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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=418947" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Brus Book VIII</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">[The king in Kyle] </div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>The king fra Schyr Aymer wes gane <br>Gadryt his menye everilkan <br>And left bath woddis and montanys <br>And held hys way strak till the planys <br>5 For he wald fayne that end war maid <br>Off that that he begunnyn had, <br>And he wyst weill he mycht nocht bring <br>It to gud end but travalling. <br>To Kyle went he fryst and that land <br>10 He maid all till him obeysand, <br>The men maist force come till his pes. <br>Syne efterwart or he wald ses <br>Of Conyngayme the maist party <br>He gert held till his senyoury. <br>15 In Bothweill then Schyr Aymer was <br>That in hys hart gret angre has <br>For thai off Cunyngame and Kile <br>That war obeysand till him quhile <br>Left Inglismennys fewte. <br>20 Tharoff fayne vengyt wald he be, <br>And send Philip the Mowbray <br>With a thousand as Ik herd say <br>Off men that war in his leding <br>To Kile for to werray the king. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[Douglas defeats Sir Philip Mowbray at Edirford] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">25 Bot James of Douglas that all tid <br>Had spyis out on ilka sid <br>Wyst off thar cummyng and that thai <br>Wald hald doune Makyrnokis way. <br>He tuk with him all prevely <br>30 Thaim that war off his cumpany <br>That war fourty withoutyn ma, <br>Syne till a strait place gan he ga <br>That is in Makyrnokis way, <br>The Edirford it hat perfay, <br>35 It lyis betwix marrais twa <br>Quhar that na hors on lyve may ga. <br>On the south halff quhar James was <br>Is ane upgang, a narow pas, <br>And on the north halff is the way <br>40 Sa ill as it apperis today. <br>Douglas with thaim he with him had <br>Enbuschyt him and thaim abaid, <br>He mycht weile fer se thar cummyng <br>Bot thai mycht se of hym na thing. <br>45 Thai baid in buschement all the nycht, <br>And quhen the sone was schynand brycht <br>Thai saw in bataillyng cum arayit <br>The vaward with baner displayit, <br>And syne sone the remanand <br>50 Thai saw weile ner behind cummand. <br>Then held thai thaim still and preve <br>Till the formast off that mengye <br>War entryt in the ford thaim by, <br>Then schot thai on thaim with a cry <br>55 And with wapnys that scharply schar <br>Sum in the ford thai bakwart bar, <br>And sum with arowis barblyt braid <br>Sa gret martyrdome on thaim has maid <br>That thai gan draw to voyd the place, <br>60 Bot byhynd thaim sa stoppyt was <br>The way that thai fast mycht nocht fle, <br>And that gert mony off thaim de, <br>For thai on na wys mycht away <br>Bot as thai come bot giff that thai <br>65 Wald throu thar fayis hald the gat, <br>Bot that way thocht thaim all to hat. <br>Thar fayis met thaim sa sturdely <br>And contenyt the fycht sa hardily <br>That thai sa dredand war that thai <br>70 That fyrst mycht fle fyrst fled away, <br>And quhen the rerward saw thaim sua <br>Discumfyt and thar wayis ga <br>Thai fled on fer and held thar way. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[The flight of Sir Philip Mowbray to Inverkip] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Bot Schyr Philip the Mowbray <br>75 That with the formast ridand was <br>That entryt wes in the place, <br>Quhen that he saw how he wes stad <br>Throu the gret worschip that he had <br>With spuris he strak the steid off pryce <br>80 And magre all his ennymys <br>Throu the thikkest off thaim he raid, <br>And but challance eschapyt had <br>Ne war ane hynt him by the brand, <br>Bot he the gud steid that wald nocht stand <br>85 Lansyt furth deliverly. <br>Bot the tother sa stalwartly <br>Held that the belt braist off the brand <br>And swerd and belt left in hys hand, <br>And he but swerd his wayis raid <br>90 Weill otouth thaim and thair abaid, <br>And beheld how that his menye fled <br>And how his fayis clengyt the steid <br>That war betwix him and his men. <br>Tharfor furth the wayis tuk he then <br>95 To Kylmarnok and Kilwynnyne <br>And till Ardrossane eftre syne, <br>Syne throu the Largis him allane <br>Till Ennirkyp the way has tane <br>Rycht to the castell that wes then <br>100 Stuffyt all with Inglismen <br>That him resaiffyt in daynte, <br>And fra thai wyst howgat that he <br>Sa fer had rydin him allane <br>Throu thaim that war his fayis ilkan <br>105 Thai prisyt him full gretumly <br>And lovyt fast his chevalry. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[The reactions of Valence and King Robert] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Schyr Philip thus eschapyt was, <br>And Douglas yet wes in the place <br>Quhar he sexty has slayne and ma, <br>110 The layff fouly thar gat gan ga <br>And fled to Bothwell hame agayne <br>Quhar Schyr Aymer wes na thing fayn <br>Quhen he herd tell on that maner <br>That his mengne discumfyt wer. <br>115 Bot quhen to King Robert wes tauld <br>How that the Douglas that wes bauld <br>Vencussyt sa fele with fewe menye <br>Rycht joyfull in his hart wes he, <br>And all his menye confortyt war <br>120 For thaim thocht weille bath les and mar <br>That thai suld less thar fayis dreid <br>Sen thar purpos sa with thaim yeid. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[Valence challenges the king to open battle at Loudoun hill] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The king lay in Galliston <br>That is evyn rycht anent Loudoun <br>125 And till his pes tuk the cuntre. <br>Quhen Schyr Aymer and his menye <br>Hard how he ryotyt the land <br>And how that nane durst him withstand <br>He wes intill his hart angry, <br>130 And with ane off his cumpany <br>He send him word and said giff he <br>Durst him into the planys se <br>He suld the tend day of May <br>Cum under Loudoun hill away, <br>135 And giff that he wald meyt him thar <br>He said his worschip suld be mar, <br>And mar be turnyt in nobillay, <br>To wyn him in the playne away <br>With hard dintis in evyn fechtyng <br>140 Then to do fer mar with skulking. <br>The king that hard his messynger <br>Had dispyt apon gret maner <br>That Schyr Aymer spak sa heyly, <br>Tharfor he answeryt irusly <br>145 And to the messynger said he, <br>'Say to thi lord giff that I be <br>In lyfe he sall me se that day <br>Weyle ner giff he dar hald the way <br>That he has said, for sekyrly <br>150 Be Loudoun hill mete him sall I.' <br>The messinger but mare abaid <br>Till his maistre the wayis raid <br>And his answer him tauld alswith <br>Quharof he wes bath glaid and blyth, <br>155 For he thocht throu his mekill mycht <br>Gyff the king durst cum to fycht <br>That throu the gret chevalry <br>That suld be in his cumpany <br>He suld sua ourcum the king <br>160 That thar suld be na recovering. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[The king chooses and prepoares a battle field] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And the king on the tother party <br>That was all wis and averty <br>Raid for to se and cheis the place, <br>And saw the hey gat liand was <br>165 Apon a fayr feild evyn and dry, <br>Bot apon athir sid tharby <br>Wes a gret mos mekill and braid <br>That fra the way wes quhar men raid <br>A bow-draucht weile on ather sid, <br>170 And that place thocht him all to wyd <br>Till abyd men that horsyt war.m <br>Tharfor thre dykys our-thwort he schar <br>Fra baith the mossis to the way <br>That war sa fer fra other that thai <br>175 War ytwyn a bow-draucht or mar. <br>So holl and hey the dykys war <br>That men mycht nocht but mekill pane <br>Pas thaim thocht nane war thaim agan, <br>Bot sloppys in the way left he <br>180 Sa large and off sic quantite <br>That fyve hunder mycht samyn rid <br>In at the sloppis sid be sid. <br>Thar thocht he bataile for to bid <br>And bargane thaim, for he na drede <br>185 Had that thai suld on sid assaile <br>Na yeit behind giff thaim battaile, <br>And befor thocht him weill that he <br>Suld fra thar mycht defendyt be. <br>Thre dep dykys he gert thar ma, <br>190 For gyff he mycht nocht weill ourta <br>To mete thaim at the fyrst, that he <br>Suld havve the tother on his pouste, <br>Be than the thrid gyff it war sua <br>That thai had passyt the tother twa. <br>195 On this wys him ordanys he, <br>And syne assemblit his mengne <br>That war sex hunder fechtand men, <br>But rangale that wes with him then <br>That war als fele as thai or ma. <br>200 With all that mengne gan he ga <br>The evyn or that the bataill suld be <br>Till litill Loudoun quhar that he <br>Wald abid to se thar cummyng, <br>Syne with the men of his leding <br>205 He thocht to sped him sua that he <br>Suld at the dyk befor thaim be. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[The armies before the battle of Loudoun] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Schyr Aymer on the tother party <br>Gadryt sua gret chevalry <br>That he mycht be thre thousand ner <br>210 Armyt and dycht on gud maner, <br>Than as man off gret noblay <br>He held towart his trist his way <br>Quhen the set day cummyn was. <br>He sped him fast towart the place <br>215 That he nemmyt for to fycht, <br>The sone wes ryssyn schynand brycht <br>thyat schawyt on the scheldis brade <br>In twa eschelis ordanyt he had <br>The folk that he had in leding. <br>220 The king weile sone in the mornyng <br>Saw fyrst cummand thar fyrst eschele <br>Arrayit sarraly and weile, <br>And at thar bak sumdeill ner-hand <br>He saw the tother folowand, <br>225 Thar bassynettis burnyst all brycht <br>Agayne the son glemand off lycht, <br>Thar speris pennonys and thar scheldis <br>Off lycht enlumynyt all the feldis, <br>Thar best and browdyn brycht baneris <br>230 And hors hewyt on ser maneris <br>And cot-armouris off ser colour <br>And hawbrekis that war quhyt as flour <br>Maid thaim gleterand as thai war lyk <br>Till angelys hey off hevynnys ryk. <br>235 The king said, 'Lordis now ye se <br>How yon men throu thar gret poweste <br>Wald, and thai mycht fulfill thar will, <br>Sla us, and makys sembland thartill, <br>And sen we knaw thar felny <br>240 Ga we mete thaim sa hardily <br>That the stoutest of thar mengye <br>Off our meting abaysit be, <br>For gyff the formast egrely <br>Be met ye sall se sodanly <br>245 The henmaist sall abaysit be. <br>And thoucht that thai be ma than we <br>That suld abays us litill thing, <br>For quhen we cum to the fechting <br>Thar may mete us no ma than we. <br>250 Tharfor lordingis, ilkan suld be <br>Off us worthi off gret valour <br>For to maynteyme her our honour. <br>Thynkis quhat glaidschip us abidis <br>Gyff that we may aqs weile betidis <br>255 Haff victour off our fayis her, <br>For thar is nane than fer na ner <br>In all thys land that us thar doute.' <br>Then said thai all that stud about, <br>'Schyr gyff God will we sall sa do <br>260 That na reprov sall fall tharto.' <br>'Now ga we furth than,' said the king, <br>'Quhar He that maid off nocht all thing <br>Lede us and saiff us for his mycht <br>And help us for till hald our rycht.' <br>265 With that thai held thar way in hy <br>Weill sex hunder in cumpany <br>Stalwart and stout, worthi and wycht <br>Bot thai war all to few Ik hycht <br>Agayne sa fele to stand in stour <br>270 Ne war thar utrageous valour. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[The battle at Loudoun] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Now gais the nobill king his way <br>Rycht stoutly and in gud aray, <br>And to the formast dyk is gane <br>And in the slop the feld has tane. <br>275 The cariage and the povyrall <br>That war nocht worth in the bataill <br>Behynd him levyt he all still <br>Syttand all samyn on the hyll. <br>Schyr Aymer the king has sene <br>280 With his men that war cant and kene <br>Come to the playne doune fra the hill <br>As him thocht in full gud will <br>For to defend or to assaile <br>Gyff ony wald him bid bataill. <br>285 Tharfor his men confortit he <br>And bad thaim wycht and worthi be, <br>For gyff that thai mycht wyne the king <br>And haiff victour off his fechting <br>Thai suld rycht weile rewardyt be <br>290 And ek gretly thar renomme. <br>With that thai war weill ner the king <br>And he left his amonesting <br>And gert trump to the assemble, <br>And the formest off his mengne <br>295 Enbrasyt with the scheldis braid <br>And rycht sarraly togydder raid <br>With heid stoupand and speris straucht <br>Rycht to the king thar wayis raucht, <br>That met thaim with sa gret vigour <br>300 That the best and off maist valour <br>War laid at erd at thar meting <br>Quhar men mycht her sic a breking <br>Off speris that to-fruschyt war <br>And the woundyt sa cry and rar <br>305 That it anoyus wes to her <br>For thai that fyrst assemblyt wer <br>Fwyngyt and faucht full sturdely. <br>The noyis begouth then and the cry. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[The victory of King Robert] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">A! mychty God quha thar had bene <br>310 And had the kingis worschip sene <br>And his brodyr that waine him by <br>That stonayit thaim sa hardely <br>That thair gud deid and thair bounte <br>Gaiff gret confort to thar mengye, <br>315 And how Douglas sa manlily <br>Confortyt thaim that war him by, <br>He suld weile say that thai had will <br>To wyn honour and cum thar-till. <br>The kingis men sa worthi war <br>320 That with speris that scharply schar <br>Thai stekit men and stedis baith <br>Till rede blud ran off woundis raith. <br>The hors that woundyt war gan fling <br>And ruschyt thar folk in thar flynging <br>325 Sua that thai that the formast war <br>War skalyt in soppys her and thar. <br>The king that saw thaim ruschyt sua <br>And saw thaim reland to and fra <br>Ran apon thaim sa egrely <br>330 And dang on thaim sa hardely <br>That fele gart off his fayis fall. <br>The feild wes ner coveryt all <br>Bath with the slane hors and with men, <br>For the gud king thar folowit then <br>335 With fyve hunder that wapnys bar <br>That wald thar fayis na thing spar. <br>Thai dang on thaim sa hardely <br>That in schort tyme men mycht se ly <br>At erd ane hunder and wele mar. <br>340 The remanand sa fleyit war <br>That thai begouth thaim to withdraw, <br>And quhen thai off the rerward saw <br>Thar vaward be sa discumfyt <br>Thai fled foroutyn mar respyt <br>345 And quhen Schyr Aymer has sene <br>His men fleand haly beden <br>Wyt ye weile him wes full way <br>Bot he moucht nocht ammonys sway <br>That ony for him walde torne agane, <br>350 He turnyt his bridill and to-ga, <br>For the gud king thaim presit sua <br>That sum war dede and sum war tane <br>And the laiff thar gat ar gane </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[Valence resigns his keepership and returns to England] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">355 The folk fled apon this maner <br>Forout arest and Schir Aymer <br>Agane to Boithweill is gane <br>Menand the scaith that he has tane <br>Sa schamfull that he vencusit wais <br>360 That till Ingland in hy he gais <br>Rycht to the king and schamfully <br>He gaff up thar his wardanry, <br>Na nevyr syne for nakyn thing <br>Bot giff he come rycht with the king <br>365 Come he to werray Scotland, <br>Sa hevyly he tuk on hand <br>That the king into set battaill <br>With a quhone lik to poverall <br>Vencusyt him with a gret menye <br>370 That war renonyt off gret bounte. <br>Sic anoy had Schyr Amery, <br>And King Robert that wes hardy <br>Abaid rycht still into the place <br>Till that his men had left the chace, <br>375 Syne with presonaris that thai had tane <br>Thai ar towart thar innys gane <br>Fast lovand God off thar weilfar. <br>He mycht haiff sene that had bene thar <br>A folk that mery wes and glaid <br>380 For thar victour, and als thai haid <br>A lord that sa swete wes and deboner <br>Sa curtais and off sa fayr effer <br>Sa blyth and als weill bourdand <br>And in bataill sa styth to stand <br>385 Sua wys and rycht sua avisé <br>That thai had gret cause blyth to be. <br>Sua war thai blyth withoutyn dout, <br>For fele that wynnyt thaim about <br>Fra thai the king saw help him sua <br>390 Till him thar homage gan thai ma. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[The king decides to go north across the Mounth] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Than woux his power mar and mar, <br>And he thoucht weile that he wald far <br>Oute-our the Mounth with his menye <br>To luk quha that his frend wald be. <br>395 Into Schyr Alexander Fraser <br>He traistyt for thai cosyngis wer <br>And his broder Symon, thai twa. <br>He had mystre weile of ma <br>For he had fayis mony ane. <br>400 Schir Jhon Cumyn erle off Bouchquhane <br>And Schyr Jhon the Mowbray syne <br>And gus Schyr David off Brechyne <br>With all the folk off thar leding <br>War fayis to the noble king, <br>405 And for he wyst thai war his fayis <br>His viage thidderwart he tais, <br>For he wald se quhatkyn ending <br>Thai wald set on thar manassing. <br>The king buskyt and maid him yar <br>410 Northwartis with his folk to far, <br>His brodyr gan he with him ta <br>And Schyr Gilbert de le Hay alsua, <br>The erle off Levenax als wes thar <br>That with the king was our-all-quhar, <br>415 Schyr Robert Boyd and other ma. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[Douglas returns to Douglasdale, to trick the <br>garrison of Douglas Castle] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The king gan furth his wayis ta, <br>And left James off Douglas <br>With all the folk that with him was <br>Behind him for to luk giff he <br>420 Mycht recover his countre. <br>He left into full gret perill, <br>Bot eftre in a litill quhile <br>Throu his gret worschip sa he wrocht <br>That to the kingis pes he brocht <br>425 The forest of Selcrik all hale, <br>And alsua did he Douglasdale <br>And Jedworthis forest alsua. <br>And quha-sa weile on hand couth ta <br>To tell his worschippis ane and ane <br>430 He suld fynd off thaim mony ane, <br>For in his tyme as men said me <br>Thretten tymys vencusyt wes he <br>And had victouris sevin and fyfty. <br>Hym semyt nocht lang ydill to ly, <br>435 Be his travaill he had na will, <br>Me think men suld him love with skill. <br>This James quhen the king wes gane <br>All prevely his men has tane <br>And went to Douglas daile agane, <br>440 And maid all prevely a trane <br>Till thaim that in the castell war. <br>A buschement slely maid he thar, <br>And off his men fourtene or ma <br>He gert as thai war sekkis ta <br>445 Fyllyt with gres, and syne thaim lay <br>Apon thar hors and hald thar way <br>Rycht as thai wald to Lanark far <br>Outouth quhar thai enbuschyt war. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[The garrison comes out] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And quhen thai off the castell saw <br>450 Sa fele ladys gang on raw <br>Off that sycht thai war wonder fayn <br>And tald it to thar capitane <br>That hate Schyr Jhone of Webetoun. <br>He wes baith yong stoute and felloun <br>455 Joly alsua and valageous, <br>And for that he wes amorous <br>He wald isch fer the blythlyar. <br>He gert his men tak all thar ger <br>And isch to get thaim vittaille, <br>460 For thar vittaile gan fast thaim faile. <br>Thai ischyt all abandounly <br>And prykkyt furth sa wilfully <br>To wyn the ladys that thai saw pas <br>Quhill that Douglas with his was <br>465 All betwix thaim and the castell. <br>The laid-men that persavyt weill, <br>Thai kest thar ladys doun in hy, <br>And thar gownys deliverly <br>That heylyt thaim thai kest away, <br>470 And in gret hy thar hors hint thai <br>And stert apon thaim sturdely <br>And met thar fayis with a cry <br>That had gret wonder quhen thai saw <br>Thaim that war er lurkand sa law <br>475 Cum apon thaim sa hardely. <br>Thai woux abaysit sodanly <br>And at the castell wald haiff bene, <br>Quhen thai on other halff has sene <br>Douglas brak his enbuschement <br>480 That agayne thaim rycht stoutly went. <br>Thai wyst nocht quhat to do na say, <br>Thar fayis on athir sid saw thai <br>That strak on thaim foroutyn sparing, <br>And thai mycht help thaim selvyn na thing <br>485 Bot fled to warrand quhar thai mocht, <br>And thai sa angryly thaim socht <br>That off thaim all eschapyt nane. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[The letter of Webiton, the taking of the castle and the freeing of its <br>garrison] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Schyr Jhoun Webetoun thar wes slane, <br>And quhen he dede wes as ye her <br>490 Thai fand intill his coffeir <br>A lettyr that him send a lady <br>That he luffyt per drouery, <br>492a The letter spak on this maner 493 <br>That said quhen he had yemyt a yer <br>In wer as a gud bachiller <br>494a And governit weill in all maner 495 <br>495 The aventuris castell off Douglas <br>That to kepe sa peralus was <br>Than mycht he weile ask a lady <br>Hyr amouris and hyr drouery, <br>The lettyr spak on this maner. <br>500 And quhen thai slayne on this wyse wer <br>Douglas rycht to the castell raid <br>And thar sa gret debate he maid <br>That in the castell entryt he, <br>I wate nocht all the certante <br>505 Quhethyr it was throu strenth or slycht, <br>Bot he wrocht sua with mekill mycht <br>That the constabill and all the laiff <br>That war tharin, bath man and knav <br>He tuk and gaiff thaim dispending <br>510 And sent thaim hamr but mar greving <br>To the Cliffurd in thar countre. <br>And syne sa besily wrocht he <br>That he tumblyt doun all the wall <br>And destroyit the housis all, <br>515 Syne till the Forest held his way <br>Quhar he had mony ane hard assay <br>And mony fayr poynt off wer befell. <br>Quha couth thaim all rehers or tell <br>He suld say that his name suld be <br>520 Lestand into full gret renoune.</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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The king fra Schyr Aymer wes gane 
Gadryt his menye everilkan 
And left bath woddis and montanys 
And held hys way strak till the planys 
5 For he wald fayne that end war maid 
Off that that he begunnyn had, 
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