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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=418949" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Brus Book XI</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">[Criticism of the compact about Stirling Castle] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And quhen this connand thus wes mad <br>Schir Philip intill Ingland raid <br>And tauld the king all haile his tale, <br>How he a tuelf moneth all hale <br>5 Had as it writyn wes in thar taile <br>To reskew Strevillyne with bataill. <br>And quhen he hard Schyr Philip say <br>That Scottismen had set a day <br>To fecht and that sic space he had <br>10 To purvay him he wes rycht glaid, <br>And said it wes gret sukudry <br>That set thaim apon sic foly, <br>For he thocht to be or that day <br>Sa purvayit and in sic aray <br>15 That thar suld nane strenth him withstand, <br>And quhen the lordis off Ingland <br>Herd that this day wes set planly <br>Thai jugyt all to gret foly, <br>And thoucht to haiff all thar liking <br>20 Giff men abaid thaim in fechting, <br>Bot oft faillys the fulis thocht <br>And yeit wys mennys ay cummys nocht <br>To sic end as thai wene allwayis. <br>A litill stane oft, as men sayis, <br>25 May ger weltyr a mekill wayn, <br>Na mannys mycht may stand agayn <br>The grace off God that all thing steris, <br>He wate quhat till all thing afferis <br>And disponys at his liking <br>30 Efter his ordynance all thing. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[King Robert criticises his brother] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Quhen Schyr Edward, as I you say, <br>Had gevyn sa outrageous a day <br>To yeld or reskew Strevillyne, <br>Rycht to the king he went him syne <br>35 And tauld quhat tretys he had mad <br>And quhat day he thaim gevyn had. <br>The king said quhen he hard the day, <br>'That wes unwisly doyn, perfay. <br>Ik herd never quhar sa lang warnyng <br>40 Wes gevyn to sa mychty a king <br>As is the king off Ingland, <br>For he has now intill hand <br>Ingland, Ireland and Walis alsua <br>And Aquitayngne yeit with all tha, <br>45 And off Scotland yeit a party <br>Dwellis under his senyoury, <br>And off tresour sa stuffyt is he <br>That he may wageouris haiff plente, <br>And we are quhoyne agayne sa fele. <br>50 God may rycht weill oure werdys dele, <br>Bot we ar set in juperty <br>To tyne or wyn then hastely.' <br>Schyr Edward said, 'Sa God me rede, <br>Thocht he and all that he may led <br>55 Cum, wes sall fecht, all war thai ma.' <br>Quhen the king hard his broder sua <br>Spek to the bataile sa hardyly <br>He prisyt him in hys hart gretumly <br>And said, 'Broder, sen sua is gane <br>60 That this thing thus is undretane <br>Schap we us tharfor manlely, <br>And all that luffis us tenderly <br>And the fredome off this countre <br>Purvay thaim at that time to be <br>65 Boune with all mycht that ever thai may, <br>Sua giff that our fayis assay <br>To reskew Strevilline throu bataill <br>That we off purpos ger thaim faill.' </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[Both sides prepare for an English invasion; King Edward's resources] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">To this thai all assentyt ar <br>70 And bad thar men all mak thaim yar <br>For to be boun agayne that day <br>On the best wis that ever thai may. <br>Than all that worthi war to fycht <br>Off Scotland set all hale thar mycht <br>75 To purvay thaim agane that day, <br>Wapynnys and armouris purvayit thai <br>And all that afferis to fechting. <br>And in Ingland the mychty king <br>Purvayit him in sa gret aray <br>80 That certis hard I never say <br>That Inglismen mar aparaile <br>Maid than did than for bataill, <br>For quhen the tyme wes cummyn ner <br>He assemblit all his power, <br>85 And but his awne chevalry <br>That wes sa gret it wes ferly <br>He had of mony ser countre <br>With him gud men of gret bounte. <br>Of Fraunce worthi chevalry <br>90 He had intill his cumpany, <br>The erle off Henaud als wes thar <br>And with him men that worthi war, <br>Off Gascoyne and off Almany <br>And off the duche of Bretayngny <br>95 He had wycht men and weill farand <br>Armyt clenly bath fute and hand, <br>Off Ingland to the chevalry 97 <br>He had gaderyt sa clenly 98 <br>That nane left that mycht wapynnys weld 97 <br>100 Or mycht war to fecht in feild, 98 <br>All Walis als with him had he <br>And off Irland a gret mengne, <br>Off Pouty Aquitane and Bayoun <br>He had mony off gret renoune, <br>105 And off Scotland he had yeit then 103 <br>A gret menye of worthy men. 104 </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[The appearance of the English host] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Quhen all thir sammyn assemblit war 105 <br>He had of fechtaris with him thar 106 <br>Ane hunder thousand men and ma 103 <br>110 And fourty thousand war of tha 104 <br>Armyt on hors bath heid and hand, <br>And of thai yeit war thre thousand <br>With helyt hors in plate and mailye <br>To mak the front off the batailye, <br>115 And fyfty thousand off archeris 109 <br>He had foroutyn hobeleris, <br>And men of fute and small rangale <br>That yemyt harnays and vittaile <br>He had sa fele it wes ferly. <br>120 Off cartis als thar yeid thaim by 114 <br>Sa fele that, but all thai that bar <br>Harnays and als that chargyt war <br>With pailyounys and veschall with-all <br>And aparaile of chambyr and hall <br>125 And wyne and wax schot and vittaile, 119 <br>Aucht scor wes chargyt with pulaile. <br>Thai war sa fele quhar that thai raid <br>And thar bataillis war sa braid <br>And sua gret roume held thar chare <br>130 That men that mekill ost mycht se 124 <br>Ourtak the landis largely. <br>Men mycht se than that had bene by <br>Mony a worthi man and wycht <br>And mony ane armur gayly dycht <br>135 And mony a sturdy sterand stede 129 <br>Arayit intill ryche wede, <br>Mony helmys and haberjounys <br>Scheldis and speris and penounys, 132* <br>And sa mony a cumbly knycht 132 <br>140 That it semyt that into fycht 133 <br>Thai suld vencus the warld all haile. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[The dispositions of the English host; the march from Berwick] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Quhy suld I mak to lang my taile? <br>To Berwik ar thai cummyn ilkane <br>And sum tharin has innys tane <br>145 And sum logyt without the town ys 138 <br>In tentis and in pailyounys. <br>And quhen the king his ost has sene <br>So gret and sa gud men and clene <br>He wes rycht joyfull in his thocht <br>150 And weile supposyt that thar wes nocht 143 <br>In warld a king mycht him withstand, <br>Him thocht all wonnyn till his hand, <br>And largly amang his men <br>The land of Scotland delt he then, <br>155 Off other mennys thing larg wes he. 148 <br>And thai that war off his menye <br>Manausyt the Scottismen hely <br>With gret wordis, bot nocht-forthi <br>Or thai cum all to thar entent <br>160 Howis in haile claith sall be rent. 153 <br>The king throu consaile of his men <br>His folk delt in bataillis ten, <br>In ilkane war weile ten thousand <br>That lete thai stalwartly suld stand <br>165 In the bataile and stythly fycht 158 <br>And leve nocht for thar fayis mycht. <br>He set ledaris till ilk bataile <br>That knawin war of gud governaile, <br>And till renownyt erlis twa <br>170 Off Glosyster and herfurd war tha 163 <br>He gaf the vaward in leding <br>With mony men at thar bidding <br>Ordanyt into full gud aray. <br>Thai war sa chevalrous that thai <br>175 Trowyt giff thai come to fycht 168 <br>Thar suld na strenth withstand thar mycht. <br>And the king quhen his mengne wer <br>Divisit intill bataillis ser <br>His awyne bataill ordanyt he <br>180 And quha suld at his bridill be, 173 <br>Schyr Gilis Argente he set <br>Apon a half his reyngye to get, <br>And off Valence Schyr Amery <br>On other half that wes worthy, <br>185 For in thar soverane bounte 178 <br>Out-our the lave affyit he. <br>Quhen the king apon this kyn wys <br>Had ordanyt as Ik her divis <br>His bataillis and his stering <br>190 He rais arly in a mornyng 183 <br>And fra Berwik he tuk the way. <br>Bath hillis and valis hely thai <br>As the bataillis that war braid <br>Departyt our the feldis raid. <br>195 The sone wes brycht and schynand cler 188 <br>And armouris that burnysyt wer <br>Sua blomyt with the sonnys beme <br>That all the land wes in a leme, <br>Baneris rycht fayrly flawmand <br>200 And penselys to the wynd wavand 193 <br>Sua fele thar wer of ser quentis <br>That it war gret slycht for to divise, <br>And suld I tell all thar affer <br>Thar con tenance and thar maner <br>205 Thoucht I couth I suld combryt be. 198 <br>The king with all that gret menye <br>Till Edinbyrgh he raid him rycht, <br>Thai war all-out to fele to fycht <br>With few folk of a symple land, <br>210 Bot quhar God helpys quhat ma withstand. 203 </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[Muster of the Scottish army; its size and commanders] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The king Robert quhen he hard say <br>That Inglismen in sic aray <br>And into sua gret quantite <br>Come in his land, in hy gert he <br>215 His men be somound generaly, 208 <br>And thai come all full wilfully <br>To the Torwod quhar that the king <br>Had ordanyt to mak thar meting. <br>Schir Edward the Bruce the worthi <br>220 Come with a full gret cumpany 213 <br>Off gud men armyt weill at rycht <br>Hardy and forsy for to fycht, <br>Walter Stewart of Scotland syne <br>That than wes bot a berdles hyne <br>225 Come with a rout of noble men, 218 <br>That men mycht be contynence ken. <br>The gud lord of Douglas alsua <br>Brocht with him men Ik underta <br>That weile war usit in fechting, <br>230 Thai sall the les haiff abaysimg 223 <br>Giff thaim betid in thrang to be, <br>Avantage thai sall tittar se <br>For to stonay thar fayis mycht <br>Than men that usis nocht to fycht. <br>235 The erle off Murreff with his men 228 <br>Arayit weile come alsua then <br>Into gud covyne for to fycht <br>And gret will for to manteym thar mycht <br>Outakyn other mony barounys <br>240 And knychtis that of gret renowne is 233 <br>Come with thar men full stalwartly. <br>Quhen thai war assemblyt halely <br>Off fechtand men I trow thai war <br>Thretty thousand and sumdele mar, <br>245 Foroutyn cariage and pettaill 238 <br>That yemyt harnayis and vittaill. <br>Our all the ost than yeid the king <br>And beheld to thar contenyng <br>And saw thaim of full fayr affer. <br>250 Off hardy contenance thai wer, 243 <br>Be liklynes the mast cowart <br>Semyt full weill to do his part. <br>The king has sene all thar having <br>That knew him weile into sic thing, <br>255 And saw thaim all commounaly 248 <br>Off sic contenance and sa hardy <br>Forout effray or abaysing. <br>In his hart had he gret liking <br>And thoucht that men of sa gret will <br>260 Giff thai wald set thar will thartill 253 <br>Suld be full hard to wyn perfay. <br>Ay as he met thaim in the way <br>He welcummyt thaim with glaidsum far <br>Spekand gud wordis her and thar, <br>265 And thai that thar lord sa mekly 258 <br>Saw welcum thaim and sa hamly <br>Joyfull thai war, and thocht that thai <br>Aucht weill to put thaim till assay <br>Off hard fechting or stalwart stur <br>270 For to maynteyme hys honur. 263 </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[King Robert proposes the division of his host] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The worthi king quhen he has sene <br>Hys ost assemblit all bedene <br>And saw thaim wilfull to fulfill <br>His liking with gud hart and will <br>275 And to maynteyme weill thar franchis 268 <br>He wes rejosyt mony wys <br>And callyt all his consaile preve <br>And said thaim, 'Lordis, now ye se <br>That Inglismen with mekill mycht <br>280 Has all disponyt thaim for the fycht 273 <br>For thai yone castell wald reskew. <br>Tharfor is gud we ordane now <br>How we may let thaim of thar purpos <br>And sua to thaim the wayis clos <br>285 That thai pas nocht but gret letting. 278 <br>We haiff her with us at bidding <br>Weile thretty thousand men and ma, <br>Mak we four bataillis of tha <br>And ordane us on sic maner <br>290 And quhen our fayis cummys ner 283 <br>We to the New Park hald our way, <br>For thar behovys thaim nede away <br>Bot giff that thai will beneuth us ga <br>And our the merrais pass, and sua <br>295 We sall be at avantage thar. 288 <br>And me think that rycht spedfull war <br>To gang on fute to this fechting <br>Armyt bot in litill armyng, <br>For schup we us on hors to fycht <br>300 Sen our fayis ar mar off mycht 293 <br>And bettyr horsyt than ar we <br>We suld into gret perell be, <br>And gyff we fecht on fute perfay <br>At a vantage we sall be ay, <br>305 For in the park amang the treys 298 <br>The horsmen alwayis cummerit beis, <br>And the sykis alssua that ar thar-doun <br>Sall put thaim to confusioune.' </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[The four divisions and their commanders] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">All thai consentyt till that saw <br>310 And than intill a litill thraw 303 <br>Thar four bataillis ordanyt thai, <br>And till the Erle Thomas perfay <br>Thai gaiff the vaward in leding <br>For in his noble governyng <br>315 And in his hey chevalry 308 <br>Thai assoueryt rycht soveranly, <br>And for to maynteyme his baner <br>Lordis that off gret worschip wer <br>Wer assygnyt with thar mengne <br>320 Intill his bataill for to be. 313 <br>The toother bataill wes gevyn to led <br>Till him that douchty wes of deid <br>And prisyt off hey chevalry, <br>Thar wes Schyr Edward the worthy, <br>325 I trow he sall maynteyme it sua 318 <br>That howsaever the gamyn ga <br>His fayis to plenye sall mater haf. <br>And syne the thrid bataill thai gaff <br>Till Walter Stewart for to leid <br>330 And to Douglas douchty of deid 323 <br>Thai war cosyngis in ner degre <br>Tharfor till him betaucht wes he <br>For he wes young, bot nocht-forthi <br>I trow he sall sa manlily <br>335 Do his devour and wirk sa weill 328 <br>That him sall nede ne mar yemseill. <br>The ferd bataile the noble king <br>Tuk till his awne governyng, <br>And had intill his cumpany <br>340 The men of Carrik halely 333 <br>And off Arghile and of Kentyr <br>And off the Ilis quharof wes syr <br>Angus of Ile, and but all tha <br>He off the plane land had alsua <br>345 Off armyt men a mekill rout, 338 <br>His bataill stalwart wes and stout. <br>He said the rerward he wald ma <br>And evyn forrouth him suld ga <br>The vaward, and on ather hand <br>350 The tother bataillis suld be gangand 343 <br>Besid on sid a litill space, <br>And the king that behind thaim was <br>Suld se quhar thar war mast myster <br>And releve thar with his baner. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[The digging of pots by the roadside] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">355 The king thus that wes wycht and wys 348 <br>And rych avisé at divis <br>Ordanyt his men for the fechting <br>In gud aray in alkyn thing. <br>And on the morn on Setterday <br>360 The king hard his discourouris say 353 <br>That inglismen with mekill mycht <br>Had lyin at Edinburgh all nycht. <br>Tharfor withoutyn mar delay <br>He till the New Park held his way <br>365 With all that in his leding war 358 <br>And in the Park thaim herberyt thar, <br>And in a plane feld be the way <br>Quhar he thoucht ned behovyd away <br>The Inglismen, gif that thai wald <br>370 Throu the Park to the castell hald 363 <br>He gert men mony pottis ma <br>Off a fute-breid round, and al tha <br>War dep up till a mannys kne, <br>Sa thyk that thai mycht liknyt be <br>375 Till a wax cayme that beis mais. 368 <br>All that nycht travailland he wais <br>Sua that or day he has maid <br>Thai pottis, and thaim helit haid <br>With stykkis and with gres all grene <br>380 Sua that thai moucht nocht weil be sen. 373 </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[Sunday; the Scots prepare for combat with mass and by arming themselves] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">On Sonday than in the mornyng <br>Weile sone after the sone rising <br>Thai hard thar mes commounaly <br>And mony thaim schraiff full devotly <br>385 That thocht to dey in that melle 378 <br>Or than to mak thar contre fre. <br>To God for thar rycht prayit thai, <br>Thar dynit nane of thaim that day <br>Bot for the vigil off Sanct Jhane <br>390 Thai fastyt water and breid ilkan. 383 <br>The king quhen that the mes wes don <br>Went furth to se the pottis sone <br>And at his liking saw thaim mad, <br>On ather sid rycht weill braid <br>395 It wes pittyt as Ik haif tauld. 388 <br>Giff that thar fayis on hors wald hald <br>Furth in that way I trow thai sall <br>Nocht weill eschaip foroutyn fall. <br>Throu-out the ost thar gert he cry <br>400 That all suld arme thaim hastily 393 <br>And busk thaim on thar best maner, <br>And quhen thai assemblyt wer <br>He gert aray thaim for the fycht, <br>And syne gert cry our-all on hycht <br>405 That quha-sa-ever he war that fand 398 <br>Hys hart nocht sekyr for to stand <br>To wyn all or dey with honur <br>For to maynteyme that stalwart stour <br>That he betyme suld hald his way, <br>410 And suld duell with him bot thai 403 <br>That wald stand with him to the end <br>And tak the ure that God wald send. <br>Than all answerd with a cry <br>And with a voce said generaly <br>415 That nane for dout off deid suld faile 408 <br>Quhill discumfyt war the gret bataile. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[Disposition of the small folk; preparations for the English advance] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Quhen the gud king has hard his men <br>Sa hardely answer him then <br>Sayand that nother dede na dreid <br>420 Till sic discomfort suld thaim leid 413 <br>That thai suld eschew the fechting <br>In hart he had gret rejosing, <br>For him thocht men off sic covyn <br>Sa gud and hardy and sa fyne <br>425 Suld weile in bataill hald thar rycht 418 <br>Agayne men off full mekill mycht. <br>Syne all the smale folk and pitall <br>He send with harnays and with vitaill <br>Intill the Park weill fer him fra <br>430 And fra the bataillis gert thaim ga 423 <br>And als he bad thai went thar way, <br>Twenty thousand weile ner war thai. <br>Thai held thar way till a vale, <br>The king left with a clene mengne <br>435 The-quhethir thai war thretty thousand 428 <br>That I trow sall stalwartly stand <br>And do thar devour as thai aw. <br>Thai stud than rangyt all on a raw <br>Redy for to gyff hard bataill <br>440 Giff ony folk wald thaim assaile. 433 <br>The king gert thaim all buskit be <br>For he wyst in certante <br>That his fayis all nycht lay <br>At the Fawkyrk, and syne that thai <br>445 Held towart him the way all straucht 438 <br>With mony men of mekill maucht. <br>Tharfor till his nevo bad he <br>The erle off Murreff with his menye <br>Besid the kyrk to kepe the way <br>450 That na man pas that gat away 443 <br>For to debate the castell, <br>And he said himself suld weill <br>Kepe the entre with his bataill <br>Giff that ony wald assale, <br>455 And syne his broder Schyr Edward 448 <br>And young Walter alsua Steward <br>And the lord of Douglas alsua <br>With thar mengne gud tent suld ta <br>Quhilk off thaim had of help myster <br>460 And help with thaim that with him wer. 453 </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[King Robert has the English host surveyed; <br>spreads a false account of its strength] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The king send than James of Douglas <br>And Schyr Robert the Keyth that was <br>Marschell off the ost of fe <br>The Inglismennys come to se, <br>465 And thai lap on and furth thai raid 458 <br>Weile horsyt men with thaim thai haid, <br>And sone the gret ost haf thai sene <br>Quhar scheildis schynand war sa schene <br>And bassynetis burnyst brycht <br>470 That gave agayne the sone gret lycht. 463 <br>Thai saw sa fele browdyne baneris <br>Standaris and pennounys and speris, <br>And sa fele knychtis apon stedis <br>All flawmand in thar wedis, <br>475 And sa fele bataillis and sa braid 468 <br>That tuk sa gret roume as thai rqaid <br>That the maist ost and the stoutest <br>Off Crystyndome and the grettest <br>Suld be abaysit for to se <br>480 Thair fayis into sic quantite 473 <br>And sua arayit for to fycht. <br>Quhen thar discourrouris has had sycht <br>Off thar fayis as I you say <br>Towart the king thai tuk thair way, <br>485 And tauld him intill prevete 478 <br>The multitud and the beaute <br>Off thair fayis that come sa braid <br>And off the gret mycht that thai haid. <br>Than the king bad thaim thai suld ma <br>490 Na contenance that it war sua 483 <br>Bot lat thaim into commoune say <br>That thai cum intill evyll aray <br>To confort his on that wys, <br>For oftsys throu a word may rys <br>495 Discomford and tynsaill with-all, 488 <br>And throu a word als weill may fall <br>Comford may rys and hardyment <br>May ger men do thar entent. <br>On the samyn wys it did her, <br>500 Thar comford and thar hardy cher 493 <br>Comford thaim sa gretumly <br>Off thar ost that the leyst hardy <br>Be contenance wald formast be <br>For to begyne the gret melle. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[The English send an advance party to rescue the castle] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">505 Apon this wis the noble king 498 <br>Gaff all his men recomforting <br>Throu hardy contenance of cher <br>That he maid on sa gud maner. <br>Thaim thocht that na myscheiff mycht be <br>510 Sa gret with-thi thai him mycht se 503 <br>Befor thaim sua tha thaim suld greve <br>That ne his worschip suld thaim releve, <br>His worschip confort thaim sua <br>And contensnce that he gan ma <br>515 That the mast coward wes hardy. 508 <br>On other half full sturdely <br>The Inglismen in sic aray <br>As ye haf herd me forouth say <br>Comed with thar bataillis approchand <br>520 The baneris to the wynd wavand, 513 <br>And quhen thai cummyn war sa ner <br>That bot twa myle betwix thaim wer <br>Thai chesyt a joly cumpany <br>Off men that wicht war and hardy <br>525 On fayr courseris armyt at rycht, 518 <br>Four banrentis off mekill mycht <br>War capitanys of that route, <br>The Syr the Clyffurd that wes stout <br>Wes off thaim all soverane leidar, <br>530 Aucht hunder armyt I trow thai war. 523 <br>Thai war all young men and joly <br>Yarnand to do chevalry, <br>Off best of all the ost war thai <br>Off contenance and off aray. <br>535 Thai war the fayrest cumpany 528 <br>That men mycht find of sa mony, <br>To the castell thai thocht to far <br>For giff that thai weill mycht cum thar <br>Thai thocht it suld reskewit be. <br>540 Forth on thar way held this menye 533 <br>And towart Strevilline held thar way, <br>The New Park all eschewit thai <br>For thai wist weill the king wes thar <br>And newth the New Park gan thai far <br>545 Weill newth the kyrk intill a rout. 538 </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[The advance party is challenged by Moray; his force is surrounded] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The Erle Thomas that wes sa stout <br>Quhen he saw thaim sa ta the plane <br>In gret hy went he thaim agane <br>With fyve hunder foroutyn ma <br>550 Anoyit in his hart and wa 543 <br>That thai sa fer wer passit by, <br>For the king haid said him rudly <br>That a rose of his chaplete <br>Was fallyn, for quhar he wes set <br>555 To kep the way thai men war passit 548 <br>And tharfor he hastyt him sa fast <br>That cummyn in schort tyme wes he <br>To the plane feld with his menye, <br>For he thocht that he suld amend <br>560 That he trespassit had or than end. 553 <br>And quhen the Inglismen him saw <br>Cum on foroutyn dyn or aw <br>And tak sa hardely the plane <br>In hy thai sped thaim him agane <br>565 And strak with spuris the stedis stith 558 <br>That bar thaim evyn hard and swith. <br>And quhen the erle saw that menye <br>Cum sa stoutly, till his said he <br>'Be nocht abaysit for thar schor, <br>570 Bot settis speris you befor 563 <br>And bak to bak set all your rout <br>And all the speris poyntis out, <br>Suagate us best defend may we <br>Enveronyt with thaim gif we be.' <br>575 And as he bad thaim thai haif done, 568 <br>And the tother come on alsone. <br>Befor thaim all come prikand <br>A knycht hardy off hart and hand <br>And a wele gret lord at hame <br>580 Schyr Gilyame Danecourt wes his nam 573 <br>And prikyt on thaim hardely <br>And thai met him sturdely <br>That he and hors wes borne doune <br>And slayne rycht thar forout ransoun, <br>585 With Inglismen gretly wes he 578 <br>Menyt that day and his bounte. <br>The lave come on rycht sturdely <br>Bot nane off thaim sa hardely <br>Ruschyt amang thaim as did he, <br>590 Bot with fer mar maturyte 583 <br>Thai assemblyt all in a rout <br>And enveround thaim all about <br>Assailyeand thaim on ilka sid. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[The fight between Moray's force and the English] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And thai with speris woundis wyd <br>595 Gaff till the hors that come thaim ner, 588 <br>And thai that ridand on thaim wer <br>That doune war borne losyt the lyvis, <br>And other speris dartis and knyffis <br>And wapynnys on ser maner <br>600 Kast amang thaim that fechtand wer 593 <br>That thaim defendyt sa wittily <br>That thar fayis had gret ferly, <br>For sum wald schout out of thar rout <br>And off thaim that assaylyt about <br>605 Stekyt stedis and bar doun men. 598 <br>The Inglismen sa rudly then <br>Kest amang thaim swerdis and mas <br>That ymyd thaim a monteyle was <br>Off wapynnys that war warpyt thar. <br>610 The erle and his thus fechtand war 603 <br>At gret myscheiff as I you say, <br>For quhonnar be full far war thai <br>Than thar fayis and all about <br>War inveround, quhar mony rout <br>615 War roucht full dispitously. 608 <br>Thar fayis demenyt thaim full starkly, <br>On ather half thai war sa stad <br>For the rycht gret heyt that thai had <br>For fechtyn and for sonnys het <br>620 That all thar flesche of swate wes wete, 613 <br>And sic a stew rais out off thaim then <br>Off aneding bath of hors and men <br>And off powdyr that sic myrknes <br>Intill the ayr abovyne thaim wes <br>625 That it wes wondre for to se. 618 <br>Thai war in gret perplexite <br>Bot with gret travaill nocht-forthi <br>Thai thaim defendyt manlily <br>And set bath will and strenth and mycht <br>630 To rusch thar fayis in that fycht 623 <br>That thaim demanyt than angyrly. <br>Bot gyff God help thaim hastily <br>Thai sall thar fill have of fechting. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[Douglas proposes to help Moray] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Bot quhen the noble renownyt king <br>635 With other lordis that war him by 628 <br>Saw how the erle abandounly <br>Tuk the plane feld, James of Douglas <br>Come to the king rycht quhar he was <br>And said, 'A! Schyr, Sanct Mary! <br>640 The erle off Murref opynly 633 <br>Tays the plane feld with his mengne, <br>He is in perell bot he be <br>Sone helpyt for his fayis ar ma <br>Than he and horsyt weill alsua, <br>645 And with your leve I will me speid 638 <br>To help him for he has ned, <br>All umbeveround with his fayis is he.' <br>The king said, 'Sa our Lord me se, <br>A fute till him thou sall nocht ga, <br>650 Giff he weile dois lat him weile ta. 643 <br>Quhatever him happyn, to wyn or los, <br>I will nocht for him brek purpos.' <br>'Certis,' said James, 'I may na wis <br>Se that his fayis him suppris <br>655 Quhen that I may set help thartill, 648 <br>With your leve sekyrly I will <br>Help him or dey into the payn.' <br>'Do than and speid the sone agayn,' <br>The king said, and he held his way. <br>660 Gyff he may cum in tyme perfay 653 <br>I trow he sall him help sa weill <br>That off his fayis sall it feill.</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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And quhen this connand thus wes mad 
Schir Philip intill Ingland raid 
And tauld the king all haile his tale, 
How he a tuelf moneth all hale 
5 Had as it writyn wes in thar taile 
To reskew Strev..."></div>
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