Rauf Colyear, Golagros and Gawane, Hary's Wallace: Their Themes of Independence and Religion

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Their Themes of Independence and ReligionEarly Scots chroniclers say that Edward I was on his way to the Holy Land, or was about to go there, when the disputed Scots succession tempted him to play the conqueror.One wonders if in Golagros and Gawane the idea of Arthur journeying to the Holy Land, and en route succumbing to a like temptation was suggested by the statement of the chronicler.Edward's 1mt action in war is described by Andrew Wyntoun who had access to the now lost records at St. Andrews.It is the taking of Berwick and massacre by his soldiery of inhabitants of both sexes, young and old, not excluding priest and nun, till stopped by one incident: Thus were pai slayand pare sa fast All pe day ouer, quhill at pe last The King Eduard saw at pat tyde A woman slane, and of hir syde A bame he saw fall out sprewland, Besyde pe moder slane lyand."Laisses!, Laisses!", pan cryit he, "Lief oft, Lief oft", pat word suld be.The relevance of this passage to the following argument is its illustration of the two sides of man's nature in war.For my argued conviction of a single authorship of the above poems I must refer you to my edition of Wallace,1 though further points are added 1

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