Abaschit = surprised. Aganis = against. Allanerly = only. Awin = own. Beseik = beseech. Chereis = cherish. Conqueis = conquest. Cordounis = cords. Dreddouris = fears. Eir = ear. Eis = ease. Fane = anxious (wald verray fane, wished very much). Fascherie, fascheous = trouble, troublesome. Fenze, fenzeingly = feign, feigningly. Fulische = foolish. Gangand = going. Gar = force, compel. Gude = good. Haillely = wholly. Impesche = hinder, prevent. Incontinent = immediately. Inlack = fail. Inragis = becomes angry. Irkit = tired, wearied. Irksome = troublesome, disagreeable. Journey = day's work. Luif, luifar = love, lover. Mekle, meikle = much. Playn, plenzeit = complain, complained. Quha = who. Quhair = where. Quhen = when. Quhilk = which. Quhill = while, till. Regiment = rule. Schaw = show. Schort = short. Schuillis = schools. Seik = sick. Sic, siclyke = such, similarly. Sone = son. Speik = speak. Suld = should. Travell = take pains, try. Thristit = nudged. Tuichit = touched. Tyne = lose. Unsay = contradict. Wald = would. Waryit = cured. Wod = mad, angry. Ze, zow = ye, you. Zisternicht = yesternight. Zit = yet. Letter I. _Goodall_, vol. ii. p. 1, _et seq._ It appeiris, that with zour absence thair is alswa joynit forzetfulnes, seand yat at zour departing ze promysit to mak me advertisement of zour newis from tyme to tyme. The waitting upon yame zisterday causit me to be almaist in sic joy as I will be at zour returning, quhilk ze have delayit langer than zour promeis was. As to me, howbeit I have na farther newis from zow according to my commission, I bring the man with me to Craigmillar upon Monounday, quhair he will be all Wednisday; and I will gang to Edinburgh to draw blude of me, gif in the meane tyme I get na newis in ye contrary fra zow. He is mair gay than ever ze saw him; he puttis me in remembrance of all thingis yat may mak me beleve he luifis me. Summa, ye will say yat he makis lufe to me; of ye quhilk I tak sa greit pleasure, yat I enter never where he is, bot incontinent I tak ye seiknes of my sair syde, I am sa troubillit with it. Gif Paris bringis me that quhilk I send him for, I traist it sall amend me. I pray zow, advertise me of zour newis at lenth, and quhat I sall do in cace ze be not returnit quhen I am cum thair; for, in cace ze wirk not wysely, I se that the haill burding of this will fall upon my schoulderis. Provide for all thing, and discourse upon it first with zourself. I send this be Betoun, quha gais to ane day of law of the Laird of Balfouris. I will say na farther, saifing that I pray zow to send me gude newis of zour voyage. From Glasgow this Setterday in the morning. There are no important variations in the published Latin and French translations.