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 CLXXVI. The Original Chronicle of Andrew of Wyntoun |  |
The king but mare harme hame is went.
Sone eftir þat fell a mawtelent
Betuix Dowglass and þe Ramsay,
That ay woxe mare, till on a day
Dowglass him waitit as he raid
Till Hawik, quhare he ordanit had
To hald a court; þare of his men
The mast part to þe toune went þen,
And to þe kirk þe way tuke he
Bot with a few of his menȝe.
And þare come on him þe Dowglass,
That of þat deid weill purvait was,
And tuke him þare throu fell fechting,
And woundit him in þe taking.
And to þe Hermytage als fast
With him bundin þan þai past;
And in presoune þare deit he.
Off his dede wes gret pete.
To tell ȝow þarof þe manere,
It is bot dolour for to heire.
He wes þe gretest menyt man
That ony creature think on can
Off his estait, or mare be fer;
For all him menyt, better and were,
And riche and pure him menyt baith,
For of his dede it wes gret scaith.
Sone eftir þat fell a mawtelent
Betuix Dowglass and þe Ramsay,
That ay woxe mare, till on a day
Dowglass him waitit as he raid
Till Hawik, quhare he ordanit had
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The mast part to þe toune went þen,
And to þe kirk þe way tuke he
Bot with a few of his menȝe.
And þare come on him þe Dowglass,
That of þat deid weill purvait was,
And tuke him þare throu fell fechting,
And woundit him in þe taking.
And to þe Hermytage als fast
With him bundin þan þai past;
And in presoune þare deit he.
Off his dede wes gret pete.
To tell ȝow þarof þe manere,
It is bot dolour for to heire.
He wes þe gretest menyt man
That ony creature think on can
Off his estait, or mare be fer;
For all him menyt, better and were,
And riche and pure him menyt baith,
For of his dede it wes gret scaith.
Bot dule mycht mak nane amending
As of his deid, and quhen þe king
Herd how he wes dede away,
Till a stout man Iohne þe Berclay
He gaif þe keping of þe castell
Off Roxburght, and he it kepit weill.
As of his deid, and quhen þe king
Herd how he wes dede away,
Till a stout man Iohne þe Berclay
He gaif þe keping of þe castell
Off Roxburght, and he it kepit weill.
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And neuerþeles þe King Davy
Tuke in till hert rycht hevely
Ramsais dede, at slane wes sa;
Forthy he pressit him to sla
This ilk William of Dowglas,
[That] warely him withdrawin has,
Ay till þe Stewart of Scotland,
That mast till help him tuke on hand,
Prayit for him sa ythandly,
That þare þe king his malancoly
Forgaif him, and tuke him till his grace.
Off Roxburght syne he schiref was,
And tuke þe castell in keping.
Tuke in till hert rycht hevely
Ramsais dede, at slane wes sa;
Forthy he pressit him to sla
This ilk William of Dowglas,
[That] warely him withdrawin has,
Ay till þe Stewart of Scotland,
That mast till help him tuke on hand,
Prayit for him sa ythandly,
That þare þe king his malancoly
Forgaif him, and tuke him till his grace.
Off Roxburght syne he schiref was,
And tuke þe castell in keping.
In Ingland syne past þe king
Off were, and þare gret hereschip maid;
Bot, to say suth, þan at þat raid
Nane aventure of fechting fell,
That men suld þarof gretly tell;
Bot, but tinsall, his men and he
Come hame agane to þar cuntre.
Off were, and þare gret hereschip maid;
Bot, to say suth, þan at þat raid
Nane aventure of fechting fell,
That men suld þarof gretly tell;
Bot, but tinsall, his men and he
Come hame agane to þar cuntre.
| CHAPTER CLXXVI. The Original Chronicle of Andrew of Wyntoun | |