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 | CHAPTER CXXVII. The Original Chronicle of Andrew of Wyntoun |  |
CHAPTER CXXVII.
Off Alexander þe ferss oure king
And of seire cornyklis following.
And of seire cornyklis following.
A thousand a hunder ȝeris and sevin
Fra cast wes borne þe King of Hevin,
Off Edgare, oure noble king,
The dais wiþ honour tuke ending;
Off north half Tay in to Dunde
To God his spirit commendit he,
And in the kirk of Dunfermelyne
Solempnitly he wes beryit syne.
Lemman had he nane, nor wif,
Bot clene and honest wes his lif,
And full gracius wes his ending.
Fra cast wes borne þe King of Hevin,
Off Edgare, oure noble king,
The dais wiþ honour tuke ending;
Off north half Tay in to Dunde
To God his spirit commendit he,
And in the kirk of Dunfermelyne
Solempnitly he wes beryit syne.
Lemman had he nane, nor wif,
Bot clene and honest wes his lif,
And full gracius wes his ending.
Nixt efter him wes crovnit king
Alexander his broþer ȝing þan,
That wes a full hie hertit man.
King he regnyt xvii. ȝere
In honour and in gret powere.
To wif he weddit in that quhile
A faire lady, Dame Sybill,
That William Bastardis dochter wes,
That wan all Ingland mare and less.
Scho wes his dochter of full bed,
Henryis sister and William Rede.
Alexander his broþer ȝing þan,
That wes a full hie hertit man.
King he regnyt xvii. ȝere
In honour and in gret powere.
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A faire lady, Dame Sybill,
That William Bastardis dochter wes,
That wan all Ingland mare and less.
Scho wes his dochter of full bed,
Henryis sister and William Rede.
This Alexander wes rycht manly;
Alexander þe Fersy forthi
He wes callit for þis ressoun.
At Inuergowry a sesoun
With ane honest court he baid,
For þare a manere place he haid,
And all þat land lyand þar by
Wes his demayne þan halely.
Sua sodanely apon him þen
A cumpany come of the Ylis men,
In entent for to sla þe king;
Bot of þar come he gat wittering.
He had nocht with him þan him by
Bot his awne court solemply,
Bot ȝit he counterit þaim in hy,
And put þaim to þe ware suthly;
And to þe Stokfurd in to Ross
He chasit þaim, and on set purposs
Thai stottit þare, for þai were ma
Than he, and thocht him for to sla.
Bot, quhen þai saw him cum sa fast,
Off his cummyn þai were agast,
And turnyt all þe bak and fled.
Oure þat watter þai þaim sped,
And þan þe se begouth to fyll
That he to þaim mycht nocht wyn till;
Neuertheles rycht at þat tyde
Oure þat watter can he ryde
With his court, and apertly
On þaim he chasit, and fellonly
He followit þaim, till at þe last
He tuke and slew þaim, or he past
Out of þe Ilis, and gert þaim bow
Till his bidding and his prow,
And delt sa wiþ þaim at few he left
To tak on hand sic purposs eft.
Fra þat day furth his liegis all
Vsit him þe Ferss to call.
Alexander þe Fersy forthi
He wes callit for þis ressoun.
At Inuergowry a sesoun
With ane honest court he baid,
For þare a manere place he haid,
And all þat land lyand þar by
Wes his demayne þan halely.
Sua sodanely apon him þen
A cumpany come of the Ylis men,
In entent for to sla þe king;
Bot of þar come he gat wittering.
He had nocht with him þan him by
Bot his awne court solemply,
Bot ȝit he counterit þaim in hy,
And put þaim to þe ware suthly;
And to þe Stokfurd in to Ross
He chasit þaim, and on set purposs
Thai stottit þare, for þai were ma
Than he, and thocht him for to sla.
Bot, quhen þai saw him cum sa fast,
Off his cummyn þai were agast,
And turnyt all þe bak and fled.
Oure þat watter þai þaim sped,
And þan þe se begouth to fyll
That he to þaim mycht nocht wyn till;
Neuertheles rycht at þat tyde
Oure þat watter can he ryde
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On þaim he chasit, and fellonly
He followit þaim, till at þe last
He tuke and slew þaim, or he past
Out of þe Ilis, and gert þaim bow
Till his bidding and his prow,
And delt sa wiþ þaim at few he left
To tak on hand sic purposs eft.
Fra þat day furth his liegis all
Vsit him þe Ferss to call.
Syne he sped him in all hy
Hame agane to Inuergowry,
And for deuocioun of þis thing done
He foundit þe abbay þan of Scone,
And fra Sanct Oswald of Ingland
He brocht channons to be seruand
To God and Sanct Mychaell, regulare
Efter Sanct Augustynis ordinare.
Hame agane to Inuergowry,
And for deuocioun of þis thing done
He foundit þe abbay þan of Scone,
And fra Sanct Oswald of Ingland
He brocht channons to be seruand
To God and Sanct Mychaell, regulare
Efter Sanct Augustynis ordinare.
Fra þin furþ he had in delyte
Haly stedis to vesite,
And þaim till honour in ornamentis,
As iowellis, bukis and gud vestmentis.
In þat entent and þat gud will
Sanct Androis cete he come till,
To do þare his deuocioun,
And ordanit it a religioun
Off chanons, as he had forouth done.
And Robert, þat priour wes of Scone,
Bischop of Sanct Androis se
He ordanit als þat tyme to be,
With consent of Davy ȝing,
His brother, nixt him to be king,
His aire and erll of Huntingtoun,
At Sanct Androis religioun
Fra þin to be gaif his gud will.
And þis purpose to fulfill
The Baris Raik in fre regall
To þe kirk þe king gaif haill;
The quhilkis þe channons wiþ his entent
Suld haif, bot þe bischopis consent
Thare to gettyne nocht had he,
For he wald nocht it sa suld be;
For þi twa ȝeris þai leit our pass
Or he confermyt or blessit was.
Haly stedis to vesite,
And þaim till honour in ornamentis,
As iowellis, bukis and gud vestmentis.
In þat entent and þat gud will
Sanct Androis cete he come till,
To do þare his deuocioun,
And ordanit it a religioun
Off chanons, as he had forouth done.
And Robert, þat priour wes of Scone,
Bischop of Sanct Androis se
He ordanit als þat tyme to be,
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His brother, nixt him to be king,
His aire and erll of Huntingtoun,
At Sanct Androis religioun
Fra þin to be gaif his gud will.
And þis purpose to fulfill
The Baris Raik in fre regall
To þe kirk þe king gaif haill;
The quhilkis þe channons wiþ his entent
Suld haif, bot þe bischopis consent
Thare to gettyne nocht had he,
For he wald nocht it sa suld be;
For þi twa ȝeris þai leit our pass
Or he confermyt or blessit was.
In witnes and in taknyng
That on þis purposs stude þe thing,
And of full condicioun
Sanct Androis to be religioun,
Befor all þai lardis þe king
Gert þam to þe altare bring
His cumly steid of Araby,
Sadillit and bridlyt costly,
Couerit with a faire mantlet
Off preciouss and of fyne weluet,
With his armys of Turky,
That princis vsit þan generaly,
And mast chosin for þar delite,
With sheld and speire of siluer quhite,
And mony preciouse faire iowell
That nedis nocht as now to tell.
With þe regall and all þe laif,
To Sanct Androis kirk he gaif,
With vsuall and auld customys,
Richtis, asiamentis and fredomes,
In bill titillit þare and red,
With horss arrayit he gert be led.
With þe consent of Dauid ȝing,
His broþer, apperand to be king,
He maid þare þis deuote offerand
Baith to God and man plesand.
The bischop of Sanct Androis toune
Maist be þis condicioun
Ioysis þat regall in sic fredome,
As þai ȝit vss, and custum.
That on þis purposs stude þe thing,
And of full condicioun
Sanct Androis to be religioun,
Befor all þai lardis þe king
Gert þam to þe altare bring
His cumly steid of Araby,
Sadillit and bridlyt costly,
Couerit with a faire mantlet
Off preciouss and of fyne weluet,
With his armys of Turky,
That princis vsit þan generaly,
And mast chosin for þar delite,
With sheld and speire of siluer quhite,
And mony preciouse faire iowell
That nedis nocht as now to tell.
376
To Sanct Androis kirk he gaif,
With vsuall and auld customys,
Richtis, asiamentis and fredomes,
In bill titillit þare and red,
With horss arrayit he gert be led.
With þe consent of Dauid ȝing,
His broþer, apperand to be king,
He maid þare þis deuote offerand
Baith to God and man plesand.
The bischop of Sanct Androis toune
Maist be þis condicioun
Ioysis þat regall in sic fredome,
As þai ȝit vss, and custum.
Als þan wes ordanit at þe king,
Nor na lawit patrone, be staff na styng,
Suld mak fra þin na collacioun,
Na suld gif institutioun
Off bischoprikis nor abbaciis,
Na of nane oþer benefiis,
Bot bairely þat þe patrone
Suld gif his presentacioun.
Nor na lawit patrone, be staff na styng,
Suld mak fra þin na collacioun,
Na suld gif institutioun
Off bischoprikis nor abbaciis,
Na of nane oþer benefiis,
Bot bairely þat þe patrone
Suld gif his presentacioun.
A thousand ic. and xx. ȝere
And twa tharto to rekin clere,
This bischop Robert, þat befor
Off Scone, as ȝe herd, wes prior,
Off þe archbischop of Ȝork had
Confirmacioun and wes maid
Bischop þan of Andirstoun,
Vnder protestacioun
That na kyn nor preiudice
Suld to þe kirk of Scotland ryse,
Bot till ilk kirk rycht suld stand
Evin like of Scotland and Ingland,
And to Rome þare þe papis se
Befor all sauf þe dignite.
He stude as lite twa ȝeris oure,
And [bischop] xxxti. ȝere and foure.
And twa tharto to rekin clere,
This bischop Robert, þat befor
Off Scone, as ȝe herd, wes prior,
Off þe archbischop of Ȝork had
Confirmacioun and wes maid
Bischop þan of Andirstoun,
Vnder protestacioun
378
Suld to þe kirk of Scotland ryse,
Bot till ilk kirk rycht suld stand
Evin like of Scotland and Ingland,
And to Rome þare þe papis se
Befor all sauf þe dignite.
He stude as lite twa ȝeris oure,
And [bischop] xxxti. ȝere and foure.
In till þis ilk tyme Henry ȝing,
That in Ingland wes crovnit king,
With Dame Mawld his weddit wif,
The gud quene callit, led his lif,
And gat a dochter, þat wes cald,
As hir moder wes, Dame Mald,
That þe emperour Schir Henry
The ferd weddit; that lady,
That wes crovnit þan emprice
With hie and solempne seruice,
Barne gat he nane of hir body.
Quhen he wes dede, scho come forthi
In Normundy till hir fader þe king,
That Ingland had in gouernyng,
And with þe erll of Angeris he
Gert hir efter þat weddit be;
The quhilk gat on hir body
A sone, þat wes callit Henry
The secund, vnder quham Sanct Thomas
Off Canterbery marterit was.
That in Ingland wes crovnit king,
With Dame Mawld his weddit wif,
The gud quene callit, led his lif,
And gat a dochter, þat wes cald,
As hir moder wes, Dame Mald,
That þe emperour Schir Henry
The ferd weddit; that lady,
That wes crovnit þan emprice
With hie and solempne seruice,
Barne gat he nane of hir body.
Quhen he wes dede, scho come forthi
In Normundy till hir fader þe king,
That Ingland had in gouernyng,
And with þe erll of Angeris he
Gert hir efter þat weddit be;
The quhilk gat on hir body
A sone, þat wes callit Henry
The secund, vnder quham Sanct Thomas
Off Canterbery marterit was.
Bot þe first Henry king of Ingland,
Till he liffit and wes regnand,
Ordanit theiffis for to be
Hangit on a gallow tre;
He ordanit alsua in þat stound
His money to be cunȝeit round.
Till he liffit and wes regnand,
380
Hangit on a gallow tre;
He ordanit alsua in þat stound
His money to be cunȝeit round.
Than Trent and Temys were sa schald
That a barne of xii. ȝeris ald
Mycht waid þaim oure for ony spait,
And ȝit nocht mak þar kneis wait.
That a barne of xii. ȝeris ald
Mycht waid þaim oure for ony spait,
And ȝit nocht mak þar kneis wait.
A thousand a hundreth and xvii. ȝere
Efter þe birth of oure Lord deire,
Erding gret in Ytaly
And vgsum fell all sodanely,
And xl. dais it wes lestand,
Sa that stane houses hie standand
To þe erd it kest all doune;
And [in] that ilk land a toune
Wes flittit out of þat ilk place
Quhare it first foundit and biggit wes;
And þe mone all reid wes sene
And blude like as it sa had bene.
Efter þe birth of oure Lord deire,
Erding gret in Ytaly
And vgsum fell all sodanely,
And xl. dais it wes lestand,
Sa that stane houses hie standand
To þe erd it kest all doune;
And [in] that ilk land a toune
Wes flittit out of þat ilk place
Quhare it first foundit and biggit wes;
And þe mone all reid wes sene
And blude like as it sa had bene.
A thousand and a hundreth ȝere
And xxviii. to rekin clere,
Iedworth and Kelso, abbais twa,
Or Davy wes king he foundit þai,
And in þe nixt ȝere efter þan
The ordre Premonstrense he began,
That is to say of channons quhite,
For sa hewyt in þar habit.
And xxviii. to rekin clere,
Iedworth and Kelso, abbais twa,
Or Davy wes king he foundit þai,
And in þe nixt ȝere efter þan
The ordre Premonstrense he began,
That is to say of channons quhite,
For sa hewyt in þar habit.
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A thousand and i. hunder ȝere
And xx. þareto to rekin cleire,
Henry, þan king of Ingland,
With Dame Mald his wif liffand,
Had a sone þan William cald,
That wes a stout knycht and a bald.
This William had a bastard broþer;
Thir twa, wiþ mony diuerss oþer
Men and wemen, and gentillis gret,
Out of Ingland here flet
And barkis ic. and fourty,
And schipmen with þaim fully fifty,
And of þai schipmen masteris thre,
Hapnit at anis drovnit to be.
And xx. þareto to rekin cleire,
Henry, þan king of Ingland,
With Dame Mald his wif liffand,
Had a sone þan William cald,
That wes a stout knycht and a bald.
This William had a bastard broþer;
Thir twa, wiþ mony diuerss oþer
Men and wemen, and gentillis gret,
Out of Ingland here flet
And barkis ic. and fourty,
And schipmen with þaim fully fifty,
And of þai schipmen masteris thre,
Hapnit at anis drovnit to be.
Ane thousand and a hunder ȝere
And xxvii. to rekin cleir,
[Ranulf], þe bischop of Durehame,
Foundit þe castell of Norhame.
The quene of Scotland, Dame Sybill,
Alexanderis wif, deit þat quhile.
And xxvii. to rekin cleir,
[Ranulf], þe bischop of Durehame,
Foundit þe castell of Norhame.
The quene of Scotland, Dame Sybill,
Alexanderis wif, deit þat quhile.
| CHAPTER CXXVII. The Original Chronicle of Andrew of Wyntoun | |