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 | CHAPTER CXXVIII. The Original Chronicle of Andrew of Wyntoun |  |
CHAPTER CXXVIII.
Off Sanct Dauid oure foundour,
And of his sone and successour.
And of his sone and successour.
A thousand a hundreth xx. and foure
Fra borne wes oure Saluiour,
The king Alexander in Striueling
Deit, and wes brocht to Dunfermling;
Thare he wes wiþ gret honour
Beriit in hallowit sepultour.
He wes luffand and verteouss;
Baith to clerkis and religiouss
And till his liegis full curtase,
And lauchfull in iustice all wais.
Fra borne wes oure Saluiour,
The king Alexander in Striueling
Deit, and wes brocht to Dunfermling;
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Beriit in hallowit sepultour.
He wes luffand and verteouss;
Baith to clerkis and religiouss
And till his liegis full curtase,
And lauchfull in iustice all wais.
And sone efter fra he wes deid,
Davy his broþer in his steid
Succedit nixt, and tuke þe crovne,
Septure and full possessioun.
Davy his broþer in his steid
Succedit nixt, and tuke þe crovne,
Septure and full possessioun.
He wes þe beild of all his kyn;
With vertu he supprisit syn;
He chastit þaim þat were viciouse,
And relevit þaim þat were wertuouss.
His lif wes forme of all meiknes,
And merour of all rychtuisnes;
Ensample of clene chastite,
Mare luffand man wes nane þan he.
For quhen mysdoaris for þe trespass
Conwickit and to dede demyt was,
Set þe law lowe him behuffit
To do it, ȝit wes his hert sa muffit
That he wald with hevy chere
Mak for þat man sa gret prayere.
As he had bene his creature,
Or till haif had his saule in cure.
He illumynit in his dais
His landis with kirkis and abbais.
Bischoprikis he fand bot thre;
Bot, or he deit, xi. left he.
Abbais he foundit ix. or x.,
And in þaim set religiouss men.
Iedworth, Kelso and Melross,
And in till Murray als Kinloss,
And Newbottill in till Louthiane,
He foundit it of lyme and stane,
And þe nunnys by South Berwik
With deuote ladyis religiouslik;
Halyrudhouss he foundit syne,
And Camskynnell besyde Striuelyne,
And als þe abbay of Holmcultrane.
All þir he foundit or euer he fane,
And richely gert þaim rentit be
Off possessionis and oþer fe.
Fra Canterbery to Dumfermelyne
Monkis he brocht, and put þaim syne
In till þat religiouse place,
To serue God and wyn meid endles.
With vertu he supprisit syn;
He chastit þaim þat were viciouse,
And relevit þaim þat were wertuouss.
His lif wes forme of all meiknes,
And merour of all rychtuisnes;
Ensample of clene chastite,
Mare luffand man wes nane þan he.
For quhen mysdoaris for þe trespass
Conwickit and to dede demyt was,
Set þe law lowe him behuffit
To do it, ȝit wes his hert sa muffit
That he wald with hevy chere
Mak for þat man sa gret prayere.
As he had bene his creature,
Or till haif had his saule in cure.
He illumynit in his dais
His landis with kirkis and abbais.
Bischoprikis he fand bot thre;
Bot, or he deit, xi. left he.
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And in þaim set religiouss men.
Iedworth, Kelso and Melross,
And in till Murray als Kinloss,
And Newbottill in till Louthiane,
He foundit it of lyme and stane,
And þe nunnys by South Berwik
With deuote ladyis religiouslik;
Halyrudhouss he foundit syne,
And Camskynnell besyde Striuelyne,
And als þe abbay of Holmcultrane.
All þir he foundit or euer he fane,
And richely gert þaim rentit be
Off possessionis and oþer fe.
Fra Canterbery to Dumfermelyne
Monkis he brocht, and put þaim syne
In till þat religiouse place,
To serue God and wyn meid endles.
This king Davy had gret delite
Kirkis and abbais till visyte.
In sic delite, thocht and gud will,
The toune of Sanct Androis vntill
He come with his sone erll Henry,
And wiþ oþer lordis mony.
Off Sanct Androis þe bischop þan
Robert, at wes a vertuouss man,
Resauit þe king rycht honorably,
Revestit weill with his clergy.
And þare þe king wes all þat nycht,
Till on þe morne þe day wes licht;
The king herd mess and maid offerand
To God and als to man plesand.
And efter þat þe mess wes done,
The king went in þe closter sone;
Bot now that closter is wydare
Than it wes þan all out and mare.
Kirkis and abbais till visyte.
In sic delite, thocht and gud will,
The toune of Sanct Androis vntill
He come with his sone erll Henry,
And wiþ oþer lordis mony.
Off Sanct Androis þe bischop þan
Robert, at wes a vertuouss man,
Resauit þe king rycht honorably,
Revestit weill with his clergy.
And þare þe king wes all þat nycht,
Till on þe morne þe day wes licht;
The king herd mess and maid offerand
To God and als to man plesand.
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The king went in þe closter sone;
Bot now that closter is wydare
Than it wes þan all out and mare.
The king in to þe closter þare,
With lordis þat þan by him ware,
Spak togidder of sindry thingis,
As þar vse oft at sic gaderingis;
And syne þe causs quhy he come þare
He tald þaim all, þat by him ware.
The bischop Robert, þat gud man,
He gert call befor him þan,
And demandit him scharply
Quhy he furtherit sa slawly
His hecht and als his awne det:
That wes þat he suld ger be set
In þat steid of religioun,
That foundit wes of deuocioun,
Channons þat were regulare,
To serf God and Sanct Andro þare.
That Alexander his broþer king
Off þat befor his last ending
Stablist, and maid ordinance,
With full effect and deliuerance.
With lordis þat þan by him ware,
Spak togidder of sindry thingis,
As þar vse oft at sic gaderingis;
And syne þe causs quhy he come þare
He tald þaim all, þat by him ware.
The bischop Robert, þat gud man,
He gert call befor him þan,
And demandit him scharply
Quhy he furtherit sa slawly
His hecht and als his awne det:
That wes þat he suld ger be set
In þat steid of religioun,
That foundit wes of deuocioun,
Channons þat were regulare,
To serf God and Sanct Andro þare.
That Alexander his broþer king
Off þat befor his last ending
Stablist, and maid ordinance,
With full effect and deliuerance.
The bischop ansuerd on þis wiss,
And said as of þai contrauersiss
He mycht nocht be na rycht ressoun
Gif on to religioun
The rentis of þe bischoprik;
Set his will were to do siclik
Almuss, perchance his successour
Wald it retrete and call errour,
And dispulȝe þaim halely,
And sclander þaim giffin wranguisly.
And said as of þai contrauersiss
He mycht nocht be na rycht ressoun
Gif on to religioun
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Set his will were to do siclik
Almuss, perchance his successour
Wald it retrete and call errour,
And dispulȝe þaim halely,
And sclander þaim giffin wranguisly.
The king þan maid him þis ansuere
On moyre and on meik manere,
And said him at þai landis all,
At þai þe Baris Raik couþ call,
Wes gevin on þat condicioun
To vphald thare a religioun,
And nocht gevin to þe bischopis se;
And þat, he said, afferme wald he.
On moyre and on meik manere,
And said him at þai landis all,
At þai þe Baris Raik couþ call,
Wes gevin on þat condicioun
To vphald thare a religioun,
And nocht gevin to þe bischopis se;
And þat, he said, afferme wald he.
The king þan and his sone Henry,
And all oþer lordis þaim by,
Faworit sa þan þat trete
That þai gert þe channons be,
The quhilk were brocht befor fra Scone,
And þare in Sanct Androis kirk done,
Charterit of all þat land haill,
That þai hald now in fre regall.
The king of his deuocioun
Gaif þareon his confirmacioun,
And his sone þe erll Henry
Consentit þarto fullely.
And all oþer lordis þaim by,
Faworit sa þan þat trete
That þai gert þe channons be,
The quhilk were brocht befor fra Scone,
And þare in Sanct Androis kirk done,
Charterit of all þat land haill,
That þai hald now in fre regall.
The king of his deuocioun
Gaif þareon his confirmacioun,
And his sone þe erll Henry
Consentit þarto fullely.
And þus illumynit he his land
With abbais and bischoprikis plesand,
And oþer placis of renovne,
Seculare and religioun,
That, or Malcome his fader tyme
Had weddit Sanct Margret but cryme,
Bot wild and waist þe land þan wes,
And like bot a blynd hethynnes.
For scho maid all þe polesy
That vsit is till now trewly.
With abbais and bischoprikis plesand,
And oþer placis of renovne,
Seculare and religioun,
That, or Malcome his fader tyme
Had weddit Sanct Margret but cryme,
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And like bot a blynd hethynnes.
For scho maid all þe polesy
That vsit is till now trewly.
Alsua our lord þis king Davy
To wif weddit a faire lady,
The erllis dochter of Huntyntoune
William, a lord of hie renovne;
And scho to name hecht Dame Mald,
As wes þe quene his sister cald.
The erllis aire scho wes but faill,
Foroutin differens or taill.
Oure king Davy apon hir gat
A sone at Henry to name hat,
Like his fader in all his dedis,
Quha þat his lif seis or redis.
He wes erll of Northummyrland;
All Huntyndoune wes in his hand,
And full erll he wes alsua
Off þai mychti erldomis twa.
This Henry weddit efter syne
The erll of Werwykis dochter fyne;
To name men callit hir Dame Ade.
Sonnys thre on hir he had,
Malcome, William and Davy;
Thir thre sonnys gat Henry
On his spousit wif Dame Ade.
To wif weddit a faire lady,
The erllis dochter of Huntyntoune
William, a lord of hie renovne;
And scho to name hecht Dame Mald,
As wes þe quene his sister cald.
The erllis aire scho wes but faill,
Foroutin differens or taill.
Oure king Davy apon hir gat
A sone at Henry to name hat,
Like his fader in all his dedis,
Quha þat his lif seis or redis.
He wes erll of Northummyrland;
All Huntyndoune wes in his hand,
And full erll he wes alsua
Off þai mychti erldomis twa.
This Henry weddit efter syne
The erll of Werwykis dochter fyne;
To name men callit hir Dame Ade.
Sonnys thre on hir he had,
Malcome, William and Davy;
Thir thre sonnys gat Henry
On his spousit wif Dame Ade.
At Huntyndoune scho gert be maid
And foundit thare a gret nunry,
Ladyis to lif thare religiously.
And foundit thare a gret nunry,
Ladyis to lif thare religiously.
And a thousand a hunder xx. and sevin
Fra Cristis birgh þe King of Hevin,
Davy oure king þan of Scotland,
And all þe statis of Ingland
At Lundone assemblit ware.
Davy oure king of Scotland thare
Gert all þai statis bunding be
To þe emprice of fewte,
His sister dochter, callit Dame Mald,
As wes hir moder rycht sua cald.
Apone þe Circumcisioun day
This aith of fewte þar maid þai.
Fra Cristis birgh þe King of Hevin,
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And all þe statis of Ingland
At Lundone assemblit ware.
Davy oure king of Scotland thare
Gert all þai statis bunding be
To þe emprice of fewte,
His sister dochter, callit Dame Mald,
As wes hir moder rycht sua cald.
Apone þe Circumcisioun day
This aith of fewte þar maid þai.
The erll of Flanderis at þe mess,
As he at his prayeris wes,
In Lentryne in þat kirk wes slane
Throu falset wiþ a sodane trane.
Quhen he wes deid and laid in erd,
Nixt him wes William Lang Suerd;
Robert Curtass sone he was,
A worthy man of hie prowes.
As he at his prayeris wes,
In Lentryne in þat kirk wes slane
Throu falset wiþ a sodane trane.
Quhen he wes deid and laid in erd,
Nixt him wes William Lang Suerd;
Robert Curtass sone he was,
A worthy man of hie prowes.
A thousand a hundreth and xx. ȝere
And aucht þar to to rekin cleire,
Foundit wes Halyrudhouss,
To be of channonis religiouss.
And aucht þar to to rekin cleire,
Foundit wes Halyrudhouss,
To be of channonis religiouss.
A thousand a hunder tuenty and twa,
The abbay of Rybaws foundit alsua.
The abbay of Rybaws foundit alsua.
A thousand ic. xxx. and five,
Henry þe First past of þis live,
That þan wes king of Ingland,
And to Mald the gud quene husband.
And nixt till him can succeid
Stevin his nevo, as we reid;
And at his coronacioun,
Quhen he tuke cepture and crovne,
Pax forȝet wes at þe mess
For to be gevin; fra þin he wes
Neuer in pece quhill he wes king,
Na till þe day of his ending.
Henry þe First past of þis live,
That þan wes king of Ingland,
And to Mald the gud quene husband.
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Stevin his nevo, as we reid;
And at his coronacioun,
Quhen he tuke cepture and crovne,
Pax forȝet wes at þe mess
For to be gevin; fra þin he wes
Neuer in pece quhill he wes king,
Na till þe day of his ending.
A thousand and a hunder ȝere
And xxxvi. to þai cleire,
Off þe king Davyis full purpos
Wes foundit þe abbay of Melros.
Northummyrland and Cummyrland
Till þe king Davy of Scotland
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And þis Stevin king of Ingland.
Northummyrland be that trete
Agane to þis Stevin wes gevin fre;
Bot Cummyrland all halely
Remanyt still with king Davy.
And xxxvi. to þai cleire,
Off þe king Davyis full purpos
Wes foundit þe abbay of Melros.
Northummyrland and Cummyrland
Till þe king Davy of Scotland
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And þis Stevin king of Ingland.
Northummyrland be that trete
Agane to þis Stevin wes gevin fre;
Bot Cummyrland all halely
Remanyt still with king Davy.
A thousand and a hunder ȝere
And xxviii. to þai cleire,
Off Scotland and Ingland þai twa.
Kingis were discordand swa
That oure king Davy apon were
Waistit Northummyrland with his powere;
And a gret batall wes betuene
The Scottis and þe Inglis kene;
Bot mast part of þe Scottis haill
Wes discomfit in þat batall,
And mony fled, [þat] in the chass
In lowis and stankis drovnit wes.
And xxviii. to þai cleire,
Off Scotland and Ingland þai twa.
Kingis were discordand swa
That oure king Davy apon were
Waistit Northummyrland with his powere;
And a gret batall wes betuene
The Scottis and þe Inglis kene;
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Wes discomfit in þat batall,
And mony fled, [þat] in the chass
In lowis and stankis drovnit wes.
A thousand a hundreth xxx. and nyne
Ȝeris fra þe clene Virgine
Had borne hir sone baith God and man,
Mald þe gud quene of Ingland þan
Tretit betuix þe kingis twa,
Off Scotland and Ingland were þai,
And accordit þaim fullely
To gif Northummyrland to Henry,
Oure kingis sone. Be that trete
Off Northummyrland erll wes he.
Ȝeris fra þe clene Virgine
Had borne hir sone baith God and man,
Mald þe gud quene of Ingland þan
Tretit betuix þe kingis twa,
Off Scotland and Ingland were þai,
And accordit þaim fullely
To gif Northummyrland to Henry,
Oure kingis sone. Be that trete
Off Northummyrland erll wes he.
The emprice þan, þe story sayis,
Come in Ingland in þai dais,
In þat land to gere be done,
And to be maid king hir sone
Henry, þe quhilk oure king Davy,
And oþer lordis richt mony,
Knew him nerrest aire to be
To succeid to þat ryalte.
The erll of Anguss Schir Gothfray
To þis Stevin wes contrare ay,
For quhat he did he trowit done
In till preiudice of his sone,
Aire till Ingland þis Henry,
Off þe emprice gottin bodely.
This muffit þe king Davy to ryss
Agane him, as he did oftsyss;
And sa throu sic discensioun
Our king Davy wan till his crovne
All fra þe watter of Teyss of breid
North oure till the watter of Tweid,
And fra the watter of Esk þe lest
Till þe Rere Cross of Stane Mure est.
Come in Ingland in þai dais,
In þat land to gere be done,
And to be maid king hir sone
Henry, þe quhilk oure king Davy,
And oþer lordis richt mony,
Knew him nerrest aire to be
To succeid to þat ryalte.
The erll of Anguss Schir Gothfray
To þis Stevin wes contrare ay,
For quhat he did he trowit done
In till preiudice of his sone,
Aire till Ingland þis Henry,
Off þe emprice gottin bodely.
This muffit þe king Davy to ryss
Agane him, as he did oftsyss;
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Our king Davy wan till his crovne
All fra þe watter of Teyss of breid
North oure till the watter of Tweid,
And fra the watter of Esk þe lest
Till þe Rere Cross of Stane Mure est.
This king Stevin gert all þis be done,
That wes first Henryis sister sone,
A dochter William Bastardis [get];
He to be king alhaill him set.
Quhen he wes erll of Mawrytane,
The erll of Bullenys dochter þan
He weddit, quhilk wes lauchfully
Gottin on þe countess Dame Mary,
That dochter wes to Sanct Margret
And king Malcomys, ȝe nocht forȝet;
And this king Stevinnis wif wes cald
And hecht as hecht hir avnt Dame Mald.
Scho throu gude trete maid concord
Betuix hir eme Davy and hir lord
At Durhame, quhare þan þis Stevin king
Maid xv. dais his soiornyng;
And in þe New Castell our king Davy
Maid his duelling commonly.
Thare þai accordit fullely
To gif Northummyrland till Henry
King Davyis sone. Be þat trete
Off all Northummyrland erll wes he,
And of Huntyndoune alsua;
Sa wes he erll þan of þai twa;
And, for þe erldome wes lyand
Off Huntyndoun fer in Ingland,
Sa suld he for his heretage
To þe king of Ingland mak homage.
That wes first Henryis sister sone,
A dochter William Bastardis [get];
He to be king alhaill him set.
Quhen he wes erll of Mawrytane,
The erll of Bullenys dochter þan
He weddit, quhilk wes lauchfully
Gottin on þe countess Dame Mary,
That dochter wes to Sanct Margret
And king Malcomys, ȝe nocht forȝet;
And this king Stevinnis wif wes cald
And hecht as hecht hir avnt Dame Mald.
Scho throu gude trete maid concord
Betuix hir eme Davy and hir lord
At Durhame, quhare þan þis Stevin king
Maid xv. dais his soiornyng;
And in þe New Castell our king Davy
Maid his duelling commonly.
Thare þai accordit fullely
To gif Northummyrland till Henry
King Davyis sone. Be þat trete
Off all Northummyrland erll wes he,
And of Huntyndoune alsua;
Sa wes he erll þan of þai twa;
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Off Huntyndoun fer in Ingland,
Sa suld he for his heretage
To þe king of Ingland mak homage.
A thousand a hunder and fourty ȝere
Fra þe birth of oure Lord deire,
This ilk king Stevin of Ingland
In batall takin wes fechtand
Evin apone þe Candilmes day
In till Lincolne, þe suth to say;
And fra þat Purificatioun
Haldin he wes in presoun
Till þe Rud day nixt followand.
Dame Mald þe quene þan of Ingland,
This ilk Stevinnis weddit wif,
For to succour hir lordis lif
Travalit sa besy and sa ȝarne,
That þe erll Robert of Growarne
Scho gert be takin and maid changeing,
For he hir lord had in keping;
Than changeit for hir lord wes he,
Baith deliuerit of presoun fre.
Fra þe birth of oure Lord deire,
This ilk king Stevin of Ingland
In batall takin wes fechtand
Evin apone þe Candilmes day
In till Lincolne, þe suth to say;
And fra þat Purificatioun
Haldin he wes in presoun
Till þe Rud day nixt followand.
Dame Mald þe quene þan of Ingland,
This ilk Stevinnis weddit wif,
For to succour hir lordis lif
Travalit sa besy and sa ȝarne,
That þe erll Robert of Growarne
Scho gert be takin and maid changeing,
For he hir lord had in keping;
Than changeit for hir lord wes he,
Baith deliuerit of presoun fre.
A thousand a hundreth xl. and nyne
Fra lichtare wes þe Sanct Virgyne,
The erll of Angeos þan Henry,
Gottin on þe empriss bodely,
Come to Carlele, quhare þan duelland
Wes Davy, his moderis eme, of Scotland
King, þat resauit him honorably,
And tretit him richt curtasly;
And in þe tyme þat he þare baid,
Oure king Davy þan knycht him maid.
Fra lichtare wes þe Sanct Virgyne,
The erll of Angeos þan Henry,
Gottin on þe empriss bodely,
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Wes Davy, his moderis eme, of Scotland
King, þat resauit him honorably,
And tretit him richt curtasly;
And in þe tyme þat he þare baid,
Oure king Davy þan knycht him maid.
A thousand a hundreth and fifty ȝere,
The fyft kalend of Ianuere,
Efter Ȝule, þat is to say,
The morne efter Sanct Thomas day,
Our king Davy on set purposs
Foundit þe abbay of Kinloss;
Off Sisteus ordoure [is] þat houss
And quhit monkis religiouss;
And efter þat at þe Mertymes
Quhit channons to Dryburgh brocht wes.
The fyft kalend of Ianuere,
Efter Ȝule, þat is to say,
The morne efter Sanct Thomas day,
Our king Davy on set purposs
Foundit þe abbay of Kinloss;
Off Sisteus ordoure [is] þat houss
And quhit monkis religiouss;
And efter þat at þe Mertymes
Quhit channons to Dryburgh brocht wes.
A thousand a hundreth fifty ȝeris and ane,
The erll of Angeoss lif wes gane,
Gothfray, and his sone Henry
Nixt him erll wes halely.
The erll of Angeoss lif wes gane,
Gothfray, and his sone Henry
Nixt him erll wes halely.
A thousand a hundreth fifty and twa,
The king Stevinnis wif alsua,
Dame Mald, þat tyme quene of Ingland,
Deit, and of Northummyrland
And of Huntyndoune erll Henry,
Oure lordis sone þe king Davy,
Prince and aire apperand to be,
Deit, and entyrit wes he
In Kelso abbay; þare he lyis,
His sperit in till Paradiss.
The king Stevinnis wif alsua,
Dame Mald, þat tyme quene of Ingland,
Deit, and of Northummyrland
And of Huntyndoune erll Henry,
Oure lordis sone þe king Davy,
Prince and aire apperand to be,
Deit, and entyrit wes he
In Kelso abbay; þare he lyis,
His sperit in till Paradiss.
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Huntyndoun and Northummyrland,
And all þe kinrik of Scotland
Than menyt saire þis princis dede;
For he deit in his ȝouthheid,
And wes to se plesand and myld,
And noþer wantoun nor ȝit wyld;
Ferly faire in all fassoun,
Abill, of all gud condicioun;
Weill letterit and vertuouss,
Large and liberall of almouss
Till þaim þat nedit, seik or haill,
And richt fauorable foroutin faill.
And all þe kinrik of Scotland
Than menyt saire þis princis dede;
For he deit in his ȝouthheid,
And wes to se plesand and myld,
And noþer wantoun nor ȝit wyld;
Ferly faire in all fassoun,
Abill, of all gud condicioun;
Weill letterit and vertuouss,
Large and liberall of almouss
Till þaim þat nedit, seik or haill,
And richt fauorable foroutin faill.
And fra his dais were oure past,
Our king, his fader, þan als fast,
Fra his sonnys dais were done,
Gert bring befor him his sonis sone,
Malcome, þe eldest of þe thre
Sonnys of Henry; þan gert he
Be throu þe kinrik travalland,
In ilk sherifdome rydand
With honest court and cumpany,
To leid and trete him honestly,
And gert pronowns him for to be
Thare prince, and king lauchtfull wes he.
And als he deput his counsall
The erll of Fife mast speciall,
All gouernyt be him to be
In his stait and his ryalte.
Our king, his fader, þan als fast,
Fra his sonnys dais were done,
Gert bring befor him his sonis sone,
Malcome, þe eldest of þe thre
Sonnys of Henry; þan gert he
Be throu þe kinrik travalland,
In ilk sherifdome rydand
With honest court and cumpany,
To leid and trete him honestly,
And gert pronowns him for to be
Thare prince, and king lauchtfull wes he.
And als he deput his counsall
The erll of Fife mast speciall,
All gouernyt be him to be
In his stait and his ryalte.
William, þe ȝoungare broþer, syne
To þe New Castell apon Tyne
He gert [cum], and Northummyrland
[Thar] he put in till his hand,
And [gert] deliuerit till him be
Off þe lordis of þe cuntre
The gretest ostage in warand,
That he suld peceablie ioiss þat land
With þar fewte and homage,
Seruice, custum and trewage.
To þe New Castell apon Tyne
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[Thar] he put in till his hand,
And [gert] deliuerit till him be
Off þe lordis of þe cuntre
The gretest ostage in warand,
That he suld peceablie ioiss þat land
With þar fewte and homage,
Seruice, custum and trewage.
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