Ancient Scottish ballads, recovered from tradition, and never before ...

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gentlvoman who sould have beine his spoils^
thinkand to spy hir pulchritud [beauty] and
behaviour vnkend be hir." Although " monie
love tokines" had passed between them, the
lady, it would seem, did not please his fancy;
—
" Thairfoir the king past in haist to the king of
France, [Francis I.] quhair he was for the tyme
at hunting, accompanied with his wayff, his
sone, and his dochter, with many vther lustie
ladies, besydis duikis, earles, lordis, and bar-
rones." There James met Magdalene, Francis's
eldest daughter, who was at that time in a very
sickly state of health;— " Yitt notwithstanding
all hir seiknes and malice [malady], fra tyme
shoe saw the king of Scotland, and spak with
him, shoe became so enamoured with him, and
loved him so weill, that shoe wold have no man
alive to hir husband, bot he allanerlie, [alone]
quhairof the covnsallis both of Scotland and
France lyked nothing thairof: for thei war cer-
tified be doctoris and physitianes, that no suc-
cessioun wold cum of hir bodie be reasoun of
hir long seiknes, and that shoe was not able to
travell out 9I* the realme to no other countries