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<B ANON>
<K*C 1>
<E PORT NOBLE>
<Q S>
<MPLP>
<P 1>
<S 8> NOR COMPT OF IS LIF THAT SEWIS NOGHT DILIGENCE QUHILK
AWAYKYNIS ALL OTHER VERTUES QUHAT AVALIS OR QUHAT IS
ANE MAN WORTH THAT MUSIS AND LYIS IN SLOGARDY THAT
WILL HAUE ANE SOFT BED ANE FULL WAME REMANYNG AT EAS
AND PAS THE TYME DAY BE DAY AND WOLK BE WOLKE AND REKIS
NOT NOR TAKIS NA COMPT HOW ALL THING PAS QUHAT
BE WONNYN OR QUHAT BE TYNT AND WILL HAUE MEN BEFOR
HYM BAIR HEID KNELAND AND SAYNGE THAT HE IS ANE NOBILL
QUHILK IS GRET MERUAL QUHAIR HIS AWNE DEDIS SCHEWIS THEQ
CONTRAIR BOT QUHA THAT IS A NOBILL HE LERIS QUHAIR OF SERUIS
DILIGENCE THAT AWAIKNIS ALL OTHIR VERTUIS O NOBILL
MAN THE WYNE GRAIP ROTTIS AND DEIS GIF IT LY AT THE ERD
VNDIR THE LEIF THE MICHEIF AND FALL AWISE AND CONSULIS A
MAN AND DILIGENCE THAT A WAIKNIS ALL VERTUES IN TRAUAIL
MAKIS OF ANE RUD AND VNNURIST MAN ANE MAN CUNNING
PERT AND WEILL MANERIT
<S 9> THE ( IX ) VERTU IN NOBILL MAN
IS CLENELYNES
THE HERT SET IN NOBILNES AND DESIRAND HIE HONOUR
SULDE DESPISE ALL FILTH AND VNHONESTI FOR HE DESPRISIS
HIS NOBILNES THAT TAKIS KEIP AND TENT TO OTHIR MENIS
GUYDING AND KEPIS NOGHT HYM SELUE CLENE HE THAN SULD
NOTHIR SAY NOR DO THING THAT WAR TO DISCOMENDE NOR THAT
MYGHT EMPAIR OR SKAITH ANE OTHIR MAN NOR THTQ MYTQ MYNISE
HIS AWNE LOSE AND HONOUR GIF HE AVISIT THOGHT AND LUKIT
WEILL  TO HYM SELUE THTQ TAKIS TENT & KEIP TO ALL OTHIR MEN
FOUL SPEKING AND MEKILL MYSSAING OR FLITYNG OR ANE VNHONEST
DEUISE TO THE MAN THAT IS SENE AND BEHALDYN BE MONY
<P 2>
MEN FOR HONESTE IS REQUIRIT TO KEIP IN SAIF GARD THAM
THAT TAKIS COMPT AND KEIP OF OTHIR MENNIS GUYDING O
NOBILL MAN BE CLENELINES OF PERSON PLESAND & FAIR HAUYNG
THAY KEIP THAM FRA FILTH THTQ TAKIS KEIP TO ALL OTHIR MEN
<S 10>  THE TENT VERTU IN ANE NOBILL MAN IS LARGES
LARGES IN ALL CAICE IS SA CURTASE AND AVENAND THAT
IT PLESIS TO IT SELF AND PROFFITTIS ALL OTHERIS FOR IT
IS THE RENT OF HONOUR QUHAIROF THE ANE WYNNIS PROFIT
THE OTHIR MEREITE IT PROFFITIS THE TAKAR AND DELITIS THE GIFFER
AND AMENDIS AND SETTIS THAME BAITH IN RIGHT THAIR
IS NA THING TYNT THTQ LARGES DISPENDIS FOR HE DISPENDIS ALL
HIS GUDIS BE WISEDOM AND TO LARGES ALL WAY GUDIS CUMIS
AND ABOUNDIS BOT THE PRODIGAL MAN SPENDAND WITHOUT
MESURE & PROUISION WAISTIS AND DESTROYIS LARGES THAN THTQ
PROFITIS AND EKIS HYM SELF AND PLESIS & CONTENTIS ALL OTHERIS
AS THE TECHER OF ALL VERTUIS IN THIS WARLDE THE REWARD
TAKIN OBLISIS THE TAKER AND ACQUITIS THE GIFFER OF HIS GRET
BOUNTE THING THAIRFOR GIFFIN IS BETTIR THAN ALL THE LAIF (PR.LAIT)
FOR GUDIS HID REPORTIS BOT LITILL THANKE IOY OR PLESEIR AND
AUARICE IS WARYIT & HALDYN ABHOMINABLE BE SA MEKILL THTQ
SCHO CLOSIS HIR HAND AND GIFFIS TO NA MAN AND IT CUMMIS
OFTYMES TO THE AUARICIUS THAT ANE OTHIR SPENDIS AND PUTTIS
TO THE WYND THE GUDIS THAT HE GADERIT WITH GRET TROUBLE
AND PANE AND GIF THAIR CUMIS TO HYM WEXATION WERRE OR
TROUBLE THAR IS NA MAN THTQ COMPTIS OR SETTIS THERBY SUPPOIS

IT CONFUND HYM BOT LARGES GETTIS ALL TYME FRENDIS AND
HELP THTQ IS THE TECHAR OF ALL VERTU IN THIS WARLDE HEIRFOR
ANE FRE LIBERAL HERT QUHARIN NOBILNES INHABITIS SULDE
NOGHT BE SCARS & HALDAND BOT BLITHAR AND MAIR IOCUND TO
GIF THAN TO TAK FOR LARGES RELEUIS AND SUCCURIS A MAN
<P 3>
AND SCARSNES INTERDITIS NOBILITE GUD DEID IS SIC THAT GOD
WILL THTQ IT BE REUARDIT HEIRFOR BE LARGES THE GUD DEPARTIS
CUMMIS AGAIN GUD DEID TINIS NEUER IT SELF IN NA TYME BOT
SA MEKILL AS IT DOIS REDOUNDIS AGAN TO HIS MAISTIR FOR LARGES
BERIS THEQ STANDARD VPON ALL RENTIS THAT IS THE TECHAR OF
ALL VERTUES IN THIS WARLDE O NOBILL MAN THE RICHE MAN THTQ
LATTIS HONOUR FOR EXPENSIS GUDIS FAILLIES HYM & ALL SCHIFT
IN HYM CONFOUNDIS BE LARGES THE HERTIS OF MEN AR SENE
AND VNDIRSTANDE THTQ IS THE TECHER OF ALL VERTUIS IN THIS WARLDE
<S 11> THE LEUYNT VERTU IN NOBILL MAN IS SOBIRNES
QWHEN GUD DESIRE THAT INTENDIS TO ASCEND AND CUM TO
HYGHT PUTTIS THE THOGHT TO CUM TO HONOUR THAN
SULDE ANE MAN HAULDE AND REUL HYM SOBIRLY AND ESCHEV
DISTEMPERANCE OF WYNE & HEIT THAT TURNYS GUD AVISE IN  FOLY
GREUIS STRENTH DOIS WRANG AND HURTIS THE NATUR TROUBLIS
THE PEACE MOVIS DISCORD AND LEVIS ALL THING VNPERFITE
BOT ( PR. BOS ) QUHAY THTQ WILL DRAW SOBIRNES TO HYM SCHO IS HELPLIE
OF LITILL APPLESIT HELP OF THE WITTIS  WACHE TO HELE
KEPER OF THE BODY AND CONTYNEWAL LYNTHARE OF THE LIF FOR TO
EXCESSE THAIR MAY NEUIR CUM GUD NOR PROFIT NOR BODY NOR
LIF IS NEUIR THE BETTIR AND SA IT TYNIS ALL MANER CONTINENCE
VOCE AYND LYTHENES AND COLOURE A GLUTON ALL WAY
HAS SUM SEIKNES OR SOROW HE IS HEUY FAT AND FOULE HIS LIF
SCHORTIS & HIS DED APPROCHIS THAIR IS NA MAN THTQ BEUALIS
OR MENYS A MAN GIF HE DRAVIS HIM NOGHT TO SOBIRNES AS
SCHO THTQ ALL MAN PLESIS HELP OF THE WITTIS WACHE OF THE HELE
KEPER OF THE BODY AND LYNTHAR OF THE LIF AND HE THAT CAN
REULE HIS MOUTH THAT IS VSCHARE TO THE HERT HOW SULDE HE
CUM TO KNAWLEGE TO HAUE GUYDING OF GRET THINGIS GLUTONY
ALL WAY LEUYS HIE HONOUR & GRAITHIS ALLANERLY DEDE TO
<P 4>
HYM SELF ANE FUL WAME IS NEUER AT EAS BOT SLEPAND FOR
OTHIR THINGIS HE NEUER THINKIS DOIS NOR DREMIS BOT SOBIRNES
GYFFIS ALL THINGIS IN SUFFICIENCE AND TO AL THINGE
THAT VERTU IS FOR SCHO IS HELP OF THTQ WITTIS WACH TO THE HELE
KEPAR OF THE BODY & LYNTHER OF THE LIFE
<S 12> THE ( XII ) VERTU IN ANE NOBIL MAN IS PERSEUERANCE
O EXCELLENT HIE & GODLY VERTU MYTQTY QUENE & LADY PERSEUERANCE
THTQ MAKIS PERFIT FULFILLIS & ENDIS ALL THINGIS
FOR QUHAY THTQ KEPIS THY FAITHFULL & TREW TECHINGE FYNDIS
WITHOUT STOP THE WAY OF LOUYNGE PEAS & SUFFICIENCE
THOW OURE CUMMIS ALL THING BE THY SECURE CONSTANCE THAT
TIRIS NEUER TO SUFFRE THOU OUR CUMMIS WANHAP THTQ PASSIS
FORTUNE & IN ALL PLACIS SCHO GYFFIS TO THE VICTORY THAN BE
RESONE THOU GETTIS THE CROWNE QUHEN ALL VERTUIS GYFFIS
TO THE OUIRHAND & BE THY GIDYNG CUMIS TO HIE LOUING THAY
SULDE WEIL ADOURE THE AS LADY MAISTRES & PATRONE SEN THE END
MAKIS AL THINGE TO BE LOUIT THOU ART SCHO THTQ EXAMINIS
AL HERTIS & AS THE GOULDE CHESIS OUT THE FYNIT HERTIS IN TREUTH
& LEAUTE BE THY HUMYL SUFFERANCE AND QUHAY THTQ TO THE ASSURIS &
DELIUERIS HIM SELFE THOU RASIS HIM QUHEN HE IS TO FALL
AND GIFFIS HIM SUSTENANCE & COMFORT BOT THE FEBIL HERT CASTYN
IN VARIANCE SPILLIS & TYNIS IN SCHORT SPACE ALL THTQ IT DOIS INUY
BREKIS SIC FOLKIS THAY WANT VERTU IN DEFALT OF FATHE

TYRIS THAME & HONOUR HABANDONIS THAME THAY AR PUNIST
LADY GOD THANK THE FOR GUDE MEN HAS GUDE THTQ TO GUDE ATTENDIS
AND AL NOBLYS THTQ SEIKIS TO HIE WORSCHIP GIFE THAY BE
WISE & WILL AWOWE TO SERUE THE SEN THE ENDE MAKIS AL WARKIS
TO BE LOUIT HE DOIS NA THING THTQ BEGYNNIS & ENDIS NOGHT
AND THTQ IN HIS WARKIS INCLYNIS HIM TO VARIANCE QUHEN
THE WARK IS HIE WORTHY & LOUABLE GIF THE VNDIRTAKING TURN
<P 5>
NOT TO PERFEIT END HIS LABOUR PASSIS AS AT NOGHT AND REMANYS
OUT OF REMEMBRANCE & THTQ IS ATOUR MESURE REPREIF &
SCHAME FOR THAIR A MAN TYNIS HIS NAME & HIS SCIENCE &
HIS GUDIS INCONTINENT AR TYNT & GAIS TO NOGHT BOT QUHAY
THAT WITH RIGHT ORDANYS & AUISIS HIS DOINGIS & TO A PERFIT
END IN TREUTH & LAUTE PERFURNYSIS THAM HIS GUDIS THAN
MAKIS THAM TO BE AMENDIT & EKIT AND THAY THTQ INCONTYNENT
AND HAISTY YEILDIS THAM TO FORTUNE THTQ IS TO ADUERSITE MAY
FURWITH DISAUOW NOBILNES SEN THE ENDE IN ALL THINGIS MAKIS
THE WARKIS TO BE LOUIT O NOBIL MAN THAY AR NOBLIS
THAT DISPENDIS THAIR BODY & GUDIS IN TREUTH & LAUTE & DEFENDIS
THAIR LORDE NOGHT LOUSANDE THE RIGHT KNOT OF THAIR
FAITH SEN THE ENDE MAKIS ALL WARKIS TO BE LOUIT
NOBLES REPORT YOUR MATYNIS IN THIS BUKE
AND WYSELY LUK YE BE NOT CONTREFEIT
NOR TO RETRETE SEN LEAUTE SEIKIS NA NUKE
AND GOD FORSUKE BREUILY FOR TO TREIT
ALL THAT FALS AR AND NOBLIS CONTREFEIT
(COLOPH) HEIR ENDIS THE PORTEOUS OF NOBLENES TRANSLATIT OUT OF
FRANCHE IN SCOTTIS BE MAISTIR ANDROW CADIOU IMPRENTIT
IN THE SOUTHT GAIT OF EDINBURGH BE WALTER CHEPMAN
& ANDROW MILLAR THE ( XX ) DAI OF APRILE THE YHERE OF GOD
( MCCCCC + VIII ) YHERIS(END OF COLOPH)

<B ANON>
<KC 2>
<E GOL AND GAW>
<Q S>
<MRA>
<H ABABABABCDDDC>
<P 7>
<L 1> IN THE TYME OF ARTHUR AS TREW MEN ME TALD
THE KING TURNIT ON ANE TYDE TOWART TUSKANE
HYM TO SEIK OUR THE SEY THAT SAIKLESE WES SALD
THE SYRE THAT SENDIS ALL SEILL SUTHLY TO SANE
WITH BANRENTIS BARONNIS AND BERNIS FULL BALD
BIGGAST OF BANE AND BLUDE BRED IN BRITANE
THAI WALIT OUT WERRYOURIS WITH WAPINNIS TO WALD
THE GAYEST GRUMYS ON GRUND WITH GEIR THAT MYTQ GANE
DUKIS AND DIGNE LORDIS DOUCHTY AND DEIR
SEMBILLIT TO HIS SUMMOVNE
RENKIS OF GRETE RENOVNE
CUMLY KINGIS WITH CROVNE
OF GOLD THAT WES CLEIR
THUS THE ROYALE CAN REMOVE WITH HIS ROUND TABILL
OF ALL RICHES MAIST RIKE IN RIALL ARRAY
WES NEUER FUNDUN ON FOLD BUT FENZEING OR FABILL
ANE FARAYR FLOURE ON ANE FEILD OF FRESTH MEN IN FAY
FARAND ON THAIR STEDIS STOUT MEN AND STABILL
MONY STERNE OUR THE STREIT STERTIS ON STRAY
THAIR BANERIS SCHANE WITH THE SONE OF SILUER AND SABILL
<L 21> AND VTHIR GLEMYT AS GOLD AND GOWLIS SO GAY
OF SILUER AND SAPHIR SCHIRLY THAI SCHANE
ANE FAIR BATTELL ON BREID
MERKIT OUR ANE FAIR MEID
WITH SPURRIS SPEDELY THAI SPEID
OUR FELLIS IN FANE

THE KING FARIS WITH HIS FOLK OUR FIRTHIS AND FELLIS
FEILL DAIS OR HE FAND OF FLYND OR OF FYRE
BOT DEIP DALIS BEDENE DOVNIS AND DELLIS
MONTAINS AND MARRESSE WITH MONY RANK MYRE
BIRKIN BEWIS ABOUT BOGGIS AND WELLIS
WITH OUTIN BEILDING OF BLIS OF BERN OR OF BYRE
<P 8>
BOT TORRIS AND TENE WAIS TEIRFULL QUHA TELLIS
TUGLIT AND TRAVALIT THUS TREW MEN CAN TYRE
SA WUNDIR WAIT WES THE WAY WIT THE BUT VVENE
AND ALL THAIR VITTALIS WAR GONE
THAT THAY WEILDIT IN WONE
RESSET COUTH THAI FIND NONE
TYTQ SULD THAIR BUTE  BENE
<L 40> AS THAY WALKIT BE THE SYDE OF ANE FAIR WELL
THROU THE SCHYNYNG OF THE SON ANE CIETE THAI SE
WITH TORRIS AND TURATIS TEIRFULL TO TELL
BIGLY BATOLLIT ABOUT WITH WALLIS SA HE
THE YETTIS WAR CLENELY KEPIT WITH ANE CASTELL
MYGHT NONE FANG IT WITH FORCE BOT FOULLIS TO FLE
THAN CARPIT KING ARTHUR KENE AND CRUELL
I REDE WE SEND FURTH ANE SEND TO YONE CIETE
AND ASK LEIF AT THE LORD YONE LANDIS SULD LEID
THAT WE MYGHT ENTIR IN HIS TOUNE
FOR HIS HIE RENOUNE
TO BY VS VITTALE BONNE
FOR MONEY TO MEID
SCHIR KAY CARPIT TO THE KING COURTES AND CLEIR
GRANT ME LORD ON YONE GAIT GRAITHLY TO GAY
AND I SALL BOID WORD BUT ABAID BRING TO YOU HEIR
GIF HE BE FREIK ON THE FOLD YOUR FREYND OR YOUR FAY
SEN THI WILL IS TO WEND  WY NOW IN WEIR
LUKE THAT WISLY THOW WIRK CRISTE WERE THE FRA WA
THE BERNE BOVNIT TO THE BURGH WITH ANE BLITH CHEIR
FAND THE YETTIS VNCLOSIT AND THRANG IN FULL THRA
<L 61> HIS HORS HE TYIT TO ANE TRE TREULY THAT TYDE
SYNE HYNT TO ANE HIE HALL
THAT WES ASTALIT WITH PALL
WEILL WROGHT VVES THE VVALL
AND PAYNTIT WITH PRIDE
<P 9>
THE SYLOUR DEIR OF THE DEISE DAYNTELY WES DENT
WITH THE DOUGHTYEST IN THAIR DAIS DYNTIS COUT DELE
BRIGHT LETTERIS OF GOLD BLITH VNTO BLENT
MAKAND MENCIOUNE QUHA MAIST OF MANHEDE COUH MELE
HE SAW NANE LEVAND LEID VPONE LOFT LENT
NOUTHIR LORD NA LAD LEIF YE THE LELE
THE RENK RAIKIT IN THE SAILL RIALE AND GENT
THTQ WONDIR WISLY WES WROGHT WITH WOURSCHIP & WELE
THE BERNE BESELY AND BANE BLENKIT HYM ABOUT
HE SAW THROU ANE ENTRE
CHARCOLE IN ANE CHYMNE
ANE BRIGHT FYRE COUYTH HE SE
BIRNAND FULL STOUT
ANE DUERGH BRAYDIT ABOUT BESILY AND BANE
SMALL BIRDIS ON BROTHE BE ANY BRIGH FYRE
<L 81> SCHIR KAY RUSCHIT TO THE ROIST AND REFT FRA THE SWANE

LIGHTLY CLAUGHT THROU LUST THE LYM FRA THE LYRE
TO FEID HYM OF THAT FYNE FUDE THE FREIK WES FULL FANE
THAN DYNNYT THE DUERGE IN ANGIR AND YRE
WITH RARIS QUHIL THE RUDE HALL REIRDIT AGANE
WITH THAT COME GIRDAND IN GREIF ANE WOUNDER GRYM SIRE
WITH STOUT CONTENANCE & STURE HE STUDE THAME BEFORNE
WITH VESAGE LUFLY AND LANG
BODY STALWART AND STRANG
THAT SEGE WALD SIT WITH NONE WRANG
OF BERNE THAT WES BORNE
THE KNYGHT CARPIT TO SCHIR KAY CRUEL AND KENE
ME THINK THOW FEDIS THE VNFAIR FREIK BE MY FAY
SUPPOSE THI BIRNY BE BRIGHT AS BACHILER SULD  BEN
YHIT AR THI LATIS VNLUFSUM AND LADLIKE I LAY
QUHY HAS THOW MARRIT MY MAN WITH MAISTRI TO MENE
BOT THOW MEND HYM THAT MYS BE MARY MYLDE MAY
<P 10>
THOW SALL REW IN THI RUSE WIT THOW BUT WENE
OR THOW WEND OF THIS WANE WEMELES AWAY
SCHIR KAY WES HAISTY AND HATE AND OF ANE HIE WILL
<L 101> SPEDELY TO HYM SPAK
SCHORT AMENDIS WILL I MAK
THI SCHORE COMPT I NOGHT ANE CAIK
TRAIST WELE THAIR TILL
THAIR VITH THE GRUME IN HIS GREIF LEIT GIRD TO SCHIR KAY
FELLLIT THE FREKE WITH HIS FIST FLAT IN THE FLURE
HE WES SA ASTONAYT WITH THE STRAIK IN STEDE QUHARE HE LAY
STOK STILL AS ANE STANE THE STERNE WES SA STURE
THE FREIK NA FORTHIR HE FARIS BOT FOUNDIS AWAY
THE TOTHIR DREW HYM ON DREIGH IN DERNE TO THE DURE
HYIT HYM HARD THROU THE HALL TO HIS HAIKNAY
AND SPED HYM ON SPEDELY ON THE SPARE MURE
THE RENK RESTLES HE RAID TO ARTHOUR THE KING
SAID LORD WENDIS ON YOUR WAY
YONE BERNE NYKIS YOW WITH NAY
TO PRISE HYM FORTHIR TO PRAY
IT HELPIS NA THING
THAN SPAK SCHIR GAWANE THE GAY GRATIOUS AND GUDE
SCHIR YE KNAW THAT SCHIR KAY IS CRABBIT OF KYNDE
I REDE THE MAK FURTH ANE MAN MEKAR OF MUDE
THAT WILL WITH FAIRNES FRAIST FRENDSCHIP TO FYND
YOUR FOLK AR FEBILL AND FAYNT FOR FALT OF THAIR FUDE
<L 123>SUM BETTER BOID WORD TO ABIDE VNDIR WOD LYND
SCHIR GAWYNE GRAITH YE THAT GAIT FOR THE GUDE RUDE
IS NANE SA BOWSUM ANE BERNE BRITH FOR TO BYND
THE HEYND KNIGHT AT HIS HAIST HELD TO THE TOVNE
THE YETTIS WAPPIT WAR WYDE
THE KNYGHT CAN RAITHLY IN RYDE
REYNIT HIS PALFRAY OF PRYDE
QUHEN HE VES LIGHIT DOUNE
<P 11>
SCHIR GAWYNE GAIS FURTH THE GAIT THTQ GRAITHIT WES GAY
THE QUHILK THAT HELD TO THE HALL HEYNDLY TO SE
THAN WES THE SYRE IN THE SAILL (PR. FYRE IN THE FAILL) WITH RENKIS OF +
ARRAY
AND BLITH BIRDIS HYM ABOUT THAT BRIGHT WES OF BLE
WOURTHY SCHIR GAWYNE WENT ON HIS WAY
SOBIRLY THE SOUERANE SALUST HAS HE
I AM SEND TO YOUR SELF ANE CHARGE FOR TO SAY
FRA CUMLY ARTHUR THE KING CORTESSE AND FRE
QUHILK PRAYS FOR HIS SAIK AND YOUR GENTRICE
<L 140> THAT HE MIGHT CUM THIS TOUN TILL
TO BY VITTALE AT WILL
ALSE DEIR AS SEGIS WILL SELL
PAYAND THE PRICE

THAN SAID THE SYRE OF THE SAILL AND THE SOUERANE
I WILL NA VITTALE BE SAULD YOUR SENYEOUR VNTILL
THAT IS AT YOUR AVNE VVILL SAID WOURTHY GAWANE
TO MAK YOU LORD OF YOUR AVNE ME THINK IT GRETE SKILL
THAN RIGHT GUDLY THAT GROME ANSUERIT AGANE
QUHY I TELL THE THIS TAILL TAK TENT NOW THAIR TILL
PASE ON THI PURPOS FURTH TO THE PLANE
FOR ALL THE WYIS I WEILD AR AT HIS AVNE WILL
HOW TO LUGE AND TO LEYND AND IN MY LAND LENT
GIF I SAULD HYM HIS AWIN
IT WAR WRANG TO BE KNAWIN
THAN WAR I WOURTHY TO BE DRAWIN
BALDLY ON BENT
THARE COME ANE LAITHLES LEID AIR TO THIS PLACE
WITH ANE GIRDILL OURGILT AND VTHIR LIGHT GERE
IT KYTHIT BE HIS COGNISANCE ANE KNIGHT THAT HE WES
<L 160> BOT HE WES LADLIKE OF LAITIS AND LIGHT OF HIS FERE
THE VERRAY CAUSE OF HIS COME I KNEW NOGHT THE CACE
BOT WONDIRLY WRAIGHLY HE WROGHT AND ALL AS OF WERE
<P 12>
YIT WAIT I NOGHT QUHAT HE IS BE GODDIS GRETE GRACE
BOT GIF IT HAPPIN THAT HE BE ANE KNYGHT OF YOURIS HERE
HAS DONE MY LORD TO DISPLEISE THAT I HYM SAID RYGHT
AND HIS PRESENCE PLANE
I SAY YOW IN CERTANE
HE SAL BE SET AGANE
AS I AM TREW KNIGHT
SCHIR GAVYNE GETTIS HIS LEIF AND GRATHIS TO HIS STEID
AND BROGHT TO THE BAULD KING BOID WORD OF BLIS
WEILL GRETIS YOW LORD YONE LUSTY IN LEID
AND SAYS HYM LIKIS IN LAND YOUR LANGOUR TO LIS
ALL THE WYIS IN WELTH HE WEILDIS IN THEID
SALL HALELY BE AT YOUR WILL ALL THAT IS HIS
THAN HE MERKIT WITHT MYRTH OUR ANE GRENE MEID
WITH ALL THE BEST TO THE BURGH OF LORDIS I WIS
THE KNIGHT KEPIT THE KING CUMLY AND CLEIR
WITH LORDIS AND LADYIS OF ESTATE
<L 180> MET HYM FURTH ON THE GATE
SYNE TUKE HYM IN AT YATE
WITH ANE BLIGH CHEIR
HE HAD THAT HEYND TO ANE HALL HIELY ON HIGHT
WITH DUKIS AND DIGNE LORDIS DOUGHTY IN DEID
YE AR WELCUM CUMLY KING SAID THE KENE KNYGHT
AY QUHIL YOU LIKIS AND LIST TO LUGE IN THIS LEID
HEIR I MAK YOW OF MYNE MAISTER OF MYGHT
OF ALL THE WYIS AND WELTH I WEILD IN THIS STEID
THAIR IS NA RIDAND ROY BE RESONN AND RIGHT
SA DEIR WELCUM THIS DAY DOUTLES BUT DREID
I AM YOUR COUSING OF KYN I MAK TO YOW KNAWIN
THIS KYTH AND THIS CASTELL
FIRTH FOREST AND FELL
AY QUHILL YOW LIKIS TO DUELL
RESSAUE AS YOUR AWIN
<P 13>
I MAY REFRESCH YOW VVITH FOLK TO FEGHT GIF YOU NEDIS
WITH THRETTY THOUSAND TALD AND TRAISTFULLY TIGHT
OF WISE WOURTHY AND WIGHT IN THAIR VVERE WEDIS
BAITH WITH BIRNY AND BRAND TO STRENTH YOU FUL STRIGHT
<L 200> WEILL STUFFIT IN STEILL ON THAIR STOUT STEDIS

THAN SAID KING ARTHUR HYM SELF SEYMLY BE SIGHT
SIC FRENDSCHIP I HALD FAIR THAT FORSSIS THAIR DEDIS
THI KYNDNES SALBE QUYT AS I AM TREW KINGHT
THAN THAY BUSKIT TO THE BYNKE BEIRNIS OF THE BEST
THE KING CROVINT WITH GOLD
DUKIS DEIR TO BEHOLD
ALL THUS (PR. ALL YNS) THE BANRENT BOLD
GLADIT HIS GEST
THAIR MYGHT SERUICE BE SENE WITH SEGIS IN SAILL
THOGHT ALL SELCOUGHT WAR SOGHT FRA THE SON TO THE SEE
WYNIS WENT WITHIN THEQ WANE MAIST WOURTHY TO VAILL
IN COUPIS OF CLEIR GOLD BRICHTEST OF BLEE
IT WAR FULL TEIR FOR TO TELL TREULY IN TAILL
THE SEIR COURSSIS THAT WAR SET IN THAT SEMBLEE
THE MERIEST WAR MENSKIT ON METE AT THE MAILL
WITH MENSTRALIS MYRTH FULLY MAKAND THAME GLEE
THUS THAY SOLAIST THAME SELVIN SUTHLY TO SAY
AL THAY FOUR DAIS TO END
THE KING THANKIT THE HEYND
SYNE TUKE HIS LEVE FOR TO WEND
<L 221> AND WENT ON HIS WAY
THUS REFRESCHIT HE HIS FOLK IN GRETE FUSIOUN
WITH OUTIN WANTING IN WAILL WASTELL OR WYNE
THAI TURSSIT VP TENTIS AND TURNIT OF TOUN
THE ROY WITH HIS ROUND TABILL RICHEST OF RYNE
THAY DRIVE ON THE DA DEIR BE DALIS & DOUN
AND OF THE NOBILLEST BE NAME NOUMERIT OF NYNE
<P 14>
QUHEN IT DREW TO THE DIRK  NYCHT AND THE DAY YEID DOUN
THAI PLANTIT DOUN PAUILLONIS PROUDLY FRA THINE
THUS IOURNAIT GENTILLY THYR CHEUALROUSE KNICHTIS
ITHANDLY ILK DAY
THROU MONY FER CONTRAY
OUR THE MONTAINS PAY
HOLTIS AND HILLIS
THAI PASSIT IN THARE PILGRAMAGE THE PROUDEST IN PALL
THE PRINCE PROVIT IN PRESE THAT PRISE WES AND DEIR
SYNE WAR THAI WAR OF ANE WANE WROCHT WITH ANE WAL
REIRDIT ON ANE RICHE ROCHE BESIDE ANE RIVEIR
WITH DOUBILL DYKIS BE DENE DRAWIN OUR ALL
MICHT NANE YAME NOTE WITH INVY NOR NYTQ THAME TO NEIR
THE LAND WES LIKAND IN LARGE AND LUFSUM TO CALL
<L 242> PROPIR SCHENE SCHANE YE SON SEYMLY AND SEIR
THE KING STUDE VESIAND THE WALL MAIST VAILYEAND TO SE
ON THAT RIVER HE SAW
CUMLY TOWRIS TO KNAW
THE ROY REKINNIT ON RAW
THRETTY AND THRE
APONE THAT RICHE RIVER RANDONIT FULL EVIN
THE SIDE WALLIS WAR SET SAD TO THE SEE
SCIPPIS SALANDE THAME BY SEXTY AND SEVYN
TO SEND QUHEN THAME SELF LIST IN SEIR CUNTRE
THAT AL THAI THAT AR WROCHT VNDIR THE HIE HEVIN
MICHT NOCHT WARNE THAME AT WIL TO ISCHE NOR ENTRE
THAN CARPIT THE CUMLY KING WITH ANE LOWD STEVIN
YONE IS THE SEYMLIAST SICHT THAT EUER COUCH I SE
GIF THAIR BE ONY KEYNE KNYCHT THAT CAN TELL IT
QUHA IS LORD OF YONE LAND
LUSTY AND LIKAND
OR QUHAM OF IS HE HALDAND
FAYNE WALD I WIT <L 260>

<P 15>
THAN SCHIR SPYNAGROSE WITH SPECHE SPAK TO THE KING
YONE LORDIS HALDIS OF NANE LEID THAT YONE LAND AW
BOT EUER LESTING BUT LEGIANCE TO HIS LEVING
AS HIS ELDARIS HAS DONE ENDURING HIS DAW
HEVINLY GOD SAID THE HEYND HOW HAPPYNIS THIS THING
HERD THAIR EUER ONY SAGE SA SELCOUTH ANE SAW
SAL NEUER MYNE HART BE IN SAILL NA IN LIKING
BOT GIF I LOISSING MY LIFE OR BE LAID LAW
BE THE PILGRAMAGE COMPLEIT I PAS FOR SAULL PROW
BOT DEDE BE MY DESTENYNG
HE SALL AT MY AGANE CUMYNG
MAK HOMAGE AND OBLISSING
I MAK MYNE AVOW
A LORD SPARIS OF SIC SPECHE QUHILL YE SPEIR MORE
FOR ABANDONIT WILL HE NOGHT BE TO BERNE THAT IS BORNE
OR HE BE STRENYEIT WITH STRENTH YONE STERNE FOR TO SCHORE
MONY LEDIS SALBE LOISSIT AND LIFFIS FORLORNE
SPEKIS NA SUCCEUDRY FOR CRISTIS SONE DEIR
YONE KNICH TO SCAR WYTQ SKAITHT THE CHAIP NOCHT BUT SCORNE
<L 280> IT IS FULL FAIR FOR TO BE FALLOW AND FEIR
TO THEE BEST THAT HAS BENE BEEVIT YOU BEFORNE
THE MYGHTY KING OF MASSIDONE WOURTHIEST BUT WENE
THAIR GAT HE NANE HOMAGE
FOR ALL HIS HIE PARAGE
OF LORD OF YONE LYNAGE
NOR NEUER NONE SENE
THE WY THAT WENDIS FOR TO WERE QUHEN HE WENYS BEST
ALL HIS WILL IN THIS WARLD WITH WELTHIS I WYS
YIT SALL HE LICHT AS LEIF OF THE LYND LEST
THAT WELTERIS DOUN WITH THE WYND SA WAUERAND IT IS
YOUR MYCHT AND YOUR MAIESTE MESURE BUT MYS
IN FAITH SAID THE CUMLY KING THROU YE FULL TRAIST
<P 16>
MY HECHT SALL HALDIN BE FOR BAILL OR FOR BLIS
SALL NEUER MY LIKAME BE LAID VNLAISSIT TO SLEIP
QUHILL I HAUE GART YONE BERNE BOW
AS I HAUE MAID MYNE AUOW
OR ELLIS MONY WEDOU
FUL WRAITHLY SAL WEIP
THAIR WES NA MAN THAT DURST MEL TO THE KING
QUHY THAI SAW THAT MIGHTY SA MOUIT IN HIS MYNDE
THE ROY RIAL RAID WITHOUTIN RESTING
AND SOCHT TO THE CIETE OF CRISTE OUR THE SALT FLUDE
WITH MEKIL HONOUR IN ERD HE MAID HIS OFFERING
SYNE BUSKIT HAME THE SAMYNE WAY THAT HE BEFORE YUDE
THAYR WES NA SPEIRRIS TO SPAIR SPEDELY THAI SPRING
THAI BROCHIT BLONKIS (PR. BLOUKIS) TO THAIR SIDIS BRIST OF REDE BLUDE
THUS THE ROY AND HIS ROUT RESTLES THAI RAID
ITHANDLY ILK DAY
OUR THE MONTAINS PAY
TO ROME TUKE THE REDDY WAY
WITHOUTIN MARE ABAID
THAI PLANTIT DOUN ANE PAILYEOUN VPONE ANE PLANE LEE
OF PALL AND OF PILLOUR THAT PROUDLY WES PICHT
WITH RAPIS OF REDE GOLD RIALE TO SEE
AND GRETE ENSENYES OF THE SAMYNE SEMLY BY SICHT
BORDOURIS ABOUT THAT BRICHT WAR OF BLE

BETIN WITH BRINT GOLD BURELY AND BRICHT
FRENYEIS OF FYNE SILK FRETIT FUL FRE
<L 319>WITH DEIR DYAMONTHIS BEDENE THTQ DAYNTELY WES DICHT
THE KING CUMLY IN KITH COUERIT WITH CROUNE
CALLIT KNICHTIS SA KENE
DUKIS DOUCHTY BEDENE
I REDE WE CAST WS BETUENE
HOW BEST IS TO DONE
<P 17>
THAN SPAK ANE VIGHT WERIOUR VVOURTHY AND WISE
I REDE ANE SAYNDIS MAN YE SEND TO YONE SENYEOUR
OF THE PROUDEST IN PALL AND HALDIN OF PRISE
WISE VAILYEING AND MOIST OF VALOUR
GIF YONE DOUCHTY IN DEID VVIL DO YOUR DEUISE
BE BOUNE AT YOUR BIDDING IN BURGH AND IN BOUR
RESSAUE HIM REUERENDLY AS RESOUN IN LYIS
AND GIF HE NYKIS YOU VVITH NAY YOVV VVORTHIS ON NEID
FOR TO ASSEGE YONE CASTEL
WITH CANT MEN AND CRUEL
DURANDLY FOR TO DUEL
EUER QUHILL THE SPEID
THAN SHIR GAUANE THE GAY GRETE OF DEGRE
AND SHIR LANCELOT DE LAKE VVITHOUT LESING
AND AUENAND SCHIR EVVIN THAI ORDANIT THAT THRE
TO THE SCHORE CHIFTANE CHARGIT FRA THE KYNG
SPYNAGROS THAN SPEKIS SAID LORDINGIS IN LE
I REDE THE TENT TREULY TO MY TECHING
FOR I KNAVV YONE BAULD BERNE BETTER THAN YE
HIS LAND AND HIS LORDSCHIP AND HIS LEUING
AND YE AR THRE IN THIS THEDE THRIUAND OFT IN THRANG
<L 346> WAR AL YOUR STRENTHIS IN ANE
IN HIS GRIPPIS AND THE GANE
HE VVALD OURCUM YOW ILKANE
YONE STERNE IS SA STRANG
AND HE IS MAID ON MOLD MEIK AS ANE CHILD
BLITH AND BOUSUM THAT BERNE AS BYRD IN HIR BOUR
FAYR OF FELL AND OF FACE AS FLOUR VNFILD
WONDIR STALUART AND STRANG TO STRIUE IN ANE STOUR
THAIRFORE MEIKLY WITH MOUTH MEL TO THAT MYLD
AND MAK HIM NA MANANCE BOT AL MESOURE
THUS WITH TRETY YE CAST YON (PR. YOU) TREVV VNDRE TYLD
<P 18>
AND FAYND HIS FRENDSCHIP TO FANG WITH FYNE FAUOUR
IT HYNDERIS NEUER FOR TO BE HEYNDLY OF SPECHE
HE IS ANE LORD RIALE
HAS SEYMLY SOUERANE IN SALE
<L 361> ANE WOURTHY WY FOR TO WALE
THROU ALL THIS VARLD RECHE
THI COUNSALE IS CONVENABILL KYND AND COURTESE
FORTHI WS LIKIS THI LAIR LISTIN AND LEIR
THAI WYIS WOURTHY IN WEID WEND ON THAIR WAYS
AND CARYIS TO THE CASTELL CUMLY AND CLEIR
SENT ANE SAYND TO THE SOUERANE SONE AND HYM SAIS
THRE THRE KNICHTIS FRA COURT CUM THAY WEIR
THAN THE LEDIS BELIFE THE LOKKIS VNLAISSIS
ON FUTE FRESTHLY THAI FREKIS FOUNDIS BUT FEIR
THE RENKIS RAITHLY CAN RAIK IN TO THE ROUND HALD
THAIR MET THAME AT THE ENTRE
LADYS LIKAND TO SE
THRETTY KNICHTIS AND THRE
THAT BLITH WAR AND BALD

THAI WAR COURTES & COUTH THAIR KNYGHTHED TO KYTH
ATHIR VTHIR WELE GRET IN GRETLY DEGRE
THAI BOWIT TO THE BERNYS THAT BRIGHT WAR AND BLITH
FAIR IN ARMYS TO FANG OF FIGURE SA FRE
<L 380> SYNE THAY SOUGHT TO THE CHALMER SWIFTLY AND SWITH
THE GAIT TO THE GRETE LORD SEMELY TO SE
AND SALUST THE SOUERANE SONE IN ANE SITH
COURTESLY INCLINAND AND KNELAND ON KNE
ANE BLITHAR WES NEUER BORNE OF BANE NOR OF BLUDE
ALL THRE IN CERTANE
SALUST THE SOUERANE
AND HE INCLYNAND AGANE
HATLES BUT HUDE
<P 19>
THAN SCHIR GAWYNE THE GAY GUDE AND GRACIUS
THAT EUER WES BEILDIT IN BLIS AND BOUNTE EMBRASIT
JOLY AND GENTILL AND FULL CHEUAILRUS
THAT NEUER POYNT OF HIS PRISE WES FUNDIN DEFASIT
EGIR AND ERTAND AND RYGHT ANTERUS
ILLUMINAT VITH LAWTE AND WITH LUFE LASIT
MELIS OF THE MESSAGE TO SCHIR GOLAGRUS
BEFORE THE RIALE ON RAW THE RENK WES NOGHT RASIT
WITH ANE CLENE CONTENANCE CUMLY TO KNAW
SAID OUR SOUERANE ARTHOUR
GRETIS THE WITH HONOUR
<L 400> HAS MAID WS THRE AS MEDIATOUR
HIS MESSAGE TO SCHAW
HE HIS THE RIALLEST ROY REUEREND AND RIKE
OF ALL THE RENTARIS TO RYME OR REKIN ON RAW
THARE IS NA LEID ON LIFE OF LORDSCHIP HYM LIKE
NA NANE SA DOUGHTY OF DEID INDURING HIS DAW
MONY BURGH MONY BOUR MONY BIKE
MONY KYNRIK TO HIS CLAME CUMLY TO KNAW
MANERIS FULL MENSKFULL WITH MONY DEIP DIKE
SELCOUTH WAR THE SEVINT PART TO SAY AT SAW (PR.FAW)
THARE ANERDIS TO OUR NOBILL TO NOTE QUHEN HYM NEDIS
TUELF CROVINT KINGIS IN FEIR
WITH ALL THAIR STRANG POWEIR
AND MONY WIGHT WERYER
WORTHY IN WEDIS
IT HAS BENE TAULD HYM WITH TONG TROW THE FULL TRAIST
YOUR DEDIS YOUR DIGNITE AND YOUR DOUGHTYNES
BREVIT THROU BOUNTE FOR ANE OF THE BEST
THAT NOW IS NAMYT NEIR OF ALL NOBILNES
SA WYDE QUHARE WOURSCIP WALKIS BE WEST
OUR SEYMLY SOUERANE HYM SELF FORSUTH WILL NOGHT CESE
<P  20>
<L 421>
QUHILL HE HAUE FRELY FANGIT (PR. SANGIT) YOUR FRENDSCHIP TO FEST
GIF PAMENT OR PRAIER MUGHT MAK THAT PURCHESE
FOR NA LARGESE MY LORD NOGHT WIL HE NEUER LET
NA FOR NA RICHES TO RIGNE
I MAK YOU NA LESING
IT WAR HIS MAIST YARNYNG
YOUR GRANT FOR TO GET
THAN SAID THE SYRE OF THE SAIL  WITH SAD SEMBLAND
I THANK YOUR GRACIOUS GRETE LORD AND HIS GUDE WIL
HAD NEUER LEID OF THIS LAND THAT HAD BENE LEUAND

MAID ONY FEUTE BEFORE FREIK TO FULFIL
I SULD SICKIRLY MYSELF BE CONSENTAND
AND SEIK TO YOUR SOUERANE SEYMLY ON SYLL
SEN HAIL OUR DOUGHTY ELDERIS HAS BENE ENDURAND
THRIUANDLY IN THIS THEDE VNCHARGIT AS THRIL
IF I FOR OBEISANCE OR BOIST TO BONDAGE ME BYNDE
I WAR WOURTHY TO BE
HINGIT HEIGH ON ANE TRE
THAT ILK CREATURE MIGHT SE
<L 440>TO WAIF WITH THEQ WYND
BOT SAUAND MY SENYEOURY FRA SUBIECTIOUN
AND MY LORDSCIP VNLAMYT WITHOUTIN LEGIANCE
ALL THAT I CAN TO YONE KING CUMLY WITH CROUN
I SALL PREIF ALL MY PANE TO DO HYM PLESANCE
BAITH WITH BODY AND BEILD BOWSUM AND BOUN
HYM TO MENSK ON MOLD WITHOUTIN MANANCE
BOT NOWTHIR FOR HIS SENYEOURY NOR FOR HIS SUMMOUN
NA FOR DREID OF NA DEDE NA FOR NA DISTANCE
I WILL NOGTH BOW ME ANE BAK FOR BERNE THAT IS BORNE
QUHILL I MAY MY WIT WALD
I THINK MY FREDOME TO HALD
AS MY ELDARIS OF ALD
HAS DONE ME BEFORNE
<P 21>
THAI LUFLY LEDIS AT THAT LORD THAIR LEUIS HAS LAUGHT
BOUNIT TO THE BAULD KING AND BOIDWORD HIM BROGHT
THAN THAI SCHUPE FOR TO ASSEGE SEGIS VNSAUGHT
AY THE MANLYEST ON MOLD THAT MAIST OF MYGHT MOGHT
THAIR WES RESTLING AND RELING BUT REST THAT RAUGHT
MONY SEGE OUR THE SEY TO THE CITE SOCHT
<L 460>SCHIPMEN OUR THE STREME THAI STITHIL FULL STRAUGHT
WITH ALKIN WAPPYNS I WYS THTQ WES FOR WERE WROGHT
THAI BEND BOWIS OF BRAS BRAITHLY WITHIN
PELLOKIS PAISAND TO PASE
GAPAND GUNNYS OF BRASE
GRUNDIN GANYEIS THAIR WASE
THAT MAID FUL GRET DYN
THAIR WES BLAUING OF BEMYS BRAGING AND BEIR
BRETYNIT DOUNE BRAID WOD MAID BEWIS FULL BAIR
WRIGHTIS WELTERAND DOUNE TREIS WIT YE BUT WEIR
ORDANIT HURDYS FUL HIE IN HOLTIS SA HAIRE
FOR TO GREIF THAIR GOMYS GRAMEST THAT WER
TO GAR THE GAYEST ON GRUND GRAYNE VNDIR GEIR
THUS THAI SCHUPE FOR ANE SALT ILK SEGE SEIR
ILKA SOUERANE HIS ENSENYE SHEWIN HAS THAIR
FERLY FAYR WES THE FEILD FLEKERIT AND FAW
WITH GOLD AND GOULIS IN GREYNE
SCHYNAND SCHEIRLY & SCHEYNE
THE SONE AS CRISTALL SA CLEYNE
IN SCHEILDIS THAI SCHAIR
<L 480>
BE IT WES MYD MORNE AND MARE MERKIT ON THE DAY
SCHIR GOLAGROS MERY MEN MENSKFUL OF MYGHT
IN GREIS AND GARATOURIS GRATHIT FULL GAY
SEUYNE SCORE OF SCHEILDIS THAI SCHEW AT ANE SICHT
ANE HELME SET TO ILK SCHEILD SIKER OF ASSAY
WITH FEL LANS ON LOFT LEMAND FUL LIGHT
<P 22>
THUS FLOURIT THAI THE FORE FRONT THAIR FAYS TO FRAY
THE FREKIS THAT WAR FUNDIN FERSE AND FORSSY IN FIGHT
ILK KNYGHT HIS CUNYSANCE KITHIT FULL CLEIR
THAIR NAMES WRITTIN (PR. WRICTIN) ALL THARE
QUHAT BERNE THAT IT BARE

THAT ILK FREKE QUHARE HE FARE
MIGHT WIT QUHAT HE WEIR
YONE IS THE WARLIEST WANE SAID THE WISE KING
THAT EUER I VIST IN MY WALK IN ALL THIS WARLD WYDE
AND THE STRAITEST OF STUF WITH RICHESE TO RING
WITH VNABASIT BERNYS BERGANE TO ABIDE
MAY NANE DO THAME NA DEIR WITH VNDOYNG
YONE HOUSE IS SA HUGE HIE FRA HARME THAME TO HIDE
YIT SAL I MAK THAME VNRUFE FOROUTIN RESTING
<L 500> AND REVE THAME THAIR RENTIS WITH ROUTIS FULL RIDE
THOGHT I SULD FYND THAME NEW NOTIS FOR THIS ( IX ) YEIR
AND IN HIS AVNE PRESENCE
HEIR SALL I MAK RESIDENCE
BOT HE WITH FORTE MAK DEFENCE
WITH STRENTH ME TO STEIR
QUHAT NEDIS SAID SPINAGRUS SIC NOTIS TO NEVIN
OR ONY TERMIS BE TURNIT I TELL YOU TREULY
FOR THAIR IS SEGIS IN YONE SAILL (PR. FAILL) WIL SET VPONE SEVIN
OR THAY BE WRANGIT I WIS I WARNE YOU ILK WY
NANE HARDIAR OF HERTIS VNDIR THE HEVIN
OR THAY BE DANTIT WITH DREID ERAR WILL THAI DE
AND THAI WITH MEN VPONE MOLD BE MACHIT FULL EVIN
THAI SAL BE FUNDIN RIGHT FERSE AND FULL OF CHEUALRIE
SCHIR YE AR IN YOUR MAIESTE YOUR MAYNE & YOUR MYGTH
YIT WITHIN THIR DAIS THRE
THE SILKER SUTH SALL YE SE
QUHAT KIN MEN THAT THAI BE
AND HOW THAI DAR FIGHT
<P 23>
AS THE REUEREND ROY WES REKNAND VPONE RAW
WITH THE ROUT OF THE ROUND TABILL THAT WES RICHEST
<L 521> THE KING CROUNIT VVITH GOLD CUMLY TO KNAW
WITH REUEREND BARONIS AND BEIRNIS OF THE BEST
HE HARD ANE BUGILL BLAST BRYM AND ANE LOUD BLAW
AS THE SEYMLY SONE SILIT TO THE REST
AGANE GAIS TO ANE GARET GLISNAUD TO SCHAW
TURNIT TO ANE HIE TOURE THAT TIGHT VVES FULL TREST
ANE HELME OF HARD STEILL IN HAND HAS HE HYNT
ANE SCHELD WROGHT ALL OF WEIR
SEMYT WELE VPONE FEIR
HE GRIPPIT TO ANE GRETE SPEIR
AND FURTH HIS VVAIS WYNT
QUHAT SIGNIFYIS YONE SCHENE SCHEILD SAID THE SENYEOUR
THE LUFLY HELME AND THE LANCE ALL AR AWAY
THE BRYM BLAST THAT HE BLEW VVITH ANE STEVIN STOUR
THAN SAID SIR SPYNAGRUS VVITH SPECHE THE SUTH (PR. SUCH) SALL I SAY
YONE IS ANE FREIK IN HIS FORTE AND FRESCH IN HIS FLOUR
TO SE THAT HIS SCHIRE VVEID BE SICKER OF ASSAY
HE THINKIS PROVESE TO PREVE FOR HIS PARAMOUR
AND PRIK IN YOUR PRESENCE TO PURCHESE HIS PRAY
<L 540> FOR THI MAKIS FURTH ANE MAN TO MACH HYM IN FEILD
THAT KNAVVIN IS FOR CRUEL
DOUGHTY DYNTIS TO DELL
THAT FOR THE MAISTRY DAR MELL
WITH SCHAFT AND VVITH SCHEILD


THAN VVES THE KING VVONDIR GLAID & CALLIT GAUDIFEIR
QUHILUM IN BRITANE THAT BERNE HAD BARONYIS BRAID
AND HE GUDLY FURTH GAIS AND GRAITHIT HIS GEIR
AND BUSKIT HYM TO BATTELL VVITHOUT MAIR ABAID
THAT WY WALIT I VIS ALL WEDIS OF VEIR
THAT NEDIT HYM TO NOTE GIF HE NANE HAD
<P 24>
BERY BROUNE WES THE BLONK BURELY AND BRAID
WPONE THE MOLD QUHARE THAI MET BEFORE THE MYD DAY
WITH LUFLY LANCIS AND LANG
ANE FAIRE FEILD CAN THAI FANG
ON STEDIS STALWART AND STRANG
BAITH BLANCHART & BAY
GAUDIFEIR AND GALIOT IN GLEMAND STEIL WEDIS
AS GLAUIS GLOWAND ON GLEID GRYMLY THAI RIDE
WONDIR STERNLY THAI STEIR ON THAIR STENT STEDIS
<L 560> ATHIR BERNE FRA HIS BLONK BORNE WES THAT TIDE
THAI RUSCHIT VP RUDLY QUHA SA RIGHT REDIS
OUT VVITH SUERDIS THAI SVVANG FRA THAIR SCHALK SIDE
THAIR VVITH VVRAITHLY THAI VVIRK THAI VVOURTHY IN VEDIS
HEVVIT ON THE HARD STEIL AND HURT THAME IN THE HIDE
SA VVONDIR FRESCHLY THAI FREKIS FRUSCHIT IN FEIR
THROVV ALL THE HARNES THAI HADE
BAITH BIRNY AND BREIST PLADE
THAIRIN VVAPPYNIS COUTH VVADE
WIT YE BUT VVEIR
THUS THAI FAUGHT VPONE FOLD VVITH ANE FEL FAIR
QUHILL ATHIR BERNE IN THAT BRETH BOKIT IN BLUDE
THUS THAI MELLIT ON MOLD ANE MYLE VVAY AND MAIRE
WRAITHLY VVROHT AS THEI VVAR VVITLESE AND VVODE
BAITH THAI SEGIS FORSUTH SADLY AND SAIR
THOGHT THAI VVAR ASTONAIT IN THTQ STOUR STITHLY THAI STUDE
THE FEGHT SA FELLY THAI FANG VVITH ANE FRESCH FAIR
QUHIL GAUDIFEIR AND GALIOT BAITH TO GRUND YHUDE
GAUDIFEIR GAT VP AGANE THROU GODDIS GRETE MIGHTIS
ABONE HIM VVICHTELY HE VVAN
WITH THEQ CRAFT THAT HE CAN
<L 581>THAI LOUIT GOD AND SANCT AN
THEQ KING AND HIS KNIGHTIS
<P 25>
THAN WES GALIOT THE GOME HYNT IN TILL ANE HALD
GOLAGRUS GREW IN GREIF GRYMLY IN HART
AND CALLIT SCHIR RIGAL OF RONE ANE RENK THAT WES BALD
QUHILL THIS QUERRELL BE QUYT I COVER NEUER IN QUERT
WITH WAILIT WAPNIS OF WERE EVIN ON YONE WALD
ON ANE STERAND STEID THAT STERNLY WILL STERT
I PRAY THE FOR MY SAIK THAT IT BE DEIR SALD
WAS NEUER SA VNSOUND SET TO MY HERT
THAT GOME GUDLY FURTH GAYS AND GRAITHIT HIS GERE
BLEW ANE BLAST OF ANE HORNE
AS WES THE MANER BEFORNE
SCHELDE AND HELM HAS HE BORNE
AWAY WITH HIS SPERE
THE KING CROVNIT WITH GOLD THIS CUMPAS WELE KNEW
AND CALLIT SCHIR RAUNALD CRUELL AND KENE
GIF ONY PRESSIS TO THIS PLACE FOR PROVES TO PERSEW
SCHAIP THE EVIN TO THE SCHALK IN THI SCHROUD SCHENE
THE DEIR DIGHT HIM (PR. HUN) TO THE DEID BE THE DAY DEW
HIS BIRNY AND HIS BASNET BURNIST FULL BENE
BAITH HIS HORSE AND HIS GEIR WES OF ANE HALE HEW
WITH (PR. WICH) GOLD AND GOULIS SA GAY GRAITHIT IN GRENE
ANE SCHENE SCHEILD & ANE SCHAFT THAT SCHARPLY WAS SCHED

<L 605>THRE BER HEDIS HE BAIR
AS HIS ELDARIS DID AIR
QUHILK BEIRNIS IN BRITANE WAIR
OF HIS BLUDE BLED
QUHEN THE DAY CAN DAW DEIRLY ON HIGHT
AND THE SONE IN THE SKY WES SCHYNYNG SO SCHIR
FRA THE CASTELL THAIR COME CARIAND ANE KINGHT
CLOSIT IN CLENE STEILL VPONE ANE COURSYR
SCHIR RANNALD TO HIS RICHE STEID RAIKIT FULL RIHHT
LIGHLY LAP HE ON LOFT THAT LUFLY OF LYRE
<P 26>
ATHIR LAUGHT HAS THAIR LANCE THAT LEMYT SO LIGHT
ON TWA STEDIS THAI STRAID WITH ANE STERNE SCHIERE
TOGIDDIR FRESCHLY THAI FREKIS FRUSCHIT IN FAY
THAIR SPERIS IN SPLENDRIS SPRENT
ON SCHELDIS SCHONKIT & SCHENT
EUIN OUR THAIR HEDIS WENT
<L 621> IN FEILD FIR AWAY
THAI LUFLY LEDIS BELIFE LIGHTIT ON THE LAND
AND LAUGHT OUT SUERDIS LUFLY AND LANG
THAIR STEDIS STAKKERIT IN THEQ STOUR AND STUDE STUMMERAND
AL TO STIFFILLIT AND STONAYT THE STRAKIS WAR SA STRANG
ATHIR BERNE BRAITHLY BET WITH ANE BRIGHT BRAND
ON FUTE FRESCHLY THAI FREKIS FEGHTIN THAI FANG
THAI HEWIT ON HARD STEIL HARTLY WITH HAND
QUHIL THE SPALIS AND THE SPARKIS SPEDELY OUT SPRANG
SCHIR RANNALD RAUGHT TO YEQ RENK ANE ROUT WES VNRYDE
CLENELY IN THE COLLAIR
FIFTY MAILYEIS & MAIR
EUIN OF THE SCHULDIR HE SCHAIR
ANE WOUND THTQ WES WYDE
THUS THAI FAUTHT ON FUTE ON THE FAIR FEILD
THE BLUDE FAMYT THAME FRA ON FEILD QUHARE THAI FOUND
ALL THE BERNYS ON THE BENT ABOUT THAT BEHEILD
FOR PURE SOROW OF THAT SIGHT THAI SIGHIT VNSOUND
SCHIRE TERIS SCHOT FRA SCHALKIS SCHENE VNDIR SCHEILD (PR. SCHEID)
<L 640>QUHEN THAI FOUNDRIT ANE FEL FEY TO THE GRUND
BAITH THAIR HARTIS CAN BRIST BRAITHLY BUT BEILD
THAIR WES NA STALUART VNSTONAIT SO STERNE WES THEQ STOUND
SCHIR RANNALDIS BODY WES BROGHT TO THE BRIGHT TENT
SYNE TO THE CASTEL OF STONE
THAI HAD SCHIR REGAL OF RONE
WITH MEKIL MURNYNG AND MONE
AWAY WITH HIM WENT
<P 27>
THUS ENDIT THE AUYNANTIS WITH MEKIL HONOUR
YIT HAS MEN THAME IN MYND FOR THAIR MANHEDE
THAIR BODEIS WES BERYIT BAITH IN ANE HOUR
SET SEGIS FOR THAIR SAULLIS TO SYNG AND TO REID
THAN GOLOGRUS GRAITHIT OF HIS MEN IN GLISNAND ARMOUR
ANE SCHIR LOUYS THE LELE ANE LORD OF THAT LEID
ANE VTHIR HEGHT EDMOND THAT PROUIT PARAMOUR
THE THRID HEGHT SCHIR BANTELLAS THE BATAL TO LEID
THE FERD WES ANE WERYOUR VVORTHY AND WIGHT
HIS NAME WES SCHIR SANGUEL
CUMLY AND CRUEL
THIR FOUR TREULY TO TELL
FOUNDIS TO THE FEGHT

<L 661> SCHIR LYONEL TO SCHIR LOUYS WES LEUIT WITH ANE LANCE
SCHIR EWIN TO SHIR EDMOND ATHIR FUL EUIN
SCHIR BEDWAR TO SCHIR BANTELLAS TO ENSCHEW HIS CHANCE
THAT BAITH WAR NENMYT IN NEID NOBIL TO NEUIN
TO SCHIR SANGWEL SOGHT GUDE GYROMALANCE
THUS THAI MELLIT AND MET WITH ANE STOUT STEUIN
THIR LUFLY LEDIS ON THE LAND WITHOUT LEGIANCE
WITH SEYMELY SCHEIDIS TO SCHEW THAI SET VPONE SEUIN
THIR CUMLY KNIGHTIS TO KYTH ANE CRUEL COURSE MAID
THE FREKIS FELLOUNE IN FEIR
WONDIR STOUTLY CAN STEIR
WITH GEIR GRUNDIN FUL CLEIR
RUDLY THAI RAID
THAN THAIR HORS VITH THAIR HOCHIS SIC HARMIS COUTH HINT
AS CRASIT (PR. TRASIT) IN VNQUART QUAKAND THAI STAND
THE FREKIS FRESCHLY THAI FURE AS FYRE OUT OF FLYNT
THAIR LUFLY LANCIS THAI LOISSIT AND LICHTIT ON THE LAND
RIGHT STYTH STUFFIT IN STEILL THAI STOTIT NA STYNT
BOT BUSKIT TO BATTAILLE WITH BIRNY AND BRAND
<P 28>
THAIR RICHE BIRNYS THAI BET DERFLY WITH DYNT
<L 681> HEWIS DOUN IN GRETE HAIST HARTLY WITH HAND
THAI MIGHTY MEN VPON MOLD ANE RIALE COURSE MAID
QUHILL CLOWIS OF CLENE MAILL
HOPPIT OUT AS THE HAILL
THAY BEIRNYS IN THE BATAILL
SA BAULDLY THAI BAID
THAI BET ON SA BRYIMLY THAI BEIRNYS ON THE BENT
BRISTIS BIRNEIS WITH BRANDIS BURNIST FULL BENE
THROU THAIR SCHENE SCHEILDIS THAIR SCHULDERIS VAR SCHENT
FRA SCHALKIS SCHOT SCHIRE BLUDE OUR SCHEILDIS SO SCHENE
RYNGIS OF RANK STEILL RATTILLIT AND RENT
GOMYS GRISLY ON THE GRUND GRANIS ON THE GRENE
THE ROY RAMYT FOR REUTH RICHIST OF RENT
FOR THAIR OF HIS KNIGHTIS CRUEL AND KENE
SA WONDIR FRESCHLY THAIR FORCE THAI FREST ON THE FEILDIS
SA HUGE WES THE MELLE
WES NANE SA SUTELL COUTH SE
QUHILK GOME SULD GOUERN THE GRE
BOT GOD THAT AL WEILDIS
<L 700> THE WYIS WROGHT VTHIR GRETE WANDRETH AND WEUCH
WIRKAND WOUNDIS FULL WYDE WITH WAPNIS OF WERE
HELMYS OF HARD STEILL THAI HATTERIT AND HEUCH
IN THAT HAILSING THAI HYNT GRETE HARMYS & HERE
ALL TO TURNIT THAIR ENTYRE TRAISTLY AND TEWCH
BURNIST BLADIS OF STEILL THROW BIRNEIS THAY BERE
SCHORT SUERDIS OF SCHEITH SMERTLY THAY DREUCH
ATHIR FREIK TO HIS FALLOW WITH FELLONNE AFFERE
THROW PLATIS OF POLIST STEILL THAIR POYNTIS CAN PASE
ALL THUS THAI THREW IN THAT THRANG
STALVART STRAKIS AND STRANG
WITH DAGGARIS DERFLY THAY DANG
THAI DOUGHTYIS ON DASE

<P 29>
SCHIR LYONELL LOVVES LAUGHT HAS IN HAND
AND SESIT IS SANGVVELL WITH GIROMALAUS THE GUDE
SCHIR EVIN HAS SCHIR EDMOND LAID ON THE LAND
BRAITHLY BARTYNIT WITH BAILL BULLERAND IN BLUDE
SCHIR BEDWAR TO SCHIR BANTELLAS YALDIS VP HIS BRAND
IN THAT STALWART STOUR THAY STYTH MEN IN STUDE
WES NANE FORSSY ON FOLD THAT WES FEGHTAND
< L 720> WNMAGLIT AND MARRIT MYGHTLES IN MUDE
WES NANE SA PROUD OF HIS PART THAT PRISIT QUHEN HE YEID
BEDWER AND LYONELL
WAR LED TO THE CASTELL
THE CUMLY KNIGHT SANGWELL
TO ARTHOUR THAY LED
SCHIR EDMOND LOISSIT HAS HIS LIFE AND LAID IS FULL LAV
SCHIR EVIN HURTIS HAS HYNT HIDWISE AND SAIR
KNIGHTIS CARYIS TO THE CORSE WES CUMLY TO KNAW
AND HAD HYM TO THE CASTELL VVITH MEKILL HARD CAIR
THAI DID TO THAT DOUGHTY AS THE DEDE AW
WTHIR FOUR OF THE FOLK FOUNDIS TO THE FAIR
THAT WES DIGHT TO THE DEDE BE THE DAY CAN DAW
THAN SAID BERNYS HALD BRYM AS BAIR
WE SAL EVIN THAT IS OD OR END IN THE PANE
THAI STUFFIT HELMYS IN HY
BREIST PLAIT AND BIRNY
THAY RENKIS MAID REDDY
ALL GEIR THAT MYGHT GANE
SCHIR AGALUS SCHIR EVVMOND HONEST AND HABILL
<L 740> SCHIR MYCHIN SCHIR MELIGOR MEN OF GRETE ESTAIT
THAN STERTIS OUT ANE STERNE KNYGHT STALVVART AND STABILL
ANE BERNE THAT HEGHT SCHIR HEVV HARDY AND HAIT
NOV VVILL I REKKIN THE RENKIS OF THE ROUND TABILL
THAT HAS TRAISTLY THAME TIGHT TO GOVERNE THAT GAIT
<P 30>
FURTH FARIS THE FOLK BUT FENYEING OR FABILL
THAT BEMYT WAR BE THE LORD LUFSUM OF LAIT
SCHIR CADOR OF CORNWEL CUMLY AND CLEIR
SCHIR OWALES SCHIR IWELL
SCHIR MYREOT MIGHTY EMELL
<L 750> THIR FOUR TREULY TO TELL
FOUNDIS IN FEIR
THAIR WES NA TRETY OF TREUX TROW YE FULL TRAIST
QUHEN THAI MYGHTY CAN MACH ON MOLD QUHAIR THAI MET
THAI BROCHIT BLONKIS TO THAIR SYDIS OUT OF BLUDE BRAIST
THAIR LUFLY LANCIS THAI LOISSIT AND LIGHTIT BUT LET
SADILLIS THAI TEMYT TYT THIR TREW MEN AND TRAIST
BRAIDIT OUT BRANDIS ON BIRNYS THAI BET
AS FYRE THAT FLEIS FRA THE FLYNT THAY FECHTIN SA FAST
WITH VENGEAND WAPNIS OF WERE THROU WEDIS THAI WET
IT WAR TEIRFULL TO TELL TREULY THE TEND
OF THAIR STRIFE SA STRANG
THE FEGHT SO FELLELY THAI FANG
YOGHT IT LESTIT NEUER SO LANG
YIT LANGHT IT ANE END

SCHIR OVILES SCHIR IWILL IN HANDIS WAR HYNT
AND TO THE LUFLY CASTELL WAR LED IN ANE LYNG
THAIR WITH THE STALWARTIS IN STOUR CAN STOTIN AND STYNT
AND BAITH SCHIR AGALUS & SCHIR HEW WES LED TO THE KYNG
THAN SCHIR GOLOGRASE FOR GREIF HIS GRAY ENE BRYNT
WOD WRAITH AS THE WYND HIS HANDIS CAN WRYNG
YIT MAKIS HE MERY MAGRY QUHASA MYNT
SAID I SAL BARGANE ABYDE & ANE END BRYNG
TO MORNE SICKIRLY MY SELF SALL SEIK TO THE FEILD
HE BUSKIT TO ANE BARFRAY
TWA SMAL BELLIS RANG THAY
THAN SEYMLY ARTHUR CAN SAY
WES SCHENE VNDIR SCHEILD
<P 31>
QUHAT SIGNIFYIS YONE RYNGING SAID THE RYALE
THAN SAID SPYNAGROS WITH SPECHE SCHIR SEN SPEIR
THAT SALL I TELL YOW WITH TONG TREULY IN TAILL
THE WY THTQ WEILDIS YONE WANE I WARN YOU BUT WEIR
HE THINKIS HIS AUNE SELF SHALL DO FOR HIS DAIL
IS NANE SA PROUIT IS THIS PART OF PYTH IS HIS PEIR
YOW WORTHIS WISLY TO WIRK ANE WY FOR TO WAIL
THAT SAL DUCHTELY HIS DEID DO WITH YONE DEIR
HE IS THEQ FORSIEST FREIK BE FORTOUNE HIS FREYND
<L 787> THAT I WAIT LEUAND THIS DAY
THAN SCHIR GAWINE THEQ GAY
PRAYT FOR THEQ IOURNAY
THTQ HE MYGHT FURTH WEYND
THE KING GRANTIT THEQ GAIT TO SCHIR GAWANE
AND PRAYT TO THEQ GRETE GOD TO GRANT HIM HIS GRACE
HIM TO SAUE AND TO SALF THTQ IS OUR SOUERANE
AS HE IS MAKAR OF MAN AND ALKYN MYGHT HAISE
THAN SCHIR SPYNAGROS THEQ FREIK WOX FERLY VNFANE
MURNYT FOR SCHIR GAVVYNE AND MEKIL MAYNE MAISE
AND SAID FOR HIS SAIK THTQ SAIKLESE VVES SLANE
TAK NOCHT YONE KEYNE KNIGHT TO COUNTIR IN THIS HARD CAIS
IS NANE SA STALVVART IN STOUR VVITH STOUTNES TO STAND
OF AL THTQ LANGIS TO THE KING
THE MAIR IS MY MURNYNG
YE SULD THIS FELL FECHTING
<L 803> HYNT VPONE HAND
SEN YE AR SA VVOURSCHIPFULL AND VVOURTHY IN VVERE
DEMYT VVITH THE DERREST MAIST DOUGHTY IN DEID
YONE BERNE IN THE BATTALE VVIL YE NOGHT FORBERE
FOR AL THEQ MOBIL ON THE MOLD MERKIT TO MEID
GIF I DE DOUGHTELY THE LES IS MY DERE
THOGHT THE VVAR SAMPSONE HIMSELF SA ME CRISTE REID
<P 32>
I FORSAIK NOGHT TO FEGHT FOR AL HIS GRETE FEIR
I DO THE VVEILL FOR TO VVIT DOUTLESE BUT DREID
THAN SAID SCHIR SPYNAGROSE SEN YE VVILL OF NEID
BE BOVN TO THE BATTALE
WIRKIS VVITH COUNSALE
IT SALL RIGHT GRET AVALE
<L 816>
AND DO IT IN DEID
QUHEN YE MACH HYM ON MOLD MERK TO HYM EVIN
AND BERE YE YOUR BRIGHT LANCE IN MYDDIS HIS SCHEILD
MAK THAT COURSE CRUEL FOR CRYSTIS LUFE OF HEVIN
AND SYNE VVIRK AS I VVISE YOUR VAPPINS TO VVEILD
BE HE STONAYT YONE STERNE STOUT BEIS HIS STEVIN
HE VVOURDIS BRYM AS ANE BAIR THAT BYDIS NA BEILD
NOY YOU NOGHT AT HIS NOTE THAT NOBILL IS TO NEVIN
SUPPOSE HIS DYNTIS BE DEIP DENTIT IN YOUR SCHEILD
TAK NA HAIST VPONE HAND QUHAT HAPPUNYS MAY HYNT
BOT LAT THE RICHE MAN RAGE
AND FECHT IN HIS CURAGE
TO SVVYNG VVITH SUERD QUHIL HE SUAGE
SYNE DELE YE YOUR DYNT
QUHEN HE IS STUFFIT THAIR STRIKE AND HALD HYM ON STEIR
SA SAL YE STONAY YONE STOWT SUPPOSE HE BE STRANG
THUS MAY YE LIPPIN ON THE LAKE THROU LAIR THTQ I LEIR
BOT GIF YE WIRK AS WISE YOU WORTHIS THAT WRANG
THE KING AND HIS KNIHTIS CUMLY AND CLEIR
IN ARMOUR DEWLY HYM DIGHT BE THE DAY SPRANG
THAN WES SCHIR KAY WONDIR WO WIT YE BUT WEIR
IN DEFALT OF ANE FREIK THE FEGHTING TO FANG
THAT GOME GUDELY FURTH GAIS AND GRAITHIT HIS GEIR
EVIN TO THE CASTELL HE RAID
HUVIT IN ANE DERN SLAID
SA COME ANE KNIGHT AS HE BAID
<L 842> ANAIRMIT OF WEIR
<P 33>
THAT KNIGHT BUSKIT TO SCHIR KAY ONE ANE STEID BROUNE
BRAISSIT IN BIRNEIS AND BASNET FULL BENE
HE CRYIS HIS ENSENYE AND CONTERIS HYM FULL SOUNE
AND MAID ANE COURSE CURAGIOUSE CRUELL AND KENE
THAIR LUFLY LANCIS THAI LOISSIT AND LIGHTIT BAITH DOUNE
AND GIRDIT OUT SUERDIS ON THE GRUND GRENE
AND HEWIT ON HARD STEILL HARTLIE BUT HOUNE
RUDE REKNYNG RAISE THAIR RENKIS BETUENE
THAIR MAILYEIS WITH MELLE THAY MERKIT IN THE MEDIS
THE BLUDE OF THAIR BODEIS
THROW BREIST PLAIT & BIRNEIS
AS ROISE RAGIT ON RISE
OUR RAN THAIR RICHE VEDIS
THUS THAI FAUGHT VPONE FUTE WITHOUT FENYEING
THE SPARKIS FLAW IN THE FEILD AS FYRE OUT OF FLYNT
THAI LUFLY LEDIS IN LYKE THAI LAYID ON IN ANE LING
DELIS THAIR FULL DOUGHTELY MONY DERF DYNT
<L 860> DUSCHAND ON DEIR WEDIS DOURLY THAI DYNG
HIDWISE HURTIS AND HUGE HAISTELY THAI HYNT
THAT KNIGHT CARPIT TO SCHIR KAY OF DISCOMFORTING
OF THIS STONAY AND STOUR I REDE THAT YE STYNT
I WILL YEILD THE MY BRAND SEN NA BETTER MAY BENE
QUHAIR THAT FORTOUNE WILL FAILL
THAIR MAY NA BESYNES AVAILL
HE BRAIDIT VP HIS VENTAILL
THAT CLOSIT WES CLENE
FOR TO RESSAUE THE BRAND THE BERNE WES FULL BLITH
FOR HE WES BYRSIT AND BEFT AND BRAITHLY BLEDAND
YOGHT HE WES MYGHTLES HIS MERCY CAN HE THAIR MYTH
AND WALD THTQ HE NANE HARIM HYNT WITH HART & WITH HAND
THAI CARYIT BAITH TO THE KYNDE CUMLY TO KYTH
THAIR LANCIS WAR LOISSIT AND LEFT ON THE LAND
<P 34>
THAN SAID HE LOUD VPONE LOFT LORD WILL YE LYTH
YE SALL NANE TORFEIR BETYDE I TAK VPONE HAND
NA MYSLIKING HAUE IN HART NOR HAUE YE NA DOUT
OFT IN ROMANIS I REID
AIRLY SPORNE LATE SPEID
THE KING TO THE PAILYEOUNE GART LEID
<L 881> THE KNIGHT THAT WES STOUT
THAI HYNT OF HIS HARNESE TO HELYN HIS WOUND
LECHIS WAR NOGHT TO LAIT WITH SAWIS SA SLE
WITH THAT MONY FRESCH FREIK CAN TO THE FEILD FOUND
WITH GOLOGRAS IN HIS GEIR GRETE OF DEGRE
ARMYT IN REDE GOLD AND RUBEIS SA ROUND
WITH MONY RICHE RELIKIS RIALE TO SE
 THAIR WES ON GOLOGRAS QUHAIR HE GLAID ON THE GROUND
FRENYEIS OF FYNE SILK FRATIT FULL FRE
APONE STERAND STEDIS TRAPPIT TO THE HEILL
SEXTY SCHALKIS FULL SCHENE
CLED IN ARMOUR SA CLENE
NO WY WANTIT I WENE
ALL STUFFIT IN STEILL
THAT BERNE RAID ON ANE BLONK ( PR. BOULK ) OF ANE BLE QUHITE
BLYNDIT ALL WITH BRIGHT GOLD AND BERIALLIS BRIGHT
TO TELL OF HIS DEIR WEID WAR DOUTLES DELITE
AND ALSE TER FOR TO TELL THE TRAVALIS WAR TIGHT
HIS NAME & HIS NOBILLAY WES NOGHT FOR TO NYTE
THAIR WES NA HATHILL SA HEICH BE HALF ANE FUTE HICHT
HE LANSIT OUT OUR ANE LAND AND DREW NOGHT ANE LYTE
QUHAIR HE SULD FRASTYN HIS FORCE AND FANGIN HIS FIGHT
BE THAT SCHIR GAWYNE THE GAY WES GRAITHIT IN HIS GERE
CUMMYNG ON THE TA SYDE
HOVAND BATTALE TO ABYDE
<L 906> ALL REDDY SAMYNE TO RYDE
WITH SCHELDE AND WITH SPERE
<P 35>
THIR LUFLY LEDIS ON THE LAND LEFT BE THAME ALLANE
TUKE NOWTHIR FREMMYT NOR FREYNDIS BOT FOUND THAME FRA
TWA RYNNYNG RENKIS RAITH THE RIOLYSE HAS TANE
ILK FREIK TO HIS FEIR TO FRESTIN HIS FA
THAI GIRD ONE TVA GRETE HORSE ON GRUND QUHIL THAI GRANE
THE TREW HELMYS AND TRAIST IN TACHIS THAI TA
THE ROCHIS REIRDIT VITH THE RASCH QUHEN THAI SAMYNE RANE
THAIR SPERIS IN THE FEILD IN FLENDRIS GART GA
THE STEDIS STAKERIT IN THE STOUR FOR STREKING ON STRAY
THE BERNYS BOWIT ABAK
SA WOUNDIR RUDE WES THE RAK
QUHILK THAT HAPPYNNIT THE LAK
<L 920> COUTH NA LEID SAY
THAI BRAYD FRA THAIR BLONKIS BESELY AND BANE
SYNE LAUGHT OUT SUERDIS LANG AND LUFLY
AND HEWIT ON HARD STEILL WONDIR HAWTANE
BAITH WAR THAI HALDIN OF HARTIS HEYND AND HARDY
GOLOGRAS GREW IN GREIF AT SCHIR GAWANE
ON THE HIGHT OF THE HARD STEILL HE HYT HYM IN HY
PERTLY PUT WITH HIS PITH AT HIS PESANE
AND FULYEIT OF THE FYNE MAILL MAY THAN FYFTY
THE KNIGHT STAKRIT WITH THE STRAIK ALL STONAYT IN STOUND
SA WOUNDIR SCHARPLY HE SCHAIR
THE BERNE THAT THE BRAND BAIR
SCHIR GAWYNE WITH ANE FELL FAIR
CAN TO HIS FAA FOUND


WITH ANE BITAND BRAND BURLY AND BRAID
QUHILK OFT IN BATTALE HAD BENE HIS BUTE AND HIS BELDE
HE LEIT GIRD TO THE GROME WITH GREIF THAT HE HAD
AND CLAIF THROW THE CANTELL OF THE CLENE SCHELDE
THROW BIRNY AND BREIST PLAIT AND BORDOUR IT BAID
THE FULYE OF THE FYNE GOLD FELL IN THE FEILD
<P 36>
<L 940> THE REDE BLUDE WITH THE ROUT FOLOWIT THE BLAID
FOR ALL THE WEDIS I WISE THAT THE WY WEILD
THROW CLASPIS OF CLENE GOLD AND CLOWIS SA CLEIR
THAIR WITH SCHIR GOLOGRAS THE SYRE
IN MEKILL ANGIR AND IRE
ALSE FERSE AS THE FYRE
<L 946> LEIT FLE TO HIS FEIR
SIC DINTIS HE DELT TO THAT DOUGHTY
LEIT HYM DESTANYT TO DANGER AND DREID
THUS WES HE HANDILLIT FULL HAIT THAT HAWTANE IN HY
THE SCHELD IN COUNTIR HE KEST OUR HIS CLEIR WEID
HEWIT ON HARD STEILL WOUNDIR HAISTELY
GART BERYALLIS HOP OF THE HATHILL ABOUT HYM ON BREID
THAN THE KING VNTO CRISTE KEST VP ANE CRY
SAID LORD AS THOW LIFE LENT TO LEVAND IN LEID
AS THOW FORMIT ALL FRUTE TO FOSTER OUR FUDE
GRANT ME CONFORT THIS DAY
AS THOW ART GOD VERRAY
THUS PRAIS THE KING IN AFFRAY
<L 959> FOR GAWYNE THE GUDE
GOLAGRAS AT GAWYNE IN SIC ANE GREIF GREW
AS LYOUNE FOR FALT OF FUDE FAUGHT ON THE FOLD
WITH BAITH HIS HANDIS IN HAIST THAT HALTANE COUTH HEW
GART STANYS HOP OF THE HATHILL THAT HALTANE WAR HOLD
BIRNY AND BREIST PLAIT BRIGHT FOR TO SCHEW
MONY MAILYE AND PLAIT WAR MARRIT ON THE MOLD
KNICHTIS RAMYT FOR REUTH SCHIR GAWYNE THAI REW
THTQ DOUGHTY DELIT WITH HYM SA FOR DOUT HE WAR DEFOLDE
SA WONDIR SCHARPLY HE SCHARE THROU HIS SCHENE SCHROUD
HIS SCHEILD HE CHOPIT HYM FRA
IN TUENTY PECIS AND MA
SCHIR WAWANE WRITHIT FOR WA
WITLESE AND WOUD
<P 37>
THUS WOURTHIT SCHIR GAWYNE WRAITH AND WEPAND
AND STRAIK TO THAT STERN KNIGHT BUT STYNT
ALL ENGREUIT THE GROME WITH ANE BRIGHT BRAND
AND DELT THAIRWITH DOUGHTELY MONY DERF DYNT
THROW BYRNY AND BREISTPLAIT BORDOUR AND BAND
HE LEIT FLE TO THE FREKE AS FYRE OUT OF FLYNT
HE HEWIT ON WITH GRETE HAIST HARTLY WITH HAND
<L 980> HAKKIT THROW THE HARD WEID TO THE HEDE HYNT
THROW THE STUF WITH THE STRAIK STAPALIS AND STANIS
SCHIR WAWINE WOURTHY IN WAIL
HALF ANE SPAN AT ANE SPAIL
QUHARE HIS HARNES WES HAIL
<L 985> HE HEWIT ATTANIS
THUS RAITHLY THE RICHE BERNE RASSIT HIS ARRAY
THE TOTHIR STERTIS ANE BAK THE STERNE THAT WES STOUT
HIT SCHIR GAWAYNE ON THEQ GERE QUHIL GREUIT WES THE GAY
BETIT DOUNE THE BRIGHT GOLD AND BERYALLIS ABOUT
SCHEDDIT HIS SCHIRE WEDIS SCHARPLY AWAY
THAT LUFLY LAPPIT WAR ON LOFT HE GART THAME LAW LOUT

THE STERNE STAKRIT WITH THE STRAIK AND STERTIS ON STRAY
QUHILL NEIR HIS RESOUNE WES TYNT SA RUDE WES THE ROUT
THE BERYALLIS ON THE LAND OF BRATHERIS GART LIGHT
RUBEIS AND SAPHEIR
PRECIOUS STANIS THTQ WEIR
THUS DRESE THAI WEDIS SA DEIR
<L 998> THAT DANTELY WES DIGHT
THAI GYRD ON SA GRYMLY IN ANE GRETE IRE
BAITH SCHIR GAVINE THE GROME AND GOLOGRAS THE KNIGHT
THE SPARKIS FLEW IN THE FEILD AS FAGOTTIS OF FIRE
SA WNDIR FRELY THAI FREKIS FANGIS THE FIGHT
THAI LUSCHIT AND LAID ON THAI LUFLYIS OF LYRE
KING ARTHUR JHESU BESOGHT SEYMLY WITH SIGHT
<P 38>
AS THOW ART SOUERANE GOD SICKERLY AND SYRE
AT THOW VVALD WARYS FRA WO WAUANE THE WIGHT
AND GRANT THE FREKIS ON FOLD FARAR TO FALL
BAITH THAIR HONOURIS TO SAIF
AT CRIST WITH CREDENCE THAI CRAIF
KNIGHT SQUYAR AND KNAIF
<L 1011> AND THUS PRAY THAY ALL
THAI MELLIT ON WITH MALICE THAY MYGHTYIS IN MUDE
MANKIT THROU MAILYEIS AND MAID THAME TO MER
WRAITHLY WROGHT AS THAI WAR WITLESE AND WOD
BE THAT SCHIR WAWANE THE WY LIKIT THE WER
THE BLE OF HIS BRIGHT WEID WES BULLERAND IN BLUDE
THAIR WITH THE NOBILL IN NEID NYGHIT HYM NER
STRAIK HYM WITH ANE STEILL BRAND IN STEDE QUHARE HE STUDE
THE SCHELD IN FARDELLIS CAN FLE IN FEILD AWAY FER
THE TOTHIR HYT HYM AGANE WITH ANE HARD SWERD
AS HE LOUTIT OUR ANE BRA
HIS FEIT FOUNDERIT HYM FRA
SCHIR GOLOGRAS GRAITHLY CAN GA
GRULINGIS TO ERD
<L 1025> OR EUER HE GAT VP AGANE GUDE SCHIR GAWANE
GRIPPIT TO SCHIR GOLOGRAS ON THE GRUND GRENE
THAIR OF GROMYS WES GLAID GUDLY AND GANE
LOVIT CRISTE OF THAT CASE WITH HARTIS SA CLENE
ANE DAGGAR DAYNTELY DIGHT THAT DOUGHTY HAS DRAWNE
THAN HE CARPIT TO THE KNIGHT CRUEL AND KENE
GIF THOU LUFFIS THI LIFE LELELY NOGHT TO LAYNE
YELDE ME THI BRIGHT BRAND BURNIST SA BENE
I REDE THOW WIRK AS I VVISE OR WAR THE BETIDE
THE TOTHIR ANSUERIT SCHORTLY
ME THINK FARAR TO DEE
THAN SCHAMYT BE VERRALIE
<L 1037> ANE SCLANDER TO BYDE
<P 39>
WES I NEUER YIT DEFOULLIT NOR FYLIT IN FAME
NOR NANE OF MY ELDARIS THAT EUER I HARD NEVIN
BOT ILK BERNE HAS BENE VNBUNDIN WITH BLAME
RINGAND IN RIALTE AND REULLIT THAME SELF EVIN
SALL NEUER SEGE VNDIR SON SE ME WITH SCHAME
NA LUKE ON MY LEKAME WITH LIGHT NOR WITH LEME
NA NANE OF THE NYNT DEGRE HAUE NOY OF MY NAME
I SWERE BE SUTHFAST GOD THAT SETTIS ALL ON SEVIN
BOT GIF THAT WOURSCHIP OF WERE WIN ME AWAY
I TRETE FOR NA FAVOUR
DO FURTH THI DEVOIR
OF ME GETTIS THOU NA MORE
<L 1050> DONTLES THIS DAY

LORDINGIS AND LADYIS IN THE CASTELL ON LOFT
QUHEN THAI SAW THAIR LIEGE LORD LAID ON THE LANDIS
MONY SWEIT THING OF SWARE SWOWNIT FULL OFT
WYIS WOURTHIT FOR WO TO WRINGIN THAIR HANDIS
WES NOWTHIR SOLACE NOR SANG THAIR SOROW TO SOFT
ANE SAYR STONAY AND STOUR AT THAIR HARTIS STANDIS
ON CRISTE CUMLY THAY CRY ON CROCE AS THOU COFT
WITH THI BLISSIT BLUDE TO BRING WS OUT OF BANDIS
LAT NEUER OUR SOUERANE HIS CAUSE WITH SCHAME TO ENCHEIF
MARY FAREST OF FACE
BESEIK THI SONE IN THIS CACE
ANE DROP OF HIS GRETE GRACE
<L 1063> HE GRANT WS TO GEIF
THUS THE LEDIS ON LOFT IN LANGOUR WAR LENT
THE LORDIS ON THE TOTHIR SIDE FOR LIKING THAY LEUGH
SCHIR GAWYNE TRETIT THE KNIGHT TO TURN HIS ENTENT
FOR HE WES VVONDIR VVA TO VVIRK HYM MARE WUGH
SCHIR SAY FOR THI SELF THOW SEIS THOU ART SCHENT
IT MAY NOCHT MEND THE ANE MYTE TO MAK IT SO TEUGH
<P 40>
RISE AND RAIK TO OUR ROY RICHEST OF RENT
THOW SAL BE NEWIT AT NEID WITH NOBILLAY ENEUTH
AND DUKIT IN OUR DUCHERY ALL THE DUELLING
THAN WAR I WOUNDIR VNWIS
TO PURCHESE PROFFIT FOR PRIS
QUHARE SCHAME AY EUER LYIS
<L 1076> ALL MY LEUING
THEQ SEGE THTQ SCHRENKIS FOR NA SCHAME THEQ SCHENT MIGHT HYM SCHEND
THAT MARE LUFFIS HIS LIFE THAN LOIS VPONE ERD
SAL NEUER FREIK ON FOLD FREMMYT NOR FREYNDE
GAR ME LURK FOR ANE LUKE LAVVIT NOR LERD
FOR QUHASA VVITH VVOURSCHIP SALL OF THIS VVARLD VVENDE
THAIR VVIL NANE VVYIS THAT AR VVIS VVARY THE VVERD
FOR ONY TRETY MAY TYDE I TELL THE THE TEYND
I VVIL NOGHT TURN MYN ENTENT FOR ALL THIS VVARLD BRERD
OR I PAIR OF PRIS ANE PENNY VVORTH IN THIS PLACE
FOR BESANDIS OR BERYELL
I KNAW MYNE AVNE QUARRELL
I DREID NOT THE PEREILL
<L 1089> TO DEE IN THIS CACE
SCHIR GAVVYNE REVVIT THE RENK THTQ VVES RIALE
AND SAID TO THEQ REUEREND RICHE AND RIGHTUIS
HOVV MAY I SUCCOUR THEQ SOUND SEMELY IN SALE
BEFORE THIS PEPILL IN PLANE AND PAIR NOGHT THY PRIS
THAT SALL I TEL THEQ VVITH TONG TREVVLY IN TALE
WALD YOVV DENYE THEQ IN DEID TO DO MY DEUIS
LAT IT VVORTH AT MY VVIL THEQ VVOURSCHIP TO VVALE
AS I HAD VVONNYN THEQ OF VVERE VVOURTHY AND VVIS
SYNE CARY TO THEQ CASTEL QUHARE I HAUE MAIST CURE
THUS MAY YOVV SAIF ME FRA SYTE
AS I AM CRISTYNIT PERFITE
I SALL THIS KYNDNES QUYTE
<L 1102> AND SAUF THYN HONOURE

<P 41>
THAT WAR HARD SAID THTQ HEYND SA HAUE I GUDE HELE
ANE WOUNDER PERALOUS POYNT PARTENYNG GRETE PLIGHT
TO SOUER IN THI GENTRICE BUT SIGNETE OR SELE
AND I BEFORE SAW THEQ NEUER SICKERLY WITH SIGHT
TO LEIF IN THI LAUTE AND THOW WAR VNLELE
THAN HAD I CASSIN IN CAIR MONY KENE KNIGHT
BOT I KNAW THOU ART KENE AND ALSE CRUELL
OR THOW BE FULYEIT FEY FREKE IN THEQ FIGHT
I DO ME IN THI GENTRICE BE DRIGHTIN SA DEIR
HE LENYT VP IN THEQ PLACE
THE TOTHIR RAITHLY VPRAISE
GAT NEUER GROME SIC ANE GRACE
<L 1115> IN FEILD OF HIS FEIR
THAN THEI NOBILLIS AT NEID YEID TO THAIR NOTE NEW
FRESCHLY FOUNDIS TO FEGHT ALL FENYEAND THAIR FAIR
TUA SCHORT SUERDIS OF SCHETLH SMERTLY THAI DREW
THAN THAI MELLIT ON MOLD ANE MYLE WAN AND MARE
WES NEWYIR CASAR NOR KING THAIR QUENTANCE THTQ KNEW
IT SEMYT BE THAIR CONTENANCE THTQ KENDILLIT WES CARE
SYNE THAI TRAIST IN THTQ FEILD THROU TRETY OF TREW
PUT VP THAIR BRANDIS SA BRAID BURLY AND BAIR
GOLOGRAS AND GAWYNE GRACIOUS AND GUDE
YEID TO THE CASTEL OF STANE
AS HE WAR YOLDIN & TANE
THE KING PRECIOUS IN PANE
<L 1128> SAIR MURNAND IN MUDE
THE ROY RAMAND FUL RAITH THTQ REUTH WES TO SE
AND RAIKIT FULL REDLES TO HIS RICHE TENT
THE WATTER WET HIS CHEKIS THTQ SCHALKIS MYGHT SE
AS ALL HIS WELTHIS IN WARLD HAD BENE AWAY WENT
AND OTHIR BERNYS FOR BARRAT BLAKYNNIT THAIR BLE
BRAITHLY BUNDIN IN BAILL THAIR BREISTIS WAR BLENT
<P 42>
THE FLOUR OF KNIGHTHEDE IS CAUGHT THROU HIS CRUELTE
NOVV IS THEQ ROUND TABIL REBUTIT RICHEST OF RENT
QUHEN VVOURSCHIPFULL VVAVVANE THEQ VVIT OF OUR VVERE
IS LED TO ANE PRESONNE
NOVV FAILYEIS GUDE FORTOUNE
THE KING CUMLY VVITH CROUNE
<L 1141> GRAT MONY SALT TERE
QUHEN THTQ GAVVYNE THE GAY GRETE OF DEGRE
WES CUMMYN TO THEQ CASTEL CUMLY AND CLEIR
GROMYS OF THTQ GARISOUNE MAID GAMYN AND GLE
AND LEDIS LOFIT THAIR LORD LUFLY OF LYERE
BEIRDIS BEILDIT IN BLISE BRIGHTEST OF BLE
THE TOTHIR KNIGHTIS MAID CARE OF ARTHURIS HERE
AL THUS VVITH MURNYNG AND MYRTH THAI MAID MELLE
AY QUHIL THEQ SEGIS VVAR SET TO THE SUPPERE
THE SEYMLY SOUERANE OF THEQ SAIL MARSCHEL HE VVES
HE GART SCHIR GAVVYNE VPGA
HIS VVIFE HIS DOGHTER ALSUA
AND OF THTQ MIGHTY NA MA
<L 1154> WAR SET AT THTQ DES

HE GART AT ANE SETE BURD THEQ STRANGEARIS BEGIN
THE MAIST SEYMLY IN SALE ORDANIT THAME SETE
ILK KNYGHT ANE CUMLY LADY THTQ CLEIR VVES OF KYN
WITH KYNDE CONTENANCE THE RENK COUTH THAME REHETE
QUHEN THAI VVAR MACHIT AT METE THEQ MARE AND THEQ MYN
AND AY THE MERYEST ON MOLD MARSCHALIT AT METE
THAN SAID HE LOVVD VPONE LOFT THE LORD OF THTQ IN
TO AL THEQ BEIRNYS ABOUT OF GRE THTQ VVES GRETE
LUFLY LEDIS IN LAND LYTHIS ME TIL
HE STRAIK THE BURD VVITH ANE VVAND
THE QUHILK HE HELD IN HAND
THAIR VVES NA VVORD MUUAND
<L 1167> SA VVAR THAIR ALL STIL
<P 43>
HEIR YE AR GADERIT IN GROSSE AL THE GRETEST
OF GOMYS THAT GRIP HAS VNDIR MY GOUUERNYNG (PR. GODUERNYNG)
OF BARONIS AND BUROWIS OF BRAID LAND THEQ BEST
AND ALSE THE MERYEST ON MOLD HAS INTROMETTING
CUMLY KNIGHTIS IN THIS CACE I MAK YOU REQUEST
FREYNDFULLY BUT FALSSET OR ONY FENYEING
THAT YE WALD TO ME TREULY AND TRAIST
TELL YOUR ENTENT AS TUICHING THIS THING
THAT NOW HINGIS ON MY HART SA HAUE I GUDE HELE
IT TUICHIS MYNE HONOUR SA NEIR
YE MAK ME PLANE ANSUEIR
THAIROF I YOU REQUEIR
<L 1180> I MAY NOGHT CONCELE
SAY ME ANE CHOIS THEQ TANE OF THIR TWA
QUHETHIR YE LIKE ME LORD LAUGHT IN THE FEILD
OR ELLIS MY LIFE AT THEQ LEST LELELY FORGA
AND BOUNE YOW TO SUM BERNE THTQ MYGHT BE YOUR BEILD
THE WOURTHY WYIS AT THTQ WORD WOX WOUNDIR WA
THAN THAI WIST THAIR SOUERANE WES SCHENT VNDIR SCHEILD
WE WIL NA FAUOUR HERE FENYE TO FRENDE NOR TO FA
WE LIKE YOW AY AS OUR LORD TO WERE AND TO WEILD
YOUR LORDSCHIP WE MAY NOGHT FORGA ALSE LANG AS WE LEIF
YE SAL BE OUR GOUERNOUR
QUHIL YOUR DAIS MAY ENDURE
IN EISE AND HONOUR
<L 1193> FOR CHANCE THTQ MAY CHEIF
QUHEN THIS AUENAND AND HONEST HAD MAID THIS ANSUER
AND HAD TALD THAIR ENTENT TREWLY HIM TILL
THAN SCHIR GOLOGRAS THE GAY IN GUDLY MANEIR
SAID TO THAI SEGIS SEMELY ON SYLL
HOW WOURSCHIPFUL WAVANE HAD WONNIN HIM ON WEIR
TO VVIRK HIM VVANDRETH OR VVOUGH QUHILK VVAR HIS WIL
<P 44>
HOW FAIR HIM FELL IN FEGHT SYNE HOW HE COUTH FORBERE
IN SIGHT OF HIS SOUERANE THIS DID THEQ GENTILL
HE HAS ME SAUIT FRA SYTE THROW HIS GENTRICE
IT WAR SYN BUT RECURE
THEQ KNIGHTIS HONOUR SULD SMURE
THAT DID ME THIS HONOURE
<L 1206> QUHILK MAIST IS OF PRICE

I AUGHT AS PRYNCE HIM TO PRISE FOR HIS PROUESE
THAT WANYT NOGHT MY WOURSCHIP AS HE THTQ AL WAN
AND AT HIS BIDDING FULL BANE BLITH TO OBEISE
THIS BERNE FULL OF BEWTE THTQ ALL MY BAILL BLAN
I MAK THTQ KNAWIN AND KEND HIS GRETE KYNDNES
THE COUNTIRPAS TO KYTH TO HIM GIF I CAN
HE RAIKIT TO SCHIR GAWINE RIGHT IN ANE RACE
SAID SCHIR I KNAW BE CONQUEST THOU ART ANE KYND MAN
QUHEN MY LIFE AND MY DEDE WES BAITH AT THI WILL
THY FRENDSCHIP FRELY I FAND
NOW WIL I BE OBEYAND
AND MAKE THEQ MANRENT VVITH HAND
<L 1219> AS RIGHT IS AND SKILL
SEN FORTOUNE CACHIS THE COURS THROU HIR QUENTYS
I DID IT NOGHT FOR NANE DREID THTQ I HAD TO DE
NA FOR NA FAUTING OF HART NA FOR NA FANTISE
QUHARE CRISTE CACHIS THEQ COURS IT RYNNIS QUENTLY
MAY NOVVTHIR POVVER NOR PITH PUT HIM TO PRISE
QUHAN ON FORTONE QUHELMYS THEQ QUHEIL THAIR GAIS GRACE BY
QUHA MAY HIS DANGER ENDURE OR DESTANYE DISPISE
THAT LED MEN IN LANGOUR AY LESTAND IN LY
THE DATE NA LANGAR MAY ENDURE NA DRIGHTIN DEUINIS
ILK MAN MAY KYTH BE HIS CURE
BAITH KNYGHT KING & EMPRIOUR
AND MUSE IN HIS MYRROUR
& MATER MAIST MINE IS
<P 45>
<L 1233> HECTOUR AND ALEXANDER AND IULIUS CESAR
DAUID AND IOSUE AND IUDAS THE GENT
SAMPSONE AND SALAMON THTQ WISE AND WOURTHY WAR
AND THTQ RYNGIS ON ERD RICHEST OF RENT
QUHEN THAI MET AT THEQ MERK THAN MIGHT THAI NA MAIR
TO SPEID THAME OUR THEQ SPERE FEILD ENSPRINGING THAI SPRINT
QUHEN FORTUNE WORTHIS VNFRENDE THAN FAILIEIS WELEFAIR
THAIR MA NA TRESOUR OURTAK NOR TWYN HIR ENTENT
ALL ERDLY RICHES AND RUSE IS NOGHT IN THAIR GARDE
QUHAT MENIS FORTOUNE BE SKILL
ANE GUDE CHANCE OR ANE ILL
ILKANE BE WERK AND BE WILL
<L 1245> IS WORTH HIS REWARDE
SCHIR HALLOLKIS SCHIR HEWIS HEYND AND HARDY
SCHIR LYONEL LUFLY AND ALSE SCHIR BEDWERE
SCHIR WAWANE THEQ WISE KNIGHT WICHT AND WOURTHY
CARYS FURTH TO THEQ KING CUMLY AND CLERE
ALSE MY SELF SALL PASE WITH YOW REDDY
MY KYTH AND MY CASTEL COMPT HIS CONQUERE
THAI WAR ARAIT FUL RAITH THAT RYALE CUMPANY
OF LORDIS AND LADIS LUFSUM TO LERE
WITH GRETE LIGHTIS ON LOFT THTQ GAIF GRETE LEIME
SEXTY TORCHEIS FUL BRIGHT
BEFORE SCHIR GOLOGRAS THEQ KNYGHT
THAT WES ANE SEMELY SYGHT
<L 1258>
IN ONY RICHE REIME
ALL EFFRAYT OF THTQ FAIR WES THE FRESCH KING
WEND THE WYIS HAD BENE WROGHT ALL FOR THE WEIR
LORDIS LAUGHT THAIR LANCIS AND WENT IN ANE LYNG
AND GRAITHIT THAME TO THEQ GAIT IN THAIR GREIF GEIR
SPYNOK SPEKIS WITH SPECHE SAID MOUE YOU NA THING
IT SEMYS SAUGHTNYNG THAI SEIK I SE BE THAIR FEIR
<P 46>
YONE RICHE CUMMIS ARAIT IN RICHE ROBBING
I TROW THIS DEUORE BE DONE I DOUT FOR NA DEIR
I WAIT SCHIR GAWANE THEQ GAY HAS GRAITHIT THIS GAIT
BETUIX SCHIR GOLOGRAS AND HE
GUDE CONTENANCE I SE
AND VTHIR KNIGHTIS SO FRE
<L 1271> LUFSUM OF LAIT
THE RENK RAIKIT TO THEQ ROY WITH HIS RICHE ROUT (PR. RENT)
SEXTY SCHALKIS THTQ SCHENE SEYMLY TO SCHAW
OF BANRENTTIS AND BARONIS BAULD HYM ABOUT
IN CLATHIS OF CLEYNE GOLD CUMLY TO KNAW
TO THTQ LORDLY ON LOFT THTQ LUFLY CAN LOUT
BEFORE THTQ RIALE RENKIS RICHEST ON RAW
SALUST THEQ BAULD BERNE WITH ANE BLITH WOUT
ANE FURLENTH BEFORE HIS FOLK ON FEILDIS SO FAVV
THE KING CROCHIT VVITH CROUNE CUMLY AND CLEIR
TUKE HIM VP BY THE HAND
WITH ANE FAIR SEMBLAND
GRETE HONOUR THTQ AUENAND
<L 1284> DID TO THEQ DEIR
THAN THTQ SEYMLY BE SIGHT SAID TO THEQ GENT
WES VAILYEAND AND VERTEOUS FOROUTIN ONY VICE
HEIR AM I CUMYN AT THIS TYME TO YOUR PRESENT
AS TO THEQ VVOURSCHIPFULLEST IN VVARLD WOURTHY AND WISE
OF AL THTQ RYNGIS IN ERD RICHEST OF RENT
OF PYTH AND OF PROUES PEIRLES OF PRISE
HEIR I MAK YOVV ANE GRANT VVITH GUDLY ENTENT
AY TO YOUR PRESENCE TO PERSEVV VVITH AL MY SERUICE
QUHARE EUER YE FOUND OR FAIR BE FIRTH OR BE FELL
I SAL BE REDDY AT YOUR VVILL
IN ALKIN RESONNE AND SKILL
AS I AM HALDIN THAIRTILL
<L 1297> TREULY TO TELL
<P 47>
HE DID THE CONQUER TO KNAW ALL THE CAUSE QUHY
THAT ALL HIS HATHILLIS IN THTQ HEIR HAILLY ON HIGHT
HOW HE WES WONNYN OF WER WITH WAWANE THEQ WY
AND AL THE FORTONNE THEQ FREKE BEFELL IN THEQ FIGHT
THE DOUT AND THE DANGER HE TAULD HIM QUENTLY
THAN SAID ARTHUR HIM SELUIN SEMELY BY SIGHT
THIS IS ANE SOUERANEFULL THING BE IHESU THINK I
TO LEIF IN SIC PERELL AND IN SA GRETE PLIGHT
HAD ONY PREIUDICE (PR. PREUIDICE) APPERIT IN THEQ PARTYCE
IT HAD BENE GRETE PERELL
BOT SEN THEQ LAWTE IS LELL
THAT THOW MY KYNDNES WIL HEILL
<L 1310> THE MARE IS THI PRICE
I THANK THE MEKILL SCHIR KNIGHT SAID THE RYALL
IT MAKIS ME BLYTHAR TO BE THAN ALL THI BRAID LANDIS
OR ALL THE RENTTIS FRA THYNE VNTO RONSIWALL
YOGHT I MYGHT REIF THAME WITH RIGHT RATH TO MY HANDIS
THAN SAID THE SENYEOUR IN SYTH SEMELY IN SAILL
BECAUSE OF YONE BALD BERNE THAT BROGHT ME OF BANDIS
ALL THAT I HAUE WNDIR HEWYNE I HALD OF YOU HAILL
IN FIRTH FOREST AND FELL QUHARE EUER THAT IT STANDIS
SEN VOURSCHIPFULL WAWANE HAS WONNYN TO YOUR HANDIS
THE SENYORY IN GOUERNYNG

CUMLY CONQUEROUR AND KYNG
HEIR MAK YOW OBEISING
<L 1323>
AS LIEGE LORD OF LANDIS
AND SYNE FEWTE I YOW FEST WITHOUT FENYEING
SA THTQ THE CAUSE MAY BE KEND AND KNAWIN THROW SKILL
BLITHLY BOW AND OBEISE TO YOUR BIDDING
AS I AM HALDIN TO TELL TREULY THAIR TILL
OF SCHIR GOLOGRAS GRANT BLITH WES THE KING
AND THOGHT THEQ FORDWARD WES FAIR FREYNDSCHIP TO FULFIL
<P 48>
THAIR SCHIR GAVVANE THE GAY THROU REQUIRING
GART THEQ SOUERANE HIM SELF SEMELY ON SAILL
CARY TO THEQ CASTEL CLEIRLY TO BEHALD
WITH ALL THEQ VVOURTHY THTQ VVERE
ERLL DUKE AND DOUCH SPERE
BAITH BANRENT AND BACHILERE
<L 1336> THAT BLYTH VVAR & BALD
QUHEN THEQ SEMELY SOUERANE VVES SET IN THEQ SAILL
IT VVES SELCOUTH TO SE THE SEIR SERUICE
WYNIS VVISLY IN VVANE VVENT FULL GRETE VVAILL
AMANG THE PRYNCIS IN PLACE PEIRLES TO PRICE
IT VVAR TEIR FOR TO TEL TREULY IN TAIL
TO ONY VVY IN THIS VVARLD VVOURTHY I VVISE
WITH REUALING AND REUAY ALL THE OULK HALE
ALSO RACHIS CAN RYN VNDIR THE WOD RISE
ON THEQ RICHE RIUER OF RONE RYOT THAI MAID
AND SYNE ON THEQ NYNTE DAY
THE RENKIS RIAL OF ARRAY
BOWNYT HAME THAIR WAY
<L 1349> WITH OUTIN MARE BAID
QUHEN THE RYAL ROY MAIST OF RENOUNE
WITH AL HIS REUEREND ROUT WES REDDY TO RYDE
THE KING CUMLY WITH KITH WES CROCHIT WITH CROUNE
TO SCHIR GOLOGRAS THEQ GAY SAID GUDLY THTQ TYDE
HEIR MAK I THE REWARD AS I HAUE RESOUNE
BEFORE THEIR SENYEOURIS IN SIGHT SEMELY BESIDE
AS TUICHING (PR.TIUCHING) THEQ TEMPORALITE IN TOURE AND IN TOUNE
IN FIRTH FOREST AND FELL AND WODDIS SO WIDE
I MAK RELEISCHING OF YIN ALLEGIANCE
BUT DREID I SALL THEQ WARAND
BAITH BE SEY AND BE LAND
FRE AS I THE FIRST FAND
<L 1362> WITH OUTIN DISTANCE
(COLOPH) EXPLICIT (END OF COLOPH)

<B ANON>
<KC 202>
<E THINGIS IN KIND>
<H ABABBCBC>
<P 49>
(HEAD) BALADE (END OF HEAD)
<L 1> THINGIS IN KYNDE DESYRIS THINGIS LYKE
BOT DISCONTRAIR HATIS EWIRY THING
SAUF ONELY MANKINDE CAN NEVIR WELE LYKE
BOT GIF HE HAUE A LATIOUSE LYVING
FLESTHLY DESYRE AND GASTELY NURISCHING (PR.MIRISCHING)
IN TILL A PERSONE ALL SAMYN TO BE WROUGHT
WATER & FYRE TOGEDER IN KYNDELYNG
IT MAY WELE RYME BOT IT ACCORDIS NOUGHT

A MAN AT ONE FOR TO SERUE LORDIS TWAYN
THE QUHILK BE BATH CONTRAIR IN OPYNIONE
TO PLESE THAME BATH & PURCHES NO DISDAYN
TALK WITH THAT ANE AND WITH THE TOTHIR ROWNE
BE TREW TO BOTH WITH OUT TUIGH OF TRESONE
TELL HYM OF HYM THE THING THTQ NEWIR WAS WROUGHT
TO BRING ALL THIS TO GUDE CONCLUSIONE
IT MAY WELE RYME BOT ID ACCORDIS NOUGHT
TO HAUE A GALL CLEPIT A GENTILL DOW
TO BE MY FRENDE AND GEVE ME FALSE COUNSAILL
TO BREK MY HEDE & SYNE PUT ON A HOW
<L 20> TO BE A PRESTE AND FORMEST IN BATAILL
TO LY IN BED AND STRANG CASTELL ASSAILL
TO BE A MARCHAND QUHARE NA GUDE MY BE BOUGHT
TO HAUE A TREW WYF WITH A WANTONE TAILE
IT MAY WELE RYME BATH IT ACCORDIS NOUGHT
TO BE OF NO CONNYNG & KNAW THE HERBE
TO CARP LANGAGE THTQ NONE MAY VNDIR STONDE
<P 50>
A FULE TO HAUE A VERY WISE PROVERBE
A FERE BOIN BARNE OF HIR THAT IS A BONDE
WNPOSSIBLE THINGIS TO TAK ON HOND
TO BIG A CASTELL OR THE GROUND BE WROGHT
TO GEVE A DOME BE LAW THAT MAY NOGHT STONDE
IT MAY WELE RYME BOT IT ACCORDIS NOGHT
A WREGH TO WERE A NOBILL SCARLET GOUNE
A BADLYNG FURRYNG PARSILLIT WELE WITH SABLE
A GUDE HUSYWYF AY RYNYNG IN THE TOUNE
A CHILDE TO THRYVE QUHILK IS VNCHASTIABLE
TOBE CONTENT & LIGHTLY CHANGEABLE
TO HAUE IN DAYNTE THING THAT NEWIR DOUCGHT
A ROME RYNNAR WITH OUT LESING OR FABLE
<L 40> IT MAY WELE RYME BOT IT ACCORDIS NOUTGHT
A MYGHTY KING IN TILL A PORE REGIONE
ANE HASTY WIT AND HYE THINGIS TO DEVISE
MEKE ALMOUSE DEDE & FALSE DETRACTIONE
KYNITGHLY MANHEDE & SCHAMEFULL COUARDISE
A HEVYNLY HELL A POYNEFULL PARADISE
A HALY DOCTOUR WITH A LECHEROUSE THOUGHT
TO WIRK ON HEDE SYNE EFTIR TAK AVISE
IT MAY WELE RYME BOT IT ACCORDIS NOGHT
A GILTY TONG COLOURIT WITH ELOQUENCE
A FALSE ENTEND WITHIN AND DISSAUABLE
A BLYTH VISAGE WITH FRENDELY APPERENCE
A CRUELL HERT INVIOUSE AND VENGEABLE
A GENTILL HORSE IN TILL A NAKIT STABLE
A MERY SANG THE HERT WITH SOROW SOUGHT
TO JUNE THIR ALL & MAK THAME SUFFICIABLE
<P 51>
IT MAY WELE RYME BOT IT ACCORDIS NOUGHT
FRELY TO SPEND AND FULL OF COVATISE
TO SEKE BURGEOUNS OUT OF ANE ALD DRY STOK
A GAY TEMPLE WITHOUT DYVINE SERUICE
<L 60> A BIRDLES CAGE A KEY WITH OUTYN LOK
A TOUN SCIP AY RYDING IN A ROK
A MYGHTY BISCHOP IN A COINTRE OF NOUGHT
A WANTOUNE HIRD & A WELE REULIT FLOK
IT MAY WELE RYME BOT IT ACCORDIS NOUGHT
(GOL COLOPH) HEIR ENDIS THE KNICHTLY TALE OF GOLAGROS AND GAWANE
IN THE SOUTH GAIT OF EDINBURGH BE WALTER CHEPMAN
AND ANDROW MILLAR THE ( VIII ) DAY OF APERILE THE YHERE OF
GOD (MCCCCC) AND ( VIII ) YHERIS
(END GOL COLOPH)


<B DUNB>
<KCD 4>
<E DUNB GT>
<Q SE>
<MRCT>
<H AABAABBAB>
<P 89>
(HEAD) HERE BEGYNNYS ANE LITIL TRETIE INTITULIT THE GOLDYN
TARGE COMPILIT BE MAISTER WILYAM DUNBAR (END OF HEAD)
<P 91>
<L 1> RYGHT AS THE STERN OF DAY BEGOUTH TO SCHYNE
QUHEN GONE TO BED WAR VESPER AND LUCYNE
I RAISE AND BY A ROSERE DID ME REST
WP SPRANG THE GOLDYN CANDILL MATUTYNE
WITH CLERE DEPURIT BEMES CRISTALLYNE
GLADING THE MERY FOULIS IN THAIR NEST
OR PHEBUS WAS IN PURPUR CAPE REUEST
WP RAISE THE LARK THE HEVYNS MENSTRALE FYNE
IN MAY IN TILL A MOROW MYRTHFULLEST
<L 10> FULL ANGELLIKE THIR BIRDIS SANG THAIR HOURIS
WITHIN THAIR COURTYNS GRENE IN TO THAIR BOURIS
APPARALIT QUHITE AND REDE WYTH BLOMES SUETE
ANAMALIT WAS THE FELDE WYTH ALL COLOURIS
THE PERLY DROPPIS SCHAKE IN SILVIR SCHOURIS
QUHILL ALL IN BALME DID BRANCH AND LEUIS FLETE
TO PART FRA PHEBUS DID AURORA GRETE
HIR CRISTALL TERIS I SAW HYNG ON THE FLOURIS
QUHILK HE FOR LUFE ALL DRANK VP WYTH HIS HETE
<L 19> FOR MIRTH OF MAY WYTH SKIPPIS AND WYTH HAPPIS
THE BIRDIS SANG VPON THE TENDER CROPPIS
WITH CURIOUSE NOTE AS VENUS CHAPELL CLERKIS
THE ROSIS YONG NEW SPREDING OF THAIR KNOPIS
WAR POWDERIT BRYTQ WITH HEVINLY BERIALL DROPPIS
THROU BEMES REDE BIRNYNG AS RUBY SPERKIS
THE SKYES RANG FOR SCHOUTYNG OF THE LARKIS
THE PURPUR HEVYN OUR SCAILIT IN SILVIR SLOPPIS
OURGILT THE TREIS BRANCHIS LEF & BARKIS
<L 28> DOUNE THROU THE RYCE A RYUIR RAN WYTH STREMYS
SO LUSTILY AGAYN THAI LYKAND LEMYS
THAT ALL THE LAKE AS LAMP DID LEME OF LICHT
<P 92>
QUHILK SCHADOVIT ALL ABOUT WYHT TWYNKLING GLEMIS
THAT BEWIS BATHIT WAR IN SECUND BEMYS
THROU THE REFLEX OF PHEBUS VISAGE BRYTQ
ON EVERY SYDE THE HEGIES RAISE ON HICHT
THE BANK WAS GRENE THE BRUKE VAS FULL OF BREMYS
<L 36> THE STANNERIS CLERE AS STERN IN FROSTY NYTQ
THE CRISTALL AIR THE SAPHER FIRMAMENT
THE RUBY SKYES OF THE ORIENT
KEST BERIALL BEMES ON EMERAUT BEWIS GRENE
THE ROSY GARTH DEPAYNT AND REDOLENT
WITH PURPUR AZURE GOLD AND GOULIS GENT
ARAYED WAS BY DAME FFLORA THE QUENE
SO NOBILY THAT IOY WAS FOR TO SENE
THE ROCH AGAYN THE RIWIR RESPLENDENT
<L 45> AS LOW ENLUMYNIT ALL THE LEUES SCHENE

QUHAT THROU THE MERY FOULYS ARMONY
AND THROU THE RYUERIS SOUNE RYTQ RAN ME BY
ON FFLORAIS MANTILL I SLEPIT AS I LAY
QUHARE SONE IN TO MY DREMES FANTASY
I SAW APPROCH AGAYN THE ORIENT SKY
A SAILL ALS QUHITE AS BLOSSUM VPON SPRAY
WYTH MERSE OF GOLD BRYTQ AS THE STERN OF DAY
QUHILK TENDIT TO THE LAND FULL LUSTILY
<L 54> AS FALCOUNE SWIFT DESYROUSE OF HIR PRAY
AND HARD ON BURD VNTO THE BLOMYT MEDIS
AMANG THE GRENE RISPIS AND THE REDIS
ARRIVIT SCHE QUHAR FRO ANONE THARE LANDIS
ANE HUNDRETH LADYES LUSTY IN TO WEDIS
ALS FRESCH AS FLOURIS THAT IN MAY VP SPREDIS
IN KIRTILLIS GRENE WITHOUTYN KELL OR BANDIS
<P 93>
THAIR BRYTQ HAIRIS HANG GLETING ON THE STRANDIS
IN TRESSIS CLERE WYPPIT WYTH GOLDYN THREDIS
<L 63> WITH PAPPIS QUHITE AND MYDLIS SMALL AS WANDIS
DISCRIUE (PR.DISTRINE) I WALD BOT QUHO COUD WELE ENDYTE
HOW ALL THE FELDIS WYTH THAI LILIES QUHITE
DEPAYNT WAR BRYTQ QUHILK TO THE HEVYN DID GLETE
NOUCHT THOU OMER ALS FAIR AS THOU COUD WRYTE
FOR ALL THINE ORNATE STILIS SO PERFYTE
NOR YIT THOU TULLIUS QUHOIS LIPPIS SUETE
OFF RETHORIKE DID IN TO  TERMES FLETE
YOUR AUREATE TONGIS BOTH BENE ALL TO LYTE
<L 72> FOR TO COMPILE THAT PARADISE COMPLETE
THARE SAW I NATURE AND VENUS QUENE & QUENE
THE FRESCH AURORA AND LADY FLORA SCHENE
IUNO APPOLLO AND PROSERPYNA
DYANE THE GODDESSE CHASTE OF WODDIS GRENE
MY LADY CLEO THAT HELP OF MAKARIS BENE
THETES PALLAS AND PRUDENT MINERUA
FAIR FEYNIT FORTUNE AND LEMAND LUCINA
THIR MYCHTI QUENIS IN CROUNIS MYTQ BE SENE
<L 81> WYTH BEMYS BLITH BRICHT AS LUCIFERA
THARE SAW I MAY OF MYRTHFULL MONETHIS QUENE
BETUIX APRILE AND JUNE HIR SISTIR SCHENE
WITHIN THE GARDYNH WALKING VP & DOUNE
QUHAM OF THE FOULIS GLADDITH ALL BEDENE
SCHO WAS FULL TENDER IN HIR YERIS GRENE
THARE SAW I NATURE PRESENT HIR A GOUNE
RICH TO BEHALD AND NOBIL OF RENOUNE
OFF EWIRY HEW VNDER THE HEVIN THAT BENE
DEPAYNT AND BROUD BE GUDE PROPORCIONE
<P 94>
<L 91> FULL LUSTILY THIR LADYES ALL IN FERE
ENTERIT WITHIN THIS PARK OF MOST PLESERE
QUHARE THAT I LAY OUR HELIT WYTH LEUIS RONK
THE MERY FOULIS BLISFULLEST OF CHERE
SALUST NATURE ME THOUCHT ON THAIR MANERE
AND EWIRY BLOME ON BRANCH AND EKE ON BONK
OPNYT AND SPRED THAIR BALMY LEUIS DONK
FULL LOW ENCLYNYNG TO THAIR QUENE SO CLERE
QUHAM OF THAIR NOBLE NORISING THAY THONK

SYNE TO DAME FLORA ON THE SAMYN WYSE
THAY SALUSE AND THAY THANK A THOUSAND SYSE
AND TO DAME WENUS LUFIS MYCHTI QUENE
THAY SANG BALLECTIS IN LUFE AS WAS THE GYSE
WITH AMOUROUSE NOTIS LUSTY TO DEVISE
AS THAY THAT HAD LUFE IN THAIR HERTIS GRENE
THAIR HONY THROTIS OPNYT FRO THE SPLENE
WITH WERBLIS SUETE DID PERSE THE HEVINLY SKYES
<L 108> QUHILL LOUD RESOWNYT THE FIRMAMENT SERENE
ANE OTHIR COURT THARE SAW I CONSEQUENT
CUPIDE THE KING WYTH BOW IN HAND YBENT
AND DREDEFULL AROWIS GRUNDYN SCHARP & SQUARE
THARE SAW I MARS THE GOD ARMYPOTENT
AUFULL AND STERNE STRONG AND CORPOLENT
THARE SAW I CRABBIT SATURN ALD & HAIRE
HIS LUKE WAS LYKE FOR TO PERTURB THE AIRE
THARE WAS MERCURIUS WISE AND ELOQUENT
<L 117> OF RETHORIKE THAT FAND THE FLOURIS FAIRE
THARE WAS THE GOD OF GARDINGIS PRIAPUS
THARE WAS THE GOD OF WILDERNES PHANUS
AND JANUS GOD OF ENTREE DELYTABLE
<P 95>
THARE WAS THE GOD OF FLUDIS NEPTUNUS
THARE WAS THE GOD OF WYNDIS EOLUS
WITH VARIAND LUKE RYTQ LYKE A LORD VNSTABLE
THARE WAS BACUS THE GLADDER OF THE TABLE
THERE WAS PLUTO THE ELRICH INCUBUS
<L 126> IN CLOKE OF GRENE HIS COURT VSIT NO SABLE
AND EWIRY ONE OF THIR IN GRENE ARAYIT
ON HARP OR LUTE FULL MERILY THAI PLAYIT
AND SANG BALLETTIS WITH MICHTY NOTIS CLERE
LADYES TO DANCE FULL SOBIRLY ASSAYIT
ENDLANG THE LUSTY RYWIR SO THAI MAYIT
THAIR OBSERUANCE RYTQ HEVYNLY WAS TO HERE
THAN CRAP I THROU THE LEUIS & DREW NERE
QUHARE YAT I WAS RYTQ SUDAYNLY AFFRAYT
ALL THROU A LUKE QUHILK  I HAUE BOUCHT FULL DERE
<L 136> AND SCHORTLY FOR TO SPEKE BE LUFIS QUENE
I WAS ASPYIT SCHO BAD HIR ARCHEARIS KENE
GO ME ARREST AND THAY NO TYME DELAYIT
THAN LADYES FAIR LETE FALL THAIR MANTILLIS GREN
WITH BOWIS (PR.LOWIS) BIG IN TRESSIT HAIRIS SCHENE
ALL SUDAYNLY THAY HAD A FELDE ARAYIT
AND YIT RYTQ GRETLY WAS I NOUCHT AFFRAYIT
THE PARTY WAS SO PLESAND FOR TO SENE
<L 144> A WONDER LUSTY BIKKIR ME ASSAYIT
AND FIRST OF ALL WITH BOW IN HAND YBENT
COME DAME BEAUTEE RYTQ AS SCHO WALD ME SCHENT
SYNE FOLOWIT ALL HIR DAMESELIS YFERE
WITH MONY DIUERSE AUFULL INSTRUMENT
WNTO THE PRES FAIR HAVING WYTH HIR WENT
FYNE PORTRATURE PLESANCE & LUSTY CHERE
<P 96>
THAN COME RESONE WITH SCHELDE OF GOLD SO CLERE
IN PLATE AND MAILLE AS MARS ARMYPOTENT
DEFENDIT ME THAT (PR.THAS) NOBIL CHEUALLERE

<L 154> SYNE TENDER YOUTH COME WYTH HIR VIRGYNS YING
GRENE INNOCENCE AND SCHAMEFULL ABAISING
AND QUAKING DREDE WYTH HUMBLE OBEDIENCE
THE GOLDYN TARGE HARMYT THAY NO THING
CURAGE IN THAME WAS NOUCHT BEGONNE TO SPRING
FULL SORE THAY DRED TO DONE A VIOLENCE
SUETE WOMANHEDE I SAW CUM IN PRESENCE
OF ARTILYE A WARLD SCHE DID IN BRING
<L 162> SERUIT WYTH LADYES FULL OF REUERENCE
SCHE LED WYTH HIR NURTURE AND LAWLYNES
CONTENENCE PACIENCE GUDE FAME & STEDFASTNES
DISCRECIONE GENTRISE AND CONSIDERANCE
LEUEFULL COMPANY & HONEST BESYNES
BENIGNE LUKE MYLDE CHERE & SOBIRNES
ALL THIR BURE GANYEIS TO DO ME GREUANCE
BOT RESONE BURE THE TARGE WYTH SIK CONSTANCE
THAIR SCHARP ASSAYES MYCHT DO NO DURES
TO ME FOR ALL THAIR AUFULL ORDYNANCE
<L 172>WNTO THE PRES PERSEWIT HIE DEGREE
HIR FOLOWIT AY ESTATE AND DIGNITEE
COMPARISONE HONOUR AND NOBLE ARRAY
WILL WANTONNES RENOUN AND LIBERTEE
RICHESSE FREDOME AND EKE NOBILITEE
WIT YE THAY DID THAIR BANER HYE DISPLAY
A CLOUD OF AROWIS AS HAYLE SCHOUR LOUSIT THAY
AND SCHOT QUHILL WASTIT WAS THAIR ARTILYE
<L 180> SYNE WENT ABAK REBOYTIT OF THAIR PRAY
<P 97>
QUHEN VENUS HAD PERSAUIT THIS REBUTE
DISSYMILANCE SCHO BAD GO MAK PERSUTE
AT ALL POWERE TO PERSE THE GOLDYN TARGE
AND SCHO THAT WAS OF DOUBILNES THE RUTE
ASKIT HIR CHOISE OF ARCHERIS IN REFUTE
WENUS THE BEST BAD HIR GO WALE AT LARGE
SCHO TUKE PRESENCE PLICHT ANKERS OF THE BARGE
AND FAIR CALLYNG THAT WELE A FLAYN COUD SCHUTE
<L 189> AND CHERISING FOR TO COMPLETE HIR CHARGE
DAME HAMELYNES SCHO TUKE IN COMPANY
THAT HARDY WAS AND HENDE IN ARCHERY
AND BROUCHT DAME BEAUTEE TO THE FELDE AGAYN
WITH ALL THE CHOISE OF VENUS CHEUALRY
THAY COME AND BIKKERIT VNABAISITLY
THE SCHOUR OF AROWIS RAPPIT ON AS RAYN
PERILOUSE PRESENCE THAT MONY SYRE HAS SLAYN
THE BATAILL BROUCHT ON BORDOUR HARD VS BY
<L 198> THE SALT WAS ALL THE SARAR SUTH TO SAYN
THIK WAS THE SCHOTE OF GRUNDYN DARTIS KENE
BOT RESONE WITH THE SCHELD OF GOLD SO SCHENE
WARLY DEFENDIT QUHO SO EWIR ASSAYES
THE AUFULL STOURE HE MANLY DID SUSTENE
QUHILK PRESENCE KEST A PULDER IN HIS ENE
AND THAN AS DRUNKYN MAN HE ALL FORVAYIT
QUHEN HE WAS BLYND THE FULE WYTH HYM THAY PLAYIT
AND BANYST HYM AMANG THE BEWIS GRENE
<L 207> THAT SORY SICHT ME SUDAYNLY AFFRAYIT

THAN WAS I WOUNDIT TO THE DETH WELE NERE
AND YOLDYN AS A WOFULL PRISONNERE
TO LADY BEAUTEE IN A MOMENT SPACE
<P 98> ME THOUCHT SCHO SEMYT LUSTIAR OF CHERE
EFTER THAT RESONE TYNT HAD HIS EYNE CLERE
THAN OF BEFORE AND LUFLIARE OF FACE
QUHY WAS THOU BLYNDIT RESONE QUHI ALLACE
AND GERT ANE HELL MY PARADISE APPERE
AND MERCY SEME QUHARE THAT I FAND NO GRACE
DISSYMULANCE WAS BESY ME TO SILE
AND FAIR CALLING DID OFT APON ME SMYLE
AND CHERISING ME FED WYTH WORDIS FAIR
NEW ACQUYNTANCE ENBRACIT ME A QUHILE
AND FAUOURYT ME QUHILL MEN MYTQ GO A MYLE
SYNE TUKE HIR LEVE I SAW HIR NEVIR MARE
THAN SAW I DANGERE TOWARD ME REPAIR
I COUD ESCHEW HIR PRESENCE BE NO WYLE
<L 225> ON SYDE SCHO LUKIT WYTH ANE FREMYT FARE
AND AT THE LAST DEPARTING COUD HIR DRESSE
AND ME DELYUERIT VNTO HEVYNESSE
FOR TO REMAYNE AND SCHO IN CURE ME TAKE
BE THIS THE LORD OF WYNDIS WYTH WODENES
GOD EOLUS HIS BUGILL BLEW I GESSE
THAT WITH THE BLAST THE LEUIS ALL TO SCHAKE
AND SUDAYNLY IN THE SPACE OF A LUKE
ALL WAS HYNE WENT THARE WAS BOT WILDERNES
<L 234> THARE WAS NO MORE BOT BIRDIS BANK AND BRUKE
IN TWYNKLYNG OF ANE EYE TO SCIP THAI WENT
AND SWYTH VP SAILE VNTO THE TOP THAI STENT
AND WITH SWIFT COURSE ATOUR THE FLUDE THAI FRAK
THAI FYRIT GUNNIS WYTH POWDER VIOLENT
TILL THAT THE REKE RAISE TO THE FIRMAMENT
THE ROCHIS ALL RESOWNYT WYTH THE RAK
<P 99>
FOR REDE IT SEMYT THAT THE RAYNBOW BRAK
WYTH SPIRIT AFFRAYDE APON MY FETE I SPRENT
<L 243> AMANG THE CLEWIS SO CAREFULL WAS THE CRAK
AND AS I DID A WAKE OF MY SUEVING
THE IOYFULL BIRDIS MERILY DID SYNG
FOR MYRTH OF PHEBUS TENDER BEMES SCHENE
SUETE WAR THE VAPOURIS SOFT THE MOROWING
HALESUM THE VALE DEPAYNT WYTH FLOURIS YING
THE AIR ATTEMPERIT SOBIR AND AMENE
IN QUHITE AND REDE WAS ALL THE FELDE BESENE
THROU NATURIS NOBIL FRESCH ANAMALYNG
IN MIRTHFULL MAY OF EWIRY MONETH QUENE
<L 253> O REUEREND CHAUCERE ROSE OF RETHORIS ALL
AS IN OURE TONG AND FLOUR IMPERIALL
THAT RAISE IN BRITANE EWIR QUHO REDIS RYTQ
THOU BERIS OF MAKARIS THE TRYUMPH RIALL
THY FRECH ANAMALIT TERMES CELICALL
THIS MATER COUD ILLUMYNIT HAUE FULL BRYTQ
WAS THOU NOUCTH OF OURE INGLISCH ALL THE LYTQ
SURMOUNTING EWIRY TONG TERRESTRIALL
ALLS FER AS MAYES MOROW DOIS MYDNYCHT

<L 262> O MORALL GOWER AND LUDGATE LAUREATE
YOUR SUGURIT LIPPIS AND TONGIS AUREATE
BENE TO OURE ERIS CAUSE OF GRETE DELYTE
YOUR ANGEL MOUTHIS MOST MELLIFLUATE
OURE RUDE LANGAGE HAS CLERE ILLUMYNATE
AND FAIR OUR GILT OURE SPECH THAT IMPERFYTE
STUDE OR YOUR GOLDYN PENNIS SCHUPE TO WRITE (PR.WIRTE)
THIS ILE BEFORE WAS BARE AND DESOLATE
OFF RETHORIKE OR LUSTY FRESCH ENDYTE
<P 100>
<L 271>THOU LYTILL QUAIR BE EWIR OBEDIENT
HUMBLE SUBIECT AND SYMPLE OF ENTENT
BEFORE THE FACE (PR.FARE) OF EWIRY CONNYNG WICHT
I KNAW QUHAT THOU OF RETHORIKE MAY SPENT
OFF ALL HIR LUSTY ROSIS REDOLENT
IS NONE IN TO THY GERLAND SETT ON HICHT
ESCHAME THAR OF AND DRAW THE OUT OF SICHT
RUDE IS THY WEDE DISTEYNIT BARE AND RENT
WELE AUCHT THOU BE AFERIT OF THE LICHT

<B ANON>
<KC 5>
<E REGIM PRINC>
<Q S>
<DC 1460>
<MRCT>
<H ABABBCC>
<P 101>
<L 1> RYGHT AS ALL STRINGIS AR REULLIT IN ANE HARP
IN ANE ACCORD AND TWNYT ALL WITH (PR. WIH) ANE VTHE
QUHILK IS AS KING THAN CURIOUSLY THAI CARP
THE SOUND IS SUETE QUHEN THAT THE SANG IS SUTHE
BOT QUHEN THAI AR DISCORDANT FALSE AND MUTHE
THAR WIL NO MAN TAK PLESANS IN THAT PLAY
THAI MYGHT WEILL THOLE THE MENSTRALE WER AWAY
<L 8> BOT AND THE STRINGE BE NOT ALL TREW AND TRAIST
QUHAT SALL WE DO SALL WE THE MENSTRALE WITE
YE BOT HE BEND AND PREUE THAM WITH A WRAST
BE THEI VNTREW PULL ON AND MAK ALL QUITE
AND OTHIR TREW PUT IN THE STEDE ALS TYTE
AND CHANGE AY SUA QUHILL HE FIND TREW CONCORDE
THAN WIL MEN SAY HE IS WORHT TO BE LORD
THOU RYALL KING ALL THIS SULD REULL THI REALME
GUD SOUND AND SUTHE FAST TO THI SEGIS GIF
THY TYME TO TECHE ALL SULD BE TANE AS TEWME
THI LAWIS SULD GER THI LYEGIS LAULIK LIF
THOU SULD GER SYFT THI SEGIS THROU A SIFF
SE QUHA WER WORHT TO WORSCHIP QUHA TO WA
AND THAM REWARD EFTIR AS THAI CAUSE MA
<L 22> REWARD WORTHY AND PUNISE WEKITNES
NURICE VERTU EXCLUDE VICE AND ERROUR
CONSIDER WEILL THE SOUND OF THI SEGIS
KNAW THER CURAGE AS FACE IN A MIRROUR
SEN GOD MAID THE TO BE THER GOUUERNOUR
AND YOU PUT BLIND MEN IN THER GOUUERNANS
THOW SAL BE PUNIST FOR THER IGNORANS
<P 102>
<L 29> FOR SIC MEN AS YOU DEPUTIS VNDER THE
QUHEDER THAI BE FULIS WEKIT MEN OR WISE
ALL MEN WILL TRAIST THEQ SIC LIKE MONE THOU BE
AS THOU COMMITTIS TO GOUERNE THY OFFICE
HOU SULD A MAN BUT KNAWLEGE KEIP IUSTICE
OR BUT WISDOME TO BE A GOUERNOURE
THUS MAY THOU NEUYR OF THER DEIDIS HAIF HONOUR
BOT GER YONG LORDIS STUDY IN THI LAWS
AND IN THER YOUTHHED TAK SUM TECHEMENT
HOW SULD A MAN BE WYSE THAT NO THING KNAWIS
TO GIF THE COUNSALE IN THI PARLIAMENT
<L 40> OR FOR TO GIF A RYGTHWISE IUGEMENT
NOR FOR TO GOVERNE IUSTICE IN THI LANDE
THAT HES THER WIT TO SEIK AT OTHIRIS HANEDE
O PRINCE THINK QUHY THI CROUNE WES GEWIN THE TILL
THI SUERD THI CEPTOUR IN TAKIN OF IUSTICE
FRA HIEAST GOD TO DISCERNE GUD AND ILL
EXPELL WIKKIT AND LUF THAM THAT AR WYSE
AND OURE ALL THINGIS PUT WISEMEN IN OFFICE
AND KNAW THAM WELL THAT SALL THI IUGIS BE
SEN ALL THE PLIGTHT AND PERELL LYIS ONE THE
<L 50> BOT SEN A MANNIS WIT MAY NOT SUFFICE
FOR TO MANTENE SO HIE A GOUERNANCE
THOW SULD GER CHOISE THI COVNSALE THAT WER WYSE
BE ALL THI THRE ESTATIS HAYL ORDINANCE
SYNE LAY ALHALE THE CHARGE IN THER BALLANCE
TO GIF YE COUNSALE IN THI GOUERNANCE
AS THAI WILL ANSUER AND TO THE GRET IUGEMENT
<P 103>
<L 57> AND CHEISE NA MAN FOR HYE LORDSCHIP NA BLUD
NA GRET POWER OF RICHES TO COUNSALE
BOT BE ELECTIONE CHOSE OF MEN OF GUD
<L 60> QUHILK GOD AND MAN PLESIS THER GOUUERNAIL
THAT HES THE VOCIS OF ALL THE COMMOUNIS HAILL
TO LUF GUD LAWTE IUSTICE AND PRUDENS
AND KNAWE OF GUD LIF AND GUD CONSCIENS
THINK ONE THAT YOU MONE GIF A TRIBUTE COMPTE
AND ANSUERE FOR THI JUGE AND THI SELL
AND WAT NOT QUHEN THOU SAL BE SUMMOND
FOR TO COMPER QUHARE THOU SALL LANGEST DUELL
QUHAR NA REWARD SALL BE BOT HEUIN OR HELL
THAR SALL NA MAN BE RANSONYT FOR NA GER
BOT EUERILK MAN SALL HIS AWIN CHERGE BEYR
NOW TAK NOT ALL YE BURDIN ONE THI BAK
WITH SPECIALL COUNSALE IN TO PREUETE
GIF IT BEIS ILL YOU SALL HAIF ALL YE LAK
YOUTH IT BE WEILL SMALL HOUOUR IS TO THE
FOR EUER YE PROFFIT OF COMMUNITE
IS PUT ONE BAK QUHEN SIC MEN HES THE CURE
AND EUYR THI CROWNE IS INDEGENT AND PURE

THUS MAY THOU SE BE SUCHE EXPERIENS
BE FOLKIS THAT HES THI GUDIS FOR TO SPENDE
THAI GER THE TROW THOW MAY NOT MAK DISPENSE
<L 81> ONE THI HOUSHALD NOT HALF A YERE TILL ENDE
BOT IN HUNTING ET SORNYNG THAI THE SENDE
ONE LORDIS ET ONE ABBAIS HERE ET THARE
THAI BY LORDSCHIPPIS BOT THOW ART ALWEIS BAIRE
<P 104>
<L  85> QUHAT MAKIS THIS BOT CAYTIF CREATURIS
QUHILK COUTH NEWIR COUNSALE BOT IN COVATISE
QUHILK HAD NEWIR HERT NOR HEID TILL HE HONORIS
WENAND NO WY BOT WRETHITNES I WYSE
LORD GOD QUHAR AR THER PRINCIS HE OF PRICE
QUHILK ONE IUSTICE SET ALL THIR ERDLY GLORE
AND RICHIT THAM SELF ET THER REALME MORE ET MORE
THAR SULD NEWIR CAYTIFE BE COUNSALE TILL A KING
NE KING SULD NEWIR OF HIS SMAL COMPTIS KNAW
NA WIT OF SCANTNES NA OF WRETHIT THING
QUHILK MYTQ HIS HERT TO NEID OR MISTER DRAW
ALL HIS DELITE SULD BE TO KEIP THE LAW
FOR HIE HONOUR HIE WORSCHIP ET RENOUNE
WITH WRETHITNES RESTIS NEWIR IN A PERSONNE
IT IS DEGRADING TILL A KINGIS CROVNE
TO MELL WYTH SMALL WRECHIT BESYNES
NA WITH NA TUTLARIS FOR TO ROUK NA ROVNE
TO LERE TO CONQUESE GUDIS WITH SCANTNES
NOBILITE SULD MELL BOT WYTH NOBILNES
AND SPECIALIE THE NOBLE MAIESTE
SULD NEWIR BE TRAVALIT BOT IN MATERS HIE
<L 106> FOR SIC MEN COUNSALIS EWIR TO COVATISE
THE QUHILK TO LAW IS MORTALE INNEMY
GRET COVATISE IS MARCHAND OF IUSTICE
ET EWIR IS REDY LAW TO SEL ET BY
SULD MEN SIC BE OF THI CONNSALES FOR THI
NA BERE OFFICE QUHAR IN THI HONOUR LYIS
<L 112>QUHILK MYTQ BE BOTHT FRA IUSTICE ONE THIS WISE
<P 105>
<L 120> AND EXCLUD AL EFFECTIONE SINGLARE
AND TO THE COMMONE PROFET AY TAK HEYDE
QUHEN KINGIS SETTIS THAM FOR PROW PARTICULARE
THE REALME SALL NEWIR HAIF HONOUR OF THER DEIDE
DREIDIS THOW TO WANT OR QUHARE OF HES THOW DREIDE
LUF WEILL THI GOD HIM SERUE ET KEIP IUSTICE
RICHES REBONDIS TO MEN THAT AR RYTQTUISE
QUHA WALD BE RICHE HAIF EE TO HONOUR AY
FOR RICHES FOLLOUIS HONOUR EUYR MAYR
TILL HONOUR WISDOME IS THE NEREST WAY
AND WISDOME TO WERTU IS THE VERRAY AERE
AND VERTU CUMIS EUER OF SCIENS AND OF LAIRE
AND SCIENS CUMIS ONELY THROU GODIS GRACE
CONQUEST THROU GUD LIF TRAUALE AND BESYNES
THUS SENE VERTU IS GROUND OF ALKIN GRACE
AND SOUERANE LORD OF VERTU IS IUSTICE
AS WELL OF WORSCHIP AND OF WORTHYNES
FOR NANE AR SAIF BOT MEN THAT AR RIHTUISE


HALD VERTU IN THI HART AND THOU BE WYSE
AND IN IUSTICE SET ALL THI BESY CURE
THI REALME SALL RICHE AND THOU SALL NEUYR BE PURE
<L 141> QUHEN ROME WES REGNIT (PR.REGIT) BE WISE SENATOURIS
IN IUSTICE AND IN PUBLIK POLISE
OUR ALL THIS ERD THAI WER LORDE AND WICTOURIS
AND TUK TRIBUTE FOR SOUUERAN SENEYORI
BOT QUHEN THE WELL OF IUSTICE WES GANE DRY
AND PUBLIC PROW PAST IN DIUISIOUNE
THAR GRET GLORE TURNIT IN DISSOLATIOUNE
<P 106>
<L 148> HER FOR KEIP LAW GIF THOU WALD HALD THI LAND
AND LUF LARGESE OR THOU SALL LORDSCHIP LEISE
BUT QUHILK GRET STAIT MYGTH THOU LANG STEDFAST STAND
THE EXAMPLE IN THE BE FOR THI SELF YOU SEIS
FOR FALT OF LAW ALL FAWOUR OF FORTOUNE FLEIS
HERFOR SECTOURIS FERMLY SCHO HALDIS AT FED
FOR QUHILK HIR DYNT IS DISHONOUR AND DEIDE
IUSTICE WALD HAIF A GENERALL PRESIDENT <L 155>
<L 156> ANE AUDITOUR OF COMPLANTE OF THE PURE
THE QUHILK DAILY SULD MINISTER IUGEMENT
TO PURE AT CRY IUSTICE AT THI DUR
SPENDAND MAR THAN THER CLAME IS OF VALOUR
SYNE PUT ON BAK QUHILL GRET CAUSE DECYDE
SYNE LEWAND ALL FOR POUERTE MAY NOT BYDE
<L 162> IT IS IMPOSIBLE TO THI GRET COUNSALE
FOR TO DISCUSSE ALL MATERIS SMALL AND GRETE
BOT TO SMALL MEN COMMIT ALL CAUSIS SMALL
OF PUR  PLENNYEAND THAT RARYS AT THI YET
QUHILK DAILY HES NOT HALF THER FILL OF MET
WITH WIF AND BARNIS SUONAND FOR FALT OF BREDE
FOR QUHILK GOD SALL THE CHALLANGE OF THER DEDE
<L 183> THY IUGIS ALS YIT HES IUSTICE TO LEIDE
OFT TYMES ABUF THER IURIDICTIONNE
STOPAND THE LAIF FOR LUF FRENDSCHIP OR FEIDE
FOR RADOUR REQUEST FOR MEID OR WARISONE
SYNE QUHEN THE PARTI COMPLENYEIS TO THE CROUNE
THAI SEND THAM OFT TO THER IUGE AGANE
<L 189> QUHILK FOR THER COMPLAYNT FULL DERE SALL BY THTQ BLAME
<P 107>
<L 204> THE MANERIS AR OF IUGIS GENERALL
FIRST TO THI GOD SINE TO THI AWIN PERSONE
TO GOD YOW HALD THI HART ET CONSCIENS HAILL
AS TO THI SELF AND NOT TO EXCEID RESONE
SYNE TO DO LAW TO PEPLE IN TO COMMOUNE
FOR FIRST THOW SULD THAM SCHAW A GUD MIROUR (PR. M.ROUR)
FOR PEPLE OFT FOLLOWIS THE TRED OF THE PASTOUR
<L 169> QUHAT THANK CUNNIS GOD THE FOR TO IUSTEFY
THE PUER COMMONIS THTQ THOW HES IN TO CUIR
AND SYNE THI SELF TO LEIF MAIST WRANGUISLY
DOAND NA RESION TO NA CREATUR
TRAIST WEIL SIC LORDSCHIP MAY NOT LANG ENDUR
WALD THOW TAK TENT VNTO THIR ALD STORIIS
HOW MONY PRINCIS AR PUNIST ONE THIS WYSE

GUD IUSTICE HAS ( II ) PARTYES PRINCIPALE
THE TANE IS DOME ET RYTQ TUISE IUGEMENT
THE TOTHIR IS TO MAK THE SCATHIS HAILL
EFTIR YE DOME YE PARTIIS TO CONTENT
AND THER OF MAK THAIM SIKIR INCONTINENT
EFTIR YE TERME OF LAW ALUTERLY
<L 182> OR ELLIS THE IUGE IS DETOUR WERRALY
<L 211>QUHAT WALIS A MAN THI RIGHTUIS IUGEMENT
WYTH WRYT ET WALX CONFERMYT AS EFFERIS
AND SYNE THE PARTIS NEWIR TO BE CONTENT
BOT DRYCHIT ET DELAYIT FRA YER TO YERIS
TROWIS THOW NOT GOD & HIEAST HEVIN THEM HERIS
CRYAND WENGEANCE FOR FALT OF LIFFIS FUDE
OF THE ET THEM THAT REVIS THAM THER GUDE
<P 108>
<L 218> SANCT DAUID SAIS IN HALY PROPHECY
THE MAN IS BLISSIT THTQ DOIS BAYTH DOME ET LAW
QUHILK QUHEN HE GIFFIS A SENTENS SUTHFASTLY (PR.SUCHFASTLY)
GERRIS EXECUT IT FOR ONY MANNIS AW
NOT ANERLY TO SEILL A NAKIT SAW
FOR TO GOD IT IS BOT VTER DIRISIOUNE
<L 224> A BAIR SENTENS BUT EXECUTIOUNE
<L 232> AND BE IT A SENTENS OF A SOUUERAINE LORD
QUHILK SIGNIFIIS SENTENS SUPERLATIFE
QUHEN DOME IS GEVIN ET NA REMEID SET FORDE
AND TERME OF AL LAW ALLEGIT TO PRESCRIFE
FRA THAT TYM FURTHE THER IS NO MAN ONE LIF
MAY IT REUOKE BUT HURTING TO THE CROUNE
AND DEGRADING TO THE IURISDICTIOUNE
<L 239> YHIT IS A THING THAT MEKLE GREVIS THI CROUNE
QUHILK SEILDIN IS REMEDIT IN THI LANDE
QUHEN ONY MAN MAK REBELLIONE
FOR WRANG OR DET NOT BOWAND TO THI WANDE
DEFORSAND MASER SIREFF OR SERIANDE
THAR IS NA PUNICION BOT LATTIS IT OUR PASSE
QUHAR NANE AW IS HOW SULD THER FOLLOW GRACE
<L 246> YIT OF A THING ALL GUD MEN MERVALIS MAIR
QUHEN THI GRET COUNSALE WYTH THI AWIN CONSENT
HES ORDANIT STRAIT IUSTICE NA MAN TO SPAIR
WYTHIN SCHORT TYME THOW CHANGIS THIN ENTENT
SENDAND A CONTRAR LETTER INCONTINENT
CHARGEAND THAT OF THAT MATER MAR BE NOGTH
<L 252> THAN ALL YE WARLD MURMURIS AT THOW ART BOGTH

<B KENNEDY>
<KCK 7>
<E DUNB FLYT>
<Q SW>
<MRCO>
<HAABBA>
<P 137>
<L 316> APON THY CORS VENGEANCE VENGEANCE THAY CRY
THOU ART THE CAUSE THAY MAY NOT REST NOR LY
THOU SAIS FOR THAME FEW PSALTRIS PSALMIS OR CREDIS
BOT GERIS ME TELL THAIR TRENTALIS OF MYSDEDIS
AND THAIR ALD SIN WYTH NEW SCHAME CERTIFY
<H ABABBCCB>
<L 321> INSENSUATE SOW CESSE FALSE EUSTASE AIR
AND KNAW KENE SCALD I HALD OF ALATHYA
AND CAUSE ME NOT THE CAUSE LANG TO DECLARE
OFT THY CURST KYN DEULBER AND HIS ALLYA
CUM TO THE CROCE ON KENEIS AND MAK A CRYA
CONFESSE THY CRIME HALD KENYDY THE KING
AND WYTH ANE HAUTHORNE SCURGE THY SELF AND DYNG
THUS DREE THY PENAUNCE WYTH ( DELIQUISTI QUIA )
PAS TO MY CONMISSARE AND BE CONFEST
COUR BEFORE HIM ON KNEIS & CUM IN WILL
AND SYNE GER STOBO FOR THY LYF PROTEST
RENOUNCE THY RYMIS BATH BAN AND BIRN THY BULL
HEVE TO THE HEUYN THY HANDIS ANDE HALD THE STILL
DO THOU NOT THUS BOGANE THOU SALBE BRYNT
WYTH PIK FIRE TER GUN PULDRE OR LYNT
ON ARTHURIS SETE OR ON ANE HYAR HYLL
<L 337> I PERAMBALIT OF PERNASO THE MONTAYN
ENSPIRIT WYTH MERCURY FRA HIS GOLDYN SPERE
AND DULCELY DRANK OF ELOQUENCE THE FONTAYNE
QUHEN IT WAS PURIFIT WYTH FROST AND FLOWIT CLERE
AND THOU COME FULE IN MARCHE OR FEBRUERE
THARE TILL A PULE AND DRANK THE PADOK ROD
THAT GERRIS THE RYME IN TO THY TERMES GLOD
AND BLABERIS THAT NOYIS MENNIS ERIS TO HERE
THOU LUFIS NANE IRISCHE ELF I VNDERSTAND
BOT IT SULD BE ALL TREW SCOTTIS MENNIS LEDE
IT WAS THE GUD LANGAGE OF THIS LAND
<P 138>
<L 348> AND SCOTA IT CAUSIT TO MULTIPLY & SPREDE
QUHILL CORSPATRIK THAT WE OF TRESONE REDE
THY FOREFADER MAID IRISCH & IRISCH MEN THIN
THROU HIS TRESONE BROGHT INGLISE RUMPLIS IN
SA WALD THY SELF MYTQ THOU TO HIM SUCCEDE
IGNORANT FULE IN TO THY MOWIS & MOKIS
IT MAY BE VERIFYIT THAT THY WIT IS THIN
QUHARE THOU WRITIS DENSMEN DRYIT APON THE RATTIS
DENSMEN OF DENMARK AR OF THE KINGIS KYN
THE WIT THOU SULD HAUE HAD WAS CASTIN IN
EVYN AT THYNE ERS BAKWART WYTH A STAF SLONG
HEREFORE FALSE HARLOT HURSONE HALD THY TONG
<L 360> DEULBERE THOU DEVIS THE DEUILL THYNE EME WYTH DYN
QUHARE AS THOU SAID THTQ I STALL HENNIS & LAMMYS
I LATT THE WITT I HAUE LAND STORE & STAKKIS
THOU WALD BE FAYN TO GNAW LAD WYTH THY GAMMYS
WNDER MY BURD SMOCH BANIS BEHYND DOGGIS BAKKIS
THOU HAS A TOME PURS I HAUE STEDIS & TAKKIS
THOU TYNT CULTUR I HAUE CULTUR & PLEUTH
SUBSTANCE AND GERE THOU HAS A WEDY TEUCH
ON MOUNT FALCONNE ABOUT THY CRAG TO RAX
AND YIT MOUNT FALCONNE GALLOWIS IS OUR FAIR
FOR TO BE FYLDE WYTH SIK A FRUTELES FACE
CUM HAME AND HYNG ON OURE GALLOWIS OF AIRE
TO ERD THE VNDER IT I SALL PURCHAS GRACE
TO ETE THY FLESCH THE DOGGIS SALL HAUE NA SPACE
THE RAVYNS SALL RYVE NA THING BOT THY TONG RUTIS
FOR THOU SIK MALICE OF THY MAISTER MUTIS
IT IS WELE SETT THTQ THOU SIK BARAT BRACE
SMALL FYNANCE AMANG THY FRENDIS THOU BEGGIT
TO STANCH THE STORME WYTH HALY MULDIS THOU LOSTE
THOU SAILIT TO GET A DOWCARE FOR TO DREG IT
<P 139>
<L 380> IT LYIS CLOSIT IN A CLOUT ON SELAND COST
SIK REULE GERRIS THE BE SERUIT WYTH CALD ROST
AND SITT VNSOUPIT OFT BEZOND THE SEY
CRIANT ( CARITAS AT DURIS AMORE DEI )
BAREFUT BREKELES AND ALL IN DUDDIS VPDOST
DEULBERE HAS NOT ADO WYTH A DUNBAR
THE ERL OF MURRAY BURE THAT SURNAME RYGHT
THAT EUYR TREW TO THE KING AND CONSTANT WARE
AND OF THA KYN COME DUNBAR OF WEST FELDE KNYGHT
THAT SUCCESSIONE IS HARDY WYSE AND WYTH
AND HAS NA THING ADO NOW WYTH THE DEUILE
BOT DEULBERE IS THY KYN AND KENNIS THE WELE
AND HAS IN HELL FOR THEM A CHAUMIR DITHT
CURSIT CROAPAND CRAW I SALL GER CROP THY TONG
AND THOU SALL CRY COR MUNDUM ON THY KNEIS
DUERTH  I SALL DYNG THE QUHILL THOU DRYTE AND DONG
AND THOU SAL LIK THY LIPPIS & SUERE THOU LEIS
I SALL DEGRADE THE GRACELES OF THY GREIS
SCAILE THE FOR SCORNE AND SHERE THE OF THE SCULE
GER ROUND THE HEDE TRANSFORME THE TILL A FULE
<L 400> AND SYNE WYTH TRESONE TRONE THE TO THE TREIS
RAW MOWIT RIBALD RENEGATE REHATOUR
MY LINAGE AND FORE BEARIS WAR AY LELE
IT CUMIS OF KYNDE TO THE TO BE A TRAYTOURE
TO RYDE ON NYTQ TO RUG TO REUE AND STELE
QUHARE THOU PUTTIS POYSONE TO ME I APPELLE
THE IN THAT PART PREUE IT PELOUR WYTH THY PERSONE
CLAME NOT TO CLERGY I DEFY THE GERSONE
THOU SALL BY IT DERE WYTH ME DOERTHE & THOU DELE
IN INGLAND OULE SULD BE THYNE HABITACIONE
HOMAGE TO EDWARD LANGSCHANKIS MAID THY KYN
IN DUNBAR THAI RESSAUIT HYM THE FALSE NACIONE
<P 140>
<L 412> THAY SULD BE EXILDE SCOTLAND MARE ET MYN
A STARK GALLOWIS A WEDY AND A PYN
THE HEDE POYNT OF THYNE ELDERIS ARMES AR
WRYTTYN ABONE IN POESI HANG DUNBAR
QUARTER AND DRAW AND MAK THAT SURNAME THIN
I AM THE KINGIS BLUDE HIS TREW SPECIALL CLERK
THAT NEWIR YIT YMAGINIT HYM OFFENSE
CONSTANT IN MYN ALLEGEANCE WORD ET WERK
<L 420> ONELY DEPENDAND ON HIS EXCELLENCE
TRAISTAND TO HAUE OF HIS MAGNIFICENCE
GUERDOUN REWARD AND BENEFICE BEDENE
QUHEN THTQ THE RAVYNS SAL RYVE OUT BATH THINE ENE
AND ON THE RATTIS SALBE THY RESIDENCE
FRA ETRIKE FOREST FURTHWARD TO DRUMFRESE
THOU BEGGIT WYTH A PARDONE IN ALL KIRKIS
COLLAPIS CRUDDIS MELE GROTIS GRISIS & GEIS
AND ONDER NYTQ QUHILE STALL THOU STAGGIS ET STIRKIS
BE CAUSE THTQ SCOTLAND OF THY BEGGING IRKIS
THOU SCAPIS IN FRANCE TO BE  A KNYTQ OF THE FELDE
THOU HAS THY CLAMSCHELLIS AND THY BURDONE KELDE
WNHONEST WAYIS ALL WOLRONNE THTQ THOU WIRKIS

THOU MAY NOT PAS MOUNT BARNARD FOR WILDE BESTIS
NOR WYN THROU MOUNT SCARPRE FOR THE SNAWE
MOUNT NYCHOLAS MOUNT GODART THARE ARESTIS
BRIGANTIS SIK BOIS AND BLYNDIS THAME WYTH A BLAWE
IN PARISE WYTH THE MAISTER BURIAWE
ABYDE AND BE HIS PRENTICE NERE THE BANK
AND HELP TO HANG THE PECE FOR HALF A FRANK
<L 440> AND AT THE LAST THY SELF SALL THOLE THE LAWE
HALTANE HARLOT THE DEUILL HAUE GUDE THOU HAIS
FOR FAULT OF PUISSANCE PELOUR THOU MON PAK THE
THOU DRANK THY TRIFT SALD & WED SETT THY CLAIS
<P 141>
<L 444> THARE IS NA LORDE THAT WILL IN SERUICE TAK THE
A PAK OF FLASKYNNIS FYNANCE FOR TO MAK THE
THOU SALL RESSAUE IN DANSKYN OF MY TAILYE
WITH DE PROFUNDIS FEND THE AND THAT FAILYE
AND I SALL SEND THE BLAK DEUILL FOR TO BAK THE
INTO THE KATRYNE THOU MAID A FOULE CAHUTE
FOR THOU BEDRATE HIR DOUNE FRA STARN TO STERE
APON HIR SYDIS WAS SENE THOU COUD SCHUTE
THY DIRT CLEVIS TILL HIR TOWIS THIS ( XX ) YERE
THE FIRMAMENT NA FIRTH WAS NEWIR CLER
QUHILL THOU DEULBERE DEUILLIS BIRTH WAS ON THE SEE
THE SAULIS HAD SONKYN THROU THE SYN OF THE
WAR NOT THE PEPLE MAID SA GRETE PRAYERE
QUHEN THAT THE SCHIP WAS SAYNIT ET VNDIR SAILE
FOUL BROW IN HOLL THOU PREPOSIT FOR TO PAS
THOU SCHOT AND WAS NOT SEKIR OF THY TAYLE
<L 460> BESCHATE THE STERE THE COMPAS ET THE GLAS
THE SKIPPAR BAD GER LAND THE AT THE BAS
THOU SPEWIT AND KEST OUT MONY  A LATHLY LOMP
FASTAR THAN ALL THE MARYNARIS COUD POMP
AND NOW THY WAME IS WERS THAN EWIR IT WAS
HAD THAI BENE PROUUAIT SA OF SCHOTE OF GVNE
BY MEN OF WERE BUT PERILE THAY HAD PAST
AS THOU WAS LOUSE AND REDY OF THY BUNE
THAY MYTQ HAUE TANE THE COLLUM AT THE LAST
FOR THOU WALD CUK A CARTFULL AT A CAST
THARE IS NA SCHIP THAT WIL THE NOW RESSAUE
THOU FYLDE FASTER THAN FYFTENESUM MYTQ LAWE
AND MYRIT THAYM WYTH THY MUK (PR.MAK) TO THE MYD MAST
THROU INGLAND THEF AND TAK THE TO THY FUTE
AND BOUNE WITH THE TO HAUE A FALSE BOTWAND
A HORSE MARSCHALL THOU CALL THE AT THE MUTE
<P 142>
<L 476> AND WITH THAT CRAFT CONVOY THE THROU THE LANDE
BE NA THING ARGH TAK FERILY ON HAND
HAPPYN THOU TO BE HANGIT IN NORTHUMBIR
THAN ALL THY KYN AR WELE QUYTE OF THY CUMBIR
<L 480> AND THAT MON BE THY DOME I VNDIRSTAND
HYE SOUUERANE LORDE LAT NEWIR THIS SYNFULL SOT
DO SCHAME FRA HAME VNTO YOUR NACION
THAT NEWIR NANE SIK ANE BE CALLIT A SCOT
A ROTTYN CROK LOUSE OF THE DOK THARE DOUNE
FRA HONEST FOLK DEUOIDE THIS LATHLY LOWNE
IN SUM DESERT QUHARE THARE IS NA REPAIRE
FOR FYLYNG AND INFECKING OF THE AIRE
CARY THIS CANKERIT CORRUPT CARIOUN

THOU WAS CONSAUIT IN THE GRETE ECLIPS
A MONSTIR MAID BE GOD MERCURIUS
NA HALD AGAYN NA HOO IS AT THY HIPS
INFORTUNATE FALSE ET FURIUS
EVILL SCHRYVIN WANTHRYVIN NOT CLENE NA CURIUS
A MYTEN FULL OF FLYTING FLYRDOM LIKE
A CRABBIT SCABBIT EUILL FACIT MESSAN TYKE
A SCHIT BUT WIT SCHIR ET INIURIUS
GREIT IN THE GLAYKIS GUDE MAISTER GILLIAM GUKKIS
OUR IMPERFYTE IN POETRY OR IN PROSE
ALL CLOCIS VNDIR CLOUD OF NYTQ THOU CUKKIS
<L 500> RYMIS THOU OF ME OF RETHORY THE ROSE
LUNATIKE LYMARE LUSCHBALD LOUSE THY HOSE
THAT I MAY TOUCH THY TONE WYTQ TRIBULATION
IN RECOMPENSING OF THY CONSPIRATION
OR TURSE THE OUT OF SCOTLAND TAK THY CHOSE
ANE BENEFICE QUHA WALD GYUE SIC ANE BESTE
BOT GIF IT WAR TO GYNGILL IUDAS BELLIS
TAK THE A FIDILL OR A FLOYTE ET GESTE
<P 143>
<L 508> WNDOUGHT THOU ART ORDANYT TO NOT ELLIS
THY CLOUTIT CLOKE THY SKYRP & THY CLAMSCHELLIS (PR.CLANISCHELLIS)
CLEKE ON THY CORS AND FARE ON IN TO FRANCE
AND CUM THOU NEWIR AGAYN BUT A MISCHANCHE
THE FEND FARE WYTH THE FORTHWARDE OUR THE FELLIS
CANKRIT CAYM TRYIT TROWANE TUTIUILLUS
MARMAIDYN MYMERKEN MONSTIR OF ALL MEN
I SALL GER BAKE THE TO THE LARD OF HILL HOUSE
TO SUELLY THE IN STEDE OF A PULLIT HEN
FOWMERT FASERT FOSTIRIT IN FILTH AND FEN
FOULE FOND FLEND FULE APON THY PHISNOM FY
THY DOK OF DIRT DREPIS & WILL NEWIR DRY
<L 520> TO TUNE THY TONE IT HAS TYRIT CARLINGIS TEN
CONSPIRATOUR CURSIT COCATRICE HELL CAA
TURK TRUMPOUR TRAITOUR TYRAN INTEMPERATE
THOU IREFULL ATTIRCOP PILATE APOSTATA
IUDAS IOW IUGLOUR LOLLARD LAUREATE
SARAZENE SYMONYTE PROVIT PAGANE PRONUNCIATE
MACHOMETE MANESUORNE BUGRIST ABHOMINABILE
DEUILL DAMPNIT DOG SODOMYTE INSATIABLE
WITH GOG AND MAGOG GRETE GLORIFICATE
NERO THY NEVOW GOLYAS THY GRANTSIRE
PHARAO THY  FADER EGIPYA THE DAME
DEULBERE THIR AR THE CAUSIS THAT I CONSPIRE
TERMYGANTIS TEMPISE THE ET WASPASIUS THINE EME
BELZEBUB THY FULL BROTHIR WILL CLAME
TO BE THYNE AIR AND CAYPHAS THY SECTOUR
PLUTO THY HEDE OF KYN AND PROTECTOUR
TO HELL TO LEDE THE ON LYTQ DAY AND LEME
HERODE THYNE OTHIR EME AND GRETE EGEAS
MARCIANE MACHOMETE AND MAXENCIUS
THY TREW KYNNISMEN ANTENOR ET ENEAS
<P 144>
<L 540> THROP THY NERE NECE AND AUSTERNE OLIBRIUS
PUTTIDEW BAAL AND EYOBULUS
THIR FENDIS AR THE FLOUR OF THY FOUR BRANCHIS
STERAND THE POTIS OF HELL ET NEWIR STANCHIS

DOUT NOT DUELBERE TU ES DYABOLUS
<L 545> DEULBERE THY SPERE OF WERE BUT FEIR THOU YELDE
HANGIT MANGIT EDERSTANGIT STRYNDE STULTORUM
TO ME MAIST HIE KENYDIE ET FLEE THE FELDE
PIRCKIT WICKIT CONWICKIT LAMP (PR.LANIP) LOLLARDORUM
DEFAMYT BLAMYT SCHAMYT PRIMAS PAGANORUM
OUT OUT I SCHOUT APON THAT SNOWT THAT SNEVILLIS
TALE TELLARE REBELLARE INDUELLAR WYTH THE DEUILLIS
SPYNK SINK WYTH STYNK AD TERTERA TERMAGORUM

<B HENR>
<KCH 702>
<E HENR STS VOL 3 P 110>
<Q FIFE>
<MRL>
<H ABABBCBC>
<P 144>
<L 1> WYTHIN A GARTH VNDER A REDE ROSERE
ANE ALD MAN AND DECREPIT HERD I SYNG
GAY WAS THE NOTE SUETE WAS THE VOCE ET CLERE
IT WAS GRETE IOY TO HERE OF SIK A THING
AND TO MY DOME HE SAID IN HIS DYTYNG
FOR TO BE YONG I WALD NOT FOR MY WIS
OFF ALL THIS WARLD TO MAK ME LORD ET KING
THE MORE OF AGE THE NERAR HEVYNNIS BLIS
<L 9> FALSE IS THIS WARLD AND FULL OF VARIANCE
BESOUCHT WITH SYN AND OTHIR SYTIS MO
TREUTH IS ALL TYNT GYLE HAS THE GOUUERNANCE
WRECHITNES HAS WROHT ALL WELTHIS WELE TO WO
FREDOME IS TYNT AND FLEMYT THE LORDIS FRO
AND COUATISE IS ALL THE CAUSE OF THIS
I AM CONTENT THAT YOUTHEDE IS AGO
THE MORE OF AGE THE NERAR HEVYNNIS BLISSE
<L 17> THE STATE OF YOUTH I REPUTE FOR NA GUDE
FOR IN THAT STATE SIK PERILIS NOW I SEE
<P 145>
BOT FULL SMAL GRACE THE REGEING OF HIS BLUDE
CAN NONE GAYNSTAND QUHILL THTQ HE AGIT BE
SYNE OF THE THING THTQ TOFORE IOYIT HE
NOTHING REMAYNIS FOR TO BE CALLIT HIS
FOR QUHY IT WERE BOT VERAY VANITEE
THE MORE OF AGE THE NERAR HEVYNNIS BLISSE
SULD NO MAN TRAIST THIS WRECHIT WARLD FOR QUHY
OF ERDLY IOY AY SOROW IS THE END
THE STATE OF IT CAN NO MAN CERTIFY
<L 28> THIS DAY A KING TO MORNE NA GUDE TO SPEND
QUHAT HAUE WE HERE BOT GRACE VS TO DEFEND
THE QUHILK GOD GRANT VS FOR TO MEND OURE MYS
THAT TO HIS GLORE HE MAY OURE SAULIS SEND
THE MORE OF AGE THE NERAR HEVYNNIS BLISSE

<B ANON>
<KC 703>
<Q ? ENG>
<MRU>
<E DEVISE PROWES>
<H ABABBCC>
<P 145>
<L 1> DEVISE PROWES AND EKE HUMILITEE
THAT MAIDENIS HAUE IN EUERICH WYSE
TRANSMOVIT IS IN SERPENTIS CRUELTEE
FRA THAY IN WARLD BE WEDDIT WYTH THIR WYIS
NO MANNIS WIT TO WONDER MAY SUFFICE
QUHARE AR BECUMMYN THIR MAIDENIS MYLDE OF MUDE
OFF ALL THIR WYFIS THTQ NONE AR FOUNDE GUDE
<L 8> O MAIDYN HEDE OF VERTU NOBILEST
FLURISCHING IN IOY AND PERFYTE LAWLYNES
O WYFHEDE WARIIT OF WYIS WICKITEST
MODER OF VICE AND HERTIS HYE DISTRESSE
THE CAUSE CAUSING OF RUYNE AS I GESSE
THAT ALL THIS WARLD HAS BROGHT TO CONFUSION
BEGONNYN WAS THROU THY PERSUASION
ENSAMPLE HIS HOW THYNE INIQUITEE
OURCUMMYN HAS WYSEDOME & STRENTH OF HAND
BE SALOMON THE FIRST MAY PROVIT BE
WISEST BUT WERE IN WARLD THTQ WAS LYFAND
<P 146>
<L 19> HIS GRETE WISEDOME MYTQ NOT AGAYN THE STAND
<L 20> THOU GERT HYM ERR IN TO HIS LATTER ELDE
DECLYNE HIS GOD AND TO THE MAWMENTIS YELDE
SAMPSON THE FORSE STRONGEST THTQ EWIR WAS BORNE
OFF MANLY FORSE THROU THE DESTROIT WAS
BOTH HIS EYNE BLYNDIT AND EKE FORLORNE
DAUID THAT SLEW THE GYANT GOLYAS
AND MONY MO THE QUHILK I HAUE NA SPACE
FOR TO REHERSE FOR LAK OF TYME AND WIT
AND FOR GRETE LABOUR THAR FORE I MAN OUR SETT
THOU DEVILLIS MEMBER THOU CURSIT HOMYCIDE
THOU TIGIR TENE FULFILD OF BIRNYNG FYRE
THOU SCHRYNE SECRETE OF STYNKAND VOKE & PRIDE
THOU COCATRAS THAT WITH THE SICHT OF THY IRE
AFFRAYIT HAS FULL MONY A GUDELY SYRE
THAT EFTERWARD IN  WARLD HAD NEWIR PLESANCE
GRETE GOD I PRAY TO TAK ON THE VENGEANCE
IN MAIDYNHEDE SEN WAS OURE FIRST REMEDE
AND FRA THE HEVYN OURE HALY FADER SENT
THE SECUND PERSONE HIS SONE IN A GOD HEDE
TO TAK MAN KYNDE APON THE MAIDYN GENT
<L 40> CLENE OF HIR CORSE AND CLENAR OF ENTENT
THAT BURE THE BARNE QUHILK COUERIT VS FRA CARE
SCHO BEING VIRGYN CLENAR THAN SCHO WAS ARE
GRETE WAS THE LUST THAT THOU HAD FOR TO FANG
THE FRUTE VETIT THROU THY FALSE COUNSAILING
THOU GERT MANKYNDE CONSENT TO DO THAT WRANG
DECLYNE HIS GOD AND BREK HIS HYE BIDDING
AS HALY WRITE BERIS SUTHFAST WITNESSING
THAR FOR THOU FRO THE IOY OF PARADISE
<L 49> AND THYNE OFSPRING WAS BANYST FOR THY VICE
(COLOPH) EXPLICIT (END OF COLOPH)

<B ANON>
<KCH 802>
<Q>
<E HENR WYSE MEN>
<Q FIFE>
<MRL>
<H ABABBCBC>
<P 166>
<L 1> ME FERLYIS OF THIS GRETE CONFUSIONE
I WALD SUM CLERK OF CONNYNG WALDE DECLERDE
QUHAT GERRIS THIS WARLD BE TURNYT VP SO DOUNE

THARE IS NA FAITHFULL FASTNES FOUNDE IN ERDE
NOW AR NOUCHT THRE MAY TRAISTLY TROW THE FERDE
WELTH IS AWAY AND WIT IS WORTHIN WRYNKIS
NOW SELE IS SOROW THIS IS A WOFULL WERDE
SEN WANT OF WYSE MEN MAKIS FULIS TO SIT ON BINKIS
THAT TYME QUHEN THE LOVIT KING SATURNUS
FOR GUDELY GOUUERNANCE THIS WARLD WAS GOLDIN CALDE
FOR VNTREUTH WE WATE NOUCHT QUHARE TO IT TURNIS
THE TYME THAT OCTOUIANE THE MONARCH COUD HALDE
OUR ALL WAS PES WELE SET AS HERTIS WALDE
THAN REGNYT REULE & RESONE HELD HIS RYNKIS
NOW LAKKIS PRUDENCE NOBILITEE IS THRALDE
SEN WANT OF WYSE MEN MAKIS FULIS TO SITT IN BYNKIS
ARESTOTILL FOR HIS MORALITEE
AUSTYN OR AMBROSE FOR DYVINE SCRIPTURE
QUHA CAN PLACEBO & NOUCHT HALF DIRIGE
<L 20> THAT PRACTIK FOR TO PIKE & PILL THE PURE
HE SALL CUM IN & THAY STAND AT THE DURE
<P 167>
FOR WARLDLY WYN SIK WALKIS QUHEN WYSAR WYNKIS
WIT TAKIS NA WORSCHIP SIK IS THE AUENTURE
SEN WANT OF WYSE MEN MAKIS FULIS TO SITT ON BINKIS
NOW BUT DEFENSE RYTQ LYIS ALL DESOLATE
RYTQ NA RESONE VNDER NA RUFE HAS REST
YOUTH HIS BUT RADDOUR & AGE IS OBSTYNATE
MYTQ BUT MERCY THE PORE AR ALL OPPREST
LERIT FOLK SULD TECH THE PEPLE OF THE BEST
THOUCH LARE BE LYTILL FER LESSE IN THAM SINKIS
IT MAY NOUCHT BE THIS WARLD AY THUS SULD LEST
THAT WANT OF WYSE MEN MAKIS FULIS SITT ON BINKIS
FOR NOW IS EXILDE ALL ALD NOBLE CORAGE
LAUTEE LUFE AND LIBERALITEE
NOW IS STABILITEE FUNDYN IN NA STAGE
NOR DEGEST COUNSELE WYTH SAD MATURITEE
PEAS IS AWAY ALL IN PERPLEXITEE
PRUDENCE AND POLICY AR BANYST OUR AL BRINKIS
THIS WARLDE IS VER SA MAY IT CALLIT BE
<L 40> THAT WANT OF VISE MEN MAKIS FULIS SITT ON BYNKIS
QUHARE IS THE BALANCE OF IUST & EQUITEE
NOTHIR MERYT IS PREISIT NA PUNYST IS TRESPAS
ALL LEDIS LYVIS LAWLES AT LIBERTEE
NOUCHT REULIT BE RESON MARE THAN OX OR ASSE
GUDE FAITH IS FLEMYT VVORTHIN FRAELLAR THAN GLAS
TREVV LUFE IS LORNE & LAUTEE HALDIS NO LYNKIS
SIK GOUUERNANCE I CALL NOUCHT VVORTH A FASSE
SEN VVANT OF VVISE MEN MAKIS FULIS SITT ON BINKIS
O LORD OF LORDIS GOD & GOUUERNOUR
MAKAR & MOVAR BATH OF MARE & LESSE
<P 168>
QUHAIS POWER WISEDOME & HONOURE
IS INFYNITE SAL BE & EWIR WAS WES
AS IN THE PRINCIPALL MENCIONE OF THE MESSE
ALL THIR SAYD THINGIS REFORME AS THOU BEST THINKIS
QUHILK AR DEGRADIT FOR PURE PITEE REDRESSE
<L 56> SEN WANT OF WISE MAKIS SIT IN BINKIS


<B DUNB>
<KCD 9>
<E DUNB STS I 7>
<Q SE>
<MRCT>
<H ABABBCBC>
<P 169>
(HEAD) THE BALLADE OF ANE RIGHT NOBLE VICTORIUS & MYGHTY
LORD BARNARD STEWART LORD OF AUBIGNY ERLE OF BEAUMONT
ROGER AND BONAFFRE CONSALOURE AND CHAMERLANE ORDINARE
TO THE MAIST HEE MAIST EXCELLENT & MAIST CRYSTYN PRINCE
LOYS KING OF FRANCE KNYGHT OF HIS ORDOURE CAPITANE
OF THE KEPYNG OF HIS BODY CONQUEREUR OF NAPLIS
AND VMQUHILE CONSTABLE GENERAL OF THE SAME COMPILIT
BE MAISTIR WILLYAM DUMBAR AT THE SAID LORDIS CUMYNG TO
EDINBURGHE IN SCOTLAND SEND IN ANE RYGHT EXCELLENT EMBASSAT
FRA THE SAID MAIST CRYSTIN KING TO OUR MAIST SOUUERANE
LORD AND VICTORIUS PRINCE JAMES THE FERDE KYNG
OF SCOTTIS (END OF HEAD)
<P 171>
<L 1> RENOWNIT RYALL RIGHT REUEREND AND SERENE
LORD HIE TRYWMPHING IN WIRSCHIP AND VALOURE
FRO KYNGIS DOWNE MOST CRISTIN KNIGHT AND KENE
MOST WYSE MOST VALYAND MOSTE LAUREAT HIE WICTOUR
ON TO THE STERRIS VPHEYT IS THYNE HONOUR
IN SCOTLAND WELCUM BE THYNE EXCELLENCE
TO KING QUEYNE LORD CLERK KNIGHT AND SERUATOUR
WITHE GLORIE AND HONOUR LAWDE AND REUERENCE
WELCUM IN STOUR MOST STRONG INCOMPARABLE KNIGHT
THE FAME OF ARMYS AND FLOURE OF VASSALAGE
WELCUM IN WERE MOSTE WORTHI WYSE AND WIGHT
WELCUM THE SOUN OF MARS OF MOSTE CURAGE
WELCUM MOSTE LUSTI BRANCHE OF OUR LINNAGE
IN EUERY REALME OURE SCHEILD AND OUR DEFENCE
WELCUM OUR TENDIR BLUDE OF HIE PARAGE
WITH GLORIE AND HONOUR LAWDE AND REUERENCE
WELCUM IN WERE THE SECUND IULIUS
THE PRINCE OF KNIGHTHEYD AND FLOUR OF CHEUALRY
WELCUM MOST VALYEANT AND VICTORIUS
<L 20> WELCUM INVINCIBLE VICTOUR MOSTE WOURTHY
WELCUM OUR SCOTTIS CHIFTANE MOST DUGHTI
WYTH SOWNE OF CLARIOUN ORGANE SONG AND SENCE
TO THE ATONIS LORD WELCUM ALL WE CRY
WITH GLORIE AND HONOUR LAWDE AND REUERENCE
<P 172>
WELCUM OURE INDEFICIENT ADIUTORIE
THAT EVIR OUR NACEOUN HELPIT IN THARE NEYD
THAT NEUER SAW SCOT YIT INDIGENT NOR SORY
BOT THOU DID HYM SUPORT WITH THI GUD DEID
WELCUM THERFOR ABUFE ALL LIVAND LEYD
WITHE VS TO LIUE AND TO MAIK RECIDENCE
QUHILK NEUER SALL SWNYE FOR THI SAIK TO BLEID
TO QUHAM BE HONOUR LAWDE AND REUERENCE
IS NONE OF SCOTLAND BORNE FATHFULL AND KYNDE
BOT HE OF NATURALL INCLINACIOUNE
DOIS FAVOUR THE WITHE ALL HIS HERT AND MYNDE
WITHE FERVENT TENDIR TREW INTENCIOUN
AND WALD OF INWART HIE EFFECTIOUN
BUT DREYD OF DANGER DE IN THI DEFENCE
OR DETHE OR SCHAME WAR DONE TO THI PERSOUN
<L 40> TO QUHAM BE HONOUR LAWDE AND REUERENCE

WELCUM THOW KNIGHT MOSTE FORTUNABLE IN FEILD
WELCUM IN ARMIS MOSTE AUNTERUS AND ABLE
WNDIR THE SOUNE THAT BERIS HELME OR SCHEILD
WELCUM THOW CAMPIOUN IN FEGHT WNOURCUMABLE
WELCUM MOST DUGHTI DIGNE AND HONORABLE
AND MOIST OF LAWDE AND HIE MAGNIFICENCE
NIXT WNDIR KINGIS TO STAND INCOMPARABLE
TO QUHAM BE HONOUR LAWDE AND REUERENCE
<P 173>
THROW SCOTLAND INGLAND FRANCE AND LUMBARDY
FLEYS ON WEYNG THI FAME AND THI RENOUNE
AND OUR ALL CUNTREIS WNDIRNETHE THE SKY
AND OUR ALL STRANDIS FRO THE STERRIS DOUNE
IN EUERY PROVINCE LAND AND REGIOUNE
PROCLAMIT IS THI NAME OF EXCELLENCE
IN EUERY CETE VILLAGE AND IN TOUNE
WITHE GLOIRE AND HONOUR LAWD AND REUERENCE
O FEYRSE ACHILL IN FURIUS HIE CURAGE
O STRONG INVINCIBLE HECTOR VNDIR SCHEILDE
O VAILYEANT ARTHUR IN KNYGHTLI VASSALAGE
<L 60> AGAMENON IN GOUERNANCE OF FEILD
BOLD HENNIBALL IN BATALL TO DO BEILD
IULIUS IN IUPERT IN WISDOM AND EXPENCE
MOST FORTUNABLE CHIFTANE BOTHE IN YHOUTH & EILD
TO THE BE HONOUR LAWDE AND REUERENCE
AT PARLAMENT THOW SULD BE HYE RENOWNIT
THAT DID SO MONY VICTORYSE OPTEYN
THI CRISTALL HELME WITH LAWRY SULD BE CROWNYT
AND IN THI HAND A BRANCHE OF OLYVE GREYN
THE SUEIRD OF CONQUIS AND OF KNYGHTEID KEYN
BE BORNE SULD HIGHE BEFORE THE IN PRESENCE
TO REPRESENT SIC MAN AS THOU HAS BEYN
WITH GLORIE AND HONOUR LAWDE & REUERENCE
<P 174>
HIE FURIUS MARS THE GOD ARMIPOTENT
RONG IN THE HEVIN AT THYNE NATIUITE
SATURNUS DOUNE WITHE FYRY EYN DID BLENT
THROW BLUDY VISAR MEN MANASING TO GAR DE
ON THE FRESCHE WENUS KEIST HIR AMOUROUSE E
ON THE MARCURIUS FURTHEYET HIS ELOQUENCE
FORTUNA MAIOR DID TURN HIR FACE ON THE
<L 80> WYTH GLORIE AND HONOUR LAWDE AND REUERENCE
PRYNCE OF FREDOM AND FLOUR OF GENTILNES
SWEYRD OF KNIGHTHEID AND CHOISE OF CHEUALRY
THIS TYME I LEFE FOR GRETE PROLIXITNES
TO TELL QUHAT FEILDIS THOW WAN IN PIKKARDY
IN FRANCE IN BERTAN IN NAPLIS AND LUMBARDY
AS I THINK EFTIR WITHE ALL MY DILIGENCE
OR THOW DEPARTE AT LENTHE FOR TO DISCRY
WITH GLORIE AND HONOUR LAWD AND REUERENCE
B IN THI NAME BETAKNIS BATALRUS
A ABLE IN FEILD R RIGHT RENOUNE MOST HIE
N NOBILNES AND A FOR AUNTERUS
R RYALL BLUDE FOR DUGHTINES IS D
W VALYEANTNES S FOR STRENEWITE
QUHOISE KNYGHTLI NAME SO SCHYNYNG IN CLEMENCE
FOR WOURTHINES IN GOLD SULD WRITTIN BE
<L 96> WITH GLORIE AND HONOUR LAWD AND REUERENCE


<B DUNB>
<KCD 10>
<E DUNB TMW>
<MRA>
<P 177>
<L 104> HE WIL MY CORSE ALL BECLIP ET CLAP TO HIS BREIST
QUHEN SCHAIFFYNE IS THAT ALD SCHAIK WITH A SCHARP RASOUR
HE SCHOWIS ONE ME HIS SCHEWILL MOUTH & SCHENDIS MY LIPPIS
AND WITH HIS HARD HURCHEONE SCYNE SA HEKLIS HE MY CHEKIS
THAT AS A GLEMAND GLEYD GLOWIS MY CHAFTIS
I SCHRENK FOR THE SCHARP STOUND BOT SCHOUT DAR I NOUGHT
FOR SCHORE OF THAT AULD SCHREW SCHAME HIM BETIDE
THE LUF BLENKIS OF THAT BOGILL FRA HIS BLERDE ENE
AS BELZEBUB HAD ONE ME BLENT ABASIT MY SPREIT
AND QUHEN YE SMY ONE ME SMYRKIS WITH HIS SMAKE SMOLET
HE FEPILLIS LIKE A FARCY AVER THAT FLYRIT ONE A GILLOT
QUHEN THAT THE SOUND OF IS SAW SINKIS IN MY ERIS
THAN AY RENEWIS MY NOY OR HE BE NEIR CUMAND
QUHEN I HEIR NEMMYT HIS NAME THAN MAK I NYNE CROCIS
TO KEIP ME FRA THE CUMMERANS OF THAT CARLL MANGIT
THAT FULL OF ELDNYNG IS ET ANGER ET ALL EUILL THEWIS
I DAR NOUGHT LUKE TO MY LUF FOR THAT LENE GIB
HE IS SA FULL OF IELUSY AND ENGYNE FALS
EUER YMAGYNYNG IN MYND MATERIS OF EUILL
COMPASAND ET CASTAND CACIS A THOUSAND
HO HE SALL TAK ME WITH A TRAWE AT TRIST OF ANE OYIR
I DAR NOUGHT KEIK TO THE KNAIP THAT THE COP FILLIS
FOR ELDNYNG OF THAT ALD SCHREW THAT EUER ONE EUILL THYNKIS
FOR HE IS WISTIT ET WORNE FRA VENUS WERKIS
AND MAY NOUGHT BEIT WORGHT A BENE IN BED OF MY MYSTIRS
HE TROWIS THAT ZOUNG FOLK I ZERNE ZEILD FOR HE GANE IS
BOT I MAY ZUKE ALL THIS ZER OR HIS ZERD HELP
AY QUHEN THAT CARIBALD CARLL WALD CLYME ONE MY WAMBE
THAN AM I DANGERIS ET DAME & DOUR OF MY WILL
ZIT LEIT I NEUER THAT LARBAR MY LEGGIS GA BETUENE (PR.BETNEUEUE)
TO FYLE MY FLESCHE NA FUMMYLL ME WITH OUT A FEE GRET
AND YOGHT HIS PENE PURLY ME PAYIS IN BED
HIS PURSE PAYS RICHELY IN RECOMPENSE EFTER
FOR OR HE CLYME ONE MY CORSE THAT CARYBALD FORLANE
I HAUE CONDITIONE OF A CURCHE OF KERSP ALL THER FYNEST
<P 178>
<L 139> A GOVN OF ENGRANYT CLAITGH RITGH GAILY FURRIT
A RING WITH A RYALL STANE OR OTHER RICHE IOWELL
OR REST OF HIS ROUSTY RAID THOTGH HE WER REDE WOD (PR.REDEWMYOD)
FOR ALL THE BUDDIS OF IOHNE BLUNT QUHEN HE ABONE CLYMIS
ME THINK THE BAID DEIR ABOUTHT SA BAWTH AR HIS WERKIS
AND THUS I SELL HIM SOLACE THOTGH I IT SOUR THINK
FRA SIC A SYRE GOD ZOW SAIF MY SUEIT SISTERIS DEIR
QUHEN THAT THE SEMELY HAD SAID HIR SENTENCE TO END
THAN ALL THAI LEUTH APON LOFT WITH LATIS FULL MERY
AND RAUTHT THE COP ROUND ABOUT FULL OFF RICHE WYNIS
AND RALZEIT LANG OR THAI WALD REST WITH RYATUS SPECHE
THE WEDO THE TOTHIR WLONK WARPIT THER WORDIS
NOW FAIR SISTER FALLIS ZOW BUT FENZING TO TELL
SEN MAN FERST WITGH MATERMONY ZOW MENSKIT (PR. MENKIT) IN KIRK
HOW HAIF ZE FARNE BE ZOUR FAITH CONFESE WS THE TREUTH
THAT BAND TO BLISE OR TO BAN QULK ZOW BEST THINKIS
OR HOW ZE LIKE LIF TO LEID IN TO LELL SPOUSAGE
AND SYNE MY SELF ZE EXEME ONE THE SAMYN (PR.SAMY) WISE

AN I SALL SAY FURTH THE SOUTH DISSYMYLAND NO WORD
THE PLESAND SAID I PROTEST THE TREUTH GIF I SCHAW
THAT OF ZOUR TOUNGIS ZE BE TRAIST THE TOTHIR TWA GRANTIT
<L 160> WITH THAT SPRANG VP HIR SPREIT BE A SPANE HECHAR
TO SPEIK QUOTH SCHO I SALL NOUTGH SPAR THER IS NO SPY NEIR
I SALL A RAGMENT REVEIL FRA RUTE OF MY HERT
A ROUST THAT IS SA RANKILD QUHILL RISIS MY STOMOK
NOW SALL THE BYLE ALL OUT BRIST THAT BEILD HAS SO LANG
FOR IT TO BEIR ONE MY BREIST WES BERDIN OUR HEVY
I SALL THE VENOME DEVOID WITH A VENT LARGE
AND ME ASSUAGE OF THE SWALME THAT SUELLIT WES GRET
MY HUSBAND WES A HUR MAISTER THE HUGEAST IN ERD
THARFOR I HAIT HIM WITH MY HERT SA HELP ME OUR LORD
HE IS A ZOUNG MAN RYTGH ZAIP BOT NOUTGH IN ZOUTH FLOURIS
FOR HE IS FADIT FULL FAR ET FEBLIT OF STRENTH
HE WES AS FLURISING FRESCHE WITHIN THIS FEW ZERIS
BOT HE IS FALZEID FULL FAR ET FULZEID IN LABOUR
<P 179>
<L 174> HE HAS BENE LYCHOUR SO LANG QUHILL LOST IS HIS NATUR
HIS LWME IS VAXIT LARBAR ET LYIS INTO (PR.IN THO) SWOUNE
WES NEUER SUGEORNE WER SET NA ONE THAT SNAILL TYRIT
FOR EFTER (VII ) OULKIS REST IT WILL NOUTGH RAP ANYS
HE HAS BENE WAISTIT APONE WEMEN OR HE ME WIF CHESIT
AND IN ADULTRE IN MY TYME I HAIF HIM TANE OFT
<L 180> AND ZIT HE IS ALS BRANKAND WITGH BONET ONE SYDE
AND BLENKAND TO THE BRITHTEST THAT IN THE BURTGH DUELLIS
ALSE CURTLY OF HIS CLETHING ET KEMMYNG OF HIS HAIR
AS HE THAT IS MARE VALZEAND IN VENUS CHALMER
HE SUNYS TO BE SUMTHING WORTH THAT SYPHYR IN BOUR
HE LUKIS AS HE WALD LUFFIT BE THOTGH HE BE LITILL OF VALOUR
HE DOIS AS DOTIT DOG THAT DANYS ONE ALL BUSSIS
AND LIFIS (PR. AN LISTIS) HIS LEG APONE LOFT THOTGH HE NOUTGH +
LIST PISCHE
HE HAS A LUKE WITGHOUT LUST ET LIF WITGHOUT CURAGE
HE HAS A FORME WITHOUT FORCE ET FESSONE BUT VERTU
AND FAIR WORDIS BUT EFFECC ALL FRUSTER OF DEDIS
HE IS FOR LADYIS IN LUF A RIGHT LUSTY SCHADOW
BOT IN TO DERNE AT THE DEID HE SAL BE (PR. SALLE) DRUP FUNDIN
HE RALIS ET MAKES REPET WITGH RYATUS WORDIS
AY RVSING HIM OF HIS RADIS ET RAGEING IN CHALMER
BOT GOD WAIT QUHAT I THINK QUHEN HE SO THRA SPEKIS
AND HOW IT SETTIS HIM SO SYDE TO SEGE OF SIC MATERIS
BOT GIF HIS SELF OF SUM EVIN MYTGH ANE SAY AMANG THAIM
BOT HE NOUTGH ANE IS BOT NANE OF NATURIS POSSESSORIS
SCHO THAT HAS ANE AULD MAN NOUTGH ALL IS BEGYLIT
<L 200> HE IS AT VENUS WERKIS NA WAR NA HE SEMYS
I WEND I IOSIT A GEME ET I HAIF GEIT GOTTIN
HE HAD THE GLEMYNG OF GOLD ET WES BOT GLASE FUNDIN
THOUGHT MEN BE FERSE WELE I FYND FRA FALZE THER CURAGE
THAR IS BOT ELDNYNG OR ANGER YER HERTIS WITHIN
ZE SPEIK OF BERDIS ONE BEWTH OF BLISE MAY THAI SING
THAT ONE SANCT VALENTYNIS DAY AR VACANDIS ILK ZER
HED I THAT PLESAND PREVELEGE TO PART QUHEN ME LIKIT
TO CHANGE ET AY TO CHEISE AGANE THAN CHASTITE ADEW
<P 180>
<L 209> THAN SULD I HAIF I A FRESCH FEIR TO FANG IN MYNN ARMYS
TO HALD A FREKE QUHILL HE FAYNT MAY FOLY BE CALIT
APONE SIC MATERIS I MUS AT MYDNYGHT FULL OFT
AND MURNYS SO IN MY MYND I  MURDRIS MY SELFIN
THAN LY I WALKAND FOR WA AND WALTERIS ABOUT
VVARIAND ON MY WEKIT KYN THAT ME AWAY CAST
TO SIC A CRAUDOUNE BUT CURAGE THAT KNYT MY CLER BEWTE
AND THER SO MONY KENE KNYGTIS THIS KENRIK WITHIN
THAN THINK I ON A SEMELYAR THE SUTH FOR TO TELL
NA IS OUR SYRE BE SIC SEVIN WITH THAT I SYTH OFT
THAN HE FUL TENDERLY DOIS TURNE TO ME HIS TWME PERSON
<L 220> AND WITH A ZOLDIN ZERD DOIS ZOLK ME IN ARMYS

AND SAIS MY SOUERANE SUEIT THING QUHY SLEIP ZE NO BETIR
ME THINK YER HALDIS ZOW A HETE AS ZE SUM HARME ALYT
QUOD I MY HONY HALD ABAK AND HANDILL ME NOUGHT SAIR
A HATHE IS HAPPINIT HASTELY AT MY HERT RUT
VVITH THAT I SEME FOR TO SWOUNE THOUGHT (PR. TOUGHT) I NA SWERF TAK
AND THUS BESWIK I THAT SWANE WITH MY SUEIT WORDIS
I CAST ON HIM A CRABIT E QUHEN CLEIR DAY IS CUMMYN
AND LETTIS IT IS A LUF BLENK QUHEN HE ABOUT GLEMYS
I TURNE IT IN A TENDER LUKE THAT I IN TENE WARIT
AND HIM BEHALDIS HAMELY WITH HERTLY SMYLING
I WALD A TENDER PERONALL THAT MYGHT NA PUT THOLE
THAT HATIT MEN WITH HARD GEIR FOR HURTING OF FLESCH
HAD MAN GUD MY TO HIR GEST FOR I DAR GOD SUER
SCHO SULD NOT STERT FOR HIS STRAIK A STRAY BREID OF ERD
AND SYNE I WALD THAT ILK BAND THAT ZE SO BLIST CALL
HAD BUND HIM SO TO TO THAT BRYGHT QUHILL HIS BAK WERKIT
AND I WER IN A BEID BROGHT WITH BERNE THAT ME LIKIT
I TROW THAT BIRD OF MY BLIS SULD A BOURD WANT
ONONE QUHEN THIS AMYABLE HAD ENDIT HIR SPECHE
<L 240> LULY RAUTHAND THE LAIF ALLOWIT HIR MEKLE
THIR GAY WIFFIS MAID GAME AMANG THE GRENE LEIFFIS
THAI DRANK ET DID AWAY DULE VNDER DERNE BEWIS
THAI SWAPIT OF THE SUEIT WYNE THAI SWAN QUHIT OF HEWIS
<P 181>
<L 244> BOT ALL THE PERTLYAR IN PLANE THAI PUT OUT THER VOCIS
THAN SAID THE WEIDO I VIS THER IS NO WAY OTHIR
NOW TYDIS ME FOR TO TALK MY TAILL IT IS NIXT
GOD MY SPREIT NOW INSPIR ET MY SPECHE QUYKKIN
AND SEND ME SENTENCE TO SAY SUBSTANTIONS ET NOBLE
SA THAT MY PRECHING MAY PERS A OUR PERVERST HERTIS
AND MAK THOW MEKAR TO MEN IN MANERIS ET CONDITIOUNIS
I SCHAVV ZOW SISTER IN SCHRIFT I WES A SCHREW EUER
BOT I WES SCHENE IN MY SCHROWD ET SCHEW ME INNOCENT ( PR. IN  NINCRIT )
AND THOUGT I DOUR WES ET DANE DISPITOIS ET BALD
I WES DISSYMBLIT SUTTELLY IN A SANCTIS LIKNES
I SEMYT SOBER AND SUEIT ET SEMPILL WITH OUT FRAUD
BOT I COUTH SEXTY DISSAIF THAT SUCTILLAR WER HALDIN
VVNTO MY LESSON ZE LYTH ET LEIR AT ME WIT
GIF THOV NOUGHT LIST BE FORLEIT WITH LOSINGERIS VNTREW
BE CONSTANT IN ZOUR GOUERNANCE ET COUNTERFEIT GUD MANERIS
<L 260> THOUGT ZE BE KENE INCONSTANT ET CRUELL OF MYND
THOUGT ZE AS TYGRIS BE TERNE BE TRETABLE IN LUF
AND BE AS TURTORIS IN YOUR TALK THOUT ZE HAIF TALIS BRUKILL
BE DRAGONIS BAITHT AND DOWIS AY IN DOUBLE FORME
AND QUHEN IT NEDIS ZOW ONONE NOTE BAITH THER STRANTHIS
BE AMYABLE WITH HUMBLE FACE AS ANGELLIS APPERAND
AND WITH A TERREBILL TAIL BE STANGAND AS EDDERIS
BE OF ZOUR LUKE LIKE INNOCENTIS THOGHT ZE HAIF EUILL MYNDIS
BE COURTLY AY IN CLETHING ET COSTLY ARRAYIT
THAT HURTIS ZOW NOUGHT WORTH A HEN ZOWR HUSBAND PAYS FOR ALL
TWA HUSBANDIS HAIF I HAD THAI HELD ME BAITH DEIR
THOUGHT I DISPYTIT THAIM AGANE THAI SPYT IT NA THING
ANE WES ANE HAIR HOGEART THAT HOSTIT OUT FLEWME
I HATIT HIM LIKE A HUND THOUGHT I IT HID PREUE
WITH KISSING ET WITH CLAPPING I GERT THE CARILL FONE
VVEIL COUTH I KEYTH HIS CRUKE BAK & KEMM HIS KEWT NODDILL
AND WITH A BUKKY IN MY CHEIK BO ON HIM BEHIND
AND WITH A BEK GANG ABOUT ET BLER HIS ALD E
AND WITH A KYIND CONTYNANCE KYS HIS CRYND CHEKIS
<P 182>
<L 279> IN TO MY MYND MAKAND MOKIS AT THAT MAD FADER
TROVAND ME WITH TREW LUFE TO TREIT HIM SO FAIR
THIS COUGHT I DO WITH OUT DULE ET NA DISES TAK
BOT AY BE MERY IN MY MYND ET MYRTH FULL OF CHER
I HAD A LUFSUMMAR LEID MY LUST FOR TO SLOKYN
THAT COUTH BE SECRETE AND SURE AND AY SAIF MY HONOUR
AND SEW BOT AT CERTANE TYMES ET IN SICIR PLACIS
AY QUHEN THE ALD DID ME ANGER WITH AKWORD WORDIS
APON THE GALLAND FOR TO GOIF IT GLADIT ME AGANE
I HAD SIC WIT THAT FOR WO WEIPIT I LITILL
BOT LEIT THE SUEIT AY THE SOUR TO GUD SESONE BRING
QUHEN THAT THE CHUF WALD ME CHID WITH GIRNAND CHAFTIS
I VALD HIM CHUK CHEIK ET CHYN ET CHERIS HIM SO MEKILL
THAT HIS CHEIF CHYMYS HAD CHEVIST TO MY SONE
SUPPOS THE CHURLL WES GANE CHAIST OR THE CHILD WES GOTTIN
AS WIS WOMAN AY I WROUHT ET NOT AS WOD FULE
FOR MAR WITH WYLIS I WAN NA WICHTNES OF HANDIS
SYNE MARYT I A MERCHAND MYGTI OF GUDIS
HE WES A MAN OF MYD ELD ET OF MENE STATUR
BOT WE NA FALLOWIS WER IN FRENDSCHIP & BLUD
IN FREDOME NA FURTH BERING NA FAIRNES OF PERSOUNE
<L 300> QUHILK AY THE FULE DID FORZET FOR FEBILNES OF KNAWLEGE
BOT I SA OFT THOGT HIM ON QUHILL ANGRIT HIS HERT
AND QUHILUM I PUT FURHT MY VOCE ET PEDDER HIM CALLIT
I WALD RYGHT TUICHANDLY TALK BE I WES TUYSE MARYIT
FOR ENDIT WES MY INNOCENCE WITH MY ALD HUSBAND
I WES APPERAND TO BE PERT WITH IN PERFIT EILD
SA SAIS THE CURAT OF OUR KIRK THAT KNEW ME FULL ZING
HE IS OUR FAMOUS TO BE FALS THAT FAIR WORTHY PRELOT
I SAL BE LAITH TO LAT HIM LE QUHILL I MAY LUKE FURCHT
I GERT THE BUTHMAN OBEY YER WES NO BUTE ELLIS
HE MAID ME RYGHT HIE REUERENS FRA HE MY RYTHT KNEW
FOR THOT I SAY IT MY SELF THE SEUERANCE WES MEKLE
BETUIX HIS BASTARD BLUDE ET MY BIRTH NOBLE
THAT PAGE WES NEUER OF SIC PRICE FOR TO PRESOME ANYS
<P 183>
<L 314> UNTO MY PERSONE TO BE PEIR HAD PETE NOUGHT GRANTIT
BOT MERCY IN TO WOMANHEID IS A MEKLE VERTU
FOR NEUER BOT IN A GENTILL HERT IS GENERIT ONY RUTH
I HELD AY GRENE IN TO HIS MYND THAT I OF GRACE TUK HIM
AND FOR HE COUHT KEN HIM SELF I CURTASLY HIM LERIT
HE DURST NOT SIT ANYS MY SUMMONDIS FOR OR THE (PR. HE) SECUND CHARGE
<L 320> HE WES AY REDY FOR TO RYN SO RAD HE WES FOR BLAME
BOT AY MY WILL WES THE WAR OF WOMANLY NATUR
THE MAIR HE LOUTIT FOR MY LUF THE LES OF HIM I RAKIT
AND EIK THIS IS A FERLY  THING OR I HIM FAITH GAIF
I HAD SIC FAUOUR TO THAT FREKE AND FEID SYNE FOR EUER
QUHEN I THE CURE HAD ALL CLENE ET HYM OURCUMMYN HAILL
I CREW ABONE THAT CRAUDONE AS COK THAT WER WICTOUR
QUHEN I HIM SAW SUBIEIT ET SOIT AT MYN BYDDING
THAN I HIM LITHTLYIT AS A LOWNE ET LATHIT HIS MANERIS
THAN WOXE I SA VNMERCIABLE TO MARTIR HIM I THOUGT
FOR AS A BEST I BRODDIT HIM TO ALL BOYIS LAUBOUR
I WALD HAIF RIDDEN HIM TO ROME WITH RAIP IN HIS HEID
WER NOT RUFFILL OF MY RENOVNE ET RUMOUR OF PEPILL
AND ZIT HATRENT I HID WITHIN MY HERT ALL
BOT QUHILIS IT HEPIT SO HUGE QUHILL IT BEHUD OUT
ZIT TUK I NEUER THE WOSP CLENE OUT OF MY WYDE THROTE
QUHILL I OUTHT WANTIT OF MY WILL OR QUHAT I WALD DESIR
BOT QUHEN I SEUERIT HAD THAT SYRE OF SUBSTANCE IN ERD
AND GOTTIN HIS BIGGINGIS TO MY BARNE ET HIE BURROW LANDIS
THAN WITH A STEW STERT OUT THE STOPPELL OF MY HALS
<L 340> THAT HE ALL STWNYST THROU THE STOUND AS OF A STELE WAPPIN

THAN WALD I EFTER LANG FIRST SA FANE HAIF BENE WROKIN
THAT I TO FLYTE WES ALS FERS AS A FELL DRAGOUN
I HAD FOR FLATTERING OF THAT FULE FENZEIT SO LANG
MI EUIDENTIS OF HERITAGIS OR THAI WER ALL SELIT
MY BREIST THAT (PR. YTHAT) WES GRET BEILD BOWDYN WES SA HUGE
THAT NEIR MY BARET OUT BIRST OR THE BAND MAKIN
BOT QUHEN MY BILLIS ET MY BAUTHLES WES ALL BRAID SELIT
I WALD NA LANGAR BEIR ON BRIDILL BOT BRAID VP MY HEID
<P 184>
<L 349> THAR MYGHT NA MOLET MAK ME MOY NA HALD MY MOUTH IN
I GERT THE RENZEIS RAK ET RIF IN TO SONDIR
I MAID THAT WIF CARLL TO WERK ALL WOMENIS WERKIS
AND LAID ALL MANLY MATERIS AND MENSK IN THIS EIRD
THAN SAID I TO MY CUMMARIS IN COUNSALL ABOUT
SE HOW I CABELD ZONE COUT WIHT A KENE BRYDILL
THE CAPPILL THAT THE CRELIS KEST IN THE CAF MYDDING
SA CURTASLY THE CART DRAWIS & KENNIS NA PLUNGEING
HE IS NOUGHT SKEITH NA ZIT SKER NA SCIPPIS NOUGHT ONE SYD
AND THUS THE SCORNE & THE SCAITH SCAPIT HE NOTHIR
HE WES NO GLAIDSUM GEST FOR A GAY LADY
THARFOR I GAT HIM A GAME THAT GANYT HIM BETTIR
HE WES A GRET GOLDIT MAN ET OF GUDIS RICHE
I LEIT HIM BE MY LUMBART TO LOUS ME ALL MISTERIS
AND HE WES FANE FOR TO FANG FRA ME THAT FAIR OFFICE
AND THOGHT MY FAUORIS TO FYND THROU HIS FEILL GIFTIS
HE GRATHIT ME IN A GAY SILK ET GUDLY ARRAYIS
IN GOWNIS OF ENGRANYT CLAIGHT ET GRET GOLDIN CHENZEIS
IN RINGIS RYALLY SET WITH RICHE RUBY STONIS
QUHILL HELY RAISE MY RENOVNE AMANG THE RUDE PEPLE
BOT I FULL CRAFTELY DID KEIP THAI COURTLY WEDIS
QUHILL EFTER DEDE OF THAT DRUPE THAT DOTHT NOUGHT IN CHALMIR
THOUGHT (PR.TOUGHT) HE OF ALL MY CLATHIS MAID COST ET EXPENSE
ANE OTHIR SALL THE WORSCHIP HAIF THAT WEILDIS ME EFTIR
AND THOGHT I LIKIT HIM BOT LITILL ZIT FOR LUF OF OTHRIS
I WALD ME PRUNZA PLESANDLY IN PRECUIS WEDIS
THAT LUFFARIS MYGHT APONE ME LUKE & ZING LUSTY GALLANDIS
THAT I HELD MORE IN DAYNTE ET DERER BE FUL MEKILL
NE HIM THAT DRESSIT ME SO DINK FULL DOTIT WES HIS HEYD
QUHEN HE WES HERYIT OUT OF HAND TO HIE VP MY HONORIS
AND PAYNTIT ME AS PAKO PROUDEST OF FEDDERIS
I HIM MISKENNYT BE CRIST ET CUKKALD HIM MAID
I HIM FORLEIT AS A LAD ET LATHLYIT HIM MEKLE
I THOGHT MY SELF A PAPINGAY ET HIM A PLUKIT HERLE
ALL THUS ENFORSIT HE HIS FA ET FORTIFYIT IN STRENTH
<P 185>
<L 384> AND MAID A STALWART STAFF TO STRIK HIM SELFE DOUNE
BOT OF ANE BOWRD IN TO BED I SALL ZOW BREIF ZIT
QUHEN HE ANE HALZEAR WES HANYT & HIM BEHUFFIT RAGE
AND I WES LAITH TO BE LOPPIN WITH SIC A LOB AVOIR
ALSE LANG AS HE WES ONE LOFT I LUKIT ONE HIM NEUER
NA LEIT NEUER ENTER IN MY THOGHT THAT HE MY THING PERSIT
BOT AY IN MYND ANE OTHIR MAN YMAGYNIT THAT I HAID
OR ELLIS HAD I NEUER MERY BENE AT THAT MYRTHLES RAID
QUHEN I THAT GROME GELDIT HAD OF GUDIS & OF NATUR
ME THOGHT HIM GRACELESE ONE TO  GOIF SA ME GOD HELP
QUHEN HE HAD WARIT ALL ONE ME HIS WELTH ET HIS SUBSTANCE
ME THOGHT HIS WIT WES ALL WENT AWAY WITH THE LAIF
AND SO I DID HIM DISPISE I SPITTIT QUHEN I SAW
THAT SUPER SPENDIT EUILL SPREIT SPVLZEIT OF ALL VERTU
FOR WEILL ZE WAIT WIFFIS THAT HE THAT WANTIS RICHES
AND VALZEANDNES IN VENUS PLAY IS FUL VILE HALDIN
<L 400> FULL FRUSTER IS HIS FRESCH ARRAY ET FAIRNES OF PERSOUNE
ALL IS BOT FRUTLESE HIS EFFEIR ET FALZEIS AT THE VP WITH
I BUSKIT VP MY BARNIS LIKE BARONIS SONNIS
AND MAID BOT FULIS OF THE FRY OF HIS FIRST WIF
I BANYST FRA MY BOUNDIS HIS BRETHIR ILKANE
HIS FRENDIS AS MY FAIS I HEID AT FEID EVIR
BE THIS ZE BELEIF MAY I LUFFIT NOUTGH HIM SELF
FOR NEUER I LIKIT A LEID THAT LANGIT TILL HIS BLUDE
AND ZIT THER WISMEN THAI WAIT THAT ALL WIFFIS EUILL
AR KEND WITH THER CONDITIONIS ET KNAWIN WITH THE SAMIN
DEID IS NOW THAT DYOUR ET DOLLIN IN ERD
WITH HIM DEIT ALL MY DULE ET MY DRERY THOGTIS
NOW DONE IS MY DOLLY NYGHT MY DAY IS VPSPRUNGIN
ADEW DOLOUR ADEW MY DAYNTE NOW BEGYNIS
NOW AM I A WEDOW I WISE AND WEILL AME AT ESE
I WEIP AS I WER WOFUL BOT WEL IS ME FOR EUER
I BUSK AS I WER BAILFULL BOT BLITH IS MY HERT
MY MOUTH IT MAKIS MURNYNG ET MY MYND LAUTHIS
MY CLOKIS THAI AR CAERFULL IN COLOUR OF SABILL
<P 186>
<L 419> BOT COURTLY AND RYGHT  CURYUS MY CORSE IS THER VNDIR
I DRUP WITH A DED LUKE IN MY DULE HABIT
AS WITH MANIS DAILL HAD DONE FOR DAYIS OF MY LIF
QUHEN THAT I GO TO THE KIRK CLED IN CAIR WEID
AS FOXE IN A LAMBIS FLEISE FENZE I MY CHEIR
THAN LAY I FURTGH MY BRIGHT BUKE ONE BREID ONE MY KNE
WITH MONY LUSTY LETTER ELLUMMYNIT WITH GOLD
AND DRAWIS MY CLOK FORTHWART OUR MY FACE QUHIT
THAT I MAY SPY VNASPYIT A SPACE ME BESIDE
FULL OFT I BLENK BY MY BUKE ET BLYNIS OF DEUOTIONE
TO SE QUHAT BERNE IS BEST BRAND OR BREDEST IN SCHULDERIS
OR FORGEIT IS MAIST FORCELY TO FURNYSE A BANCAT
IN VENUS CHALMER VALZEANDLY WITHOUTIN VANE RUSE
AND AS THE NEW MONE ALL PALE OPPRESSIT WIT H CHANGE
KYTHIS QUHILIS HER CLEIR FACE THROUGH CLUDDIS OF SABLE
SO KEIK I THROUGH MY CLOKIS ET CASTIS KYND LUKIS
TO KNYTHIS AND TO CLEIRKIS AND CORLY PERSONIS
QUHEN FRENDIS OF MY HUSBANDIS BEHALDIS ME ONE FER
I HAIF A WATTER SPUNGE FOR WA WITH IN MY WYDE CLOKIS
THAN WRING I IT FULL WYLELY ET WETIS MY CHEKIS
WIT THAT WATTERIS MYN ENE ET WELTERIS DOUNE TERIS
THAN SAY THAI ALL THAT SITTIS ABOUT SE ZE NOUGHT ALLACE
ZONE LUSTLESE LED SO LELELY SCHO LUFFIT HIR HUSBAND
ZONE IS A PETE TO ENPRENT IN A PRINCIS HERT
THAT SIC A PERLE OF PLESANCE SULD ZONE PANE DRE
I SANE ME AS I WAR ANE SANCT ET SEMYS ANE ANGELL
AT LANGAGE OF LICHORY I LEIT AS I WAR CRABIT
I SITH WITHOUT SAIR HERT OR SEIKNES IN BODY
ACCORDING TO MY SABLE WEID I MONE HAIF SAD MANERIS
OR THAI WILL SE ALL THE SUTH FOR CERTIS WE WEMEN
WE SET WS ALL FOR THE SYTGH TO SYLE MEN OF TREUTH
WE DULE FOR NA EUILL DEID SA IT BE DERNE HALDIN
WISEMEN HAS WAYIS AND WONDERFULL GYDINGIS
WITH GRET ENGYNE TO BEIAIP THER IOLYUS HUSBANDIS
AND QUYETLY WITH SIC CRAFT CONVOYIS OUR MATERIS <L 453>
<P 187>
<L 454> THAT VNDER CRIST NO CREATUR KENNIS OF OUR DOINGIS
BOT FOLK A CURY MAY MISCUKE THAT KNAWLEGE WANTIS
AND HAS NA COLOURIS FOR TO COVER THER AWNE KINDLY FAVTIS
AS DOIS THIR DAMYSELLIS FOR DERNE DOTIT LUFE
THAT DOGONIS HALDIS IN DAINTE ET DELIS WITH THAI SO LANG
QUHILL AL THE CUNTRE KNAW THER KYNDNES ET FAITH
<L 460> FAITH HAS A FAIR NAME BOT FALSHEID FARIS BEITTIR
FY ONE HIR THAT CAN NOUGHT FEYNE HER FAME FOR TO SAIF
ZIT AM I WISE IN SIC WERK ET WES ALL MY TYME
YOGHT I WANT WIT IN WARLDLYNES I WYLIS HAIF IN LUF
AS ONY HAPPY WOMAN (PR. WAMAN) HAS THAT IS OF HIE BLUDE
HUTIT BE THE HALOK LASE A HUNDER ZEIR OF EILD
I HAUE ANE SECRETE SERWAND RYTHT SOVIR OF HIS TOUNG
THAT ME SUPPORTIS OF SIT NEDIS QUHEN I A SYNE MAK
YOGHT HE BE SYMPILL TO THE SICHT HE HAS A TONG SICKIR
FULL MONY SEMELYAR SEGE WER SERUICE DOIS MAK
THOTGHT I HAIF CAIR VNDER CLOKE THE CLEIR DAY QUHILL NYGT
ZIT HAIF I SOLACE VNDER SERK QUHILL THE SONE RYSE
ZIT AM I HALDIN A HALY WIF OUR ALL THE HAILL SCHYRE
I AM SA PETEOUSE TO THE PUR QUHEN THER PERSONIS MONY
IN PASSING OF PILGRYMAGE I PRIDE ME FULL MEKLE
MAIR FOR THE PRESE OF PEPLE NA ONY PERDONE WYNYNG
BOT ZIT ME THINK THE BEST BOURD QUHEN BARONIS ET KNYTHIS
AND OTHIR BACHILLERIS BLITH BLWMYNG IN ZOUTH
AND ALL MY LUFFARIS LELE MY LUGENG PERSEWIS
AND FYLLIS ME WYNE WANTONLY WITH WEILFAIR ET IOY
<L 480>SUM ROWNIS (PR. ROWIS) ET SUM RALZEIS ET SUM REDIS BALLATIS
SUM RAIFFIS FURGHT RUDLY WITH RIATUS SPECHE
SUM PLENIS ET SUM PRAYIS SUM PRASIS MI BEWTE
SUM KISSIS ME SUM CLAPPIS ME SUM KYNDNES ME PROFERIS
SUM KERFFIS TO ME CURTASLI SUM ME YE COP GIFFIS
SUM STALWARDLY STEPPIS BEN WITH A STOUT CURAGE
AND A STIF STANDAND THING STAIFFIS IN MI NEIFF
AND MONY BLENKIS BEN OUR THAT BUT FULL FER SITTIS
THAT MAI FOR THE THIK THRANG NOUTGH THRIF AS THI WALD
<P 188>
<L 489> BOT WITH MY FAIR CALLING I COMFORT THAIM ALL
FOR HE THAT SITTIS ME NIXT I NIP ON HIS FINGER
I SERF HIM ON THE TOTHIR SYDE ON THE SAMIN FASSON
AND HE THAT BEHIND ME I HARD ON HIM LENE
AND HIM BEFOR WITH MY FUT FAST ON HIS I STRAMP
AND TO THE BERNIS FAR BUT SUEIT BLENKIS I CAST
TO EUERY MAN IN SPECIALL SPEKE I SUM WORDIS
SO WISLY AND SO WOMANLY QUHILL WARMYS THER HERTIS
THAR IS NO LIFFAND LEID SO LAW OF DEGRE
THAT SALL ME LUF VNLUFFIT I AM SO LOIK HERTIT
AND GIF HIS LUST SO BE LENT IN TO MY LYRE QUHIT
THAT HE BE LOST OR WITH ME LAK HIS LIF SALL NOT DANGER
<L 501> I AM SO MERCIFULL IN MYND ET MENYS ALL WITHTIS
MY SELY SAULL SALBE SAIF QUHEN SA BOT ALL IUGIS
LLADYIS LEIR THIR LESSONIS ET BE NO LASSIS FUNDIN
THIS IS THE LEGEAND OF MY LIF YOUGHT LATYNE IT BE NANE
QUHEN ENDIT HAD HIR ORNAT SPECHE THIS ELOQUENT WEDOW
LLOWD THAI LEWTH ALL THE LAIF ET LOFFIT HIR MEKLE
AND SAID THAI SALD EXAMPILL TAK OF HER SOUERANE TECHING
AND WIRK EFTER HIR WORDIS THAT WOMAN WES SO PRUDENT
THAN CULIT THAI THER MOUTHIS WITH CONFORTABLE DRINKIS
AND CARPIT FULL CUMMERLIK WITH COP GOING ROUND
THUS DRAIF THAI OUR THAT DEIR NYGHT WITH DANCEIS FULL NOBLE
QUHILL THAT THE DAY DID VP DAW ET DEW DONKIT FLOURIS

THE MOROW MYLD WES ET MEIK THE MAVIS DID SING
AND ALL REMUFFIT THE MYST ET THE MEID SMELLIT
SILUER SCHOURIS DOUNE SCHUKE AS THE SCHENE CRISTALL
AND BERDIS SHOUTIT IN SCHAW WITH THER STILL NOTIS
THE GOLDIN GLITTERAND GLEME SO GLADIT THER HERTIS
THAI MAID A GLORIUS GLE AMANG THE GRENE BEWIS
THE SOFT SOWTH OF THE SWYR ET SOVNE OF THE STREMYS
<L 520> THE SUEIT SAWOUR OF THE SWARD SINGNIG OF FOULIS
MYGHT CONFORT ONY CREATUR OF THE KYN OF ADAM
AND KINDILL AGANE HIS CURAGE YOGHT IT WER CALD SLOKNYT
THAN RAIS THER (PR.RYER) RYALL ROSIS IN THER RICHE WEDIS
<P 189>
<L 524> AND RAKIT HAME TO THER REST THROU THE RISE BLWMYS
AND I ALL PREVELY PAST TO A PLESAND ARBER
AND WITH MY PENE DID REPORT THER PASTANCE MOST MERY
ZE AUDITORIS MOST HONORABLE THAT ERIS HAS GEVIN
ONE TO THIS VNCOUTH AVENTUR QUHILK AIRLY ME HAPPINNIT
OF THER THRE WANTONE WIFFIS THAT I HAIF WRITTIN HEIR
QUHILK WALD ZE VVAILL TO ZOUR VVIF GIF ZE SULD VVED ONE
(COLOPH) QUOD DUNBAR (END OF COLOPH)

<B DUNB>
<KCD 1002>
<E DUNB STS I 4>
<Q SE>
<MRL>
<H AABB>
<P 189>
<L 1> I THAT IN HEILL VVES AND GLADNES
AM TRUBLIT NOW WITH GRET SEIKNES
AND FEBLIT WITH INFERMITE
( TIMOR MORTIS CONTURBAT ME )
OUR PLESANCE HEIR IS ALL VANE GLORY
THIS FALS WARLD IS BOT TRANSITORY
THE FLESCH IS BRUKLE THE FEND IS SLE
( TIMOR ET CETERA )
THE STAIT OF MAN DOIS CHANGE ET VARY
NOW SOUND NOW SEIK NOW BLITH NOW SARY
NOW DANSAND MERY NOW LIKE TO DEE
( TIMOR ET CETERA )
NO STAIT IN ERD HEIR STANDIS SICKIR
AS WITH THE WYND WAVIS THE WICKIR
WAVIS THIS WARLDIS VAINTE
( TIMOR ET CETERA )
<L 17> ONE TO THE DED GOIS ALL ESTATIS
PRINCIS PRELOTIS ET POTESTATIS
BAITH RICHE ET PUR OF AL DEGRE
( TIMOR ET CETERE )
HE TAKIS THE KNYTHIS IN TO FEILD
ANARMYT VNDER HELME ET SCHEILD
WICTOUR HE IS AT ALL MELLE
( TIMOR MORTIS CONTURBAT ME )
THAT STRANG VNMERCIFULL TYRAND
TAK ONE THE MODERIS BREIST SOWKAND
THE BAB FULL OF BENIGNITE
<P 190>
<L 28> ( TIMOR MORTIS CONTURBAT ME )
HE TAKIS THE CAMPION IN THE STOUR
THE CAPITANE CLOSIT IN THE TOUR
THE LADY IN BOUR FULL OF BEWTE
( TIMOR MORTIS &C )
HE SPARIS NO LORD FOR HIS PISCENCE
NA CLERK FOR HIS INTELLIGENCE
HIS AWFULL STRAK MAY NO MAN FLE
( TIMOR &C )

ART MAGICIANIS AND ASTROLOGGIS
RETHORIS LOGICIANIS ET THEOLOGGIS
THAME HELPIS NO CONCLUSIONIS SLE
( TIMOR MORTIS &C )
IN MEDICYNE THE MOST PRACTICIANIS
LECHIS SURRIGIANIS ET PHISICIANIS
THAME SELF FRA DED MAY NOT SUPPLE
( TIMOR  &C )
I SE THAT MAKARIS AMANG THE LAIF
<L 46> PLAYIS HEIR THER PAGEANT SYNE GOIS TO GRAIF
SPARIT IS NOUGHT THER FACULTE
( TIMOR &C )
HE HAS DONE PETUOUSLY DEVOUR
THE NOBLE CHAUCER OF MAKARIS FLOUR
THE MONK OF BERY ET GOWER ALL THRE
( TIMOR &C )
THE GUD SYR HEW OF EGLINTOUN
ET EIK HERYOT ET WYNTOUN
HE HAS TANE OUT OF THIS CUNTRE
( TIMOR MORTIS CONTURBAT ME )
THAT SCORPION FELL HAS DONE INFEK
MAISTER IOHNE CLERK ET IAMES AFFLEK
FRA BALAT MAKING ET TRIGIDE
( TIMOR MORTIS CONTURBAT ME )
HOLLAND ET BARBOUR HE HAS BEREVIT
ALLACE THAT HE NOUGHT WITH WS LEWIT
<P 191>
<L 63> SCHIR MUNGO LOKERT OF THE LE
( TIMOR MORTIS &C )
CLERK OF TRANENT EIK HE HAS TANE
THAT MAID THE ANTERIS OF GAWANE
SCHIR GILBERT HAY ENDIT HAS HE
( TIMOR MORTIS &C )
HE HAS BLIND HARY ET SANDY TRAILL
SLAINE WITH HIS SCHOUR OF MORTALL HAILL
QUHILK PATRIK IOHNESTOUN MYGHT NOUGHT FLE
( TIMOR MORTIS &C )
HE HAS REFT MERSEIR HIS ENDITE
THAT DID IN LUF SO LIFLY WRITE
SO SCHORT SO QUYK OF SENTENCE HIE
( TIMOR MORTIS CONTURBAT ME )
HE HAS TANE ROULL OF ABERDENE
AND GENTILL ROULL OF CORSTORPHIN
TWO BETTER FALLOWIS DID NO MAN SE
( TIMOR &C )
IN DUNFERMELYNE HE HAS DONE ROVNE
WITH MAISTER ROBERT HENRISOUN
SCHIR IOHNE THE ROS ENBRAST HAS HE
(TIMOR MORTIS CONTURBAT ME )
<L 85> AND HE HAS NOW TANE LAST OF AW
GUD GENTILL STOBO ET QUINTYNE SCHAW
OF QUHAM ALL WITHTIS HAS PETE
( TIMOR MORTIS CONTURBAT ME)
GUD MAISTER WALTER KENNEDY
IN POYNT OF DEDE LYIS VERALY
GRET REUTH IT WER THAT SO SULD BE
( TIMOR MORTIS CONTURBAT ME )
SEN HE HAS ALL MY BRETHER TANE
HE WILL NAUGHT LAT ME LIF ALANE
ON FORSE I MAN HIS NYXT PRAY BE
( TIMOR MORTIS CONTURBAT ME )
SEN FOR THE DED REMEID IS NONE

<P 192>
<L 98> BEST IS THAT WE FOR DEDE DISPONE
EFTER OUR DEID THAT LIF MAY WE
( TIMOR MORTIS CONTURBAT ME )
(COLOPH) QUOD DUNBAR QUHEN HE WES SEK (END OF COLOPH)

<B ANON>
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<E KYND KITTOK DUNB STS I 4>
<Q S>
<MRCO>
<H ABABABABCDDDC>
<L 1> MY GUDAME WES A GAY WIF BOT SCHO WES RYGHT GEND
SCHO DUELT FURHT FER IN TO FRANCE APON FALKLAND FELLIS
THAI CALLIT HER KYND KITTOK QUHASA HIR WEILL KEND
SCHO WES LIKE A CALDRONE CRUKE CLER VNDER KELLYS
THAI THREPIT THAT SCHO EIT OF THRIST ET MAID A GUD END
EFTER HIR DEDE SCHO DREDIT NOUGHT IN HEVIN FOR TO DUELL
AND SA TO HEVIN THE HIEVVAY DREIDLES SCHO UVEND
ZIT SCHO WANDERIT AND ZEID BY TO ANE ELRICHE WELL
SCHO MET THAR AS I WENE
ANE ASK RYDAND ON A SNAILL
ET CRYIT OURTANE FALLOW HAILL
AND RAID ANE INCHE BEHIND THE TAILL
TILL IT WES NEIR EVIN
SA SCHO HAD HAP TO BE HORSIT TO HIR HERBRY
ATT ANE AILHOUS NEIR IT NYGHTTIT THAIM THARE
SCHO DEIT OF THRIST IN THIS WARLD THAT GERT HIR BE SO DRY
SCHO NEUER EIT BOT DRANK OUR MESUR ET MAIR
SCHO SLEPIT QUHILL THE MORNE AT NONE ET RAIS AIRLY
AND TO THE ZETTIS OF HEVIN FAST CAN THE WIF FAIR
AND BY SANCT PETIR IN AT THE ZET SCHO STALL PREVELY
GOD LUKIT ET SAW HIR LATTIN IN ET LEWTH HIS HERT SAIR
AND THAR ZERIS SEVIN
SCHO LEWIT A GUD LIF
AND WES OUR LADYIS HEN WIF
AND HELD SANCT PETER AT STRIF
AY QUHILL SCHO WES IN HEVIN
SCHE LUKIT OUT ON A DAY AND THOGHT RYTHGT LANG
TO SE YE AILHOUS BESIDE IN TILL ANE EUILL HOUR
AND OUT OF HEVIN THE HIE GAIT COUGHT THE WIF GAING
FOR TO GET HIR ANE FRESCHE DRINK ZE AILL OF HEVIN WES SOUR
SCHO COME AGANE TO HEVINNIS ZET QUHEN THE BELL RANG
SAINT PETIR HAT HIR WITH A CLUB QUHILL A GRET CLOUR
RAIS IN HIR HEID BECAUS THE WIF ZEID WRANG
<P 193>
<L 34> THAN TO THE AILHOUS AGANE SCHO RAN THE PYCHARIS TO POUR
AND FOR TO BREW AND BAIK
FRENDIS I PRAY ZOW HERTFULLY
GIF ZE BE THRISTY OR DRY
DRINK WITH MY GUDDAME AS ZE GA BY
ANYS FOR MY SAIK
(EXPLICIT &C)

<B DUNB>
<KCD 1004>
<E DUNB STS I 6>
<MRU>
<H ABABABAB>
I MAISTER ANDRO KENNEDY
( CURRO QUANDO SUM VOCATUS )
GOTTIN WITH SUM INCUBY
OR WITH SUM FREIR( INFATUATUS )

IN FAITH I CAN NOUGHT TELL REDLY
( UNDE AUT VBI FUI NATUS )
BOT IN TREUTH I TROW TREWLY
( QUOD SUM DYABOLUS INCARNATUS )
( CUM NICHILL SIT CERCIUS MORTE )
WE MON ALL DE MAN THAT IS DONE
( NESCIMUS QUANDO VEL QUA SORTE )
NA BLIND ALLANE WAIT OF THE MONE
( EGO PACIOR IN PECTORE )
THIS NIGHT I MYGHT NOT SLEIP A WINK
( LICET EGER IN CORPORE )
ZIT WALD MY MOUTH BE WET WITH DRINK
( * )
I LEIFF MY SAULL FOR EUERMARE
 *
<L 20> IN TO MY LORDIS WYNE CELLAR
 *
QUHILL DOMISDAY WITHOUT DISSEUER
 *
VVITH SUEIT CUTHBERT THAT LUFFIT ME NEUIR
 *
HE WALD OFT BAN ME IN HIS BREITH
 *
AND I FORGIF HIM LAITH ET WRAITH
 *
<P 194>
<L 30> I HAD LEVER LYE BAITH AIR ET LAIT
 *
NA IN MY LORDIS BED OF STAIT
A BARELL BUNG AY AT MY BOSUM
OF VARLDIS GUD I BAD NA MAIR
 *
I LEIF ON TO THE TOUNE OF AIR
IN A DRAF MYDDING FOR EUER AND AY
 *
QUHAR DRINK AND DRAFF MAY ILKA DAY
BE CASSYNE (SUPER FACIEM MEAM)
<L 41>I LEIF MY HERT THAT NEUER WES SICIR
 *
THAT NEUER MARE WALD FLOW NOR FLICIR
 *
THOUGHT I WALD BYND IT WITH A WICIR
 *
BOT AND I HETHT TO TEME A BICKER
 *
SYNE LEIF I THE BEST AUCHT I BOTHT
 *
TO HEDE OF KYN BOT I WAIT NOUGHT
( QUIS EST ILLE ) THAN I SCHREW MY SCAWPE
I CALLIT MY LORD MY HEID BUT HIDDILL
 *
UVE WEIR ALS SIB AS SEUE ET RIDDILL
 *
<L 57>  *
THAI WER BOT LESINGIS ALL ET ANE
 *
I LEIF THE MAISTTER OF SANCT ANTANE
 *
MYNE AWNE DEIR CUSING AS I WENE

 *
BOT QUHEN THE HOLYNE GROWIS GRENE
<P 195>
<L 65> MY FENZENING AND MY FALS WYNYNG
 *
FOR THAT IS GODDIS AWNE BIDDING
 *
FOR MENIS SAULIS THAI SAY THAI SING
 *
NOW GOD GIF THAIM ANE EUILL ENDING
 *
<L 73> TO IOK FULE MY FOLY FRE
 *
IN FAITH I AM MAIR FULE THAN HE
 *
OF CORNE AND CATALL GOLD AND FE
 *
AND ZIT HE BLERIS MY LORDIS E
 *
<L 81> TO MASTER IOHNE CLERK SYNE
 *
GODDIS MALISONE AND MYNE
( IPSE EST CAUSA MORTIS MEE )
WAR I A DOG AND HE A SWYNE
 *
BOT I SULD GER THAT LURDANE QUHRYNE
 *
<L 89>  *
FOR TO DISPONE MY LORD SALL HAIF
 *
ADE KYTTE AND ALL THE LAIF
IN FAITH I WILL NA LANGAR RAIF
 *
ON THE NEW GYS SA GOD ME SAIF
 *
<L 97>  *
I WILL NANE HAIF BOT OUR AVNE GYNG
 *
<P 196>
<L 100> BERAND A BARELL ONE A STYNG
DRYNKAND AND PLAYAND COP OUT EVIN
 *
SINGAND AND GRETAND WITH HIE STEVIN
 *
<L 105> I WILL NA PREISTIS FOR ME SING
 *
NA ZIT NA BELLIS FOR ME RING
 *
BOT A BAG PIPE TO PLAY A SPRYNG
 *
IN STAYD OF BANERIS FOR TO BRING
 *
WITHIN THE GRAIF TO SET SIC THING
 *
TO FLE THE FENDIS THAN HARDELY SING
 *
( EXPLICIT )