But inwy{9}, that is sa fellowne{10},
Amang thame mad dissensiown:
For sum wald have the Ballyolle kyng,
For he wes cumyn off that ofspryng
That off the eldest systere was;
And other sum nyt{11} all that cas,
And sayd, that he thare kyng suld be,
That wes in als nere{12} degre,
And cummyn wes off the nerrast male
In thai{13} brawnchys collateralle...
{Footnotes:
1: _govern_
2: _more, by my faith_
3: _nobility_
4: _endeavoured_
5: _choose_
6: _possessed_
7: _royalty_
8: _most_
9: _envy_
10: _wicked_
11: _others denied_
12: _as near_
13: _those_ }
A! blynd folk, fulle off all foly,
Had yhe wmbethowcht{14} yowe inkkyrly{15}
Quhat peryle to yowe mycht appere,
Yhe had noucht wroucht on this man{`e}r.
Had yhe tane kepe{16}, how that that kyng
Off Walys, forowtyn sudiowrnyng{17},
Trawaylyd{18} to wyn the senyhowry{19},
And throw his mycht till occupy
Landys, that ware till hym marchand{20},
As Walys was, and als Irland,
That he put till sic threllage{21},
That thai, that ware off hey parage{22},
Suld ryn on fwte, as rybalddale{23},
Quhen ony folk he wald assale.
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