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 CLXII. The Original Chronicle of Andrew of Wyntoun |  |
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CHAPTER CLXII.
How Edward þe Ballioll tuke party
Agane seire lordis of arbitry
Agane seire lordis of arbitry
A thousand iiic. and xxx. ȝere
And foure þarto, to rekin cleire,
Eftir þe blessit Natiuite,
That wes þe causs of all our gle,
The King Phillip þat tyme of France,
For till amese þe gret distance
That wes betuix þe realmes twa,
Scotland and Ingland baith were þai,
Send honorable message and grete
Vpone ferme trewis for to trete,
With þe Paip Benettis consent
The xii.; with his letreȝ patent,
In Scotland to Perth þai went
To þe King Edward þare present;
Bot he wald nocht þe message se,
Nouþer in pert nor in prevate.
The King of France ȝit eftir þai
Send to þis Edwart ȝit message ma,
The quhilk wes kend and knawin then
Rycht honorable and famouss men,
With þe consent of Davy ȝing,
At þat tyme wes in France our king,
Be baith þare instance and consent,
And als be þare letreȝ patent,
For to trete a trew fermly.
This Edward refusit it vtraly.
And foure þarto, to rekin cleire,
Eftir þe blessit Natiuite,
That wes þe causs of all our gle,
The King Phillip þat tyme of France,
For till amese þe gret distance
That wes betuix þe realmes twa,
Scotland and Ingland baith were þai,
Send honorable message and grete
Vpone ferme trewis for to trete,
With þe Paip Benettis consent
The xii.; with his letreȝ patent,
In Scotland to Perth þai went
To þe King Edward þare present;
Bot he wald nocht þe message se,
Nouþer in pert nor in prevate.
The King of France ȝit eftir þai
Send to þis Edwart ȝit message ma,
The quhilk wes kend and knawin then
Rycht honorable and famouss men,
With þe consent of Davy ȝing,
At þat tyme wes in France our king,
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And als be þare letreȝ patent,
For to trete a trew fermly.
This Edward refusit it vtraly.
That samyn ȝere in Sanct Iohnestoun
Thare raiss ane gret descentioun
Betuix Edward þe Ballioll þen
And lordis þat were his sworne men,
Richart Talbot, and Schir Henry
The Bewmond, and þe Erll Davy
Off Aithale, agane þis Edwart;
For he hely fauorit þe part
That langit Schir Alexander Mowbray.
For fra his broþeris dochteris away
All þare heretage þan tuke he,
That to þai madinnis fell of fee.
Thire thre lordis fra þis Edwart
Withdrew þaim, for he faworit þat part
That langit, as I said, Mowbray;
And þire thre lordis held þar way,
Fra þai had þar leif þus tane,
Quhare þai likit euerilkane.
Thare raiss ane gret descentioun
Betuix Edward þe Ballioll þen
And lordis þat were his sworne men,
Richart Talbot, and Schir Henry
The Bewmond, and þe Erll Davy
Off Aithale, agane þis Edwart;
For he hely fauorit þe part
That langit Schir Alexander Mowbray.
For fra his broþeris dochteris away
All þare heretage þan tuke he,
That to þai madinnis fell of fee.
Thire thre lordis fra þis Edwart
Withdrew þaim, for he faworit þat part
That langit, as I said, Mowbray;
And þire thre lordis held þar way,
Fra þai had þar leif þus tane,
Quhare þai likit euerilkane.
Schire Edward þe Balliole þat tyme baid
In Sanct Iohnestoun, and þare he maid
The landis lyand him about
To be till him vndirlout.
The Bewmont went on to Bowchane,
And þare Dundarge of lyme and stane
He maid stalwart, and þarin lay.
All þat in Bouchane were þat day
Obeyit till him halely,
And oþer landis ma þarby.
Richard Talbot in Louthiane,
Passand till Ingland, þan wes tane
And with him alsua all his men
As presoneris were takin þen.
Off Aithaile þan past þis Erll Davy
To Loghindorb with his cumpany.
Bot þe Balliole þis Schir Edwart
Tretit with þire lordis eftirwart,
And remuffit fra him away
This Schir Alexander Mowbray,
That to Schir Andro of Murray þan
Become þare his suorne man;
For he doutit þe gret mycht
Off his vnfreyndis, and þare slycht.
This Schir Edward þe Ballioll þen
Gaif landis till his suorne men;
To þis Erll of Athaill Schir Davy
The Stewartis landis he gaif halely;
For he desyrit oure þe laif
Off lordschip liffing for to haif.
In Sanct Iohnestoun, and þare he maid
The landis lyand him about
To be till him vndirlout.
The Bewmont went on to Bowchane,
And þare Dundarge of lyme and stane
He maid stalwart, and þarin lay.
All þat in Bouchane were þat day
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And oþer landis ma þarby.
Richard Talbot in Louthiane,
Passand till Ingland, þan wes tane
And with him alsua all his men
As presoneris were takin þen.
Off Aithaile þan past þis Erll Davy
To Loghindorb with his cumpany.
Bot þe Balliole þis Schir Edwart
Tretit with þire lordis eftirwart,
And remuffit fra him away
This Schir Alexander Mowbray,
That to Schir Andro of Murray þan
Become þare his suorne man;
For he doutit þe gret mycht
Off his vnfreyndis, and þare slycht.
This Schir Edward þe Ballioll þen
Gaif landis till his suorne men;
To þis Erll of Athaill Schir Davy
The Stewartis landis he gaif halely;
For he desyrit oure þe laif
Off lordschip liffing for to haif.
And at Ranfrow a maniory
He maid costlike and ryally,
And fewteis tuke of mony þare,
That gaderit to þat assemble ware,
And aucht fewteis for tennandriis;
For nane durst him contrariis.
The keyis þai brocht him þare,
That in Dunoyne and Rothsa were.
Schire Allane þe Lile he maid haill
Schirref of Bute and of Kowaill;
Thome of Wollare of all þat land
He maid eftir him luftennand.
He maid costlike and ryally,
And fewteis tuke of mony þare,
That gaderit to þat assemble ware,
And aucht fewteis for tennandriis;
For nane durst him contrariis.
The keyis þai brocht him þare,
That in Dunoyne and Rothsa were.
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Schirref of Bute and of Kowaill;
Thome of Wollare of all þat land
He maid eftir him luftennand.
Quhen þis Balliole in Perth abaid,
Mony chiftanis þare he maid
Off castellis, and cuntreis neire him by
Off Fife, and Anguss, and oþer sindry.
William Bulloke þe castell
Off Cowper kepit, and warnyt weill,
And þe castell of Andirstoun,
And vthir pelis vp and doune,
All bestuffit with Inglismen;
This Edward sa gret lord wes þan.
Mony chiftanis þare he maid
Off castellis, and cuntreis neire him by
Off Fife, and Anguss, and oþer sindry.
William Bulloke þe castell
Off Cowper kepit, and warnyt weill,
And þe castell of Andirstoun,
And vthir pelis vp and doune,
All bestuffit with Inglismen;
This Edward sa gret lord wes þan.
In all þis tyme, at þai þus ferd,
The Stewart of Scotland Robert
Wes þan bot ȝoung, withoutin weire
Off eild he past nocht xvii. ȝere,
In hiddillis wes þan in Rothsay;
And all þe tyme þat he þare lay,
Iohne Gibsone, þat wes trew man,
And Willok Hereot, þat wes þan
Wynnand within þat barony,
Tretit and wrocht sa wittely
That in ane evinnyng in a bait
Fra Rothissay þai held þar gait
Till Innerkip; þare horss þaim met,
And þat ilk nycht, but langere let,
With twa men, at his charteris baire,
And a chalmer child but mare,
This Stewart Robert held his way
Till Ovire Cunno, and or day
A litill cobill þare him met,
And had him oure, but langere let,
To þe castell of Dunbertane.
Thare he with glaid chere in wes tane
With Schir Malcome Flemyng worthy,
That tretit him full honorably.
The Stewart of Scotland Robert
Wes þan bot ȝoung, withoutin weire
Off eild he past nocht xvii. ȝere,
In hiddillis wes þan in Rothsay;
And all þe tyme þat he þare lay,
Iohne Gibsone, þat wes trew man,
And Willok Hereot, þat wes þan
Wynnand within þat barony,
Tretit and wrocht sa wittely
That in ane evinnyng in a bait
Fra Rothissay þai held þar gait
Till Innerkip; þare horss þaim met,
And þat ilk nycht, but langere let,
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And a chalmer child but mare,
This Stewart Robert held his way
Till Ovire Cunno, and or day
A litill cobill þare him met,
And had him oure, but langere let,
To þe castell of Dunbertane.
Thare he with glaid chere in wes tane
With Schir Malcome Flemyng worthy,
That tretit him full honorably.
| CHAPTER CLXII. The Original Chronicle of Andrew of Wyntoun | |