The complaynt of Scotlande wyth ane exortatione to the thre estaits to be vigilante in the deffens of their public veil. 1549 Volume 17, pt. 1 - no. 18, pt. 2

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1872 Excerpt: ...greice, vitht litil dommage 20 to his cuntrey. the prouest of darius adherit to the counsel of alcibiades, and send nocht sameikil monye to the lacedemoniens as mycht1 gar them conqueis athenes, nor ji t he send nocht so litil money that throcht necessite thai suld leaue or desist fra tho veyris. 25 of that samyn sort he send money to athenes to defend and eo had his them contrar the lacedemoniens. and sa, be the counsel purposes served...... by both parties, of alcibiades, darius kyng of perce conqueist mair of greice, vitht ane hundretht tallentis that he distribuit secretly amang the grecians, to menteine2 there ciuil veyris, ilk ane contrer vderis, nor he conquest be forse, so Henry viii. vitht ten thousand tallentis. As hary the eycht kyng of trollty between ingland did to the empriour & to the kyng of France3 Francis iv, iw the jeir of gode ane thousand fiue hundretht tuenty foure jeris: he professit hym self to be neutral, bot jit 35 he furnest the empriour vitht sex thousand fut men, 1 mytht s menteme 3 Freco and tua hundretht lycht horse, on his auen expewsis, 1 quhen the kyng of Frawco vas past ouer the alpes to soige paue. ande alse that samyn kyng hary lent to the while secretly kyng of France aucht scoir of thousandis engel noblis, ulidiIing both' of 'the qnhilk the empriour vas surly aduertest; for Meaf55 (70), bk quhen the kyng of France ande his armye var deffait as was discovered be the due of Burbon, the viceroy of naples, the mar-Francis. quis of pesquaire, and the marquis of gonnast, thir said princis gat, in the spulje of the Frence1 men, the2 kyng 9 of Francis pose, quhilk vas al in engel noblis; ande alse thai gat the kyng of inglandis preua vriting, quhilk ho hed sende to the kyng of France at the seige of paue. of this sort the k...