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 |  |
Wilȝam Bastarde had sonnys thre:
Robert Curtosse þe eldest he
Was, and Wilȝam Rede þe toþir;
Henry was þe ȝongast broþir.
Þis Wilȝam Bastarde, þat tyme kynge,
Þus ordanyt þir thre þar liffynge:
Til Robert Curtois hallely
Þe duche he gaf of Normondy;
For he was eldast in lynage,
He gaf hym þat was heretage.
Til Wilȝam Rede he gaf Inglande,
Þar in to be kynge regnande;
For he his son was myddillest,
He gaf hym þar for his conquest.
Til Henry he gaf his tressour
All, þat he gaderit hade befor.
Robert Curtosse þe eldest he
Was, and Wilȝam Rede þe toþir;
Henry was þe ȝongast broþir.
Þis Wilȝam Bastarde, þat tyme kynge,
Þus ordanyt þir thre þar liffynge:
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Þe duche he gaf of Normondy;
For he was eldast in lynage,
He gaf hym þat was heretage.
Til Wilȝam Rede he gaf Inglande,
Þar in to be kynge regnande;
For he his son was myddillest,
He gaf hym þar for his conquest.
Til Henry he gaf his tressour
All, þat he gaderit hade befor.
Þis Robert þan, be nayme Curtois,
Til haf past set his purposse
In til þe Halylande; for þi
Til his broþir ȝonge Henry
A part saulde of his duche
For a gret sowme of mone.
Bot, qwhen he hade þe moneȝ tane,
Lande til his broþir gaff he nane;
For his fadyr hallely
Helde fra hym þe landis of Normondy.
Na of þat gaf hym nathynge,
As he had heycht, til his liffynge.
Þis Robert Curtose neuirþeles
Past our se, as his purposse wes,
Qwhen Gregor þe sewynde was pape in Rome,
And kepar of al Cristyndome,
And Henry þe thride as lord and syre
Gouernyt þat tyme þe empyre.
Godthra, lorde þan of Lorane,
Was principale and mast chiftane.
Þe Erll of Frawns, and of Sancte Gile,
And of Blese in þat qwhile
Past in ost and gret batale
For to mak helpe and suppowale,
And til defende þe Halilande
Abowte Ierusalem þan lyande.
Wythe þir þan Robert þe Curtos
Past, as he was of purposse,
Qwhar throw commendit weil was he
Off manheid and of gret bownte;
For worschep gret was pruffit þar,
And lordis weil commendit war.
Til haf past set his purposse
In til þe Halylande; for þi
Til his broþir ȝonge Henry
A part saulde of his duche
For a gret sowme of mone.
Bot, qwhen he hade þe moneȝ tane,
Lande til his broþir gaff he nane;
For his fadyr hallely
Helde fra hym þe landis of Normondy.
Na of þat gaf hym nathynge,
As he had heycht, til his liffynge.
Þis Robert Curtose neuirþeles
Past our se, as his purposse wes,
Qwhen Gregor þe sewynde was pape in Rome,
And kepar of al Cristyndome,
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Gouernyt þat tyme þe empyre.
Godthra, lorde þan of Lorane,
Was principale and mast chiftane.
Þe Erll of Frawns, and of Sancte Gile,
And of Blese in þat qwhile
Past in ost and gret batale
For to mak helpe and suppowale,
And til defende þe Halilande
Abowte Ierusalem þan lyande.
Wythe þir þan Robert þe Curtos
Past, as he was of purposse,
Qwhar throw commendit weil was he
Off manheid and of gret bownte;
For worschep gret was pruffit þar,
And lordis weil commendit war.
On þe Pask ewyn dewotly
Þe Crystyn men þar hallely
Prayide to Gode þat he walde sende
A takyn of fyre to mak þaim kende
Qwhat lorde þai sulde ches to be kynge,
Fra þine til haf þe gouernynge
Off Ierusalem; and eftyr son
Þat þis deuocion þai had don̄,
And rissyn hade fra þar prayere,
Þai saw on Robert Curtose spere
A bleysse of fyre lemande licht.
Withe þat þai loffit God of mycht,
And cheyssit þis Robert befor þe laiff,
Ierusalem as kynge til haf.
Bot þat honoure forsuyk he,
For he ȝarnyt and thoucht til be
Off þe kynrik of Inglande
Kynge, next his fadyr þan regnande.
But oft failȝeis fulys thoucht;
Al to purposse that coyme noucht.
How euir it hapnyt of his endynge,
But dowt he deit or he was kynge.
Þe Crystyn men þar hallely
Prayide to Gode þat he walde sende
A takyn of fyre to mak þaim kende
Qwhat lorde þai sulde ches to be kynge,
Fra þine til haf þe gouernynge
Off Ierusalem; and eftyr son
Þat þis deuocion þai had don̄,
And rissyn hade fra þar prayere,
Þai saw on Robert Curtose spere
A bleysse of fyre lemande licht.
Withe þat þai loffit God of mycht,
And cheyssit þis Robert befor þe laiff,
Ierusalem as kynge til haf.
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For he ȝarnyt and thoucht til be
Off þe kynrik of Inglande
Kynge, next his fadyr þan regnande.
But oft failȝeis fulys thoucht;
Al to purposse that coyme noucht.
How euir it hapnyt of his endynge,
But dowt he deit or he was kynge.
| CHAPTER CXXIII. The Original Chronicle of Andrew of Wyntoun | |