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Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1831 Excerpt: ...weill doing. Said Ideas I grant thare till, Ze haue refraned me with íkill. For fra the body want valour, the hart zarnis to win honour, And weill on thame dar trauell take, And na trauell nor pane forsake. It is ferly that worthy leuis, Gif he his tyme in armes geues. Thus thay spoke of thir bacheleris, that worthy war and wicht in weris, Baith lang and large stout and hardy, And thay tua faucht ensorsitly. the tane of thame had sone bene dede, Or may fall baith into that stede. 221 quhen Quhen thay of Inde and of Calde, Buríhit togidder thare Intermelle, And gart thame part without mair íkaith, All was it maugre thair is baith. Ane Intermelle man mycht thare find, Of the knichtis of Grece and Ind, Fulfillit of despite and pryde, Geuand and takand woundis wyde Arreste that was gude at neid. Come prekand on ane bausoun steid. Couerit vnder his scheld strekand his speir, In helm enbuíhit Ioynt in his gere, And vpone Caldeanes can cry, Clarus sone prince of amory, Turne the vassale schame is to fle, Abyde or thow sall fleand de, Quhen Caleos hard he was wraith. And turnit the hors and bodie baith, In sterapis straucht Ioynt in his weid, Brandissand his speir he zeid, Togiddir thay straik in the blasonis, Quhill scheildis brist and habirgeonis, And ilkane vther woundit sare. To the erd baith bakuartis bare, Thay start on fute delyuerly, The waykast had na will to ly, Thay knichtis rais that war curious. Hardy and stout and dispittus, Nouthir of thame preiffit vther greatly, Bot athir throw his mycht anerly, Wend the wourthiest for to be, And to vincus that semble. Arreste deualester was wourthy, Mekill and stark stout and hardy, And in armes conquerand, Egir and als assailzeand. And Caleos was zoung and gay, And fers and stout forout astray...
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