<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=418938" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Brus Book 20</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">King Robert in Northumberland] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Sone eftre that the erle Thomas <br>Fra Wardaill thus reparyt was <br>The king assemblyt all his mycht <br>And left nane that wes worth to fycht, <br>5 A gret ost than assemblit he <br>And delt his ost in partis thre. <br>A part to Norame went but let <br>And a stark assege has set <br>And held thaim in rycht at thar dyk, <br>10 The tother part till Anwyk <br>Is went and thar a sege set thai, <br>And quhill that thir assegis lay <br>At thir castellis I spak off ar, <br>Apert eschewys oft maid thar war <br>15 And mony fayr chevalry <br>Eschevyt war full douchtely. <br>The king at thai castellis liand <br>Left his folk, as I bar on hand <br>And with the thrid ost held hys way <br>20 Fra park to park hym for to play <br>Huntand as all hys awn war, <br>And till thaim that war with him thar <br>The landis off Northummyrland <br>That neyst to Scotland war liand <br>25 In fe and heritage gave he, <br>And thai payit for the selys fe. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[The peace with England] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">On this wys raid he destroyand <br>Quhill that the king of Ingland <br>Throu consaill of the Mortymar <br>30 And his moder that that tym war <br>Ledaris of him that than young wes <br>To King Robert to tret off pes <br>Send messyngeris, and sua sped thai <br>That thai assentyt on this way <br>35 Than a perpetuale pes to tak, <br>And thai a mariage suld mak <br>Off the King Robertis sone Davy <br>That than bot fyve yer had scarsly <br>And off Dame Jhone als off the Tour <br>40 That syne wes of full gret valour, <br>Systre scho wes to the ying king <br>That had Ingland in governyng, <br>That than of eild had sevyn yer. <br>And monymentis and lettrys ser <br>45 That thai of Ingland that tyme had <br>That oucht agayn Scotland maid <br>Intill that tretys up thai gaff, <br>And all the clame that thai mycht haff <br>Intill Scotland on ony maner, <br>50 And King Robert for scaithis ser <br>That he to thaim off Ingland <br>Had done off wer with stalwart hand <br>Full twenty thousand pund suld pay <br>Off silver into gud monay. <br>55 Quhen men thir thingis forspokyn had <br>And with selis and athis maid <br>Festnyng off frendschip and of pes <br>That never for na chaunc suld ces, <br>The mariage syne ordanyt thai <br>60 To be at Berwik and the day <br>Thai haff set quhen that this suld be, <br>Syne went ilk man till his countre. <br>Thus maid wes pes quhar wer wais ar <br>And thus the segis raissyt war. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[The marriage of the king's son, David] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">65 The King Robert ordanyt to pay <br>The silver, and agane the day <br>He gert wele for the mangery <br>Ordane quhen that his sone Davy <br>Suld weddyt be, and Erle Thomas <br>70 And the gud lord of Douglas <br>Intill his steid ordanyt he <br>Devisouris of that fest to be, <br>For a malice him tuk sa sar <br>That he on na wis mycht be thar. <br>75 His malice off enfundeying <br>Begouth, for throuch his cald lying <br>Quhen in his gret myscheiff wes he <br>Him fell that hard perplexite. <br>At Cardros all that tyme he lay, <br>80 And quhen ner cummyn wes the day <br>That ordanyt for the weddyn was <br>The erle and the lord of Douglas <br>Come to Berwik with mekill far <br>And brocht young Davy with thaim thar, <br>85 And the queyn and the Mortymer <br>On other part cummyn wer <br>With gret affer and reawte, <br>The young lady of gret bewte <br>Thidder thai brocht with rich affer. <br>90 The weddyn haf thai makyt thar <br>With gret fest and solempnyte, <br>Thar mycht men myrth and glaidschip se <br>For rycht gret fest thai maid thar <br>And Inglismen and Scottis war <br>95 Togidder in joy and solace, <br>Na fellouné betwix thaim was. <br>The fest a wele lang tym held thai, <br>And quhen thai buskyt to far away <br>The queyn has left hyr douchter thar <br>100 With gret riches and reale far, <br>I trow that lang quhile na lady <br>Wes gevyn till hous sa richely, <br>And the erle and the lord Douglas <br>Hyr in daynte ressavyt has <br>105 As it war worthi sekyrly <br>For scho wes syne the best lady <br>And the fayrest that men thurft se. <br>Eftre this gret solemnyte <br>Quhen of bath half levys war tane <br>110 The queyn till Ingland hame is gane <br>And had with hyr Mortymar. <br>The erle and thai that levyt war <br>Quhen thai a quhill hyr convoyit had <br>Towart Berwik again thai raid, <br>115 And syne with all thar cumpany <br>Towart the king thai went in hy, <br>And had with thaim the young Davy <br>And Dame Jhone als that young lady. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[Coronation of David, settlement of the succession] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The king maid thaim fair welcumyng <br>120 And efter but langer delaying <br>He has gert set a parleament <br>And thidder witth mony men is went, <br>For he thocht he wald in his lyff <br>Croun his young sone and his wyff <br>125 And at that parleament sua did he. <br>With gret fayr and solemnyte <br>The King Davy wes crownyt thar, <br>And all the lordis that thar war 127 <br>And als off the comynyte 128 <br>130 Maid him manredyn and fewte. 129 <br>And forouth that thai crownyt war 130 <br>The King Robert gert ordane thar, 128 <br>Giff it fell that his sone Davy <br>Deyit but ayr male off his body <br>135 Gottyn, Robert Stewart suld be 131 <br>Kyng and bruk all the realte <br>That hys douchter bar Marjory, <br>And at this tailye suld lelely <br>Be haldyn all the lordis swar <br>140 And it with selys affermyt thar. 136 <br>And gyff it hapnyt Robert the king <br>To pas to God quhill thai war ying, <br>The gud erle of Murreff, Thomas, <br>And the lord alsua off Douglas <br>145 Suld haiff thaim into governyng 141 <br>Quhill thai had wyt to ster thar thing, <br>And than the lordschip suld thai ta. <br>Her-till thar athys gan thai ma <br>And all the lordis that thar war <br>150 To thir twa wardanys athis swar 146 <br>Till obey thaim in lawte <br>Giff thaim hapnyt wardanys to be. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[The king's illness and last will] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Quhen all this thing thus tretit wes <br>And affermyt with sekyrnes <br>155 The king to Cardros went in hy, 151 <br>And thar him tuk sa fellely <br>The seknes and him travailit sua <br>That he wyst him behovyt to ma <br>Off all this liff the commoun end <br>160 That is the dede quhen God will send, 156 <br>Tharfor his lettrys sone send he <br>For the lordis off his countre <br>And thai come as thai biddyng had. <br>His testament than has he maid <br>165 Befor bath lordis and prelatis, 161 <br>And to religioun of ser statis <br>For hele of his saule gaf he <br>Silver in gret quantite. <br>He ordanyt for his saule weill, <br>170 And quhen this done wes ilkadele 166 <br>He said, 'Lordingis, sua is it gayn <br>With me that thar is nocht bot ane, <br>That is the dede withoutyn drede <br>That ilk man mon thole off nede. <br>175 And I thank God that has me sent 171 <br>Space in this lyve me to repent, <br>For throuch me and my werraying <br>Off blud has bene rycht gret spilling <br>Quhar mony sakles men war slayn, <br>180 Tharfor this seknes and this payn 176 <br>I tak in thank for my trespas. <br>And myn hart fichyt sekyrly was <br>Quhen I wes in prosperite <br>Off my synnys to sauffyt be <br>185 To travaill apon Goddis fayis, 181 <br>And sen he now me till him tayis <br>Sua that the body may na wys <br>Fullfill that the hart gan devis <br>I wald the hart war thidder sent <br>190 Quharin consavyt wes that entent. 186 <br>Tharfor I pray you everilkan <br>That ye amang you ches me ane <br>That be honest wis and wicht <br>And off his hand a noble knycht <br>195 On Goddis fayis my hart to ber 191 <br>Quhen saule and cors disseveryt er, <br>For I wald it war worthily <br>Brocht thar, sen God will nocht that I <br>Haiff power thidderwart to ga.' </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[Douglas is chosen to take the king's heart against God's enemies] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">200 Than war thar hartis all sa wa 196 <br>That nane mycht hald him fra greting. <br>He bad thaim leve thar sorowing <br>For it he said mycht not releve <br>And mycht thaim rycht gretly engreve, <br>205 And prayit thaim in hy to do 201 <br>The thing that thai war chargit to. <br>Than went thai furth with drery mode, <br>Amang thaim thai thocht it gode <br>That the worthi lord of Douglas <br>210 Quham in bath wit and worschip was 206 <br>Suld tak this travaill apon hand, 207 <br>Heir-till thai war all accordand, 208 <br>Syne till the king thai went in hy 209 <br>And tald hym at thai thocht trewly 210 <br>215 That the douchty lord Douglas 211 <br>Best schapyn for that travaill was. 206 <br>And quhen the king hard that thai sua <br>Had ordanyt him his hart to ta <br>That he mast yarnyt suld it haff <br>220 He said, 'Sa God himself me saiff 210 <br>Ik hald me rycht weill payit that yhe <br>Haff chosyn him, for his bounte <br>And his worschip set in my yarnyng <br>Ay sen I thocht to do this thing <br>225 That he it with him thar suld ber, 215 <br>And sen ye all assentit er <br>It is the mar likand to me. <br>Lat se now quhat thar-till sayis he.' <br>And quhen the gud lord of Douglas <br>230 Wist that thing thus spokyn was 220 <br>He come and knelit to the king <br>And on this wis maid him thanking. <br>'I thank you gretly lord,' said he, <br>'Off the mony larges and gret bounte <br>235 That yhe haff done me fel-sys 225 <br>Sen fyrst I come to your service, <br>Bot our all thing I mak thanking <br>That ye sa dyng and worthy thing <br>As your hart that enlumynyt wes <br>240 Off all bounte and all prowes 230 <br>Will that I in my yemsall tak. <br>For you, schyr, I will blythly mak <br>This travaill, gif God will me gif <br>Layser and space sua lang to lyff.' <br>245 The king him thankyt tendrely, 235 <br>Than wes nane in that cumpany <br>That thai na wepyt for pite, <br>Thar cher anoyis wes to se. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[The death of King Robert; his burial at Dunfermline] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Quhen the lord Douglas on this wis <br>250 Had undretane sa hey empris 240 <br>As the guid kyngis hart to ber <br>On Goddis fayis apon wer <br>Prissyt for his empris wes he. <br>And the kingis infirmyte <br>255 Woux mar and mar quhill at the last 245 <br>The dulfull dede approchit fast, <br>And quhen he had gert till him do <br>All that gud Crystyn man fell to <br>With verray repentance he gaf <br>260 The gast, that God till hevyn haiff 250 <br>Amang his chossyn folk to be <br>In joy solace and angell gle. <br>And fra his folk wist he wes ded <br>The sorow rais fra steid to steid, <br>265 Thar mycht men se men ryve thar har 255 <br>And commounly knychtis gret full sar <br>And thar newffys oft samyn dryve <br>And as woud men thar clathis ryve, <br>Regratand his worthi bounte <br>270 His wyt his strenth his honeste 260 <br>And our-all the gret cumpany <br>That he maid thaim oft curtasly. <br>'All our defens,' thai said, 'allace <br>And he that all our comford was <br>275 Our wit and all our governyng 265 <br>Allace is brocht her till ending. <br>His worschip and his mekill mycht <br>Maid all that war with him sa wycht <br>That thai mycht never abaysit be <br>280 Quhill forouth thaim thai mycht him se. 270 <br>Allace! what sall we do or say, <br>For on lyff quhill he lestyt ay <br>With all our nychtbouris dred war we, <br>And intill mony ser countre <br>285 Off our worschip sprang the renoun 275 <br>And that wes all for his persoune.' <br>With swilk wordis thai maid thar mayn <br>And sekyrly wounder wes nane, <br>For better governour than he <br>290 Mycht in na countre fundyn be. 280 <br>I hop that nane that is on lyve <br>The lamentacioun suld discryve <br>That that folk for thar lard maid. <br>And quhen thai lang thus sorowit had, <br>295 And he debowaillyt wes clenly 285 <br>And bawmyt syne richly, <br>And the worthi lord of Douglas <br>His hart as it forspokyn was <br>Has ressavyt in gret daynte <br>300 With gret fayr and solemnyte, 290 <br>Thai haiff had hym to Dunferlyne <br>And him solemply erdyt syne <br>In a fayr tumb intill the quer. <br>Byschappys and prelatis that thar wer <br>305 Assoilyeit him quhen the service 295 <br>Was done as thai couth best devis <br>And syne on the tother day <br>Sary and wa ar went thar way. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[Douglas goes to Seville with the king's heart] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Quhen that the gud king beryit was <br>310 The erle of Mureff, Schyr Thomas, 300 <br>Tuk all the land in governyng, <br>All obeyit till his bidding, <br>And the gud lord of Douglas syne <br>Gert mak a cas of silver fyne <br>315 Ennamylyt throu sutelte, 305 <br>Tharin the kingis hart did he <br>And ay about his hals it bar <br>And fast him bownyt for to far. <br>His testament divisyt he <br>320 And ordanyt how his land suld be 310 <br>Governyt quhill his gayn-cummyng <br>Off frendis, and all other thing <br>That till him pertenyt ony wis <br>With sik forsych and sa wys <br>325 Or his furth-passing ordanyt he 315 <br>That na thing mycht amendyt be. <br>And quhen that he his leve had tane <br>To schip to Berwik is he gane, <br>And with a noble cumpany <br>330 Off knychtis and off squyery 320 <br>He put him thar to the se. <br>A lang way furthwart saylit he, <br>For betwix Cornwaill and Bretaynne <br>He sayllyt, and left the Grunye of Spainye <br>335 On northalff him, and held thar way 325 <br>Quhill to Sabill the Graunt com thai, <br>Bot gretly war his men and he <br>Travaillyt with tempestis of the se, <br>Bot thocht thai gretly travaillit war <br>340 Hale and fer ar thai cummyn thar. 330 <br>Thai aryvyt at Gret Sabill <br>And eftre in a litill quhill <br>Thar hors to land thai drew ilkane <br>And in the toun has herbry tane, <br>345 He hym contenyt rychly 335 <br>For he had a fayr cumpany <br>And gold ynewch for to dispend. <br>The King Alfons him eftre send <br>And hym rycht weill ressavyt he <br>350 And perofferyt him in gret plente 340 <br>Gold and tresour hors and armyng, <br>Bot he wald tak tharoff na thing <br>For he said he tuk that vaiage <br>To pas intill pilgramage <br>355 On Goddis fayis, that his travaill 345 <br>Mycht till his saule hele availl, <br>And sen he wyst that he had wer <br>With Saryzynys he wald dwell thar <br>And serve him at hys mycht lely. <br>360 The king him thankyt curtasly 350 <br>And betaucht him gud men that war <br>Weill knawyn of that landis wer <br>And the maner tharoff alsua, <br>Syne till his innys gan he ga <br>365 Quhen that the king him levit had. 355 </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[The repute of Douglas in Spain] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">A weill gret sojourne thar he mad, <br>Knychtis that come of fer countre <br>Come in gret hy him for to se <br>And honouryt him full gretumly, <br>370 And out-our all men fer soveranly 360 <br>The Inglis knychtis that war thar <br>Honour and company him bar. <br>Amang thai strangeris was a knycht <br>That wes haldyn sa worthi and wicht <br>375 That for ane of the gud wes he 365 <br>Prissyt off the Cristiante, <br>Sa fast till-hewyn was his face <br>That it our-all ner wemmyt was. <br>Or he the lord Douglas had sene <br>380 He wend his face had wemmyt bene 370 <br>Bot never a hurt tharin had he. <br>Quhen he unwemmyt gan it se <br>He said that he had gret ferly <br>That swilk a knycht and sa worthi <br>385 And prissyt of sa gret bounte 375 <br>Mycht in the face unemmyt be, <br>And he answerd tharto makly <br>And said, 'Love God, all tym had I <br>Handis my hed for to wer.' <br>390 Quha wald tak kep to this answer 380 <br>Suld se in it understanding <br>That, and he that maid that asking <br>Had handis to wer, hys face <br>That for faute of defence sa was <br>395 To-fruschyt intill placis ser 385 <br>Suld have may-fall left hale and fer. <br>The gud knychtis that than war by <br>Pryssyt hys answer gretumly, <br>For it wes maid with mek speking <br>400 And had rycht hey understanding. 390 </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[Douglas does battle with the Saracens] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Apon this maner still thai lay <br>Quhill throu the countre thai hard say <br>That the hey king of Balmeryne <br>With mony a mody Saryzine <br>405 Was entryt intill the land off Spanye 395 <br>All hale the countre to manye. <br>The king off Spaynye on other party <br>Gaderyt his ost deliverly <br>And delt hym intill bataillis thre, <br>410 And to the lord Douglas gaff he 400 <br>The avaward to led and ster, <br>All hale the strangeris with him wer, <br>And the gret maister off Saynct Jak <br>The tother bataill gert he tak, <br>415 The rerward maid himselvyn thar. 405 <br>Thusgat divisyt furth thai far <br>To mete thar fayis that in bataill <br>Arayit redy till assaill <br>Come agayn thaim full sturdely. <br>420 The Douglas that wes sa worthi 410 <br>Quhen he to thaim of his leding <br>Had maid a fayr monesting <br>To do weill and na deid to dred, <br>For hevynnys blys suld be thar mede <br>425 Gyff that thai deyt in Goddis service 415 <br>Than as gud werrayouris and wis, <br>With thaim stoutly assemblit he. <br>Thar mycht men felloun fechtyn se, <br>For thai war all wicht and worthi <br>430 That war on the Cristyn party 420 <br>And faucht sa fast with all thar mayne <br>That Saryzynys war mony slayne, <br>The-quhether with mony fele fachoun <br>Mony a Cristyn dang thai doun, <br>435 Bot at the last the lord Douglas 425 <br>And the gret rout that with him was <br>Pressyt the Saryzynys sua <br>That thai haly the bak gan ta, <br>And thai chassyt with all thar mayn <br>440 And mony in the chas has slayn. 430 <br>Sa fer chassyt the lord of Douglas <br>With few, that he passyt was <br>All the folk that war chassand then, <br>He had nocht with him our ten <br>445 Off all men that war with him thar. 435 <br>Quhen he saw all reparyt war <br>Towart hys ost than turnyt he, <br>And quhen the Saryzynys gan se <br>That the chasseris turnyt agayn <br>450 Thai relyit with mekill mayn. 440 </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[Douglas seeks to rescue another knight and is killed] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And as the gud lord of Douglas <br>As I said er, reparand was <br>Sa saw he rycht besid thaim ner <br>Quhar that Schyr Wilyam the Sanctecler <br>455 With a gret rout enveround was. 445 <br>He was anoyit and said, 'Allace! <br>Yone worthy knycht will sone be ded <br>Bot he haff help, and our manheid <br>Biddys us help him in gret hy <br>460 Sen that we ar sa ner him by, 450 <br>And God wate weill our entent is <br>To lyve or de in hys service, <br>Hys will in all thing do sall we. <br>Sall na perell eschewyt be <br>465 Quhill he be put out of yone payn 455 <br>Or than we all be with him slayn.' <br>With that with spuris spedely <br>Thai strak the hors and in gret hy <br>Amang the Saryzynys thai raid <br>470 And roume about thaim haf thai maid, 460 <br>Thai dang on fast with all thar mycht <br>And fele off thaim to ded has dycht. <br>Grettar defens maid never sa quhone <br>Agayne sa fele as thai haf done, <br>475 Quhill thai mycht last thai gaf battaill 465 <br>Bot mycht na worschip thar availl <br>That thai ilkan war slayn doun thar, <br>For Saryzynys sa mony war <br>That thai war twenty ner for ane. <br>480 The gud lord Douglas thar was slane 470 <br>And Schyr Wilyam the Sanct Cler alsua <br>And other worthy knychtis twa, <br>Schyr Robert Logane hat the tane <br>And the tother Schyr Walter Logane, <br>485 Quhar our Lord for his mekill mycht 475 <br>Thar saulis haff till his hevynnys hycht. <br>The gud lord Douglas thus wes ded, <br>And Sarazynys in that sted <br>Abaid no mar bot held thar way, <br>490 Thai knychtis dede thar levyt thai. 480 <br>Sum off the lord Douglas men <br>That thar lord ded has fundyn then <br>Yeid weill ner woud for dule and wa, <br>Lang quhill our him thai sorowit sua <br>495 And syne with gret dule hame him bar. 485 <br>The kingis hart haiff thai fundyn thar <br>And that hame with thaim haf thai tane, <br>And ar towart thar innys gane <br>With gretyng and with ivill cher, <br>500 Thar sorow wes angry for till her. 490 </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[Sorrow at Douglas's death; his love of loyalty, <br>compared to that of Fabricius] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And quhen of Keth gud Schyr Wilyam <br>That all that day had bene at hame, <br>For at sua gret malice wes he <br>That he come nocht to the journé <br>505 For his arme brokyn wes in twa, 495 <br>Quhen he that folk sic dule saw ma <br>He askyt quhat it wes in hy <br>And thai him tauld all opynly <br>How that thar douchty lord wes slayn <br>510 With Sarazynys that releyt agayn, 500 <br>And quhen he wyst that it was sua <br>Out-our all othyr him was wa <br>And maid sa wondyr yvill cher <br>That all wondryt that by him wer. <br>515 Bot to tell off thar sorowing 505 <br>It noyis and helpis litill thing, <br>Men may weill wyt thoucht nane thaim tell <br>How angry for sorow and how fell <br>Is to tyne sic a lord as he <br>520 To thaim that war off his mengne, 510 <br>For he wes swete and debonar <br>And weill couth trete hys frendis far, <br>And his fayis rycht fellounly <br>Stonay throu his chevalry <br>525 The-quhether off litill affer wes he. 515 <br>Our all thing luffit he lawte, <br>At tresoun growyt he sa gretly <br>That na traytour mycht be him by <br>That he mycht wyt that he ne suld be <br>530 Weill punyst off his cruelte. 520 <br>I trow the lele Fabricius <br>That fra Rome to werray Pyrrus <br>Wes send with a gret mengne <br>Luffyt tresoun na les than he, <br>535 The-quhether quhen Pirrus had 525 <br>On him and on his mengne maid <br>Ane outrageous discumfitour <br>Quhar he eschapyt throu aventour <br>And mony off his men war slayne, <br>540 And he had gadryt ost agayne, 530 <br>A gret maistre off medicyne <br>That had Pyrrus in governyne <br>Perofferyt to Fabricius <br>In tresoun to sla Pyrrus, <br>545 For intill his neyst potioun 535 <br>He suld giff him dedly pusoun. <br>Fabricius that wonder had <br>Off that peroffre that he him maid <br>Said, 'Certis, Rome is welle off mycht <br>550 Throu strenth off armys into fycht 540 <br>To vencus thar fayis, thocht thai <br>Consent to treusoun be na way, <br>And for thou wald do sic trewsoun <br>Thou sall to et a warysoun <br>555 Ga to Pyrrus and lat him do 545 <br>Quhatever him lyis on hart tharto.' <br>Than till Pyrrus he send in hy <br>This maistre and gert opynly <br>Fra end till end tell him this tale. <br>560 Quhen Pyrrus had it hard all hale 550 <br>He said, 'Wes ever man that sua <br>For leawte bar him till his fa <br>As her Fabricius dois to me. <br>It is als ill to ger him be <br>565 Turnyt fra way of rychtwisnes 555 <br>Or ellis consent to wikkitnes <br>As at midday to turne agayn <br>The sone that rynnys his cours playn.' <br>Thus said he off Fabricius, <br>570 That syne vencussyt this ilk Pyrrus 560 <br>In plane bataill throu hard fechting. <br>His honest leawte gert me bring <br>In this ensample her, for he <br>Had soverane price off leawte, <br>575 And sua had the lord of Douglas 565 <br>That honest lele and worthy was <br>That wes ded as befor said we, <br>All menyt him strang and preve. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[The body of Douglas brought home and buried] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Quhen his men lang had mad murnyn, <br>580 Thai debowalyt him and syne 570 <br>Gert seth him sua that mycht be tane <br>The flesch all haly fra the bane <br>And the carioune thar in haly place <br>Erdyt with rycht gret worschip was. <br>585 The banys have tha with thaim tane 575 <br>And syne ar to thar schippis gane <br>Quhen thai war levit off the king <br>That had dule for thar sorowing. <br>To se thai went, gud wind thai had, <br>590 Thar cours till Ingland haiff thai maid 580 <br>And thar sauffly aryvyt thai, <br>Syne towart Scotland held thar way <br>And thar ar cummyn in full gret hy, <br>And the banys honorabilly <br>595 Intill the kyrk off Douglas war 585 <br>Erdyt with dule and mekill car. <br>Schyr Archebald his sone gert syn <br>Off alabast bath fair and fyne <br>Ordane a tumbe sa richly <br>600 As it behovyt to sua worthy. 590 </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[The death of Moray] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Quhen that on this wis Schyr Wilyam <br>Off Keth had brocht his banys hame <br>And the gud kingis hart alsua, <br>And men had richly gert ma <br>605 With fayr effer his sepultur, 595 <br>The erle off Murreff that had the cur <br>That tyme off Scotland halely <br>With gret worschyp has gert bery <br>The kingis hart at the abbay <br>610 Off Melros, quhar men prayis ay 600 <br>That he and his have paradys. <br>Quhen this wes done that I devys <br>The gud erle governyt the land <br>And held the power weill to warand, <br>615 The lawe sa weill mantemyt he 605 <br>And held in pes sua the countre <br>That it wes never or his day <br>Sa weill, as Ik hard auld men say. <br>Bot syne, allace! pusonyt wes he, <br>620 To se his dede wes gret pite. 610 <br>Thir lordis deyt apon this wis. <br>He that hey Lord off all thing is <br>Up till his mekill blis thaim bring <br>And graunt his grace that thar ofspring <br>625 Leid weill the land, and ententyve 615 <br>Be to folow in all thar lyve <br>Thar nobill eldrys gret bounte. <br>Quhar afauld God in trinyte <br>Bring us hey till his mekill blis <br>630 Quhar alwayis lestand liking is. 620</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> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=418938" data-title="The Brus Book 20 de John Barbour" data-description="King Robert in Northumberland] Sone eftre that the erle Thomas Fra Wardaill thus reparyt was The king assemblyt all his mycht And left nane that wes worth to fycht, 5 A gret ost than assemblit he And delt his ost in partis thre. 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