James I of Scotland

thumb|right|200px|The bird, the beste, the fisch eke in the see,They lyve in fredome, everich in his kind,And I a man, and lakkith libertee. James I (December 10 1394 – February 21 1437) was King of Scots from 1406 until his death. As a makar he is credited with the earliest known poem in the Scottish Chaucerian tradition, The Kingis Quair, which describes his eighteen-year detention as a hostage in England and his courtship there of Lady Joan Beaufort. Quotes The Kingis Quair The bird, the best, the fisch eke in the see,They live in fredome, everich in his kynd.And I a man, and lakkith libertee. Line 183 Now was there maid fast by the touris wallA gardyn fair, and in the corneris setAne herber grene with wandis long and smallRailit about; and so with treis setWas all the place, and hawthorn hegis knet. Line 211 Worschippe, ye that loveris bene this May,For of your blisse the kalendis are begonne,And sing with us, “away, winter, away!Cum, somer, cum, the suete sesoun and sonne!” Line 232 And therewith kest I doun myn eye ageyne,Quhare as I sawe, walking under the tour,Full secretly new cummyn hir to pleyne,The fairest or the freschest yonge floureThat ever I sawe, me thoght, before that houre,For quhich sodayn abate anon astertThe blude of all my body to my hert. Line 274 So ferr I fallyng into lufis dance,That sodeynly my wit, my contenance,My hert, my will, my nature and my mynd,Was changit clene ryght in anothir kynd. Line 312 Beautee eneuch to mak a world to dote. Line 329 The cristall water ran so clere and cold,That in myn ere maid contynualyA maner soun, mellit with armony,That full of lytill fischis by the brymNow here now there with bakkis blewe as ledeLap and playit, and in a rout can swymSo prattily, and dressit tham to spredeThair curall fynnis as the ruby rede,That in the sonne on thair scalis bryghtAs gesserant ay glitterit in my sight. Line 1060 External links The full text of The Kingis Quair Category:Poets from Scotland Category:Monarchs from Scotland Category:1394 births Category:1437 deaths Category:House of Stuart