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OF SIR SIMON FRASEK. 281 |
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In huerte. K5
Wickednesse ant sunne, Hit is lutel wunne
That maketh the body smerte.
For al is grete poer, yet he wes ylaht; Falsnesse ant swykedom, al hit geth to naht; no Tho he wes in Scotlond, lutel wes ys thoht OF the harde jugement that him wes bysoht In stounde. He wes foursithe forswore To the kyng ther bifbre, m
Ant that him brohte to gronnde.
With feteres ant with gyves i chot he wes to-drowe, From the Tour of Londone, that monie myhte knowe, In a curtel of burel,a selkethe wyse, Ant a gerland on ys heved of the newe guyse, iso Thurh Cheepe; Moni mon of Engelond For to se Symond
Thideward con lepe.
Tho he com to galewes, furst he wes anhonge, iss Al quie byheveded, thah him thohte longe ;
175. Sir Simon was one of those whom King Edward brought out of Scotland in 1296, when that kingdom was first subdued. He remained a close prisoner about eight months, and was then freed, on entering into the usual engagement with the conqueror, to which, however, it is certain he did not think proper to adhere; esteeming it, perhaps, more sinful to keep such a forced obligation than to take it. Abercrombie, i. 552___Eitson. |
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