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 CXXIII. The Original Chronicle of Andrew of Wyntoun |  |
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Lines 143–279 are taken from the Cottonian ms. Lines 139–142 of the Wemyss ms. are missing fom the source document.
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Þaim al dissawit þai vndyrstude;
A prince þai wende til haf had gude,
And a kynge, til gouernyt be
Wndyr hym withe lauche and leil leaute;
And saw þai war supprisit swa,
In to þar hartis set þai war wa,
And nowþir be powar na be slycht
Þai mycht get helpe agayn his mycht,
Bot menyt þaim lede wiþe gret dispyte,
He set noucht by þar mayne a myte.
Bot þrow þe kynrik al he rade;
A powar gret wiþe hym he hade,
And in ilk famows plasse,
Þat seculare or religion was,
He ripit, and saw þar gret tressoure
Off iowallys, at þai had lange befor;
And al þat was of mast walew,
Off preciousse iowalis of wertu,
Al þa til hym self tuk he,
And stuffit gert swa his tresoure be.
A prince þai wende til haf had gude,
And a kynge, til gouernyt be
Wndyr hym withe lauche and leil leaute;
And saw þai war supprisit swa,
In to þar hartis set þai war wa,
And nowþir be powar na be slycht
Þai mycht get helpe agayn his mycht,
Bot menyt þaim lede wiþe gret dispyte,
He set noucht by þar mayne a myte.
Bot þrow þe kynrik al he rade;
A powar gret wiþe hym he hade,
And in ilk famows plasse,
Þat seculare or religion was,
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Off iowallys, at þai had lange befor;
And al þat was of mast walew,
Off preciousse iowalis of wertu,
Al þa til hym self tuk he,
And stuffit gert swa his tresoure be.
Be þis þe statis doutyt sar
For til haf beyn supprisit mare.
Sum of þaim þan flede in Frawns;
Þan, for dreid of fellar chawns,
Sum soucht succoure in Scotlande,
Qwhar Malcom þan was kynge regnande,
Þat war gret and hie persownys;
Bischopis, erllis and barownys,
Our kynge gert ressawit be,
And did þaim gret hwmanyte,
And gert procure þaim richt weil
In al þar likyn ilka deil.
For til haf beyn supprisit mare.
Sum of þaim þan flede in Frawns;
Þan, for dreid of fellar chawns,
Sum soucht succoure in Scotlande,
Qwhar Malcom þan was kynge regnande,
Þat war gret and hie persownys;
Bischopis, erllis and barownys,
Our kynge gert ressawit be,
And did þaim gret hwmanyte,
And gert procure þaim richt weil
In al þar likyn ilka deil.
| CHAPTER CXXIII. The Original Chronicle of Andrew of Wyntoun | |