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A ballade of the scottysshe kynge |
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| Kynge Iamy / Iomy your. Ioye is all go | |
| Ye somm[on]ed our kynge why dyde ye so sommoned] sommnoed F | |
| To you no-thyng it dyde accorde | |
| To sommon our kynge your souerayne lorde. | |
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| 5 | A kynge a somner it is wonder |
| Knowe ye not salte and suger asonder | |
| In your somnynge ye were to malaperte | |
| And your harolde no-thynge experte | |
| Ye thought ye dyde it full valyauntolye | |
| 10 | But not worth thre sk[y]ppes of a pye / skyppes] skppes F |
| Syr squyer_galyarde ye were to swyfte. | |
| Your wyll renne before your wytte. | |
| To be so scornefull to your alye / | |
| Your counseyle was not worth a flye. | |
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| 15 | Before the frensshe kynge / danes / and other |
| Ye ought to honour your lorde and brother | |
| Trowe ye syr Iames his noble grace / | |
| For you and your scottes wolde tourne his face | |
| Now ye pro[u]de scottes of gelawaye. proude] prode F | |
| 20 | For your kynge may synge welawaye |
| Now must ye knowe our kynge for your regent / | |
| Your souerayne lorde and presedent / | |
| In hym is figured melchisedeche | |
| And ye be desolate as armeleche | |
| 25 | He is our noble champyon. |
| A kynge anoynted and ye be non | |
| Thrugh your counseyle your fader was slayne | |
| Wherfore I fere ye wyll suffre payne / | |
| And ye proude scottes of dunbar | |
| 30 | Parde ye be his homager. |
| And suters to his parlyment / | |
| Ye dyde not your dewty therin. | |
| Wyerfore ye may it now repent | |
| Ye bere yourselfe somwhat to bolde / | |
| 35 | Therfore ye haue lost your cop[y]holde. copyholde] copholde F |
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| Ye be bounde-tenauntes to his estate. | |
| Gyue vp yovr game ye playe chekmate. | |
| For to the castell of norham | |
| I vnderstonde to soone ye cam. | |
| 40 | For a prysoner there now ye be |
| Eyther to the deuyll or the trinite. | |
| Thanked be saynte Gorge our ladyes kny[t]he knythe] knyrhe F | |
| Your pryd is paste adwe good nycht. | |
| Ye haue determyned to make a fraye | |
| 45 | Our kynge than beynge out of the waye |
| But by the power and myght of god | |
| Ye were beten weth your owne rod | |
| By your wanton wyll syr at a worde | |
| Ye haue loste spores / cote-armure / and sworde | |
| 50 | Ye had be[e] better to haue busked to hunt[l]ey_ba[n]kes / be] bet F; Huntley Bankes] huntey bakes F |
| Than in Englonde to playe ony suche prankes | |
| But ye had some wyl[d] sede to sowe. wyld] wyle F | |
| Therfore ye be layde now full lowe / | |
| Your power coude no lenger attayne | |
| 55 | Warre with our kynge to meyntayne. |
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| Of the kynge of nauerne ye may take hede / | |
| How vnfortunately he doth now spede / | |
| In double w[a]lles now he dooth dreme. walles] welles F | |
| That is a kynge witou[t] a realme witout] witou F | |
| 60 | At hym example ye wolde none take. |
| Experyence hath brought you in the same brake | |
| Of the out-yles ye rough-foted scottes / | |
| We have well eased you of the bottes | |
| Ye rowe ranke scottes and dro[n]ken danes dronken] droken F | |
| 65 | Of our englysshe bowes ye haue fette your banes. |
| It is not syttynge in tour nor towne / | |
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| A somner to were a kynges crowne | |
| That n[o]ble erle the whyte Lyon. noble] neble F | |
| Your pompe and pryde hath layde a_downe | |
| 70 | His sone the lorde admyrall is full good. |
| His swerde hath bathed in the scottes blode | |
| God saue kynge. Henry and his lordes all | |
| And sende the fre[n]sshe kynge suche an-other fall / | |
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¶Amen / for saynt charyte And god saue noble.Kynge / Henry / The .viij. |