Macbeth and the Weird Sisters

A nycht he thowcht in hys dreamyng, That syttand he wes besyd the kyng At a sete in hwntyng; swa Intil his leisch had grewhundys; twa He thowcht, quhile he wes swa syttand, He sawe threw wemen by gangand; And thai wemen than thowct he Thre werd systrys mast lyk to be. The first he hard say, gangang by, 'Lo, yhondyr the Thane of Crumbawchety!' The tothir woman sayd agane, 'Of Morave yhondyre I se the thane!' The thryd than sayd, 'I se the kyng!' All this he herd in his dreamyng... Sone eftyre that, in his yhowthad, Of thyr thanydoms he thane wes made; Syne neyst he thowcht to be king, Fra Dunkanyis dayis had tane endying. The fantasy thus of his dreme Movyd hym mast to sla his eme; As he dyd all furth in-dede, As before yhe herd one rede, And Dame Growky, his emys wyf, Tuk, and lef wyth hyr hys ly, And held hyr bathe hys wyf and queyne, As befor than scho had beyne Till hys eme qwene, lyvand Quhen he was kyng with crone rygnend For lytil in honowre than had he The greys of affynyte. All thus quhen his eme was dede, He succeedyt in his stede; And sevyntene syntyr full rygnand As kyng-he wes than in-til Scotland. All hys tyme wes gret plente Abowndand, bath on land and se. He was in justice rycht lawchful, And till hys legis all awful. Quhen Leo the tend was Pape of Rome, As pylgryne to the court he come; And in his almus he sew sylver Till all pure folk that had myster; And all tyme oysyd he to wyrk Profitably for haly kyrke.