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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Off Williammys broþer we mon forthy,
That wes but dout þe Erll Davy,
Rekyne þe generatioun
As wes in to successioun.
This Davy erll wes of lagh
Off Huntyngdoun and Garwyagh.
To King William he wes broþer;
And sum men sais he wes þe toþer,
Nixt Malcome þe Madin, þat wes eldest;
Sa wes King William þe ȝoungest.
Men sayis þis Davy in Sarasynes
Travalit, quhen William crovnit wes;
And eftir þat, quhen he come hame,
Thare kepit him þe King Williame,
And, as men sais, in þe presens
Off mony lordis with reuerens
He perofferit him þe crovne;
For he said he had mast resoune
Befor him þat crovne to beire,
For he knew him his eldere
Broþer, and quyt him planely
At of nane euill succudry,
Na of nane euill presumptioun
He vsurpit nocht þe crovne;
Bot thocht all tyme, gif þat he
Mycht him eftir with ene se,
The crovne he suld haif at his will,
As till him fell be law and skill.
Off þis proffer þe Erll Davy
Held him content and said in hy,
Sen William hapnit þat rialte
To haif befor him, he said þat he
Wald nocht ta fra him þe crovne,
Bot hald him payit of Huntyndoun,
That fell till him as of lagh,
And þe erldome of Gariach.
That wes but dout þe Erll Davy,
Rekyne þe generatioun
As wes in to successioun.
This Davy erll wes of lagh
Off Huntyngdoun and Garwyagh.
To King William he wes broþer;
And sum men sais he wes þe toþer,
Nixt Malcome þe Madin, þat wes eldest;
Sa wes King William þe ȝoungest.
Men sayis þis Davy in Sarasynes
Travalit, quhen William crovnit wes;
And eftir þat, quhen he come hame,
Thare kepit him þe King Williame,
And, as men sais, in þe presens
Off mony lordis with reuerens
He perofferit him þe crovne;
For he said he had mast resoune
Befor him þat crovne to beire,
For he knew him his eldere
Broþer, and quyt him planely
At of nane euill succudry,
Na of nane euill presumptioun
He vsurpit nocht þe crovne;
Bot thocht all tyme, gif þat he
Mycht him eftir with ene se,
The crovne he suld haif at his will,
As till him fell be law and skill.
Off þis proffer þe Erll Davy
Held him content and said in hy,
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To haif befor him, he said þat he
Wald nocht ta fra him þe crovne,
Bot hald him payit of Huntyndoun,
That fell till him as of lagh,
And þe erldome of Gariach.
This Erll Davy had dochteris thre.
Mergaret þe first of thai callit he;
This Margret wes a plesand may;
Hir weddit Allane of Galloway.
This Allane on hir eftir þat
A dochtir callit Derworgill gat;
To Iohne þe Ballioll scho wes wif.
On þis Derworgill in his lif
Ȝoung Iohne þe Ballioll he gat,
The quhilk gat Edwart eft þat,
That come in Scotland syne,
And straik þe batall of Duplyne.
In þis Edward endit haill
Off þe Ballioll all þe maill.
Mergaret þe first of thai callit he;
This Margret wes a plesand may;
Hir weddit Allane of Galloway.
This Allane on hir eftir þat
A dochtir callit Derworgill gat;
To Iohne þe Ballioll scho wes wif.
On þis Derworgill in his lif
Ȝoung Iohne þe Ballioll he gat,
The quhilk gat Edwart eft þat,
That come in Scotland syne,
And straik þe batall of Duplyne.
In þis Edward endit haill
Off þe Ballioll all þe maill.
This Derworgill þe faire lady
Had a sister callit Mariory;
Iohne Cummyn tuke hir to his wif,
And gat on hir in till his lif
A sone, þat callit wes Iohne Cummyn,
That slane wes in to Drumfreiss syne.
This last Iohne Cummyn neuerþeles
Had a dochtir, þat weddit was
With þe Erll of Athall Davy,
The quhilk gat apon hir body
A sone callit Davy, and oþer ma.
Bot Davy, þe eldest of þai,
Schire Henry þe Bewmondis dochtir faire
Weddit, becauss at scho wes aire
Off all þe erldome of Bughane,
That Schir Iohne Cummyn befor þan,
The quhilk hir moder fader wes,
It aucht, and deit syne sonles.
This Erll Davy gat on þat schene
Davy, þat slane wes at Kylblene.
Had a sister callit Mariory;
Iohne Cummyn tuke hir to his wif,
And gat on hir in till his lif
A sone, þat callit wes Iohne Cummyn,
That slane wes in to Drumfreiss syne.
This last Iohne Cummyn neuerþeles
Had a dochtir, þat weddit was
With þe Erll of Athall Davy,
The quhilk gat apon hir body
A sone callit Davy, and oþer ma.
Bot Davy, þe eldest of þai,
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Weddit, becauss at scho wes aire
Off all þe erldome of Bughane,
That Schir Iohne Cummyn befor þan,
The quhilk hir moder fader wes,
It aucht, and deit syne sonles.
This Erll Davy gat on þat schene
Davy, þat slane wes at Kylblene.
This Allane, þat lord wes of Galloway,
Ane oþer dochtir had in his day,
And he maryit that ilk lady
With Schir Roger of Qwyncy;
And þis Schir Rogere eftir þat
Thre dochteris on þat lady gat;
And þai dochteris wer weddit þen
With thre noble mychti men.
The Lord of Feres þe eldest,
The Erll of Bughane þe ȝongest,
The Lord þe Suthirland in till his lif
The thrid lady had to wif.
Thus þire thre lordis in þar liffis
Tuke þire thre ladyis to þar wiffis.
Alexander Cummyn he wes callit þen,
That erll wes þat tyme of Bughen,
The quhilk weddit þat lady,
Schir Rogeris dochtir of Quyncy;
To Schir Iohne Cummyn fader he wes,
The quhilk, as ȝe herd, deit soneles.
Ane oþer dochtir had in his day,
And he maryit that ilk lady
With Schir Roger of Qwyncy;
And þis Schir Rogere eftir þat
Thre dochteris on þat lady gat;
And þai dochteris wer weddit þen
With thre noble mychti men.
The Lord of Feres þe eldest,
The Erll of Bughane þe ȝongest,
The Lord þe Suthirland in till his lif
The thrid lady had to wif.
Thus þire thre lordis in þar liffis
Tuke þire thre ladyis to þar wiffis.
Alexander Cummyn he wes callit þen,
That erll wes þat tyme of Bughen,
The quhilk weddit þat lady,
Schir Rogeris dochtir of Quyncy;
To Schir Iohne Cummyn fader he wes,
The quhilk, as ȝe herd, deit soneles.
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