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Criticism of the compact about Stirling Castle	A
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And quhen this connand thus wes mad	B
Schir Philip intill Ingland raid	C
And tauld the king all haile his tale	D
How he a tuelf moneth all hale	D
Had as it writyn wes in thar taile	D
To reskew Strevillyne with bataill	D
And quhen he hard Schyr Philip say	E
That Scottismen had set a day	E
To fecht and that sic space he had	B
To purvay him he wes rycht glaid	B
And said it wes gret sukudry	F
That set thaim apon sic foly	D
For he thocht to be or that day	B
Sa purvayit and in sic aray	F
That thar suld nane strenth him withstand	B
And quhen the lordis off Ingland	B
Herd that this day wes set planly	D
Thai jugyt all to gret foly	D
And thoucht to haiff all thar liking	G
Giff men abaid thaim in fechting	G
Bot oft faillys the fulis thocht	B
And yeit wys mennys ay cummys nocht	B
To sic end as thai wene allwayis	E
A litill stane oft as men sayis	E
May ger weltyr a mekill wayn	H
Na mannys mycht may stand agayn	H
The grace off God that all thing steris	E
He wate quhat till all thing afferis	E
And disponys at his liking	G
Efter his ordynance all thing	G
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King Robert criticises his brother	F
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Quhen Schyr Edward as I you say	E
Had gevyn sa outrageous a day	E
To yeld or reskew Strevillyne	H
Rycht to the king he went him syne	H
And tauld quhat tretys he had mad	B
And quhat day he thaim gevyn had	B
The king said quhen he hard the day	E
'That wes unwisly doyn perfay	I
Ik herd never quhar sa lang warnyng	G
Wes gevyn to sa mychty a king	G
As is the king off Ingland	E
For he has now intill hand	E
Ingland Ireland and Walis alsua	E
And Aquitayngne yeit with all tha	J
And off Scotland yeit a party	E
Dwellis under his senyoury	F
And off tresour sa stuffyt is he	E
That he may wageouris haiff plente	E
And we are quhoyne agayne sa fele	D
God may rycht weill oure werdys dele	D
Bot we ar set in juperty	E
To tyne or wyn then hastely '	-
Schyr Edward said 'Sa God me rede	E
Thocht he and all that he may led	E
Cum wes sall fecht all war thai ma '	-
Quhen the king hard his broder sua	E
Spek to the bataile sa hardyly	D
He prisyt him in hys hart gretumly	D
And said 'Broder sen sua is gane	H
That this thing thus is undretane	H
Schap we us tharfor manlely	D
And all that luffis us tenderly	D
And the fredome off this countre	F
Purvay thaim at that time to be	D
Boune with all mycht that ever thai may	E
Sua giff that our fayis assay	D
To reskew Strevilline throu bataill	D
That we off purpos ger thaim faill '	-
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Both sides prepare for an English invasion King Edward's resources	E
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To this thai all assentyt ar	F
And bad thar men all mak thaim yar	F
For to be boun agayne that day	E
On the best wis that ever thai may	E
Than all that worthi war to fycht	E
Off Scotland set all hale thar mycht	E
To purvay thaim agane that day	E
Wapynnys and armouris purvayit thai	J
And all that afferis to fechting	G
And in Ingland the mychty king	G
Purvayit him in sa gret aray	F
That certis hard I never say	E
That Inglismen mar aparaile	D
Maid than did than for bataill	D
For quhen the tyme wes cummyn ner	F
He assemblit all his power	F
And but his awne chevalry	F
That wes sa gret it wes ferly	D
He had of mony ser countre	F
With him gud men of gret bounte	E
Of Fraunce worthi chevalry	F
He had intill his cumpany	H
The erle off Henaud als wes thar	F
And with him men that worthi war	F
Off Gascoyne and off Almany	H
And off the duche of Bretayngny	H
He had wycht men and weill farand	E
Armyt clenly bath fute and hand	E
Off Ingland to the chevalry	F
He had gaderyt sa clenly	D
That nane left that mycht wapynnys weld	E
Or mycht war to fecht in feild	E
All Walis als with him had he	D
And off Irland a gret mengne	H
Off Pouty Aquitane and Bayoun	H
He had mony off gret renoune	H
And off Scotland he had yeit then	H
A gret menye of worthy men	H
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The appearance of the English host	E
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Quhen all thir sammyn assemblit war	F
He had of fechtaris with him thar	F
Ane hunder thousand men and ma	K
And fourty thousand war of tha	J
Armyt on hors bath heid and hand	E
And of thai yeit war thre thousand	E
With helyt hors in plate and mailye	L
To mak the front off the batailye	L
And fyfty thousand off archeris	E
He had foroutyn hobeleris	E
And men of fute and small rangale	D
That yemyt harnays and vittaile	D
He had sa fele it wes ferly	D
Off cartis als thar yeid thaim by	J
Sa fele that but all thai that bar	F
Harnays and als that chargyt war	F
With pailyounys and veschall with all	D
And aparaile of chambyr and hall	D
And wyne and wax schot and vittaile	D
Aucht scor wes chargyt with pulaile	D
Thai war sa fele quhar that thai raid	E
And thar bataillis war sa braid	E
And sua gret roume held thar chare	F
That men that mekill ost mycht se	E
Ourtak the landis largely	D
Men mycht se than that had bene by	J
Mony a worthi man and wycht	E
And mony ane armur gayly dycht	E
And mony a sturdy sterand stede	E
Arayit intill ryche wede	E
Mony helmys and haberjounys	E
Scheldis and speris and penounys	E
And sa mony a cumbly knycht	E
That it semyt that into fycht	E
Thai suld vencus the warld all haile	D
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The dispositions of the English host the march from Berwick	G
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Quhy suld I mak to lang my taile	D
To Berwik ar thai cummyn ilkane	H
And sum tharin has innys tane	H
And sum logyt without the town ys	E
In tentis and in pailyounys	E
And quhen the king his ost has sene	H
So gret and sa gud men and clene	H
He wes rycht joyfull in his thocht	E
And weile supposyt that thar wes nocht	E
In warld a king mycht him withstand	E
Him thocht all wonnyn till his hand	E
And largly amang his men	H
The land of Scotland delt he then	H
Off other mennys thing larg wes he	D
And thai that war off his menye	L
Manausyt the Scottismen hely	D
With gret wordis bot nocht forthi	J
Or thai cum all to thar entent	E
Howis in haile claith sall be rent	E
The king throu consaile of his men	H
His folk delt in bataillis ten	H
In ilkane war weile ten thousand	E
That lete thai stalwartly suld stand	E
In the bataile and stythly fycht	E
And leve nocht for thar fayis mycht	E
He set ledaris till ilk bataile	D
That knawin war of gud governaile	D
And till renownyt erlis twa	M
Off Glosyster and herfurd war tha	J
He gaf the vaward in leding	G
With mony men at thar bidding	G
Ordanyt into full gud aray	F
Thai war sa chevalrous that thai	J
Trowyt giff thai come to fycht	E
Thar suld na strenth withstand thar mycht	E
And the king quhen his mengne wer	F
Divisit intill bataillis ser	F
His awyne bataill ordanyt he	D
And quha suld at his bridill be	D
Schyr Gilis Argente he set	E
Apon a half his reyngye to get	E
And off Valence Schyr Amery	D
On other half that wes worthy	D
For in thar soverane bounte	E
Out our the lave affyit he	D
Quhen the king apon this kyn wys	E
Had ordanyt as Ik her divis	E
His bataillis and his stering	G
He rais arly in a mornyng	G
And fra Berwik he tuk the way	M
Bath hillis and valis hely thai	J
As the bataillis that war braid	E
Departyt our the feldis raid	E
The sone wes brycht and schynand cler	D
And armouris that burnysyt wer	D
Sua blomyt with the sonnys beme	K
That all the land wes in a leme	K
Baneris rycht fayrly flawmand	E
And penselys to the wynd wavand	E
Sua fele thar wer of ser quentis	E
That it war gret slycht for to divise	E
And suld I tell all thar affer	D
Thar con tenance and thar maner	D
Thoucht I couth I suld combryt be	D
The king with all that gret menye	L
Till Edinbyrgh he raid him rycht	E
Thai war all out to fele to fycht	E
With few folk of a symple land	E
Bot quhar God helpys quhat ma withstand	E
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Muster of the Scottish army its size and commanders	E
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The king Robert quhen he hard say	E
That Inglismen in sic aray	D
And into sua gret quantite	E
Come in his land in hy gert he	D
His men be somound generaly	D
And thai come all full wilfully	D
To the Torwod quhar that the king	G
Had ordanyt to mak thar meting	G
Schir Edward the Bruce the worthi	J
Come with a full gret cumpany	H
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