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 CLXXIII. The Original Chronicle of Andrew of Wyntoun |  |
About Perth þan wes þe cuntre
Sa waist at wonder wes to se;
For all a weill fere space þarby
Wes nouþer houss left, nor herbery.
Off deire þan þare wes sic fusioun
That þai wald neire cum to þe toune.
Sa gret a hungire wes neire þat steid
That mony folkis for falt were deid.
Sa waist at wonder wes to se;
For all a weill fere space þarby
Wes nouþer houss left, nor herbery.
Off deire þan þare wes sic fusioun
That þai wald neire cum to þe toune.
Sa gret a hungire wes neire þat steid
That mony folkis for falt were deid.
[Thai] said als þat a carll þarby
Wald mak nettis and set quayntly
Childer and woman for to ta,
And cum þan on þaim, and þaim sla,
And eit þaim all, þat he get mycht.
Criste Cleke to name he hecht.
That laithfull lif lang hantit he,
Quhill waist but folkis wes þe cuntre.
Wald mak nettis and set quayntly
Childer and woman for to ta,
And cum þan on þaim, and þaim sla,
And eit þaim all, þat he get mycht.
Criste Cleke to name he hecht.
That laithfull lif lang hantit he,
Quhill waist but folkis wes þe cuntre.
The wardane syne fra Perth is gane
To Striuelyne wiþ his oste on ane,
That castell till assege suthly,
That þan Schir Thomas of Rukby
Held wiþ oþer worthy men,
That of houshald were wiþ him þen.
Thare till a sege set þe wardane;
Bot þe Erll of Ross wes went hame,
And þai, þat at þat segis þan lay,
Bekyrit oþer euerilk day.
To Striuelyne wiþ his oste on ane,
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That þan Schir Thomas of Rukby
Held wiþ oþer worthy men,
That of houshald were wiþ him þen.
Thare till a sege set þe wardane;
Bot þe Erll of Ross wes went hame,
And þai, þat at þat segis þan lay,
Bekyrit oþer euerilk day.
At ane assault, at þai þare maid,
William of Keth, þat ȝarnyng had
To pruf to clym attour þe wall,
Enarmyt in his harnes all
Wes clymmand vpwart; bot a stane,
That come fra hicht, has him ourtane,
That twafald doune it can him beire,
And stekit him on his awne spere;
Off þat hurt þare deit he,
And of his dede it wes pete;
For he wes waill, wycht and hardy,
And fulfillit of chevalry.
Sa lang þare segeand þan þai lay,
Till þai within, as I herd say,
Falȝeit sa halely þe meit
That þai had na thing for till eit.
And quhen Rukby saw it wes sa,
That fortoune forsit hir to be his fa,
And þat sa straitly stad he was
That him worthit to ȝeild þe place,
He tretit, and it ȝald he,
To set him in till Ingland fre.
William of Keth, þat ȝarnyng had
To pruf to clym attour þe wall,
Enarmyt in his harnes all
Wes clymmand vpwart; bot a stane,
That come fra hicht, has him ourtane,
That twafald doune it can him beire,
And stekit him on his awne spere;
Off þat hurt þare deit he,
And of his dede it wes pete;
For he wes waill, wycht and hardy,
And fulfillit of chevalry.
Sa lang þare segeand þan þai lay,
Till þai within, as I herd say,
Falȝeit sa halely þe meit
That þai had na thing for till eit.
And quhen Rukby saw it wes sa,
That fortoune forsit hir to be his fa,
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That him worthit to ȝeild þe place,
He tretit, and it ȝald he,
To set him in till Ingland fre.
The wardane has þat castell tane,
And saw it wycht of lyme and stane,
And set als in sa strait a place
That of þe self rycht wicht it was.
He and his counsall haly thocht
To cast it doune þat þai wald nocht;
Tharfor to Morris of Murraif
In keping he þat castell gaif,
And syne he strenthit it gretly,
For he wes waill, riche and mychti.
And saw it wycht of lyme and stane,
And set als in sa strait a place
That of þe self rycht wicht it was.
He and his counsall haly thocht
To cast it doune þat þai wald nocht;
Tharfor to Morris of Murraif
In keping he þat castell gaif,
And syne he strenthit it gretly,
For he wes waill, riche and mychti.
The wardane þan till his cuntre
Went, and a quhile him restit he,
And quhile he raid throu out þe land;
For þan þe kinrik wes growand
Baith in riches and honeste,
Off corne and catell gret plente.
And of þe kinrik þe mast party
Were liege men sworne to King Davy.
Went, and a quhile him restit he,
And quhile he raid throu out þe land;
For þan þe kinrik wes growand
Baith in riches and honeste,
Off corne and catell gret plente.
And of þe kinrik þe mast party
Were liege men sworne to King Davy.
Bot Edinburgh and Roxburcht alsua
Were haldin ȝit stoutly þaim fra;
Berwik, Iedworth, and Lowmabane,
Off all þir thre ȝit had þai nane;
Tewidaill and oþer landis seire
At Inglis fay ȝit haldin were.
The laif alhaill were Scottis men,
That liffit sumquhat at liking þen.
The quheþer þe iuperdyis of weire
Fell oftsyss, as þai did eire,
Bot all þai tymes commonly
The best fell to þe Scottis party.
Were haldin ȝit stoutly þaim fra;
Berwik, Iedworth, and Lowmabane,
Off all þir thre ȝit had þai nane;
Tewidaill and oþer landis seire
At Inglis fay ȝit haldin were.
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That liffit sumquhat at liking þen.
The quheþer þe iuperdyis of weire
Fell oftsyss, as þai did eire,
Bot all þai tymes commonly
The best fell to þe Scottis party.
| CHAPTER CLXXIII. The Original Chronicle of Andrew of Wyntoun | |