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 CLXXXVII. The Original Chronicle of Andrew of Wyntoun |  |
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CHAPTER CLXXXVII.
How Erll George of gret renovne
Tuke of Graystok þe baroun.
Tuke of Graystok þe baroun.
[A th]ousand thre hundreth foure score and foure,
[Q]uhene all þe trewis wes passit oure,
[The trewis] þat þis duke had tane,
[Were haldi]n weill till all wes gane,
[And, at þar] ische, of Douglas
S[chir Archi]bald, þat þan lord wes
Off [Gall]oay, wist at Lowmabane,
Quh[are throuch] þe cuntre scaith had tane,
Had n[outher me]n nor ȝit wittale,
To defe[nd, gif] men wald assaill;
Tharfor þ[e Er]ll William and he,
And Georg[e þe] Erll of Marche, þai thre,
Wiþ all þe p[ow]er þat þai mycht get,
Till it ane ass[e]ge can set.
[Q]uhene all þe trewis wes passit oure,
[The trewis] þat þis duke had tane,
[Were haldi]n weill till all wes gane,
[And, at þar] ische, of Douglas
S[chir Archi]bald, þat þan lord wes
Off [Gall]oay, wist at Lowmabane,
Quh[are throuch] þe cuntre scaith had tane,
Had n[outher me]n nor ȝit wittale,
To defe[nd, gif] men wald assaill;
Tharfor þ[e Er]ll William and he,
And Georg[e þe] Erll of Marche, þai thre,
Wiþ all þe p[ow]er þat þai mycht get,
Till it ane ass[e]ge can set.
Bot Forthir Schaufhauldis, þat þarin wes,
Send in till Ingland to purches
Help at lordis of þe Marche, and þai
Bad him hald it be ony way
Till þat viii. dais were fully gane,
And þan, gif reskew come him nane,
Help him self, as he best mocht.
And he, þat wist weill he mycht nocht
Hald it, gif it assalȝeit ware,
Maid cunnand wiþ þaim þat lay þare
To ȝeild it þaim on þe nynt day,
Gif na rescourss come ere; and þai
Affermyt sekirly þat band.
Bot neuerþeles þai were lyand
Ay still about it in fell ranys,
And vthire wedderis at did þaim p[anys],
Till þe viii. dais were fully [gane];
And þan, as it wes vndirtane,
The castell ȝoldin wes but ba[de].
And þan, with all þe help [þai hade],
In full gret hy it doune [brak þai],
And syne held on hamewa[rt þar way].
Send in till Ingland to purches
Help at lordis of þe Marche, and þai
Bad him hald it be ony way
Till þat viii. dais were fully gane,
And þan, gif reskew come him nane,
Help him self, as he best mocht.
And he, þat wist weill he mycht nocht
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Maid cunnand wiþ þaim þat lay þare
To ȝeild it þaim on þe nynt day,
Gif na rescourss come ere; and þai
Affermyt sekirly þat band.
Bot neuerþeles þai were lyand
Ay still about it in fell ranys,
And vthire wedderis at did þaim p[anys],
Till þe viii. dais were fully [gane];
And þan, as it wes vndirtane,
The castell ȝoldin wes but ba[de].
And þan, with all þe help [þai hade],
In full gret hy it doune [brak þai],
And syne held on hamewa[rt þar way].
And in þat ilk tyde, as [men tald],
Roxburght suld be gevin [till hald]
To þe Barone of Gray[stok [OMITTED]
And he with his ho[ushald haly]
Come for to reskew þ[e [OMITTED]
Bot þat þe Erll Ge[orge [OMITTED]
And with his me[n beset] þe way;
One Beene Rig sone [assembl]it þai,
And facht fast, bot [þar þe] baroune
Wes tane, and h[ade] to presoun.
Roxburght suld be gevin [till hald]
To þe Barone of Gray[stok [OMITTED]
And he with his ho[ushald haly]
Come for to reskew þ[e [OMITTED]
Bot þat þe Erll Ge[orge [OMITTED]
And with his me[n beset] þe way;
One Beene Rig sone [assembl]it þai,
And facht fast, bot [þar þe] baroune
Wes tane, and h[ade] to presoun.
Weschall, and app[arel] of hall
And of chalmer, þa[r tan]e wes all,
And ȝit, or he com[e to] Dunbar,
Baith hall and ch[almer] apparalit war
Wiþ þe baronys [a]pparayll,
Sa þat nocht wantit worth a naill;
And þe baronis weschall were set
Befor him selfin at þe mete;
Bot þan his weschall were nocht þai,
For þai had forouth þat changeit fay.
And of chalmer, þa[r tan]e wes all,
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Baith hall and ch[almer] apparalit war
Wiþ þe baronys [a]pparayll,
Sa þat nocht wantit worth a naill;
And þe baronis weschall were set
Befor him selfin at þe mete;
Bot þan his weschall were nocht þai,
For þai had forouth þat changeit fay.
| CHAPTER CLXXXVII. The Original Chronicle of Andrew of Wyntoun | |