Transcriber's Note: In this text [gh] represents the Middle English letter "yogh", similar to the numeral 3. * * * * * The Buke Of the Order of Knighthood, Translated from the French, By Sir Gilbert Hay, Knight. From the Manuscript in the Library at Abbotsford. [Decoration] Edinburgh: M.DCCC.XLVII. TO THE PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE ABBOTSFORD CLUB, THIS SPECIMEN OF THE EARLY LITERATURE OF SCOTLAND, NOW FIRST PRINTED, IS DEDICATED AND PRESENTED BY THEIR OBEDIENT SERVANT, BERIAH BOTFIELD. NORTON HALL, JANUARY 1, 1847. * * * * * The Abbotsford Club. JANUARY, M.DCCC.XLVII. PRESIDENT, RIGHT HON. JOHN HOPE, LORD JUSTICE-CLERK. RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF ABERDEEN. ADAM ANDERSON, ESQ. DAVID BALFOUR, ESQ. 5 CHARLES BAXTER, ESQ. ROBERT BELL, ESQ. ROBERT BLACKWOOD, ESQ. BINDON BLOOD, ESQ. BERIAH BOTFIELD, ESQ. 10 JAMES BURN, ESQ. HON. HENRY COCKBURN, LORD COCKBURN. JOHN PAYNE COLLIER, ESQ. THOMAS CONSTABLE, ESQ. JAMES CROSSLEY, ESQ. 15 JAMES DENNISTOUN, ESQ. JOHN DUNN, ESQ. JOSEPH WALTER KING EYTON, ESQ. HON. JOHN HAY FORBES, LORD MEDWYN. JOHN BLACK GRACIE, ESQ. 20 HON. JAMES IVORY, LORD IVORY. HON. FRANCIS JEFFREY, LORD JEFFREY. JAMES KINNEAR, ESQ. GEORGE RITCHIE KINLOCH, ESQ. DAVID LAING, ESQ. 25 HENRY LIDDELL, ESQ. JAMES LUCAS, ESQ. JOHN WHITEFOORD MACKENZIE, ESQ. ALEXANDER MACONOCHIE, ESQ. JAMES MACKNIGHT, ESQ., _Treasurer_. 30 JAMES MAIDMENT, ESQ. WILLIAM HENRY MILLER, ESQ. THEODORE MARTIN, ESQ., _Secretary_. REV. JAMES MORTON, B.D. ROBERT NASMYTH, ESQ. 35 ROBERT PITCAIRN, ESQ. RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF POWIS. JOHN ROBERTSON, ESQ. RIGHT HON. ANDREW RUTHERFURD, LORD ADVOCATE. ERSKINE DOUGLAS SANDFORD, ESQ. 40 JOHN SMITH, ESQ. L.L.D. WILLIAM B. D. D. TURNBULL, ESQ. EDWARD VERNON UTTERSON, ESQ. PATRICK WARNER, ESQ. RIGHT HON. SIR GEORGE WARRENDER, BART. [Decoration] PREFACE.