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 LXVI. The Original Chronicle of Andrew of Wyntoun |  |
CHAPTER LXVI.
Off the first distructioun
Off Cartage þe noble tovne.
Off Cartage þe noble tovne.
A hundreth and fifty ȝeris beforne
Or God wes of our Lady borne,
Off Rome gaderit þan senage
And ordanit to vndo Cartage.
Scipio than Affricane
Lord of Romanis and chiftane,
Gert in hy before him call
The ceteȝenis of Cartage all,
And gaif straitly commandment
Foroutin ony impedyment
Hastely furth till him bring
All þare wappinnis and þare armyng,
And all þare navyne syne bad he
Suld till him deliuerit be;
And efter þat he bad þaim mare
Fra þe se at thai suld faire
Ten thousand paiss haill weill met.
In sorow þan wer þire citeȝynis set;
Neuerþeles sum passit sone,
And in all as he bad has done;
Sum chesit erare thare pigh to pruf
Or þai wald fra the se remufe,
And sum chesit erare to de
Than þai wald fra þare fredome fle.
Chiftanis þan þai chesit twa,
And gert of gold and siluer ma
The armouris and the wappinnis all
That to thare fens wes like to fall.
On that wise thai reullit weill
All thare defalt of irne and steill.
Scipio than in till his ire
Gert set thare cete all in fyre,
And it in fyre þus gatis birnand
Sevintene dais wes ay lestand.
This wes the first distructioun
Off Cartage, that noble tovne,
Quhen sevin hundreth ȝeris and ane
Fra it wes foundit till it wes gane.
Or God wes of our Lady borne,
Off Rome gaderit þan senage
And ordanit to vndo Cartage.
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Lord of Romanis and chiftane,
Gert in hy before him call
The ceteȝenis of Cartage all,
And gaif straitly commandment
Foroutin ony impedyment
Hastely furth till him bring
All þare wappinnis and þare armyng,
And all þare navyne syne bad he
Suld till him deliuerit be;
And efter þat he bad þaim mare
Fra þe se at thai suld faire
Ten thousand paiss haill weill met.
In sorow þan wer þire citeȝynis set;
Neuerþeles sum passit sone,
And in all as he bad has done;
Sum chesit erare thare pigh to pruf
Or þai wald fra the se remufe,
And sum chesit erare to de
Than þai wald fra þare fredome fle.
Chiftanis þan þai chesit twa,
And gert of gold and siluer ma
The armouris and the wappinnis all
That to thare fens wes like to fall.
On that wise thai reullit weill
All thare defalt of irne and steill.
Scipio than in till his ire
Gert set thare cete all in fyre,
And it in fyre þus gatis birnand
Sevintene dais wes ay lestand.
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Off Cartage, that noble tovne,
Quhen sevin hundreth ȝeris and ane
Fra it wes foundit till it wes gane.
The thrid batall wrakfull heire
Takis end and lestis bot foure ȝere;
The secund batall befor it
Held xx. ȝeris, as sais þe writt,
Quhare xxx. thousand of men thare
And xxv. thousand were
Off women reknyt of Cartage
That come and ȝald þaim in thrillage
To the Romanis, fra þat day
Bondis for to be for ay,
For dreid of ponysing and payne,
Quhen thai that fyre saw brynnand brayne.
With better will ȝit vther ma
In to that birnand fyre couþ ga,
And deid within thare avne fre,
Than in bondage bunding be,
Or to be seruand euer and ay
To the Romanis fra that day.
Takis end and lestis bot foure ȝere;
The secund batall befor it
Held xx. ȝeris, as sais þe writt,
Quhare xxx. thousand of men thare
And xxv. thousand were
Off women reknyt of Cartage
That come and ȝald þaim in thrillage
To the Romanis, fra þat day
Bondis for to be for ay,
For dreid of ponysing and payne,
Quhen thai that fyre saw brynnand brayne.
With better will ȝit vther ma
In to that birnand fyre couþ ga,
And deid within thare avne fre,
Than in bondage bunding be,
Or to be seruand euer and ay
To the Romanis fra that day.
| CHAPTER LXVI. The Original Chronicle of Andrew of Wyntoun | |