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 CXCVI. The Original Chronicle of Andrew of Wyntoun |  |
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CHAPTER CXCVI.
Off a gret iusting that be[fell];
Off sic ane oþer herd I nocht [tell].
Off sic ane oþer herd I nocht [tell].
Than at Bulone vpon the se
A weill gret tretiss þare suld be
Betuix þir kingis of trewis and pess,
And dais þarof ordanit wes,
Quhare messingeris of þir kingis thre
Suld assemble of þat trete.
The messingeris of Scotland
Were thare a weill lang quhile tretand;
Bot nane end at þat tyme maid wes
Noþer of lang trewis na of pess.
A weill gret tretiss þare suld be
Betuix þir kingis of trewis and pess,
And dais þarof ordanit wes,
Quhare messingeris of þir kingis thre
Suld assemble of þat trete.
The messingeris of Scotland
Were thare a weill lang quhile tretand;
Bot nane end at þat tyme maid wes
Noþer of lang trewis na of pess.
In þat tyme at Calice befell
Ane auenture were gud to tell,
Baith for þe gretnes of þe thing,
And for þe hie vndirtaking.
Set at it lang nocht þis mater,
Ȝit men will haif plesance till heire
It, þat in armes has delite,
Forthy in cornykillis I it write;
For quhy hie worschip and bounte
Suld on na wiss forȝettin be.
Thre gud knychtis of Pykardy,
The best men callit þe Lord Samby
[OMITTED] xxiiii. ȝere
[OMITTED] syne þe toþer cleire
[OMITTED] Schir Bransagant I wiss,
And þe thrid of þame to þis
Wes hattyn Ranald de Roy. Þir thre
Gert mak in seire landis a crye,
Till hald a iusting xxx. dais
In till a feild beside Calais
Agane all nationis, outtane
Scottis and Franche men allane.
And þe maner of þat assay
Suld be on þis wiss done perfay:
Thare palȝeonis first suld stentit be,
And þai suld hing þar scheildis thre,
Off þare armes and þare bering;
And quhasa come to ask iusting
Suld twiche ane of þai with a spere,
And gif it were a speire of weire
The knycht suld at þe armes baire
Thre courss of weire ryn till him þare;
And gif his speire of pess were, he
Suld þan of pess deliuerit be
Thre courss; and sa of pess and weire
Thai iustis entermellit were.
Thai come þare forouth þe set day,
And þare palȝeonis sone stentit þai,
And ordanit for þar purviance.
Bot þe richt noble King of France,
That herd speik gretly of þis thing
That wes of sa hie vndirtaking,
Send þaim of flurynys xxx. thousand,
And xxx. stedis weill at hand,
Sa that þare cost weill mycht mak þai,
And brist a steid als ilk day.
Thai fulfillit richt apertly
Thare vndirtaking and knychtly.
Ane auenture were gud to tell,
Baith for þe gretnes of þe thing,
And for þe hie vndirtaking.
Set at it lang nocht þis mater,
Ȝit men will haif plesance till heire
It, þat in armes has delite,
Forthy in cornykillis I it write;
For quhy hie worschip and bounte
Suld on na wiss forȝettin be.
Thre gud knychtis of Pykardy,
The best men callit þe Lord Samby
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[OMITTED] syne þe toþer cleire
[OMITTED] Schir Bransagant I wiss,
And þe thrid of þame to þis
Wes hattyn Ranald de Roy. Þir thre
Gert mak in seire landis a crye,
Till hald a iusting xxx. dais
In till a feild beside Calais
Agane all nationis, outtane
Scottis and Franche men allane.
And þe maner of þat assay
Suld be on þis wiss done perfay:
Thare palȝeonis first suld stentit be,
And þai suld hing þar scheildis thre,
Off þare armes and þare bering;
And quhasa come to ask iusting
Suld twiche ane of þai with a spere,
And gif it were a speire of weire
The knycht suld at þe armes baire
Thre courss of weire ryn till him þare;
And gif his speire of pess were, he
Suld þan of pess deliuerit be
Thre courss; and sa of pess and weire
Thai iustis entermellit were.
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And þare palȝeonis sone stentit þai,
And ordanit for þar purviance.
Bot þe richt noble King of France,
That herd speik gretly of þis thing
That wes of sa hie vndirtaking,
Send þaim of flurynys xxx. thousand,
And xxx. stedis weill at hand,
Sa that þare cost weill mycht mak þai,
And brist a steid als ilk day.
Thai fulfillit richt apertly
Thare vndirtaking and knychtly.
Thai held þe iusting thrette dayis,
Quhair þat foure skoir, as men sayis,
Iustit wiþ þame, knychttis and squyeris,
Off sic þat xii. war borones,
And sevin mychtty erlis; bot thai
Contenyt þame sa stoutly ay,
That xxxvi. of þis taill
War laid at erd, and þai held haill;
And thre war slane þair vterly.
Ȝit men said þe Lord Samby
Iustit wele fyftie courss and mair
Than ony of his ferys did þair;
For men at him hade mair inwy
For his empryce, bot he stoutly
Set þame of wele all þat þai were,
And ȝitt he leiffit haill and feir.
Quhen þai hade endyt þair emprice,
Thai went þan to Boloun; þair is
Fairly hallowyt Sanct Mary,
And þair þai offerit wp richyly
Thair armes, and maid þair lovyng;
Syne went in France wp to þe king,
That for þair worthy cheualry
Rewardyt þame rycht honorabilly.
Quhair þat foure skoir, as men sayis,
Iustit wiþ þame, knychttis and squyeris,
Off sic þat xii. war borones,
And sevin mychtty erlis; bot thai
Contenyt þame sa stoutly ay,
That xxxvi. of þis taill
War laid at erd, and þai held haill;
And thre war slane þair vterly.
Ȝit men said þe Lord Samby
Iustit wele fyftie courss and mair
Than ony of his ferys did þair;
For men at him hade mair inwy
For his empryce, bot he stoutly
Set þame of wele all þat þai were,
And ȝitt he leiffit haill and feir.
Quhen þai hade endyt þair emprice,
Thai went þan to Boloun; þair is
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And þair þai offerit wp richyly
Thair armes, and maid þair lovyng;
Syne went in France wp to þe king,
That for þair worthy cheualry
Rewardyt þame rycht honorabilly.
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