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 IX. The Original Chronicle of Andrew of Wyntoun |  |
CHAPTER IX.
Heir may ȝe wit withoutin weire
Quham of come carllis and knychtis deire.
Quham of come carllis and knychtis deire.
Sem, Cam and Iaphet, all thre,
Thire were þe sonnys of Noe.
Off þire come men of mekill mycht,
To statis growand and till hycht,
And generaly of all degre
All manere of men come of þire thre.
Off Sem þat wes þe eldest broþer
Preistheid come befor all vthire.
Sum þat vsit of him to speik
Said þat he wes þat Melchideche
That offerit till Abrahame wyne and breid
Quhen þe kingis foure were dede,
The quhilk Abrahame persewit
His brothire sone quhen he reskewit.
Quha lukis þe Bibill wittirly
May fynd of þis a faire story.
Thire were þe sonnys of Noe.
Off þire come men of mekill mycht,
To statis growand and till hycht,
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All manere of men come of þire thre.
Off Sem þat wes þe eldest broþer
Preistheid come befor all vthire.
Sum þat vsit of him to speik
Said þat he wes þat Melchideche
That offerit till Abrahame wyne and breid
Quhen þe kingis foure were dede,
The quhilk Abrahame persewit
His brothire sone quhen he reskewit.
Quha lukis þe Bibill wittirly
May fynd of þis a faire story.
Off Semys generatioun,
Be lynyall successioun,
Wes Ihesu Crist of Mary borne,
To sauf mankynd at wes forlorne.
Off Cain þe neist for his outtrage
Come seruitut and foull bondage.
Off Iaphet, youngest of þe thre,
Come first knychtis dignitie.
Thire aucht þe landis halely
Off Affrik, Europe and Asy,
And þe foure kinrikis principale
Be þare successioun lynyall
Wes occupiit, and Belus king
Maid in est his first stering.
And þat land þan wes halely
Callit þe kinrik of Assyry;
And in þe west art þar vpone
The kinrik raiss of Sythioune;
Bot efter syne to name it had
In Grece þe lordschip of Archade.
There Agolews there wes king
And had it haill in gouernyng.
And in þe north art of Sythy
Casnes had þe senȝeory,
And Menes king in þe south art
Tuke all Egipt till his part.
In þire foure partis seuerale
Thire kinrikis all callit principall,
Vndire foure kingis þat raiss
Quhen Noys flude all swagit wes,
And grew in gret mycht mony ȝere;
Bot part of þaim syne changeit were
In vthire kinrikis seuerale,
As thai were wonnyng throuch batall.
Be lynyall successioun,
Wes Ihesu Crist of Mary borne,
To sauf mankynd at wes forlorne.
Off Cain þe neist for his outtrage
Come seruitut and foull bondage.
Off Iaphet, youngest of þe thre,
Come first knychtis dignitie.
Thire aucht þe landis halely
Off Affrik, Europe and Asy,
And þe foure kinrikis principale
Be þare successioun lynyall
Wes occupiit, and Belus king
Maid in est his first stering.
And þat land þan wes halely
Callit þe kinrik of Assyry;
And in þe west art þar vpone
The kinrik raiss of Sythioune;
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In Grece þe lordschip of Archade.
There Agolews there wes king
And had it haill in gouernyng.
And in þe north art of Sythy
Casnes had þe senȝeory,
And Menes king in þe south art
Tuke all Egipt till his part.
In þire foure partis seuerale
Thire kinrikis all callit principall,
Vndire foure kingis þat raiss
Quhen Noys flude all swagit wes,
And grew in gret mycht mony ȝere;
Bot part of þaim syne changeit were
In vthire kinrikis seuerale,
As thai were wonnyng throuch batall.
| CHAPTER IX. The Original Chronicle of Andrew of Wyntoun | |