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 |
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 | CHAPTER LXXI. The Original Chronicle of Andrew of Wyntoun |  |
C that letter capitalle
Is set in nomer vsuall
For a hundreth, and forthy
The Romanis had a fantasy
That C of Cesare wes away,
That about þe hundreth day,
Quhare in moneth or in moment,
Be the last day, thare entent
Off that nomere were hoverand,
And sodand signis abydand.
Is set in nomer vsuall
For a hundreth, and forthy
The Romanis had a fantasy
That C of Cesare wes away,
That about þe hundreth day,
Quhare in moneth or in moment,
Be the last day, thare entent
Off that nomere were hoverand,
And sodand signis abydand.
Off the nycht nixt gane biforne
That Iulius slane wes on þe morne,
As he in his awne chalmer lay
In till his bed lang forow day,
A sudane thud maid sic a frusch
That all the wyndois at a brusche
Off his chalmer quhare he lay
Brak vp, and he in a fray
Stert out of his bed with þat,
And lichtly one his [solis] gat
For all þat houss richt þan he wend
Off his lif þan suld maid end.
Quhen he wes dede within his hand
Thai prive letteris writtin fand,
That warnyng of his deid had bene,
Gif [he] befor wald þaim haif sene.
That Iulius slane wes on þe morne,
As he in his awne chalmer lay
In till his bed lang forow day,
A sudane thud maid sic a frusch
That all the wyndois at a brusche
Off his chalmer quhare he lay
Brak vp, and he in a fray
Stert out of his bed with þat,
And lichtly one his [solis] gat
For all þat houss richt þan he wend
Off his lif þan suld maid end.
Quhen he wes dede within his hand
Thai prive letteris writtin fand,
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Gif [he] befor wald þaim haif sene.
In till this ilk tyme in Scotland
Gede oure the Pightis wes regnand.
Gede oure the Pightis wes regnand.
The stait of Rome first gouernyt wes
With kingis, befor consules,
Twa hunder ȝeris foure score and sevin,
As Frere Martyne reknys evin;
Four hundreth winter and twenty
And foure to þai, to compt lely,
Off Rome þe gret stait gouernyt wes
All be chosin consules,
That till this Iulius Cesare haill
Tuke till him þe gouernall.
With kingis, befor consules,
Twa hunder ȝeris foure score and sevin,
As Frere Martyne reknys evin;
Four hundreth winter and twenty
And foure to þai, to compt lely,
Off Rome þe gret stait gouernyt wes
All be chosin consules,
That till this Iulius Cesare haill
Tuke till him þe gouernall.
| CHAPTER LXXI. The Original Chronicle of Andrew of Wyntoun | |