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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=418936" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Brus Book 18</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">[Edward Bruce marches toward Dundalk; he debates whether to fight] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Bot he that rest anoyit ay <br>And wald in travaill be alway, <br>A day forouth thar aryving <br>That war send till him fra the king, <br>5 He tuk his way southwart to far <br>Magre thaim all that with him war, <br>For he had nocht than in that land <br>Of all men I trow twa thousand, <br>Outane the kingis off Irchery <br>10 That in gret routis raid him by. <br>Towart Dundalk he tuk the way, <br>And quhen Richard of Clar hard say <br>That he come with sa few menye <br>All that he mycht assemblit he <br>15 Off all Irland off armyt men, <br>Sua that he had thar with him then <br>Off trappyt hors twenty thousand <br>But thai that war on fute gangand, <br>And held furth northward on his way. <br>20 And quhen Schyr Edward has hard say <br>That cummyn ner till him wes he <br>He send discouriouris him to se, <br>The Soullis and the Stewart war thai <br>And Schyr Philip the Mowbray, <br>25 And quhen thai sene had thar cummyng <br>Thai went agayne to tell tithing, <br>And said weill thai war mony men. <br>In hy Schyr Edward answerd then <br>And said that he suld fecht that day <br>30 Thoucht tribill and quatribill war thai. <br>Schyr Jhone Stewart said, 'Sekyrly <br>I reid nocht ye fecht on sic hy, <br>Men sayis my brother is cummand <br>With fyften thousand men ner-hand, <br>35 And war thai knyt with you ye mycht <br>The traistlyer abid to fycht.' <br>Schyr Edward lukyt all angrely <br>And till the Soullis said in hy, <br>'Quhat sayis thou?' 'Schyr,' he said, 'Perfay <br>40 As my falow has said I say.' <br>And than to Schyr Philip said he. <br>'Schyr,' said he, 'sa our Lord me se <br>Me think na foly for to bid <br>Your men that spedis thaim to rid, <br>45 For we ar few, our fayis ar fele, <br>God may rycht weill our werdis dele, <br>Bot it war wondre that our mycht <br>Suld our-cum sa fele in fycht.' <br>Than with gret ire 'Allace,' said he, <br>50 I wend never till her that of the. <br>Now help quha will for sekyrly <br>This day but mar baid fecht will I, <br>Sall na man say quhill I may drey <br>That strenth of men sall ger me fley. <br>55 God scheld that ony suld us blam <br>Gif we defend our noble nam.' <br>'Now be it swagat than,' quod thai, <br>'We sall tak that God will purvai.' </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[The Irish kings promise to remain and watch the fight] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And quhen the kingis of Irchery <br>60 Herd say and wyst sekyrly <br>That thar king with sa quhone wald fycht <br>Agane folk of sa mekill mycht <br>Thai come till him in full gret hy <br>And consaillyt him full tenderly <br>65 For till abid his men, and thai <br>Suld hald thar fayis all that day <br>Doand, and on the morn alsua <br>With thar ronnyngis that thai suld ma. <br>Bot thar mycht na consail availe, <br>70 He wald algat hav bataile. <br>And quhen thai saw he wes sa thra <br>To fycht, thai said, 'Ye ma well ga <br>To fycht with yone gret cumpany, <br>Bot we acquyt us uterly <br>75 That nane of us will stand to fycht. <br>Assuris nocht tharfor in our mycht, <br>For our maner is of this land <br>To folow and fecht fleand <br>And nocht to stand in plane melle <br>80 Quhill the ta part discomfyt be.' <br>He said, 'Sen that your custum is <br>Ik ask at you no mar bot this, <br>That is that ye and your menye <br>Wald all togidder arayit be <br>85 And stand on fer but departing <br>And se our fycht and the ending.' <br>Thai said weill that thai suld do sua, <br>And syne towart thar men gan thai ga <br>That war weill twenty thousand ner. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[The defeat and death of Edward Bruce; Philip Mowbray's fate] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">90 Edward with thaim that with him wer <br>That war nocht fully twa thousand <br>Arayit thaim stalwartly to stand <br>Agayne fourty thousand and ma. <br>Schyr Edward that day wald nocht ta <br>95 His cot-armour, bot Gib Harper <br>That men held as withoutyn per <br>Off his estate, had on that day <br>All hale Schyr Edwardis aray. <br>The fycht abad thai on this wis, <br>100 And in gret hy thar ennymys <br>Come till assemble all redy <br>And thai met thaim hardely. <br>Bot thai sa few war, south to say, <br>That ruschyt with thar fayis war thai, <br>105 And thai that pressyt mast to stand <br>War slane doun, and the remanand <br>Fled till the Irche to succour. <br>Schyr Edward that had sic valour <br>Wes dede and Jhone Stewart alsua <br>110 And Jhone the Soullis als with tha <br>And other als off thar cumpany. <br>Thai war vancussyt sa suddanly <br>That few intill the place war slane, <br>For the lave has thar wayis tane <br>115 Till the Irsche kingis that war thar <br>And in hale bataill howand wer. <br>Jhone Thomas-sone that wes leder <br>Off thaim of Carrik that thar wer <br>Quhen he saw the discumfiting <br>120 Withdrew him till ane Irsch king <br>That off his aquentance had he, <br>And he resavit him in leawte. <br>And quhen Jhone cummyn wes to that king <br>He saw be led fra the fechting <br>125 Schyr Philyp the Mowbray the wicht <br>That had bene dosnyt into the fycht, <br>And with armys led wes he <br>With twa men apon a causé <br>That wes betwix thaim and the toun <br>130 And strekyt lang in a randown. <br>Towart the toun thai held thar way, <br>And quhen in myd-cause war thai <br>Schyr Philip of his desynes <br>Ourcome, and persavit he wes <br>135 Tane and led suagat with twa. <br>The tane he swappyt sone him fra <br>And syne the tother in gret hy, <br>And drew the swerd deliverly <br>And till the fycht his wayis tays <br>140 Endlang the cause that than was <br>Fillyt intill gret foysoun <br>Off men that than went till the toun, <br>And he that met thaim agayn gan ma <br>Sic payment quhar he gan ga <br>145 That weile a hundre men gert he <br>Leve maugre tharis the cause. <br>As Jhone Thomas-sone said suthly <br>That saw his deid all halily <br>Towart the bataill evyn he yeid. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[The body of Edward Bruce] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">150 Jhone Thomas-sone that tuk gud heid <br>That thai war vencussyt all planly <br>Cryit on him in full gret hy <br>And said, 'Cum her for thar is nane <br>On lyve for thai ar dede ilkane.' <br>155 Than stud he still a quhill and saw <br>That thai war all doune of daw, <br>Syne went towart him saraly. <br>This Jhone wrocht syne sa wittely <br>That all that thidder fled than wer <br>160 Thocht that thai lossyt of thar ger <br>Come till Cragfergus hale and fer. <br>And thai that at the fechting wer <br>Socht Schyr Edward to get his heid <br>Amang the folk that thar wes dede <br>165 And fand Gib Harper in his ger, <br>And for sa gud hys armys wer <br>Thai strak hys hed of and syn it <br>Thai have gert salt intill a kyt <br>And send it intill Ingland <br>170 Till the King Edward in presand. <br>Thai wend Schyr Edwardis it had bene, <br>Bot for the armyng that wes schene <br>Thai of the heid dissavyt wer <br>All thocht Schyr Edward deyt ther. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[A verdict on Edward Bruce; the belated reinforcements] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">175 On this wis war thai noble men <br>For wilfulnes all lesyt then, <br>And that wes syne and gret pite <br>For had thar outrageous bounte <br>Bene led with wyt and with mesur, <br>180 Bot gif the mar mysaventur <br>Be fallyn thaim, it suld rycht hard thing <br>Be to lede thaim till outraying, <br>Bot gret outrageous surquedry <br>Gert thaim all deir thar worschip by. <br>185 And thai that fled fra the melle <br>Sped thaim in hy towart the se <br>And to Cragfergus cummyn ar thai, <br>And thai that war into the way <br>To Schyr Edward send fra the king <br>190 Quhen thai hard the discumfiting <br>To Cragfergus thai went agayne. <br>And that wes nocht foroutyn payn, <br>For thai war mony tyme that day <br>Assailyeit with Irschery, bot thai <br>195 Ay held togidder sarraly <br>And defendyt sa wittely <br>That thai eschapyt oft throu mycht <br>And mony tyme alsua throu slycht, <br>For oft of tharis to thaim gaff thai <br>200 To lat thaim scaithles pas thar way, <br>And till Cragfergus come thai sua <br>That batis and schyppis gan thai ta <br>And saylyt till Scotland in hy <br>And thar aryvyt all saufly. <br>205 Quhen thai of Scotland had wittering <br>Off Schyr Edwardis vencussing <br>Thai menyt him full tenderly <br>Our all the land commounaly, <br>And thai that with him slayn war thar <br>210 Full tenderly als menyt war. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[Edward Bruce's head; Edward II plans to invade Scotland] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Edward the Bruys as I said her <br>Wes discumfyt on this maner <br>And quhen the feld wes clengit clene <br>Sua that na resistens wes sene <br>215 The wardane than Schyr Richard of Clar <br>And all the folk that with him war <br>Towart Dundalk has tane the way <br>Sua that rycht na debat maid thai <br>At that tym with the Irschery, <br>220 Bot to the toun thai held in hy, <br>And syne had send furth to the king <br>That had Ingland in governyng <br>Gib Harperis heid in a kyt. <br>Jhone Maupas till the king had it <br>225 And he ressavyt it in daynte, <br>Rycht blyth off that present wes he <br>For he wes glaid that he wes sua <br>Deliveryt off a felloun fa. <br>In hart tharoff he tuk sic prid <br>230 That he tuk purpos for to rid <br>With a gret ost in Scotland <br>For to veng him with stalwart hand <br>Off tray of travaill and of tene <br>That done tharin till him had bene, <br>235 And a rycht gret ost gaderit he <br>And gert his schippis be the se <br>Cum with gret foysoun of vittaill, <br>For at that tyme he wald him taile <br>To dystroy up sa clene the land <br>240 That nane suld leve tharin levand, <br>And with his folk in gret aray <br>Towart Scotland he tuk the way. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[King Robert withdraws; the English starve at Edinburgh] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And quhen King Robert wist that he <br>Come on him with sic a mengne <br>245 He gaderyt his men bath fer and ner <br>Quhill sa fele till him cummyn wer, <br>And war als for to cum him to, <br>That him thocht he rycht weill suld do. <br>He gert withdraw all the catell <br>250 Off Lowthiane everilkdeill, <br>And till strenthis gert thaim be send <br>And ordanyt men thaim to defend, <br>And with his ost all still he lay <br>At Culros, for he wald assay <br>255 To gert hys fayis throu fasting <br>Be feblyst and throu lang walking, <br>And fra he feblist had thar mycht <br>Assembill than with thaim to fycht. <br>He thocht to wyrk apon this wis, <br>260 And Inglismen with gret maistrys <br>Come with thar ost in Lowthian <br>And sone till Edynburgh ar gan, <br>And thar abaid thai dayis thre. <br>Thar schippys that war on the se <br>265 Had the wynd contrar to thaim ay <br>Sua that apon na maner thai <br>Had power to the Fyrth to bring <br>Thar vittailis to releve the king, <br>And thai of the ost that faillyt met <br>270 Quhen thai saw that thai mycht nocht get <br>Thar vittaillis till thaim be the se <br>Thai send furth rycht a gret menye <br>For to forray all Lowthiane, <br>Bot cataill haf thai fundyn nane <br>275 Outakyn a bule that wes haltand <br>That in Tranentis corne thai fand. <br>That brocht thai till thar ost agayne, <br>And quhen the erle of Warayne <br>Saw that bule anerly cum swa <br>280 He askyt giff thai gat na ma, <br>And thai haff said all till him nay. <br>Than said he, 'Certis I dar say <br>This is the derrest best that I <br>Saw ever yeit, for sekyrly <br>285 It cost a thousand pound and mar.' <br>And quhen the king and thai that war <br>Off his consaill saw thai mycht get <br>Na cattell till thar ost till ete <br>That than of fasting had gret payn <br>290 Till Ingland turnyt thai agayn. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[The retreating English advance party attacked by Douglas at Melrose] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">At Melros schup thai for to ly <br>And send befor a cumpany <br>Thre hunder ner of armyt men. <br>Bot the lord Douglas that wes then <br>295 Besyd intill the Forest ner <br>Wyst of thar come and quhat thai wer, <br>And with thaim of his cumpany <br>Into Melros all prevely <br>He howyt in a buschement, <br>300 And a rycht sturdy frer he sent <br>Without the yate thar come to se, <br>And bad him hald him all preve <br>Quhill that he saw thaim cummand all <br>Rycht to the coynye thar of the wall, <br>305 And than cry hey, 'Douglas! Douglas!' <br>The frer than furth his wayis tais <br>That wes all stout derff and hardy, <br>Hys mekill hud helyt haly <br>The armur that he on him had, <br>310 Apon a stalwart hors he rad <br>And in his hand he had a sper, <br>And abaid apon that maner <br>Quhill that he saw thaim cummand ner, <br>And quhen the formest passyt wer <br>315 The coynye he criyt 'Douglas! Douglas!' <br>Than till thaim all a cours he mas <br>And bar ane doun deliverly, <br>And Douglas and his cumpany <br>Ischyt apon thaim with a schout, <br>320 And quhen thai saw sa gret a rout <br>Cum apon thaim sa suddanly <br>Thai war abaysyt gretumly <br>And gaf the bak but mar abaid. <br>The Scottis men amang thaim raid <br>325 And slew all that thai mycht our-ta, <br>A gret martyrdome thar gan thai ma, <br>And thai that eschapyt unslayne <br>Ar till thar gret ost went agayne <br>And tauld thaim quhatkyn welcummyng <br>330 Douglas thaim maid at thar meting <br>That convoyit thaim agayn rudly <br>And warnyt planly herbery. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[King Robert invades England; the English army awaits him at Byland] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The king of Ingland and his men <br>That saw thar herbriouris then <br>335 Cum rebutyt on that maner <br>Anoyit in thar hart thai wer, <br>And thocht that it war gret foly <br>Intill the wod to tak herbery, <br>Tharfor by Dryburgh in the playn <br>340 Thai herbryit thaim and syne again <br>Ar went till Ingland thar way. <br>And quhen the King Robert hard say <br>That thai war turnyt hame agayn <br>And how thar herbriouris war slayn, <br>345 In hy his ost assemblit he <br>And went south our the Scottis se <br>And till Ingland his wayis tais. <br>Quhen his ost assemblyt ways <br>Auchty thousand he wes and ma <br>350 And aucht batallis he maid of tha, <br>In ilk bataill war ten thousand, <br>Syne went he furth till Ingland <br>And intill hale rout folowit sa fast <br>The Inglis king, quhill at the last <br>355 He come approchand to Biland <br>Quhar at that tyme thar wes lyand <br>The king of Ingland with his men. <br>King Robert that had witteryng then <br>That he lay thar with mekill mycht <br>360 Tranountyt sua on him a nycht <br>That be the morn that it wes day <br>Cummyn in a plane feld war thai <br>Fra Biland bot a litill space, <br>Bot betwix thaim and it thar was <br>365 A craggy bra strekyt weill lang <br>And a gret peth up for to gang, <br>Other wayis mycht thai nocht away <br>To pas to Bilandis abbay <br>Bot gif thai passyt fer about. <br>370 And quhen the mekill Inglis rout <br>Hard that the King Robert wes sa ner, <br>The mast part of thaim that thar wer <br>Went to the peth and tuk the bra, <br>Thai thocht thar defens to ma, <br>375 Thar baneris thar thai gert display <br>And thar bataillis on braid aray, <br>And thocht weill to defend the pas. <br>Quhen the King Robert persavit was <br>That thai thocht thar thaim to defend <br>380 Efter his consaill has he send <br>And askyt quhat wes best to do. <br>The lord Douglas answeryt thar-to <br>And said, 'Schyr, I will underta <br>That in schort tyme I sall do sa <br>385 That I sall wyn yon pas planly, <br>Or than ger all yon cumpany <br>Cum doun to you her to this plane.' <br>The king said than till him agayn, <br>'Do than, quhar mychty God the speid.' </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[Douglas and Moray attack uphill at Byland; defence by two English knights] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">390 Than he furth on his wayis yeid, <br>And of the ost the mast hardy <br>Put thaim intill his cumpany <br>And held thar way towart the pas. <br>The gud erle of Murreff Thomas <br>395 Left his bataill and in gret hy <br>Bot with four men of his cumpany <br>Come till the lordis rout of Douglas <br>And or he entryt in the pas <br>Befor thaim all the pas tuk he <br>400 For he wald that men suld him se. <br>And quhen Schyr James off Douglas <br>Saw that he suagat cummyn was <br>He prisyt him tharoff gretly <br>And welcummyt him hamlyly, <br>405 And syne the pas thai samyn ta. <br>Quhen Inglis men saw thaim do sua <br>Thai lychtyt and agayn thaim yeid <br>Twa knychtis rycht douchty of deid, <br>Thomas Ouchtre ane had to name <br>410 The tother Schyr Rauf of Cobhame, <br>Come doun befor all thar menye, <br>Thai war bath full of gret bounte <br>And met thar fayis manlely, <br>Bot thai war pressyt rycht gretumly. <br>415 Thar mycht men se rycht weill assaile <br>And men defend with stout bataill <br>And arowes fley in gret foysoun <br>And thai that owe war tumbill doun <br>Stanys apon thaim fra the hycht, <br>420 Bot thai that set bath will and mycht <br>To wyn the peth thaim pressyt sua <br>That Schyr Rauff of Cobhame gan ta <br>The way up till hys hors in hy, <br>And left Schyr Thomas manlily <br>425 Defendand with gret mycht the pas <br>Quhill that he sua supprisit was <br>That he wes tane throu hard fechting. <br>And tharfor syne in his ending <br>He wes renownyt for best of hand <br>430 Off a knycht off all Ingland, <br>For this ilk Schyr Rauf of Cobhame <br>Intill all Ingland he had name <br>For the best knycht of all that land, <br>And for Schyr Thomas dwelt fechtand <br>435 Quhar Schyr Rauff as befor said we <br>Withdrew him, prisit our him was he. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[The king's men take the heights, take prisoners and defeat the English] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Thus war thai fechtand in the pas, <br>And quhen the King Robert that was <br>Wys in his deid and averty <br>440 Saw his men sa rycht douchtely <br>The peth apon thar fayis ta <br>And saw his fayis defend thaim sa, <br>Than gert he all the Irschery <br>That war intill his cumpany <br>445 Off Arghile and the Ilis alsua <br>Speid thaim in gret hy to the bra, <br>And bad thaim leif the peth haly <br>And clym up in the craggis hy <br>And speid thaim fast the hycht to ta. <br>450 Than mycht men se thaim stoutly ga <br>And clymb all-gait up to the hycht <br>And leve nocht for thar fayios mycht, <br>Magre thar fayis thai bar thaim sua <br>That thai ar gottyn aboun the bra. <br>455 Than mycht men se thaim fecht felly <br>And rusch thar fayis sturdely, <br>And thai that till the pas war gane <br>Magre thar fayis the hycht has tane. <br>Than laid thai on with all thar mycht, <br>460 Thar mycht men se men felly fycht. <br>Thar wes a peralous bargane, <br>For a knycht Schyr Jhone the Bretane <br>That lychtyt wes aboune the bra <br>And his men gret defens gan ma, <br>465 And Scottismen sua gan assaill <br>And gave thaim sa felloun bataill <br>That thai war set in sic affray <br>That thai that mycht fley fled away, <br>Schyr Jhone the Bretane thar wes tane <br>470 And rycht fele off his folk war slane. <br>Off Fraunce thar tane wes knychtis twa, <br>The lord the Sule wes ane of tha, <br>The tother wes the merschell Bretayn <br>That wes a wele gret lord at hame, <br>475 The lave sum ded war and sum tane <br>And the remanand fled ilkane. <br>And quhen the king of Ingland <br>That yeit at Biland wes liand <br>Saw his men discumfyt planely <br>480 He tuk his way in full gret hy <br>And furthwart fled with all his mycht, <br>Scottismen chassyt fast, Ik hycht, <br>And in the chas has mony tane, <br>The king quitly away is gane <br>485 And the mast part of his menye. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[Walter Stewart attacks up to York; John of Brittany a prisoner] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Stewart Walter that gret bounte <br>Set ay on hey chevalry <br>With fyve hunder in cumpany <br>Till Yorkis yettis the chas gan ma <br>490 And thar sum of thar men gan sla <br>And abade thar quhill ner the nycht <br>To se giff ony wald ische to fycht, <br>And quhen he saw nane wald cum out <br>He turnyt agane with all his rout <br>495 And till his ost he went in hy <br>That tane had than thar herbery <br>Intill the abbay off Biland <br>And Ryfuowis that was by ner-hand. <br>Thai delt amang thaim that war ther <br>500 The king off Inglandis ger <br>That he had levyt in Biland, <br>All gert thai lep out our thar hand, <br>And maid thaim all glaid and mery. <br>And quhen the king had tane herbery <br>505 Thai brocht till him the prisoneris <br>All unarmyt as it afferis, <br>And quhen he saw Jhone of Bretangne <br>He had at him rycht gret engaigne, <br>For he wes wont to spek hychtly <br>510 At hame and our dispitusly, <br>And bad have him away in hy <br>And luk he kepyt war straitly, <br>And said war it nocht that he war <br>Sic a catyve he suld by sar <br>515 Hys wordys that war sua angry, <br>And he humbly criyt him mercy. <br>Thai led him furth foroutyn mar <br>And kepyt him wele quhill thai war <br>Cummyn hame till thar awne countre, <br>520 Lang eftre syne ransonyt wes he <br>For twenty thousand pund to pay <br>As Ik haff hard syndry men say. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[French knights released without ransom; <br>the expedition returns to Scotland] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Quhen that the king this spek had maid <br>The Frankys knychtis men takyn had <br>525 War brocht rycht thar befor the king, <br>And he maid thaim fayr welcummyng <br>And said, 'I wate rycht weill that ye <br>For your gret worschip and bounte <br>Come for to se the fechting her. <br>530 For sen ye in the countre wer <br>Your strenth your worschyp and your mycht <br>Wald nocht lat you eschew the fycht, <br>And sen that caus you led thartill <br>And nother wreyth na ivill will <br>535 As frendis ye sall resavyt be, <br>Quhar all tyme welcum her be ye.' <br>Thai knelyt and thankyt him gretly, <br>And he gert tret thaim curtasly <br>And lang quhill with thaim had he <br>540 And did thaim honour and bounte, <br>And quhen thai yarnyt to thar land <br>To the king of Fraunce in presand <br>He send thaim quit but ransoun fre <br>And gret gyftis to thaim gaff he. <br>545 His frendis thusgat curtasly <br>He couth ressave and hamely, <br>And his fayis stoutly stonay. <br>At Biland all that nycht he lay, <br>For thar victour all blyth thai war, <br>550 And on the morn foroutyn mar <br>Thai haff forthwart tane thar way. <br>Sa fer at that tyme travaillyt thai <br>Brynnand slayand and destroyand <br>Thar fayis with all thar mycht noyand <br>555 Quhill till the Wald cummyn war thai, <br>Syne northwart tuk hame thar way <br>And destroyit in thar repayr <br>The vale all planly off Beauewar. <br>And syne with presoneris and catell <br>560 Riches and mony fayr jowell <br>To Scotland tuk thai hame thar way <br>Bath blyth and glaid joyfull and gay, <br>And ilk man went to thar repayr <br>And lovyt God thaim fell sa fayr <br>565 That thai the king off Ingland <br>Throu worschip and throu strenth of hand <br>And throu thar lordis gret bounte <br>Discumfyt in his awne countre.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+Barbour">John Barbour</a><div class=q>
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Bot he that rest anoyit ay 
And wald in travaill be alway, 
A day forouth thar aryving 
That war send till him fra the king, 
5 He tuk his way southwart to far 
Magre thaim all t..."></div>
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