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And other enterit syne into thair place,
That chosin war thair with the kingis grace.
Richard, the bischop that tyme of Dunkell,
Wes maid chancellar, as my author did tell,
And Dauid Lyndesay, of Glenesk wes lord,
Maid thesaurar, gif that I rycht record,
And justiciair callit Allane to name;
Quhen this wes done departit and zeid hame,
The kingis baith with greit triumph and gloir,
To thair places quhair tha come fra befoir.
Sone efter this that I heir to 30w schew,
The officiaris that maid wes of the new
Desyrit payment of the remanand,
That restand wes wnpayit in thair hand

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At the last compt, of thame that office buir,
Or thai enterit and had thairof the cuir.
The quhilk to do richt pertlie tha deny,
Erar for malice and for puir invy
Na ony ressoun that tyme tha culd schaw,
Be ony richt or zit titill of law.

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And for that caus the officiaris new maid,
Be way of deid tha thocht for to invaid
The tother pairt than, had nocht bene the
king,

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And pundit hed for payment of that thing.
The kingis grace quhilk haittit all discordis,
And speciallie amang greit men and lordis,
Accordit thame of all that tha suld haue
With part of payment, and forgaue the lawe.
This samin tyme that I haif said to 3ow,
Completit wes the greit kirk of Glasgow
Be ane Williame of greit famositie,

Of that same sait the bischop than wes he.
The nixt zeir efter it wes compleit,

In harvest fell sic ane rane and weit,

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With roik and mist than baith at evin and morne,
Quhill haillelie distroyit all the corne;
Quhairof that zeir sa mony had greit want,
Ouir all Scotland so deir it wes and scant,
And Ingland als, that mony man and wyffe
For falt of fude that 3eir loissit the lyfe.

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How ACHO, KING OF NORROWAY, COME IN
SCOTLAND WITH ANE GREIT NAVING TO
REVENG THE GREIT INJURE AND WRANG
DONE TO SUENO AT BARTHA TOUN BYGANE
LANG, AND HOW KING ALEXANDER SEND
THRIE WYSS LORDIS TO HIM, AND OFF HIS
ANSUER AGANE.

In this same zeir now that ze heir me se,
Ane callit Acho, king of Norrowa,

Quhen to this Acho done wes wnderstand

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For to revenge injuris les and moir,

Wes done to Sueno at Bartha befoir.
And for that caus, withoutin ony baid,
Into that tyme richt greit prouisioun maid,
Baith out of Denmark and of Norrawa,
With bark and barge and mony gay gala;
And tuik the se with mony gudlie man,
Syne saillit furth attouir the wallis than
Befoir the wynd richt mony hundreth myllis,
Quhill that he come in Scotland to the Ylis;
Quhilk war his awin ane lang tyme of befoir,
Ay sen the deid of gude Malcome Canmoir,

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Col. 2.

His bruther Donald for thair help and supple
Agane Edgair, at his auctoritie

The Ylis all that tyme he did resigne
In the handis of Magnus that wes king
Of Norrowa, and zit vnto that da
Tha brukit thame, as my author did say.
Now fardermoir in that mater till mute,
Tha passit all onto the yle of Bute;
Syne efterwart, within ane litill quhile,
With all his naving landit in that yle.

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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,
Proceidit furth into the samin quhile,

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In sindrie partis of Carrik and [of] Kyll.

To Alexander quhen this thing wes kend,

Rycht sone in haist thrie wyss lordis he send
To this Acho, to heir his mynd and knaw
Quhat causit him agane the commoun law,
So far fra hame in his contrar hed socht,
And in his boundis syne sic wrang had wrocht.
Thir thrie lordis togidder in ane will,

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To Acho come and scharplie said him till

Richt hie langage as I sall now rehers,
Ilk word be word heir followand into vers.

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"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,
"As thow hes heir sone semblit in thi sicht,
"Or ony man ane fit farder hed socht
"To bring to the sic bodwart as we brocht,
"Or zit dedeyne sic message for till go,
"To speir at the quhat causit the do so.
"Quhairfoir," tha said, "oure king that send ws

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"Or ony wrang that we aucht for to mend, "Hes causit the in Arrane and [in] Bute,

"His puir pepill, without ony refute,

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"Baith man and wyfe, with 3oung and ald also, "But ony causs so cruellie to slo.

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"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,

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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,

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"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,

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"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,

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