Erll Malcom syne at the west yett abaid; With him the Boid, that gud jornays had maid.
Be that Schir Jhone had set the yettin fyr; Nane wes tharin at gret defens couth ma, Bot wemen fast sar wepand in to wa.
Fra the west yett drew all the Scottis haill 865 To the fechtaris; quhen Sotheroun saw na waill, Bot in agayn full fast thai can thaim sped; The knycht Dundass prewyt so douchty deid.
In at the yett the Sotheroun can him ta, On to the erll thai led him haistelé.
The Sothroun socht quhar Wallace was in drede; 245 Thai wyst nocht weylle at quhat yett he in yeide.
Gyff ony ischet, the fyr quhen that thai saw, Fast to [the] yett he ordand thaim to draw.
Than Wallace tuk with him fourty, but less, 495 Till Roxburgh yett raid sone, or he wald cess.
Our neyr the yett full bandounly he baid, Wyth a gud suerd full gret maister he maid; 870 Fol.
The yett thai wan, for castell was thar nayn, Bot mudwall werk withoutyn lym or stayn.
Syne with his fute the yett he straik wp rycht, Quhill braiss and band to byrst all at anyss.
The beggar man he thumped at the yett Till bolt and bar did flee, O, And aye he swore, as he thumped again, That denied he wadna be, O.
The beggar man he thumped at the yett Till bolt and bar did flee, O, When wha should come out but the laird himsel, And an angry man was he, O.
I could but aknowlege the wisdomm and pyety of this speche; yett whenn I see ye peopel going bye in their black rayment, I envy the young Gennerel his gloreous deth, and I wish I was laying amongst the plane on the hites of Quebeck.
She is yett but ayteen yeres of age, wich is young to make a change; so I tell Mrs. N.
Bot yett I feire, thou wilt gae neire 20 Thy fatheris hart, and face to beire.
Then spake the blind beggar, Although I bee poore, Yett rayle not against my child at my own doore: Though shee be not decked in velvett and pearle, Yett will I dropp angells with you for my girle.
And though shee was of favor most faire, 5 Yett seeing shee was but a poor beggars heyre, Of ancyent housekeepers despised was shee, Whose sonnes came as suitors to prettye Bessee.
His markes and his tokens are knowen very well; He alwayes is led with a dogg and a bell: A seely olde man, God knoweth, is hee, 75 Yett hee is the father of pretty Bessee.
To see 'im the nicht afore last come hame to the verra yett wi' Aggie, was enouch to anger the sanct 'at I'm no.
Iff ye be dysposyd to goo, as I tolde hym that ye weer, yett wer it nott best that ye lete it be knowe tyll thys mater be doone, and then ye maye acordyng to yowr promyse lete my Ladye have knowleche ther off.
Some of her bones in Warwicke yett Still for a monument doe lye;[259] And there exposed to lookers viewe As wonderous strange, they may espye.
I consider it is notyett terme time and since you could not have the pleasure of the first sight, I resolved you should have a full relation from "Yo^r most aff^nate Mother "A NORTH.
Shee confesseth (which is the truth) hereselfe to be altogether yett vnfitt for such a condition, shee beinge a verie girl and but 15 yeares of age.
The Danish armyes once great honnour wonne Upon this Land; yett conquered but a part.
See who it is, whose actions doe bewraye That threefold power, which rarely mixt wee see; A judgment grave, and yett a fancy gaye joynd with a rich remembrance, That is hee.
It is soo that he and I bothe have ben in hand with my unkyll[145-1] for hys mater, and yett wee have hym at noo good poynt; but I troste we schall have.
According to hir apechement, Raff Taylour is over the see; Robert Fenne is dede; John Baker and William Taylour ar yett untakyn.
The news unto the bonnie bride came That at the yett there stands an auld man.
Then fell the brown an yellow leaf Afore the knight o luve shawed prief; Three morns the winter's rime did fa, When loud at our yett my luve did ca.
Forth came dame Gueneuer, to the mantle shee her bed; The ladye shee was new-fangle, but yett shee was affrayd.
O I hae been porter at your yett This thirty years and a' but three; There stands the fairest lady thereat That ever my twa een did see.
My father was an old knight, And yett it chanced soe That he marryed a younge lady That brought me to this woe.
Yes, ffayre ladye, I know itt well, Once of a woman I was borne; Yett ffor noe birth that Mary bore, Thy smocke shall not be left here vpon.
Noe, Douglas, quoth Erle Percy then, Thy proffer I doe scorne; 150 I will not yeelde to any Scott, That everyett was borne.
To make bad worse, just in the heart of the brattle, the grating sound of the yett turning on its rusty hinges was but too plainly heard.
I have now in Lough-leven been The most part of these years three, 150 Yett have I never had noe outrake, Ne no good games that I cold see.
Yett for the manfull part hee playd, Which fought soe well with heart and hand, 190 His men shall have twelvepence a day, Till they come to my brother kings high land.
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