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 XVI. The Original Chronicle of Andrew of Wyntoun |  |
The lady þat tyme Dame Nature
Led be hir rewill all creature,
And quhen þis Saturnus wes deid
His sone þat raiss in till his steid
Saw þis gold of kynd sa brycht
All disesful till his sicht;
Wp þat gold he tuke away,
And he þat warld maid in his day
Off quhit siluer, þat wes were
Metall þan þe gold be fer.
He gert bestis vnder ȝoke
Thole broddis saire and mony knoke.
He gert first men mak bigging
And vse in housss þar duelling.
Horss he gert baith drug and draw,
And men be kend till eire and saw;
Gosshalk he dayntit and falcons
To tak baith boytouris and heronis.
Led be hir rewill all creature,
And quhen þis Saturnus wes deid
His sone þat raiss in till his steid
Saw þis gold of kynd sa brycht
All disesful till his sicht;
Wp þat gold he tuke away,
And he þat warld maid in his day
Off quhit siluer, þat wes were
Metall þan þe gold be fer.
He gert bestis vnder ȝoke
Thole broddis saire and mony knoke.
He gert first men mak bigging
And vse in housss þar duelling.
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And men be kend till eire and saw;
Gosshalk he dayntit and falcons
To tak baith boytouris and heronis.
And quhen þis Iupiter wes deid,
He þat succedit in his steid
Baith gold and siluer he gert hyde,
That ȝit lyis hurdit to þis tyde,
And all þe warld he maid of brass,
That were na gold or siluer wass.
Than wes all stait of mare dourenes
Than ony tyme befor it wes.
He þat succedit in his steid
Baith gold and siluer he gert hyde,
That ȝit lyis hurdit to þis tyde,
And all þe warld he maid of brass,
That were na gold or siluer wass.
Than wes all stait of mare dourenes
Than ony tyme befor it wes.
The werst generatioun
The ferd wes in successioun;
Quhen that pohete his powere had
Off irne all þe warld he maid.
Ovide sais in to þat quhile
Vpraiss falsheid, swik and gile,
Thift and reif and all quayntiss,
And bernand luf of cuvatyss.
The gest at ȝarnyt weill to faire
Mycht nocht be sicker of his ostlare;
Na þe maygh coit nocht be
In pess with his alye;
And oftsyss þe ta broþer
Wald of weire be with þe toþer;
The fader trowit þat þe sone
Wald for his landis his dayis were done.
The ferd wes in successioun;
Quhen that pohete his powere had
Off irne all þe warld he maid.
Ovide sais in to þat quhile
Vpraiss falsheid, swik and gile,
Thift and reif and all quayntiss,
And bernand luf of cuvatyss.
The gest at ȝarnyt weill to faire
Mycht nocht be sicker of his ostlare;
Na þe maygh coit nocht be
In pess with his alye;
And oftsyss þe ta broþer
Wald of weire be with þe toþer;
The fader trowit þat þe sone
Wald for his landis his dayis were done.
| CHAPTER XVI. The Original Chronicle of Andrew of Wyntoun | |