<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=418953" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Brus Book XV</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The Scots win a great battle at Connor] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Quhen thai within has sene sua slayn <br>Thar men and chassyt hame agayn <br>Thai war all wa, and in gret hy <br>'Till armys!' hely gan thai cry. <br>5 Than armyt thaim all that thai war <br>And for the bataill maid thaim yar <br>Thai ischyt out all wele arayit <br>Into the bataill baner displayit <br>Bowne on thar best wis till assaile <br>10 Thar fayis into fell bataill. <br>And quhen Schyr Philip the Mowbra <br>Saw thaim ische in sa gud aray <br>Till Schyr Edward the Bruys went he <br>And said, 'Schyr, it is gud that we <br>15 Schap for sum slycht that may availe <br>To help us into this bataill. <br>Our men ar quhoyne, bot thai haf will <br>To do mar than thai may fulfill, <br>Tharfor I rede our cariage <br>20 Foroutyn ony man or page <br>Be thaimselvyn arayit be <br>And thai sall seyme fer ma than we, <br>Set we befor thaim our baneris, <br>Yone folk that cummys out of Coigneris <br>25 Quhen thai our baneris thar may se <br>Sall trow traistly that thar ar we <br>And thidder in gret hy sall thai rid. <br>Cum we than on thaim at a sid <br>And we sall be at avantag, <br>30 For fra thai in our cariag <br>Be entryt thai sall combryt be, <br>And than with all our mycht may we <br>Lay on and do all that we may.' <br>All as he ordanyt done haf thai, <br>35 And thai that come out of Coigneris <br>Addressyt thaim to the baneris <br>And smate with spuris the hors in hy <br>And ruschit thaim sudandly. <br>The barell-ferraris that war thar <br>40 Cumbryt thaim fast that ridand war, <br>And than the erle with his bataill <br>Come on and sadly gan assaill, <br>And Schyr Edward a litill by <br>Assemblit sua rycht hardely <br>45 That mony a fey fell undre fete, <br>The feld wox sone of blud all wete. <br>With sa gret felny thar thai faucht <br>And sic routis till other raucht <br>With stok with stane and with retrete <br>50 As ather part gan other bet <br>That it wes hidwys for to se. <br>Thai mantemyt that gret melle <br>Sa knychtlik apon ather sid <br>Giffand and takand routis rid <br>55 That pryme wes passyt or men mycht se <br>Quha mast at thar abov mycht be, <br>Bot sone eftre that prime wes past <br>The Scottismen dang on sa fast <br>And schot on thaim at abandoun <br>60 As ilk man war a campioun <br>That all thar fayis tuk the flycht, <br>Wes nane of thaim that wes sa wicht <br>That evyr durst abid his fer <br>Bot ilk man fled thar wayis ser. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[Slaughter in Connor; the prisoners and wounded] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">65 To the toun fled the mast party, <br>And Erle Thomas sa egrely <br>And his route chassyt with swerdis bar <br>That amang thame mellyt war <br>That all togidder come in the toun. <br>70 Than wes the slauchter sa felloune <br>That all the ruys ran of blud, <br>Thaim that thai gat to ded all yhud <br>Sua that than thar weill ner wer dede <br>Als fele as in the bataill-stede. <br>75 The fys Warine wes takyn thar, <br>Bot sua rad wes Richard of Clar <br>That he fled to the south countre, <br>All that moneth I trow that he <br>Sall haf na gud will for to fycht. <br>80 Schyr Jhone Stewart a noble knycht <br>Wes woundyt throu the body thar <br>With a sper that scharply schar, <br>Bot to Monpeller went he syne <br>And lay thar lang intill helyne <br>85 And at the last helyt wes he. <br>Schyr Edward than with his menye <br>Tuk in the toun thar herbery, <br>That nycht thai blyth war and joly <br>For the victour that thai had thar. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[Siege of Carrickfergus Castle; a truce is broken by ships from Dublin] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">90 And on the morn foroutyn mar <br>Schyr Edward gert men gang and se <br>All the vittaill of that cite, <br>And thai fand sic foysoun tharin <br>Off corne and flour and wax and wyn <br>95 That thai had of it gret ferly, <br>And Schyr Edward gert halily <br>Intill Cragfergus it caryit be, <br>Syne thidder went his men and he <br>And held the sege full stalwartly <br>100 Quhill Palme Sonday wes passit by. <br>Than quhill the Twysday in Pays wouk <br>On ather half thai trewys touk <br>Sua that thai mycht that haly tid <br>In pennance and in prayer bid. <br>105 Bot apon the Pasche evyn rycht <br>To the castell into the nycht <br>Fra Devillyne schippis come fyften <br>Chargyt with armyt men bedene, <br>Four thousand trow I weill thai war, <br>110 In the castell thai entryt ar. <br>The Maundveill auld Schyr Thomas <br>Capitane of that menye was. <br>Intill the castell prively <br>Thai entryt for thai had gert spy <br>115 That mony of Schyr Edwardis men <br>War scalyt in the contre then, <br>Tharfor thai thocht in the mornyng <br>Till isch but langer delaying <br>And to suppris thaim suddanly, <br>120 For thai thocht thai suld traistly <br>For the trewys that takyn war, <br>Bot I trow falset evermar <br>Sall have unfayr and evill ending. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[The new force attacks the besieging Scots; Sir Neil Campbell wounded] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Schyr Edward wist of this nathing <br>125 For off tresoun had he na thoucht, <br>Bot for the trew he levyt nocht <br>To set wachis to the castell, <br>Ilk nycht he gert men walk it wele <br>And Nele Flemyng wachit that nycht <br>130 With sexty men worthi and wycht. <br>And als sone as the day wes cler <br>Thai that within the castell wer <br>Had armyt thaim and maid thaim boun <br>And sone thar brig avalit down <br>135 And ischit intill gret plente, <br>And quhen Nele Flemyng gan thaim se <br>He send ane to the king in hy <br>And said to thaim that war him by, <br>'Now sall men se, Ik undretak, <br>140 Quha dar dey for his lordis sak. <br>Now ber you weill, for sekyrly <br>With all this mengne fecht will I, <br>Intill bargane thim hald sall we <br>Quhill that our maister armyt be.' <br>145 With that word assemblyt thai, <br>Thai war to few all-out perfay <br>With sic a gret rout for to fycht, <br>Bot nocht-forthi with all thar mycht <br>Thai dang on thaim sa hardely <br>150 That all thar fayis had gret ferly <br>That thai war all of swilk manheid <br>As thai na drede had of thar dede. <br>Bot thar fayis sa gane assaile <br>That na worschip thar mycht availe, <br>155 Than thai war slayne up everilkane <br>Sa clene that thar eschapyt nane <br>And the man that went to the king <br>For to warne him of thar isching <br>Warnyt him in full gret hy. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[Edward Bruce defeats the men from the castle; Neil Campbell dies] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">160 Schyr Edward wes commonaly <br>Callyt the king of Irland. <br>And quhen he hard sic thing on hand <br>In full gret hast he gat his ger, <br>Twelff wycht men in his chawmer wer <br>165 That armyt thaim in full gret hy, <br>Syne with his baner hardily <br>The myddis of the toun he tays. <br>Weill ner cummand war his fayis <br>That had delt all thar men in thre, <br>170 The Maundvell with a gret menye <br>Rycht throu the toun the way held doun, <br>The lave on athyr sid the toun <br>Held to mete thaim that fleand war, <br>Thai thoucht that all that thai fand thar <br>175 Suld dey but ransoune everilkane. <br>Bot uthyr-wayis the gle is gane, <br>For Schyr Edward with his baner <br>And his twelff I tauld you of er <br>On all that route sua hardely <br>180 Assemblyt that it wes ferly, <br>For Gib Harpar befor him yeid <br>That wes the douchteast in deid <br>That than wes livand off his state, <br>And with ane ax maid him sic gat <br>185 That he the fyrst fellyt to ground, <br>And off thre in a litill stound <br>The Maundveill be his armyng <br>He knew and roucht him sic a swyng <br>That he till erd yeid hastily. <br>190 Schyr Edward that wes ner him by <br>Reversyt him and with a knyff <br>Rycht in that place him reft the liff. <br>With that off Ardrossane Fergus <br>That wes a knycht rycht curageous <br>195 Assemblyt with sexty and ma, <br>Thai pressyt than thar fayis sua <br>That thai that saw thar lord slayne <br>Tynt hart and wald haf bene again, <br>And ay as Scottismen mycht be <br>200 Armyt thai come to the melle <br>And dang apon thar fayis sua <br>That thai all the bak gan ta, <br>And thai thaim chassyt to the yat, <br>Thar wes hard fycht and gret debat. <br>205 Thar slew Schyr Edward with his hand <br>A knycht that of all Irland <br>Was callit best and of maist bounte, <br>To surname Maundveill had he, <br>His awne name I can nocht say, <br>210 Bot his folk to sa hard assay <br>War set as thai of the doungeoun <br>Durst opyn na yhat na brig lat doun. <br>And Schyr Edwarde, Ik tak on hand, <br>Soucht thaim that fled thar to warand <br>215 Sa felly that of all perfay <br>That ischyt apon him that day <br>Thar eschapyt never ane <br>That thai ne war other tane or slayn, <br>For to the fycht Maknakill then <br>220 Come with twa hundreth spermen <br>And thai slew all thai mycht to-wyn. <br>This ilk Maknakill with a gyn <br>Wan off thar schippis four or fyve <br>And haly reft the men thar lif. <br>225 Quhen end wes maid of this fechting <br>Yeit then wes lyffand Nele Fleming. <br>Schyr Edward went him for to se, <br>About him slayne lay his menye <br>All in a lump on athyr hand <br>230 And he redy to dey throwand. <br>Schyr Edward had of him pite <br>And him full gretly menyt he <br>And regratyt his gret manheid <br>And his worschip and douchty deid, <br>235 Sic mayn he maid men had gret ferly <br>For he wes nocht custummabilly <br>Wont for to meyne men ony thing <br>Na wald nocht her men mak menyng. <br>He stud tharby till he wes ded <br>240 And syne had him till haly sted <br>And him with worschip gert he be <br>Erdyt with gret solemnite. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[Surrender of Carrickfergus Castle] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">On this wis ischit Maundvill, <br>Bot sekyrly falset and gyle <br>245 Sall allwayis haif ane ivill ending <br>As weill is sene be this isching, <br>In tyme of trewys ischit thai <br>And in sic tyme as on Pasche day <br>Quhen God rais for to sauf mankin <br>250 Fra wem of auld Adamys syne, <br>Tharfor sa gret myschaunce thaim fell <br>That ilkane as ye hard me tell <br>War slayne up or takyn thar. <br>And thai that in the castell war <br>255 War set intill sic fray that hour <br>For thai couth se quhar na succour <br>Suld cum to releyff, and thai <br>Tretyt and till a schort day <br>The castell till him yauld fre <br>260 To sauff thaim lyff and lym, and he <br>Held thaim full weill his cunnand. <br>The castell tuk he in his hand <br>And vyttalyt weill and has set <br>A gud wardane it for to get, <br>265 And a quhill tharin restyt he. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[King Robert sails to the Isles, is drawn between the Tarberts; <br>submission of the Islesmen] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Off him no mar now spek will we <br>Bot to King Robert will we gang <br>That we haff left unspokyn of lang. <br>Quhen he had convoyit to the se <br>270 His brodyr Edward and his menye <br>With schippes he maid him yar 271 <br>Intill the Ilis for till fare 272 <br>Walter Steward with him tuk he 273 <br>His mawch and with him gret menyhe 274 <br>275 And other men off gret noblay. 271 <br>To Tarbart thai held thar way <br>In galayis ordanyt for thar far, <br>Bot thaim worthyt draw thar schippis thar, <br>And a myle wes betwix the seys <br>280 Bot that wes lownyt all with treis. 276 <br>The king his schippis thar gert draw, <br>And for the wynd couth stoutly blaw <br>Apon thar bak as thai wald ga <br>He gert men rapys and mastis ta <br>285 And set thaim in the schippis hey 281 <br>And sayllis to the toppis tey <br>And gert men gang tharby drawand, <br>The wyind thaim helpyt that wes blawand <br>Sua that in a litill space <br>290 Thar flote all our-drawin was. 286 <br>And quhen thai that in the Ilis war <br>Hard how the gud king had thar <br>Gert his schippis with saillis ga <br>Out-our betwix the Tarbartis twa <br>295 Thai war abaysit sa uterly 291 <br>For thai wyst throu auld prophecy <br>That he that suld ger schippis sua <br>Betwix thai seis with saillis ga <br>Suld wyne the Ilis sua till hand <br>300 That nane with strenth suld him withstand. 296 <br>Tharfor thai come all to the king, <br>Wes nane withstud his bidding <br>Outakyn Jhone of Lorne allane, <br>Bot weill sone eftre wes he tane <br>305 And present rycht to the king, 301 <br>And thai that war of his leding <br>That till the king had brokyn fay <br>War all dede and distroyit away. <br>This Jhone of Lorne the king has tane <br>310 And send him furth to Dunbertane 306 <br>A quhill in presoun thar to be, <br>Syne to Louchlevyn send wes he <br>Quhar he wes quhill in festnyng, <br>I trow he maid tharin ending. <br>315 The king quhen all the Ilis war 311 <br>Brocht till his liking les and mar, <br>All that sesoun thar dwellyt he <br>At huntyng gamyn and at gle. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[Edmund de Caillou plunders the Merse] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Quhill the king apon this maner <br>320 Dauntyt the Ilis as I tell her 316 <br>The gud Schyr James of Douglas <br>Intill the Forest dwelland was <br>Defendand worthely the land. <br>That tyme in Berwik wes dwelland <br>325 Edmound de Cailow a Gascoun 321 <br>That wes a knycht of gret renoune <br>And intill Gascoune his contre <br>Lord off gret senyoury wes he. <br>He had Berwik in keping <br>330 And maid a prive gadering 326 <br>And gat him a gret cumpany <br>Of wycht men armyt jolily, <br>And the nethyr end of Tevidale <br>He prayit doun till him all hale <br>335 And of the Mers a gret party, 331 <br>Syne towart Berwik went in hy. <br>Schyr Adam of Gordoun that than <br>Wes becummyn Scottisman <br>Saw thaim dryf sua away thar fe <br>340 And wend thai had bene quhone for he 336 <br>Saw bot the fleand scaill perfay 337 <br>And thaim that sesyt in the pray. 338 <br>Than till Schyr James of Douglas 339 <br>Into gret hye the way he tais 340 <br>345 And tauld how Inglismen thair pray 341 <br>Had tane and syne went thar way 342 <br>Toward Berwik with all thar fee, 343 <br>And said thai quheyn war and gif he 344 <br>Wald sped him he suld weill lichtly 337 <br>350 Wyn thaim and reskew all the ky. 338 </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[Douglas pursues, catches and kills Caillou] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Schyr James rycht soyne gaf his assent <br>Till follow thame and furth is went <br>Bot with the men that he had thair <br>And met hym by the gat but mair. <br>355 Thai followit thame in full gret hy 343 <br>And com weill neir thame hastely <br>For or thai mycht thame fully se <br>Thai come weill ner with thair menye, <br>And than bath the forreouris and the scaill <br>360 Intill a childrome knyt all haill 348 <br>And wes a rycht fair cumpany. <br>Befor thame gert thai driff the ky <br>With knavis and swanys that na mycht <br>Had for to stand in feld and fycht, <br>365 The lave behynd thaim maid a stale. 353 <br>The Douglas saw thar lump all hale <br>And saw thaim of sa gud covyn <br>And saw thai war sa mony syne <br>That thai for ane of his war twa. <br>370 'Lordingis,' he said, 'sen it is sua 358 <br>That we haf chassyt of sic maner <br>That we now cummyn ar sa ner <br>That we may nocht eschew the fycht <br>Bot gif we fouly ta the flycht, <br>375 Lat ilkane on his lemman mene 363 <br>And how he mony tyme has bene <br>On gret thrang and weill cummyn away. <br>Think we to do rycht sua today, <br>And tak we of this furd her-by <br>380 Our avantage for in gret hy 368 <br>Thai sall cum on us for to fycht. <br>Set we than will and strenth and mycht <br>For to mete thaim rycht hardely.' <br>And with that word full hastily <br>385 He displayit his baner 373 <br>For his fayis war cummand ner <br>That quhen thai saw he wes sa quhoyne <br>Thocht thai suld with thaim sone haf done <br>And assemblit full hardely. <br>390 Thar men mycht se men fecht felly 378 <br>And a rycht cruell melle mak <br>And mony strakys giff and tak. <br>The Douglas thar weill hard wes stad, <br>Bot the gret hardyment that he hade <br>395 Comfort hys men on sic a wys 383 <br>That na man thocht on cowardys <br>Bot faucht sa fast with all thar mayn <br>That thai fele of thar fayis has slayn, <br>And thoucht thai be weill fer war ma <br>400 Than thai, yeit ure demanyt thaim sua 388 <br>That Edmound de Cailow wes ded <br>Rycht in that ilk fechtyn-stede, <br>And all the lave fra he wes done <br>War planly discomfyt sone, <br>405 And thai that chassyt sum has slayn 393 <br>And turnyt the prayis all agayn. <br>The hardast fycht forsuth this wes <br>That ever the gud lord off Douglas <br>Wes in as off sa few mengne, <br>410 For nocht had bene his gret bounte 398 <br>That slew thar chyftane in that fycht <br>His men had all to dede bene dycht. <br>He had intill custoume alway <br>Quhenever he come till hard assay <br>415 To preys him the chiftane to sla, 403 <br>And her fell hap that he did sua, <br>That gert him haff victour fele sys. <br>Quhen Schyr Edmound apon this wis <br>Wes dede the gud lord of Douglas <br>420 To the Forest his wayis tays. 408 <br>His fayis gretly gan him dred, <br>The word sprang weile fer of his deid <br>Sua that in Ingland ner tharby <br>Men spak of it commonaly. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[The challenge of Sir Robert Neville is taken up by Douglas] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">425 Schir Robert Nevile that tid 413 <br>Wonnyt at Berwik ner besid <br>The march quhar the lord Douglas <br>In the forest repayrand was <br>And had at him gret invy, <br>430 For he saw him sa manlyly 418 <br>Mak ay his boundis mar and mar. <br>He hard the folk that with him war <br>Spek off the lord Douglas mycht <br>And how he forsye wes in fycht <br>435 And how him fell oft fayr fortoun. 423 <br>He wrethyt tharat all-soun <br>And said, 'Quhat wene ye, is thar nane <br>That ever is worth bot he allane. <br>Ye set him as he wer but per, <br>440 Bot Ik avow befor you her 428 <br>Giff ever he cum intill this land <br>He sall fynd me ner at his hand, <br>And gif Ik ever his baner <br>May se displayit apon wer <br>445 I sall assembill on him but dout 433 <br>All-thocht yhe hald him never sa stout.' <br>Of this avow sone bodword was <br>Brocht to Schyr James of Douglas <br>That said, 'Gif he will hald his hycht <br>450 I sall do sa he sall haiff sycht 438 <br>Off me an my cumpany <br>Yeyt or oucht lang wele ner him by.' <br>Hys retenew than gaderyt he <br>That war gud men of gret bounte, <br>455 And till the march in gud aray 443 <br>Apon a nycht he tuk the way <br>Sua that into the mornyng arly <br>He wes with all his cumpany <br>Befor Berwik and thar he maid <br>460 Men to display his baner brad, 448 <br>And of his menye sum sent he <br>For to bryn townys twa or thre, <br>And bad thaim sone agayne thaim sped <br>Sua that on hand giff thar come ned <br>465 Thai mycht be for the fycht redy. 453 </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[Neville waits then attacks Douglas's force] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The Nevill that wyst witterly <br>That Douglas cummyn wes sa ner <br>And saw all braid stand his baner, <br>Than with the folk that with him war <br>470 And he had a gret menye thar 458 <br>For all the gud off that countre <br>Intill that tyme with him had he <br>Sua that he thar with him had then <br>Wele may then war the Scottismen, <br>475 He held his way up till a hill 463 <br>And said, 'Lordingis, it war my will <br>To mak end off the gret deray <br>That Douglas mayis us ilk day, <br>Bot me think it spedfull that we <br>480 Abid quhill his men scalit be 468 <br>Throu the countre to tak thar pray, <br>Than fersly schout on thaim we may <br>And we sall haf thaim at our will.' <br>Than all thai gaf assent thar-till <br>485 And on the hill abaid howand. 473 <br>The men fast gaderyt of the land <br>And drew till him in full gret hy. <br>The Douglas then that wes worthi <br>Thoucht it wes foly mar to bid, <br>490 Towart the hill than gan he rid, 478 <br>And quhen the Nevill saw that thai <br>Wald nocht pas furth to the forray <br>Bot pressyt to thaim with thar mycht <br>He wyst weill than that thai wald fycht <br>495 And till his mengye gan he say, 483 <br>'Lordingis, now hald we furth our way, <br>Her is the flour of the countre <br>And may then thai alsua ar we, <br>Assembill we then hardely, <br>500 For Douglas with yone yhumanry 488 <br>Sall haf na mycht till us perfay.' <br>Then in a frusch assemblyt thai, <br>Than mycht men her the speris brast <br>And ilkane ding on other fast, <br>505 And blude bryst out at woundis wid. 493 <br>Thai faucht fast apon athyr sid <br>For athyr party gan thaim payn <br>To put thar fayis on bak agayn. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[Douglas fights with and kills Neville; division of the spoils] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The lordis off Nevill and Douglas <br>510 Quhen at the fechting fellast was 498 <br>Met togidder rycht in the preys, <br>Betwix thaim than gret bargane wes. <br>Thai faucht felly with all thar maucht, <br>Gret routis ather othyr raucht, <br>515 Bot Douglas starkar wes Ik hycht 503 <br>And mar usyt alsua to fycht, <br>And he set hart and will alsua <br>For to deliver him of his fa <br>Quhill at the last with mekill mayn <br>520 Off fors the Nevill has he slayn, 508 <br>Then his ensenye hey gan cry <br>And the lave sa hardely <br>He ruschyt with his menye <br>That intill schort tym men mycht se <br>525 Thar fayis tak thaim to the flycht 513 <br>And thai thaim chassyt with all thar mycht <br>Schir Rauff Nevill in the chas <br>And the baron of Hiltoun was <br>Takyn and other of mekill mycht. <br>530 Thar wes fele slayne into that fycht 518 <br>That worthi in thar tym had bene. <br>And quhen the feld wes clengit clen <br>Sua that thar fayis everilkane <br>War slayne or chassyt awai or tan <br>535 Than gert he forray all the land 523 <br>And sesyt all that ever thai fand <br>And brynt townys in thar way, <br>Syne hale and fer cummyn ar thai. <br>The prayis amang his menye <br>540 Eftre thar meritis delt he 528 <br>And held na thing till his behuff. <br>Sic dedis aucht to ger men luff <br>Thar lord, and sua thai did perfay. <br>He tretyt thaim sa wisly ay <br>545 And with sa mekill luff alsua 533 <br>And sic avansement wald ma <br>Off thar deid that the mast cowart <br>He maid stoutar then a libart, <br>With cherysing thusgat maid he <br>550 His men wycht and of gret bounte. 538 </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[The reputation of Douglas] </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Quhen Nevill thus was brocht to ground <br>And of Cailow auld Schyr Edmound, <br>The drede of the lord of Douglas <br>And his renoune sa scalit was <br>555 Throu-out the marchis of Ingland 543 <br>That all that war tharin wonnand <br>Dred him as the fell devill of hell, <br>And yeit haf Ik hard otfsys tell <br>That he sa gretly dred wes than <br>560 That quhen wivys wald childer ban 548 <br>Thai wald rycht with ane angry face <br>Betech thaim to the blak Douglas. <br>562A For with thair taill he wes mair fell <br>562B Than wes ony devill in hell. <br>Throu his gret worschip and bounte <br>Sua with his fayis dred wes he <br>565 That thaim growyt to her his name. 553 <br>He may at ese now dwell at hame <br>A quhill for I trow he sall nocht <br>With fayis all a quhile be socht. <br>Now lat him in the Forest be, <br>570 Off him spek now no mar will we, 558 <br>Bot off Schyr Edward the worthi <br>That with all his chevalry <br>Wes at Cragfergus yeit liand <br>To spek mar we will tak on hand.</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 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