Chapter 39

[v_371]Threttieis from H. Others give numerals.

[v_388]C haslaid(S), which is no rhyme.

[v_447]Is from E. C readsBot the tithandis war scalit sone(S), which leavesCom(449) without a subject.

[v_448]Is from C. E hasOff this deid that Douglas has done.

[v_483]Name a misreading: see note.

[v_*506]In C and H. E omits.

[v_507]C hasworthy(S) fordowtitin E.

[v_576]Cthar(S).

[v_577]Call-weldand(S), which is a syllable short.

[v_586]C and H havesyde of. E omits.

[vi_7]C givessair(S): Eswa, which is needed to correlate withThat.

[vi_14]C hasthe thre(S).

[vi_18]C hasby(S). Ebe, which is the correct Scots form.

[vi_24]It thatin C and S.

[vi_31]Ethai. Cthair(S).

[vi_56]C hasOn(S), butcf.line 86, where S adoptsourfrom H.

[vi_84]E givesthai to gidder mycht lang ga, and H similarly.

[vi_*85]*85-92 are from C. They are not consistent with 103-106, and these again are not in agreement with 295, 296. E omits the first set.

[vi_92]C arrangesBot he thair still thoucht(S).

[vi_184]E and H givetwynnys,twynnesforcummyn.

[vi_288]C haswoundis wyde(S), but there is no hint of the King’s wounds;cf.line 315. E hasrowtis roid. Hroutes red.Cf., however, Bk. XV., 54, which indicates that the line is a stock one in both forms.

[vi_325]Eperfyt. Ha perfite.

[vi_360]EMellyt.

[vi_364]E hasThat, as him thocht, war hard to ta. HThat him thought was hard to ta.

[vi_373]Eay still.

[vi_397]EAnd send.

[vi_511]From E. C hasThat cum in Cumnok to seik the King(S), which leaves the first group of subjects without a predicate. H hasCame in.

[vi_514]Hthree. E iiij, a stroke too many.

[vi_561]C hashe knew(S). E and H as text.

[vi_594]From E. C hasAnd let hym na-wis pas yhow fra(S), passing suddenly to direct speech. H hasyou.

[vi_*Rubric]The rubric is from H, inserted at line 598. C runs on.

[vi_656]CBot till(S). E givesthe. Skeat in his note suggests to = too fortill!

[vi_657]C hasThat slew four or I slew ane(S). E as in text, and H similarly.

[vi_661]C beginsThe(S).

[vii_126]In EThat he wes the selvyn Robert king.

[vii_153]HAnd strake(S). C E as text.

[vii_174]EMen worthis.

[vii_181, 182]Edrey—wey.

[vii_*203, 204]Not in E, but in C and H (S).

[vii_210]E omitsall.

[vii_236]Einwith nycht.

[vii_*301-305]*301-305 not in E, running on from the secondtrastly.

[vii_323]Ehundir.

[vii_331]Eto warrand.

[vii_359]C hasall fre(S).

[vii_371]EThis nycht atcur all othir thing. H as in C.

[vii_378]EAnd that his wes gane al fre.

[vii_459]CHad hym.

[vii_484]Not in E, which has after 485The thrid eschapyt nocht alsua. H as in C.

[vii_494]C hasall a quhile(S), whereallseems a duplication of the preceding syllable.

[vii_556]C hasAnd by(S).

[vii_605]Cdiscumfit(S), which is metrically short, and does not suit the context or the sense.

[vii_623]Eroucht nocht him to lee. Hraught him routes three, which so far supports the reading of the text.

[viii_28]CMachyrn-noxis.

[viii_31]Efourty. Hsixtie.

[viii_34]ENether-foord, and so in H, differing from his own rubric.

[viii_59]From E (S).Thoucht throu the wode to pass(C).

[viii_75]Cwes(S).

[viii_144]C hasernystfully(S). Hangerly, agrees with E.

[viii_154]EQuharof he was bath glaid and blyth. H agrees with C.

[viii_326]Cstekit(S) forskalyt.

[viii_339]Cweill and(S).

[viii_375]Che had(S).

[viii_381]Cdebonar(S).

[viii_427]EJedworthis.

[viii_482]E hason othir sid.

[viii_491]Ehis coffer.

[viii_*493, *495]From C (S); not in E or H. The first is probably misplaced to begin with, and the second inserted to complete the couplet (see note).

[viii_506]Ewith mekill mycht.

[viii_520]Cranowne(S). Hrenounie.

[ix_147]Evailyhe quod vailyhe.

[ix_210, 211]C omits; in E and H.

[ix_257]E givesrycht(S). C hasthame.

[ix_299]Cneir fifty(S). Eweile.

[ix_309]Skeat readsAponfromAll onin C;cf.lines 329, 460. E hasThat wes on the: H similarly.

[ix_338]C hasOlifert(S), butOlifardon record as in E.

[ix_359]C givesowkis(S).

[ix_*374-*377]Four lines from C and H. E omits for usual reason.

[ix_575]CCarcat: S adoptsCatcart.

[ix_666]ELyk wes nane in his day. Neither reading is quite satisfactory. Skeat puts a comma afternane, but what, then, is the subject ofwes? Is it not a suppressed relative?—that?Cf.x. 86.

[ix_671]C omitsrychtand insertsfull gud. Skeat adopts both, but one is surely superfluous.

[ix_686]E hasAnd herd ane say tharin, “The devill!”H like C.

[x_72]Cmanfully(S), which is not a rhyme.

[x_81]Ebut delay.

[x_113-115]E has—sturdelyA sege set; and besylyAssaylit,etc.

[x_113-115]E has—

sturdelyA sege set; and besylyAssaylit,etc.

[x_118]Cis wan(S), which is certainly wrong.

[x_126]Emar duelling.

[x_*154, *156]E omits. In C and H.

[x_192]E and H haveIn this swete tyme.

[x_230]C hasAnd he that wald no longer let.

[x_*274-*276]In E, but omitted by Pinkerton.

[x_305]Ein his myster.

[x_316]Cwes(S).

[x_319]Cmycht get(S).

[x_359]C hasThat wes a man rycht craftyus. Text from E and H (S).

[x_471]E hasbe clene;cf.line 124.

[x_516]C hasthrou vietory, from which S adoptsvoidry= “cunning” as “a shrewd guess.” Text from E.

[x_529]E Hmysfure.

[x_531]In Cpert, Ecuryus(S).

[x_568]Eyhe think.

[x_650]Eclumbene.

[x_742]EThat is yheit in-till; butcf.line 746.

[xi_94]E hasAnd off the worthyast of Bretangny.

[xi_*97, *98]omitted by P.

[xi_*103, *106]Not in E. In C. H.

[xi_109]Cin-till playn male ... battale(S). H as in E.

[xi_120]E viii.:pulaile. H as in C.

[xi_161]EThat knawin.

[xi_191]Cfelde(S). E Hland.

[xi_235]C hasassemblit worthely(S). Hhailly, as in E.

[xi_259]Ehamly. Hhamely. Cmyldly(S).

[xi_285]Enede away. Cneidwais gay. Reading from H (S).

[xi_287]Epassand. There is a difficulty in either reading.

[xi_309]CThai had assouerans, trast trewly!(S). HThai had affiance soverainely.

[xi_326]Cand nocht(S).

[xi_336]Cof Ilis(S). He was “of Islay.”

[xi_350]E omits. In C and H. E gives after line 351In gud aray in alkin thing.

[xi_376]Ethair mess commounaly.

[xi_440]Csaid he(S).

[xi_443]Cpast(S). Hsould passe.

[xi_453]CSuld help(S).

[xi_519]EFour lordys off.

[xi_527]CBe.

[xi_537]CAnd beneth, but S drops theAnd. EAnd newth. HAnd beneath.

[xi_538]EWeill newth.

[xi_547]Efallen.

[xi_655]Itin E H. C omits (S).

[xii_18]Cane gay. Ea litill. Ha gray(S).

[xii_25]C omitsquhen(S).

[xii_33]E Hbow-schote.

[xii_57]Cruschit(S).

[xii_87]Cwes(S).

[xii_119]CFor(S).AndE H.

[xii_121]Efruschit.

[xii_134]Csad(S). E Hhard.

[xii_168]ERabutyt apon sic maner. H similarly.

[xii_206]CTill(S).

[xii_*209]Saying that nouther life nor dead*209To sik discomfort sould them leadThat they sould eschew the feghting.In heart he had great rejoycing.*212These lines in H only, not in C E. They do not fit into the text. Line *212 is a doublet of 209.

[xii_*209]

Saying that nouther life nor dead*209To sik discomfort sould them leadThat they sould eschew the feghting.In heart he had great rejoycing.*212

These lines in H only, not in C E. They do not fit into the text. Line *212 is a doublet of 209.

[xii_214]Cyscheill(S).

[xii_216]Cbattale(S). Ebataillis.

[xii_234]Cilk man suld(S). E Hay God will.

[xii_246]Cwifis(S).

[xii_255]CTo(S). EThat. HGif.

[xii_256]EThat deyt on roid for mankyn heid. HFor to prevaile into this steed.

[xii_342]CThe best knycht of thair chevelry(S). H as E.

[xii_371]CHerrodis(S).Cf.Language: l.

[xii_395]CFor in the Kers pollis ther war(S).

[xii_397]CTa mak(S), wheretais clearly a slip.

[xii_405]For 405 E hasilkane all hale.

[xii_*406, *407]Not in E, but in C and H.

[xii_431]Cwar rad(S).

[xii_438-9]CAnd till the battale maid thame yhar(S). H as in E.

[xii_447]CSo plainly(S).

[xii_460]CYhe sall withdraw(S); so too in H. E as in text.

[xii_473]Esall.

[xii_490]CWe sall it se but delaying(S). E H as in text.

[xii_527]Efrusch. Hfrush.

[xii_544]CQuhill(S).

[xiii_3, 4]Cwes ... Dougles(S).

[xiii_109]Etynt clenly.

[xiii_116]CThat so(S).

[xiii_127]Egrathyt sua. Hcumbred.

[xiii_*131-*144]Now ga we on them sa hardely,*131And ding on them sa doughtely,That they may feele, at our comming,That we them hate in meekle thing:For great cause they have us made,*135That occupied our landis brade,And put all to subjectioun:Your goodis made all theirs commoun:Our kyn and frendis, for their awne,Dispitteously hanged and drawne:*140And wald destroy us gif they might.Bot, I trow, God, through his foresight,This day hes granted us his graceTo wrek us on them in this place.*144From H: not in C E. These remarks seem quite out of place. The spirit of animosity is not in harmony with the tenour of Bruce’s other speeches; the language at certain points is not Barbour-like; and the whole passage is thus of questionable authenticity. SeePreface, pp. vii-viii.

[xiii_*131-*144]

Now ga we on them sa hardely,*131And ding on them sa doughtely,That they may feele, at our comming,That we them hate in meekle thing:For great cause they have us made,*135That occupied our landis brade,And put all to subjectioun:Your goodis made all theirs commoun:Our kyn and frendis, for their awne,Dispitteously hanged and drawne:*140And wald destroy us gif they might.Bot, I trow, God, through his foresight,This day hes granted us his graceTo wrek us on them in this place.*144

From H: not in C E. These remarks seem quite out of place. The spirit of animosity is not in harmony with the tenour of Bruce’s other speeches; the language at certain points is not Barbour-like; and the whole passage is thus of questionable authenticity. SeePreface, pp. vii-viii.

[xiii_144]CFor quhar(S).

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