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from wicki:
Storyß to rede ar delitabill,
suppoß fiat fiai be nocht bot fabill,
fian suld storyß fiat suthfast wer,
And fiai war said on gud maner,
Hawe doubill plesance in heryng.
fie fyrst plesance is fie carpyng,
And fie tofiir fie suthfastnes,
fiat schawys fie thing rycht as it wes;
And suth thyngis fiat ar likand
Tyll mannys heryng ar plesand.
fiarfor I wald fayne set my will,GIFF
my wyt mycht suffice fiartill,
To put in wryt a suthfast story,
fiat it lest ay furth in memory,
Swa fiat na lenth of tyme it let,
na ger it haly be for?et.
For auld storys fiat men redys,
Representis to fiaim fie dedys
Of stalwart folk fiat lywyt ar,
Rycht as fiai fian in presence war.
And, certis, fiai suld weill hawe pryß
fiat in fiar tyme war wycht and wyß,
And led thar lyff in gret trawaill,
And oft in hard stour off bataill
Wan [richt] gret price off chewalry,
And war woydit off cowardy.
As wes king Robert off Scotland,
fiat hardy wes off hart and hand;
And gud Schyr Iames off Douglas,
fiat in his tyme sa worthy was,
fiat off hys price & hys bounte
In fer landis renoenyt wes he.
Off fiaim I thynk fiis buk to ma;
Now god gyff grace fiat I may swa
Tret it, and bryng it till endyng,
fiat I say nocht bot suthfast thing!see it up there?