Faird

And ſone as he perſavys quhar that went / Forganyſt him, cumand throu greſy ſward, / Hys derreſt ſon Ene with hasty fard, / Baith his handys joyfull furthſtracht he than;[…]

Sire, I remember it is recordit, that in the Pharſalick conflict Cæſar obſerued that Pompeye, be his wntymeous reſtraint of his ſouldiers in the chock of the battel, in ſtaying them of thair force and faird, ſo abbaited their courage, that they wer aine eaſie praye to the Cæſarians, fewar in number, and of leſſe valour; […]

But ne'er a ane of them he ſpar'd, / E'en tho' there was a drunken laird / To draw his ſword, and make a faird / In their defence, […] [Footnote: Make a faird.) A buſtle like a bully.]