Seyne with mykyl of hys howsold and a grete market; and then fro that gate upward lay my Lord of Urmound,[8.
And the Mount of Synay is clept the Desert of Syne, that is for to seyne the bussche brennynge: because there Moyses sawghe oure Lord God many tymes, in forme of fuyr brennynge upon that hille; and also in a bussche brennynge; and spak to him.
The which lond of Lybye, (that is to seyne Libye the lowe) that begynnethe at the See of Spayne, fro thens where the Pyleres of Hercules ben, and durethe unto aneyntes Egipt and towards Ethiope.
Item, I pray yow that ye wyll make aqwetance on to the person of Mawtby[66-3] and to John Seyne as executors to John Dawbeney, for they wyll take non admynystracyon of hys goodis tyll they be aqwetansyd of youre and my modyr.
And in this yere the kyng changed hise armys: and also the kyng made the coyne of goold; that is for to seyne the noble, the half noble, and the ferthyng.
They seyn right thus, that thynge is nat to come, For that the prescience hath seyne byfore That it shal come; but they seyn that therfore That it shal come, therfor the purveyaunce Woot it bifore, withouten ignorance.
But what shal I seyne of dignitees {and} of powers.
The best and largest are those which cross to La Seyne (p.
The French Riviera 122 Marseilles to Toulon, passing several pretty little towns, of which the most important is La Seyne (p.
Pallynges for fere of the plage, and have comyn seyne [come and seen] my wyffve, and specyally to have de syrid us to meve zow towardes them, and in trowthe so she hasse.
Sythe I was ther, I undyr stande yf it had not happyd me to have seyne them as zester day, she wold this day have made her cowntenance to have seyn her nes, Bothas (?
I horde seyne that herr husband wille nowt of her, nerr of her chyld that sche had last nowdyr.
Summe seyne it was to ride toward my Lord of York, and summe .
Quhen thair discurrowris seyne has swa The Scottis host, thai went in hy And tald thair lordis all opynly, How thai till thaim wer cummand ner; To seik thame fer wes na myster.
And quhen the Erll Thomas had seyne That thai men at the hill had beyne, He tuk with him a gude menyhe, On hors ane hundreth thai mycht be, And till the hill thai tuk the way.
And quhen the lord Douglas has seyne That he had lesit thar his payne, Toward the King he went agane.
And quhen the Kyng his host has seyne 140 So gret, so gud men, and so cleyne, He wes richt joyfull in his thoucht, And weil presumyt thar wes nocht In warld a Kyng mycht him withstand.
And quhen the Inglis men has seyne The Erll and all his men be-deyne 570 Fecht sa stoutly, but effraying, Rycht as thai had nane abaysing, Thai pressit thame with all thar mycht.
Sa weile defendyt he his men, 55 That quha-sa-evir had seyne him then Prove sa worthely vasselage, And turn sa oft sythis the visage, He suld say he awcht weill to be A king of gret rewate.
And thai lap on and furth thai raid; Weill horsit men with thame thai had: And soyn the gret host haf thai seyne 460 Quhar scheldis schynand war so scheyne, And basnetis weill burnyst bricht, That gaf agane the sonne gret licht.
The Erll sperit giff he had seyne The Inglis host; "Yha, Schir, but weyne.
I trow, mycht thai haf seyne cleirly, That gat had nocht beyn undirtane, 592 Thouch thai to let thame had nocht ane.
The Erll, that wicht wes and worthy, And his men faucht so manfully, That quha sa had seyne thaim that day, 585 I trow forsuth that thai suld say That thai suld do thair devour wele, Swa that thair fayis suld it feill.
Quhen thai hadseyne this gud knycht was so ner, Weyle he him knew, and tauld thaim quhat he was; Meruaille he had quhat gart him hiddyr pass, Maide him gud cheyr of meyttis fresche and fyne.
The wrang conquest our king desiris ay; 295 “On hym or vs it sall be seyne some day.
Dunkane off Lorn has seyne the sodeyne cace; Fra gud Cambell he went to seik Wallace, Sum help to get off thar turment and teyne.
A hardy man, that is lykly with all, Gret fawour will off fortoun till him fall, 1140 Anent wemen is seyne in mony place.
Cruell strakis forsuth thar mycht be seyne On athir syde, quhill blud ran on the greyne.
Thai had leuir haif seyne him with thair eyne, 140 Leyffand in lyff, as thai knew him befor, Than of cler gold a fyne mylyone and mor.
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