uand sauuage volffis of strait montanis ande vyild fforrestis, that deuoris nolt ande scheip for ther pray: bot rather tha ar dissaitful volfis quhilkis hes euir been oure ald enemeis. Ande nou sen the deceis of oure nobyl illustir prince Kying iames the fyift, zour vmquhile faythtful lord and hisband, tha said rauisant volfis of ingland hes intendit ane oniust veyr be ane sinister inuentit false titil contrar our realme, in hope to devoir the vniuersal floc of oure scottis natione, ande to extinct oure generatione furtht of rememorance: Bot nochtheles gode, of his diuyne bounte, heffand compassione of his pure affligit pepil, ande alse beand mouit contrar the rauisant volfis of ingland, he of his grace hes inspirit zou to be ane instrament to delyuir vs fra the captiuite of the cruel philaris the protector of ingland: as he inspirit queen esther to delyuir the captiue ie- Judic 8. uis quhen thai & mordocheus var sinisterly accusit, and alse persecutit be amman, be for assuerus kyng of iude. and as the holy vedou iudich vas inspirit to delyuir the ieuis fra the crualte of that infideil pagan oliphernes. Ther is na prudēt man that vil iuge

that this pistil procedis of assentatiōe or adu latiōe, cōsiderant that ve maye see perfytlye quhou that zour grace takkis pane to duelle i ane straynge cutre distitute of iustice. Ande als zour grace bead abset fra zour only zong dochter, our nobil princes, and rychteous heretour of scotlad: quha is presentlye veil tretit i the gouernace of hyr fadir of lau, the maist illustir potēt prince of the maist fertil & pacebil realme, vndir the machine of the supreme olimp, quhar that zour grace mycht remane & duel amag the nobil princis & princessis of France, quhilkis ar zour natiue frendis of consanguinite ande affinite, ande ther ze mycht posses abūdance of al pleiseirs most conuenient for your nobilite, bot zit the feruent loue that zour grace baris touart that tendir pupil zour only dochtir, ande for the delyuring of hyr heretage furtht of captiuite, ze daly of zour gudnes induris as grit pane, as the quee ysicrata indurit vitht hyr lorde metredates. zour grace deseruis nocht to be callit ane nobil alanerly, trocht zour verteous verkis, bot as veil ze suld be callit ane nobil of genolligie, be rason that ze ar discendit of the maist vailzeant princis that ar vndir the cape

of hauyn. ther can nocht be ane mair ample probatiōe, nor is the famous atentic croniklis of diuers realmes, ande alse the verteouse verkis dune be zour antecessours in oure dais ar euident til vs in this present seicle. In the fyrst zour grace is discendit of the, quhilkis be ther vertu ande be ther victore' actis hes kepit ande deffendit the liberte of ther subiectis in sure pace ande traquilite, ande hes repulsit vailzeantly al externe violens. zour foir grandscheir godefroid of billon kyng of iherusalem, hes nocht alanerly kepit ande deffendit his pepil ande subiectis of loran, fra his prochane enemeis that lyis contigue about his cuntre: bot as veil be his magnanyme proues ande martial exsecutione, he delyurit the holy land of iudia furtht of the handis & possessione of the infideil pagans: pagans: quhar for the vniuersal historiagrephours hes baptist hym to be ane of the principal of al the nyne noblis. for quha vald cōsidir the longinquite of his martial voyaige, ande the grite forse of the oriental pepil, ande the multitude of infidelis ande pagan princis, quhilkis impeschit hym in that barbir straynge cuntre be diuerse cruel battellis: this veil cōsidrit, thai sal fynd that his magnanyme he

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roique ande martial entreprise, vas conuoyit & succurrit be ane diuyne miracle, rather nor be the ingyne of men. it vil be ouer prolixt to rehers all the vailzeant actis of baudouyne his broder ande successour to the realme of ierusalem, ande na les prolixt to rehers of his successours, quhilkis var zour predecessours, kyngis of secilie, dukis of aniou calabre ande of loran. i suld nocht forzet the tryumphant victore, exsecut ande conqueist be the vailzeant ande nobil rene inuictissime kyng of secilie duc of calabre ande loran zour gudscheir, contrar that potent prince Charles duc of Burgungze, quhilk vas repute to be ane of the maist nobil men of veyr in cristianite: zit nochtheles, he vas vēqueist ande slane, be syde the toune of nancy, be the foir said rene zour gudscheir: quhar for it aperis veil (illustir princes) that ze ar discendit doune lynyalye of the that hes been propungnatours for the libertee of ther cuntre ande subiectis. Siklyke the nobilnes of zour vmquhile fadir broder antonius, duc of calabre loran ande of bar, quha maye be comparit to the deuot kyng, Numa põpilius, the sycond kyng of rome, for his prudens ande dixtirite, be rason that he hes kepit

his subiectis in liberte but oppressiõe, quhou beit his cuntre lay betuix tua of the maist potent princis that ringis in this varld: that is to say, the catholic kyng of spaze elect empriour on ane syde, ande the maist potēt cristyn kyng of France on the tothir syde, the quhilkis tua richekyngis hes hed diuerse tymes birnad mortal veyr contrar vthirs, zit nochtheles zour nobil fadir broder duc of calabre ande loran hes kepit his landis in liberte fra ther oppressiõe, the quhilk he did be vailzeantnes ande prudens. Siklyke that maist sapiet prince ande prelat fadir in gode, ihone of loran, be the permifsione diuyne, Cardinal of the apostolic seige, archebischop of narbon, abbot of cluny, fekkē, ande of sanct ouyne, quha is zour fadir broder, quhilk be his prudens for the public veil off cristianite, hes been mediatour betuix diuers forane princis, to treit pace ande concorde in diuerse cuntreis, as in ytalie germanie flädris ande spanze, quha hes nocht alanerly vsit hym lyik ane sperutual pastor, bot as veil he hes vsit hym lyik ane vailzeant captan, for ane verteous captain can nocht exsecut ane mair vailzeant act as quhen he purchessis pace ande cocord, vytht out diminutiõe of his rycht, an