The Buik of Alexander: Or: The Buik of the Most Noble and Valiant Conquerour Alexander the Grit, Issue 12Society, 1921 |
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Page 152 - Of amouris and his worfhep all, And of the gude thairof micht fall. Thay bourded and gamed faft, Thare fpeche ordaned thay at laft.
Page 138 - Weill maid with lymrnes fare and lang. 117 (18). Cf . Of all schaip was he richt wele maid With arrays large and schoulderis braid. 42 (2). Thair sail nane that is borne of wyfe. 138 (9). better than he Micht never of woman borne be. 423 (19). Saw never jit na wyfis gone.
Page 115 - ... hes he with him nommin, The mekill hofte thame after raid, In cumpany that war lang and braid. Thair leder was auld Caflamus, That led thame to tempill Marcus, The King lap doun and boun him made, The folk that tyme in cuftome hade, All cled in quhyte with legges bare. He entred in withouttin mare. All that he nedit he with him brocht. To his intent he leued nocht. Emynedus and all the laif, Baid thairout baith knicht and knaif, The dur he opned and in he gais, 120 And And hony and oyle he with...
Page 65 - Inventaire des manuscrits en langue française possédés par Francesco Gonzaga I, capitaine de Mantoue...
Page 87 - For kynde had nurifhed him fa weill, Of all verteuis that man may feill, For nocht was wantand in that wyfe, That mycht put ony man to pryfe. For wife he was and debonare, Hardy kynd courtes and fare, To witnes dar I draw Venus Mars Neptune and Mercurius.
Page 87 - ... in his ftede. Gaudefere of Effefoun The eldeft hecht, the other Betoun. EfFefoun is ane fair cite, That in the marches of Calde, Of thair mother fyde thame falles, With caftels touris and mony walles For duke Betys hir brother was, That aucht Gaderis and lofaphas. Ane dauchter hes Gaudefere alfua, Nane farar thing on erd may ga, To name thay call hir Fezonas, Ane farar figure neuer was, Bot aid Clarus the King of Inde, In his bandoun he walde hir binde, And wed hir all agane hir will. Bot hir...
Page 151 - Na to the fhamefull helpis it nocht. Schir faid the Bauderane ze ar worthy, Weill taucht and full of courtefly. To here zow I am defyrous, And I to fay is richt ioyous. Said Caflamus fare maydin fre, Sail I {hew zow za fhir parde. Certis be Neptune faid Caflamus, I am wele auld and ryatus. Bot of eld it is the richt, For to be crabed day and nicht. Schent worth he that crabis him ocht, Schir Bauderane ferly zow nocht. Lo heir thre wenchis full pietuous, And we ar thre ftark and vertuous, Sa our Goddis...
Page 131 - It femis weill quhair hartis failzeis The laif of lymmes lytle vailzeis. And quha hes hart hardy and gude, Strenth him doubilles in mane and mude. Quha luiffis honour he feikes it ay. Cowartis dois worfhip at delay. Quha feis gude the gude fuld cone, And of gude father fuld cum gude fone. Gif he be nocht gude but vnhappy, Or gottin into baftardy. Men will him hait in dede and thocht. Dredes he na mame he countis nocht. Marciane...
Page 205 - ... fho than, And fpak ay taryand him hethingfully, Schir wraik zow nocht fa egarly. Ze lufe with lele hart and trew, Ane lady fare and bricht of hew, Worthy and of gude hauing, And fhir na raith fuld haue refting, quharefa the lufe had harbry tane, The Bauderane than faid on ane, Dame ze fay futh be all that is, Sa and God will I think I wis, And with fyne hart and ftedfaftly, Quhen fwete vmbethinking fuddanly, Me takes and partes my hart in tua. And thyrlis fumtyme with thochtis thra. quha fa micht...
Page 87 - ... deir, That deit at Gaderis quhan zour furreir, Raid in Forray fa fturdely, Emynedus flew him velanoufly. Bot wald God Grant throw his poufte, That I micht anes vpon him fe, For all the gould fra thine to France, I wald nocht let to tak vengeance. CASSAMVS than faid the King, Lat be and fpeik of vther thing. And mak we iudgement vs betuene, Thow wait richt weill withouttin wene, That quhen men cumis in battell place, Quha will be gude he man purchace. How he may beft auanfit be. Gif Gaudefeir...