The Original Chronicle of Andrew of Wyntoun printed on parallel pages from the Cottonian and Wemyss mss., with the variants of the other texts: Edited with introduction, notes, and glossary by F. J. Amours |
II, III, IV, V, VI. |
CHAPTER LXXI. The Original Chronicle of Andrew of Wyntoun | ||
After þat xxvi. ȝere
Off his eild wes passit cleire,
His body deid the pepill syne
Beriit, and maid of marbill fyne
A pillare xx. fut on hicht,
And it þai gert be set vp rycht
In the merget, and þare gert þai
The powdyre and the banys lay.
Off his eild wes passit cleire,
His body deid the pepill syne
Beriit, and maid of marbill fyne
A pillare xx. fut on hicht,
And it þai gert be set vp rycht
In the merget, and þare gert þai
The powdyre and the banys lay.
Off Iulius deid, as I herd tell,
In Rome vnkouth takynnis fell;
Befor his dede the hundreth day
Off fyrflaucht fell brynt alway
The first letter of his estate
The men apon his ymage wrait,
Quhen it wes first vpset
Evin in to the myd mercat.
In Rome vnkouth takynnis fell;
Befor his dede the hundreth day
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The first letter of his estate
The men apon his ymage wrait,
Quhen it wes first vpset
Evin in to the myd mercat.
CHAPTER LXXI. The Original Chronicle of Andrew of Wyntoun | ||