM BOT ( IIJ ) OR ( IIIJ ) VNHARNEST MEN NEUERTHELES HE TUKE THE PORTAR & WAN THE OUYR BALZE CLERLIE ON FORCE AND WAS COMMENDIT FOR HIS TAKIN & SUPLEITE BE THE TOVNE OF DUMBERTANE AND SCHORTLIE HE PUT OUT THE SAID SIR ROBERT OF THE NETHER BALZE & REMANIT ZIT WITH THE HALE CASTELL EFTER THAT ITEM THAT SAMYN ZERE THE (XXTQJQ)DAY OF AUGUST ERLE WILLAM OF DOWGLAS IAMES SON AT THE COMMAND OF KING IAMES THE SECUND COME TO BERNETOUN IN LOUTHIAN WITH ANE GRET OST AND WITH HIM ZE FORSAID KINGIS COUNSALL BEAND WITH HIM AND HIS HOUSHALD AND SCHORTLIE HE ASKIT THE HOUS ON THE KINGIS BEHALF AND SCHEW THE KINGIS LETTREZ OF COMMANDEMENT TO ASK IT AND SUTHLIE ANDROW CRECHTOUN THAN BEAND THAIRIN CAPITANE ANSWERD SAYAND THAT THE HOUS WAS IN THE KINGIS HAND AND NYCHOLE OF BORTHUIK AND IAMES OF CRECHTOUN WAR' WNDER BURROWIS TO THE SCHIREF SIR WILLAM OF CRECHTOUN AND THAI PUT IN BE HIM ON THE KINGIS BEHALF AND SAID THAI WALD NOCHT GIF HIM THE HOUS BOT GIF IT WARE OF THE SCHIREFIS BIDDING AND THAN THE ERLL REMANIT ABOUT THE

HOUS IN PROPER PERSON (IIIJ) DAYS & (IIIJ) NYCHTIS AND ON THE FIFT DAY HE SCHEW THE KINGIS BANERE AND THAN THAI GAF IT OUR' CONDICIONALY THAT THAI SULD HAF FREDOME ( VJ ) DAYS TO REMUF THAIR GUDIS & THAIM SELF AND HE KEST IT DOVNE WITHIN ( IIIJ ) DAYIS EFTER THAR' WAS ANE COUNSALL GENERALE HALDIN AT STRIULING THE FERD DAY OF NOUEMBERE IN THE HENDER END OF THE QUHILK COUNSALL THAI BLEWE OUT ON SIR WILLAM OF CRECHTOUN AND SIR GEORGE OF CRECHTOUN & THARE ADUERTENCE AND INCONTINENT EFTER THE OUT BLAWING SIR GEORGE & SIR WILLAM TUKE AWAY SIR IHON FOSTERIS GUDIS THAT IS TO SAY SCHEPE & NOLT AND SYNE SIR GEORGE TUKE THE ERLL OF DOUGLAS HORS AND BRYNT HIS GRANGIS OF ABERCORNE & STRABROK & VTHER FIVE PLACIS AND BRYNT THE SAMYN TYME THE BLAK NESTIS THE ZERE OF GOD ( IMQ IIIJCQ XLV ) THE LAST DAY OF MAY SCHIR' IAMES STEWART OF AUCHINGOWNE WAS SLANE & ANE WITH HIM AT DRUMGLAS BESYD KIRKPATRIK BE THE LARD OF DUCHALL AND ALEXRQ THE LYLE & THAIR CHILDER AND ERDIT IN THE KIRK OF DUMBERTANE AND THAT SAMYN TYME ROBYN BOYD SEND SIR ALEXANDER' CUNNYNGHAME CHAPLANE TO ROBYN KALENDARE TO THE KIRK OF CARDROS TO SIR IAMES WYF EFTER THAT HE HAD CUMMYN FRA THE SLAUCHTER OF HIR' HUSBAND AND BAD HIR' CUM TO THE CASTALL AND SAID THAI SULD SEND HIR' HAME IN A BAIT & WARAND HIR' FOR THAI GART HIR' TROW THAIR WAS MEN WAITAND HIR' ON HORS & FUT TO TAK HIR' AND SCHORTLIE THROU SIR ALEXRQIS FAIR' LANGAGE AND HECHTIS SCHO PASSIT WITH HIM AND SONE WITHIN ( VJ ) DAYS EFTER FOR DISEIS SCHO TOKE HIR' CHILD ILL AND WAS

DELIUERIT BEFOR HIR' TYME ( IX ) OULKIS OF ANE KNAIF CHILD THAT LIFFIT NOCHT ANE HOURE AND WAS ERDIT BESYD HIS FADER IN THE KIRK FORSAID ANE THOUSAND ( IIIJCQ XLVJ ) THAR' DECESSIT IN THE CASTALL OF GLASQW MASTER IHON CAMERON BISCHOP OF GLASQW APON ZULE EWYNE THAT WAS BISCHOP ( XIX ) ZERE THE SAMYN ZERE ARCHEBALD OF DUNBAR' TUKE THE CASTELL OF HALIS ON SANCTANDROIS DAY THE APOSTOLE AND SYNE COWARDLIE GAF IT OWR' TO THE MASTER OF DOUGLAS SODANLIE THAR' WAS ANE PARLIAMENT HALDIN AT PERTH THE ( V ) DAY OF IUNJ BE KING IAMES THE SECUND AND REMANIT THAR BOT ( IIJ ) DAYS AND WAS CONTINEWIT TILL EDINBURGH BECAUS OF THE SEGE THAT WAS LIAND ABOUT THE CASTELL ON THE KINGIS BEHALF AND SIR WILLAM OF CRECHTOUN WAS IN TILL IT AND HELD IT ( IX ) OULKIS & THAN GAF IT TO THE KING THROU TRETY AND THE ( XV ) DAY OF IULIJ THE QWENE HIS MODER' DEIT IN DUNBAR AND WAS ERDIT IN THE CHARTERHOUS OF PERTH AND INCONTINENT THE LORD HALIS GAF OUR' THE CASTELL OF DUNBAR' THROU TRETY THIS QUENE FORSAID WAS CALLIT IANE AND SCHO WAS THE DUKE OF SOMERSYDIS DOUCHTER' THAT KING IAMES THE FIRST SPOUSIT IN YNGLAND FOR TILL HELP TO LOUS HIM FURTH OF IT AND HE GAT ON HIR' IAMES THAT WAS KING AND ANE NOTHER SON CALLIT ALEXANDERE AND SCHO BAIRE BAITH THIR' SONIS ON A NYCHT ITEM HE GAT WITH HIR' ( VJ ) DOUCHTERIS THE ELDEST WAS CALLIT MARGARET THAT WAS BAITH WYS & WERTUIS AND WAS SPOUSIT WITH THE DALPHIN OF FRAUNCE THE SECUND WAS

CALLIT ELENOR & WAS SPOUSIT WITH THE DUKE OF BRETTAN THE ZERE OF GOD ( IMQ IIIJCQ XLV ) THE ( XXIIJ ) DAY OF IANUARE THE ERLL OF HUNTLIE AND THE OGILBEIS WITH HIM ON THE TA PART AND THE ERLL OF CRAUFURD ON THE TOTHER PART MET AT THE ZETTIS OF ARBROTH ON ANE SONDAY LAITE AND FAUCHT AND THE ERLL OF HUNTLIE AND WAT OGILBY FLED AND THAIR WAS SLANE ON THAIR PARTY SIR IHON OLIPHANT LARD OF ABERDALGHY SIR WILLAM FORBES SCHIR' ALEXRQ BARCLAY ALEXRQ OGILBY DAUID OF ABERKERDATH WITH VTHER SYNDRY AND ON THE TOTHER PART THE ERLL OF CRAUFURD HIM SELF WAS HURT IN THE FEILD AND DEIT WITHIN ( VIIJ ) DAYS BOT HE & HIS SON WAN THE FEILD AND HELD IT AND EFTER THAT A GRET TYME HELD THE OGILBYIS AT GRET SUBIECTOUN AND TUKE THAIR GUDIS & DISTROYIT THAIR PLACIS ITEM THAIR WAS ANE RICHT GRET HERSCHIPE MAID IN FYFF BE THIR' PERSONIS THE ERLL OF CRAUFURD IAMES OF LEVINGSTOUN THAT TYME KEPAR' TO THE KING AND CAPITANE OF STRIULING THE OGILBEIS ALL ROBERT REACH THE LARD OF KADZOCH AND VTHER SYNDRY AND THIS HERSCHIPE WAS MAID ON SANCT ANDROIS LAND BE THE MAIST FORCE AND INCONTINENT EFTER BISCHOPE IAMES KENNEDY CURSIT SOLEMPNITLIE WITH MYTER' & STAF BUKE & CANDILL CONTYNUALLY A ZERE AND INTERDYTIT ALL THE PLACIS QUHAR' THIR' PERSONIS WARE AND THE SAMYN DAY ( XIJ ) MONETH THAT THIS HERESCHIP WAS MAIDE THAIR HAPPINNIT THE SAID BATALE BETUIX THAIM AND THE FORSAID ERLL OF CRAUFURD LAY FOUR' DAYS ABONE THE ZERD & THAIR DURST NO MAN ERD HIM QUHILL THE FORSAID BISCHOP SEND THE PRIOR OF SANCTANDROIS AND

THE KING GADDERIT ANE GRET OST AND PAST IN YNGLAND AND DID GRET SCAITH AND WAN MONY TOWRIS AND HOUSS ITEM THE ( XIJ ) DAY OF MAIJ IAMES THE BROTHIRE OF ERLL WILLAM OF DOUGLAS THAT WAS SLANE IN THE CASTELL OF STRIULING COME TO KNAPDALE AND SPAK THAR' WITH THE ERLL OF ROS AND LORD OF ILIS AND MAID THAIM ALL RICHT GRET REWARDIS OF WYNE CLATHIS SILUER SILK AND YNGLIS CLATH AND THAI GAF THAIM MANTILLIS AGANE AND QUHAT WAS THAR' AMANGIS THAIM WES COUNSALL TO COMMOUNIS AND THAI DEMYT ILL ALL ITEM THAT SAMYN MONETH AND ZERE SIR GEORGE OF CRECHTOUN RESIGNIT ALL HIS CONQUEST LANDIS IN THE KINGIS HANDIS AND MAID HIM HIS AIRE AND WITHIN ( VJ ) DAYS IAMES OF CRECHTOUN SONE & AIRE TO THE SAID GEORGE OF CRECHTOUN TUKE THE CASTELL OF BLAKNES AND HIS FADER' IN CONTRAR' OF THE KING AND INCONTINENT THE KING IN PROPER PERSOUN PUT ANE SEGE TO THE BLAKNES AND LAY AT IT ( IX ) OR ( X ) DAYIS AND THAN IT WAS GEVIN OURE BE TRETY AND SIR GEORGE WAS PUT TO METHFEN AND GAF HIM THE LANDIS OF STRATHURD FOR THE LANDIS THAT HE HAD CONQUEST IN LOUTHIANE THE HERESCHIPE OF INUERKIP BE DONALD OF THE YLIS ( VIZ ) BALOCH WITH THE POWERE OF THE ILIS WITH HIM AND THAI SAID IHON OF DOUGLAS ANE BASTARD SONE TILL ARCHEBALD ERLL OF DOUGLAS WAS WITH THAIM THAI WAR' ( VXQXQ ) OF GALAYS WELE TALD & MA AND OF MEN ( V ) OR ( VJ ) THOUSAND THIS HERESCHIPE WAS DONE THE SAID ZEIRE

THE ( X ) DAY OF IULIJ AND THAIR WAS SLANE OF GUD MEN ( XV ) AND OF WYFIS TWA OR THRE AND OF BARNIS THRE OR FOURE AND OF HORS ( V ) OR ( VJCQ ) AND OF OXIN AND KY ( XMQ ) AND MA AND OF SCHEPE AND GAIT A THOUSAND & MA AND THAI BRYNT THAT TYME CERTANE TOWNIS IN INUERKEP ( VIZ ) ABOUT THE KIRK ITEM THIS SAID DONALD WITH HIS OST OF THE ILIS HERIJT ALL ARANE AND WAN THE CASTELL OF BRAUDWIK AND KEST IT DOWN TO THE ERD AND HERIJT BAITH THE ILIS OF CERAYES THE SAMYN TYME ITEM THAI TUKE CRAUCHMET OF BUTE THE SAMYN TYME ( VIZ ICQ ) BOLLIS OF MALE ( ICQ ) BOLLIS OF MALT ( ICQ ) MARTIS ( ICQ ) MERKIS OF SILUER ANE THOUSAND ( IIIJCQ LIJ ) THE ( XXIX ) DAY OF AUGUST THAIR WAS CUMMAND TO THE CATHEDERALL KIRK MASTER' GEORGE OF LAWDER THAT TYME BISCHOPE OF ERGYLE FRA HIS CASTALL OF AUCHINDOUN EFTER THAT HE HAD BENE IN THE ILE OF LESMORE THAT TYME ( XXX ) DAYIS AND MAIRE AND THAIR WAS IN HIS COMPANY THAT SAMYN TYME MASTER HERCULIS SKRYMGEOUR PERSOUN OF GLASSAR' SIR IHON MCQARTHOUR AND SIR ADAM HIS PARRISCHE PREIST AND ALEXRQ SKRYMGEOUR THE PERSONIS BROTHER AND THE LORDIS AWNE SERUANDIS OF HOUSHALD & NANE VTHERIS FOR THE LORD COME FOR GUD TRETY AND TRASTIT NAIN EVIL THIS PERSON FORSAID BROCHT ANE SUMMONDIS APON SIR GILBERT MCQLATHANE THAT TYME CHANCELLER' OF THE FORSAID CATHEDERALL KIRK AND APON SIR MORYS MCQFADZANE THAT TYME THESAURERE OF THE SAID KIRK THE QUHILK SIR GILBERT AND SIR MORYS GADDERIT ALL HALE THE CLANLATHANE AND ALL VTHERIS THAT THAI MYCHT

PURCHES AND SEND TO THIR' MEN WORD THAT THE FORSAID BISCHOP COME WITH THE FORSAID CLERK AND PUT THAIM OUT OF THAR' BENEFICE AND TO PUT IN THE FORSAID MASTER HERCULES AND THUS THAI INFORMIT THE PEPLE WRANGUISLY AND BEGYLIT THAIM FOR THE PERSON HAD NO THING BOT A SUMMONDIS APON SIR GILBERT AND APON SIR MORYS MCQFADZAN FOR A SENTENCE DIFFINITIVE THAT THAI GAF AGANIS HIM OF HIS BENEFICE THAT HE HAD IOYSIT PECEABLY ( XV ) ZERE WITH SIR GOTHERAY MCQFORSAN BECAUS THAT THIS SUMMONDIS WAS APON HIS CHENNONIS THE LORD PASSIT IN PROPER PERSOUN TILL HAF MAID GUD TRETYE AND ALS FAST AS THIS LORD WITH THIR' PERSONIS FORSAID COME NERE THE KIRK WITHIN THE QUARTER' OF ANE MYLE THE FORSAID SIR GILBERT AND SIR MORYS COME WITH ALL THE POWERE THAT THAI MYCHT BE IN FERE OF WERE APON THE FORSAID LORD THE BISCHOP & HIS COMPANY AND SPAK TILL HIM SELF RICHT DISPITUOSLIE WITH FELLOUN WORDIS AND SCORNE AND FOR DISPYTE HALSIT HIM IN ERRISCHE SAYAND BANNACHADEE AND DISPYTFULLY REFT FRA HIM THE FORSAID MASTER HERCULES & PULLIT HIM FRA HIS HORS AND BRAK THE LORDIS BELT AND TUKE THE CLERKE AND HIS BROTHER & HARLLIT & LED THAIM AWAY RYCHT DISPYTFULLY AND BAND THE GENTILL MAN & THOCHT TO STRIK OF HIS HED AND QUHEN THIS FOULL SUPPRIS WAS DONE TILL GOD AND HALY KIRK THAN THE LORD WALD HAF PAST ON HIS FUTE TILL HIS KIRK THAI STERT BEFOR HIM SAYAND THAT AND HE SCHUPE TO GANG THAIR AWAY THAT THAI SULD SLA HIM & ALL THAT WAR' WITH HIM AND THAI WAR' ALL ABOUT HIM AND WALD NOCHT LAT HIM PAS ONY GAIT TILL HE WAS OBLIST TILL ASSOLZE THAIM OF ALL

THING THAT THAN WAS DONE THARE AND FOR DREID OF HIS LYF AND HIS MENNIS HE GRANTIT THROW CONSALL OF RURE ALANSON AND VTHERIS THAT WAR' WITH HIM AND THAN THAI COME WITH A FLYRDOME & SAID THAT THAI COME FOR NA ILL OF HIM NE HIS CHILDER AND THAI HELD THE CLERK & HIS BROTHER AND ON THE MORNE GART THAIM SWERE THAT THAI SULD NEUER FOLLOW HIM NOTHER OF SUMMONDIS NOR OF VTHIR' THING THAT WAS DONE TO THAIM BE THAIM SELF NA NA VTHERIS BOT HELD THAIR BULLIS AND THAIR SILUER AND A SILKYN TWYS AND ALL VTHER GRAITH THAT THAI HAD THAT WAS OUCHT WORTH ( VIZ ) GOWNIS CLOKIS HUDIS BANNETTIS AND VTHIRE SMALL GEIRE THE ZERE OF GOD ( IMQ IIIJCQ LJOQ ) IN THE MONETH OF MERCHE THE ERLL OF ROS AND LORD OF THE YLIS TUKE THIR CASTELLIS OF THE KING ( VIZ ) INUERNES OUR'CVART AND ROTHWANE IN BADZENOCH AND STUFFIT THE CASTELL OF INUERNES AND WRQUHART AND KEST DOVNE THE CASTELL OF ROCHWAN IN BADZENOCH AND THAI SAID THAT HE GAF THE KEPING OF THE CASTELL OF WRQUHART TILL HIS GUD FADER' IAMES OF LEVINGSTOUN THAT WAS ESCHAPIT SUBTELLY FRA THE KING AND HIS COUNSALL OUT OF THE ABBAY OF HALYRUDHOUS AND WAS CUMMAND TO THE LORD FOR SUPPLE & SUCCOUR THAT RESAUIT HIM RICHT THANKFULLY AND TUKE PLANE PART AGANE THE KING FOR HIM AND SAID HE HAD THE KINGIS WRYT & WALX TO HAF THE CASTELL OF WRQUHART FOR ( IIJ ) ZERE AND HE SAID THAT THE KINGIS AWNE PERSON GART HIM MARY THE SAID IAMES DOUCHTER AND HECHT HIM GUD LORDSCHIPE THE QUHILK

HE HAD NOCHT GOTTIN BOT EWYN THE CONTRARY IN ALL THINGIS THE SAMYN ZERE THE ( XVJ ) DAY OF AUGUST THAR' WAS SLANE IHON OF SANDELANDIS SONE AND ARE TO THE LARD OF CALDOR IN THAT TYME BOT ( XX ) ZERIS OF AGE AND HIS EME IAMES AND ANE MAN WITH THAM ITEM THAT SAMYN ZERE & MONETH THARE WAS DROWNIT IN THE WATTER' OF CRAWMOND SIR IHON LOGANE OF LESTALRIG KNYCHT OF THE AGE OF ( XXTQJQ ) ZERIS ITEM THAT SAMYN ZERE SIR PATRIK OF CORNTOUN WAS SLANE IN DUNBERTANE ON SETTERDAY THE ( VIJ ) DAY OF AUGUST BE ALLANE HOG THAT TYME PORTAR THAT SAMYN ZERE THE PRIUILEGE OF THE VNIUERSITE OF GLASQW COME TO GLASQW THROW THE INSTANCE OF KING IAMES THE SECUND AND THROW INSTIGACOUN OF MASTER WILLAM TURNBULL THAT TYME BISCHOP OF GLASQW AND WAS PROCLAMIT AT THE CROCE OF GLASQW ON THE TRINITE SONDAY THE ( XXTQJQ ) DAY OF IUNE AND ON THE MORNE THAIR WAS CRYIT ANE GRET INDULGENCE GEVIN TO GLASQW AT THE REQUEST OF THAIM FORSAID BE PAP NYCHOLAS AS IT WAR' THE ZERE OF GRACE AND WITH ALL INDULGENS THAT THAI MYCHT HAF IN ROME CONTENAND ( IIIJ ) MONETHIS BEGYNNAND THE ( IX ) DAY OF IULY AND DURAND TO THE ( X ) DAY OF NOUEMBER' ITEM THE ZERE OF GOD ( IMQ IIIJCQ LIIJOQ ) IN THE MONETH OF SEPTEMBER' DEIT ALEXANDER' LYNDESAY ERLL OF CRAUFURD IN FYNEVYNE THAT WAS CALLIT A RIGORUS MAN AND ANE

FELLOUN AND HELD ANE GRET ROWME IN HIS TYME FFOR HE HELD ALL ANGUS IN HIS BANDOUN & WAS RICHT INOBEDIENT TO THE KING ITEM ( IMQ IIIJCQ LIIIJOQ ) THAR' DECESIT IN THE MONETH OF AUGUST GILBERT HAY ERLL OF ERROLL ITEM THE SAMYN ZERE & MONETH THAIR DECESSIT IN EDINBURGH SIR GEORGE OF CRECHTOUN AND IN THE SAMYN MONETH AND ZERE SIR IAMES LORD OF CRECHTOUN DECESSIT AT DUNBAR AND IT WAS HALDIN FRA THE KING A LITILL QUHILE AND SYNE GEVIN TILL HIM AND IN THE SAMYN MONETH AND ZERE DECESSIT IHON HAMMILTOUN THAT WAS CALLIT QUHISSILBERY AND WAS A LICHT MAN IN HIS TYME ITEM IN THE SAMYN ZERE & MONETH DECESSIT IN STERLING ANDROW CUNNYNGHAME SONE & AIR' TILL WILLAM OF CUNYNGHAME OF GLENGARNOK AND THE SAMYN ANDROW SPOUSIT MARGARET CAMBELL SIR DUNCANE LORD CAMBELLIS DOUCHTER AND TUKE ( VIIJCQ ) MERKIS OF TOUCHERE & ARIT THE LAND AND IN THE SAMYN MONETH AND ZERE DECESSIT SIR ALEXRQ RAMSAY LORD OF DALHOUSY AND IN THE SAMYN MONETH AND ZERE DECESSIT IHON OF PARK LARD OF THAT ILK ITEM THAT SAMYN ZERE & MONETH DECESSIT SIR WILLAM KEITH THAT WAS CALLIT ANE GENTILL KNYCHT & A WERTUOS ITEM THE SAMYN ZERE & MONETH THE LARD OF IHONSTONIS TWA SONIS TUK THE CASTALL OF LOCHMABANE APON THE LARD OF MOVSWALD CALLIT CARUDDERIS & HIS ( IJ ) SONIS & OTHER TWA OR THRE MEN & ALL THROU TRESSOUN OF THE PORTAR

AND SYNE THE KING GAF THAM THE KEPING OF THE HOUS TO HIS PROPHET AND HOW THAT WAS MEN FERLEIT THAR' WAS ANE RICHT GRET SPAIT IN CLYDE THE ( XXV ) DAY AND ( XXVJ ) DAY OF NOUEMBER THE QUHILK BROCHT DOVN HAILE HOUSS BERNIS AND MILLIS AND PUT ALL THE TOWN OF GOWANE IN ANE FLOTE QUHILL THAI SAT ON THE HOUSS THE ZERE OF GOD ( IMQ IIIJCQ XLVIIJ ) THE ( XXV ) DAY OF FEBRUARE THE MASTER OF DOUGLAS CALLIT IAMES AND TWASUM WITH HIM THAT IS TO SAY IAMES OF DOUGLAS BROTHER TO THE LARDE OF LOCHLEVYN AND THE LARD OF HAUKAT FACHT IN THE BARRES AT STRIULING AGANIS TWA KNYCHTIS AND ANE SQWYAR' OF BURGUNZE AND THIR' WARE THAIR NAMES SCHIR' IAKKIS DE LALANE SIR SYMOND DE LALANE AND THE LARDE OF LONGAWELL THAT WAS THE SQWYARE AND THIS WAS BEFOR' KING IAMES THE SECUND THAT SAMYN ZERE THE ( XXIIJ ) DAY OF OCTOBERE WAS THE BATTELL OF LOCHMABANE STANE WITHIN THE PARRISCHE OF SANCT PATRIK QUHAR' HEW OF DOUGLAS ERLL OF ORMOND WAS CHIFTANE ON THE SCOTTIS SYD AND WITH HIM SCHIR' IHON WALLACE OF CRAGY THE LORD OF IHONSTOUN THE LORD SOMERWELLIS SON & AIRE DAUID STEWART OF CASTELL MYLL THE SCHIREF OF AIR' WITH VTHER SYNDRY GENTILLIS OF THE WESTLAND AND THAIR MEN WAS CALLIT ( IIIJMQ ) AND ON THE YNGLIS SYDE THE ZOUNGAR' PERSYE SIR IHON OF PENNYNTOUNE SIR IHON HERNTOUN WAR' CHIFTANIS AND WITH THAIM SEX THOUSAND OF YNGLIS MEN QUHARE THAR' CHIFTANIS WAR' TANE AND ( XVCQ ) MEN WITH THAIM SLANE

DROWNIT ( VCQ ) AND ON THE SCOTTIS SYD ( XXVJ ) SLANE AND TANE BOT NA MAN OF REPUTACOUN WAR' TANE NOR SLANE BOT SIR IHON WALLACE DEIT EFTER THAT HE COME HAME THROU MISGOUERNANCE ITEM ( IMQ IIIJCQ LVJOQ ) CUNYNGHAME AND DALRUMPILL FAUCHT IN THE BARRAS OF STRIULING BEFOR' KING IAMES THE SECUND THAT SAMYN ZERE THE THRID DAY OF DECEMBERE THAIR DECESIT IN GLASQW MASTER WILLAM TURNBULL BISCHOPE OF GLASCOW THAT BROCHT HAIM THE PARDOUN OF IT ITEM THAT SAMYN ZERE THE LAST DAY OF AUGUST DEIT IN GLASQW MASTER' WALTER' STEWART THAT WAS LORD PROWAND ITEM THAT SAMYN ZERE & MONETH DECESSIT IN BRECHYNE MASTER IHONE CRENNOK BISCHOP OF BRECHYNE THAT WAS CALLIT A GUD ACTIF AND WERTUIS MAN AND ALL HIS TYME WELE GOUERNAND THE ZERE OF GOD ( IMQ IIIJCQ LIX ) THE PENULT DAY OF IUNIJ DECESSIT AT PASLAY THOMAS CARVAS ABBOT OF PASLAY THE QUHILK WAS ANE RICHT GUD MAN AND HELPLYK TO THE PLACE OF ONY THAT EUER WAS FFOR HE DID MONY NOTABLE THINGIS AND HELD ANE NOBLE HOUS AND WAS AY WELE PURVAIT HE FAND THE PLACE ALL OUT OF GUD REWLE AND DESTITUT OF LEVING AND ALL THE KIRKIS IN LORDIS HANDIS AND THE KIRK VNBIGGIT THE BODY OF THE KIRK FRA THE BRICHT STAIR' WP AND PUT ON THE RUF HE BIGGIT AND THEKIT IT WITH SCLAIT AND RIGGIT IT WITH STANE AND

BIGGIT ANE GRET PORCIOUN OF THE STEPLE AND ANE STAITLIE ZETHOUS AND BROCHT HAME MONY GUD IOWELLIS AND CLATHIS OF GOLD SILUER & SILK & MONY GUD BUKIS AND MAID STAITLIE STALLIS AND GLASYNNIT MEKLE OF ALL THE KIRK AND BROCHT HAME THE STAITLIEST TABERNAKLE THAT WAS IN ALL SCOTLAND AND THE MAIST COSTLIE AND SCHORTLIE HE BROCHT ALL THE PLACE TO FREDOME AND FRA NOCHT TILL ANE MYCHTI PLACE AND LEFT IT OUT OF ALL KYND OF DET AND AT ALL FREDOME TILL DISPONE AS THAIM LYKIT AND LEFT ANE OF THE BEST MYTERIS THAT WAS IN SCOTLAND AND CHANDILLARIS OF SILUER AND ANE LETTREN OF BRAS WITH MONY VTHER GUD IOWELLIS ITEM THE ( XVJ ) DAY OF AUGUST KING IAMES THE SECUND MAID HIS FIRST WAYAGE IN YNGLAND WITH ( VJCQ ) THOUSAND MEN AND BRYNT AND HERIJT ( XX ) MYLIS WITHIN THE LAND AND WAN AND DISTROYIT ( XVIJ ) TOWRIS & FORTALICEIS AND REMANIT ON THE GROUND OF YNGLAND ( VJ ) DAYS AND ( VJ ) NYCHTIS AND THAIR PERSEWIT THAIM NEUER YNGLISMAN WITH ILL NOTHER BE DAY NOR NYCHT AND COME HAME WITH GRET WORSCHIP & TYNT NOCHT A MAN OF VALOUR ITEM INCONTINENT THE YNGLISMEN WAR' GADDERIT WELE TILL ( IIIJ ) OR ( VCQ ) THOUSAND AND COME TO THE MARCHE AND THAIR DISCORDIT AND PASSIT HAME WITH ANE GRET VELANY ( VIZ ) THE DUKE OF ZORK THE ERLL OF SALISBERY WITH MONY VTHER SYNDRY GRET LORDIS OF THE LAND THE ZERE OF GOD ( IMQ IIIJCQ LX ) THE THRID SONDAY OF AUGUST KING IAMES THE SECUND WITH ANE GRET OST WAS

AT THE SEGE OF ROXBURGH AND WNHAPPELY WAS SLANE WITH ANE GWN THE QUHILK BRAK IN THE FYRING FOR THE QUHILK WAS GRET DOLOUR THROU ALL SCOTLAND AND NEUERTHELESS ALL THE LORDIS THAT WAR' THAR' REMANIT STILL WITH THE OIST AND ON THE FRYDAY EFTER RICHT WYSLY & MANFULLY WAN THE FORSAID CASTELL AND TYNT NOCHT A MAN MAY IN THE WYNNYNG OF IT AND THAN THAI LORDIS INCONTINENT SEND TILL EDINBURGH FOR THE PRINCE AND THE SAID PRINCE WITH HIS MODERE THE QUENE & BISCHOPIS & VTHER NOBILLIS COME TO KELSO ON THE FRYDAY EFTER THE DEID OF THE KING AND REMANIT THAR' QUHILL HE WAS CROVNIT AND QUHILL THE FORSAID CASTELL WAS WASTIT AND DISTROYIT AND ON THE SONDAY EFTER HE WAS CROVNIT IN TO KELSO AND THE FORSAID LORDIS PASSIT TO THE CASTELL OF WERK & SONE THAI WAN THAT CASTELL AND INCONTINENT KEST IT DOVNE TO THE ERD AND DISTROYIT IT FOR EUER ITEM IN THE TYME OF THE CORONACOUN OF THE KING THAIR WAS MAID MA THAN A HUNDRETH KNYCHTIS ITEM IN THE MONETH OF IANUAR' IN THE ZERE FORSAID THE PRINCE OF YNGLAND AND THE QUENE OF YNGLAND COME IN SCOTLAND TO GET HELP & SUPLE AGANIS THE DUKE OF ZORKE AND THAI COME TO DRUMFRES AND THE QWENE OF SCOTLAND THE DUKE OF GILLERLANDIS DOCHTER MET THE FORSAID PRINCE & HIS MODERE AT KYNCLOUDANE AND THAI REMANIT THAIR TOGIDDER ( X ) OR ( XIJ ) DAYS AND THAI SAID THAI WAR' SPEKAND OF MARIAGE BETUIX THE FORSAID PRINCE AND KING IAMES THE THRIDIS SISTER AND SUM SAID THAT THAI WAR' ACCORDIT ON BAITH THE SYDIS AND IN THE MEYNE TYME

THE DUKE OF ZORK AND THE ERLL OF SALISBERY & THE DUKIS SON WAR' SLANE WITH VTHER DIUERS LORDIS OF THAIR COMPANY THE ZERE OF GOD ( IMQ IIIJCQ LX ) THE ERLL OF ERGYLE COLYNE CAMBELL PASSIT IN LORNE FOR THE REDEMPCOUN OF HIS COSING IHON KEIRE OF LORNE THE QUHILK WAS TANE BE HIS BROTHER ALLANE OF LORNE OF THE WOD SISTER SON TO DOWNE BALLOCH AND SCHORTLIE THIS ERLL FORSAID WITH HIS OIST COME TO THE ILE OF KEREWRA QUHAR' THIS ALLANE HAD HIS BROTHER IN FESSYNNANS AND HIS ENTENT WAS TO DISTROYE HIM THAT HE MYCHT HAUE SUCCEDIT TO THE HERETAGE AND SCHORTLIE THAI COME SA SUDDANLIE APON THE FORSAID ALLANE IN THE SAID ILE THAT HE MYCHT NOCHT PAS AWAY WITH HIS SCHIPPIS IN THE QUHILKIS WAR' A HUNDRETH MEN AND THIS SAID IHON KEIRE WAS BOUND AND HIS MEN WAS SLANE TO THE NOVMER OF ( IIIJ ) OR ( VXQXQ ) AND BRYNT THAIR SCHIPPIS AND REDEMIT HIS COSING AND RESTORIT HIM TO HIS LORDSCHIP AND THE TOTHER CHAPIT RICHT NAROWLY WITH HIS LYF AND ( IIIJ ) OR ( V ) PERSONIS AND THIS WAS THE FIRST SLAUCHTER EFTER THE DEID OF KING IAMES THE SECUND THE SAMYN ZERE THE ( XXIIJ ) DAY OF FEBRUARE KING IAMES THE THRID HELD HIS FIRST PARLIAMENT AT EDINBURGH TO THE QUHILK PARLIAMENT COME THIR' LORDIS WNDERWRITTIN THAT IS TO SAY THE LORD OF YLIS & ERLL OF ROS AND ALL THE LARDIS OF THE ILIS LORD DERNLIE AND THE LORD KALENDARE THE LORD HAMMILTOUN AND THAI DID LITILL GUD IN THE FORSAID PARLIAMENT BOT THAT THAI ORDANIT SESSIONIS TO SIT FIRST AT ABERDENE SYNE IN

PERTH SYNE IN EDINBURGH AND THAI LEFT THE KING IN KEPING WITH HIS MODERE THE QWENE AND GOUERNYNG OF ALL THE KINRIK AND THAIRFOR THE LORDIS SAID THAT THAI WAR' LITILL GUD WORTH BATH SPIRITUALE & TEMPORALL THAT GAF THE KEPING OF THE KINRIK TILL A WOMAN AND INCONTINENT THE QUENE EFTER THIS PARLIAMENT PUT IN NEW KEPARIS IN THE CASTELLIS OF EDINBURGH STRIULING AND DUNBAR ( VIZ ) IN EDINBURGH ANDROWE KEYRE IN DUNBAR LORD HALES IN BLAKNES AND STRIULING ROBERT LIDDALE ITEM THE SAID QUENE EFTER THE DEID OF KING IAMES THE SECUND TUKE MASTER IAMES LYNDESAY FOR PRINCIPALE COUNSALOUR AND GART HIM KEPE THE PREVE SELE NOCHTWITHSTANDING THAT THE SAID MASTER IAMES WAS EXCLUDIT FRA THE COUNSALL OF THE FORSAID KING & FRA THE COURT & FOR HIS WERRAY HELYNES AND HAD BENE SLANE FOR HIS DEMERITIS HAD NOCHT BENE HE WAS REDEMIT WITH GOLD ITEM EFTER THE DEID OF THE FORSAID KING THE LORD OF YLIS PAST TILL INUERNES AND TUKE THE KINGIS FERMES AND ALL WITTALIS OF THE KINGIS AND PROCLAMIT ALL THE GUDIS AND THE LANDIS OF THE KINGIS IN TILL HIS HANDIS & GAF REMISSIONIS AND RESPITTIS AND FOR THIR' CAUSS HE WAS SUMMOND TO THE PARLIAMENT WNDER' THE PANE OF FORFALT AND COMPERIT NOCHT AND THAN THAI SUPERSEDIT HIS CAUS QUHILL THE FEIST OF SANCT IHON THE BAPTIST AND CONTINEWIT THE FORSAID PARLIAMENT TILL THAT DAY TO BE HALDIN IN ABERDENE ITEM THE LORD OF CURTHOUS COME TILL EDINBURGH TILL

OF THE LAW AND THE KINGIS PROFFETTIS AND OF ALL THE REALME AND THAT THE KING SULD CUM BE HIM SELFE & HIS AND THE QWENE BE HIR' SELF & HIRRIS BOT THE KING SULD AY REMANE WITH THE QWENE BOT SCHO SULD NOCHT INTROMET WITH HIS PROFFETTIS BOT ALLANERLIE WITH HIS PERSON THE ZERE OF GOD ( IMQIIIJCQXX ) ARCHEBALD ERLL OF DOUGLAS & THE DUKE OF TURANE DECESSIT IN FRAUNCE AND IN THE SAMYN TYME AND PLACE DECESSIT IHON STEWART ERLL OF BUCHANE AND CONSTABLE OF FRAUNCE IAMES OF DOUGLAS SONE TO THE SAID ERLL SIR WALTER' OF BEKIRTOUNE SIR WILLAM OF SETOUN SIR RICHERT OF BEKIRTOUN SCHIR HENRY BEKIRTOUN GOUERNOUR TO THE SCOTTIS ARCHERIS & ALEXRQ BIKIRTOUN WITH MONY VTHERIS GUD KNYCHTIS AND SQWYERIS ITEM THAT SAMYN ZERE ROBERT STEWART DECESSIT IN THE CASTELL OF STRIULING AND LYIS IN DUNFERMLING ITEM DUKE MURTHOK DECESSIT AT STRIULING WALTER' STEWART ERLL OF LEVINNOX AND SIR ALEXANDER' STEWART ITEM ( IMQIIIJCQXXXVJ ) THE FALS ERLL OF ATHOLE HIS SON AND ROBERT STEWART WAR' PUT TO DED AT EDINBURGH FOR TRESOUN ITEM THE ERLL OF MAR ALEXANDER' STEWART DECESIT ITEM ( IMQIIIJCQXXXVIIJOQ ) ARCHEBALD ERLL OF DOUGLAS AND SISTER TO KING IAMES THE FIRST DEIT AT LESTALRIG ITEM ( IMQIIIJCQXL ) ERLL WILLAM OF DOUGLAS ARCHEBALDIS SON BEAND THAN ( XVIIJ ) ZERIS OF AGE & HIS BROTHER DAUID

DOUGLAS WAS PUT TO DEID AT EDINBURGH AND MALCOME FLEMYNG OF BEGGAR' WAS PUT TO DEID IN THAT SAMYN PLACE WITHIN THRE DAYS EFTER THE ZERE OF GOD ( IMQIIIJCQXLIX ) SIR IAMES AUCHINLEK WAS SLANE BE RICHERT COLUILE THE ( XX ) DAY OF APRILE AND WITHIN ( V ) OR ( VJ ) DAYS COWARTLIE GAF OUR THE CASTELL AND WAS HEDIT AND ( IIJ ) SUM WITH HIM AND INCONTINENT EFTER THAT HE COME FURTH THE CASTELL WAS CASTIN DOVN BE ERLL WILLAM OF DOUGLAS IAMES SON THAT SAMYN ZERE IN THE MONETH OF MAY SIR IAMES STEWART THE QWENES KNYCHT WAS TANE APON THE SE BE THE FLEMYNGIS BEFOR' THE SON & THAIR WAS PUT TO DEID & OF THAIM THAT COME WITH HIM ( VIIJXQXQ ) OF YNGLISMEN THAT SAMYN ZERE THE ( XVIIJ ) DAY OF IUNIJ QWENE MARY OF SCOTLAND COME IN SCOTLAND AND THIS QWENE WAS THE DUKE OF GILLIRLANDIS DOUCHTER AND SISTER DOUCHTER TO THE DUKE OF BURGONE THAR' COME WITH HIR' ( XIIJ ) GRET SCHIPPIS AND ANE CRAIKE IN THE QUHILK THAIR WAS THE LORD OF CAUSERE WITH ( XVXQXQ ) OF MEN IN HARNES MASTER IHON RALSTOUN BISCHOPE OF DUNKELDEN AND SIR WILLAM OF CRECHTOUN CHANCELLERE OF SCOTLAND THAT TYME WAS THE HAME BRINGARIS OF THE QWENE WITH THE COUNSALL OF THE KING OF FRAUNCE THE DUKE OF SAWOY THE DUKE OF OSTRICH THE DUKE OF BERTANE THE DUKE OF BURGUNZE AND ALL THIRE WAR' BUNDYN IN SUPLE & MANTEINANS OF KING IAMES OF SCOTLAND AND THIS KING FORSAID AND THIS QWENE WAR' MARIJT AT EDINBURGH THE THRID DAY OF IULIJ THE ZERE FORSAID

ITEM IN THAT SAMYN ZERE MASTER WILLAM TURNBULL SAID HIS FIRST MES IN GLASQW THE ( XX ) DAY OF SEPTEMBER AND ON THE MONUNDAY THE ( XXIIJ ) DAY OF SEPTEMBER IAMES OF LEVINGSTOUN WAS ARRESTIT BE THE KING AND ROBYN KALENDAR' CAPITANE OF DUNBERTANE AND IHON OF LEVINGSTOUN CAPITANE OF THE CASTELL OF DOVN AND DAUID LEVINGSTOUN OF THE GRENE ZARDIS WITH SYNDRY VTHERIS AND SONE EFTER THIS SIR ALEXRQ LEVINGSTOUN WAS ARRESTIT AND ROBYN OF LEVINGSTOUN OF LICHQW THAT TYME COMPTROLLAR AND IAMES AND HIS BROTHER ALEXRQ AND ROBYNE OF LITHQW WAR' PUT IN THE BLAKNES AND THAIR GUDIS TANE WITHIN ( XL ) DAYS IN ALL PLACIS AND PUT WNDER' ARREST AND ALL THAIR GUDIS THAT PERTENIT TO THAT PARTY AND ALL OFFICERIS THAT WAR' PUT IN BE THAIM WAR' CLERLIE PUT OUT OF ALL OFFICIS AND ALL PUT DOVN THAT THAI PUT WP AND THIS WAS A GRET FERLIE AND IN THE SAMYN TYME THE FORSAID IAMES DOCHTER' THAT WAS SPOUSIT WITH THE LORD OF THE ILIS COME TILL HIM SODANLIE WITH FEW PERSONIS WITH HIRE & THAI MET IN DUMBERTANE SIR DUNCANE PERSONE AND LED HIR' WITH HIM TO KYNTYRE THE ( XXIIJ ) DAY OF THE SAID MONETH AND IT IS TO WIT THAT THE FIRST ARRESTING WAS MAID AT THE BRIG OF INCHEBELLE ON KYLWYNE BETUIX GLASQW & KIRKYNTULLOCH THAT SAMYN ZERE THE ( XIX ) DAY OF IANUARE IAMES THE THRID HELD HIS FIRST PARLIAMENT AT EDINBURGH IN TO THE QUHILK PARLIAMENT THAR' WAS FORFALTIT SCHIR' ALEXRQ LEVINSTOUN LORD KALENDAR' AND IAMES DUNDAS OF THAT ILK AND ROBERT BRUS THE LARD OF CLAKMANNANNIS

BROTHER AND IAMES OF LEVINGSTOUN SONE & AIR' TO THE SAID ALEXANDER' WAS PUT TO DEID AND ROBYNE OF LEVINGSTOUN OF LITHQW THAT TYME COMPTROLLAR WAS PUT TO DEID BAITH TOGIDDER ON THE CASTELLHILL THAIR HEIDIS STRIKIN OF THE THRID DAY OF THE PARLIAMENT AND THAT SAMYN TYME ARCHEBALD OF DUNDAS BROTHER TILL THE SAID IAMES OF DUNDAS STUFFIT THE TOWRE OF DUNDAS AND SAID HE SULD DE AND IT BAITH ATTANIS BOT GIF THE KING DID THAIM GRACE AND AT THE DISSOLVYNE OF THE SAID PARLIAMENT THE KING BAITH SEND & COME HIM SELF AND ASKIT THE SAID HOUS AND GAT IT NOCHT AS THAN AND INCONTINENT LAIDE ANE SEGE ABOUT IT THAT REMANIT QUHILL THE LATTER END OF APRILE AND THAN IT WAS GEVIN OURE AND ALL THAT WAR' IN IT WAR' PUT IN THE KINGIS GRACE AND THAI WAR' TANE AND SUM SEND TILL A CASTELL AND SUM TILL VTHERIS AND THE HOUS WAS CASSYN DOVNE AND THE STUF THAIROF PARTIT BETUIX THE KING AND THE ERLL OF DOUGLAS SCHIR' WILLAM OF CRECHTOUN AND SIR GEORGE OF CRECHTOUN THE ZERE OF GOD ( IMQ IIIJCQ & L ) THE ( XIX ) DAY OF MAIJ QWENE MARY PARTIT WITH BARNE IN STRIULING ( XIJ ) OULKIS BEFOR' HIR' TYME AND THE BARNE LIFFIT BOT THE SPACE OF SEX HOURIS ITEM THE SAID ZEIRE IN THE MONETH OF JUNIJ THAR' WAS FUNDING IN DUNFERMLING A MERWALOUS DEID CORS IN THE RYPING OF ANE WALL FOR FIRST THAIR WAS FOUND

ABOUT HIM A KIST OF STANE AND SYNE ANE OF TRE & SYNE A CAPE OF LEID AND SYNE CLATHIS OF GOLD AND SILK ALS FRESCHE AS EVIR' THAI WARE AND THE CORS HALE IN HYDE & HEWE AS IT SEMYTE BOT OF ( XVIIJ ) ZERIS OF AGE AND IT WAS ( XJXQXQ ) ZERIS SEN THAT WALL WAS MAIDE AND MEN DEMYT THAT IT WAS A BARNE OR COSING OF SANCT MARGARETIS THE ZERE OF GOD ( IMQ IIIJCQ XLIX ) THE BIRNYNG OF DUNBAR' BE ZOUNG PERSIE AND SIR ROBERT OGILE IN THE MONETH OF MAIJ AND THAT SAMYN ZERE DRUMFRES WAS BRYNT BE THE ERLL OF SALISBERY IN THE MONETH OF IUNIJ AND THAT SAMYN ZERE ERLL WILLAM OF DOUGLAS IAMES SON AND WITH HIM THE ERLL OF ORKNAY ANGUS & ORMOND BRYNT AWNWIK IN THE MONETH OF IUNIJ THE THRID DAY AND COME HAME WELE AND DID GRET SCAITH ITEM THE SAID ERLL PASSIT IN YNGLAND THE ( XVIIJ ) DAY OF IULIJ WITH ( XLMQ ) MEN AND DID GRET SCAITH AND BRYNT WERKWORTH AND JN THE HAMECUMMYNG TYNT ( IJCQ ) FUT MEN THAT WAR TANE & NOCHT TEN MEN SLANE BOT THE LARD OF GLENDONWYNE AND THE SCOTTIS MEN TUK AGANE COLYNE WOD FOR HIM AND ILKANE OF THIRE MENNIS SONNIS TUKE VTHERIS FADERIS (HEAD) THE BATELL OF BRECHYNE (END OF HEAD) ITEM ABOUT THAT SAMYN TYME THE ( XVIIJ ) DAY OF MAIJ THAR' MET & FAUCHT IN THE FELD ON THE MURE BESYD BRECHYNE THE ERLL OF CRAUFURD CALLIT ALLEXANDER' THE

ERLL OF HUNTLIE CALLIT ALEXANDER' AND THAIR WAS WITH THE ERLL OF HUNTLIE FER MA THAN WAS WITH THE ERLL OF CRAUFURD BECAUS HE DISPLAYIT THE KINGIS BANERE AND SAID IT WAS THE KINGIS ACTIOUN AND HE WAS HIS LUFTENNEND AND SCHORTLIE THE ERLL OF HUNTLIE WAN THE FELD AND SLEWE THE ERLL OF CRAUFURDIS BROTHER CALLIT IHON LYNDESAY OF BRECHYNE & THE LARD OF DUNDAS AND VTHER SYNDRY GENTILL MEN WELE TILL ( IIJXQXQ ) OF COTARMOURIS ON THAT SYD AND ON THAT VTHER SYD WILLAM OF SETOUN THE ERLLIS BROTHER AND VTHIR' THRE OR FOUR' OF GENTILL MEN & ( V ) OR SEX OF ZEMEN AND THE ERLL OF HUNTLIE HELD THE FELD AND RAID IN ANGUS WITH THRE OR FOURE THOUSAND WITH HIM AND THE ERLL OF CRAUFURD

THAI CRYIT HIM LUFTENNENT AND SONE EFTER THIS THAI WORTHIT ALS STRANGE AS EUER THAI WAR' AND AT THIS TYME THAI GAT THE ERLLIS SELE TO CONSENT TO THE TREWIS AND INCONTINENT THAI SEND FURTH SNAWDOUN THE KINGIS HERROD TO LUNDOUN TO BYND WP THE TREWIS AND ALS FAST AS SIR IAMES OF DOUGLAS GAT WIT HEROF HE PAST TILL LONDONE INCONTINENT AND QUHARFOR' MEN WIST NOCHT REDELYE BOT HE WAS THAR' WITH THE KING OF YNGLAND LANGTYME AND WAS MEKLE MAID OF THE ZERE OF GOD ( IMQ IIIJCQ LJ THE XXV ) DAY IUNIJ THAR' WAS HALDIN A PARLIAMENT IN EDRQ BE KING IAMES THE SECUND TO THE QUHILK PARLIAMENT THE FORSAID ERLE WILLAM OF DOUGLAS COME AND PUT HIM BODY LANDIS AND GUDIS IN THE KINGIS GRACE AND THE KING RESAUIT HIM TILL HIS GRACE AT THE REQUEST OF THE QWENE AND THE THRE ESTATIS AND GRANTIT HIM ALL HIS LORDSCHIPPIS AGANE OUTTANE THE ERLDOM OF WIGTOUN THAT IS TO SAY GALLOWAY FRA THE WATTER OF CRE WEST AND STEWARTOUN OUTTANE THE LANDIS OF PEDYNNANE OF THE QUHILK THE ERLLIS MODER HAD CONIUNCT FEFTMENT AND CHARTERIT HIM NOW OF ALL THE LAIF OF HIS LORDSCHIPPIS AND GAF HIM & ALL HIS A FRE REMISSIOUN OF ALL THINGIS BYGANE TO THE DAY FORSAID AND ALL GUD SCOTTISMEN WAR' RYCHT BLYTH OF THAT ACCORDANCE THAT SAMYN ZER' ERLL WILLAM OF DOUGLAS WES SLANE IN THE CASTELL OF STRIULING BE KING IAMES THE

SECUND THAT HAD THE FYRE MARK IN HIS FACE THE FORSAID KING IAMES SEND OWT OF STRIULING WITH WILLAM LAWDER' OF HALTOUN A SPECIALE ASSOUERANS AND RESPIT WNDER HIS PREVE SELE AND SUBSCRIUIT WITH HIS AWNE HAND AND ALL THE LORDIS THAT WAR' WITH THE KING THAT TYME GAF BODELY AITHIS TO KEPE THAT RESPIT & ASSOUERANCE AND SUBSCRIUIT ILK MAN WITH THAIR AWNE HAND AND ALL THE LORDIS THAT WAR' WITH THE KING THAT TYME WAR' OBLIST SUPPOS THE KING WALD BREK THE BAND FORSAID THAT THAI SULD LET IT AT THAIR POWERE THIS BEAND DONE THE FORSAID WILLAM OF LAWDER OF HALTOUN PASSIT TO THE FORSAID ERLL WILLAM OF DOUGLAS AND BROCHT HIM TO STRIULING TO THE KING ON THE MONUNDAY BEFOR' FASTRENNIS EVYN THAT WAS THE ( XXJ ) DAY OF FEBRUARE AND THIS SAMYN MONUNDAY HE PASSIT TO THE CASTELL AND SPAK WITH THE KING THAT TUKE RICHT WELE WITH HIM BE APPERANS AND CALLIT HIM ON THE MORNE TO THE DYNERE & TO THE SUPPER' AND HE COME & DYNIT AND SOWPIT AND THAI SAID THAIR WAS A BAND BETUIX THE SAID ERLL OF DOWGLAS AND THE ERLL OF ROS & THE ERLL OF CRAUFURD AND EFTER SUPPER' AT SEVYNE HOURIS THE KING THAN BEAND IN THE INNER' CHALMER & THE SAID ERLL HE CHARGIT HIM TO BREKE THE FORSAID BAND HE SAID HE MYCHT NOCHT NOR WALD NOCHT THAN THE KING SAID FALS TRATOUR SEN THOW WILL NOCHT I SALL AND STERT SODANLY TILL HIM WITH ANE KNYF AND STRAIK HIM IN AT THE COLERE AND DOWN IN THE BODY AND THAI SAYD THAT PATRIK GRAY STRAIK HIM NIXT THE KING

WITH ANE POLL AX ON THE HED AND STRAK OUT HIS HARNES AND SYNE THE GENTILLIS THAT WAR' WITH THE KING GAF THAIM ILKANE A STRAIK OR TWA WITH KNYFFIS AND THIRE AR' THE NAMES THAT WAR' WITH THE KING THAT STRAKE HIM FOR HE HAD ( XXVJ ) WOUNDIS IN THE FIRST SIR ALEXRQ BOYD THE LORD DERNELIE SIR ANDROW STEWART SIR WILLAM OF GREMSTON SIR SYMOND OF GLENDONANE AND THE LORD GRAY THE ZERE OF GOD ( IMQ IIIJCQ LIJOQ THE XXVIJ ) DAY OF MERCHE SIR IAMES OF DOUGLAS ERLL IAMES SECUND SON FOR THE FOULE SLAUCHTER OF HIS BROTHER ERLL WILLAM OF DOUGLAS COME ON SANCT PATRIKIS DAY IN LENTRYN TO STRIULING & BLEW OUT ( XXIIIJ ) HORNIS ATTANIS APON THE KING AND APON ALL THE LORDIS THAT WAR' WITH HIM THAT TYME FOR THE FOULE SLAUCHTER OF HIS BROTHER AND SCHEWE ALL THAIR SELES AT THE CORS ON ANE LETTER' WITH THAIR HANDIS SUBSCRIUIT AND TUKE THE LETTER AND BAND IT ON ANE BURD AND CUPLIT IT TILL ANE HORS TALE AND GART DRAW IT THROU THE TOWNE SPEKAND RICHT SCLANDERFULLY OF THE KING AND ALL THAT WAR' WITH HIM THAT TYME & SPULZEIT ALL THE TOVNE AND BRINT IT AND THAIR WAS WITH HIM HIS BROTHER THE ERLL OF ORMOND AND THE LORD HAMMILTOUN & NA MA LORDIS AND THAI EXCEDIT NOCHT OF GUD MEN ( VJCQ ) ALL THIS TYME THE KING WAS INTO PERTH PASSAND TO THE ERLL OF CRAUFURD THAT SAMYN ZERE THAR' WAS ANE PARLIAMENT HALDIN IN EDINBURGH THE ( XIJ ) DAY OF IUNIJ BE KING IAMES

THE SECUND AND THAIR WAS FORFALTIT ALEXRQ LYNDESAYE THE ERLL OF CRAUFURD AND LORD LYNDESAY BATH LAND LYF AND GUDIS AND IN THAT SAMYN PARLIAMENT THAR' WAS PUT ON THE NYCHT ON THE PARLIAMENT HOUS DURE ANE LETTER WNDER SIR IAMES OF DOUGLAS SELE & THE SELE OF THE ERLL OF ORMOND & SIR IAMES HAMMILTONNIS DECLYNAND FRA THE KING SAYAND THAT THAI HELD NOCHT OF HIM NOR WALD NOCHT HALD WITH HIM WITH MONY VTHER SCLANDEROUS WORDIS CALLAND THAM TRATOURIS THAT WAR' HIS SECRET COUNSALL AND THAN THIS PARLIAMENT WAS CONTINEWIT FOR ( XV ) DAYIS & CHARGIT ALL MANER OF MAN TILL BE AT EDINBURGH BAITH ON FUT & HORS ILK MAN FOR HIM SELF BAITH IN BURGH & LAND VNDER THE PANE OF DED & TINSALL OF THAIR LANDIS THE QUHILK DAY THAI APPERIT ALL & SEMBLIT AT PENTLAND MURE AND WAR' NOVMERIT ( XXXMQ ) AND THE KING HIM SELF PASSIT ON SOUTHWART WITH THE OST TO PEBLIS SELKRIG DRUMFRES & VTHER SYNDRY PARTIS AND DID NA GUD BOT DISTROYIT THE CUNTRE RICHT FELLONLY BAITH OF CORNES MEDOWIS & WITTALIS AND HERIJT MONY BATH GENTILLMEN & VTHERIS THAT WAR' WITH HIM SELF ITEM THAIR WAS MAID IN THE FORSAID PARLIAMENT THRE ERLLIS ( VIZ ) SIR IAMES CRECHTOUN SON & AIR' TO SIR WILLAM OF CRECHTON THAT SPOUSIT THE ELDEST SISTER OF MURRAY WAS BELTIT ERLL OF MURRAY ITEM THE LORD HAY AND CONSTABLE OF SCOTLAND WAS BELTIT ERLL OF ERROLL ITEM SIR GEORGE OF CRECHTOUN WAS BELTIT ERLL

OF CAITHNES ITEM THAIR WAS MAID ( VJ ) OR ( VIJ ) LORDIS OF THE PARLIAMENT AND BANRENTIS IN THE FIRST THE LORD DERNELIE THE LORD HALIS THE LORD BOYD OF KILMARNOK THE LORD FLEMYNG OF CUMMYRNALD THE LORD BORTHUIK OF THAT ILK THE LORD LYLE OF DOWCHALE THE LORD OF CATHCART OF THAT ILK ITEM THE LORD OF LORN IHON STEWART TALZEIT ALL HIS LANDIS TO THE MALE AND SURNAME IN THE SAID PARLIAMENT ITEM THE LORD OF CATHCART DEIT IN THE SAMYN TYME ITEM SIR GEORGE OF CRECHTOUN ANNEXT ALL HIS LANDIS TO THE ERLDOME OF CAITNES THAT SAMYN TYME ITEM THAIR WAS SYNDRY LANDIS GEVIN TO SYNDRY MEN IN THIS PARLIAMENT BE THE KINGIS SECRET COUNSALL THAT IS TO SAY THE LORD CAMBELL TO SIR COLYNE CAMBELL TO SIR ALEXRQ HOME TO SIR DAUID HVME TO SIR IAMES KEYRE AND TILL VTHER SYNDRY WAR REWARDIT BE THE SAID SECRET COUNSALL THE QUHILK MEN DEMYT WALD NOCHT STAND THE ZERE OF GOD ( IMQ IIIJCQ LVOQ ) IN THE BEGYNNYNG OF MERCHE IAMES THE SECUND KEST DOVNE THE CASTELL OF INUERAWYNE AND SYNE INCONTINENT PAST TILL GLASQW AND GADERIT THE WESTLAND MEN WITH PART OF THE ERESCHERY AND PASSIT TO LANERIK AND TO DOUGLAS & SYNE BRYNT ALL DOUGLASDALE AND ALL AWENDALE AND ALL THE LORD HAMMILTONNIS LANDIS & HERIJT THAIM CLERLYE AND SYNE PASSIT TILL EDINBURGH & FRA THIN TILL THE FOREST WITH ANE OST OF LAWLAND MEN AND ALL THAT WALD NOCHT CUM TILL HIM FURTHWITH HE TUKE THAIR GUDIS AND BRYNT THAIR PLACIS AND TUKE FAITH OF ALL THE GENTILLIS CLERLIE AND ALL THIS TYME

THE LORD HAMMILTOUN WAS IN YNGLAND TILL HAUE GOTTYN SUPLE AND COUTH GET NANE BOT GIF THE DOUGLAS AND HE WALD HAUE BENE YNGLIS MEN AND MAID THE AITH AND INCONTINENT EFTER THE KING PASSIT IN PROPER PERSOUN AND PUT ANE SEGE TILL ABERCORN AND WITHIN ( VIJ ) DAYS LORD HAMMILTOUN COME TILL HIM TILL ABERCORNE AND PUT HIM LYF LANDIS AND GUDIS IN THE KINGIS WILL PURELIE AND SEMPILLYE THROW THE MENYS OF HIS EME IAMES OF LEVINGSTOUN THAT TYME CHALMERLANE OF SCOTLAND AND THE KING RESAUIT HIM TILL GRACE AND SEND HIM ON INCONTINENT WITH THE ERLL OF ORKNAY THAT TYME CHANCELLAR' OF SCOTLAND TILL REMANE IN WARDE IN THE CASTELL OF ROSLYNE AT THE KINGIS WILL AND THUS HE LEFT THE ERLL OF DOUGLAS ALL BEGYLIT AS MEN SAID AND MEN WIST NOCHT GRATHLIE QUHAR' THE DOUGLAS WAS ALL THIS TYME THE KING REMANIT STILL AT THE SEGE AND THAIR WAS MONY HURT AND NANE SLANE TILL SANCT GEORGIS DAYE OUTTANE ALLANE PANTOUR THAT WAS THAT TYME THE MAST INGENIOUS MAN THAT WAS IN SCOTLAND & MAST SUBTELL IN MONY DIUERS THINGIS AND WAS SLANE WITH ANE GANZE THROU MISGOUERNYNG OF HIM SELF AND WAS RICHT MEKLE MENYT BE THE KING & MONY VTHER LORDIS THUS THE KING REMANIT STILL AT THE SEGE AND GART STREK MONY OF THE TOWRIS DOVN WITH THE GRET GWN THE QUHILK A FRANCHE MAN SCHOT RICHT WELE AND FALZEIT NA SCHOT WITHIN A FALDOME QUHAR' IT WAS CHARGIT HIM TO HIT AND

(HEAD) HEIR BEGYNNIS ANE TRACTAT DRAWIN OWT OF THE SCOTTIS CRONIKLE BEGYNNAND IN THE THRID AGE OF THE WARLD (END OF HEAD) ( CAOQ PRIMO ) IN THE TYME OF MOYSES THE PROPHET GATHELOS KING NEOLUS SON OF GRECE MARIJT SCOTA KING PHARAOS DOUCHTER' OF EGIPT OF THE QUHILK SCOTA THE NACIOUN OF SCOTTIS HAS THAR' NAME THIS GATHELOS WITH HIS WYF SCOTA TUK THE SEE AND WAS CHOSIN BE THE PEPLE KING AMANG THAM AND HE BROCHT WITH HIM THE CHIAR' OF MARBILL THAT HE WAS CROVNIT IN ( CAOQ SECUNDO ) EFTIR' ABOUT THE TYME THAT THE CHILDER' OF ISRAELL WAR' IN THE DESERT THIS GATHELOS WITH HIS WYF & PEPLE WAS TRUBLIT IN THE SE AND AT THE LAST THAI ENTERIT IN AFFRIKE BE THE WATTER' CALLIT ANGASE AND FRA THYNE THAI SALIT TO SPANZE AND APON THE REVER' CALLIT HIBER THAI BIGGIT THE CITE OF BRIGANS QUHAR' THE SCOTTIS MULTIPLIJT FAIR' AND FAUCHT WITH THE SPANZARDIS ( CAOQ IIJOQ ) SONE EFTIR' THIS MITELIUS KING OF THE SAID SCOTTIS SEND HIS SONNIS HERMONY PROTHOLONY AND HIBERT FRA BRIGANS TO IRLAND AND THAI TUK IT HERMONY COME AGANE TO BRIGANS PROTHOLONY & HIBERT ABAID STILL AND KEPT IRLAND ( CAOQ IIIJOQ ) ITEM GATHELOS SEND HIS SONE HIBER' WITH HIS BROTHER HIEMET TO CONSIDER' THE ILE OF IRLAND AND WITH FAUOUR AND WITH FORCE THAI TUKE AND COME AGANE

TO BRIGANS AND THAR' FADER' WAS DEID AND HIBER SUCCEDIT KING TO THAM ( CAOQ VTQOQ ) LANG EFTIRE THIS TYME SYMON BREKE WAS SEND BE HIS FADER' KING OF THE SAID SCOTTIS FRA BRIGANS QUHAIS NAME WAS MYLONE TO IRLAND WITH THE CHYAR' OF MERBILL AND HE SUBDEWIT IRLAND AND REGNIT LANG AND PUT THE CHIAR' IN A PLACE CALLIT THEMORE IN THE TYME THAT MANASSES REGNIT IN IOWRY ( CAOQ VJOQ ) LANG EFTER THAT TYME A PEPLE CALLIT THE PICTIS COME FURTH OF SITHIA TO SCOTLAND QUHAR' THAI GAF THAM THE SOUTH PART OF SCOTLAND CALLIT ALBANY AND THE SCOTTIS GAF THAIM WYFIS OF THAR' CHILDER' & DOUCHTERIS VNDER' THIS CONDICIOUN THAT THE KING SULD RATHERE BE CHOSYN OF THE WOMANNIS KYN NA OF THE MANNIS ( CAOQ VIJOQ ) SONE EFTER COME A NOBLE ZOUNG MAN OUT OF IRLAND TO SCOTLAND CALLIT FERGUS FERHERD AND BROCHT WITH HIM THE KINGIS SETE OR CHIAR' OF MERBILL OUT OF IRLAND THAT SYMON BREK BROCHT OUT OF SPANZE & GATHELOS OUT OF EGIPT AND QUHAR' EUER IT BE THE SCOTTIS SULD REGNE BE PROPHECY THIS FERGUS CHESIT THE RED RAMPAND LIOUN TILL HIS ARMES THRE HUNDRETH ZERE AND THRETTENE BEFOR' THE BIRTH OF CRIST ( CAOQ VIIJOQ ) EFTIR' THIS RETHER KING OF SCOTTIS CONQUERIT OUT OF YNGLIS MENNIS HANDIS A DALE AND CALLIT IT RETHE

RISDALE AND EFTER HIM ZIT IT IS CALLIT RETHERISDALE ( CAOQ IXOQ ) THE ZERE BEFOR' THE INCARNACOUN OF OUR LORD ( XLIX ) JULIUS CESAR' EFTIR THAT HE HAD OURCUMMYN FRAUNCE & YNGLAND HE SEND TO THE KING OF SCOTTIS AND PICTIS AND BAD THAM SUBMIT FULLY TO HIM THE QUHILK THAI DENYIT WITH HALE ASSENT AND WAS NEVIR' SUBDEWIT ( CAOQ XOQ ) IN THE ( XIJ ) ZEIR OF CLAUDIUS THE EMPRIOUR' THAR' BEGAN A GRET BATELL BETUIX THE ENGLISMEN CALLIT THE BRITONNIS THE SCOTTIS AND PICTIS THAT CONTINEWIT TILL THE TYME OF SEUERIUS THE EMPRIOUR' IN THE QUHILK TYME BIRNYNG SLAYING OF MEN WOMEN & CHILDER LESTIT A HUNDRETH FYFTY & FOUR' ZERIS ( CAOQ XJOQ ) IN THE ( XL ) ZER' OF SEUERIUS FULGENCIUS THE DUKE OF BRITONNIS THE QUHILK WALD NOCHT SUFFER' THE MALICE OF SEUERIVS BIGGIT A WALL BETVIX SCOTTIS AND BRITTONNIS AND FLED TO THE SCOTTIS AND MAID CONTINEWALE PECE & LEGE WITH THAM AND LEFT HIS TWA SONNIS IN OSTAGE FOR THE MAR' SECURITE THE QUHILK FULGENCIUS WITH THE HELPE OF SCOTTIS OURCOME THE SAID SEUERIUS AND ROMANIS VICTORIUSLY IN BATALL ( CAOQ XIJOQ ) IN THE ZEIR' OF OUR LORD ( IJCQ ) & THRE VICTOR' BEAND PAPE OF ROME AND THE SAID SEUERIUS EMPRIOUR' SCOTLAND TUK THE FAITH OF CRIST AND AS ZIT HAS KEPIT IT VNDEFOULIT THE QUHILK PAPE DEIT MARTIR

( CAOQ XIIJOQ ) A LITILL BEFOR' THE TYME OF DIOCLESIANE THE EMPRIOURE THE PEPLE OF SCOTTIS AND PICTIS BAITH TOGIDDIRE HUNTIT IN THE MERCHIS OF THAR' REGIONIS AND FOR THEQ STELING OF A HUND OR RATCHE THAI FELL IN DISCORD & FECHTTING THE QUHILK LESTIT TO THE LAST DISTRUCTIOUN OF THE PICTIS THE QUHILK PEPLE HAD KEPIT GUD PECE TOGIDDER' FIVE HUNDRETH ZERE BEFOR' ( CAOQ XIIIJOQ ) IN THE TYME OF CONSTANCE THE EMPRIOURE THE BANIS OF SANCT ANDROWE WAS BROCHT BE SANCT REWLE IN SCOTLAND QUHAR' THAI WAR' RESAUIT HONORABILLY WITH THE KING OF PICTIS CALLIT GURGAST AND THE KIRK OF KILREMONT WAS BIGGIT BE HUNGARE KING OF PICTIS THAT IS NOW SANCTANDROIS ABOUT THE QUHILK TYME SANCT AUSTYNE THE DOCTOR' BISCHOP OF YPONEN BEGAN THE ORDOUR OF BLAK CHANNONIS ( CAOQ XVOQ ) IN THE ZERE OF GOD ( IIIJCQ ) & THRE FERGUS THE SON OF ERTH THAT WAS THE SON OF ETHAD AND BROTHER TO EUGENY KING OF SCOTTIS AND SLANE IN THE FELD WITH THE PICTIS THE QUHILK FERGUS RECOVERIT & GAT AGANE THE REALM OF SCOTLAND OUT OF THE PICTIS AND BRITONES HANDIS THE QUHILK THAI HAD WRANGUISLIE OCCUPIIT THE SPACE OF ( IIIJXQXQ ) ZERIS & THRE AND DRAF AWAY HIS ENEMYS IN PLANE BATELL AND REGNIT ( XVJ ) ZERE EFTER THAT ( CAOQ XVJOQ )

THE ZERE OF GOD ( IIIJCQ & XIX ) EUGENIUS THE SECUND OF THAT NAME THE SAID FERGUS SON REGNIT EFTER HIS FADERE ( XXXIIJ ) ZERIS AND HAD GRET VICTORY AND BATELL APON THE BRITONNIS AND AT THE LAST ON THE SOUTH SYDE OF HUMBER' HE WAS SLANE IN THE FELD FECHTING ( CAOQ XVIJOQ ) EFTER' THE QUHILK EUGENY DONGARD HIS BROTHER WAS CROVNED ZE ZERE OF GOD ( IIIJCQ LIJ ) AND REGNIT THRE ZERIS AND DEFENDIT THE REALM NOBILLY ( CAO XVIIJOQ ) EFTIR' THE QUHILK DONGARD CONSTANCE HIS BROTHER WAS CROVNIT THE ZERE OF GOD ( IIIJC LVIJ ) & REGNIT ( XXIJ ) ZERIS AND DEIT OF GRET SEIKNES ( CAOQ XIXOQ ) THE ZERE OF GOD ( IIIJCQ LXXIX ) CONGALL THE SON OF THE SAID DONGARD WAS CROVNIT AND REGNIT ( XXIJ ) ZERE IN QUHAIS TYME BEGAN THE BATELL BETUIX THE PICTIS AND SCOTTIS AND ENDIT NEUER TILL THE LAST DISTRUCTON OF THE PICTIS BAITH MAN WOMAN & CHILDER' ( CAOQ XXOQ ) THE ZERE OF GOD ( V ) AND ANE CONRAN THE BROTHIR' OF CONGALL REGNIT ( XXXIIIJ ) ZERE PECEABLY ( CAOQ XXJOQ ) EFTIR' CONRAN CONSTANTYNE REGNIT AND WAS CALLIT ERTHODY & HEB ALSA AND WAS CROVNIT ZE ZERE OF GOD ( VCQ XXXV ) AND HE REGNIT ( XXIIJ ) ZERE IN QUHAIS TYME ARTHUR' OF YNGLAND WAS SLANE

AND MORDRED IN THE BATELL OF BRITONNIS ( CAOQ XXIJOQ ) THE ZERE OF GOD ( VCQ LXVIIJ ) CONNALL SUCCEDIT TO CONSTANTYNE AND REGNIT ( X ) ZERE IN HIS TYME SANCT COLME COME IN SCOTLAND AND BIGGIT MONY ABBAIS ( CAOQ XXIIJOQ ) THE ZERE OF GOD ( VCQ LXXVIIJ ) KYNNATILL OR COMYD REGNIT EFTER HIS BROTHIR' CONNALL AND DEIT WITHIN A ZERE AND THRE MONETHIS ( CAOQ XXIIIJOQ ) THE ZERE OF GOD ( VCQ LXXIX ) SANCT COLME WAS MONIST BE THE ANGELL TO BLIS AIADANE THE SON OF CONRANE AND QUHEN HE LAID HIS HAND ON HIS HED AND GAF HIM HIS BLISSING HE ORDANIT HIM KING AND PROPHECIT MEKLE OF HIM & HIS FRENDIS AND THIS AIADEN REGNIT NOBILLY ( XXXV ) ZERE IN HIS TYME WAS SANCT MONGOW SANCT CONWALL & SANCT BALDREID ON LYF AND SCHAWIT MONY MIRAKILLIS THE BANIS OF SANCT BALDRED LYIS AT ALDHAME TYNNYNGHAM AND PRESTOUN ( CAOQ XXVOQ ) ABOUT THIS TYME THE PROPHET MERLYNE OF BRETTANE DEIT WITH GRET PENNANCE EFTER THIS AIADEN KENNETH KER THE SON OF CONNALL TUK THE CROVNE AND DEIT EFTER A ZERE & THRE MONETHIS ( CAOQ XXVJOQ ) THE ZERE OF GOD ( VICQ & VJ ) EUGENY BYND VTHERWAYS

CALLIT COTHODY SUCCEDIT TO HIS FADER' AIADEN & REGNIT ( XVJ ) ZERE AND THIS WAS CHOSYN BE SANCT COLME HE WAS A FERS LYON TO HIS ENEMYS & TO REBELLIS AND TO HIS LIEGIS A MEKE LAMB IN TILL HIS TYME SANCT GILLEN SCHAWIT MIRAKLIS IN SCOTLAND & SANCT COLME IN FRAUNCE ( CAOQ XXVIJOQ ) FERCHARD SUCCEDIT TO HIS FADER' EUGENY BYND THE ZERE OF GOD ( VJCQ XXIJ ) & REGNIT ( X ) ZERE IN PECE ( CAOQ XXVIIJOQ ) DONALD SUCCEDIT TO FERCHARD HIS BROTHER THE ZERE OF GOD ( VJC XXXIJ ) & REGNIT ( XIIIJ ) ZERE AND RESAUIT THE BENEDICTIOUN OF SANCT COLME ( CAOQ XXIXOQ ) ABOUT THIS TYME SANCT OSWALD KING OF THE NORTH PART OF YNGLAND WAS BANNIST WITH HIS BROTHER IN TO SCOTLAND AND DUELT HEIR' ( XVIJ ) ZERE AND WAS CRISTINNIT HEIRE AND QUHEN HIS ENEMYS WAR' DEID AND HE RESTORIT TO HIS CROVNE HE SEND TO SCOTLAND TO AIADANE THE BISCHOP AND BAD HIM CUM & CRISTIN HIS CUNTRE AND HE MAID HIM BISCHOP OF DUREHAME THIS AIADANE PRECHIT IN HIS TUNG TO THE PEPILL AND SANCT OSWALD INTERPRET IT TO THAM THAT KNEWE BAITH THE TUNGIS AND SA WAS THE NORTH OF YNGLAND CRISTINNIT BE AIADAN AND OSWALD ( CAOQXXXOQ ) THE ZERE OF GOD ( VJCQ XLVJ ) FFERCHARD FODE THE NEWOW OF DONALD REGNIT ( XVIIJ ) ZERE IN PECE THIS FFERCHARD

WAS FERCHARDIS SONE ABONE WRITTIN ( CAOQ XXXJOQ ) THE ZERE OF GOD ( VJCQ LXIIIJ ) MALDWYN DONALDIS SON SUCCEDIT TO FERCHARD FODE & REGNIT ( XX ) ZERE ( CAOQ XXXIJOQ ) EFTIR' MALDWYNE EUGENY HIS BROTHER WAS CROVNIT THE ZERE OF GOD ( VJCQ LXXXIIIJ ) & REGNIT BOT ( IIJ ) ZERE ( CAOQ XXXIIJOQ ) THE ZERE OF GOD ( VJC LXXXVIJ ) EUGENY THE ( V ) THE SON OF FERCHERT FODE REGNIT ( X ) ZERE IN HIS TYME HE HAD GUD PECE WITH YNGLAND AND WEIR' WITH THE PICTIS SANCT ADAMPNANE SCHAWIT MIRAKILLIS IN SCOTLAND IN THIS KINGIS TYME THAR' FELL DEW LYK BLUD ( VIJ ) DAYS THAT ALL MILK WATTER' & BUTTER TORNED IN TO BLUD ( CAOQ XXXIIIJOQ ) THE ZERE OF GOD ( VJCQ XXXXVIJ ) AMBRIKELLECH THE SON OF FYNDAW THE SON OF EUGENY THE ( IIIJ ) SUCCEDIT TO EUGENY THE FIFT AND HE REGNIT A ZERE TO QUHOM SUCCEDIT EUGENY THE ( VJ ) A WYSMAN AND REWLIT WELE & PECEABLYE THE REALME ( XVIJ ) ZERE ( CAOQ XXXVOQ ) THE ZERE OF GOD ( VIJCQ & XV ) MURDOW THE SON OF AMBRIKELLECH REGNIT EFTER EUGENY THE SIXT ( XV ) ZERE IN HIS TYME THAIR WAS TWA COMETIS SENE IN THE LIFT ANE AT MORNE & THE TOTHER AT EWYN ( CAOQ XXXVJOQ ) THE ZERE OF GOD ( VIJCQ & XXX ) ETHSIN THE SON OF

EUGENY THE ( VJ ) SUCCEDIT TO MURDOW AND REGNIT NOBILLY ( XXXJ ) ZEIR' A NOBLE MAN AND ANE WYS AND IN HIS LAST DAYIS BEGAN TO GIF BATALL TO THE PICTIS ( CAOQ XXXVIJOQ ) EFTIR' THE DEID OF ETHSYN EUGENY THE ( VIJ ) THE SONE OF MURDOW VTHERWAYS CALLIT TAMUS WAS CROWNIT THE ZERE OF GOD ( VIJCQ LXJ ) AND REGNIT BOT A ZERE TO QUHOM FERGUS THE SON OF ETHSIN SUCCEDIT & REGNIT ( IIJ ) ZERE ( CAOQ XXXVIIJOQ ) THE ZERE OF GOD ( VIJ LXVJ ) SELUACHE THE SON OF EUGENY THE ( VIJ ) SUCCEDIT TO FERGUS & REGNIT ( XXJ ) ZERE ANE GUD MAN ( CAOQ XXXIX ) ACHAIUS THE SON OF ETHSIN WAS CROVNIT THE ZERE OF GOD ( VIJCQ LXXXVIJ ) AND REGNIT ( XXXIJ ) ZERE IN HIS TYME BEGAN THE BAND BETUIX FRAUNCE & SCOTLAND THE GRET CHARLLIS BEYNG KING OF FRAUNCE THE QUHILK BAND LESTIS ZIT THANKIT BE GOD GILMOR' THE NOBLE WERIOUR WAS THIS ACHAIUS BROTHIRE THE QUHILK NOBILL MAN WAS IN GRET WERIS WITH CHARLLIS AGANIS THE TURKIS AND BIGGIT MONY ABBAIS IN ALMANY AND FEFT THAIM TO SCOTTIS MEN FOR EVIRE HE BIGGIT ANE NOBLE HOSPITALE AT SANCT PAULIS IN ROME IN THIS ACHAIUS TYME WAS THE NOBLE VNIUERSITE OF PARIS FOUNDIT BE TWA SCOTTIS MEN THAT WAS CALLIT IHON AND CLEMENT ( CAOQ XLOQ) QUHEN THIS ACHAIUS WAS DEID COGNALD TUK THE

CROWN THE ZEIR' OF GOD ( VIIJCQ AND XIX ) AND REGNIT ( V ) ZEIRE AND DEIT TO QUHOM SUCCEDIT DUNCANE VTHERWYS CALLIT DONGALL THE SONE OF SELWACHE AND REGNIT ( VIJ ) ZERE HE BEGAN STRANG BATELL AGANE THE PICTIS AND CLAMIT THE REALME OF PICTIS ( CAOQ XLJOQ ) QUHEN DONGALL WAS DEID ALPINE THE SONE OF ACHAIUS WAS CROWNED THE ZERE OF GOD ( VIIJCQ XXXJ ) AND REGNIT ( IIJ ) ZERE AND WAS SLANE IN BATELL FECHTING NOBILLY AGANIS THE PICTIS ( CAOQ XLIJOQ ) THE SON OF ALPYNE CALLIT KENNETH SUCCEDIT TO HIS FADER' ALPINE THE ZERE OF GOD ( VIIJCQ XXXIIIJ ) & REGNIT ( IIIJ ) ZERE APON THE SCOTTIS AND OURCOME THE PICTIS IN BATELL AND REGNIT ON BAITH ( XVJ ) ZERE HE BEGAN TO REGNE EFTER THE REGNE OF SCOTTIS IN ALBANY THAT IS NOW SCOTLAND ( IMQICQ LXIX ) ZERIS AND EFTER THE PARTING FURTH OF GATHELOS & SCOTA OUT OF EGIPT ( IJMQ CCXLIX ) ZERIS THE SCOTTIS REGNIT BEFOR' THE CUMMYN OF THE PICTIS ( CC LXV ) ZERIS AND THRE MONETHIS AND THE PICTIS REGNIT IN THE SOUTH PART OF SCOTLAND CALLIT ALBANY FRA THAIR CUMMYNG OR THAI WAR' DISTROYIT ( IMQ LXJ ) ZERIS AND THIS KENNETH DISTROYED THE PICTIS AND THAIR LAST KING DRUSTONE AT SCONE SEVYNE TYMES ON A DAY HE FACHT & WAS EUER VICTOR' HE DISTROYIT MAN WOMAN & CHILD FOR FOUR' CAUSS ANE WAS FOR THAI SLEW HIS FADER' THE SECUND FOR THE STELING OF THE HUNDE OR RACHE THAT IS SPOKIN OF BEFOR' THE THRID FOR HE CLAMED TO BE KING BE RESSOUN

OF THE FIRST CONUENCIOUN THE FERD FOR THAI MAID PECE WITH THE SAXONIS OF YNGLAND THAT WAR' PAGANIS AND BRAK TREWIS WITH HIM THAT WAS CRISSTINNIT THAR' WAS FOUR' NACIOUNIS IN THIS ILE THAT WAS TO SAY SCOTTIS PICTIS & BRITONES AND THAI WAR' CRISTINNIT AND THE FERD VNCRISTINNIT THAT WAS THE SAXONIS THIS KENNETH DEIT AT FORTHERNOCHT ( CAOQ XLIIJOQ ) EFTER' THE DEID OF THIS GRET KENNETH DONALD HIS BROTHIRE AND SON OF ALPINE REGNIT THE ZER' OF GOD ( VIIJCQ LIIIJ ) AND REGNIT FOUR' ZERE TO QUHOM SUCCEDIT CONSTANTYNE THE SON OF KENNETH & HE REGNIT ( XVJ ) ZERE AND AT THE LAST WAS SLANE WITH THE DANIS AND PAGANIS IN A GRET BATELL CALLIT THE BLAK COVE ( CAOQ SLIIIJOQ ) ETHUS ALIPES SUCCEDIT TO CONSTANTYNE THE SON OF KENNETH HIS BROTHER THE ZERE OF GOD ( VIIJCQ LXXIIIJ ) AND HE REGNIT BOT A ZERE ( CAOQ XLVOQ ) EFTIR' QUHAIS DEID GREGORY THE SON OF DONGALL WAS CROVNIT THE ZERE OF GOD ( VIIJCQ LXXV ) AND REGNIT ( XVIJ ) ZERE THIS GREGORY WAS THE GRETEST THAT EUER WAS IN SCOTLAND AS ARTHOUR IN YNGLAND AND CHARLLIS IN FRAUNCE HE SUBIECT' TO HIS OBEDIENCE ALL IRLAND AND YNGLAND TO THEMES NEREHAND AND WALIS PART WITH FORCE & PART WITH FAUOURIS HE GRANTIT FIRST FREDOME TO HALY KIRK AND IT WAS CONFERMIT

BE IHON THE ( VIIJ ) PAPE OF THAT NAME IN HIS FIRST SYNODE HALDIN AT CONSTANTINOPLE THIS WAS A NOBLE AND A VICTORIUS KING ( CAOQ XLVJOQ ) EFTER' THE DEID OF GREGORY DONALD THE SON OF CONSTANTYNE WAS CROWNIT IN THE ZEIR' OF GOD ( VIIJCQ XCIJ ) AND REGNIT ( XJ ) ZEIRE AND DEIT AT FORES AND WAS ERDIT IN COMEKILL ( CAOQ XLVIJOQ ) CONSTANTYNE THE THRID SUCCEDIT TO DONALD THE ZERE OF GOD ( IXCQ ) & THRE AND REGNIT ( XL ) ZERE HE WAS ETHUS ALIPES SON HE GAF ALL CUMMERLAND TILL HIS APPERAND AIRE EUGENY THE SON OF THE SAID DONALD VNDERE THIS CONDICIOUN THAT EUER THE PRINCE OR AIR' OF SCOTLAND SULD HAUE IT TILL HE WAR' CROVNIT KING AND THAT IT SULD FALL TO THE AIRE QUHA EUER WAR' NIXT PRINCE IN THIS MANNIS TYME WAS THE GRET BATELL OF BROWNYNGIS FELD STRIKIN QUHAR' EUGENY DONALDIS SON WAS SLANE THE ( XL ) ZEIR' OF CONSTANTYNIS REGNE HE LEFT THE WARLD AND ENTERIT IN RELIGIOUN AND LEVIT (V) ZERIS EFTER ( CAOQ XLVIIJOQ ) EFTIR' THIS CONSTANTYNE ENTERIT IN RELIGIOUN MALCOME THE SON OF THE SAID DONALD WAS CROWNED IN THE ZERE OF GOD ( IXCQ XLIIJ ) AND REGNIT ( IX ) ZERE AND HE WAS SLANE BE TRESSOUN OF MURRAY MEN AND ERDIT IN COMEKILL

( CAO XLIXOQ ) EFTER' THE DEID OF MALCOME INDULPHE THE SON OF CONSTANTYNE THE SECUND WAS CROWNIT THE ZERE OF GOD ( IXCQ LIJ ) & REGNIT ( IX ) ZERE AND DEFENDIT THE REALME NOBILLY FRA THE DANIS AND AT THE LAST WAS SLANE BE THE DANIS AND ERDIT IN COMEKILL ( CAOLOQ ) DUFFUS THE SON OF MALCOME WAS CROWNIT THE ZERE OF GOD ( IXCQ LXJ ) AND HE REGNIT ( IIIJ ) ZEIRE AND A HALF THIS WAS ANE INNOCENT AND ANE GUD MAN AND WAS SLANE BE TRESOUN OF MURRAY MEN AND HIS BODY WAS HID BOT THE SON SCHANE NOCHT ON THE ERD TILL HE WAS TAKIN WP & ERDIT IN COMEKILL ( CAOQ LJOQ ) THE ZEIR' OF GOD ( IXCQ LXV ) CULENE THE SON OF INDULPH REGNIT EFTER' DUFF ( IIIJ ) ZERE AND SEX MONETHIS AND WAS WNHAPPY AND CURST AND AT THE LAST SLAYNE FOR HIS CURSITNES ( CAOQ LIJOQ ) THE ZERE OF GOD ( IXCQ LXX ) KENNETH THE SECUND SON OF MALCOME WAS CROVNIT & REGNIT ( XXIIIJ ) ZERE THIS KENNETH STATUT & ORDANIT THAT THE NIXT OF THE BLUD SUPPOS HE WAR' A CHILD OF A ZERE ALD SULD SUCCEID TO THE CROWNE QUHARFOR HE WAS INWYIT AND HATIT WITH MONY AND AT THE LAST BE THE COUNTAS OF ANGUS HE WAS TRATORISLY SLANE & ERDIT IN COMEKILL ( CAOQ LIIJOQ )

EFTER' THE DEID OF THIS KENNETH CONSTANTYNE CULENIS OYE INVADIT THE CROVNE AND TUKE IT THE ZERE OF GOD ( IXCQ XCIIIJ ) AND HELD THE CROVNE A ZEIRE AND A HALF AND WAS SLANE IN THE FELD FOR HIS CURSITNES AT THE WATTER OF ALMOND IN LOUTHIANE IN HIS TYME WAS GRET TRUBLE & SLAUCHTER OF INNOCENTIS AND GRET NOBLIS MURDRIST & SLANE ( CAOQ LIIIJOQ ) IN THE ZER' OF GOD ( IXCQ XCIIIJ ) GRYME THE SON OF DUFF WITH THE WRANG TITILL OF HIS PREDECESSOUR INWADIT THE CROVNE AND TUK IT AND MEKLE ILL WAS DONE IN THE REALME AND HE REGNIT ( VIIJ ) ZERIS BOT AT THE LAST HE WAS SLANE BE MALCOME THE SON OF KENNETH THE RICHTUIS AIR' OF THE LAND ( CAOQ LVOQ ) QUHEN THIS MALCOME HAD THE WICTORY HE TUKE NOCHT THE CROVNE ON HIM TILL IT WAS GRANTIT HIM BE THE LORDIS OF THE LAND AND THE NOBLIS OF THE LAND CROVNIT HIM OBSERUAND AND KEPAND THE STATUTE THAT HIS FADER' MAIDE THE ZERE OF (IMQ & IIIJ ) ZERIS AND HE REGNIT ( XXX ) ZERIS AND WAS CALLIT MAST VICTORIUS FOR HE WAS NEUER OURCUMMYN HE MAID ANE NOTHER BISCHOPRIK IN SCOTLAND AT MIRTILLACHE NOW CALLIT ABERDENE THIS KING REGNIT APON SCOTLAND IRLAND HALF YNGLAND & WALES HE GAF ALL THE LAND OF SCOTLAND TILL HIS MEN IN FEE & HERETAGE AND HELD NA THING TO HIM SELF BOT THE

HILL OF SCONE TILL HALD HIS PARLIAMENT ON AND THAR' THE FREHALDARIS GRANTIT HIM WARD RELEIF & MARIAGE OF THAR' CHILDER' AND AT THE LAST AT GLAMMIS HE WAS HURT BE TRATOURIS THE QUHILKIS HE OUR' COME AND SLEW BOT HE DEIT OF HIS WOUNDIS ( CAOQ LVJOQ ) QUHEN MALCOME WAS DEID DUNCAN HIS NEWO OF HIS DOUCHTER' BEATRIX AND HIS FADER' WAS CALLIT ABTHAN OF DOWE WAS CROWNIT THE ZEIRE OF GOD ( IMQ XXXIIIJ ) ZERIS AND HE REGNIT ( VJ ) ZERIS AND WAS SLANE WITH A TRATOUR CALLIT MAKBETH ( CAOQ LVIJOQ ) THIS MAKBETH PUT AWAY THE RICHTUIS AIRIS OWT OF THE LAND THAT WAS MALCOME CANMOR AND DONALD WAN THE SONNIS OF THE SAID DUNCANE AND VIOLENTLIE INTRUSIT HIM SELF IN TO THE CROVNE HE BEGAN TO RYNG THE ZERE OF GOD ( IMQ & XL ) ZERIS AND HE REGNIT ( XVJ ) ZERIS MALCOME CANMOR' WAS KEPIT WITH SANCT EDUARD KING OF YNGLAND AND DONALD WAN ABAID IN THE OUT YLIS THIS MAKBETH EXILIT MONY DREDAND THE RICHTUIS ARIS IN THE ( XV ) ZERE OF HIS REGNE HE EXILIT MAKDUF THE THANE OF FYFFE AND CONFISKIT AND TUKE ALL HIS GUDIS AS HE DID OF MONY VTHER NOBILLIS ( CAOQ LVIIJOQ ) ABOWT THIS TYME BE THE HELPE OF THIS MAKDUF AND PART OF YNGLIS MEN MALCOME CANMOR' COME HAME AND CHASIT MAKBETH OUR' THE MONTH TO LUMFANNANE AND

THAR' A BATELL WAS STRIKIN AND MAKBETH WAS SLANE THE ZEIR' OF GOD ( IMQ LVJ THE V ) DAY OF DECEMBER' BOT LULACH HIS COSING WAS ( IIIJ ) ZERIS INTRUSIT IN THE KINGIS SET AND AT ESSE IN THE PROVINCE OF STRABOLGYE HE WAS SLANE ( CAOQ LIXOQ ) THAN MALCOME CANMOR' WAS CROVNIT ON SANCT MARKIS DAYE THE ZERE OF GOD ( IMQ LVIJ ) AND HE REGNIT ( XXXVJ ) ZERE THE LAST ZERE OF HIS REGNE HE BIGGIT AND FOUNDIT THE NEW KIRK OF DURHAME AND THE TRINITE KIRK OF DUNFERMLING THIS MALCOM MARIJT THE BLISSIT MARGARET DOUCHTER' TO THE KING OF YNGLAND AND THE ( XXXVJ ) ZERE OF HIS REGNE HE WAS SLANE AT THE SEGE OF ALNWYK THE ( XIIJ ) DAY OF NOUEMBER' AND THIS HALY SANCT MARGARET DEIT FOUR DAYIS EFTER AND SCHAWIT MONY MYRAKLIS AND BAITH WAS ERDIT TOGIDDER AT DUNFERMLING ( CAOQ LXOQ ) THE ZERE OF GOD ( IMQ XCIIJ ) QUHEN THE NOBLE KING MALCOME WAS DEID DONALD WAN HIS BROTHER TUKE THE CROWNE AND EXPULSIT AND PUT AWAY HIS CHILDERE AND HE REGNIT ( VJ ) MONETHIS AND WAS PUT AWAY BE DUNCAN A BASTARD SON OF KING MALCOMIS THIS DUNCANE REGNIT A ZERE & SEX MONETHIS AND WAS SLANE BE TRESSOUN OF THE SAID DONALD AND SA THIS DONALD REGNIT AGANE THRE ZERE THIR' TWA REGNIT WRANGUISLY FYVE ZERIS WITHOUT RICHT ( CAOQ LXJ ) THIS DONALD WAS SLANE BE EDGARE MALCOMMIS SON

AND RICHTUIS AIR' AND THIS EDGAR' REGNIT ( IX ) ZERE AND THRE MONETHIS HE FOUNDIT THE MONASTERIJ OF COLDINGHAME IN THE HONOUR OF SANCT CUTHBERT AND HE DEIT AT EDINBURGH ( CAO LXIJOQ ) THIS EDGAR' DEIT WITHOUT CHILDER' AND THAN ALEXRQ HIS BROTHER WAS CROVNIT THE ZERE OF GOD ( XJCQ & VIJ ) AND REGNIT ( XVIJ ) ZERIS THIS ALEXRQ WAS GUD TO HALY KIRK AND CLERGY AND TERRIBLE YNEUCHT TILL HIS SUBIECTIS HE GAF GRET POSSESSIONIS TO DUNFERMLING THAT HIS FADER' FOUNDIT & ORDANIT AND BIGGIT THRE PLACIS OF BLAK CHENNONIS IN SANCTANDROIS SCONE & THE ABBAY OF SANCT COLMES YNCHE AND FIRST CALLIT IT YMONYE ( CAOQ LXIIJOQ ) THE ZEIR' OF GOD ( XJ ) HUNDRETH & ( XXIIIJ ) DAUID SUCCEDIT TO ALEXRQ HIS BROTHER THAT DEIT WITHOUT CHILDER' AND REGNIT ( XXIX ) ZERE ( IJ ) MONETHIS AND THRE DAYIS THIR' THRE BRETHIR' WAR' NOBLE MEN & GUD AND VSIT NEUER WOMEN BOT THAR' AWNE WYFIS THAI SPENDIT THAIR GUDIS ON KIRKIS FOUNDING AND IN BIGGING OF ABBAIS AND IN ALMOS TO THE PURE THIS DAUID MARIJT THE DOUCHTER' & AIRE OF WALDEN ERLL OF HUNTINGTOUN AND THIS WALDEN WAS AIR' TO NORTHUMBIRLAND BE HIS FADER' SEWARD THE ERLL THIS DAUID STRAKE A FELD WITH STEPHIN KING OF YNGLAND AND IT WAS ACCORDIT THAT HENRY SON & AIR' TO KING DAUID OF SCOTLAND SULD MAK HOMAGE TO THE KING OF YNGLAND FOR THE ERLDOM OF HUNTINGTOUN AND THE ERLDOM OF

NORTHUMBIRLAND HE SULD BROUKE FRE THIS HENRY DEIT BEFOR HIS FADERE AND LEFT THRE SONNIS BEHYND HIM THAT IS TO SAY MALCOME WILLAM & DAUID THIS KING DAUID FAND IN ALL SCOTLAND BOT ( IIIJ ) BISCHOPRIKIS AND HE LEFT NYNE HE BIGGIT AND FOUNDIT THIRE MONASTERIIS OF DIUERS ORDOURIS ( VIZ ) KELSO MELROS IEDBURGH NEWBOTILL HOLYNCULTRAN DUNDRANAN HALYRUDHOUS BESYD EDINBURGH CAMBUSKYNNELL RYVALLIS KYNLOS AND THE NUNNIS BESYD BERWIKE AND QUHEN HE HAD REGNIT ( XXIX ) ZERE HE LEFT HIS CROWNE TO MALCOME NORTHUMBIRLAND TO WILLAM AND HUNTINGTOUN TO DAUID AND DEIT AT CARLELE A SANCT AND WAS ERDIT IN DUNFERMLYNG ( CAOQ LXIIJOQ ) EFTIR' THIS DAUID MALCOME HIS OY WAS CROVNIT THE ZERE OF GOD ( IMQ ICQ LIJ ) A CHILD OF ( XIIJ ) ZERE AND REGNIT ( XIJ ) ZERE & ( VJ ) MONETHIS & THRE DAYIS HE DEIT A VERGIN AND WALD NEUER HAUE WYF ( CAOQ LXVOQ ) EFTIR' MALCOME THE MADYN HIS BROTHIR' WILLAM WAS CROWNIT THE ZEIR' OF GOD ( IMQ ICQ LXV ) AND REGNIT ( XLIX ) ZERIS HE WAS CALLIT THE LYOUN OF RICHTTUISNES THE FRENDE OF GOD AND FAIRNES OF MANERIS THE ZERE OF GOD ( IMQ ICQ LXXVIIJ ) HE FOUNDIT AND BIGGIT THE ABBAY OF ARBROTH AND ADA HIS MODER' THE NUNRY OF HADINGTOUN AND DAUID HIS BROTHIRE LUNDORIS THIS NOBLE KING WILLAM THE ( X ) ZERE OF HIS REGNE WAS TRATOURISLY TAKIN WITH YNGLIS MEN APON

THE MERCHIS AND HE WAS DELIUERIT THE ( XXTQHQ ) ZERE OF HIS REGNE AND RESAUIT AGANE OF THE KING OF YNGLAND THE ERLDOMEZ OF HUNTINGTOUN NORTHUMBIRLAND WESTMURLANDE AND CUMMERLAND THE QUHILKIS HAD TAKIN WITH FORCE FRA HIM THE PAPE LUCIUS SEND HIM ANE MERWALOUS ROS OF GOLD ANNAMALIT & SET WITH PRECIOUS STANIS AND RASIT ON A SCEPTUR' OF GOLD FOR HIS WERTEU AND GUDNES AND HE DEIT AT STIRLING AND WAS ERDIT IN ARBROTH ( CAOQ LXVJOQ ) EFTIR' THIS KING WILLAM ALEXANDER' THE SECUND HIS SON WAS CROWNIT THE ZERE OF GOD ( IMQ IJCQ & XIIIJ ) ZERIS ANE NOBLE ZOUNG MAN OF ( XVJ ) ZERIS ALD AND THE THRID ZERE OF HIS REGNE HE ZEID THROU YNGLAND AGANIS KING IHONIS WILL TO DOWER' AND TARIJT THAIR ( XV ) DAYIS AND SPAK WITH LOWIS THE KING OF FRAUNCE AND THIS KING IHON GART BREK ALL THE BRIGGIS BE THE GAIT THAT HE SULD NOCHT CUM HAME BOT AS GOD WALD KING IHON WAS POYSONIT WITH HIS PEPILL AND KING ALEXRQ HAD THE VICTORIE OF HIS FOLKIS AND BRYNT & DISTROYIT THE CUNTRE BEFOR HIM AND COME HAME WITH GRET ARTALZE IOYE RICHES AND TRYVMPHE THIS ALEXANDER' & HIS MODER' BIGGIT AND FOUNDIT THE MONASTERIJS OF BALMERINOCHE PLUSQWARTI BOWLYNE AND ARCHATANE HE LUFIT PECE IUSTICE & TREUTH AND THE ( XXXV ) ZERE OF HIS REGNE HE DEIT & WAS ERDIT AT MELROS ( CAOQ LXVIJOQ ) EFTIR' THIS ALEXANDER' THE SECUND ALEXANDER' THE THRID WAS CROWNIT HIS SON THE ZERE OF GOD ( IM Q IJCQ XLIX ) A CHILD

OF ( VIIJ ) ZERIS ALD THIS HAD GRET VICTORIE OF NOROWAYIS HE SLEW ( XXMQ ) OF THAIM ON A DAY AND BRYNT AND DISTROYIT A HUNDRETH AND THRE SCOR' OF SCHIPPIS HE REGNIT ( XXXVIJ ) ZERE IN HIS TYME ALL GUDNES REGNIT WITH HIM HE DEIT AT KINGORNE BE A FALL OF A HORS AND LEFT NA AIR' OF HIS BODY BOT HIS DOCHTER' DOCHTER' MARGARET THE QWENE OF NOROWAYS DOUCHTER THAT DEIT SONE EFTER HIM AND THAN RAIS GRET STRYF FOR THE CROVNE OF SCOTLAND BETUIX IHON BALIOLE & ROBERT BRUS AND THAN THAIR WAS CHOSIN ( VJ ) KEPARIS OF SCOTLAND QUHILL THE MATER' WAR' DECIDIT IHON BALIOLE CLAMIT THE CROVNE BECAUS HE WAS THE ELDEST DOUCHTER' DOUCHTER' SON OF ERL DAUID OF HUNTINGTON AND ROBERT THE BRUSE CLAMIT IT BECAUS HE WAS FIRST BORNE HOWBEIT HE COME OF THE ZOUNGAST SISTER' HE WAS A DEGRE NERRER' THE CROVNE THE LAW OF SCOTLAND GAF IT HIM TO BE AIR' RICHTUIS ( CAOQ LXVIIJ ) THE ZERE OF GOD ( IMQ CC LXXXVJ ) QUHEN ALEXANDER' THE THRID WAS DEID THE REALME WAS SEX ZERIS AND ( IX ) MONETHIS VNDIR THE KEPARIS AND THE ZERE OF GOD ( IMQ IJCQ XCIJ ) THE LAST DAY OF NOUEMBERE IHON BALIOLE WAS MAID KING OF SCOTLAND BE HELP OF THE FALS TRATOUR EDUARD LANGSCHANKIS KING OF YNGLAND THIS EDUARD HAD A COMMISSIOUN BE THE PAP TO BE IUGE IN THAT MATER AND HE WALD GIF IT TILL NANE BOT TILL HIM THAT WALD HALD IT OF HIM THE QUHILK ROBERT THE BRUS WALD NOCHT DO AND IHON BALIOLE GRANTIT THAIRTO CONTRAR' THE FREDOME OF THE CROVN

THAT NA NOBLE OF THE LAND WIST BOT EFTERWARD THE SAID EDUARD PUT HIM DOWNE BECAUS HE WALD NOCHT CUM AND DO HIM SERUICE QUHEN HE HAD REGNIT THRE ZERIS AND A HALF AND MURDREST HIM FALSLY THE PEPILL OF SCOTLAND THAN HAVAND NA KING TO DEFEND THAM BOT WILLAM WALLACE DEFENDIT THE REALM TILL THE CUMMYN OF THE BRUS ( CAOQ LXIXOQ ) THE ZERE OF GOD ( IMQ IJCQ LXXXVJ ) KING EDUARD SEND A GRET ARMY TO SEGE BERWIKE AND ALS HE SEND ( XXVIIJ ) SCHIPPIS WITH ARMED MEN & WITTALIS AND VTHER STUF BOT THE NOBLE SCOTTIS DEFENDIT THAM AND BRYNT THE SCHIPPIS AND SLEW THE MAST PART OF YNGLIS MEN AND THE NIXT ZERE EFTER COME EDUARD THE TYRAND HIM SELF WITH A GRETAR' POWERE AND BECAUS HE COUTH NOCHT GET THE TOWNE HE FENZEIT HIM SELF TO DEPART HAMWART AND COME AGANE ANE NOTHER GAIT AS HE HAD CUMMYN FRA SCOTLAND WITH BANERIS OF SCOTLAND AND SA THE MEN OF THE TOWNE TRASTAND THAI HAD BENE SCOTTIS MEN LEIT HIM IN AND THAR' THAT FALS TYRAND MARTYRIT & PUT TO DEID ( VIJMQ & 1 ) FOLKIS OF MEN WOMEN AND CHILDERE ON GUD FRYDAY THE FERD DAY OF APRILE THIS ZERE WILLAM OF KYNGORNE VICAR' GENERALE OF SANCTANDROIS PUT FURTH ALL YNGLISMEN BENEFICIT WITHIN HIS DIOCY AND THE EXECUTOR' THAIROF WAS WILLAM WALLACE IN HIS FIRST BEGYNNYNG AGANIS THE QUHILK WILLAM WALLAS THE THESAURER' SIR HEW OF CRASSINGHAME OF INGLAND

COME BOT WILLAM WALLAS SLEW HIM AT THE BRIG OF STERLING AND ALL HIS PEPLE AND EFTERWART WILLAM WALLACE GADDERIT A GRET POWERE AND ZEID TO STANEMURE IN YNGLAND QUHAR' THE KING OF YNGLAND FLED AND DURST NOCHT ABYDE FELD ( CAOQ LXXOQ ) THE ZERE OF GOD ( IMQ IIJCQ ) & THRE THE KING OF YNGLAND ENTERIT APON SCOTLAND WITH A GRET MULTITUD BE SE & LAND AND SLEW ALL HIS RESISTARIS AND TUKE THAIR GUDIS AND CAUSIT ALL THE LAND OBEY TO HIM EXCEPAND WILLAM WALLAS ROBERT THE BRUSE THE RICHTTUIS AIR' ABAID IN YNGLAND AND LEVIT ON HIS LANDIS THARE BOT GOD CAUSIT HIM AWALK AND RYS AGANE SA GRET A KING ( CAOQ LXXJOQ ) THE ZERE OF GOD ( IMQ CCC & VJ ) ZERIS ROBERT BRUS WAS CROVNIT KING AT SCONE THE ( VJ ) KL OF APRILE BOT THE FIRST TWA ZERIS HE LOST & TYNT THE FELDIS AND WAS CHASIT & DREVYNE ABAK & HIS FRENDIS TANE & TRUBLIT AND HE HAD THE SOROW THAT CAN NOCHT BE TALD HE TYNT ( XIIJ ) BATELLIS AGANIS THE YNGLISMEN THAI TWA ZERIS BOT EFTERWART HE OURECOME THAIM ( LVIJ ) TYMES AND DISTROYIT THAIM ( CAOQ LXXIJOQ ) THE ZERE OF GOD ( IMQ IIJCQ XIIIJ ) THE DAY WAS SET OF BATELL BETUIX KING ROBERT THE BRUS & THE KING OF YNGLAND ON MYDSOMER DAY A ZERE EFTER AND THE KING OF YNGLAND COME WITH THRE HUNDRETH THOUSAND MEN AND THE KING OF SCOTLAND WITH

( XXXMQ ) MEN AND THAT DAY GOD GAF THE VICTORYE TO THE SCOTTIS AND THE KING OF YNGLAND WAS CHASIT FRA STERLING TO DUNBAR AND THAIR THAT TRAITOUR GAT AWAY IN A BAIT & ( VIIJ ) ERLLIS AND LEFT ALL HIS MEN SLANE EFTER THAT KING ROBERT WAN THE FELD AT BELAND AND MONY VTHER PLACIS AND REGNIT VICTORIUSLY ( XXIIIJ ) ZERE & SYNE DEIT & WAS ERDIT IN DUNFERMLING THE ( VIJ ) ID' OF IUNE THE ZERE OF GOD ( IMQ IIJCQ XXIX ) ZERIS ( CAO LXXIIJOQ ) EFTER' THE DEID OF THE MAST VICTORIOUS KING ROBERT THE BRUS THE REALME WAS ( IJ ) ZERIS IN KEPING OF ERLL THOMAS RANDALL KING ROBERTIS SISTER SON TILL THE CORONACOUN OF DAUID BRUS KING ROBERTIS SON THE QUHILK WAS CROVNIT THE ZERE OF GOD ( IMQ IIJCQ XXXJ ) A CHILD OF ( VIIJ ) ZERIS ALD AND THE NIXT ZERE EFTER COME EDUARD BALIOLE IHON BALIOLIS SON IN SCOTLAND AND INVADIT THE CROVNE FFOR THE QUHILK CAUS DAUID BRUS WAS WITH THE KING OF FRAUNCE ( VIIJ ) ZERE AND EFTER THAT HE COME HAME & EXPULSIT & PUT AWAYE THE SAID EDUARD & HIS FOR EUERMARE THIS DAUID EFTER MONY VICTORIIS THAT HE HAD IN YNGLAND HE WAS TAKIN AT THE BATALL OF DURHAME AND HALDIN ( XJ ) ZERE IN YNGLAND AND THAN LATTIN HAME FOR ( ICQ ) THOUSAND PUNDIS STRIULING AND EFTERWART HE REWLIT THE REALM RICHT WELE AND PURPOST TILL HAUE GANE TO THE HALY LAND BOT HE DEIT AT EDINBURGH THE ZERE OF HIS REGNE ( XXIX ) & WAS ERDIT IN HALYRUDHOUS ( CAOQ LXXIIIJOQ )

EFTER' THE DEID OF THIS DAUID HIS SISTER' SON ROBERT STEWART WAS CROWNED THE ZERE OF GOD ( IMQ IIJCQ LXX ) THIS RENEWIT THE BAND OF FRAUNCE AND HAD GRET VICTORIS APON YNGLISMEN AS AT THE BATELL OF OTTIRBURN QUHAR' THE ERLL OF NORTHUMBIRLAND WAS TANE PRESONER' WITH THE SCOTTIS THIS KING BECAUS HIS ELDEST SON HALTIT HE MAID HIS NIXT SONE THE DUKE OF ALBANY ROBERT KEPAR' OF THE LAND THIS AT THE LAST GRANTIT PECE TILL YNGLISMEN AT THAIR DESYRE & LEFT THE LAND IN GREAT PECE AND THE ( XIX ) ZERE OF HIS REGNE HE DEIT AT DUNDONALD AND WAS ERDIT IN SCONE ( CAOQ LXXVOQ ) EFTER' THE DEID OF THE MAST GRACIOUS KING ROBERT STEWART HIS ELDEST SON ROBERT WAS CROVNIT THE ZERE OF GOD ( IMQ IIJCQ LXXXX ) BOT THE REALM WAS WNDER HIS BROTHERIS HANDIS CONSERUATOUR THIS KING HAD TWA SONNIS DAUID THAT WAS DUKE OF ROTHISSAY AND IAMES THE FIRST THIS DAUID WAS COMPLENZEIT TO HIS FADER THAT HE WAS TO WANTOUN FFOR THE QUHILK HIS FADER WRAIT LETTREZ TO HIS BROTHER THE CONSERUATOUR TO CHASTY HIM BOT HE PUT HIM IN PRESOUN IN FALKLAND AND HUNGERIT HIM TO DEID FFOR THE QUHILK THE KING DRED QUHEN HE HAD BOT A SON AND THOCHT TO SEND HIM TO THE KING OF FRAUNCE BOT HE WAS TANE AT SCARISBURGH AND KEPIT IN YNGLAND ( XIX ) ZERE FOR THE QUHILK HIS FADER' TUKE THOCHT AND DEIT THE ( XVJ ) ZERE OF HIS REGNE AND WAS ERDIT AT PASLAY ( CAOQ LXXVJOQ ) EFTER' HIS DEID ROBERT THE DUKE OF ALBANY GOUERNIT

THE REALME AS CONSERUATOUR CHOSIN BE THE THRE ESTATIS ( XV ) ZERE EFTER' QUHAIS DEID MURDOW HIS ELDEST SON WAS CONSERUATOUR FOUR' ZERIS TILL THE CUMMYNG HAME OUT OF YNGLAND OF IAMES THE FIRST THIS MURDOW WAS RAKLES IN HIS DOYNGIS AND LEFT GRET FALTIS VNPVNIST ( CAOQ LXXVIJOQ ) THE ZERE OF GOD ( IMQ IIIJC XXIIIJ ) ABOUT PALME SONDAY IAMES THE FIRST OF THAT NAME COME OWT OF YNGLAND AND BROCHT WITH HIM IANOT THE DUKE OF SOMERSYDIS DOCHTER HIS SPOUS AND THAI WAR' CROWNIT BAITH THE ( XXJ ) DAY OF MAY THIS KING FOUNDIT THE CHARTERHOUS OF SANCT IHONSTOUN QUHAR' HE LYIS NOW HE MARIJT HIS DOCHTER' WITH THE DALPHYNE OF FRAUNCE AND WAS A MAN OF GRET POLISY AUD WISDOME BOT HE WAS TRATOURISLY SLANE IN THE BLAK FRERIS OF SANCT IHONSTOUN THE ( XIIJ ) ZEIR' OF HIS REGNE AND THE TRATOURIS THAT SLEW HIM WAR' HANGIT DRAWIN AND QUARTERIT ( CAOQ LXXVIIJOQ ) EFTER' THE DEID OF IAMES THE FIRST IAMES THE SECUND HIS SONE WAS CROWNIT ON OUR LADY DAY IN LENTRYNE THE ZERE OF GOD ( IMQ IIIJCQ XXXVJ ) A CHILD OF ( VIJ ) ZERIS ALD AND HE REGNIT ( XXIIIJ ) ZERE HE WAS SLANE AT ROXBURGH WITH A GWN THAT BRAK IN THE SCHUTTING AND THE WEGE STERT OUT & SLEW HIM HE WAS ERDIT IN THE HALYRUDHOUS ( CAOQ LXXIX ) THE ZEIR' OF GOD ( IMQ IIIJCQ LX ) IAMES THE THRID HIS SONE

WAS CROVNED AT KELSO AND HE REGNIT ( XXVIIJ ) ZERE AND WAS SLANE IN THE FELD OF STERLING AND ERDIT IN CAMBUSKYNNELL ( CAOQ LXXXOQ ) THE ZERE OF GOD ( IMQ IIIJCQ LXXXVIIJ ) IAMES THE FERD WAS CROVNED AT SCONE ON SANCT IHON THE BAPTISTIS DAY AND APON THE DAY OF THE DECOLLACOUN OF SANCT IHON HE WAN NORHAME IN THE ZERE OF GOD ( IMQ VCQ AND XIIJ ) ZERIS WITH MONY DIUERS STRENTHIS & CASTELLIS ON THE YNGLIS BORDOUR

(HEAD) THE SPECTACLE OF LUF (END OF HEAD) HEIR BEGYNNIS THE LYTILL BUK ENTITILLIT AND CALLIT THE SPEKTAKLE OF LUF OR DELECTATIOUN OF LUF OF WEMEN QUHILK IS DEVYDIT IN ( VIIJ ) PARTIS ( XIXOQ ) THE FIRST PART SCHAWIS HOW A GUD ALD KNYCHT & WYS ARRESSONIT WITH A ZOUNG SQUYER' HIS SONE THAT WAS TO MEKLE AMORUS TUICHING THE DELECTATIOUN OF WEMEN ( CAOQ JOQ ) THE SECUND PART SCHAWIS THE DICTIS OR' SAYNGIS OF HALY DOCTOURIS & OF THE ALD PHILOSOPHOURIS THAT HE ALLEGIS AGANE THE DELECTATIOUN OF LUF ( CAO IJOQ ) THE THRID PART SCHAWIS THE FAMOUS HISTORIJS & NOBLE EXAMPLIS IN TYMES BY PASSIT BY THE QUHILK MEN SULD ESCHEW THE DELECTATIOUN OF LUF ( CAOQ IIJOQ ) THE FOURT PART SCHAWIS QUHY MEN SULD ESCHEW THE DELECTATIOUN OF DAMESELLIS OR' ZOUNG WEMEN ( CAOQ IIIJOQ ) THE FYFT PART SCHAWIS THAT MEN SULD ESCHEW THE DELECTATIOUN OF LUF WITH VTHER MENNIS WYFFIS QUHILK IS ADULTRE WITH DIUERS EXAMPLIS ALLEGIT THARE APON ( CAOQ VOQ ) THE SEXT PART SCHAWIS QUHY MEN SULD ESCHEW THE DELECTATIOUN OF WEDOWIS AND AGIT WOMEN ( CAOQ VJOQ ) THE SEVYNT PART SCHAWIS THAT MEN SULD FORBEIR THE DELECTATIOUN OF WEMEN OF RELEGIOUN AS NUNNIS OR VTHERIS WITH GRET EXAMPLIS ALLEGIT THARE APON ( CAOQ VIJOQ ) THE ( VIIJ ) PART SCHAWIS THE CONCLUSIOUN OF THIS LYTILL BUK WITH THE EXCUS OF THE TRANSLATOUR ( CAOQ VIIJOQ ) AS I WAS MUSING VPONE THE RESTLES BESYNES OF THIS

TRANSLATORY WARLD QUHILKIS THOCHTIS AND FANTESYES TRUBBLIT MY SPREIT AND FOR TO DEVOYD ME OF SIC YMAGYNATIONIS I TUK A LYTILL BUK IN LATYN TO PAS MYE TYME THE QUHILK AS :I HAD RED AND CONSEDERIT METHOCHT THE MATER' GUD AND PROFFITABLE TO BE HAD IN TO OUR' WULGAR' AND MATARNALL TOUNG FOR TO CAUS FOLKIS TO MAIR' ESCHEW THE DELECTATIOUN OF THE FLESCHE QUHILK IS THE MODER' OF ALL VICIS THARFOR BE THE SUFFERANS OF GOD I PURPOIS TO ENDURE ME TO THE TRANSLATIOUN OF THE SAMYN BE CAUS OF THE GUD AND PROFFITABLE MATER IT TREITIS OF THAT WAS HOW A GUD ANCEANT KNYCHT THAT IN HIS ZOUTHHEID HAD FREQUENTIT HIS BODY IN THE DEIDIS OF CHEVALRYE TO THE ENCRESSING OF HIS NAME TO HONOUR NOCHTWITHSTANDING HIS GRET BESYNES IN THE FACTIS MERCIALL IN LYKWYS HE HAD OCCUPIJT HIM SELF IN THE STUDY OF NATURALL PHILOSOPHY TO THE END THAT HE SULD ESCHEW VICE THE QUHILK GUD ALD KNYCHT OPNYT AND DECLARIT VNTO A ZOUNG SQUYAR' HIS SONE THAT WAS TO GRETLY AMORUS THE EVILLIS AND MYSHAPPIS THAT MEN CUMMYS TO THROW THE GRET PLESANS THAI HAIF IN WEMEN BE THE DELECTATIOUN OF THE FLESCHE EXCEPT THE LUF QUHILK IS DETFULLY VSIT IN THE HALY BAND OF MATERMONEY TUICHING THE QUHILK I WILL NOCHT SPEIK IN MY SEMPILL TRANSLATIOUN BESEKING ALL LADYES AND GENTILLWEMEN QUHAR IT IS SAID IN ONY POYNT TO THARE DISPLESOUR THAI PUT NOCHT THE BLAIM THAIROF TO ME BOT TO MYN AUCTOUR THAT WAS THE FYRST COMPYLAR OF THIS BUK THE QUHILK IS INTITILLIT & CALLIT THE SPECTAKLE OF LUF FOR IN IT APPERIS & SCHAWIS SUM EVILLIS & MYSHAPPIS THAT CUMMYS TO MEN THAIRTHROW AS THE FILTH OR SPOTTIS OF THE FACE SCHAWIS IN THE MYRROUR OF GLAS HER' ENDIS THE PROLOUG HOW THE GUD KNYCHT ARRESSONIT HIS SONE

THIS GUD ALD KNYCHT ARRESSONIT HIS SONE IN THIS MANER AS FOLLOWIS SAYAND MY DEIRE AND BEST BELOUIT SONE QUHEN I BEHALD AND CONSEDERIS THI GRET BEWTE AND STRENTH SEMELYNES OF PERSONE THI MANHEID AND WEILLDOING IN ARMES IT GYFFIS ME TO GRET CONSOLATIOUN & BLYTHNES IN MY HART FOR ABONE ALL THING ERDLY NIXT MY AWNE PROPER FLESCHE I LUF THE BOT QUHEN I REMEMBERIS & CONSEDERIS THE GRET ABUSIOUN AND FOLYE THAT THOW VSIS IN THE DELECTATIOUN AND PLESANS THAT THOW HAS IN WEMEN QUHILK THOW CALLIS LUF I TAK THARE IN SA GRET THOCHTIS & MALANCOLYE THAT IT WEILL NEIRE DRYVIS THE LYF OUT OF MYE FEBILL BODY THARFOR' MY DEIR' AND YNKERLY BELOUIT SONE I REQUYRE AND ADMONYS THE THROW THE OBEDIENS & LUF THAT THOW AW TO THI FADER' THAT THOW ATTEND & INCLYN THI HART TO IT AT I SALL SAYE FFOR I SALL OPPYN AND INTERPRYT TO THE MONY GRET EVILLIS AND MYSFORTONIS THAT HAS CUMMYN AND DAYLY CUMMYS TO MEN THROW THAT FOULL DELECTATIOUN OF WEMEN QUHILK THOW CALLIS LUF AND FOR QUHAT CAUSSIS IT SULD BE ESCHEWIT AND THE DICTIS OR' SAYINGIS OF THE HALY FADERIS & WYS PHILOSOPHOURIS ( CAOQ IJOQ ) MY SONE KNAWIS THOW NOCHT THAT THE BLISSIT LORD OUR SALUIOUR IHESUS IN ANE OF HIS ( X ) COMMANDMENTIS FORBIDDIS THE SYN OF LECHORYE QUHOIS PRECEPIS WE SULD OBEY AND ARRESTOTILL SAYIS TRAIST SIKKERLY THAT LECHORY DISTROYES THE BODI SCHORTIS THE LYF CORRUMPIS VERTEWIS BREKIS THE LAW OF GOD CONSUMES RECHES PUTTIS AWAYE STRENTH TYNES THE SAULL SPILLIS THE SICHT & LEDIS THE PERSON TILL EILD OUID SAYES THAT THE ZOUNG LECHORUS MAN SYNNIS

BOT THE ALD CONTEMPNIS AND FOLLYES FOR QUHEN HE MAY NOCHT FULFILL THE DEID ZIT HE TAKIS PLESOUR IN TO CERTANE VNHONEST TUICHINGIS AND SCHAWIS HIS EVILL WILL ATTOWR' POWARE HERMES SAYES THE VICE OF LECHORYE BLYNDIS AND PUTTIS AWAY ALL THE VERTEW OF MAN SANCT GREGOUR' SAYES THAT LECHORY CONSUMES AND DISTROYES THE BODYE TYNES GUD FAME CONDAMPNIS THE SAULL AND OFFENDIS TO GOD SANCT BARNARD SAYES THAT TO BE TOGYDDER' MAN AND WOMAN TENDER' AND FAMELIAR AND KEPE THAIM FRA LECHORY IS GRETAR' FARLY THAN TO RAIS DEID TO LYF DIOGINES SAYES THAT THE MODER' OF LECHORYE IS YDILNES SOLENIUS SAYES THAT NA BEISTIS FAMEILLIS DESYRIS TO BE TWICHIT WITH THER' MAKIS FRA THAI BE CONSAUIT BOT WEMEN QUHILK SULD BE MAIST RESSONABLE AND IN THAT CAIS THAI AR' WARE NA BEISTIS VNRESSONABLE AND SYDRACC WITNESSET THE SAMYN SOCRATES SAID THAT WEMEN AR' THE NETTIS OF KAWCHT MEN BOT THAI TAK NANE BOT THAME THAT WILBE PURE OR ELLIS KNAWIS THAME NOCHT AND SAID THAT THARE IS NANE SA GRET ENPESEMENT VNTO A MAN AS IGNORANS & WEMEN SECUNDUS THE PHILOSOPHOUR SAYES THAT WEMEN IS THE CONFUSIOUN OF MEN ANE INSASIABLE BEIST THE HEVYEST BYRDING THAT MAN MAY HAIF THE WERST OF ALL BEISTIS ARRESTOTILL SAYES WEMEN HANTIT MEKLE BE FLESCHELYE DELECTATIOUN TYNES THE SAULL DISTROYES THE PERSONE CONSUMES WARLDLY GUDIS SOCRATES SAYES QUHA SA EUER WILL LERNE SCIENS OR VERTEW PUT HIM NEUER IN THE GOUERNANS OF A WOMAN ON NA TYME ANE ASKIT HIM QUHAT HE SEMYT OF A WOMAN HE ANSWERIT THAT THE WEMEN IS RESEMBLIT ONTO A TRE CALLIT EDELFFLA QUHILK IS THE FAREST TRE TO BEHALD BOT IT IS WITHIN FULL OF

VENNOM ANE DEMANDIT HIM QUHY HE FLEID FRA THE CUMPANYE OF WEMEN HE ANSWERIT FOR ALS MEKLE AS I SEE THAIM FLE & ESCHEW THE GUD AND DO THE EVILL A PHILOSOPHOUR COMPERITH THAIM VNTO ANE SERPENT HYD VNDER FLOURIS FOR THE FLOURIS AR' FAIR' TO BEHALD BOT IT IS DEID TO APPROCHE THAME SECUNDUS COMPARITH THE WOMAN VNTO A KOKKATRYS THAT INVENNOMYT MEN WITH THE SICHT QUHAT PERSWASIONIS HES THIR' WEMEN NOW TO TYST AND DRAW MEN TO THARE LUF HOW WILL THAI PAYNT & LAY ON THARE FACIS DIUERS MATERIALIS TO CAUS THAIM TO SEYME FAIR' & PLESANT TO THE SICHT OF MEN AND ATTYRE THARE BODYES WITH CLAITHIS OF GOLD SILKIS AND MONY VTHER PRECIUS ADORNAMENTIS THE QUHILK GOD KNAWIS & IT WARE SCHAWYN THAT IS THAIR VNDER WAR FULL VNLUSTYE FOR LYK AS THE PRECIUS ENTYRMENTIS PROUOKIS MEN TO THE SYN OF LECHORY THE TOTHER SULD BE A REMEDY TO THE SAMYN SOCRATIS SAID VNTO HIS DISCIPLIS WILL ZE THAT I ENSING & TECHE ZOW HOW ZE SALL KEPE ZOW FROME ALL EVILLIS THAI ANSWERIT ZA THAN HE SAID TO THAIM FOR QUHAT SUM EUER THING THAT MAY BE KEPE ZOW THAT ZE OBEYE NOCHT NORE BE NOCHT VNDER THE GOUERNANS OF WEMEN ARRESTOTILL SAYES THAT ONYE MAN THAT HAS MEKLE CARNALL DAILL WITH WEMEN SALL OUTHER SONE DE OR WAX ALD A POYET SAID THAT AND MEN HAD THE VNDERSTANDING OF THE BULL IN A CAYS WEMEN MYCHT BE TANE AT SIC TYMES THAT THAI MYCHT NOCHT REFUS MEN TO HAIF DAILL WITH THAME SOCRATES SAID GYF ZOW WILL LEIF AT EIS TELL NEUER THI COUNSALL TO WEMEN FOR THAI CAN KEPE NAIN AND HE SAID TRAIST SIKKERLYE THAT THE LUF THAT WEMEN HAS TO MEN IS FOR THARE GUDIS FOR & THARE GUDIS FAILL

THAR' LUF WITHIN SCHORT TYME SALL CULE SENECA SAYES HOWBEIT AT LECHORYE IS THE MAIST DELECTATIOUN NEUERTHELES AND THOW WILL REMEMBAR' ON THE BEGYNNYNG AND THE ENDING OF IT IT SALL DISPLEIS THE AND SAIS THAT LYK AS THOW MAY NOCHT BEIR' FYR IN THI BOSUM WITH OUT IT BYRNE THE SWA THOW MAY NOCHT CONTYNEWALY BE IN THE CUMPANYE OF WEMEN BOT THOW SALL FALL IN THE SYN OF LECHORYE AND HE SAYES THAT LECHORUS FOLKIS KNAWIS VTHERIS BY THARE SICHT SECUNDUS SAYES THAT WEMEN AR' THE VESCHELL OF ADULTRE A STYNKAND ROIS A BOX FULL OF VENVM ARESTOTILL SAYES GYF THOW LUFFIS THI LYF PUT THE NEUER IN THE DANGAR OF A GELIOUS WOMAN THAT THOW HAS ABUSIT FOR THAI AR' MAIR' CRUELL THAN A LYON OR' A TYGAR' HE SAYES THOW SULD NEUER TRAIST WEMEN FOR THARE TERIS FOR THAI HAIF THAME ALL WAYE REDY OUID SAID THAT IN TYME OF BATTELLIS & WERIS MEN AR STRYKYN DOVNE WITH THAIR INNEMYS BOT FER' MA IN TYME OF PECE WITH LECHORUS & DISSAITFULL WEMEN PLATO SAIS HE THAT IS GOUERNIT BE A WOMAN IS NOCHT WORTH TO GOUERANE HIM SELF NOR' NANE VTHERIS SOCRATIS SAIS HE THAT TRAISTIS A WOMAN SALL NOCHT FAILL TO BE DISSAUIT A POYET SAID THAT NATURE TUK SA GRET LAWBOUR & CURE IN THE MAKYNG IN THE MAKING OF WEMEN TO BE FAIR' & BEWTEOUS THAT SCHO FORZET TO GYF THAME FAITH OR LAWTE & THAIRFOR OF THE FALSHEID THAT WEMEN HAS NATURE HAS THE WYTE THARFOR MY DEIR' SONE ON MY BLISSING KEPE & ABSTENE THE FRA SIC DELECTATIOUN OF WEMEN THAT THOW CALLIS LUF OR ELLIS THOW SALL NEUER BE FORTUNAT IN ARMES HONORIT NOR' DESYRIT AMANGIS FOLKIS OF GUD FAME MY FADER' A THING IS I WALD ENQUYR' AT ZOW THAT IS QUHAT TYME IS TO HANT & VSE THE LUF OF WEMEN MY SONE

TO THAT ANSWERIS THE PHILOSOPHOUR AND SAYES QUHEN THOU FELIS THI SELF OUR STARK & WALD BE FEBLIT THAIROF QUHEN THOW ART OUR HAILL & WALD BE SEIK QUHEN THOW ART OUR WYS & WALD BE REPUT FOR A FULE QUHEN THOW ART OUR RICHE AND WALD BE PELIT OF THI GUDIS QUHEN THOW ART OUR BLYTH & WALD BE MALANCOLIUS QUHEN THOW ART OUR HALY & WALD BE OUT OF THE STAIT OF GRACE QUHEN THI EYNE IS OUR CLEIR' & WALD BE MYNISSIT OF THI SICHT AS ARRESTOTILL SAYES THAT ALL BEISTIS EFTER THAIR ACTUALL DEID IS SOROWFULL MY FADER SEN ZE HAIF SCHAVVIN VNTO ME SA MONY WYS DICTIS OR SAYINGIS OF THE HALY & WYS DOCTOURIS & ANCEANT PHILOSOPHOURIS IN CONTRA THE DELECTATIOUN OF LUF OF LADYES I DESYR' & BESEKIS ZOW AS TO MY FADER' TO OPYN & SCHAW VNTO ME SUM OF THE ALD HISTORYS IN TYMES BY PASSIT CONSERNYNG THE EFFECT' OF THE SAMYN BE THE QUHILKIS I MAY TAK EXAMPLIS BY VTHERIS THAT HAS BENE IN THE PRETER TYME MY SONE OF THI DESYR' I AM FULL GLAID & SALL LAUBOUR MY SELF AS I SAID IN THE BEGYNNYNG OF THIS LYTILL BUK TO SCHAW VNTO THE SUM HISTORIJS QUHILKIS HAS BENE IN TYME OF OUR FOR' FADERIS HOW FULL MONY & WORTHYE FAMOUS MAN HAS BENE DISTROYET & PUT DOUN TO NOCHT THROW THE DELECTATIOUN OF WEMEN (HEAD) OFF THE EXAMPLIS & HISTORIJS AGANE THE DELECTATIOUN OF WEMEN ( CAOQ ZOQ ) (END OF HEAD) MY SONE IT IS OFT TYMES RED HOW OUR FIRST FADER' ADAM WAS PUT FRO THE BLIS OF PARADYS FOR THE BREKING OF THE PRECEPTIS OF GOD THROW THE CONSALL & INDUCING OF OUR MODER' EVE IT IS WRITTYN IN THE BIBLE

HOW IUDAT THE WOMAN CUTTIT OF OLEFERNUS HEID QUHILL HE SLEPIT IN HIS PAVILLION IN HIS OIST QUHA DISTROYEIT SAMSONE THE STRONGEST OF MANLY NATUR' BOT DALLYDA HIS LUF IN CUTTYN OF HIS HARYS QUHARE IN WAS ALL HIS STRENTH QUHILL HE SLEPIT IN HYRE ARMES AND SAULD HIM TO HIS INNEMYS QUHILK PUT OUT BAITH HIS EYINE IT IS WRITTYN IN THE HISTORYIS OF THE ROMANS THAT THE WYFFIS OF ROME VPONE A TYME TO CAUS THARE HUSBANDIS TO HAIF DESYR' TO THAIME GAIF THAIM DRINKIS THAT WAS VERRAY VENNOM THE QUHILK THAI CALLIT LUF DRINKIS QUHARFOR' THE SENATOURIS HERAND THAIROF PUT TO DEID OF THAIR WYFFIS ( IJCQ ) & SEVYNTYE THE MATERIALIS QUHAR' OF THIR DRYNKIS ARE MAD IS SA FOULL & CORUBTABLE MATER THAT THOUCHT I COUTH I WILL NOT EXPREME IT BOT REFERRIS THAT TO WOMAN TO QUHOM IT PERTENIS TO MAIRE NERENES HERCULES QUHILK WAS SA VALZEANT AND HARDYE THAT NONE SO CRUELL MONSTRE MYCHT RECIST HIM WAS HE NOCHT SLANE BE HIS LADY DYONERA THROW THE INUENNOMYT SERK SCHO MAID HIM TO WEIR' IT IS REID OF THE QUENE PROGENYE FOR DISPLESAR' SCHO HAD AT HIR' LORD TERYUS CUTTIT HIR' SONE IN PECIS AND MAID HIM TO BE SERUIT IN A SEW BEFOR' HIRE HUSBAND IN DISPYTE QUHA DISSAUYT THE GRET PSALMIST DAUID BOT THE BEWTE OF THE LADY BYRSABYE THAT CAUSIT HIM TO SEND HIR' LORD VRYE TO BE PUT IN SIC A PLACE OF THE BATTELL QUHARE HE WAS SLANE AS IT APPERITH IN THE BYBLE THROW THE QUHILK HE COMMYSIT BAITH ADULTRE & HOMOCYD WAS NOCHT ARRESTOTILL QUHILK HAD KNAWLEGE IN NATURALL PHELOSOPHYE ABONE ALL VTHERIS WAS INSCHANTIT SA WITH THE BEWTE OF THE QUEN OF GRECE THAT SCHO MAID HIM TO BE SADILLIT AND THAIREFTIR WITH A BRYDILL SCHO RAID HIM LYK A HORS FOR THE QUHILK DEID CLERKIS HAITH TANE SIC VENGEANCE THAT THAI HAIF RYDDYN MONY A THOWSAND IN CONTRAR THAT OF WEMEN & ZIT THINKIS NOCHT THAT TRESPAS RECOMPENSIT

AND WAS NOCHT VYRGILL THE GRET POYET & NYGRAMESSOUR SA INCHANTIT WITH THE LUF OF A WOMAN THAT SCHO DREW HIM TO THE MYDDIS OF A TOUR IN CUMMYNG TO HIR' CHALMER QUHAR SCHO LEIT HIM HYNG TO MAK IT KNAWYN TO ALL THE PEPLE THAT WONDERIT THAIRON THAT NANE SCIENS NOR' WIT MAY AWAILL QUHAR WEMEN CAISTIS THAME TO DISSAUE THE MEN HOW BEIT HE MAID ALL THE FYRIS IN ROME TO BE QUENCHIT & PUT OUT QUHILL THAI WARE ILKANE SOUERALYE LICHTIT AT HIR' TAYLL QUHA WAS CAUS OF THE DED OF THE WYS BISCHIPE AMPHIORAX BOT HIS WYF ERIPHOLOM THAT REVELIT HIS CONSALL TO THE GREKIS THAT HAD HIM TO TEBES QUHAR' HE WAS DEVORIT AND SONKYN IN THE ERD QUHA WAS CAUS OF THE GRET WERIS OF TROYE QUHAR' SA MONY NOBLE KING PRINCIS KNYCHTIS AND MEN OF GUD WARE SLANE HECTOUR HIS BRETHER AND ALL MAIST THE NOBLIS ON BOITH THE SYDIS WARE DISTROYET AND PUT DOUN THE NOBLE CITE AND PALICE OF ELYON BRYNT AND TURNIT IN TO WYLDERNES BOT THE FOULL DELECTATIOUN OF LECHORYE COMMYSIT BE THE QUENE ELYNE THE WYF OF MENELAYE QUHEN SCHO COME TO THE ILLE OF DELPHOUS TO SEE PARYS THE DUK OF FREIS OF QUHAIS BEWTE WAS RONNE SA GRET A BRUTE OR HOW QUYTE CRESSEID HIR' TREW LUFFAR TROYELUS HIS LANG SERUICE IN LUF QUHEN SCHO FORSUK HIM FOR DYOMEID AND THARE EFTER WENT COMMON AMANG THE GREKIS AND SYN DEID IN GRET MYSERE & PANE WE REID ALSO HOW ( LXMQ ) WAR' SLANE BECAUS OF THE LECHORYE COMMYSIT BE THE WYF OF LEUYTE AS IT IS WYRTYN IN THE ( XX ) CHEPTOUR OF IUDICUM AND AMNONE WAS SLANE BE ABSOLONE HIS BROTHARE BE CAUS OF THE FOULL DELECTATION BETWENE HIM & HIS SISTER THAMARE AS IT APPERIT IN THE SECUND BUK OF KINGIS THE ( XJ ) CHEPTOUR WAS NOCHT ABENARE SLANE FOR THE LECHORYE BETUENE HIM AND THE CONCUBINIS OF HIS FADERE YSBOSETH

AS IT IS WYRTYN IN THE SECUND BUK OF KINGIS THE THRID & FERD CHEPTOUR QUHAT WAS CAUS OF NOYES FLUD BOT THE SYN OF LECHORYE QUHAT WAS CAUS OF THE DISTRUCTIOUN OF SODDOME AND GOMORRE BOT THE VNNATURALL SYN OF LECHORYE AS IT APPERITH IN THE BUK OF GENES QUHAT WAS CAUS OF THE .. THE FAMOUS TOVNE OF THEBES QUHAR THE NOBLE TEDEUS & FULL MONY VTHER WORTHY GREIK LOIST THARE LYFFIS BOT THE LECHORY OF THE QUENE IOCASTA COMMYSIT WITH HIR' AWNE SONE EDDIPPUS EFTER THAT HE HAD SLANE HIS AWNE FADER & HYRE HUSBAND KING LAYUS QUHAT WAS THE CAUS OF THE DEID OF PYRRAMUS AND TESABYE BOT THE DELECTATIOUN THAI HAD TO THE SYN OF LECHORYE QUHAT WAS THE CAUS OF THE DISTRUCTION OF THE PHAIR PHELES QUENE OF RODOPHEA BOT THE DELECTATION THAT SCHO HAD TO DAMAPHON THROW THE QUHILK SCHO FORDID HER SELF WITH A CORD QUHAT WAS THE CAUS OF THE DISTRUCTION OF THE MAIST WORTHY ACHILLES BOT THE DELECTATIOUN OF LUF THAT HE HAD TO POLEXENA THE DOCHTER OF KING PRYAME FOR QUHEN IT WAS VNDERSTAND TO THE TROIANIS & SPECIALYE TO THE QUENE ECCUBA & PARIS HIR' SONE THAT THIS WORTHY ACHILLES BE FORCE OF ARMES IN LOYALL BATELL MYCHT NOCHT BE SLANE THAI IMMAGYNIT AGANE HIM A FULL MORTALL TRESSOUN THAT WAS THAT THE QUENE ECCUBA SEND HIR' MESSINGER' VNTO HIM & BRING HIM TO A TRYST TO THE TEMPILL OF APPOLLO AS VNDER TRAIST & ASSOUERANCE QUHAR THE MARYAIGE SULD BE TRETIT BETUIX HIM & THE FAIR' POLLEXENA HYRE DOCHTER IN TO THE QUHILK TEMPILL PARYS WITH GRET NOWMER OF ARMYT KNYCHTIS WAS HYD IN BUSCHEMENT THIS MAIST WORTHY ACHILLES NOCHT DREDAND TRESSOUN NORE DISSAIT BOT ALL VNARMYT BOT WITH HIS MANTILL & HIS SWORD ACCUMPANYET WITH ARCHILLOGUS THE SONE OF DUK NESTOR COME TO THE SAID TEMPILL QUHAR THE SAID TRYST WAS APPOYNTIT THE SAID PARIS WITH ALL HIS MEN OF ARMES ISCHIT OUT OF THAIR

COVERTIS VPONE THAIM QUHILK (IJ) MAID SA GRET DEFENS THAT IT WAS MERVELL SA THAT OF THARE INNEMYS THAI SLEW ( VIJ ) KNYCHTIS QUHEN PARIS PERSAUIT THE MERVALOUS DEFENS OF THIS ACHILLES HE STUD ON FER' AND SCHOT AT HIM THRE FELLONE DARTIS SA MORTALLY THAT HE PERSIT HIM THROW THE BREIST AND THUS THROW THE DELECTATIOUN OF LUF WAS THIS GREKICH CAMPYON SLANE & TYNT THROW THE FRAUDFULL DISSAIT OF WEMEN AS IT APPERIT IN THE HISTORIJS OF TROYE OR QUHAT WAS CAUS THAT KING SALLAMON QUHILK WAS SA GRET IN NATURALL WYSDOME DISPLESIT GOD BOT THE DELECTATIOUN OF THE FLESCHE QUHILK HE TUK IN WEMEN O HOWE MONY REALMES AND TOWNIS KINGIS PRINCIS & NOBLEMEN HAS BENE DISTROYET & PUT DOWNE THROW THE WIKKITNES OF EVILL WEMEN NOCHTWITHSTANDING MEN AR SA BLYNDIT AND FLATTERIT WITH THARE BEWTE THAT MONY ANE CAN NOCHT BE WARE THAIRBY QUHILK HAS DONE DOIS & ZIT ABILL SALL DO FULL GRETE HARME TO THAME THAT VSIS THAME IN SIC MANERE THARFOR MY DEIR' SONE AS THOW WILL HAIF MY BLISSING ENPRENT THIRE SAWIS OF THIRE HALY AND WYS MEN IN THI MYND AND LAT THIRE RYALL EXAMPLIS QUHILK THOW HAS HARD ME SCHAW BE A MYRROUR VNTO THE TO THE END THAT THOW FALL NOCHT IN SIC EVILL AUENTURIS AS MONY OF THIRE NOBLE MEN HAS THAT IS BEFORE WYRTYN MY FADER' I HAIF FULL WEILL HARD & CONSEDERIT ALL THAT ZE HAIF SAID THE QUHILK IS FULL WORTHY TO BE HAD IN MEMORYE THARFOR I SALL DO MY BESYNES TO ABSTENE ME FRA THE LUF OF SIC FOLKIS AND SALL CAST ME TO LUF NANE BOT VYRGYNIS & ZOUNG DAMESSELLIS THE QUHILK CAN HAIF WITHIN THAME NA FRAUD LECHORYE NOR MALINGYNE AS THIRE VTHER WEMEN QUHOM OF ZE HAIF

SPOKYN BEFOR' THAN SAID THIS GUD ALD KNYCHT SORE WEPAND VNTO HIS SON NOW I SE THE MAIRE ABUSIT NA THOW WAS BEFOR I MAID THE THIS TECHEMENT FOR IN THIS WARLD IS NA MAIRE EVILLIS NA THAR' IS IN ZOUNG WEMEN QUHEN THAI BE SET THARETO AS I SALL MAK THE TILL VNDERSTAND AND THAR' BE RESSOUN IN THI BREIST (HEAD) THAT MEN SULD ESCHEW THE DELECTATIOUN OF DAMESELLIS & ZOUNG WEMEN ( CAOQ 40Q ) (END OF HEAD) OVYD WRYTIS IN HIS BUKIS OF METHEMOROFOCIUS THAT MYNUS THE MYCHTI KING OF CRETE SEND HIS SONE ANDROGIUS VNTO ATHENES TO LERNE THE SCIENS OF PHILOSOPHYE IN TO THE QUHILK CITE FOR INVYE THAT HE EXCELLIT HIS FALLOWIS HE WAS MVRDRYST AND SLANE THE QUHILK MYNUS TUK FULL HEVY AT HART SA THAT HE COME WITH HIS GRET POWER' & ARMY & BESEGIT THIS TOVNE OF ATHENES THE KING NYSUS THAT WAS PRINCIPALL AND HAD THE GOUERNANCE WITHIN THIS TOVNE HAD A DOCHTER OF ZOUNG AGE THAT EXELLIT IN BEWTE NAMED STELLA THIS ZUNG MAID STUD VPONE THE WALL AND SAW THE GRET VASSALEGE & SEMELYNES OF THIS KING MYNOS QUHOM SCHO BEHELD SO SAIR' AS SCHO WAS STRYKYN TO THE HART WITH HIS LUF THIS STELLA AT NYCHT QUHEN HIR' FADER' NYSUS SLEPIT IN HIS BED SCHO CUTTIT HIS HEID OF AND VNWYTTING OF ONY PERSONE STALL OUT OF THE TOVNE VNTO THE PRESENS OF KING MYNOS QUHOM SCHO PRESENTIT WITH THE HEID OF HIR' FADER' DECLARYNG TILL HIM ALL HIR' CURAGE AND HOW THAT IT WAS FOR HIS LUF QUHILK SCHO DESYRIT ABONE ALL VTHER THING THIS WORTHY MYNOS BEHELD VNTO THIS DAMESELL QUHILK WAS OF SA TENDER' ZERIS SEING THE GRET CRUELTE & LECHORUS DELECTATIOUN THAT WAS IN HIR' SAID O GOD DEFEND THAT EUER IT SULD BE RED

IN THE HISTORIJS OF KING MYNOS THAT HE HAD SUSTENIT OR' VSIT THE DAMESELL THAT HAD COMMYSIT SIC A FOULL MVRTHUR' ON HIR' AWNE PROPER' FADER' FOR THE DELECTATIOUN OF LECHORYE IT IS WYRTYN THAT THE KING EOLUS QUHILK HAD A DOCHTER CALLIT CANAS BEING IN HIR' ZUNG AGE THROW THE DELECTATIOUN OF THE FLESCHE CONVERSIT WITH HIR' AWNE BROTHER MATHER BE QUHOM SCHO CONSAUIT A CHILD THE CAIS QUHEN THE BROTHER DID PERSAIF HE WITHDREW IN TO ANE VTHER PROVINCE ALS SONE AS THIS LADY WAS DELIUER OF HIR BYRTH IT COME TO THE KNAWLEGE OF THE KING HIR' FADER' QUHILK TUK THARE AT SA GRET DISPLESOUR THAT IN CONTYNENT HE SEND TO HIR' A NAKIT SWORD IN TAKNYNG THAT SCHO SULD DO EXECUSIOUN OF IUSTICE ON HIRE SELF QUHAIS DREIDFULL CONMANDMENT SCHO DURST NOCHT DISSOBEYE BOT OR' SCHO DEIT SCHO WRAIT ANE EPISTILE TO HIR' BROTHER DECLARYNG HOW SCHO DEIT FOR HIS LUF AND SET THE POMELL OF THE SWORD TO THE ERD AND ROIF HIR' SELF THROW THE HART QUHARFRAE THE BLUD COME IN SIC ABOUNDANCE THAT THE ZUNG CHILD LAY BAITHIT THAIRIN IT IS RED THAT QUHEN THE GRET HARCULES HAD SLANE THE KING PRITUS WITH HIS AWNE HAND YOLE THE DOCHTER' OF THE SAID KING BEING OF ZOUNG AGE FOR THE GRET BRUTE & VASSALEGE THAT WAS OF THIS HARCULES SET HIR' HART SA FERMELYE ON HIM THAT SCHO BECOME HIS LUF NOCHTWITHSTANDING THAT HE HAD COMMYSIT THE SLAUCHTER OF HIR' PROPER FADER IT IS WYRTYN THAT QUHEN IASONE COME TO THE ILE OF CALCAS IN THE CONQUEST OF THE TOSSONE & FLEIS OF GOLD THE KING OF THAT LAND OETUS HAD TO HIS DOCHTER MADEA THAT WAS A VIRGYNE IN HIR' TENDER' ZERIS QUHILK QUHEN SCHO SAW THE BEWTE OF THIS IASONE SCHO SET HIR' HART SA FERMELY ON HIM THAT SCHO BECOME HIS

LUF AND MAID HIM WYN THE FLEIS OF GOLD PELE HIRE FADER OF HIS RICHES AND TRESSOUR' AND PASSIT TO THE SCHIP WITH THIS IAYSONE BE NYCHT HOW BEIT THAT HE WAS A STRANGER' AND VNKNAWYN TILL HYR' THE KING OETUS HYRE FADER HAIFFAND KNAWLEGE HOW THE GREKIS HAD TANE AWAYE HIS DOCHTER HIS RECHIS AND TRESSOUR MAID HIS MARYNARIS TO ROW AND SAILL EFTER THE SCHIPE OF IASONE IN ALL THAT THAI MYCHT THE CRUELL MEDEA SEING THE SCHARPE PERSOIT OF HIR' FADER' TUK HIR ZUNG BROTHER OBSERCIUS THAT SCHO HAD BROCHT WITH HIR' AND CUTTIT HIM ALL IN PECIS AND KEST HIM IN THE SE BEFOR THE SICHT OF THE KING HIS FADER IT IS RED THAT THE KING ACRYSUS HAD RISPONS OF HIS GODDIS THAT DANAS HIS ONELYE DOCHTER SULD HAIF A SONE THAT SULD TURNE . . THARFOR HE DID MAK THE TOVRE OF DARANS ALL OF COPPER' AND PUT HIS DOCHTER' IN THE QUHILK WAS OF FULL TENDER' AGE HOW BEIT ALL HIS SURE KEPING SCHO MAID SIC WAYES THAT IUBITER THE KING OF CRETE COME TO HIR' QUHOM SCHO RESSAUIT TO THE SERUICE OF LUF SWA THAT HE ENGENERIT ON HYR THE GUD KNYCHT PERSIUS QUHILK EFTERWART SLEW THE ALD KING ACRYSUS AS IT APPERIT IN THE GENOLOGYE OF THE GODDIS IT IS WYRTTYN OF A NOBLE KING QUHILK HAD BOT A DOCHTER OF GRET BEWTE QUHOM EFTER THE DEID OF HIR ' MODER' HE DYD NURYS & KEPE FULL TENDERLYE THIS MAID BEING OF THE AGE OF ( XIIIJ ) ZERIS KEST SIC A DELECTATIOUN ON TO HIR' FADER' THAT SCHO SAID THAT SCHO WALD DE BOT SCHO HAD CONVERSATIOUN WITH HIM THE QUHILK CURAGE SCHO OPNYT VNTO HYR' NURYS THIS EVILL ALD NURYS FOR THE FULFILLING OF HIR' DESYRIS MAID HIR' TO BE LAID IN THE BED OF THE KING HIR FADER HE WENYNG THAT SCHO HAD BENE ANE VTHER ZING DAMESELL WITH QUHOM

HE CONVERSIT SA THAT SCHO WOX WITH CHILD QUHAROF QUHEN THE KING HAD KNAWLEGE HE MAID THE DOCHTER SCHO BEING WITH CHILD TO BE PUT IN A VESCHELL ALLANE TO THE ADUENTUR' OF THE SEE AND THIS EVILL ALD WOMAN TO BE BYRNT AS SCHO HAD WEILL DISSERVIT AND FOR GRET MALANCOLY AND DISPLESOUR THIS NOBLE KING DEIT WITHIN SCHORT TYM OR' QUHAT WAS THE CAUS OF THE VNDOING OF THE ZOUNG QUENE YSOPHOLYE OF LEMNOS BOT THE DELECTATIOUN OF LUF THAT SCHO HAD TO IASONE QUHEN HE PAST TO THE CONQUEST OF THE RAME QUHARFOR SCHO KEST HYR SELF IN THE SE QUHAR SCHO TUK HYRE END AS IT APPERIT IN THE BUKIS OF OUID BE THIR EXAMPLIS THOW MAY VNDERSTAND THAT THARE IS CRUELTE AND DELECTATIOUN OF LECHORYE ALS WEILL IN WEMEN OF TENDER ZERIS AS IN ALD THARFOR' MY SONE ON MY BLISSING KEPE & OBSTENE THE FRA SIC LUF FOR THE GARDONE THAIROF THOW MAY CLERLY PERSAIF THE SQUYER SAID O MY FADER I HAIF FULL WEL HARD ZOUR EXAMPLIS & DOCTRYNE THE QUHILK IS FULL GUD & LOVABLE THARFOR ME THINK IT BEST THAT I CAST ME TO LUF IN SIC A PLACE QUHAR IT MAY BE KEPIT SECRET THAT ALL BE IT CHILDER BE GOTTYN IT SALL BE VNKNAWYN OPYNLIE THAT IS TO LUF SECRETLYE MENNIS WYFFIS THIS GUD ALD KNYCHT ANSWERIT ALL AFRAYET MY SONE ABONE ALL LUF I DEFEND THE THAT LUF OF ADULTRE THE QUHILK DISPLESIS GOD SA HIE FOR ONY HE THAT LUFFIS & PERSEVERIS THARE IN SALL NOCHT FAILL ANE OF THRE THINGIS THAT IS SUDAND DEID A SCHAME OR A LAK IN HIS HONOUR OR' DE A BEGGAR' VPONE THE QUHILK I SALL SCHAW THE SUM NOTABLE EXAMPLIS THAT HAS FALLYN IN TYME BY PAST BY THE QUHILK THOW SALL KEP THE THAIRFRA GYF THOW WILL INCLYNE THI VNDERSTANDING THAIRTO (HEAD) AGANE THE DELECTATIOUN OF LUF WITH VTHER MENNIS WYFFIS ( CAOQVOQ ) (END OF HEAD)

MY SONE IT IS REID IN THE HISTORIJS OF TROYE THAT THE GRET AGAMENON EMPRIOUR AND LEDAR OF ALL THE GREKIS IN THE SAID WERIS QUHOM HECTOUR NOR' NANE VTHER SA MANLY KNYCHT MYCHT DISCOMFYET NOR SLA HOW BEIT THE FYRST NYCHT THAT HE COME TO HIS AWNE CUNTRE & PALICE HE SLEPIT IN HIS BED HIS QUENE CLEMESTRE CUTTIT HIS THROT FOR LUF OF THE KNYCHT EGESTUS QUHOM IN HIS ABSENS SCHO HAD TANE TO HIR' CONCUBYNE THE DEID OF THIS WORTHY EMPRYOUR WAS SONE KNAWYN HIS SONE ORESTUS INCONTYNENT THROW THE HELP OF HIS ALLIA & FRENDIS COME AIPONE THE SAID EGESTUS & HIS SAID MODER' QUHAR THAI WARE IN A CASTELL QUHOM HE TUK & MAID HIS MODER' CLEMESTRE TO BE BRYNT & CONSUMYT ALL IN ASSIS AND THE SAID EGESTUS TO BE DRAWN ALL IN PECIS WITH FOUR' WYLD HORSIS IT IS WYRTYN OF THE QUENE PASIPHEE THE WYF OF MYNOS THE KING OF CREITE THAT SCHO SAW A QUYTE BULL PASTURAND IN A MEDOW QUHOM TO SCHO KEST SIC DELECTATIOUN THAT ON NA WYS SCHO WALD FOR-GA IT SA THAT BY THE CRAFT OF DEDAULUS THIS BULL KNEW HYR FLESCHELYE AND ENGENERIT ON HYR THE MYNATAWR' QUHILK EFTERWART WAS SLANE BE TESIUS IN THE HOUS CALLIT LABORENKCUS THAT BE THE HELP OF ADRYANE HOWBEIT THIS WORTHY MYNOS WAS FULL LANG DISSAUIT BE THE FOULL LECHORY OF HIS WYF IT IS WYRTYN IN THE HISTORYES OF ROME THAT THE QUENE MASSALYNE THE WYF OF THE EMPRYOUR CLAUDEUS WAS SA LECHORUS THAT SCHO DESYRIT DRUSIOUS OF LUF QUHOM HE REFUSIT FOR THE HONOUR HE BAIR TO HIS LORD QUHARFOR SCHO MAID HIM BE CRUELLY POYSONIT AND THAIREFTER TO THE FULFILLYNG OF HIR' LECHORUS INSASIABLE DESYRIS SCHO PASSIT TO THE BORDALL IN HABIT DISSYMBLIT AS VTHER COMMON WEMEN DID FOR SCHO WAS FAIR & QUHEN SCHO

SCHO HAD DONE SA MEKLE OF THE FOULL DEID OF LECHORYE THAT HYRE BODY WAS IRKIT AND TYRIT THAT SCHO MYCHT NO MAIR HYR FOULL LUST AND DESYR' WAS NOCHT STANCHIT IT IS WYRTYN OF FEDERA THE WYF OF THESIUS THAT SCHO WAS SA LECHORUS THAT SCHO REQUYRIT HIR SONE IN LAW YPOLITUS OF LUF QUHILK HE DENYET SAYING HE WALD NEUER FYLE THE PLACE OF HIS FADER QUHARFOR OF CRUELL MALICE SCHO RAIF HIR' FACE HIR CLAITHIS & HAIR' AND CRYET THAT THE ZING YPOLITUS WALD HAIF DEFOWLIT HIR FOR THE QUHILK CAUS OF HAISTY CREDENS THAT NA MAN SULD VSE THIS CRUELL THESIUS PERSEWIT HIS SONE TO THE DEITH QUHILK FOR FEIR OF HIS FADER' IN HIS FLEYING FELL OUR A CRAGE BY THE SEE QUHAR' HE MAID HIS END IT IS WYRTYN OF THE QUENE EWROPA THE WYF OF ATTREUS KING OF MESSING THAT SCHO WAS SA LECHORUS THAT SCHO TUK THEESTES THE BROTHER OF HIR SAID LORD VNTO HYR LUF QUHILK THAI CONTYNEWIT SA LANG QUHILL THAT SCHO BROCHT FURTH BE HYM THRE CHILDREN OF QUHOM DISCENDIT EGESTUS QUHILK EFTERWART SCHO CRUELLY MAID TO MVRDRES HIR' LORD THE KING ATREUS QUHARFOR SCHO & THIS THESTES WAIS BAITH CRUELLY DISMEMBERIT QUHILK IS THE END AND GARDOUN OF ALL SIC ADULTRE THARFOR MY DEIR' SONE ABONE ALL THINGIS I ADMONYS & PRAY THE VPONE MY BLISSING THAT THOW HAIF MY THECHEMENTIS IN REMEMBERANS SWA THAT BE THIRE SAID HISTORIJS THOW MAY KEPE THE OUT OF THE NETTIS & GYRONYS OF THIS FOULL SYNE OF ADULTRE THE QUHILK GYF A MAN FAL THAREIN IT IS MERVELL EXCEPT' THE GRACE OF GOD & HE PART HYM THAIRFRA THE SQUYER' ANSWERID MY FADER I HAIF FULL WEILL HARD & CONSEDERIT ZOUR ROYALL & NOBLE EXAMPLIS &

HISTORIJS BE THE QUHILK ME THINK IT NECESSARYE THAT EUERY MAN SULD KEPE HIM OUT OF THE SYN OF LECHORYE HOW BEIT I THINK TO DISPONE ME TO LUF IN SIC A PLACE QUHILK IS REPLENYSIT OF ALL WYSDOME AND GUD THAT IS WITH ANCEANT LADYES AND WEDOWIS QUHILK IS INCLYNIT TO NATHING BOT TO HALYNES EIS AND WEILL FAIR' BE QUHOM NA MAN MAY TAK SCAITH NOR' DISHONOUR MY SONE ANSWERIT THIS ALD KNYCHT QUHAT AVALIS ALL MY PROVERBIS EXAMPLIS AND TECHEMENTIS BE THE QUHILK THOW MAY CONSIDER' HOW MONY NOBLE KINGIS PRINCIS AND WORTHY MEN BE THE DELECTATIOUN OF THE FLESCHE HAS BENE DISTROYET AND VNDONE & NOW THOW WALD CHEIS THE TO DEILL THAIRWITH IN SIC A PLACE QUHILK IS REPLENYSEID OF ALL EVILL LECHORY AND FALS YMAGYNATIONIS THAT IS WITH ANCEANT WEMEN & WEDOWIS TO THE QUHILK AND THOW WILL INCLYNE THI HART I SALL TO THE SCHAW SUM NOBBILL EXAMPLIS & HISTORYS QUHARBY THOW MAY CONSIDER AND VNDERSTAND THAT SIC LUF IS GUD TO BE ESCHEWIT AND FORBORNE (HEAD) QUHY THE LUF OF WEDOWIS AND AGIT WEMEN SULD BE ESCHEWIT ( CAOQVJQ ) (END OF HEAD) IT IS WYRTYN OF SEMEREAMUS THE QUENE OF ASSERY DOCHTER TO NEPTULUS AND WYF VNTO THE GRET MYNOS THE QUENE EFTER THE DEID OF HIRE HUSBAND WAS FULLFILLIT SA OF PRYD THAT SCHO WALLIT WITH TILD ALL ABOWT THE TOVNE OF BABILLIOUN BE THE QUHILK SCHO HELD IN TRUBLE & WERIS THE MAIST PART OF ALL THE WARLD TOWART HIRE ADIACENT THIS QUENE WAS SA LECHERUS THAT SCHO DESYRIT OF EUERY PLESANT MAN TO HAIF ASSAY AND THAT SCHO DID SA LANG QUHILL SCHO KEST HIR' LUF VPONE HIR AWNE SONE NINUS THE QUHILK SCHO MAID TO LY WITH HIR HE NOCHT KNAWAND AT IT WAS HIS MODER QUHARFOR ALS SONE AS SCHO SCHEW HIR TO HIM FOR VERRAY MALANCOLY & DISPLESOUR THIS

NINUS DREW HIS SWORD QUHAR WITH HE STRAIK HIR' TO THE HART MY SONE HAS THOW NOCHT HARD THAT THE QUENE OF NAVARRE DUELT AND HAD HYRE MANSIOUN WITHIN THE TOUN OF PARYS APON THE WATTER SYD OF SAYNE THIS QUENE WAS SA LECHORUS THAT SCHO DESYRIT OF EUERY PLESANT MAN TO HAIF ASSAYE AND SA COVATYS THAT SCHO WALD THAT SCHO WALD TAK LAY MEID AND PROFFET THAR' FOR FOR THE QUHILK ALS SONE AS THAI HAD DONE WITH HYR' AT THAI MYCHT SCHO WALD TAK FRA THAME ALL THARE RECHES AND AT A TRAPE WITHIN HIRE CHALMARE THAT WAS ABONE THE WALTER THAI WARE LATTYN FALL DOUN QUHAR THAI WARE DROWNYT AND THUS MONY NOBLE MEN WARE MYSSIT BOT NANE COUTH IUGE BE QUHAT WAYE BE THE QUHILK THIS QUENE GREW TO SA GRET RECHES OF GOLD THAT IT WAS MERVALL QUHILL THE CLERK PRUDANE PERSAUIT THIS TRAPE QUHARE HE ORDANIT HIS SERUANDIS TO BE IN A BOIT ON THE NYCHT HE PASSIT TO THE QUENIS CHALMER AND LAY WITH HIRE TO HIS PLESSOURE AND PAYET THE MONYE AND QUHEN HE HAD DONE HE WAS PELIT AND CASSYN DOUN AT THE TRAPE AS VTHERIS WAS DONE OF BEFOR' QUHAR' HIS SERUANDIS IN THE BOITE KEPPIT HIM SONE QUHILKIS DEIDIS BRUDANE MAID TO BE KNAWYN WITH QUHAIS GOLD WAS FOUNDIT THE GRET COLLEGE OF NAVARNE IN PARYS BE QUHILK DEIDIS MAY BE CONSEDERIT THE GUDNES OF WEDOWIS AND ANCEANT LADYES IT IS RED OF OLUMPIADES THE QUENE OF MASSEDON THAT SCHO BEAND IN HIR' WEDOWHEID HAD SIC DELECTATIOUN VNTO PAUSSANIAS QUHILK HAD COMMYSIT THE MVRTHUR' OF HIR' LORD KING PHILLOPE THAT QUHEN THE GRET ALEXRQ HIRE SONE FOR THE MVRTHUR' OF HIS FADER' MAID THE SAID PAUSANIUS TO BE HANGIT THE QUHILK OLUMPIAS IN DISPYTE OF HIR' LORD THAT HE HAD SLANE TUK HIM DOVN FRO THE IEBET AND MAID HIS BANIS TO BE BRYNT ON HIRE LORDIS GRAIF AND THE SWORD QUHARWITH HE HAD SLANE HIM

TO BE OFFERIT AND HUNGYN BEFOR THE GOD APPOLLO AND ALL HIS SOUERALL FEISTIS TO BE HALLOWIT ALS SOLEMPNITLYE AS HE HAD BENE A KING QUHAIS DEIDIS MAKIS MANIFEST THE GUDNES OF WEDOWIS IT IS RED THAT QUHEN THE KING CYRUS COME TO WEIR' IN TO THE LAND OF CITHE THE QUHILK LAND WAS REWLIT BE THE QUENE THAMARES BE CAUS HIR' LORD THE KING WAS DEID SCHO SET HIR' BATTELL & MET THIS KING CYRUS IN FEILD QUHAR SCHO OUR COME & SLEW ALL HIS PEPLE AND TUK HIM SELF AS PRESONER' THIS QUENE THAMARES WAS SA CREWELL THAT SCHO MAID A TWN TO BE FILLIT FULL OF THE BLUD OF HIS KNYCHTIS QUHARIN SCHO PUT HIM AND HIS HEID DOWNWARTIS SAYAND SCHO SULD GYF HIM HIS FILL OF THE BLUD THAT HE BEST LUFFIT BE QUHAIS DEID MAY BE VNDERSTAND THE MEIKNES OF WEDOWIS AND AGIT WEMEN ALSWA IT IS WYRTYN IN THE HISTORIJS OF ROME THAT SUMTYME THARE DUELT A KNYCHT IN THE CITE THAT HAD A FAIR WYF QUHILK HE LUFFIT SAMEKLE THAT BE CAUS IN PARYNG HIR' NAILL HIR FYNGAR BLED A LYTILL FOR VERRAY SOROW HE DEIT INCONTYNENT HIS FRENDIS AS THAN WAS THE CUSTOME BERYET HIM IN THE KYRK ZARD ALSONE AS THIS KNYCHT WAS GRAVIT THIS FAIR' ZOWNG WEDOW HIS WYF GART BYG HIR' A LUGE ABONE HIS TOMBE AWOWAND THAT THAR' SCHO WALD REMANE DURYNG HYR' LYF IN CONTEMPLATIOUN & PRAYING FOR HIS SAULL IN THIS TYME THE LAW WAS IN ROME THAT QUHEN ONY MAN WARE IUSTIFYET THE SCHIREF BEHUFFIT ALLAN TO WALK IN THE FYRST NYCHT THAT HE WARE NOCHT STOLLYN OF THE GALLOWS THAT NYCHT IT HAPNYT THAT THARE WAS A MAN IUSTIFIJT THAT THE SCHIREF QUHILK WAS A LUSTY ZOUNG MAN A NOBLE KNYCHT HE WALKIT AT THE GALLOUS THE NYCHT WAS CALD & MYRK HOWBEIT HE SAW TOWART THE TOVNE A FYR' IN THE KYRK ZARD QUHAR THIS KNYCHT WAS BERIJT TO THE QUHILK HE RAID AND RENZEIT HIS HORS & COME TO THE LUGE QUHAR HE FAND

THIS FAIR' ZING LADY ALLANE TO QUHOM HE SAID MY FAR' LADYE QUHAT DO ZE HEIR IN THIS PLYTE THIS LADY SCHEW VNTO HIM HOW HYR' LORD DEIT FOR HYR' LUF AND THAT SCHO WALD REMANE THARE IN DEVOTIOUN FOR HIS SAULL & THAN THE SCHIREF SAID TO HYR' MY FAIR' LADY ZE SALL NOCHT DO SA THE KNAW I AM A GRETARE LORD THAN HE WAS AND ALS NOBLE A MAN AS HE WAS ZE SALL CUM TO THE WARLD AGANE AND CHEIS ME TO ZOUR LORD AND LUF SCHORTLYE HE INDUCIT HYR' SWA THAT SCHO AGREIT TO HIM QUHILL THAI WAR' THUS AT THARE PARLIAMENT THE SCHIREF REMEMBRIT HIM OF HIS OFFICE AND SPED HIM THAIRE QUHAR' HE FAND THE THEIF STOLLYN OF THE GALLOWIS HOWBEIT HE COME AGANE TO HIR AND SAID LADYE FULL DEIR' I HAIF BOCHT ZOURE LUF & SCHEW HYR' THE CAIS AND HOW THAT HE BEHUFFIT OUTHER TO BE PUT IN HIS PLACE OR' LEIF THE CUNTRE AND HIS HERYTAGE FOR EUERMAIRE EFFERMAND THAT HE WAS MAIRE HEVY TO DEPART WITH HYR NA FOR ALL THE LAIF SCHO SAID THAT SALL ZE NOCHT FOR HEIRE IS MY HUSBAND NEW DEID WE SALL PUT HIM WPE ON THE GALLOWIS IN THE PLACE OF THE THEIF HE SAID I THANK ZOW BOT BE MY ORDOUR I MAY TWICHE NA DEID MEN SCHO SAID THAN SALL I SCHO TUK HIR' HUSBAND AND HANGIT HIM WPE VPONE THE GALLOWIS THE SCHIREF SAID ZIT THAIR IS A DEFALT THIS THEIF IN THE TAKING HAD HIS TEITH STRIKIN OUT BEFOR AND ALS HE WAS BELLIT & WANTIT BAITH HIS ERIS AND BE NOCHT ZOURE HUSBAND SWA IT WIL BE PERSAUIT THAT IT IS NOCHT THE THEIF TO QUHOM SCHO SAID I SALL DO ALL THAT ZE HAIF DEVYSIT AND TUK THE SCHIREFFIS SWORD QUHARE WITH SCHO STRAIK OUT HIS FOR TEITH AND CUTTIT OF BAITH HIS ERIS AND WITH HIRE HANDIS PULLIT THE HAIRE OF HIS HEID THAT HE SEMYT ALL BELD AND THAN SAID TO THE SCHIREF NOW I HAIF DONE ALL THAT ZE WALD TAK ME

TO ZOUR WYF TO QUHOM HE ANSWERIT AND SAID A GOD DEFEND ME THAIRFRA FOR QUHEN I THINK ON MY ERIS & ON MY FOR' TEITH AND FELIS THE HAIR' ON MY FOR' HEID I DAR' NEUER VENTUR' TO TAK ZOW TO MY WYF BE THIS MY SONE IT MAY BE PERSAUIT THE GUDNES OF WEDOWIS & AGIT WEMEN THAR' IS TWA DEFALTIS ABONE VTHERIS THAT IS CRUELTE AND LECHORYE FOR THARE AGE CAUSIS YRE AND THAIROF PROCEIDIS CRUELTE AND BE THE DEBILITE OF THARE NATURE AGIT WEMEN HAS A RETENTIOUN OF THARE PRINCIPALL PURGATIOUN THE QUHILK CAUSIS THAIM TO BE MAIRE DESYRUS OF LECHORYE NA VTHER WEMEN IN THIR TYMES GOD KNAWIS HOW WEMEN KEPIS THAIM IN THARE PERFYTE WEDOWHEID AND THAI WALD & IT MYCHT BE SECREIT FOLLOW THE TRASIS OF THE WEDOW OF ROME APONE THE QUHILK THARE IS MATER TO MAK A LARGE LEGENT THE SQUYER' SAID MY FADER I HAIF FULL WEILL HARD & CONSEDERIT ZOUR' WYS DOCTRYN AND GUD EXAMPLIS THARFOR I WILL DRAW ME TO THE PLACE QUHAR I MAY MAIST SECRETLYE EXCERS THE OFFICE OF LUF THAT IS WITH RELEGIOUS WEMEN AS NUNNIS WITH QUHOM MY DOINGIS MAY BE KEPIT MAIST SECRETE BECAUS OF THARE WYD CLOIKIS & SKAPLARIES THAT HINGIS BEFOR THARE WAME AND AT THAI CUM NOCHT OPYNLY IN THE CUMPANYE OF THE PEPLE BOT AMANGIS THAIM SELF AND EUERY ANE OF THAIM WILL KEPE SECREIT OF VTHERIS TO WHOM ANSWERIT THIS GUD ALD KNYCHT O MY SONE NOW PLANLYE I CONSEDDER THIN ABUSIOUN & WAIK WIT FRA THE QUHILK GOD DEFEND THE QUHEN THOW WALD COMMYT SA HIE A CRYME AS TO COMMYT SACRALEGE THAT IS FOR TO HAIF FLESCHELYE DAILL WITH WEMEN ENTRIT IN RELEGION AND IT WAR' KEPIT BE THE QUHILK MONY NOBLE MEN HAS BENE SCHAMED AND VNDONE QUHARBY

GYF THOW WILL TAK RESSOUN IN THE I SALL SCHAW THE SUM NOTABLE EXAMPLIS QUHARBYE THOW MAY CONSEDER' THE GRET VNHAPE THAT THARE THROW FOLLOWIS (HEAD) THAT MEN SULD ESCHEW THE DELECTATIOUN OF WEMEN OF RELEGION AS NUNNIS ( CAOQ VIJ ) (END OF HEAD) MY SONE THAT HALY MAN SANCT IHONE WRAIT IN HIS BUK OF THE YPOCULIPS THAT THE INNEMY OF THE FAITH THAT IS THE ANTE CRYST SALBE INGENERIT ON A NON QUHARFOR' I THINK ALL GUD CRISTYN MAN SULD FEIR' TO SAW HIS SEID IN THE GROUND QUHAR' SIC WIKKIT FRUTE SALL GROW AS HE THAT IS THE INNEMY OF GOD & OF HIS LAW ALSO IT IS WRITYN IN THE HISTORIJS OF ROME THAT THE MADYN REA WAS ENTERIT BE HIR' BRETHER IN THE HOUS & HABIT OF RELEGIOUN HOWBEIT AT SCHO WAS OF TENDIR' AGE AND BE HIR LADYIS OF THE PLACE STRAITLYE KEPIT ZIT THROW THE DELECTATION OF THE FLESCHE SCHO CONVERSIT WITH A PREIST OF THARE LAW SA THAT SCHO BROCHT FURTH BE HYM ( IJ ) SONNIS THAT IS TO SAY ROMOLUS & REMUS QUHILK EFTERWART WOX FULL GRET TYRANDIS HOWBEIT AT THAI WAR THE FYRST FOUNDAR' OF ROME FOR THE TANE OF THAIM SLEW THE TOTHER AS VTHERWAYES IT MYCHT NOCHT BE FOR CAUS OF THE CURST STOK THAI WARE DISCENDIT OF THAT WAS OF A NVN OR A RELEGIOUS WEMEN IT IS WYRTYN IN THE ALD HISTORIJS HOW CALESTONA THE DOCHTER OF KING LAITHAON WAS ENTRIT IN RELEGIOUN INTO THE HOUS AND TEMPILL OF DYAN HOW BEIT THROW FLESCHLYE DELECTATION SCHO CONVERSIT WITH IUBITER BE QUHOM SCHO CONSAUIT & BROCHT FURTH THE NOBLE KNYCHT ARCHAS BE QUHOM EFTERWART SCHO THOLIT GRET NOYE & PANE FOR THE QUHILK DEID SCHO WAS PUT FRA THE CLOSTER' OF DYAN IT IS WRYTYN IN THE BRUTUS CORNIKLES THAT QUANOUR THE WYF OF THE GRET ARTHUR' QUHILK WAS IN HIS WERIS IN ITALYE THROW THE DELECTATION OF THE FLESCHE CHESIT TO HIR' LUF MODRAT

THE SISTER SONE OF THE SAID ARTHURE QUHILK BE THE HELP OF THIS QUANOUR AND BE THE SUBSTANCE OF HIR' LORDIS TRESSOUR' THAT SCHO SPENDIT THAR' ON GADDERIT SIC NOMBER' OF FOLKIS THAT HE GAIF A FEILD TILL HIS VNKLE QUHAR' ARTHUR' MODRAT GAWANE AND ALL THE FLOUR' OF THE KNYCHTIS OF BARTANE WAR' DISTROYET AND SLANE THIS QUANOUR HERYNG THE DISCOMFITOUR OF HIR' FOLKIS & SLAUCHTER OF HIRE LUF FOR DREDDOUR OF HIR LYF PASSIT TO ANE ABBAY AND TUK THE HABIT OF A NVN BOT GOD KNAWYS GYF THAR' BE MONY IN THIRE TYMES THAT ENTRYS IN THE HABIT OF RELEGIOUN FOR SIC CAUSIS OR' ENTENT TO BE PROMUFFYT TO DIGNITEIS THE QUHILK IS LYK VNTO THARE INTENTIOUN KEPIS THAR' PROFFESSIOUN ALSO MY SONE ANE ANCEANT KNYCHT TALD ME VPONE A TYME THAT THARE WAS A MAN OF WEIR' IN THE REALME OF FRANCE QUHILK IN HIS ZOUTHHEID HAD BENE FOLICH AND EVILL GYDIT THAT HE HAD LYIN WITH A NVN IT FORTUNAT THIS MAN EFTERWART TO TAK ANE INTERPRYS OF ARMES WITH ANE INGLISMAN QUHILK WAS TO RYN OF WEIR WITH THAR' SCHARPE SPERIS THIR' PARTIJS MET IN THE FEILD AT A SET DAYE QUHAR' THAT MONY GRET NOBILLIS WAR' GADDERIT ALSONE AS THIS ZOUNG SQUYER' KEST HIS SPEIR' IN TO HIS REIST TO RYN IT DEPIT DOVN TO THE ERD FOR HIM THOCHT THAT THIS NVN WITH QUHOM HE HAD CONVERSIT BEFORE TYME WAS SITTAND ON THE FORE END OF HIS SPEIR' THAT MAID IT TO GA TO THE ERD AND THUS HE PREVIT OFT AND DIUERS TYMES QUHILL THAT HIS PARTYE AND THE PEPILL SAID THAT HE WAS RECREANT AND FALZEIT

OF HIS HART THAN THIS MAN THOCHT GRET SCHAME AND CALLIT TO HIM ANE PREIST TO QUHOM HE MAID HIS CONFESSIOUN AND SCHEW TO HIM ALL THE CAUS OF THE NVN AS ZE HAIF HARD OF BEFOR' THIS PREIST COUNSALIT HIM TO MAK OPYN CONFESSIOUN THARE OF BEFOR' ALL THE PEPILL THE QUHILK HE DYD AND TUK ABSOLUSIOUN OF HIS CONFESSOUR AND THAN PASSIT AGANE TO HIS INTERPRYS AND WAS DELIUERRIT OF THAT FOULL TEMPTATIOUN AND DID SA WEILL IN HIS IORNAYE THAT HE HAD THE VICTORYE AND OURE COME HIS PARTYE BE THE QUHILK THOW MAYE SEE THAT GUD IT IS TO FLE SIC A FOULL DELECTATIOUN IT IS WYRTTYN IN THE CORNIKLIS OF SPANZE THAT THAIR' WAS ANE BISCHOPE QUHILK HAD TO HIS PARRAMOURIS ANE NVN BE QUHOM SCHO WOX WITH CHILD AND IT FORTUNAT HYR TO BE RYDAND FRA THARE AWNE PLACE THROW ANE GUD TOVNE QUHAR THAT MONY PEPLE WAS GADDERIT IN PRESENS OF QUHOM SCHO TUK HYR CHILD ILL AND OR SCHO MYCHT PAS ONY FORTHAR' SCHO WAS DELIUERIT OF HYR BYRTH QUHARFOR EFTERWART QUHEN SCHO WAS HAILL SCHO SEND SECRETLY FOR THIS BISCHEPE QUHILK COME TO HYR' AS HE HAD VSIT OF BEFOR QUHEN HE WAS IN THE ACTUALL DEID WITH HIR' FOR YR' AND MALYCE OF THE SCHAME THAT SCHO HAD SUSTENIT THROW HIM SCHO STEKIT HIM IN TO THE WAME WITH HIR' SCHERIS QUHAR' HE FELL DOWNE DEID BE THE QUHILKIS THOW MAY CONSEDER' AND ALL WAYES VNDERSTAND QUHAT VENGEANS CUMIS OFT AND SYNDRY TYMES TO HAIF FLESCHELYE DAILL WITH SIC WEMEN AS IS NUNNIS THAT AR FORBODYN IN THE LAW

(HEAD) THE CONCLUSIOUN OF THIS LYTILL BUK AND THE EXCUSATIOUN OF THE TRANSLATOUR ( CAOQ VIIJOQ ) (END OF HEAD) MY SONE I HAIF IN ENTENT TO CAUS THE TO ABSTENE FRA SIC FLESCHELY DELECTATIONIS QUHILK THOW CALLIS LUFE FIRST SCHAWYN THE DICTIS & SAYINGIS OF DIUERS HALY DOCTOURIS & GRET PHILOSOPHOURIS SECUNDLY I HAIF SCHAWNE THE QUHY THE FOULL LUST GENERALYE IS TO BE FORBORNE WITH ALL WEMEN EXCEPE THE HALY BAND OF MATERMONEY AND THAIRAPONE I TALD THE MONY NOTABLE EXAMPLIS ALSWA I HAIF SCHAWYN THE QUHY THAT DELECTATIOUN IS TO BE ESCHEWIT WITH MADYNNIS OR WEMEN OF ZOUNG AGE I HAIF IN LYKWIS SCHAWYN THE QUHY THE FOULL SYNE & DELECTATIOUN OF ADULTRE IS TO BE ESCHEWIT QUHARE APONE I HAIF SCHAWIN THE DIUERS & FAMOS HISTORIJS CONSEQUENTLYE I HAIF SCHAWYN THE QUHY THE LUF OF WEDOWIS & AGIT WEMEN IS TO BE FORBORNE ALL THARE LAST I HAIF SCHAWYN THE QUHY THE DELECTATIOUN OF NUNNIS OR RELEGIOUS WEMEN IS TO BE ESCHEWIT WITH SUM NOTABLE EXAMPLIS QUHILK SULD GYF THE OR ONY MAN OF WYSDOM OCCASIOUN TO ABSTENE THAIRFRA QUHARFOR MY SONE GYF THOW WILL PLEIS GOD INCRES IN HONOUR & RICHEIS IN THIS WARLD . . TO CHEIS THE A WYF CUMMYN OF A GUD HOUS & LYNAGE THAT HIR' PARENTIS AND FRENDIS HAS BENE HONEST & CHAIST & OF GUD GOUERNANS THAT IS OF ZUNG AGE & VNBROCHT IN EVILL TECHIS & THEWIS & KEPE HIR THAR' IN VNDER THE DREID OF AWE OR ELLIS SCHO SALL NEUER DREID THE NOR SET BYE THE BOT THROW THE EVILL INCLYNATIOUN THAT WEMEN IS OF QUHAR THAI HAIF THE MAISTRYE OR BRYDILL AT THAI WILL GROW TO THE MANERIS OF THIRE WEMEN BEFOR WYRTYN AND THUS LEIF WITH HIR

VNDER' THE HALY BAND OF MATERMONEY AND HAPPINES SALL HABOUND TO THE AND SKAIPE AND BE SU . . . . THIR' AND MONY VTHARE PARELLIS WYRTYN IN THIS LYTLE BUK QUHILK IS ENTETILLIT OR CALLIT THE SPECTAKLE OF LUF OR DELECTATIOUN OF WEMEN TRANSLATIT OUT OF LATYN IN TO OUR' WULGAR' AND MATERNALL TOUNG AT THE CYTE OF SANDRIS THE ( X ) DAY OF IULIJ THE ZER' OF GOD ANE THOWSAND FOUR' HUNDRETH NYNTYE AND TWA ZERIS BE ANE CLERK QUHILK HAD BENE IN TO VENUS COURT MAIR' THAN THE SPACE OF ( XX ) ZERIS QUHILL I MYCHT NOCHT MAK THE SERUICE THAT I HAD BENE ACCUSTOMYD TO DO QUHARFOR I WAS PUT OUT OF HIR BYLL OF HUSHALD HOWBEIT TO GYF EXAMPLE TILL ALL VTHERIS TO PERSEVEIR IN THE SERUICE OF LUF AT MY DEPARTING SCHO GAIF ME THRE GYFTIS LYK AS SCHO DOIS TO ALL THAIM THAT CONTYNEWIS IN TO HYRE COWRT THAT IS ANE ALD HARR' AND DOTAND HEID ANE EMPTYFF AND TWME PURS AND ANE PAIR' OF BEIDIS OF SABILL TO CAUS ME FOR TO HAIF REMEMBRANS THAT I HAD BENE SA LANG IN TO HYR' SERUICE BESEKAND HEIRFOR ALL LADYES DAMESOLLIS AND GENTILL WEMEN OF ANE GUD FAME QUHAT AT THIS LYTILL SOBIR' TRETYE IS SAID IN ONY THING VTHERWAYES NA WEILL TO HAIF ME EXCUSIT AS I WATE AT THAI WILL FFOR I WATE WEILL THAR' IS NANE THAT WILL HAIF DISDENE HEIRE AT BOT GYF THAI BE OF THE CONDICIONIS OF THIR' LADYES THAT IS BEFOR WYRTYNE CONSEDERAND MY GUD ENTENSIOUN AND QUHAIR

. . . SAID OR' TO ZOUR' DISPLESOUR' IN ONY POYNT THAT YE SALL EMPUT THE FALT TO THAME THAT COMMYTTIT SIC FALTE AND HIM THAT WAS THE FYRST COMPYLAR HEROF AND NOCHT TO ME THAT BOT TRANSLATIT THAT I FAND BEFOR WYRTYN TO THE EFFECT' THAT EUERY MAN AND WOMAN SULD ESCHEW VYCE AND PLEIS THE GLORIUS LORD QUHOM MOT BRYING WS TO HIS BLYS WITHOUTYN END AMEN (COLOPH) EXPLICIT THE SPECTAKLE OF LUF PER M G MYLL (END OF COLOPH ) (HEAD) THE SEX WERKDAYIS AND AGIS (END OF HEAD)

HEIR' BEGYNNIS ANE EXTRACT' OF THE BIBILL OF THE SEX WERKDAYS ACCORDING TO THE SEX AGIS QUHILKIS RESTIT IN THE SEVYNT AND FIGURIS OF THE ALD TESTAMENT & NEWE ALLMICHTI GOD OF HIS INFINIT GUDNES SEYNG IN HIS GRACIOUS PRESCIENS BEFOR' ALL HIS WERKIS ALL THINGIS BEGUN PRESENT & TO CUM DECRETIT TO BE SERUIT IN TWA MANERIS ANGELIK AND MANLYKE NOCHT AS DILIGENT OF THAR' SERUICE FOR HE WAS AND EVIR' ALS GLORIUS OMNIPOTENT & SATIFYET AS HE IS NOW BOT RATHER' THAT THAI MOT BE PARTICIPANT OF HIS INFINIT GUDNES GRACE AND IOYS PERPETUALE FOR QUHILK HIS GODHED DECRETIT TO LAUBOUR ( VJ ) DAYIS ALLANERLY WITH WORD AS SAYS THE SCRIPTOUR ( VERBO DEO * * TA SUNT ) AND THE ( VIJ ) DAY TO REST AND CORESPONDING HERETO HE MAID THE WARLD TO INDURE ( VJ ) AGIS AND THE ( VIJ ) REST ETERNALE IN HEVIN OR HELL ( IN NUMERO SEPTINARIO ) OF THE QUHILK ( VIJ ) DAYIS AND ( VIJ ) AGIS CORESPONDING TO THAIM WITH HELPE & GRACE OF THE HALY GAST I CAST TO COMMOUN ANE LITILL MEMORIALE AS FOLLOWIS WITH PRINCIPALE ACCIDENTIS AND NOTABLES OF THE SAM AND DEVISIOUN OF THE ERD AND AS TO BEGYN AT THE FIRST DAYIS OPERACIOUN GOD SAID ( FIAT LUX ) THRE SILLABIS PROCEDING OF A MOUTH FIGUR' OF THE TRINITE THRE PERSONIS IN A GODHED WITH THIR' THRE SILLABIS WER CREAT ALL HEVINNIS THAIR IOYIS AND ALL THINGIS CONTENIT IN HEVINLIE AMBITUDIS SPECIALIE THE ( IX ) ORDOURIS ANGELL ARCHANGELL (THRONI DOMINACIONIS PRINCIPATUS POTESTATES VIRTUTES ) CHERUBIN & SERAPHIN THRYS THRE

THE THRINFALD CELESTIALE CHERARCHIJS AND ALL ANGELY SPRETIS OF GOD FIGUR' OF THE TRINITE SUM HALDIS LUCIFER' THE ( X ) ORDOURE I HALD HE WAS HYEAST OF ALL AND ANE OF ILK ORDOUR' AT HIS PLESOUR OF THIR' ORDOURIS A CERTANE FELL WITH LUCIFER' TILL ETERNALE DAMPNACOUN INFERNALE AND A CERTANE PRESERUIT IN HEVYN TO PERPETUALE SALUACOUN CELESTIALE AS MICHEL AND HIS ANGELLIS LUCIFER' & HIS ANGELLIS THE FIRST BATELL TO THIS CORESPONDIS THE FIRST AGE IN THE FIRST DAY OF IT IN QUHILK ADAM AND EVE MANLY NATUR FELL FOR SYN THAR' THE SECUND BATELL IN PARADYS BETUIX THE ANGELL AND THAM A CERTANE OF THAIR SEDIS TO SALUACON ETERNALE AND A CERTANE TO DAMPNACOUN INFERNALE AS CAYM FIGUR OF IOWIS AND ABELL FIGUR' OF CRIST THE FIRST FIGUR' OF OUR' FAITH AS ALL THE ALD TESTAMENT WAS TO THAM THEN FIGURIS NOW TILL WS IN EFFECT' AND WERITE AS HOW CAYM OFFERING WAIKE SEIDIS WITH PERUERSIT SPREIT OF QUHILK THAT SUM DISCENDING FIGURIS IOWIS DID SACRIFICE PRAYERIS AND OBLACIONES BOT PERUERSTLY MISKNAWIN CRIST AND THAIR TYME OF VISITACOUN ABELL FIGUR OF CRIST OFFERIT MEKLY A LAMBE CRIST FOR OUR SALUACOUN OFFERIT HIM SELF A LAMB OF INNOCENS TO HIS FADERE ( AGNUS IN CRUCE LEUATUR ) AND THIS WAS THE THRID BATELL IN ERD BETUIX CAYM & ABELL AND HOW CAYM FOR INVY SLEW HIS BROTHER ABELL FOR HIS RICHTUIS OBLACIOUN FIGUR OF IOWIS THAT SLEW CRIST FOR HIS IUST PREDICACIOUN THE BLUD OF ABELL CRYIT TO THE HEVYN IHESUS IN BODY BLUD AND GODHED ASCENDIT TO THE FADER IN HEVIN CAYM CURSIT DAMPNIT FIGURIS IOWIS WARIJT AND CONDAMPNIT ADAM EVE AND THAIR BLISSIT SEID WEPIT FOR THE DEID OF ABELL OUR' LADY THE APOSTOLIS

AND ALL CRISTIN WEPIS FOR THE DETH OF CRIST ADAM OF ( IIJCQ & XXXTQIQ ) ZERIS PROCREAT SETH OF QUHOM COM THE SONNIS OF GOD THIS FIGURIS THAT CRIST THROU HIS FAITH REGENERAT ALL GUD PEPILL TO SALUACOUN SETH ( IJCQV ) ZERIS PROCREAT ENOS THE FIRST THAT INCALLIT THE NAME OF GOD ENOS (ICQ LXX ) ZERIS PROCREAT CAYNAN CAYNAN ( ICQ LXX ) ZERIS PROCREAT MALABELL MALABELL ( ICQ LXV ) ZERIS GAT IARETH IARETH ( ICQ LXXIJ ) ZERIS PROCREAT ENOCH IN QUHAIS DAYIS DEIT ADAM ( IXCQ ) AND ( XXX ) ZERIS OF AGE THIS ENOCH WAS ASSUMPT IN PARADYS BODY & SAULL PRESERUIT TO DISCEND CONTRAR THE CURST ANTECRIST FIGUR OF CRISTIS ASCENCOUN AND SALL DISCEND TO THE EXTREME IUGEMENT CONTRAR' THE FENDE ENOCH OF THE AGE OF ( ICQ LXV ) ZERIS OR HE WAS ASSUMPT GAT MATUSALE LANGAST OF LYF THAT EUER WAS THAT WAS OF ( IXCQ LXVIIJ ) ZERIS ( XXXVIIJ ) ZERIS OF LYF LANGAR' THAN ADAM MATUSSALE ( ICQ IIIJXQXQ VIJ ) ZERIS GAT LAMECH LAMECH OF ( IIIJXQXQ VIIJ ) ZERIS GAT NOYE THE FIRST OF THE SECUND AGE IN THIS AGE GOD CHARGIT THE BLISSIT SEID OF SETH TO TAK NO WYFIS OF THE CURST GENERACIOUN OF CAYM (SED VIDENTES FILIJ) * (VXORES) AS ADAM BRAK GODDIS PRECEPT IN PARADYS SO DID HIS SEID IN ERTH IN SAMEKLE THAT SETHIS GENERACIOUN ALIJT WITH CAYMIS AND THAIRFOR' CURSIT ( ET MULTA MALICIA CREVIT SUPER FACIEM TERRE ) FOR QUHILK GOD SAYD (PENITET ME FECISSE HOMINEM ) AND THAIRFOR' SYN OF LICHORY QUHILK HAS BENE THE MAST CAUS OF ALL ERDLY TRUBLIS GOD DECRETIT TO DROVN THE ERD AND ALL LIFFING THINGIS IN IT AND THIS WAS THE MAST NOTABLES OF THE FIRST AGE REWLIT BE PATRIARKIS

FORSAID SONE EFTER FADER' ADAM SETH ENOS CAYNAN MALALIEL IARETH ENOCH MATUSSALE LAMECH QUHILK AGE INDURIT ( IJMQ IJCQ LVJ ) ZERIS AND AS FOR TO TELL OF THE CURST PROGENIE OF CAYM AND HOW HE WAS SLANE BE LAMECH THE BLIND VENGEABILLY SCHOTING ANE AROWE AT ANE HERT WAR' OURE PROLIXT FFOR I SCHEW BOT THE MOST NOTABLE OF EUERY AGE OF THE ( VJ ) QUHILKIS . . DATIS & PETIGREIS OF CHOSYN PEPLE THE SEID OF SETH OR THE SECUND DAYS OPERACIOUN GOD DEVIDIT WATTERIS FRA WATTERIS THE HIEAST THE FIRMAMENT THE LAWEST THE SE TO THE FIRST CORESPONDIS THE FIRST DAY OF THE SECUND AGE QUHAR AS HE DROVNIT WITH WATTERIS ALL ERTHIS & ALL CREATURIS IN THAM EXCEPT NOYE HIS WYF THAR' THRE SONNIS AND WYFIS ( VIIJ ) IN ALL WITH BESTIS & FOULIS MALE AND FEMALE TO RESTOR' THE WARLD NILLING TO LAK NATURE OF MANKYND BOT QUHY HE WALD REDEME MAN AND PRESERUE THAT NATUR QUHILK FELL FOR SYN & NOCHT ANGELLIS IT WER' PROLIXT TO TELL HEIRE THIS NOYES FOLKIS & ALL VTHERIS WAS PRESERUIT IN ANE ARK ON THE FLUDE MAIDE BE NOYE AT THE COMMAND OF GOD BOT TO TELL HEIR' THE TYME IT WAS IN BIGGING THE LENTH BREID AND HICHT OF IT WARE PROLIXT BOT IT HAD ( IIIJ ) HOUSS ANE LAWAR' FOR BESTIS OF FILTH AS LYONIS LEOPARDIS VNICORNIS BERIS BARIS GRIFFONNIS & SICLYK FIGURIS HELL LAWEST THE MYDHOUS CONSERUIT CLENE BESTIS NEIDFULL TO MAN FIGURIS OF WS IN ERTH BETUIX HEVIN & HELL WP OR DOVN THE HIEAST HOUS CONSERUIT OF THE FOLKIS FIGUR' OF HEVIN THAN OPINNIT THE HEVINNIS & RANYT ( XL ) DAYIS

QUHILL THE WATTER OUR PASSIT THE HIEAST HILLIS IN THE ERTH ( XV ) CUBITIS NOE IN THE ARK LANGTYME SEND THE RAVYN TO SE GIF LANDIS APPERIT DRY QUHILK FAND ANE FOULE CARIOUN AND TARIJT THAIRON WITHOUT RETORNE FIGURIS OF MEN FALLING BLAK IN SYNNIS & PERSEUERING THAIRIN NOCHT RETORNYNG TO CONFESSIOUN WITH CONTRICIOUN THAN NOE SEND FURTH THE DOW QUHILK FAND LAND AND IN TAKIN THAIROF RETORNED WITH ANE BRANCHE OF OLIVE IN HIS BEKE FFIGURIS OF MEN FALLING IN SYN AND REUERTIS BE CONFESSIOUN SCHAWIN BE MOUTH BERYNG THE BRANCHE AS CLENE CONTRICOUN IN THE ( VIJ ) MONETH THE ERTH APPERIT DRY AND THE ARK RESTIT ON THE MONT OF ARMENY CORESPONDING THAT GOD RESTIT THE ( VIJ ) DAY FOR HIS WERKIS AND ALS THAT THE ( VIJ ) AGE SALBE REST OF SAULLIS ( OMNIA COMPLEBUNTUR IN NUMERO SEPTINARIO ) THAR' NOE & ALL COME OUT OF THE ARKE INCRESSIT & MULTIPLIJT IN ALL PARTIS OF THE ERTH AS FOLOWIS THAN NOY DEVIDIT ALL ERTHIS IN THRE PARTIS TO HIS THRE SONNIS CALLIT SEM CAM & IAPHET BEING WITH HIM AFOR' IN THE ARK TO SEM THE ELDAST HE GAF THE EST PART OF THE ERD CALLIT ASIA MARE AND BETTER THAN THE TOTHER TWA PARTIS THARIN IS PARADIS TERREST' QUHAR' ADAM & EVE WAS FRA THE QUHILK OUT OF THE WELL CALLIT EDEN FLOWIS FOUR' FLUDIS NAMED PHISON TIGRIS EUFRATES AND NYLUS TO TELL HEIR' QUHAT GOLD PRECIOUS STANIS RICHES & COMMODITES FOLLOWIS THROU THAIM IN ERTH OR THROU QUHAT REALMES & LANDIS THAI HAUE COURS & ACCESS IT WAR' OUR' PROLIXT IN ASYA IS THE HIE HILL MONT CASPIUS THE SING THAR' IS YND

EXTERIOR AND INFERIOR CONTENYNG ( XLIIIJ ) REGIONIS THAR' FLOWIS THE FIRST FLUDE EPHISON ITEM IN ASIA IS PARTHIA IN QUHILK AR' ( XXXIIIJ ) REGIONIS THAIR RYNNIS THE SECUND FLUDE TIGRIS THARE IS ARATOSIA ASSIRIA MEDE PERS MEZOPOTANIA QUHAR' EUFRATES THE THRID FLUD RYNNIS THAR' IS ALSO NYNYVE CALLIT BABULON ARABY AND SABIA MONT SYNAY MADION TYRIA ANTIOCHE DAMASK AND COMEGEN AND THAIRBY THE LANDIS OF IURY IERUSALEM IAF IAPAN WITH THE CITE PHALESTYNE GAZON ASCALON GETH ATHARON YZOTUM YDUMEOS ( XXXV ) MYLIS FRA IERUSALEM TOWARD THE SOUTH PLAGE ALSA ARABAS AGERENOS SAMARIA GALILE NAZERETH BATHELEM CAYM ALSA IN IURY WAS PROBATICA PISCINA QUHILK THROU HALYNES OF THE TRE LYING OUR' IT THAT EFTER WAS THE CROCE OF CRIST THE WATTER MOVIT BE THE ANGELL CURIT ALL SEIKE & SAIRE THAR' IS FLUM IORDANE THE SE OF GALILE THEBARIAS AND THE SEE OF THEBERIADIS THE STANK OF GENAZURETH AND THE DEID SE QUHAR' SODOME GOMORRE AND VTHER THRE CITES SANKE FOR SYN THAR' IS SEGOR' A LITILL CITE THAT RESET LOTH TORNYNG OUT OF SODOME QUHAR' HIS WYF LUKING ABAK WAS CHANGIT IN A SALT STANE THAR' IS THE WALLIS OF IOSAPHAT IERICO & EBRONE IN QUHILK GOD CREATE ADAM IN THE FELD DAMYCENE THAR' IS MONT SYON MONT CALUARY MONT OLIVET MONT OREB AND IN THE EXTREME MERCHIS THE MONTANIS OF GILBOY QUHAR' KING SAULL & IONATHA WITH MONY IOWIS WAR' SLANE AND THE ARK OF GOD TAKIN IN THE BATALE AND THAIR AR' ALL THE LANDIS OF PROMISSIOUN THAT GOD PROMISIT TO THE SEID OF ABRAHAM ( ICQ & XL ) MYLIS IN LENTH FRA

DAN TO BARSABEE AND ( XLVJ ) MYLIS IN BREID FRA IOPON TO BATHELEM AND NOTHIR' SAUL NOR DAUID IOYSIT MARE EXCEPT LANDIS CIRCUMVIROUN CONQUEST NOCHT CALLIT OF PROMISSIOUN AS SANCT IEROM WRYTIS TO THE WORTHY KNYCHT DARDANUM THAN SOUTH FRA THAT ( XIIJ ) DAYIS IORNE IN DESERTIS QUHAR' OUR' LADY PASSIT WITH HIR' CHILD IHESUS THE GRET REALME OF EGIPT A MAST RIALL REGIOUN AND THARBY IS THE RED SE OUR' QUHILK MOYSES LED THE PEPILL OF ISRAELL DRY BE MIRAKLE KING PHARO DROVNIT THER' IS THE FOURT FLUDE FLOWING FRA PARADYS CALLIT NYLUS RYNNYNG SOUTH TOWARD ETHIOPE LANDIS THAR' BESYD IS THE GRET CITE THEBAIDA & ALEXANDRIA THAN NORTH IN ASIA IS MONT CAUCASS AND THE LANDIS AMASONNIS REWLIT BE LADYIS & NOCHT MEN BEING ( VIIJCQ ) ZERIS CONQUEROURIS IN THE EST AND THAIRBY ARE THE REALMES OF MESSAGE COLCHY SARMAT SYRICA BAITRY HIRCANYCA SITHIA ALBANEA ALMANEA YBERIA CAPADOCIA LES ASIA NYCENE NYCHOMEDEA GALATHIA FRIGIDIA THAR' IS TROY LYCONEA SYRIA LYDEA YSAWREA CESILIA AND PAMPHILE THAR' WAS SANCT CLEMENT DROUND AND OUIDIUS PRESONIT AND THIR' AR' THE PRINCIPALE OF ASIA WITH VTHERIS AS SALBE EXPREMIT AS THAI RAIS IN THE FIRST INUENCIOUN OF THAIM & IN QUHAIS . . AMANGIS THE PETIGREIS OF THE ( VJ ) AGE THEN NOY GAF TO HIS SECUND SON CAM THE TOTHER PART OF THE ERTH CALLIT AFFRICA THAR' IS CARTAGE THE PRINCIPALE CITE CARENAYCA PENTA POLES TRIPOLES GYNGES CARCADA GECULA YPOMA NUMYDIA MAVRICANA PROVINCIA STIPHEUS SINGITANA < L 30>

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YPIRIA CARNYA MOLOSIA CLADIA ATHENIS BOYSIA THESILL MASSEDONE BOSIRA OLIMPHY MONT AND CASSIDON ACHAY CHORINTHIA ARCHADIA EPHESIM PANNONIA PHILLIPPOPLE CALLIT PHILLIPPENS WITH MONY VTHERIS RIALEST KINGDOMES PRINCEHEDIS AND DUCHERIJS IN GRECE WITH YLANDIS IN THE GREKE SE SIC AS WIGREPONT CRETE THE RODIS CANDY AND MONY MO THEN TENDING WEST IN EWROP AR THE MONTANIS OF ALPY OPYNYT BE HANNABALL CAPITANE OF CARTAGE TO MAK DIRECT' SHORT WAY TO ROME THARE AS HE SLEW SA MONY ROMANIS THAT HE CHARGIT CARTIS WITH RYNGIS GOLDIN CHENZEIS PRECIOUS STANIS AND IOWALLIS STRIPIT OF SLANE MEN IN THE FELDIS AND SEND TO CARTAGE IN POMPE & LAWDE OF VICTORYE HE BESEGIT ROME AND BRAK HIS SPERE ON THE ZETTIS ZIT HE WAS OUR' THRAWIN BE CIPIO AFFRICAN QUHILK BRYNT CARTAGE THE FYRE INDURIT ( XVIJ ) DAYS THAN IS IN EWROPIA YTALIA AUSONIA TUSKIA ROME & NYE BESYD CATALONE CESILE NAPILLIS PROUINCIA CAMPANIA YPURIA YMBRIA EUTHIRICA IN QUHILK STANDIS WENYS IANE MOLONE SENYS FLORENS PYIS BANONYA CRASSA PIRROS AND PADWEY THERE IS LOMBARDY AND THE GRET RYVERE OF THE POW THIR' AR' THE PRINCEHEDIS OF PYMOND & ORANCHE THE MARQUESY & THE GRET CITE OF FERRAR THE MARQUESY AND GRET CITE OF MANTUA THE GRET DUCHERY AND MONTANIS OF HAUSTRY SIC AS MONT BERNARD MONT GODDART MONT CRISTOFERE MONT SAVOYE MONT NYCHOLAS MONT PISTOY & MONY MA WEST FRA THIS RYNNIS THE RICHE RIVER' OF THE RYNE WITH MONY GRET GAY CITE

FLOWAT AS CONSTANTYNE STRAISBURGH BASILE THE SPYR THE THRE GRET CITES OF MENS TRIVER' AND COLONE SEIS OF THE THRE ARCHEBISCHOPIS ELECTOURIS OF THE EMPRIOURE & THE CASTELL PALLENTYNE WITHIN THE RYVER' OF THE RYNE OF QUHILK COWNT PALENTYNE TAKIS HIS STILE WITH MONY VTHERIS MICHTIEST CITES AND TOWNIS THAN FRA THYNE LYIS SOUTH THE RIALEST REALM OF FRAUNCE THE DALFONY NARBONE LANGDONE GYANE GASGONE BRETTANE THE LITILL NORMANDYE AND PICARDYE THAIRBY ARTIDOS ANE NOTHER PLACE OF FRAUNCE THE RICHE DUCHYRIS OF CALABER' LORANE ANGEO BURGONE BURBONE ALANSON HERMYNAK WITH MONYEST PRINCHEDIS AND DUCHERIS & LORDSCHIPPIS WITH CITEIS AS PARIS ORLEANS AND VTHERIS THE RIALEST IN ERTH THAN TENDING SOUTH IS THE RICHEST REALME OF SPANE CONTENYNG SEX KINGDOMES CASTALE LYONE NAVARNE ARAGONE GARNAT & PORTINGALE THAN TENDING WEST LYIS YLANDIS IN THE OCCEANE SEPERAT FRA THE FERME ERTH AS THANATHOS TYLY CELLY THRLAND MAN AND THE BRAID YLAND OF BRETTANE CONTENYNG THE KINGDOMES OF SCOTLAND WALES & CORNWALE WITH MONY GRET DUCHERIS LORDSCHIPPIS AND CITES AS EDINBURGH SANCTANDROIS ABERDENE LONDONE ZORKE & CANTERBERY WITH RICHE FLUDIS & RYVERIS AS FORTH TAY TWEID TEMES AND TYNE WITH MONY MA CITEIS TOWNIS STRENTHIS FLUDIS & RYVERIS QUHILKIS AR' OUR' PROLIXT AND THIS IS THE MAST PART PRINCIPALE OF THE THRE PARTIS OF

THE ERTH OF THE QUHILK NOE GAF TO SEM HIS ELDEST SON THE BEST AND MAST PART ASIA IN THE EST TO CAM THE LEST AND WERST PART CALLIT AFFRIKE IN THE SOUTH AND TO IAPHET THE PART CALLIT EWROPE OF SEM COME FRE MEN THE SEID OF GOD OF CAM CHURLLIS AND FOULL PEPILL AS BLA MEN FOR HE DESERUIT HIS FADERIS MALEDICTIOUN OF IAPHET OUR' PROGENITOUR COME CHEVALRUS MEN AS KNYCHTHED FFOR ZE SALL FYND IN CRONIKLIS AND SCRIPTURIS THAT EUER THE FLOURE OF CHEVALRY RESTIT MOST IN EWROPE AS ADRASTUS EMPRIOUR' OF GRECE AND THESEUS DUKE OF ATHENIS DISTROYIT AND OURTHREWE THE GRET CITE THEBES AND SLEW THAIM SA THAT NANE OR FEW WAS LEFT ON LYF THE FIRST GRET MORTALE WERE IN ERTH QUHAR ' ALL THE FLOUR' OF EWROPE WAS SLANE AND ZIT THAI OPTENIT THE VICTORY ITEM IASON OF A GREKE OF EUROPE WAN THE GOLDIN FLES ITEM HERCULES THAT SLEWE & WENCUST THE MONYEST GIANDIS AND CRUELLEST MONSTOURIS OF ONY THAT EVER' WE REID AS THE PROVDE MONSTOUR GERION THE THRE HEDDIT EDDER' A SERPENT THE DRAGONE MONSTRE IN THE AIRE ARCALD THE BALD BORE CATUS THE HORRIBLE ETYNE AND MONSTOUR VNDERE ERTH CERBERUS THE PORTAR' OF HELL AND MONY MA AND ALS PLANTIT PILLARIS OF GOLD IN THE OCCIANE AT GADDIS SIBILLIS STRICHTIS AND ALSO SIMULACHERIS AND STERRIS OF GOLD IN THE EST SO THAT NEUER MAN PREVALIT HIM IN LAUBOUR & SLAYNG OF MONSTOURIS ITEM IASON HERCULES WITH POLLUX AND CASTOR ( IJ ) KINGIS & DUKE NESTOR

MAID THE FIRST DISTRUCTIOUN OF TROY SLEWE LEAMEDON THE KING AND ALL THE CHEVALRYE OF TROYE ALSA SECUNDLIE AGAMENON MENELAY AND MONY MA KINGIS AND PRINCIS OF GRECE ( IIJXQXQ ) & MA DISTROYIT TROYE FOR EVIRE SLEW KING PRIAME AND HIS QWENE HECUBA AND ALL THAIR SONNIS KNYCHTIS & CHEUALRY REFERRING ME TO GWYDO AND VTHERIS AUCTORIS ITEM ALEXANDER A GREKE WAN ALL THE WARLD ITEM IULIUS CESAR' A ROMANE SUBDEWIT ALL THE WEST PARTIS TO ROME AND POMPEY A ROMANE SUBDEWIT THE EST PARTIS & IURY ITEM OCTOVIANE AND ALL EMPRIOURIS WAR' OF EWROPE SA THAT THE FLOURE OF CHEUALRY RESTIT EVIR' MOST IN EWROPE AS SAID IS OF THIR PARTIS OF THE ERTH THE EST & WEST IS HABITABLE TO THE FERREST END OF THE ERTH BOT THE SOUTH FOR OUR' CRUELL HETIS AND THE NORTH FOR OUR' WEHEMENT CALDIS AR' INHABITABLE THE MYDDIS OF THE ERD HABITABLE IS IERUSALEM THE HABITABLE & INHABITABLE A CITE CAYM ( VCQ ) MYLIS EST FRA IERUSALEM TO THE QUHILK IS FRA THE WEST END OF THE ERTH ( VMQ ) MYLIS AT THE MAST AND ALSMEKLE FRA IT TO THE WEST PARTIS OF PARADYS THE LENTH OF THE ERD ( XMQ ) MYLIS THE BREID ALSMEKLE AND THE ROUNDNES ( XXXMQ ) MYLIS THIS BENE THE PRINCIPALE DIUISIONIS OF THE ERD WITH MONY MA TO BE EXPREMIT HERE EFTER IN THIS MEMORIALE IN THE PETIGREIS OF THE ( VJ ) AGE AND THIS DIUISIOUN MAID AS SAID IS BE NOYE IN THE SAID SECUND AGE SEM THE ELDEST

SON OF NOYE IN THE SECUND ZERE EFTER THE FLUD GAT ARPHAXAT OF QUHOM COME THE CALDEIS ARPHAXAT OF ( ICQ XXXV ) ZERIS PROCREAT CAYNAN OF QUHOM COM SAMARYTANIS AND YNDIS OF CAYNAN COME SABA AND SABA OF ( ICQ XXX ) ZERIS GAT EBER' OF QUHOM COME EBREY AND THE NAME OF THE LANGAGE HEBREWE EBER' OF ( ICQ XXXIIIJ ) ZERIS GAT PHALECHE IN QUHAIS DAYIS NEMBROD BIGGIT THE TOWR' OF BABULONE IN THE FEILD OF SYNAR THIS NEMBROD WAS THE FIRST MAN THAT EUER TUK IN HAND TO BE MASTER OUR VTHER FOLKIS AND TO SUBDEWE PEPLE TILL HIS OBEYSANCE AND HE BIGGIT THIS HIE HORRIBLE & STRANG TOWRE THINKING IT SULD CONSERF HIM & HIS FRA SICLYK ANE NOTHER FLUDE AND ALS TO MAK WERIS ON GOD FOR HIS DESYRIS FFOR THE QUHILK GOD SCATTERIT THE TUNG OF HEBREWE QUHAR' WITH ALL FOLKIS SPAK TILL THAT DAY IN ( IIJXQXQ XIJ ) LANGAGIS SA THAT NANE WNDERSTUD VTHER AND SA CONFUSIT FALZEIT TO BIG FERRARE THIR ( IIJXQXQ & XIJ ) LANGAGIS FFIGURIS ( IIJ ) SCORE ( XIJ ) BUKIS IN THE ALD TESTAMENT AND THE NEW AND ( IIJXQXQ ) & ( XIJ ) IUGIS WNDER' MOYSES FIGURIS OF ( IIJXQXQ & XIJ ) DISCIPLIS THAT CRIST CHESIT NIXT THE APOSTELIS TO PRECHE HIS FAITH I CES FOR PROLIXITE TO TELL THE QUANTITE THIKNES AND HICHT OF THIS TOWRE PHALECHE ( ICQ XXX ) ZERIS GAT RAGANE IN QUHAIS DAYS FALS GODDIS WAR' FIRST ADORNED RAGANE OF ( ICQ & XXX ) ZERIS GAT SERUTH THAN RAIS THE REALME OF SYTHAM SERUTH ( ICQ XXX ) ZERIS GAT NACHOR' THAN RASE THE KINGDOME OF EGIPT NACHOR OF ( LXXIX ) ZERIS

GAT THARE THAN RAS THE KINGDOMIS OF ASYMORUM AND SYCYNORUM THARE OF THE AGE OF ( LXX ) ZERIS GAT ABRAHAM THAN ANE THOROASTRES FAND FIRST ART MAGIK THIS AGE WAS REULIT BE SEND PATRIARKIS SON EFTER THE FADERE THAT IS TO SAYE NOE SEM ARPHAXAT CAYNAN SALE EBER PHALECH RAGAN SERUTH NACHOR THARE THE DAIT OF THIS AGE ( IMQ XXIJ ) ZERIS ITEM THE THRID DAYIS OPERACOUN GOD COMMAUNDIT THE WATTERIS WNDER' THE HEVYNE TO BE GADDERIT IN ANE AND THE DRY APPERE QUHILK HE CALLIT THE ERTH TO THE QUHILK CORESPONDIS THE BEGYNNYNG OF THE THRID AGE FOR AS THE ERD IS FERME & VNCONSUMABLE BE MAN SO WAS THE LUF VNCONSUMABLE THAT GOD GAF TO MAN IN THAT AGE AS FIRST TO ABRAHAM TO QUHOM HE MAID PROMYS TO SAIF MANNIS SEID AND NEUER AFOR' SAYNG ( IN SEMINE TUO ) THIS ABRAHAM QUHEN HE OFFERIT HIS SON YSAAC ON THE MONTANE TO SLA HIM IN SACRIFICE AT THE COMMAND OF GOD WAS FIGUR' OF OUR FADER' OF HEVIN THAT OFFERIT HIS SON IHESUS IN SACRIFICE TO THE HILL OF THE CROCE TO PASSON FOR OUR' SALUACOUN THE ANGELL SUFFERIT NOCHT ABRAHAM TO SLAY THE CHILD THE FADER' OF HEVIN CONSERUIT THE GODHED OF THE SON VNHURT WITH THE IOWIS ABRAHAM MAID SACRIFICE OF A RAM MINISTERIT TO HIM BE THE ANGELL THE FADER' OF HEVIN OFFERIT HIS A SON A RAM ON THE CROCE CALLIT ARIES THARFOR ARIES HAS DOMINACOUN IN THE HED FFOR CRIST IS HED & WE MEMBERIS THE CHILD YSAAC FOLLOWAND THE FADER' HAME FFIGURIS CRIST ASCENDING IN GODHED AND

MANHED TO HIS FADER' ABRAHAMS AS AND SERUANDIS TARIJT IN THE VALE QUHEN HE & HIS SONE ASCENDIT TO THE MONT FFIGURIS IOWIS INDURACOUN FRA THE FAITH QUHILK WE ASCEND WITH SACRIFICE THIS ABRAHAM SAW THRE CHILDER' DISCENDING AND ADORNED BOT ANE FFIGURIS OF THRE PERSONIS AND BOT A GOD ITEM THAIR COME FOURE KINGIS AND REWLLIT THE CUNTREIS AND TUKE LOTH ABRAHAMIS BROTHER SON AND VTHERIS IN CAPTIUITE QUHILKIS KINGIS ABRAHAM OURTHREW AND RESKEWIT THE PRESONERIS AND GUDIS AND SO RETORNED WITH VICTORY ( REX SALEM ) MELCHISEDECH PREST AND KING MET HIM AND OFFERIT TO HIM BREID AND WYNE SAYNG ( BENEDICTUS ABRAHAM DEO ALTISSIMO ) FFIGURIS OF OUR BLIST SACRAMENT FIRST BREID & WYNE CONSECRAT & INSTITUT BE CRIST AND PRESTIS HAVING HIS POWERE HIS BLISSIT FLESCHE & BLUD OUR SALUACOUN FFOR QUHILK WE SAY EUER IN OUR MES THE REMEMBERANCE OF THRE OBLACIONIS OF RICHTUIS ABELL AND ABRAHAM THAT OFFERIT YSAAC AND OF THE SAID MELCHISEDECH SAYNG (MUNERA PUERI TUI IUSTI ABEL ET * SUMMUS SACERDOS TUUS MELCHISEDECH ) ABRAHAM ( ICQ ) ZERIS OF AGE PROCREAT YSAAC & YSMAELE FRA QUHOM TO SAY AS LAUCHING FFOR THE AULD MODER LEUGH QUHEN THE ANGELL SAID SCHO SULD CONSAIF FIGURIS OF THE ANGELLIS SYNGYNG IN CRISTIS BIRTH ( GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DEO ) AND OF THE ANGELL SAYNG TO TOBY ( ANNUNCIO TIBI GAUDIUM MAGNUM ) YSAAC OF ( IIJXQXQ ) ZERIS GAT IACOB

THAN RAIS THE KINGDOME OF ARGIUORUM THIS IACOB PASSING OUT OF HIS CUNTRE SAW A LEDDER IN A PLACE REKING FRA HEVIN TO ERD WITH ANGELLIS ON IT ASCENDING & DISCENDING FFIGURIS THAT IHESUS IOYNIT GODHED & MANHED HEVIN & ERD TOGIDDER ANGELLIS ASCENDING & DISCENDING IN HIS BIRTH AND ASCENCOUN IACOB WERSILLIT WITH THE ANGELL FFIGURIS THE IOWIS CONTRARYING CRIST IACOB GAT THE ANGELLIS BLISSING FIGURIS THAT IEWIS WAS FIRST THE BLIST CHOSIN SEID BOT EFTER CONDAMPNIT THE ANGELL BRAK A SENNOUN IN IACOBIS THE FOR THE QUHILK HE HALTIT & THAIRFOR IOWIS ETIS NEUER SENNONIS FFIGURIS THAT IOWIS FOR THAIR ERROURIS HALTIS & LAKING THE SENNONIS THAT SULD FORCE THE BODY THAT FIGURIS THAI LAK THE FAITH OF CRIST STRANGE CLENE SYNE THAT SUPPORTIS ALL SAULLIS AND ALS FOR WENGEANS THE SENNOUN OF THE SECRET PORE IS BROKIN QUHAR' AS THAI BLEID THARE ( ET * DEDIT ILLIS ) IACOB PROCREAT IOSEPH AND IN THAT DAYIS FLORENTUS FAND & MAID LAWIS OF GRECE THIS IOSEPHE SAULD IN EGIPT BE HIS BRETHER FOR INVY FIGURIS CRIST SALD BE FALS IUDAS HIS BROTHER IOSEPHE WAS CONFORT & HELP OF HIS FADER' MODER' & BRETHER IHESUS OF MARY IOSEPHE AND THE APOSTOLIS & OF ALL THAIM CRISTIN IOSEPHIS CLATHIS WAS STRENKLIT WITH BLUD AND IHESUS CLATHIS WITH BLIST BLUDE IOSEPHE SUBDEWIT ALL EGIPT AND IHESUS ALL ERTHIS WITH HIS FAITH IOSEPHE DECLARIT ALL DIRK VISIONIS QUHILK FIGURIS THAT IHESUS FULFILLIT & DECLARIT ALL PROPHESIIS AND MISTY SCRIPTOURIS MEMODQ THAT HER' BEGAN THE SERUITUDE OF IOWIS IN EGIPT INDURING ( ICQ LXIIIJ ) ZERIS IN THIR' DAYS ANE KING

ATHLAS FAND ASTROLOGY STUDYING ON THE HIE GRET MONT ATHALENTICUS WITHIN THIR DAYIS RAS MOYSES THAT IN FELDIS SAW A BUSK BIRNYNG AND CUMMYN TO IT FAND IT HALE & FERE VNBRYNT FIGURIS OF OUR LADY WITH CHILD SEMYNG OF MANNIS SEID & SCHO A VIRGIN THE HALY GAST SPAK IN THE BUSK TO MOYSES THE HALY GAST IN THE VIRGINIS WAME ( SPIRITUS SANCTUS SUPERUENIET IN TE ) MOYSES LED THE PEPLE OF ISRAELE OUR THE REDE SE QUHARE KING PHARO & ALL HIS PRINCES & OST WAS DROWNIT FFIGURIS IHESUS LED OUR PROGENITOURIS FRA HELL QUHAR LUCEFER' AND ALL HIS ANGELLIS DROVNIS FOR EUER MOYSES RESAUIT THE COMMANDEMENTIS THE ( L ) DAY NIXT EFTER HE LED THE PEPLE OUR THE RED SE FIGURIS THAT THE APOSTOLIS RESAUIT THE HALY GAST THE ( L ) DAY EFTER CRISTIS RESURRECTIOUN IN THIR' DAYIS DATHAN AND ABIRONE SANKE TO HELL FOR YDOLATRY AND VTHER SYNNIS FIGURIS OF INDURAT FOLKIS AS IOWIS & VTHERIS THAT FOR SYNNIS SYNKIS TO HELL IN THIRE DAYIS CHORE & HIS SEID BLEWE ANE GOLDIN CALF AND CALLIT IT THAR' GOD FOR THE QUHILK MOYSES & THE SONNIS OF HELY SLEW ( XXMQ ) OF THAIM AND THAIR WAS INSTITUT' AND GEVIN TO THE SONNIS OF HELY PONTIFICALE DIGNITE FOR THAI WAR' FAITHFUL & PVNIST SYNNARIS FFIGURIS OF IOWIS AND SARAZENIS SLANE IN HELL BR CRIST & HIS ANGELLIS FOR THAIR MISBELEF ITEM MOYSES DECESIT THAR' QUHOM GOD BERIJT BOT NEUER KNAWIN TO MAN QUHAR' BECAUS THE IOWIS WALD HAF ADORNED HIM AS A GOD AND ALS FIGURIS THAT IOWIS HAD NEUER POWERE OF CRISTIS BODY EFTER HIS PASSIOUN IN THIR' DAYIS WAS BALAAN QUHOM BALAAC THE WIKIT KING CHARGIT TO CURS IOSUE & THE IOWIS BOT HIS AS SPAK TO HIM AS A MAN & MAID HIM SE GODIS

ANGELL CHARGIN HIM TO CURS BALAAC AND NOT THE IOWIS TO QUHOM BALAAM SAID ( QUOMODO POSSUM MALIDICERE POPULI TUI BENEDIXIT DOMINUS ) IN THIS AGE & DAYIS AS MOYSES LED THE PEPLE OF ISRAEL BE MIRAKLE THROU THE RED SE SO IOSUA THE FIRST OF THE THRE IOWIS OF THE ( IX ) NOBILLIS LED THAIM BE MIRAKLE OUR FLUM IORDANE SLEW ( XXX ) KINGIS AND WAN THE LAND OF PROMISSIOUN QUHAR' AT THE GRET BATALL OF GABAON THE SON STUD STILL CONTRAR' NATURE AND COURS AT HIS PRAYERE AND MINISTERIT TO HIM DAYIS LICHT QUHILL HE HAD FULL VICTORIE OF HIS ENEMYS FFIGURIS THAT THE SON ALTERIT CONTRAR' NATUR QUHEN IHESUS SUFFERIT PASSIOUN HAVING VICTORIE OF FEYNDIS IN THAT BLIST BATELL IN THAI DAYIS CRICEHONIUS FAND FIRST CARTIS AND WANES IN TROY AND IN MOYSES DAYIS QUHILK REWLIT THE PEPILL OF HEBREWE ( XL ) ZERIS WAS LETTERIS AND SCRIPTOUR FUNDIN EFTIR' IOSUE CALETH REWLIT AS IUGE AND EFTER HIM OTHOMYELL FOURTY ZERIS THAN CATHIMUS FAND LETTREZ OF GREWE EFTER CALETH AYOTH REWLIT ( IIIJXQXQ ) ZERIS THAN FABLIS WARE FIRST FUNDIN EFTER HIM SYNAGATH & EFTER HIM DELBORA ( XL ) ZERIS THAN APPOLLO FAND FIRST PHISIK IN THIR' DAYS THE GRET EMPRIOUR OF GRECE ADRASTUS AND THESEUS DUKE OF ATHENIS DISTROYIT THE GRET CITE OF THEBES QUHARE ALL THE FLOUR' OF GRECE WAR' SLANE & ALL THE THEBANIS FEW OR NANE LEFT ON LYF EFTER' DELBORA IADION REULIT THE ISRAELITIS OF QUHAIS WERIS & FLES TO TELL IT WAR' OUR PROLIXT IN THIS AGE IASON WAN THE GOLDIN FLES AND HERCULES WITH HIM THAT SLEW THE MONY MERWALUS MONSTERIS AS SAID IS QUHILKIS TWA WITH THRE KINGIS PELLIUS POLLUX & CASTOR WITH DUKE NESTOR

AND MONY DUKIS DISTROYIT FIRST TROY SLEW KING LEAMEDONE AND THE FLOUR' OF CHEVALRY IN TROY EFTIR' IADYON REWLLIT ALBYNATH THAN WAS THE CROUDE FUND IN GRECE EFTIR' HIM THALA ( XXIJ ) ZERIS THAN REGNIT KING PRIAME OF TROYE EFTER' THALA REULIT IEPTE ( VJ ) ZERIS THAN HERCULES WAS BRYNT THROU DYAMERA BE A WENNOMUS SARK EFTER IEPTE ABESON REULLIT ( VIJ ) ZERIS IN QUHAIS DAYIS PARIS FORSIT QUENE ELENE OF GRECE FOR THE QUHILK AGAMENON MENELAUS AND ( IIJ ) SCORE OF KINGIS AND PRINCIS OF GRECE SEGIT TROY ( X ) ZERIS ( VJ ) MONETHIS AND ( XIJ ) DAYIS SLEW KING PRIAME ALL HIS SONNIS & CHEUALRYE AND DISTROYIT THE CITE QUHARIN OUR MONY KINGIS PRINCIS KNYCHTIS AND PEPLE DEIT THE NOVMERE OF GREKIS ( VIIJCQ ) THOUSAND THE NOVMER OF TROIANIS SLANE ( VJCQ ) THOUSAND & MA EFTER ABESON REWLLIT LAPIDON ( VIIJ ) ZERIS AND EFTER HIM SAMPSON ( XXTQJQ ) ZERIS AND VNDONE BE DALIDA IN THAI DAYIS ASCANIUS BELDIT ALBANY EFTER SAMPSON HELY REWLIT ( XL ) ZERIS IN QUHAIS DAYIS THE ARK WAS TAKIN WITH PHILISTYIS AND IOWIS OURTHRAWIN EFTER HELY SAMUEL ( XL ) ZERIS QUHILK MAD SAULE FIRST ANONTIT KING AND DAUID IN KING TO CUM IN THAI DAYIS WAS OMERUS THIS AGE WAS REWLIT BE PATRIARCHIS VIZ ABRAHAM YSAAC IACOB LEW CHAAT AMRAM THAN ENTERIT IUGIS MOYSES IOSUE CALETH ATHOMYELL AYOTH SENYGATH DELBORA IADION ABYMELECH THALA IARN IEPTE ABESON ATHALION LAPIDION SAMPSON SAMUEL HELY AND THIS AGE INDURIT IN DAIT ( VIIJCQ XLIJ ) ZERIS ITEM THE FOURT DAY GOD MAID SON MONE & THEQ STERNIS TO SCHYNE IN THE WARLD CORESPONDING TO THE FOURT AGE QUHAR' AS HE FLOURIT & ILLUMINIT THE WARLD WITH SEREYNE

ILLUSTYRE EXCELLENT KYNGLIE MAIESTE AND TEMPLIS TO MINISTRACOUN OF GODDIS CLENE AND LICHT SERUICE AS DAUID KING & PROPHET FIRST OF THAT AGE A GRET LICHT IN ERD HE SLEW GOLIAS THE LYOUN AND THE BAIRE AND MAID FRE THE PEPLE OF ISRAELE FIGURIS OF CRIST THAT OUR'THREWE THE FEYNDIS AND MAIDE FRE MANNIS SAULL ( SUPER' ASPIDEM ET BASILISCUM AMBULABIS ) DAUID MESIT THE ILL SPREIT IN THE KING SAULL WITH HARPING CRISTE WITH TECHING & PRECHING CONFOUNDIT ERROURIS & FEYNDLY PERSWASIONES THE HALY GAST SPEKING IN DAUID HE PROPHETIZIT THE PSALTER COMPLETE CRIST IOYNIT THE TWA TESTAMENTIS FULFILLIT ALL SCRIPTURIS AND PROPHESIS IN THE ( XL ) ZERE OF DAUIDIS REGNE THE GRET CITE CARTAGE WAS BIGGIT IN AFFRIK BE QWENE DIDO TO QUHOM COME ENNEAS BROTHER IN LAW TO KING PRIAME OF TROYE AND GRETEST LORD NIXT THE KING QUHILK SPOUSIT HIR' AND THAIREFTER LEFT HIRE AND SALIT TO YTALIE THIS ENNEAS GAT ASCANEUS AND HE PROCREAT SILUIUS FADER' TO BRUTUS PROGENITOUR WITHIN THIR' DAYIS COME IN YNGLAND AND FOUNDIT LONDOUN FIRST CALLIT TROYE NAWANT' NEW TROY ( IIJCQ ) ZERIS & MARE BEFOR' ROMYS FUNDACOUN ( IIIJMQ ) ZERIS ( IIJXQXQ XIIIJ ) EFTER GOD CREAT THE WARLD FFOURE SCORE & FOUR' ZERIS EFTER THE DISTRUCTIOUN OF TROYE ( IMQ ICQ & V ) ZERIS BEFOR' CRISTIS INCARNACOUN IN THIS TYME WAR' GAD NATHANE & ASAPHE PROPHETIS DAUID PROCREAT SALAMON QUHILK REGNIT ( XL ) ZERIS A GRET LYCHT HE BIGGIT THE TEMPLE OF IERUSALEM WRAIT THE BUKIS OF SAPIENS PROUERBIS AND PARABILIS EFTER' HIM REGNIT HIS SON ROBOAM ( XVIIJ ) ZERIS IN THIS TYME WAS DEVYDIT THE KINGDOMES OF ISRAELE

AND IUDA AND EFTER HIM ABYA FIVE ZERIS THAN WAS ABYMYLEC BISCHOP EFTER HIM ASAPH ( XLJ ) ZERIS THAN NAUM AND IOELL WAR' PROPHETIS EFTER HIM REGNIT IOSAPHAT ( XXV ) ZERIS THAN HELYAS ABDYAS & MECHIAS WAR' PROPHETIS EFTER HIM IORAM ( VIIJ ) ZERIS THAN ELEAS & HELEZEUS WAR' PROPHETTIS EFTER HIM AZARIAS A ZERE THAN WAS ELEAS WPLIFTIT TO PARADYS BODY & SAULL PRESERUIT TO ATTEST OUR FAITH IUST CONTRAR' THE ANTECRIST AS SAID IS OF ENOCH HIS FALOW FFIGURIS OF CRISTIS ASCENDING AND SALL DISCEND TO IUGEMENT CONTRAR' THE FEYND THIS HELIAS WAS EXILD BEFOR' BE THE CURST QUENE IESEBELL BECAUS HE PRECHIT AGANE YDOLATRY QUHAR' AT HIS PRAYERIS THAIR FELL NO RAYNE ON THE ERD THRE ZERIS AND ( VJ ) MONETHIS FFIGURIS OF IUST FAITH SCRIPTURIS AND PRESTHED FALZEIT AMANGIS IOWIS THRE ZERIS & ( VJ ) MONETHIS OR CRIST COME IN ERD HELY DUELT ON THE RYVER' OF SYDRONE AND DRANK WATTER CRIST DRANK BITTER PASSIOUN FOR WS HELY WAS FED BE THE RAVYNE CRIST WITH THE PURE THE SPREIT OF HELY WAS DOUBLIT IN HIS DISCIPLE HELIZEUS THE HALY GAST IN THE APOSTILIS THAR EFTER ATHALIA REGNIT ( VIJ ) ZERIS THAN IOADDAS WAS GRET PREST IN IERUSALEM THAN REGNIT IOAS ( XL ) ZERIS IN QUHAIS TYME HELIZEUS DEIT THAN REGNIT AMAZIAS ( XXVIIJ ) ZERIS THAN WAS COMPLETLY BIGGIT CARTAGE THAN SUCCEDIT OZIAS ( LIJ ) ZERIS AND TO HIM IOACHIM ( XVJ ) ZERIS IN QUHAIS DAYS WAS BORNE ROMULUS & REMUS FOUNDARIS OF ROME THAN

THAN WAS ACHAS KING AND ROME FOUNDIT IN HIS DAYIS THAN REGNIT EZECHIAS ( XXIX ) ZERIS THAN SENATOURIS RAIS IN ROME TO THIS EZECHIAS GOD SEND HIS PROPHET YSAIAS TO WARNE HIM HE SULD DE QUHARFOR HE TORNED HIM TO THE WALL AND WEPIT CRYING MERCY THAN GOD CHARGIT THE PROPHET TO SAY THAT HE ADDIT TO HIS LYF ( XV ) ZERIS AND TO ASSURE ZE KING HEREOF THE SON CONTRAR HIS COURS REGRESSIT BAKWARDIS ( X ) MYLIS FFIGURIS THAT SYNNARIS WEPING SALL HAF GRACE AND SPACE OF LYF TILL AMEND WITHOUT FALL OF SODAND PLAGIS OR WENGEANCE I REID LITILL OR NOCHT THAT THE SON CONTRAR' NATURE BRAK HIS COURS BOT FOR THIS KING & IOSUE AS SAID IS AND IN CRISTIS PASSIOUN EFTER HIM REGNIT KING MANASSES ( LV ) ZERIS THAN WAS SIBILLA EFTER AMON ( XIJ ) ZERIS AND THAIREFTER IOSIAS ( XXXIJ ) ZERIS THAN FLOURIT TALES THE PHILOSOPHOUR NIXT THAIREFTER REGNIT IOACHIM ( XJ ) ZERIS AND EFTER HIM SEDECHIAS IN THAT DAYIS NABUGUDONOSORE WAN AND OPTENIT IERUSALEM & LED ALL THE IOWIS IN CAPTIUITE TO ASSERYE BABULONE & HIS LANDIS & ALL THE TEMPLE OF IERUSALEM THIS AGE WAS REULIT BE THE KINGIS AFORSAID DAUID FIRST AND SEDECHIAS LAST AND THIR' AR THEQ NAMES IN PETEGRE DAUID SALAMON ROBOAM ABIAS ASA IOSAPHAT IORAM ORARIAS ACHIA IOAS AMAZIAS OZIAS IOATHAN ACHAS EZECHIAS MANASSES AMON IOSIAS IOACHAS IOACHIM & SEDECHIAS AND THIS AGE INDURIT IN DAIT ( IIIJCQ LXXIIJ ) ZERIS BE KINGIS THE THRID ORDOUR THE FIFT DAY GOD MAIDE ALL BESTIS FISCHIS AND FOULIS QUHILK EUER INDURIS IN LAUBOUR WEIT FYRE CALDIS AND TRUBLE DAY & NYCHT TO THE QUHILK CORESPONDIS

THE FYFT AGE THAT IS TO SAYE THE TRANSMIGRATIOUN OF BABULONE ALSMEKLE TO SAY AS FRE PASSAGE OF IOWIS FRA THRALDOM & CAPTIUITE IN ASSERIE BABULONE AND VTHER LANDIS INDUCIT BE NABUGODONOSORE INDURING ( LXX ) ZERIS AND THAN DELIUERIT BY CYRUS KING OF PERS AND MEDE QUHILKIS IOWIS AS FISCHE FOWLIS BESTES WAR' IN WETE FYR' CALD & LAUBOUR AND DANGER' OF LAUBOUR BE REWERIS DESERTIS AND VTHER MOLESTACIONIS OR THAI MYCHT RETOUR' TO IOWRY & IERUSALEM & REBELD THAIR CITES & TEMPLIS IN THIS AGE WAS DANIELE QUHILK DELIUERIT SUSAN DOCHTER OF HELCHY SPOUS OF IOACHIM FRA IUGEMENT OF ( IJ ) FALS PRESTIS AND CONVICT THAIM TO BE BRINT THIS INNOCENT SUSAN WALD NOCHT CONSENT TO THAIR SENSUALITES IS FIGUR' OF HALY KIRK THE PRESTIS DESYRING TO SYN WITH HIR' FIGURIS IOWIS TENDING TO DISTRUCTOUN OF HALY KIRK SUSAN DELIUERIT BE DANIELE FFIGURIS HALY KIRK SUPPORTIT BE CRIST THE PRESTIS CONFUSIOUN OF IOWIS THE INDURACOUN & CONDEMPNATIOUN DANIEL DISTROYIT GRET BELL YDOLL OF BABULON AND THE DRAGON FFIGURIS THAT CRIST OURTHREW ALL FEYNDIS AND DELIUERIT MANNIS SAULL DANIELL PUT IN PRESON A MANGIS LYONIS THAI OBEYIT HIM WITHOUT MOLESTACON SO CRIST DISCENDING TO HELL WAS OBEYIT WITH FEYNDIS WITHOUTIN INTERRUPCOUN AND IN CASE THE LYONIS HUNGERIT & THRISTIT BLUDE THE FEYNDIS MANNIS SAULL NOTHER WAS DANIELL THE FIGUR NOR CRIST IN EFFECT INFEST WITH ATHER OF THAM ABACUKE THE PROPHET BROCHT FUDE TO DANIEL IN THE PRESON LIFTIT BE GODIS ANGELL BE A HAIR' OF HIS HED OURE KINGDOMES AND IT VNBROKIN FFIGURIS OF THE SALUTACIOUN OF GABRIELL TO OUR LADY QUHILK CONSAUIT WITH CLEUE VIRGINITE AND VNBROKIN AS THE HAIR' AND AS THE PORTIS WAR'

CLOSED ON DANIEL SA WAS THE WIKKEIT OF THE VIRGIN FRA SYN IN THIS AGE IUDITH THE WEDOW SLEW OLYFERNUS PRINCE OF ASSIREAS AND RESKEWIT IERUSALEM OLEFERNUS SEGING IT FFIGURIS THE FEYND INVADING MANNIS SAULL IUDITH FIGURIS OUR LADY MODER & WEDO THAT OURTHREW THE FEYND IN THIS AGE THE STORY OF IUDITH WAS COMPLETIT IN THE BIBILL AND ALS THE BUKIS OF HESTER' QUHAR' ASSUERUS KING OF ASSERY HIS QUENE WASTI FOR INOBEDIENS & DISPOUSIT HESTER' QUHILK FIGURIS THAT CRIST & HIS APOSTOLIS DEPRIVIT THE IOWIS CONTEMPNYNG GODDIS FAITH AND SPOUSIT HIS KIRK ON WS GENTILLIS BE VSING HIS FAITH IN THIS AGE WAS ANANIA AZERIAS & MYSELL PUT IN A FYRY FORNACE FOR THAI WALD NOCHT ADORN YDOLATRY THE FYRY FLAWMIS BRIST OWT AND DID NO HARME TO THE CHILDER BOT BRYNT THE DOARIS CALDEIS THAN THAI CHILDER MAID THIS PSALM ( BENEDICITE OMNIA OPERA ) FFIGURIS THE FEYNDIS & CURSIT MEN TRUBLING HALY KIRK & BLISSIT FOLKIS FOR THE QUHILK THE FYRY WENGEANS OF HELL LICHTIS ON THAIM IN THIS AGE WAS THE GRET PHILOSOPHOUR ARESTOTILL AND ALS GRET KING ALEXANDER' CONQUEROUR OF ALL THE WARLD QUHILK LIFFIT BOT ( XXXIJ ) ZERIS AND IN HIS CONQUEST BOT ( XIJ ) TO QUHOM HIS PHILOSOPHOUR SAID QUHEN HE WAS DEID LO ALEXANDER' ZISTERDAY NOCHT CONTENT OF ALL THE WARLD THIS DAY ( VIJ ) FUTIS OF IT IS LORD OF HIM ANE NOTHER SAID LO ALEXANDER' ZISTERDAY FED WITH ALL DELYTIS THIS DAY HE IS WORMES FUDE AND ALS HIS MOUTH IS FULL OF WORMES AS MET TO HIM THE THRID SAID LO ALEXRQ ZESTERDAY ALL PRINCIS & PEPLE IN THIS WARLD DESYRIT TO SE ALEXRQIS KNYCHTLIE WICTORIUS

PERSOUN THIS DAY ALL FOLKIS ABHORRIS TO SE HIS WYLE DEDLY CARIOUN THE FOURT SAID LO ALEXRQ ZISTERDAYE NOCHT CONTENT OF ALL RICHES & GOLD IN THE ERD THIS DAY HE IS WAPPIT IN GOLD & GOLD KEPAR' OF HIM WITH MONY VTHER RESSONIS CONTRAR' FALS WARDLIE FRAGILITEIS IN THIS AGE BALTASER' KING OF BABULONE AT HIS FEIST RIALL SAW ANE HAND WRITTIN ON THE WALL ( MANE TECHILL PHARES ) QUHILK DANIELL EXPOUND TO BE HIS DETH AND TAKING OF HIS CITE FOR WENGEANCE OF HIS CURSIT LYF AND POMP THAT HE HAD WITH HIS CONCUBINIS VSING THE GOLDIN WESCHELL REFT OUT OF THE TEMPLE & CITE OF IERUSALEM ( VNDE VERSUS ) ( * * ) IN THIS AGE DARYUS CIRUS KING OF PERS & MEDE DISTROYIT THIS BALTASER AND DELIUERIT THE PEPLE OF ISRAEL IN THIRE DAYIS WAS THE GRET PHILOSOPHOUR PLATO AND THE STORIES OF HESTER' IN THE BIBILL COMPLETIT AND THEQ BUKIS OF MACHABEORUM IN THIS AGE WAS ( LXXIJ ) INTERPRETOURIS THAT IS TO SAY EXPOSITOURIS OF HEBREWE GREWE & LATYNE AND VTHERIS LANGAGE ALS HEREEFTER ANE IHC' WRAT THE BUK OF SAPIENS AND THE SECUND BUKE OF MACHABEORUM WAS COMPLETIT IN THIR' DAYIS IN THIS AGE ROMANIS OPTENIT GRECE SYRIA EGIPT & IURY BE THAIR CAPITANE POMPEYE AND ALS IULIUS CESAR SUBDEWIT TO ROME FRAUNCE SPANZE BRETTANE AND THE WEST PARTIS IN THIS AGE WAS THE GRET WERIS BETUIX ROME & CARTAGE AND THAIR CAPITANE CYPIO AFFRICANE AND HANNABALE QUHILK FOR PROLIXITE I CES AS NOW IN THIS AGE KINGIS SESIT AND THE FOURT ORDOUR PRESTIS REWLIT OF QUHOM THIR' BE THE NAMES IHC' IOACHIM ELIZIB IUDAS IHON SYMON IUSTUS ELEAZERE MANASSES

ONIAS SYMEON ONIAS IHC' IASON ONIAS MANELAY ALCHIMUS IAD IONATHAS SYMON ARESTOBOLUS ALEXRQ ALEXRQ HIRCANUS ANNA YSMEL HELYAZER SYMON & IOSEPH CALLIT CURSIT CAYPHAS IUGE TO CRIST THAN SESIT ALL GRACE VNCTONIS AND PROPHECYS OF IOWIS FOR MISKNAWYN OF THAIR GOD & SCRIPTURIS AND THE PROPHESY OF THAIR AWNE PROPHETTIS AS DAUID & VTHERIS SPECIALY ( IIIJ ) PRINCIPALE THAT IS TO SAY YSAIAS IEREMIAS EZECHIEL & DANIEL WITH ( XIJ ) LAWAR' PROPHETTIS THAT IS TO SAY OSEE IOEL AMOS ABDIAS IONAS MECHIAS NAUM ABACUC SOPHONIAS AGGEUS ZACHARIAS MALACHIAS THIR' WAR' PRINCIPALE WITH VTHERIS FFRA CRISTIS PASSIOUN WAS NEUER PROPHET FOR HE COMPLETIT ALL PROPHECY AND THIS AGE INDURIT ( VCQ LXXIJ ) ZERIS AND THIR' BE THE MAST NOTABLE ACCIDENTIS BREVIT THUS IN SCHORT TYMES THAT BENE APPRIVIT BE SCRIPTURIS IN THIS FIFT AGE EXCEPT THE OPINIONIS OF FEYNIT POHETIS AND FALS GENTILIS & YDOLATRIS QUHILK I DESYR' NOCHT TILL INDYTE AS SATURN AND IUBITER' HIS SON GODDIS OF THE AIRE NEPTUNUS OF THE SE PLUTO OF HELL AND MARS GOD OF BATELL THE SON CALLIT APPOLLO GOD OF KINGLIE GLORE VENUS GODDAS OF LUF & CUPIDO HIR SONE MARCURIUS GOD OF SLEPE SCIENCE RICHES THE MONE CALLIT DYANA IN WODDIS LUNA IN THE AIRE & LUCINA IN THE SE OR BELUS FADER' OF KING NINUS IN BABULONE OR BEELPHEGORE OR IULAM GOD OF A PEPLE CALLIT MAWRICIENSIS OR YSIS IN EGIPT SERAS GODDAS OF CORNIS PROSERPINA GODDAS OF HELL PHAWNY GOD OF LATYNIS QUIRYN GOD OF ROMANIS MYNERUA OR PALLIS OF ATHENIS BACHUS GOD OF WYNE VLCANE SMYTH OF IUBITER FORGEOUR OF FYRE AND THUNDERE SPOUS OF VENUS BELLONA & OTHEA GODDES OF PRUDENS DUELLING APON PARNASON MONT CALIOPE & HIR' SISTER ORPHEUS NAPENES & PARTEW GODDAS OF FLOURIS ESPERUS LUCIFER OR THE THRE SISTERIS

FATALL CALLIT CLOTO LATIS & ANTROPUS THRE WERD SISTERIS VERSUS ( * * ) OR GOG MAGOG MACHOMET MAHOUN OR PALLADION QUHOM ALL I OFFEND THAREFOR LEVIS THIR FALS REGENDIS KNAWING BOT A GOD IN ( IIJ ) PARSONIS AND ALSO I SET NOCHT ME TO TRET OF FALS OPINIONIS OF GENTILIS CALLIT SATURNUS THE FIRST MAN AND IUBITER HIS SON QUHILK SLEW FIRST BESTIS IN SACRIFICE OR LYCAON KING OF ARCHAS OR DEUCALION & PIRRA HIS WYF REGENERING MAN EFTER THAT THE WARLD WAS DROVNIT OR GANYMYDES SON OF KING PRIAME OF TROY MAID SPENSER TO IUBITER' IN THE AIRE OR VLCANE OR IUNO THAT BRYNT THE MONTANIS OR PEON ADRASTUS SCHIPHERD OR DEDALUS AND HIS SON YCARUS THAT FLAW WITH FETHEREMMIS OR PHILLIS DOCHTER OF KING LYGORGE CHANGIT IN A TRE FOR LUF OF DEMYFON OR OF ALL THE GODDIS OF BATELLIS OF TROIANIS & GREKIS OR YPOLITA SLANE & RASIT TO LYF BE DYAN OR CADANUS BIGGER' OF ATHENIS OR EWROP A VIRGIN DEFLOURIT BE IUPITER CHANGIT IN A BULL OR HOW IUBITER GAT HERCULES ON ALMENA SPOUS OF AMPHYTRIONE OR OF HERCULES GRET PROWES OR OF ORPHEUS HARPING HIS WYF ERUDICES OUT OF HELL OR HOW SERES SEND TRYTOLANUM THAT FIRST SEW CORNES ON ERTH OR BELLOROPHONE OR KING TYTONE THAT LIFFIT SA LANG QUHILL HE BECOME ANE GERSHOPPAR' OR OF HERCULES SPORTIS IN OLIMPHY MONT OR OF THE THONDERIS & FYREFLAUCHT OF SALMON KING OF ELDIS SLANE BE IUPITERE OR OF THE DOCHTER OF KING ACRISEUS CLOSIT IN A TOWRE OR OF LYCHONYA & NYOBE SISTERIS OR OF THE KING OF CRETE AND KING PANDONERIS DOCHTERIS PROGENE & PHILOMENE OR OF THE QWENE SEMYRAMUS OR OF CELLA THE DOCHTER OF KING NYSUS AND KING MYNOS OR OF FALS POETIS AS MOPSO & CALCAN WITH MONY MA YPOCRIPHIS & FABLIS OF GENTILIS IN THAIR AGIS ADMITTIT BE THAIM I TRET NOCHT BOT REFERRIS ME TO BOCHAS & OTHERIS AUCTORIS FFOR I SAW BOT SPECIALE

NOTABLES AUTENTIK OR CANON MAST AMANGIS THE PETIGREIS OF THE ( VJ ) AGE AND IN SPECIALE OF THE CHOSIN PEPLE AND OUR' SLIPPIS MONY NOTABLES FALLING IN THE ALD TESTAMENT BESEKING THE REDARIS TO PARDON ME THAIROF FFOR I SET ALL PROLIXITES BY IN THIS BREUE MEMORIALE AND SA I END SCHORTLIE MY BREUIATE TRETY OF THE ( V ) AGE CONVENIENT TO THE ( V ) DAYIS WERKE DATIS PETEGRES & PART OF NOTABLE ACCIDENTIS IN THE SAM AND SO PROCEDIS TO THE ( VJ ) AGE IN THE ( VJ ) DAYIS OPERACOUN GOD CREAT MAN ADAM IN THE FEILD OF DAMYCEN WITHIN THE WALL OF EBRONE TO THE QUHILK CORESPONDIS THE ( VJ ) AGE IN THE QUHILK GOD BECOME MAN FOR OUR SALUACOUN AND INSTITUT' THE NEW TESTAMENT IOYNYNG IT AND THE ALD TOGIDDER FULFILLING ALL FIGURIS AFOR'SAID & MONY MA WITH ALL PROPHECIS AND SCRIPTURIS THE QUHILK NEW TESTAMENT HE INSTITUTE IN ORDOURIS THE FIRST APON THE FOUR' EWANGELISTIS MATHEU PORTURIT IN MANLY FIGOUR FOR HE TRETIS MAST OF GODDIS HUMANITE AND WRAIT HIS GOSPELLIS IN IURY IN EBREWE THE SECUND IS MARCUS IN FORME OF LYON FOR HE TRETIS OF GODDIS MICHTIEST POWERE AND STRENTH IN GREW LANGAGE FFOLLOVING PETER IN YTALY THE THRID IS LUKE IN PORTRATOURE ANE OX QUHILK IS A STRANG BEST AND CALD & MEKE FOR THE QUHILK HE TRETIS MAST OF THE HUMILITE OF IHESUS IN GRECE THE FERD IS IHON FIGURIT ANE EGILL HIEAST ON FLICHT AND LANGEST OF LYF FFOR HE TRETIS MAST OF GODDIS HIE DIUINITE IN HEBREWE IN ASIA THIR' FOUR' FIGURIS ( IIIJ ) FLUDIS OF PARADYS THAT IS PHISON TYGRIS EUFRATES & NYLUS QUHILKIS REPLETIS ALL ERTHIS OF DULCE WATTERIS & RICHES LYK AS THIRE ( IIIJ ) APOSTOLIS DOIS LICHT THE WARLD WITH DULCE TECHING & PRECHINGIS

OF CRISTIS FAITH THE TOTHER OF THE NEWE TESTAMENT IHESUS GROUNDIT APON THE APOSTOLIS EPISTOLIS AND ON THE ACTIS OF APOSTOLIS & ON SANCT IHONE IN THE BUKE OF APOCALIPS ALSMEKLE TO SAY AS REUELACOUN QUHILK ALD TESTAMENT AND NEW CRIST AS EFFOR' IOYNIT IN ANE FOR AS IN THE ALD TESTAMENT AR FOURE MANERIS & WAYIS OF BUKIS LEGALL HISTORIALL SAPIENCIALE & PROPHETALL TO THE QUHILKIS CORESPONDIS THE BUKIS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT AS HOW TO LEGALL BUKIS OF LAW OF MOYSES CORESPONDIS THE BUKIS OF THE ( IIIJ ) EWANGELISTIS TO BUKIS HISTORIALL & STORYIS THE ACTIS OF APOSTOLIS TO SAPIENCIALE THE EPISTLIS OF PAULE THE PROPHETALL THE PROPHESIS OF THE ALD TESTAMENT SANCT IHON IN THE APOCALIPS THUS NOCHT ONELY BE THE FULFILLING & IOYNYNG OF THIR' TWA TESTAMENTIS BE CRIST BE FIGUR' BOT ALS AGGREING IN QUADRAT WEYIS OF BUKIS CORESPONDING TILL VTHERIS FFOR QUHILK EZECHIAS THE PROPHET SAW A QUHELE WITH ( IIIJ ) FACIS IN MYDDIS OF ANE NOTHER QUHELE TAKIN OF THE IOYNYNG OF THIR' SAIDIS ( IJ ) TESTAMENTIS BE CRIST AND AS THE ALD PROCEDIS IN FOUR' WAYIS OF BUKIS AS SAID IS IT WAS REWELIT BE ( IIIJ ) MANER OF PEPILL PATRIARKIS FRA ADAM TO MOYSES IUGIS FRA MOYSES TO KING DAUID KINGIS FRA DAUID TO THE TRANSMIGRACOUN PRESTIS FRA THE TRANSMIGRACOUN TO CRIST QUHAIS NAMES & ALS THE PROPHETIS ZE HAF HERD AFORE IN THE PETEGRIES OF THE ( VJ ) AGE AND ALSWA THE SCRIPTURIS OF THIR' TWA TESTAMENTIS MAY BE WNDERSTAND IN FOUR' MANER' OF WAYS THE LITERAL SENS THE ALLEGORY THE MORALITE & ANAGOSITE WITH ( IIIJ ) MANERE OF PROGRESSIONIS THAT IS THE HICHT THE DEPNES THE LENTH AND THE BREID OF HALY SCRIPTURE BOT AS TO DECLAR' ALL THIS HEIRE IT WAR' OUR PROLIXT MAIR OWRE THE ( XIJ ) ARTIKILLIS OF THE TROUTH SEND BE THE HALY GAST IN THE ( XIJ ) APOSTOLIS MOUTHIS AGGREIS TO THE ( XIJ ) PROPHETTIS AS FOLLOWIS

(IN PRIMIS IEREMIAS PATREM INUOCABITIS QUI TERRAM FECIT) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * THUS AGGREIS THE PROPHETTIS OF THE ALD TESTAMENT AS FIGURIS TO THE APOSTOLIS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT IN THE FAITH ACCORDING IN EFFECT' THAT CRIST FULFILLIT ALL SCRIPTURIS AND IOYNIT THIR' TWA TESTAMENTIS AS ANE FOUR' NUIKIT STANE ( * * EST ) VPON THE NEW TESTAMENT DEPENDIS ALSO THE BUKIS AND COMMENDIS OF THE ( IIIJ ) BLIST DOCTORIS IEROM GREGOUR AMBROS AND AUGUSTYNE THE MASTERIS OF HISTORIJS AND SENTENS AND GENERALLY ALL BUKIS PROPHESIS AND SCRIPTURIS IN BAITH THIR' TESTAMENTIS CONCLUDING ALL ON CRIST TO BE COMPLET BE HIM

IN THIR' ( VJ ) AGIS HAS BENE THRE LAWIS FIRST THE LAW FRA ADAM TO MOYSES SECUNDLIE THE LAW PRECEPTIVE THAT IS THE TEN COMMANDEMENTIS INDURING FRA MOYSES TO CRIST AND ALL THAT DEIT VNDER THIR' TWA LAWIS PASSIT TILL HELL QUHILL IHESUS BROCHT THE THRID LAW CALLIT LAW OF GRACE QUHILK REDEMIT MANNIS SAULL FRA THE ORIGINALE SYN OF ADAM AND LEFT POWER' IN ERD TO PRESTHED TO ABSOLZE MAN FRA SYN IN CASE HE FALL BE CONFESSIOUN CONTRICOUN AND SATISFACTOUN QUHILK WAS NEUER AFOR' AND ALS LAWIS CANNOUN CIUILE & POSITIUE AR BOT PENDIKLIS APON CRISTIS LAW OF GRACE AND BE THAI IN CONTRARY OR DEROGACOUN OF IT IN ONY THING THAT IS NO LAW ITEM APON THIS LAW OF GRACE AND NEW TESTAMENTIS DEPENDIS NEIDFULL TO OURE SALUACOUN THE ( XIJ ) ARTIKLIS OF THE TREUTH OF CRIST THE ( VIJ ) SACRAMENTIS THE ( X ) CONMANDEMENTIS GYDYNG OF MANNIS FIVE WITTIS TO GODDIS PLESOUR THE FOUR' CARDINALE WERTUIS TEMPERANCE IUSTICE FORTITUDE & PRUDENCE AND TO OBSERUE THE ( VIJ ) DEIDIS OF CHERITE TO ESCHEW THE ( VIJ ) DEDLY SYNNIS WITH BRAUNCHIS AND SPYCIS OF THAIM WITH POYNTIS OF SPECIALE AND GENERALE CURSING THE QUHILKIS & VTHERIS MA AR SO NOTOURLIE KNAWIN THROU DULCE TECHING & PRECHING OF PRELATIS CLERKIS CURATIS PRECHOURIS COMMOUN TO ALL CRISTIN PEPLE THAT IT IS NOCHT NEDEFULL TO EXPREME THAIM HERE IN THIS SEMPLE MEMORIALE AND ALS I TUK ON ME BOT TO SCHAW SUM NOTABLES & PETEGRES WITH DAITIS OF THIR' ( VJ ) AGIS OF THE TWA TESTEMENTIS & VNDER' CORRECTIOUN AND MAR' OWR' I DYLAT NOCHT FOR THE SAMYN CAUS THE BLISSIT LEGENDIS OF HALY SANCTIS LYFIS OF THE NEWE TESTAMENT NOR QUHAT HALY FADERIS PAPIS HAS BENE IN ROME SEN SANCT PETER NOR EMPRIOURIS SUCCESSIVE FRA OCTOVIANE THE FIRST EMPRIOUR IN QUHAIS DAYS CRIST WAS BORNE THE ( XLIJ ) ZERE

OF HIS EMPYRE NOR THE MISTERIJS OF CRISTIS CONCEPCOUN BIRTH LYF MIRAKLIS PASSIOUN DETH RESURRECTIOUN AND ASCENCIOUN AGGREING ME THAIRIN TO DOCTOURIS AND SCRIPTURIS AFOR'SAID WITH ALL VTHER THINGIS LEFT IN THIS MEMORIALE SPEIDFULL TO BE EXPREMIT IN BAITH THIR' TESTAMENTIS ITEM THE ( VIJ ) DAY GOD RESTIT FRA HIS WERKIS CONUENIENT AND CORESPONDING TO THE ( VIJ ) AGE QUHILK SALBE REST ETERNALE OF SAULIS EFTER THE TERRIBLE EXTREME DAYE OF IUGEMENT AND QUHAR' AS GOD RESTIT THE ( VIJ ) DAY SA SALL THAI IN HEVIN OR HELL BOT HOW IT IS THAIRTO NANE KNAWIS BOT GOD AND NOW WE AR' IN THE ( VJ ) AGE LAST & NIXT EFFOR' THEQ DAY OF IUGEMENT BEGYNNYNG AT THE BIRTH OF CRIST BOT OF THE TAKINNIS OF IUGEMENT AR' CUMMYN & FALLIS DAYLY BOT THE LAST AND WERST SALL BE THE ANTECRIST QUHAIS CURST PROCREACOUN WERST LYF & MOST DAMPNABLE END I TRETE NOCHT AS HEIR' NOR ZIT THE PERPETUALE PANES OF HELL NOR THE EUERLESTING IOYIS OF HEVIN TO THE QUHILK HE BRING WS ALL THAT BOCHT WS WITH HIS PRECIUS BLUDE SWETE IHESUS ( AMEN ) (COLOPH) HEIR' ENDIS THE FIGURIS OF THE ALD TESTAMENT CONFORME TILL THE NEW TESTAMENT ACORDING ( VJ ) WERK DAYIS TILL THE ( VJ ) AGIS AND RESTAND IN THE ( VIJ ) DAY & AGE ( PER ) M IO ASLOAN (END OF COLOPH)