If I weare a dogge nowe and coold hunt dry foote[68] I could smell them out presently.
Ah for a tricke to make this Beeches trash Forsake his cofer and to rest in mine!
If they have I sweare they have showed themselves much madder then the tempest.
For her content and pleasure, such as canott bee Hop't or expected from her husband's age; And these my frendly wishes she returnes Not only in kind language but sweete smiles, The least of which breede som Incoradgement.
Heele cursse you both, that thus have hindered His freedom from this goale of sinfull flesh.
If where hee dwells you misse him, then demande Att every bey what shippinge late went out.
Post to thy mayster, bid him meete us heare: Mean tyme my menn shall rayse the villagers Boathe in the reskewe of these innocent maydes And in defens of holly priveledge.
And als he sperd, quhy Wallace tuk on hand 535 The felloun stryff, in defens off Scotland.
The Sotheroun men maid gretdefens agayn, Quhill on the wallys thar was a thousand slayn.
The Scottis defens so sykkyr was and keyn, 850 Sotheroun stud aw to enter thaim amang; Feill to the ground thai our threw in that thrang.
The Sotheron men maid gret defens that tid, With artailye, that felloune was to bid.
Barrellis off pyk for the defenswas hungyn thar; 1055 All strak in fyr, the myscheiff was the mar.
The Sotheroun made defens full cruelly; All occupyit was this gud chewalry.
Schyr Jhon Ramsay to Couper castell raid; 1115 That hous he tuk, for defens nayn was maid.
Ws worthis now sum wayis for thaim to se, “Contrar thair mycht a gud defens to mak.
For gret defens thai garnest thaim within: A felloun salt with out thai can begyn; Gert woid the ost in four partis about, 745 With wachys feyll, that no man suld wsche out.
The merchandis als, with sic thing as thai mycht, Prewyt full weill in defens off thair rycht.
Thretty thai slew, that was in that samyn place; To mak defens the Inglissmen had no space.
His men he gat, rycht glaid quhen thai him saw; Till thair defens in haist he gart thaim draw; 790 Deuoydyde him sone of the womannys weid: Thus chapyt he out of that felloun dreid.
To mak defensna ma was lewyt thar: He thaim commaund out off the land to far; Spulyeit the place, and spilt all at thai mocht.
Be that Schir Jhone had set the yett in fyr; Nane wes tharin at gret defens couth ma, Bot wemen fast sar wepand in to wa.
The Inglissmen maid gretdefens agayn With schot and cast, for thai war mekill off mayn.
And thai abovin defendit ay, And set thame till so harde assay, Quhill that feill of thame woundit war: 655 And thai so gret defens maid thar, That thai styntit thair fais mycht.
And quhen the mekill Inglis rout 370 Herd at King Robert wes so neir, The mast part of thame that thar weir Went to the path and tuk the bra, Thair thoucht thai thair defens to ma.
Bot the laiff war assalyheand all On ilka syde sa egyrly, 725 That certis it wes gret ferly, That thai folk sic defens has maid, For the gret myscheif that they had.
Walter Stewardis gret bounte Atour the laif commendit he, 920 For the richt gret defens he maid At the yhet, quhar men brynt had The brig, as yhe herd me devis.
Bot he sa gret defens can mak, That, quhar he hit with evin strak, 164 Thar mycht no thing agane it stand.
A felloun slauchtir maid thai thair, That thai, that liand nakit war, Hed na power defens to ma; And thai but pite can thame sla.
Gretar defensmaid nevir sa quhoyne Agane so feill, as thai have doyne.
Quhen thai away thus ridand wer, And nadefens begouth to schop, Of Dunkelden the gude bischop, That men callit Willyhame Syncler 575 Com with a rout in gud manere, I trow on hors thai war sexty.
For thai of Lorn, full manlely, 72 Grete and apert defens can ma.
It wes ane hard assalt, perfay, And certis, I hard nevir say Quhar quheyn men mair defens had maid, That swa richt hard assalyheing had.
Full gret debait he maid, as that he mocht; Ourset he was, defenswas all for nocht.
Hys fax and berd was fadyt quhar he stude, And all hys hayr was glotnyt ful of blude; Full mony woundis on his body bayr he, Quhilk, in defens of hys natyve cuntre, 30 About the wallys of Troy ressavyt he had.
With a gret sold of gold fey Priamus 15 Secretly vmquhile send this Polidorus, Quhilk was his son, to Polynestor kyng Of Trace, to kepe and haue in nurysyng, Quhen first of Troiane defens begouth he dowt, And saw the town besegyt all abowt.
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