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English harshness to prisoners	A
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In Rawchryne leve we now the king	B
In rest foroutyn barganyng	B
And off his fayis a quhile speke we	C
That throu thar mycht and thar powste	D
Maid sic a persecucioune	E
Sa hard sa strayt and sa feloune	E
On thaim that till hym luffand wer	F
Or kyn or freynd on ony maner	F
That at till her is gret pite	D
For thai sparyt off na degre	F
Thaim that thai trowit his freynd wer	F
Nother off the kyrk na seculer	F
For off Glaskow Byschop Robert	D
And Marcus off Man thai stythly speryt	D
Bath in fetrys and in presoune	E
And worthy Crystoll off Seytoun	E
Into Loudoun betresyt was	G
Throu a discipill off Judas	H
Maknab a fals tratour that ay	I
Wes off his dwelling nycht and day	I
Quhom to he maid gud cumpany	E
It wes fer wer than tratoury	F
For to betreys sic a persoune	E
So nobill and off sic renoune	E
Bot tharoff had he na pite	I
In hell condampnyt mocht he be	C
For quhen he him betrasyt had	I
The Inglismen rycht with him rad	I
In hy in Ingland to the king	B
That gert draw him and hede and hing	B
Foroutyn pete or mercy	C
It wes gret sorow sekyrly	J
That so worthy a persoune as he	C
Suld on sic maner hangyt be	C
Thusgat endyt his worthynes	C
Off Crauford als Schyr Ranald wes	C
And Schyr Bryce als the Blar	F
Hangyt intill a berne in Ar	F
The queyn and als Dame Marjory	F
Hyr dochter that syne worthily	J
Wes coupillyt into Goddis band	I
With Walter Stewart off Scotland	I
That wald on na wys langar ly	J
In the castell off Kyldromy	K
To byd a sege ar ridin raith	L
With knychtis and squyeris bath	M
Throu Ros rycht to the gyrth off Tayne	E
Bot that travaill thai maid in vayne	E
For thai off Ros that wald nocht ber	F
For thaim na blayme na yeit danger	F
Out off the gyrth thame all has tayne	E
And syne has send thaim everilkane	E
Rycht intill Ingland to the king	B
That gert draw all the men and hing	B
And put the ladyis in presoune	E
Sum intill castell sum in dongeoun	E
It wes gret pite for till her	F
The folk be troublyt on this maner	F
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The siege of Kildrummy Castle	J
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That tyme wes in Kyldromy	K
Wyth men that wycht and hardy	F
Schyr Neile the Bruce and I wate weile	J
That thar the erle was off Adheill	J
The castell weill vittalyt thai	J
And mete and fuell gan purvay	N
And enforcyt the castell sua	C
That thaim thocht na strenth mycht it ta	I
And quhen it to the king was tauld	I
Off Ingland how thai schup till hauld	I
That castell he wes all angry	F
And callyt his sone till hym in hy	J
The eldest and aperand ayr	F
A young bacheler and stark and fayr	F
Schyr Edward callyt off Carnauerane	E
That wes the sterkast man of ane	E
That men fynd mycht in ony countre	F
Prynce of Walys that tyme wes he	F
And he gert als call erlys twa	C
Glosyster and Harfurd war tha	J
And bad thaim wend into Scotland	I
And set a sege with stalwart hand	I
To the castell off Kyldromy	K
And all the halderis halyly	J
He bad distroy for owtyn ransoun	E
Or bryng thaim till him in presoune	E
Quhen thai the commaundment had tane	E
Thai assemblyt ane ost onane	E
And to the castell went in hy	J
And it assegyt vigorusly	J
And mony tyme full hard assaylyt	I
Bot for to tak it yeit thai failyt	I
For thai within war rycht worthy	J
And thaim defendyt douchtely	J
And ruschyt thair fayis oft agayne	E
Sum beft sum woundyt sum alslayne	E
And mony tymys ische thai wald	I
And bargane at the barrais hald	I
And wound thar fayis oft and sla	J
Schortly thai thaim contenyt sua	C
That thai withoute disparyt war	F
And thocht till Ingland for to far	F
For thai sa styth saw the castell	J
And with that it wes warnyst weill	J
And saw the men defend thaim sua	C
That thai nane hop had thaim to ta	I
Nane had thai done all that sesoune	E
Gyff it ne had bene fals tresoun	E
For thar with thaim wes a tratour	F
A fals lourdane a losyngeour	F
Hosbarne to name maid the tresoun	E
I wate nocht for quhat enchesoun	E
Na quham with he maid that conwyn	E
Bot as thai said that war within	E
He tuk a culter hate glowand	I
That yeit wes in a fyr brynnand	I
And went him to the mekill hall	J
That then with corn wes fyllyt all	J
And heych up in a mow it did	I
Bot it full lang wes nocht thar hid	I
For men sayis oft that fyr na prid	I
But discovering may na man hid	I
For the pomp oft the prid furth schawis	C
Or ellis the gret boist that it blawis	C
Na thar may na man fyr sa covyr	F
Than low or rek sall it discovyr	F
Sa fell it her for fyr all cler	F
Son throu the thak burd gan apper	F
Fyrst as a stern syne as a mone	E
And weill bradder tharefter sone	E
The fyr out syne in bles brast	I
And the rek rais rycht wondre fast	I
The fyr our all the castell spred	I
That mycht na force of man it red	I
Than thai within drew to the wall	J
That at that tyme wes bataillit all	J
Within rycht as it wes withoute	I
That bataillyne withoutyn dout	I
Savit thar lyvis for it brak	B
Bles that thaim wald ourtak	B
And quhen thar fayis the myscheiff saw	C
Till armys went thai in a thraw	F
And assaylyt the castell fast	I
Quhar thai durst come for fyris blast	I
Bot thai within that myster had	I
Sa gret defence and worthy mad	I
That thai full oft thar fayis rusit	I
For thai nakyn perall refusyt	I
Thai travaillyt for to sauff thar lyffis	C
Bot werd that till the end ay dryvis	C
The warldis thingis sua thaim travaillyt	I
That thai on twa halfys war assailyt	I
In with fyr that thaim sua broilyit	I
And utouth with folk that thaim sua toilyit	I
That thai brynt magre thaim the yat	I
That for the fyre that wes sua hate	I
Thai durst nocht entyr sua in hy	J
Tharfor thar folk thai gan rely	J
And went to rest for it wes nycht	I
Till on the morn that day wes lycht	I
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The surrender of Kildrummy and the death of Edward I	J
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At sik myscheiff as ye her say	C
War thai within the quhethyr ay	C
Thai thaim defendyt douchtely	J
And contenyt thaim sa manlily	J
That or day throu mekill payn	E
Thai had muryt up thar yat agayn	E
But on the morn quhen day wes lycht	I
And sone wes ryssyn schynand brycht	I
Thai without in hale bataill	J
Come purvayt redy till assaill	J
Bot thai within that sua war stad	I
That thai vitaill na fewell had	I
Quhar with thai mycht the castell hald	I
Tretyt fyrst and syne thaim yauld	I
To be in till the kingis will	J
Bot that to Scottis men wes ill	J
As sone eftyr weill wes knawin	E
For thai war hangyt all and drawyn	E
Quhen this cunnand thus tretyt wes	C
And affermyt with sekyrnes	C
Thai tuk thaim of the castell sone	E
And in till schort tyme has done	E
That all a quarter of Snawdoun	E
Rycht till the erd thai tummyllyt doun	E
Syne towart Ingland went thar way	C
Bot quhen the king Edward hard say	C
How Neill the Bruce held Kildromy	K
Agayne his sone sa stalwartly	J
He gadryt gret chevalry	F
And towart Scotland went in hy	-
And as in till Northummyrland	I
He wes with his gret rout ridand	I
A sekness tuk him in the way	C
And put him to sa hard assay	C
That he mycht nocht ga na ryd	I
Him worthit magre his abid	I
In till ane hamillet tharby	C
A litill toun and unworthy	C
With gret payne thidder thai him brocht	I
He wes sa stad that he ne mocht	I
His aynd bot with gret paynys draw	F
Na spek bot giff it war weill law	F
The quhether he bad thai suld him say	C
Quhat toun wes that that he in lay	C
'Schyr ' thai said 'Burch in the sand	I
Men callis this toun in till this land '	-
'Call thai it Burch als ' said he	C
My hop is now fordone to me	C
For I wend never to thole the payne	E
Of deid till I throu mekill mayn	E
The burch of Jerusalem had tane	E
My lyff wend I thar suld be gayne	E
In burch I wyst weill I suld de	C
Bot I wes nother wys na sle	C
Till other burch kep to ta	I
Now may I na wis forther ga '	-
Thus pleynyeit he off his foly	C
As he had mater sekyrly	C
Quhen he covyt certante	I
Off that at nane may certan be	C
The quhether men said enclosit he had	I
A spyryt that him answer maid	I
Off thingis that he wald inquer	F
Bot he fulyt foroutyn wer	F
That gaiff throuth till that creatur	F
For feyndys ar off sic natur	F
That thai to mankind has invy	N
For thai wate weill and witterly	C
That thai that weill ar liffand her	F
Sall wyn the sege q	B