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 CXLI. The Original Chronicle of Andrew of Wyntoun |  |
CHAPTER CXLI.
How Derworgill þat lady fre
Did mony gud werkis of pete.
Did mony gud werkis of pete.
Now to reherss it were my will
The vertuouss dedis of Derworgill,
That quhilum wes, þe suth to say,
Allanys dochtir lord of Galloway.
Eldare Iohne Ballioll in his lif
Weddit þat lady till his wif,
And vpone hir eftir þat
Iohne þe Ballioll king he gat.
Quhen eldare Ballioll, þat wes hir lord,
That spousit hir, as ȝe record,
Had send his saull till his Creature,
Or he wes laid in his sepulture,
His body scho gert opin tyte,
And gert his hert be tane out quyte;
And þat ilk hert, as men said,
Scho balmyt it, and gert be laid
In till a coffyre of ewore,
The quhilk scho gert be maid þarfor,
Anamylit, and perfitly dicht,
[Lokkit], and bundin wiþ siluer brycht,
With spicery within weill saworand,
And of kynd weill flewerand;
And all tyme, quhen scho ȝeid to meit,
Weell neire hir on þe burd scho set;
Rycht as hir lord were in presens,
Ay till it scho did reuerens.
And scho gert als set ilk day,
As wes wount befor hir lord ay,
All his coursis, couerit weill
In siluer weschell ilk deill,
Brocht fra þe kechin and þare set.
And quhen scho had etin, and raiss fra meit,
All þai coursis gert scho þen
Be tane, and delt amang pure men;
All þai coursis gret and gud
Scho gert be gevin to þar lyvis fude.
And þis thing cessit scho neuer to do,
Till liffand in þis warld wes scho.
Scho ordanit in hir testament,
And gaif þaim bidding verrayment,
And his hert þat þai suld ta,
And lay it betuix hir pappis twa,
Quhen þai suld mak hir sepulture;
Till hir lord did scho þis honour.
The vertuouss dedis of Derworgill,
That quhilum wes, þe suth to say,
Allanys dochtir lord of Galloway.
Eldare Iohne Ballioll in his lif
Weddit þat lady till his wif,
And vpone hir eftir þat
Iohne þe Ballioll king he gat.
Quhen eldare Ballioll, þat wes hir lord,
That spousit hir, as ȝe record,
Had send his saull till his Creature,
Or he wes laid in his sepulture,
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And gert his hert be tane out quyte;
And þat ilk hert, as men said,
Scho balmyt it, and gert be laid
In till a coffyre of ewore,
The quhilk scho gert be maid þarfor,
Anamylit, and perfitly dicht,
[Lokkit], and bundin wiþ siluer brycht,
With spicery within weill saworand,
And of kynd weill flewerand;
And all tyme, quhen scho ȝeid to meit,
Weell neire hir on þe burd scho set;
Rycht as hir lord were in presens,
Ay till it scho did reuerens.
And scho gert als set ilk day,
As wes wount befor hir lord ay,
All his coursis, couerit weill
In siluer weschell ilk deill,
Brocht fra þe kechin and þare set.
And quhen scho had etin, and raiss fra meit,
All þai coursis gert scho þen
Be tane, and delt amang pure men;
All þai coursis gret and gud
Scho gert be gevin to þar lyvis fude.
And þis thing cessit scho neuer to do,
Till liffand in þis warld wes scho.
Scho ordanit in hir testament,
And gaif þaim bidding verrayment,
And his hert þat þai suld ta,
And lay it betuix hir pappis twa,
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Till hir lord did scho þis honour.
Scho foundyt alsua in Galloway
Off Cisteus ordour ane abbay,
That callit wes þe abbay of Sueit Hart;
Bot men of þat land eftirwart
Callit it to name þe New Abbay,
And sa þai call it to þis day.
Houssis of freris scho foundit twa:
Wigtoun and Dunde were þai.
In ekyne als of Goddis seruice
In Glasgw scho foundit twa chantriss;
And in þe Vniuersite
Off Oxinfurd þare gert scho be
A college foundit perfitly.
All þire dedis did þis lady;
A better woman þan scho wes ane
Wes nocht in þe Ile of Brettane.
Scho wes waill plesand of bewte;
Men suld hir love for hir bounte.
Off Cisteus ordour ane abbay,
That callit wes þe abbay of Sueit Hart;
Bot men of þat land eftirwart
Callit it to name þe New Abbay,
And sa þai call it to þis day.
Houssis of freris scho foundit twa:
Wigtoun and Dunde were þai.
In ekyne als of Goddis seruice
In Glasgw scho foundit twa chantriss;
And in þe Vniuersite
Off Oxinfurd þare gert scho be
A college foundit perfitly.
All þire dedis did þis lady;
A better woman þan scho wes ane
Wes nocht in þe Ile of Brettane.
Scho wes waill plesand of bewte;
Men suld hir love for hir bounte.
| CHAPTER CXLI. The Original Chronicle of Andrew of Wyntoun | |