Bawburdie sayis be the Trinitie That scho sall beir yow cumpanie Howbeit ye byde ane yeir[515].
So thou hes keepit captive all the thrie, More glaid to byde then to returne agane.
And Laban answered: it is better y^t I geue her the/ than to another man: byde therfore with me.
And they sayde: nay/ but we willbyde in the streates all nyghte.
The thirde daye Abraham lyfte vp his eyes and sawe the place a farr of/ and sayde vnto his yong men: byde here with the asse.
Now therfore let me thy servaunt byde here for y^e lad/ & be my lordes bondman: & let the lad goo home with his brethern.
Ye folys that haue in fortune confydence: And boste you of welth and of prosperyte Leue of your foly, and note by euydence: Hir cours vnsure: and hir mutabylyte None in this lyfe can byde in one degre But somtyme hye, than after pore and lowe.
Adel was herich, men alsa ring sin tat fallen was and hi seten, sand hi bistonda bodon nei Berth-holda hira tat hin, as-er sine toghter to wif hava machte.
Hwat ther al far fallen is, n-is my navt ni meld, men sa fuel is mi bar wrden, an byde sida there haves mvde is ene withburch bvwed, ther in is folk leid that Friso uta Saxanamarka tach.
To hinkande vr byde syda, to malande her vm seda ner vm plega, hit ne sy that et were for hjara ajne held.
Then let vs go hence, with kindnes my her ye do kyll +Health+ I pray you let vs go, wherfore do webyde styll.
Thai stude than rangit all on raw, Reddy for till byde battale, Gif ony folk wald thame assale.
I: 305 "Yheit fled I nevir sekirly, "And I cheis heir to byde and de "Than till lif heir and schamfully fle.
The Galloway men herd thair cummyng And fled, that durst nocht byde no mair.
Schir Amery the King has seyn, With his men that war cant and keyn, 280 Cum to the playn doune fra the hill, As him thoucht in-to full gud will For to defend or till assaill, Gif ony wald hym byde battale.
Me think it na foly to byde "Yhour men, that spedis thame to ryde.
The constabill wes slayn richt thar: And fra he fell, the remanand Fled quhar thai best mycht to warrand: Thai durst nocht byde na mak debat.
And thai, that in the wodsyde weir, Stude in aray richt sarraly, 140 And thoucht to byde thair hardely The cummyng of thair enymys.
Whyl I bydein yowre bor3e, be bayn to 3ow[r]e hest.
Quhethir is mare vertu till a man to assail[gh]e, or to byde in felde.
I the requyr, suffir me to assay With my retenew and thir handis tway The first danger in batale, or I stent: Byde thou behynd on fut in enbuschment, 20 And kepe the wallis of this tovn, scho said.
Our mesis and our mete thai reft away, And with thar laithly twich al thing fyle thai; Thar voce alsso was vgsum fortil heir, 5 With sa corruppit flewyr nane mycht byde neir.
Byde me sewyn dayis in this forest strang: 355 “Yhe may get fude, supposs I duell so lang.
Schyr Ranald was wiss, and kest in his entent; 70 And said I will byde at the Mernys all nycht: So Inglissmen may deyme ws no wnrycht, Gyff ony be deide befor ws vpon cass, That we in law may bide the rychtwisnass.
Rycht glaid he was of Wallace cumpany, Welcummyt him fayr with worschipe reuerandlye; At his awne will desyryt, gyff he walde 165 To byde thair still maistyr of his houshald; Off all his men he suld haile chyftayne be.
Schyr Ranald was wiss, and kest in his entent; And said, “I will byde at the Mernys all nycht.
Then a' thing gaed frae fause Tamas, And there was naething byde him wi'; Then he thought lang for Arrandella, It was fair Annie for to see.
My trowth ys plyght to yonne Skottysh knyght, 45 It nedes me not to layne, That I schulde byde hym upon thys bent, And I have hys trowth agayne.
I pray God be your gode spyde in all your maters, and yef yow grace to have a gode conclusyon of hem in haste for thys ys to wyry a lyffe to a byde for you and all youre.
And thys next wyke I purpose on Wensday or Thursday to be at Haylesdon, and to a byde ther a wyke or ij.
Sone after that, doun in thy bed thee leye, And sey, thow mayst no lenger up endure, And lye right there, and byde thyn aventure.
For every wight that hath an hous to founde 1065 Ne renneth nought the werk for to biginne With rakel hond, but he wol byde a stounde, And sende his hertes lyne out fro with-inne Alderfirst his purpos for to winne.
My lorde your father he gretes yow well, Wyth many a noble knyght; He desyres yow to byde That he may see thys fyght.
My trowth ys plyght to yonne Skottysh knyght, It nedes me not to layne, That I schalde byde hym upon thys bent, And I have hys trowth agayne.
And then bespake a lady faire, Mary a Douglas was her name: You shall byde here, good English lord, 55 My brother is a traiterous man.
Sone after that, doun in thy bed thee leye, And sey, thow mayst no lenger up endure, And ly right there, and byde thyn aventure.
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