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 CXV. The Original Chronicle of Andrew of Wyntoun |  |
Qwhen þis Benet þe ix. wes dede,
Gregour þe sext sat in þat steid,
And twa winter he held þat se.
Bot euill reullit þat fand he;
For littill or nocht þat he fand,
That till his stait wes sufficiand.
Mony papis befor his dais
Were rekles, as Frere Martyne sais;
For in till falt of gud defens
Off vertu, and of negligens,
Gret possessionis þai tynt quyt
Be fell tyrandis, þat had delite
Possessionis and pilgrymage to tulȝe,
And mony leill men to dispulȝe.
And quha his cursing wald nocht dreid,
Agane þaim sa he wald proceid
That he wald gere þaim be tane or slayne,
Or put in presoune, or in payne
Off dede, be iugisment of law,
Sum to hang, and sum to draw.
A felloune tyrand he wes forthy
Callit, and murmuryt opinly.
Sa in his last infirmyte,
Quhen nocht wes trowit bot he suld de,
The cardinalis said opinly
That all men demyt him nocht worthy
For till haue hallowit sepulture,
Quhen þat he wes of hert sa doure
For to gere sla men but mercy,
And spilt gret blude vnwayndandly.
And quhen he herd had þar decrete,
In till his seiknes lyand ȝete,
Befor him þare þan gert he call
The cardinalis and þe pepill all;
And þare rehersit þare sentens,
Syne said þat of gud consciens
He did all at he gert do;
Forthy na blame suld ly þarto,
Na he deseruit na defame,
Supposs þai put till him sic schame.
“And gif it be Goddis will forthy,
Quhen I am deid and law sall ly,
That I haue hallowit sepulture
Withoutin schame or dishonour,
Be ȝe nocht, schiris, sa obstinate
Till hynder or to suppriss my stait.”
Gregour þe sext sat in þat steid,
And twa winter he held þat se.
Bot euill reullit þat fand he;
For littill or nocht þat he fand,
That till his stait wes sufficiand.
Mony papis befor his dais
Were rekles, as Frere Martyne sais;
For in till falt of gud defens
Off vertu, and of negligens,
Gret possessionis þai tynt quyt
Be fell tyrandis, þat had delite
Possessionis and pilgrymage to tulȝe,
And mony leill men to dispulȝe.
And quha his cursing wald nocht dreid,
Agane þaim sa he wald proceid
That he wald gere þaim be tane or slayne,
Or put in presoune, or in payne
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Sum to hang, and sum to draw.
A felloune tyrand he wes forthy
Callit, and murmuryt opinly.
Sa in his last infirmyte,
Quhen nocht wes trowit bot he suld de,
The cardinalis said opinly
That all men demyt him nocht worthy
For till haue hallowit sepulture,
Quhen þat he wes of hert sa doure
For to gere sla men but mercy,
And spilt gret blude vnwayndandly.
And quhen he herd had þar decrete,
In till his seiknes lyand ȝete,
Befor him þare þan gert he call
The cardinalis and þe pepill all;
And þare rehersit þare sentens,
Syne said þat of gud consciens
He did all at he gert do;
Forthy na blame suld ly þarto,
Na he deseruit na defame,
Supposs þai put till him sic schame.
“And gif it be Goddis will forthy,
Quhen I am deid and law sall ly,
That I haue hallowit sepulture
Withoutin schame or dishonour,
Be ȝe nocht, schiris, sa obstinate
Till hynder or to suppriss my stait.”
The cardinalis ȝit neuerþeles,
Fra he wes deid of þat seiknes,
Wald nocht thole him haif entre
In to þe kirk; bot þai gert be
All þe duris closit fast.
Bot of wynd a sodane blast
All þe duris brak vp sone.
Than trowit þai it throu myrakle done,
And sa þai maid him wyde entre
In þe kirk with solempnyte;
Deuotly þan with gret honour
Thai maid him hallowit sepulture.
Fra he wes deid of þat seiknes,
Wald nocht thole him haif entre
In to þe kirk; bot þai gert be
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Bot of wynd a sodane blast
All þe duris brak vp sone.
Than trowit þai it throu myrakle done,
And sa þai maid him wyde entre
In þe kirk with solempnyte;
Deuotly þan with gret honour
Thai maid him hallowit sepulture.
| CHAPTER CXV. The Original Chronicle of Andrew of Wyntoun | |