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 V. The Original Chronicle of Andrew of Wyntoun |  |
CHAPTER V.
How Adam gat Abell and Cayne
That throuch Lamek efter wes slane.
That throuch Lamek efter wes slane.
This Cayne to sone Enok gat,
The quhilk gat Iareth efter þat;
Enok a tovne gert biggit be,
And gert call Enok þat cete.
This Iareth gat Malaleell,
The quhilk þat gat Matusaell;
Off this Matusaell gat Lamell;
Quha þat likis of him to spell
He wes þe first found [lemmanry],
Throuch lust, liking and lichory.
Till him allane wes wiffis twa,
That Ade wes callit and Sella.
He wes þe first þat schot in bow,
Ouþer with bolt or braid arow.
Sa fell it quhen he falȝeit sycht,
For eild had myrknyt all his mycht,
His [boy] bad him he suld draw neire,
Quhare þat he said he saw a deire.
With þat þe takle vp he drew,
And with þat schot he Cayne slew
That lay lurkand þare in a busk;
Than to þat boy he gaif a rusk,
All brayne-wod in to þat steid,
He dang him with his bow to deid.
The quhilk gat Iareth efter þat;
Enok a tovne gert biggit be,
And gert call Enok þat cete.
This Iareth gat Malaleell,
The quhilk þat gat Matusaell;
Off this Matusaell gat Lamell;
Quha þat likis of him to spell
He wes þe first found [lemmanry],
Throuch lust, liking and lichory.
Till him allane wes wiffis twa,
That Ade wes callit and Sella.
He wes þe first þat schot in bow,
Ouþer with bolt or braid arow.
Sa fell it quhen he falȝeit sycht,
For eild had myrknyt all his mycht,
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Quhare þat he said he saw a deire.
With þat þe takle vp he drew,
And with þat schot he Cayne slew
That lay lurkand þare in a busk;
Than to þat boy he gaif a rusk,
All brayne-wod in to þat steid,
He dang him with his bow to deid.
This Lameke Iabell gat on Ade;
He wes þe first þat gert be maid
Tentis to be borne about,
As catall lesurit in and out,
Quhare hyrdis mycht in herbryit be
Baith day and nycht to keip þar fee.
He gert disseuir first and keip,
As ȝe se now, þe gait fra scheip;
The brukit bestis and þe waire
He gert depart fra quhit and faire;
The ȝoung he kepit fra þe auld,
And oisit þaim to be bocht and sauld,
And syne be craft and be delite
Off mylk and wooll gat proffite.
He wes þe first þat gert be maid
Tentis to be borne about,
As catall lesurit in and out,
Quhare hyrdis mycht in herbryit be
Baith day and nycht to keip þar fee.
He gert disseuir first and keip,
As ȝe se now, þe gait fra scheip;
The brukit bestis and þe waire
He gert depart fra quhit and faire;
The ȝoung he kepit fra þe auld,
And oisit þaim to be bocht and sauld,
And syne be craft and be delite
Off mylk and wooll gat proffite.
This Lameke gat on Ade withall
Ane oþer sone wes callit Tuball.
The story gerris ws understand
He wes þe first þat musik fand
With hammaris wirkand one styddy,
Quhare men wer wirkand in a smyddy.
This Tuball quhen he herd Adam tell
In prophesy, as efter fell,
That flude and fyre suld all ourga,
And fordo all it mycht ourta,
Off sic matere as he had
He gert twa pillaris þan be maid:
Off tyld of plaistere wes þe tane,
The toþer wes maid of marbell stane.
The tane to sauf men fra þe flude,
[The toþir fra fyir, thocht it was woyd;
And in þe twa he gart full tyte
All þe arte of musik wryte,
Sua þat it mycht haldin be
Wnfailȝeand in posteritie.
Iosephus sayis in till his buke,
Quha can weill þat story luik,
That ȝitt in to þe Surry land
The pillair of merbill is standand.
Ane oþer sone wes callit Tuball.
The story gerris ws understand
He wes þe first þat musik fand
With hammaris wirkand one styddy,
Quhare men wer wirkand in a smyddy.
This Tuball quhen he herd Adam tell
In prophesy, as efter fell,
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And fordo all it mycht ourta,
Off sic matere as he had
He gert twa pillaris þan be maid:
Off tyld of plaistere wes þe tane,
The toþer wes maid of marbell stane.
The tane to sauf men fra þe flude,
[The toþir fra fyir, thocht it was woyd;
And in þe twa he gart full tyte
All þe arte of musik wryte,
Sua þat it mycht haldin be
Wnfailȝeand in posteritie.
Iosephus sayis in till his buke,
Quha can weill þat story luik,
That ȝitt in to þe Surry land
The pillair of merbill is standand.
This Lamek gat ȝitt one Sella
Tubalkayin and Noema.
Tubalkayin delytit haill
Be vsit craft to wirk mettaill,
Irne and steill, leid and tyne,
To ȝett or beit or graif þairin.
His sister þan callit Neoma
Scho begouth on hand to ta
Wewyng þat nevir þan before
Was vsit be travell or rhetour.
Of Caynnis generatioun,
Na of þair successioun,
Is na ma found in to story;
Thairfore I latt þame now ga by.
Sum storeys sayis þat Noyes flude
Drownit þame þat þat tyme stude.
Tubalkayin and Noema.
Tubalkayin delytit haill
Be vsit craft to wirk mettaill,
Irne and steill, leid and tyne,
To ȝett or beit or graif þairin.
His sister þan callit Neoma
Scho begouth on hand to ta
Wewyng þat nevir þan before
Was vsit be travell or rhetour.
Of Caynnis generatioun,
Na of þair successioun,
Is na ma found in to story;
Thairfore I latt þame now ga by.
Sum storeys sayis þat Noyes flude
Drownit þame þat þat tyme stude.
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