I dare say you don't know--you blackguard young puppy you!
We had hardly raised our elbows from the table when it was spread with a white cloth, and set with white platters and with white bread, and a brown soup was poured out of the spout of a bright tin pot.
In the surrounding districts the peasant is apt to be indifferent towards matters of religious practice and equally indifferent towards other ideals and spiritual things.
Fast by the collar Wallace couth him ta; Wndyr his hand the knyff he bradit owt, For all his men that semblyt him about: Bot help him selff he wsyt of no remede; 225 With out reskew he stekyt him to dede.
Sa awfull thing off sic he neuir saw; Thaim to rasyst him selff can to thaim draw, In to the stour left his men fechtand still, To meit thai carllis that com with egyr will.
For weill he saw thai had him at inwye; Still with him selff he gert him bid forthi.
Wpon him selff mekill trawaill he tais; The gret battaill compleit apon him gais.
Off Wallace end my selffwald leiff, for dredis To say the werst; bot rychtwysnes me ledis.
Off thar cummyng my selff has na plesance; “Herfor mon we wyrk with ordinance.
Throuch owt the land thai past in gud aray; A sembly place so fand thai in thar way, Quhilk Ramswaith hecht, as Jop himselff thaim tald; Fehew was lord and captayne in that hald.
We haiff nocht losyt in this feild bot a knycht: ‘And Scotland now in sic perell is stad, ‘To leyff it thus my selff mycht be full mad.
Eftir souper Wallace bad thaim ga rest: “My selff will walk, me think it may be best.
We hartlie prayse God, quha movit the hart of the Erle of Arrane to joyne himselff with us, his persecuteit brethren; bot how maliciouse ane ley it is, that we have promesit to sett him up in authoratie, the ischew sall declair.
Item, Fylit, for assembling him selff with Sathane, att the Kingis returning to Denmark; quhair Satan promeist to raise ane mist, and cast the Kingis Majestie in Ingland.
And thairefter within tua yeir she bure her first bairne And being delyverit in hir sisteris hous the blak man cam to her that first came to hir in Lochquhaber And callit him selff ane farie man.
I come home I intende to come to you to submytt my selff to you to do with me what you wyll.
The King him-selff was in-till ane, And Schir James off Dowglas 475 In-to the tothir party was.
And whensoever that ye shall let me see the contrarye, I shall grant my selff to have bene deceaved in that poynt.
That was off freyndis weill mychty, And ryche of moble, and off cateill; And had bene till his fadyr leyll; And till him selff in his yowthed.
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