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The king goes to Carrick he upbraids Cuthbert	A
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Thys wes in ver quhen wynter tid	A
With his blastis hidwys to bid	A
Was ourdryvyn and byrdis smale	B
As turturis and the nychtyngale	B
Begouth rycht sariely to syng	C
And for to mak in thar singyng	C
Swete notis and sounys ser	D
And melodys plesand to her	D
And the treis begouth to ma	E
Burgeans and brycht blomys alsua	F
To wyn the helynd of thar hevid	A
That wykkyt wynter had thaim revid	A
And all gressys beguth to spryng	C
Into that tyme the nobill king	C
With his flote and a few mengye	G
Thre hunder I trow thai mycht be	H
Is to the se oute off Arane	I
A litill forouth evyn gane	I
Thai rowit fast with all thar mycht	A
Till that apon thaim fell the nycht	A
That woux myrk apon gret maner	D
Sua that thai wyst nocht quhar thai wer	D
For thai na nedill had na stane	I
Bot rowyt alwayis intill ane	I
Sterand all tyme apon the fyr	D
That thai saw brynnand lycht and schyr	D
It wes bot aventur thaim led	A
And thai in schort tyme sa thaim sped	A
That at the fyr aryvyt thai	J
And went to land but mair delay	B
And Cuthbert that has sene the fyr	D
Was full of angyr and off ire	D
For he durst nocht do it away	B
And wes alsua doutand ay	B
That his lord suld pas to se	F
Tharfor thar cummyng waytit he	H
And met thaim at thar aryving	C
He wes wele sone brocht to the kimg	C
That speryt at him how he had done	I
And he with sar hart tauld him sone	I
How that he fand nane weill luffand	A
Bot all war fayis that he fand	A
And that the lord the Persy	F
With ner thre hunder in cumpany	I
Was in the castell thar besid	A
Fullfillyt of dispyt and prid	A
Bot ma than twa partis off his rowt	A
War herberyt in the toune without	A
'And dyspytyt you mar schyr king	C
Than men may dispyt ony thing '	-
Than said the king in full gret ire	D
'Tratour quhy maid thou than the fyr '	-
'A schyr ' said he 'Sa God me se	F
The fyr wes nevyr maid for me	H
Na or the nycht I wyst it nocht	A
Bot fra I wyst it weill I thocht	A
That ye and haly your menye	G
On hy suld put you to the se	F
For thi I come to mete you her	D
To tell perellys that may aper '	-
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The king decides to stay to attack Percy's men in a village by Turnberry	D
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The king wes off his spek angry	D
And askyt his pryve men in hy	-
Quhat at thaim thocht wes best to do	A
Schyr Edward fryst answert tharto	A
His brodyr that wes sua hardy	A
And said 'I say you sekyrly	B
Thar sall na perell that may be	A
Dryve me eftsonys to the se	F
Myne aventur her tak will I	-
Quhethir it be esfull or angry '	-
'Brother ' he said 'sen thou will sua	F
It is gud that we samyn ta	A
Dissese or ese or payne or play	B
Eftyr as God will us purvay	K
And sen men sayis that the Persy	F
Myn heritage will occupy	-
And his menye sa ner us lyis	F
That us dispytis mony wys	F
Ga we and venge sum off the dispyte	A
And that may we haiff done als tite	A
For thai ly traistly but dreding	C
Off us or off our her cummyng	C
And thocht we slepand slew thaim all	B
Repruff tharoff na man sall	B
For werrayour na fors suld ma	A
Quhether he mycht ourcum his fa	K
Throu strenth or throu sutelte	A
Bot that gud faith ay haldyn be '	-
Quhen this wes said thai went thar way	B
And to the toune sone cummyn ar thai	-
Sa prevely but noyis making	C
That nane persavyt thar cummyng	C
Thai skalyt throu the toun in hy	-
And brak up duris sturdely	B
And slew all that thai mycht ourtak	C
And thai that na defence mocht mak	C
Full petously gan rar and cry	-
And thai slew thaim dispitously	B
As thai that war in full gud will	B
To venge the angyr and the ill	B
That thai and thairis had thaim wrocht	A
Thai with sa feloun will thaim soucht	A
That thai slew thaim everilkan	I
Owtane Makdowell him allan	I
That eschapyt throu gret slycht	A
And throu the myrknes off the nycht	A
In the castell the lord the Persy	F
Hard weill the noyis and the cry	-
Sa did the men that within wer	-
And full effraytly gat thar ger	-
Bot off thaim wes nane sa hardy	A
That ever ischyt fourth to the cry	-
In sic effray thai baid that nycht	A
Till on the morn that day wes lycht	A
And than cesyt into party	A
The noyis the slauchtyr and the cry	-
The king gert be departyt then	I
All hale the reff amang the men	I
And dwellyt all still thar dayis thre	-
Syk hansell to that fokk gaiff he	A
rycht in the fyrst begynnyng	C
Newlingis at his aryvyng	C
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A kinswoman gives him news and forty men	I
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Quhen that the king and his folk war	-
Aryvyt as I tauld you ar	-
Aquhile in Karryk leyndyt he	A
To se quha freynde or fa wald be	A
Bot he fand litill tendyrnes	F
And nocht forthi the puple wes	F
Enclynyt till him in party	A
Bot Inglismen sa angrely	B
Led thaim with daunger and with aw	L
That thai na freyndschip durst him schaw	M
Bot a lady off that cuntre	-
That wes till him in ner degre	-
Of cosynage wes wonder blyth	N
Off his aryvyng and alswyth	N
Sped hyr till him in full gret hy	-
With fourty men in cumpany	I
And betaucht thaim all to the king	C
Till help him in his werraying	C
And he resavyt thaim in daynte	A
And hyr full gretly thankit he	A
And speryt tythandis off the queyne	I
And off his freyndis all bedene	I
That he had left in that countre	-
Quhen that he put him to the se	F
And scho him tauld sichand full sar	-
How that his brothyr takyn war	-
In the castell off Kyldromy	A
And destroyit sa velanysly	B
And the erle off Athall alsua	F
And how the queyn and other ma	A
That till his party war heldand	A
War tane and led in Ingland	A
And put in feloun presoune	I
And how that Cristole off Setoun	I
Wes slayn gretand scho tauld the king	C
That sorowful wes off that tithing	C
And said quhen he had thocht a thraw	-
Thir wordis that I sall you schaw	M
'Allace ' he said 'For luff off me	A
And for thar mekill lawte	A
Thai nobill men and thai worthy	A
Ar destroyit sa velanysly	B
Bot and I leyff in lege powyste	A
Thar deid rycht weill sall vengit be	A
The king the quhether off Ingland	A
Thocht that the kynrik off Scotland	A
Was to litill to thaim and me	A
Tharfor he will it myn all be	A
Bot off gud Cristole off Setoun	I
That wes off sa nobill renoun	I
That he suld dey war gret pite	A
Bot quhar worschip mycht provyt be '	-
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Percy is rescued from Turnberry castle	B
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The king sichand thus maid his mayn	I
And the lady hyr leyff has tayn	I
And went hyr hame till hyr wonnyng	C
And fele sys confort the king	C
Bath with silver and with mete	A
Sic as scho in the land mycht get	A
And he oft ryot all the land	A
And maid all his that ever he fand	A
And syne drew him till the hycht	A
To stynt better his fayis mycht	A
In all that tym wes the Persy	F
With a full sympill cumpany	I
In Turnberys castell lyand	A
For the King Robert sua dredand	A
That he durst nocht isch furth to fayr	-
Fra thine to the castell off Ayr	-
That wes then full off Inglismen	I
Bot lay lurkand as in a den	I
Tyll the men off Northummyrland	A
Suld cum armyt and with strang hand	A
Convoy him till his cuntre	-
For his saynd till thaim send he	A
And thai in hy assemblyt then	I
Passand I weyne a thousand men	I
And askyt avisement thaim amang	C
Quhether that thai suld dwell or gang	C
Bot thai war skownrand wonder sar	-
Sa fer into Scotland for to far	-
For a knycht Schyr Gawter the Lile	B
Said it wes all to gret perile	B
Sua ner thai schavalduris to ga	C
His spek discomfort thaim sua	F
That thai had left all thar vyage	O
Na war a knycht off gret corage	O
That Schyr Roger off Sanct Jhon hycht	A
That thaim confort with all his mycht	A
And sic wordis to thaim gan say	F
That thai all samyn held thar way	F
Till Turnbery quhar the Persy	F
Lap on and went with thaim in hy	-
In Ingland his castell till	B
Foroutyn distroublyne or ill	B
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Douglas decides to visit his lands	F
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Now in Ingland is the Persy	F
Quhar I trow he a quhile sall ly	-
Or that he schap hym for to fayr	-
To werray Carryk ony mar	-
For he wyst he had na rycht	A
And als he dreid the kyngys mycht	A
That in Carrik wes travailland	A
In the maist strenth off the land	A
Quhar Jamys off Douglas on a day	A
Come to the king and gan him say	A
'Schyr with your leyve I wald ga se	F
How that thai do	A