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 CLX. The Original Chronicle of Andrew of Wyntoun |  |
CHAPTER CLX.
How Schir Andro of Murref wes tane,
That þan of Scotland wes wardane.
That þan of Scotland wes wardane.
And or þat all þis tyme wes gone,
The ȝoung Erll of Murray Iohne,
And Schir Archbald of Dowglass,
That gud Schir Iames broþer was,
Purchest þame a cumpany,
A thousand wicht men and hardy.
Till Anand in a tranoynting
Thai come on þaim in þe dawing.
Thare were sindry gudmen slane.
Schire Henry þe Ballioll þan agane
With a staff focht sturdely,
And delt dyntis rycht douchtely,
That men him lowit eftir his day.
Thare deit als Schir Iohne þe Movbray.
Schire Alexander þe Bruss wes tane;
Bot þe Balliole his gate is gane
One a barme horss with leggis baire;
Sa fell þat he eschapit þare.
The laif, þat were nocht tane in hand,
Fled quhare þai best mycht till warand;
Sa þat all þat cumpany
Were discomfit halely.
The ȝoung Erll of Murray Iohne,
And Schir Archbald of Dowglass,
That gud Schir Iames broþer was,
Purchest þame a cumpany,
A thousand wicht men and hardy.
Till Anand in a tranoynting
Thai come on þaim in þe dawing.
Thare were sindry gudmen slane.
Schire Henry þe Ballioll þan agane
With a staff focht sturdely,
And delt dyntis rycht douchtely,
That men him lowit eftir his day.
428
Schire Alexander þe Bruss wes tane;
Bot þe Balliole his gate is gane
One a barme horss with leggis baire;
Sa fell þat he eschapit þare.
The laif, þat were nocht tane in hand,
Fled quhare þai best mycht till warand;
Sa þat all þat cumpany
Were discomfit halely.
The Scottismen syne, þat had dreding
That Schir Edward of Ingland king
Suld cum with mycht in to þar land,
As he did nocht agane standand
The pess þat oblist wes and maid
And confermyt with seillis braid,
Maid ordinance þar land to saif.
And to þe Erll Patrik þai gaif
Berwik castell in keping;
And þe toune in gouernyng
Thai gaif till Alexander of Cetoun,
That wes a knycht of gret renovne.
Schire Andro of Murray, gud and wycht,
And of manheid a noble knycht,
That nane wes better in his day,
Fra gud King Robert wes away,
Thai maid him wardane of þe land.
And, fra he tuke þat stait on hand,
He gert summond þe folkis in hy,
And þai assemblit till him haly.
And with þaim þan he held his way
To Roxburght, þare þe Balliole lay,
And had befor in Ingland bene,
And of gentillis and ȝemen keyne
Gaderit a rycht gret cumpany.
Schire Andro þidder can him hy;
Bot his men held nocht all array;
For sum ȝoung men, as I herd say,
Come on þe brig; bot Inglismen
Sa gret debait maid wiþ þaim þen
That þai weill sone were put away;
The brig syne eftir oppinnit þai.
And in reskew of Rauf Gelding,
That wes borne doune oure a mydding,
Schire Andro of Murray out of his staill,
That wend þat all his menȝe haill
Had followit him, bot þai did nocht sa,
For sum of þaim were fere him fra,
And oþer sum out of array,
For at poynt purvait nocht were þai,
Sa þat full few wiþ him were gane,
And he weill neire left him allane,
To þe brig he went sturdely,
Wenand his men had bene him by,
And maid sic pay þat men sais ȝit
That he gert feill fall at his feit
Sprewland, as þai chekinnis ware.
And quhen his fais saw him þare
Foroutin feire fechtand allane,
Thai schot on him, and has him tane
In þare armes, and he in hy
Twrnyt him about swiftly
For to luke about his awne men,
That he wend at his bak were þen;
Than all þe Inglis cumpany
Behind stert on him sodanely,
And magre his þai haif him tane;
Bot trewly he ȝald him to nane.
That Schir Edward of Ingland king
Suld cum with mycht in to þar land,
As he did nocht agane standand
The pess þat oblist wes and maid
And confermyt with seillis braid,
Maid ordinance þar land to saif.
And to þe Erll Patrik þai gaif
Berwik castell in keping;
And þe toune in gouernyng
Thai gaif till Alexander of Cetoun,
That wes a knycht of gret renovne.
Schire Andro of Murray, gud and wycht,
And of manheid a noble knycht,
That nane wes better in his day,
Fra gud King Robert wes away,
Thai maid him wardane of þe land.
And, fra he tuke þat stait on hand,
He gert summond þe folkis in hy,
And þai assemblit till him haly.
430
To Roxburght, þare þe Balliole lay,
And had befor in Ingland bene,
And of gentillis and ȝemen keyne
Gaderit a rycht gret cumpany.
Schire Andro þidder can him hy;
Bot his men held nocht all array;
For sum ȝoung men, as I herd say,
Come on þe brig; bot Inglismen
Sa gret debait maid wiþ þaim þen
That þai weill sone were put away;
The brig syne eftir oppinnit þai.
And in reskew of Rauf Gelding,
That wes borne doune oure a mydding,
Schire Andro of Murray out of his staill,
That wend þat all his menȝe haill
Had followit him, bot þai did nocht sa,
For sum of þaim were fere him fra,
And oþer sum out of array,
For at poynt purvait nocht were þai,
Sa þat full few wiþ him were gane,
And he weill neire left him allane,
To þe brig he went sturdely,
Wenand his men had bene him by,
And maid sic pay þat men sais ȝit
That he gert feill fall at his feit
Sprewland, as þai chekinnis ware.
And quhen his fais saw him þare
Foroutin feire fechtand allane,
Thai schot on him, and has him tane
432
Twrnyt him about swiftly
For to luke about his awne men,
That he wend at his bak were þen;
Than all þe Inglis cumpany
Behind stert on him sodanely,
And magre his þai haif him tane;
Bot trewly he ȝald him to nane.
END OF THE FIFTH VOLUME.
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