1 And other enterit syne into thair place, 46,080 46,085 46,090 At the last compt, of thame that office buir, 46,095 And for that caus the officiaris new maid, 46,100 And pundit hed for payment of that thing. Of that same sait the bischop than wes he. In harvest fell sic ane rane and weit, 46,105 46,110 With roik and mist than baith at evin and morne, 46,115 How ACHO, KING OF NORROWAY, COME IN In this same zeir now that ze heir me se, Quhen to this Acho done wes wnderstand 46,120 For to revenge injuris les and moir, Wes done to Sueno at Bartha befoir. 46,125 46,130 46,135 'In MS. rock. Col. 2. His bruther Donald for thair help and supple The Ylis all that tyme he did resigne 46,140 46,145 The toun of Air he seigit syne and wan With litill sturt, but ony skaith as than. This beand done, without stop and ganestand, With spulze and heirschip vpoune euerie hand, 46,150 In sindrie partis of Carrik and [of] Kyll. To Alexander quhen this thing wes kend, Rycht sone in haist thrie wyss lordis he send 46,155 To Acho come and scharplie said him till Richt hie langage as I sall now rehers, 46,160 "War nocht," tha said, oure vse hes bene befoir, "And it we think siclike salbe euirmoir, "No man with battell ony tyme persew, Quhill first his mynd we wnderstude and 46,165 knew, "Gif he for him hes ony causs or nocht, Syne thairefter as we thocht causs we wrocht. Ellis," tha said, "dout nocht bot 30w hed sene, "Als schort ane quhile as ze haif now heir bene, "Als bald bernis and in armour als bricht, 46,170 46,175 46,180 "Or ony wrang that we aucht for to mend, "Hes causit the in Arrane and [in] Bute, "His puir pepill, without ony refute, Lib.13, f. 212b. "Baith man and wyfe, with 3oung and ald also, "But ony causs so cruellie to slo. 46,185 "The pepill als thi tirranie that dred, "For girth and succour to the kirk ar fled, "Gat no refuge in thi rancour and ire, "Bot slew thame all, syne brint the kirk in fyre. “Quhairfoir,” tha said, "gif that thow wes nocht rod, "Sic sacraledge aganis almichtie God "For to commit, and all his halie sanctis, "Quhome to all thing at thair desyr he grantis, "( Of vengeance als quhilk hes auctoritie, 46,190 46,195 Quhen euir tha like for to exerce on the. "And gif thow thinkis that thow hes no neid. "God nor his sanctis for sic thing to dreid, 3it thow suld dreid the tua maist potent kingis "In Albione togidder now that ringis, "In gude concord and perfite cheritie, "Be ald colleg and new affinitie. " Thy small power to thame is no compeir, 46,200 "That sall thow find and thow byde oucht lang heir "Quhairfoir," tha said, "we the command richt sone, "For to reforme all wrangis thow hes done; 46,205 "And do thow nocht, thairof haue thow no weir, "Thow sall forthink richt sone that thow come heir." Quhen tha had said and schawin all thair will, This ilk Acho sic ansuer maid thame till: "Trow 3e," he said, "for 3our speiking so proude, "Or lichtlie langage bayth lawage and loude, "With greit derisioun so injurius, "That I this tyme be so meticulus, 46,210 46,215 "And sic ane cowart full of schame and dreid, "That I dar nocht to my purpois proceid, "For the greit bost that ze haif blawin now : "Wnwyss ar ze of me sic thing till trow. "And quhair ze speir be quhat auctoritie, "Or be quhat richt, that I haif now for me, "Sic wrang this tyme agane tow I haif wrocht, 46,220 "To that questione heir I will ansuer nocht. For-quhy," he said, "richt weill it wnderstand, "That I wes neuir zit at his command, And mairattouir, se that ze sa him to, "I knaw my self quhat that I haif ado, "And thinkis nocht at him wisdome to leir; "He neidis nocht thairfoir at me to speir. "Bot gif it be at my plesour and will, "Thairof na ansuer I will mak him till. "Gif he will speir of sic thingis and mute "Quhat richt haif I to Arrane or to Bute, "To that I sa, as ze ma heir me mene, Lang of the ald tha did to me pertene, "To my gudschir and foirgudschir also, 46,225 46,230 Quhilk wranguslie that ze haif haldin me fro, 46,235 зе In MS..in. |