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 XIV. The Original Chronicle of Andrew of Wyntoun |  |
CHAPTER XIV.
Off braid Bertane and þat lynage
To quham it fell in heretage.
To quham it fell in heretage.
Blessit Bertane beild suld be
Off all the ilis of þe se,
Quhare flouris ar feill and feildis faire,
Haill of hew, hailsome of aire.
Off all cornys þare is copy gret,
Of pess, of atis, beire and quhete,
Of frute of tre, of fische in flude,
And to all bestis pastoryne gude.
Siluius sais in Brettany
Sum stedis growis sa haboundanely
Off gerss, bot sumtyme þat þar fee
Fra fylth of fude refrenȝeit be,
The fude sall turne þaim to perile,
To brest or rot, or deid sum quhile.
There wyld in wod has welth at will,
That hyrdis hydis holme and hill,
And bewis bowis all for byrth,
And merllis and mavisss melis of myrth.
Thare hunting is at alkyne deire,
And ryall halking on ryvere,
And fisching þare is haboundance,
And all gud to manis sustynance.
One est half it lyis Germany
And all Denmark all halely;
One west half Brettany is lyand
Alhaill þe landis of Irland.
Off all the ilis of þe se,
Quhare flouris ar feill and feildis faire,
Haill of hew, hailsome of aire.
Off all cornys þare is copy gret,
Of pess, of atis, beire and quhete,
Of frute of tre, of fische in flude,
And to all bestis pastoryne gude.
Siluius sais in Brettany
Sum stedis growis sa haboundanely
Off gerss, bot sumtyme þat þar fee
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The fude sall turne þaim to perile,
To brest or rot, or deid sum quhile.
There wyld in wod has welth at will,
That hyrdis hydis holme and hill,
And bewis bowis all for byrth,
And merllis and mavisss melis of myrth.
Thare hunting is at alkyne deire,
And ryall halking on ryvere,
And fisching þare is haboundance,
And all gud to manis sustynance.
One est half it lyis Germany
And all Denmark all halely;
One west half Brettany is lyand
Alhaill þe landis of Irland.
Bot wrakis sindry has ourtane
Off Goddis liking þis Brettane:
Quhen Pichtis werrayit it stoutly
And wan of it a gret party;
And syne þe Romanis tribut gat
Off Brettane, and syne efter þat
The Saxonis all Ingland haill
Wan and had þe gouernaill.
Syne þare Denmark werrayit fast,
Bot ȝit þai tynt it at þe last.
The Normundis efter wan Ingland
And þare in lordis ȝit regnand.
Off langage in Brettane seire
I fynd þat five sumtyme were:
Bretis speich and Ingliss syne,
Pichtis, Scottis and Latyne;
Bot of þe Pightis is ferly
That þai ar vndone sa halely
That noþer remanis no langage
Na successioun of þar lynage;
And sa of þare antiquite
Is like a fabill for to be.
Off Goddis liking þis Brettane:
Quhen Pichtis werrayit it stoutly
And wan of it a gret party;
And syne þe Romanis tribut gat
Off Brettane, and syne efter þat
The Saxonis all Ingland haill
Wan and had þe gouernaill.
Syne þare Denmark werrayit fast,
Bot ȝit þai tynt it at þe last.
The Normundis efter wan Ingland
And þare in lordis ȝit regnand.
Off langage in Brettane seire
I fynd þat five sumtyme were:
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Pichtis, Scottis and Latyne;
Bot of þe Pightis is ferly
That þai ar vndone sa halely
That noþer remanis no langage
Na successioun of þar lynage;
And sa of þare antiquite
Is like a fabill for to be.
On west half Brettane is lyand
All þe landis of Irland;
That is a land of nobill aire,
Off floure, of froit, of feildis faire,
Quhare nakyne best of venome may
Lest or lif attour a day;
Ass ask, edder, snaik or taid,
Supposs þat þai be hidder had.
On north half Brettane in certaynte
Lyis þe Out Ilis in þe se;
And of þai are thre principall,
Supposs þare be ma in þe haill.
Orknay of þaim ane call we,
Thy Yle of Mayne syne in þe se,
Betuix Irland and Brettane,
Anentis Normundy or Spayne.
Sum sais Schetland is þe thrid
Betuix Orknay and Noroway kyd.
Ȝit ma ylis on þat see
Withoutin þare may funding be;
Ȝit in þat see þare is ane ile
That in till ald tyme wes hatyne Tyle.
Thare sex monethis of þe ȝere,
That we hald for somere heire,
Thare foroutyne nycht is day;
And þe sex monethis of winter ay
Within þat isle is ythand nycht,
Withoutin ony dais licht.
Be north þat may nane erd be
Fundin bot þe mekle se.
All þe landis of Irland;
That is a land of nobill aire,
Off floure, of froit, of feildis faire,
Quhare nakyne best of venome may
Lest or lif attour a day;
Ass ask, edder, snaik or taid,
Supposs þat þai be hidder had.
On north half Brettane in certaynte
Lyis þe Out Ilis in þe se;
And of þai are thre principall,
Supposs þare be ma in þe haill.
Orknay of þaim ane call we,
Thy Yle of Mayne syne in þe se,
Betuix Irland and Brettane,
Anentis Normundy or Spayne.
Sum sais Schetland is þe thrid
Betuix Orknay and Noroway kyd.
Ȝit ma ylis on þat see
Withoutin þare may funding be;
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That in till ald tyme wes hatyne Tyle.
Thare sex monethis of þe ȝere,
That we hald for somere heire,
Thare foroutyne nycht is day;
And þe sex monethis of winter ay
Within þat isle is ythand nycht,
Withoutin ony dais licht.
Be north þat may nane erd be
Fundin bot þe mekle se.
All þire landis as þai ly
I haif oure halit now lichtly.
Bot all Europe in heretage
To Iaphet fell and his lynage.
He wes þe ȝoungest of þe thre
Sonnyis gottin throuch Noye;
The eldest sone of þis Iaphet
Wes Gomor þat gat Ragaeth;
And þat Ragaeth efter þat
Ysrawe þane Esraw gat,
And syne Esraw gat Iara
And fader wes syne of Array,
And syne be lyne evin descendand
That to reherss were taryand,
Till Phymes-Forss in þat quhile
Gat a sone wes callit Newile,
And þis ilk Newill efter þat
To sone Gadeill-Glais gat,
That had weddit Scota ȝing,
Pharois dochter of Egipt king.
I haif oure halit now lichtly.
Bot all Europe in heretage
To Iaphet fell and his lynage.
He wes þe ȝoungest of þe thre
Sonnyis gottin throuch Noye;
The eldest sone of þis Iaphet
Wes Gomor þat gat Ragaeth;
And þat Ragaeth efter þat
Ysrawe þane Esraw gat,
And syne Esraw gat Iara
And fader wes syne of Array,
And syne be lyne evin descendand
That to reherss were taryand,
Till Phymes-Forss in þat quhile
Gat a sone wes callit Newile,
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To sone Gadeill-Glais gat,
That had weddit Scota ȝing,
Pharois dochter of Egipt king.
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