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 CXXIX. The Original Chronicle of Andrew of Wyntoun |  |
CHAPTER CXXIX.
Off Sanct Dauid oure kingis decess
And of his haly lif þat wes.
And of his haly lif þat wes.
A thousand a hunder and fifty
And thre ȝeris þarto fullely,
Apone þe foure and tuenty day
Off þe moneth callit May,
And þe nynt kalendis of Iwne,
Oure gud king Davyis dais wer done
In till Carlele, quhare he maid
A styth castell, and þare he had
Oft and mekle his duelling
All þe tyme þat he wes king.
And fra Carlele þai had him syne
To be beryit in Dunfermelyne,
Thare in hallowit sepulture,
And wes entyrit with honour.
And thre ȝeris þarto fullely,
Apone þe foure and tuenty day
Off þe moneth callit May,
And þe nynt kalendis of Iwne,
Oure gud king Davyis dais wer done
In till Carlele, quhare he maid
A styth castell, and þare he had
Oft and mekle his duelling
All þe tyme þat he wes king.
And fra Carlele þai had him syne
To be beryit in Dunfermelyne,
410
And wes entyrit with honour.
That king excedit in wisdome
All þe princis in Cristindome,
That in his tyme liffand wes,
In wertuis and in halynes;
Quha that his lif seis and redis,
Quharein writtin ar his dedis.
The twenty part of his bounte
Be my wit may nocht schawit be.
The day he wes baith king and knycht;
A monk deuote he wes on nycht.
He held by his deuocioun
All þe houris of religioun.
Quha þat list to lif vertuously,
And to greif na man wranguisly,
And gif ilk ane at þaris suld be,
This kingis lif he reid and se;
For till gouerne all his lawis,
To lif vertuously in his dawis,
May merour and ensample be
Till alkyne statis, gre be gre.
Nyne and twenty ȝeris king he wes.
Think, lordis, on Davy and his gudnes!
All þe princis in Cristindome,
That in his tyme liffand wes,
In wertuis and in halynes;
Quha that his lif seis and redis,
Quharein writtin ar his dedis.
The twenty part of his bounte
Be my wit may nocht schawit be.
The day he wes baith king and knycht;
A monk deuote he wes on nycht.
He held by his deuocioun
All þe houris of religioun.
Quha þat list to lif vertuously,
And to greif na man wranguisly,
And gif ilk ane at þaris suld be,
This kingis lif he reid and se;
For till gouerne all his lawis,
To lif vertuously in his dawis,
May merour and ensample be
Till alkyne statis, gre be gre.
Nyne and twenty ȝeris king he wes.
Think, lordis, on Davy and his gudnes!
Betuix þe king Stevin and Henry,
That tyme duke of Normundy
And erll of Angeos, wes passand
Bischopis twa, þaim ȝarne tretand,
Accordit þaim and peax maid.
The king Stevin, at þe kinrik had,
Suld bruke it furþ till his endday;
And þus accordit þan were þai.
All þe tyme þat he wes king,
Thai vsit to call him Stevin Styntyng.
The abbay of Reddynys foundit he
Quhen he wes in his ryalte;
And sum sais sa did [he] Carrame
On Tweid in till Sanct Cuthbertis name.
That tyme duke of Normundy
And erll of Angeos, wes passand
Bischopis twa, þaim ȝarne tretand,
Accordit þaim and peax maid.
The king Stevin, at þe kinrik had,
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And þus accordit þan were þai.
All þe tyme þat he wes king,
Thai vsit to call him Stevin Styntyng.
The abbay of Reddynys foundit he
Quhen he wes in his ryalte;
And sum sais sa did [he] Carrame
On Tweid in till Sanct Cuthbertis name.
| CHAPTER CXXIX. The Original Chronicle of Andrew of Wyntoun | |