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 XVIII. The Original Chronicle of Andrew of Wyntoun |  |
CHAPTER XVIII.
Quha foundit first Ierusalem
And sa þe first buke endis þe teme.
And sa þe first buke endis þe teme.
[Y]it suld I tell a genology
Off Sem discendand lynaly,
Gif þat I suld my mater bring
And my purposs till ending.
In till þe tyme I spak of thus
Semys sone Pedagyus
Gat a sone wes callit Tubale,
That syne wes fader till Adrale;
The quhilk gat Sterenoneus,
That fader wes of Ermodeus,
And his sone wes callit Stealsy,
That fader wes of Stealdy,
His sone borne gat Cetius,
That fader wes to Gecius;
Goddulfus efter him gat syne
A sone and fader to Fealfyne;
Fredwald gat efter Woden;
He fader wes of mony men.
Off Sem discendand lynaly,
Gif þat I suld my mater bring
And my purposs till ending.
In till þe tyme I spak of thus
Semys sone Pedagyus
Gat a sone wes callit Tubale,
That syne wes fader till Adrale;
The quhilk gat Sterenoneus,
That fader wes of Ermodeus,
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That fader wes of Stealdy,
His sone borne gat Cetius,
That fader wes to Gecius;
Goddulfus efter him gat syne
A sone and fader to Fealfyne;
Fredwald gat efter Woden;
He fader wes of mony men.
Bot Semys sone Arphaxat
Gat Caynane, that Heber gat;
This Caynane wes callit Sale;
Ierusalem first foundit he
That first aucht Ynd and Samary,
And vthir seire landis þarby.
Eber efter gat Phaleke;
In his tyme men begouth to speke
In till mony toungis seire,
As efter þat þai changeit were,
How Hebrew langage þat tyme left
To Phalexis [lynage] lang þareft.
In his tyme begouth mawmentry,
That clerkis callis ydolatry.
Phalek þe fader wes of Raw,
Sum vsit to call him Regaw;
In to the tyme þat þis Raw was
Off Sythy first þe cuntre raiss.
This Raew to sone Sadeth gat;
Off him come Nacor efter þat.
In þis Raewis tyme enone
Off Assyry and Sythione
The kinrikis raiss in ryalte.
Off þis Nascor come Thare;
Babilone in to his dais
Wes biggit, as þe story sais.
Off þis Thare efter þat
Come Ysaac þat Abrahame gat.
Gat Caynane, that Heber gat;
This Caynane wes callit Sale;
Ierusalem first foundit he
That first aucht Ynd and Samary,
And vthir seire landis þarby.
Eber efter gat Phaleke;
In his tyme men begouth to speke
In till mony toungis seire,
As efter þat þai changeit were,
How Hebrew langage þat tyme left
To Phalexis [lynage] lang þareft.
In his tyme begouth mawmentry,
That clerkis callis ydolatry.
Phalek þe fader wes of Raw,
Sum vsit to call him Regaw;
In to the tyme þat þis Raw was
Off Sythy first þe cuntre raiss.
This Raew to sone Sadeth gat;
Off him come Nacor efter þat.
In þis Raewis tyme enone
Off Assyry and Sythione
The kinrikis raiss in ryalte.
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Babilone in to his dais
Wes biggit, as þe story sais.
Off þis Thare efter þat
Come Ysaac þat Abrahame gat.
Heir þe secund eild takis end,
As þe Hebrewis makis it kend;
It contenit is ȝere be ȝere
A thousand and twa hundreth ȝere,
And twa and twenty ȝeris but mare;
Bot to þis discordand are
The sevinty wiss interpretouris,
For, as we fynd in þare scriptouris,
A thousand sevinty ȝeris and sevin
The secund eild contenis evin.
As þe Hebrewis makis it kend;
It contenit is ȝere be ȝere
A thousand and twa hundreth ȝere,
And twa and twenty ȝeris but mare;
Bot to þis discordand are
The sevinty wiss interpretouris,
For, as we fynd in þare scriptouris,
A thousand sevinty ȝeris and sevin
The secund eild contenis evin.
| CHAPTER XVIII. The Original Chronicle of Andrew of Wyntoun | |