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 XC. The Original Chronicle of Andrew of Wyntoun |  |
Qwhen thai of Dace and of Sythy
Saw how Brettane wes vtraly
Leiffit all waist of armyt men,
At Brettane thai aryvit þen,
And castellis and tovnis vp has tane;
For with him had Maximiane
All the gud fechtaris of the land,
Na leiffit nane þat mycht warrand
The febill small folkis in to fecht,
To stynt with strenth þar fais mycht.
Saw how Brettane wes vtraly
Leiffit all waist of armyt men,
At Brettane thai aryvit þen,
And castellis and tovnis vp has tane;
For with him had Maximiane
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Na leiffit nane þat mycht warrand
The febill small folkis in to fecht,
To stynt with strenth þar fais mycht.
Bot syne fra Rome come twa legionis
To help and succour þe Brettonys;
Graciane Municeps þan wes
Thare chiftane, and to se can pass,
And with þare fais syne met in fycht,
And vencust thaim with mekle mycht,
And chasit þaim all out till Irland.
To help and succour þe Brettonys;
Graciane Municeps þan wes
Thare chiftane, and to se can pass,
And with þare fais syne met in fycht,
And vencust thaim with mekle mycht,
And chasit þaim all out till Irland.
Syne of braid Brettane all þe land
He tuke till him, and maid him king;
Bot ȝit wes he in mekle thing
Fell to þe commonis; hastely
Thai raiss and slew him dispituously.
He tuke till him, and maid him king;
Bot ȝit wes he in mekle thing
Fell to þe commonis; hastely
Thai raiss and slew him dispituously.
And quhen he dede was, þai fled ware
Till Irland, and come agane rycht þare
In Brettane, and it waistit wer
Than þai did befor be fer.
Till Irland, and come agane rycht þare
In Brettane, and it waistit wer
Than þai did befor be fer.
The Brettonys than þat wist na reid
To help þaim selfin fra þe deid,
Send on to Rome succour to craif,
And said þai wald þaim all tyme haif
To þare lordis, gif þat þai
Wald cum and put þar fais away.
Than þai of Rome a legioun send
That hastely to Brettane wend,
And put thai alienis away.
To help þaim selfin fra þe deid,
Send on to Rome succour to craif,
And said þai wald þaim all tyme haif
To þare lordis, gif þat þai
Wald cum and put þar fais away.
Than þai of Rome a legioun send
That hastely to Brettane wend,
And put thai alienis away.
A wall syne efter ordanit þai
For to be maid betuix Scotland
And þaim, sa þat it mycht stand
Agane þaim þat þaim scaithit had;
And it of commone cost þai maid,
And ȝit is callit Clydis Wall.
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And þaim, sa þat it mycht stand
Agane þaim þat þaim scaithit had;
And it of commone cost þai maid,
And ȝit is callit Clydis Wall.
Quhen þis wes done as I say, all
The Romanis to Rome tuke þar way;
Bot, or þai went, thai couth þaim say
That þai wald cum na mare agane,
For, or þai wald suffer sic pane,
And for þaim oft be travalit sa,
Thare tribut levare thai had forga.
The Romanis to Rome tuke þar way;
Bot, or þai went, thai couth þaim say
That þai wald cum na mare agane,
For, or þai wald suffer sic pane,
And for þaim oft be travalit sa,
Thare tribut levare thai had forga.
| CHAPTER XC. The Original Chronicle of Andrew of Wyntoun | |