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 CXXI. The Original Chronicle of Andrew of Wyntoun |  |
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CHAPTER CXXI.
How þe auctour him excusis
Agane þaim þat his work accusis.
Agane þaim þat his work accusis.
The glorius doctour Sanct Ierome,
Noþer bischop na pape of Rome,
Bot prest callit and cardinall,
That be his study vertuale
The Bibill in Latyne fra Ebrew
Translatit, and formyt syne o new
All þe ordre of þe quere,
As ȝit is vsit þe manere,
He trowit him in his besynes
To be battin with bitternes
Off inviouse defamand men,
That erare will repruf þan ken.
Quhat wonder is it þan at I,
A wreche liffand simpilly,
Dout reprevit for to be
Off foly or of nystee,
To weyne of vertu mare my wit
Than in effect haboundis it?
Sua my wayne wit presumptuouss,
Nocht plesand nor solatius,
A mater gud [suld] bloke or spill,
That cunnand men couþ weill bring till
Till alkin gud conveniens,
With errour or offens.
Noþer bischop na pape of Rome,
Bot prest callit and cardinall,
That be his study vertuale
The Bibill in Latyne fra Ebrew
Translatit, and formyt syne o new
All þe ordre of þe quere,
As ȝit is vsit þe manere,
He trowit him in his besynes
To be battin with bitternes
Off inviouse defamand men,
That erare will repruf þan ken.
Quhat wonder is it þan at I,
A wreche liffand simpilly,
Dout reprevit for to be
Off foly or of nystee,
To weyne of vertu mare my wit
Than in effect haboundis it?
Sua my wayne wit presumptuouss,
Nocht plesand nor solatius,
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That cunnand men couþ weill bring till
Till alkin gud conveniens,
With errour or offens.
Than suld I worth all rede for schame,
That wenys succour me fra blame
The gyrth of excusatioun,
Gud will pretendand for ressoun,
The quhilk I aw of det to spend
At þare instance, at me kend
Mycht my avne impossibilite.
Sua will I now erare chess me
To be repruffit of sympilnes
Than blame to beire of vnkyndnes.
That wenys succour me fra blame
The gyrth of excusatioun,
Gud will pretendand for ressoun,
The quhilk I aw of det to spend
At þare instance, at me kend
Mycht my avne impossibilite.
Sua will I now erare chess me
To be repruffit of sympilnes
Than blame to beire of vnkyndnes.
Off my foly now forthy
Forgiffis me for ȝour curtasy,
And fawouris me that I renovne
The blissit generacioun
That come be þe lauchfull get
Off Malcome king and Sanct Mergaret.
Throu þar vertuouss meidfull dedis
In stait and honour ȝit þar [sed is].
Sua þat remanis my delite
Thare successioun for to writt
Vnto Robert Secund our king
Had drivin his dais till ending.
Forgiffis me for ȝour curtasy,
And fawouris me that I renovne
The blissit generacioun
That come be þe lauchfull get
Off Malcome king and Sanct Mergaret.
Throu þar vertuouss meidfull dedis
In stait and honour ȝit þar [sed is].
Sua þat remanis my delite
Thare successioun for to writt
Vnto Robert Secund our king
Had drivin his dais till ending.
| CHAPTER CXXI. The Original Chronicle of Andrew of Wyntoun | |