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 CLXXVIII. The Original Chronicle of Andrew of Wyntoun |  |
CHAPTER CLXXVIII.
How messingeris come out of France
To bynd and afferme þe allyance.
To bynd and afferme þe allyance.
A thousand thre hundreth fourty and nyne
Fra lichtare wes þe suete Virgyne,
In Scotland þe first pestilens
Begouth, of sa gret violens
That it wes said of liffand men
The thrid part it distroyit þen;
And eftir þat in to Scotland
A ȝere or mare it wes wedand.
Befor þat tyme wes neuer sene
In Scotland pestilens sa keyne:
For men, and barnis, and wemen,
It sparit nocht for to quell then.
Fra lichtare wes þe suete Virgyne,
In Scotland þe first pestilens
Begouth, of sa gret violens
That it wes said of liffand men
The thrid part it distroyit þen;
And eftir þat in to Scotland
A ȝere or mare it wes wedand.
Befor þat tyme wes neuer sene
In Scotland pestilens sa keyne:
For men, and barnis, and wemen,
It sparit nocht for to quell then.
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A thousand iiic. fifty and five
Ȝeris fra borne wes God of live,
A knycht, callit Schir Ewyn of Gunseyris,
With sexty knychtis and squieris,
Famouss men of gret bounte,
Arrayit weill in all degre,
Come chargeit fra þe King of France
To ferme and bynd þe allyance
Betuix ws and þe Franche men,
That lang wes bunding befor þen.
Thai said þai wald at þar powere
Wes to continew furþ þe weire
Betuix þaim and þe Inglismen,
And said þai wald we did sua then.
Off gold þai brocht in till our land
Off muttownys fourty full thousand,
And ilk muttone of gold ware
At foure schillingis, and na mare.
The King of France þat to þaim sent
To gare þaim pruf mare hardyment;
And sa þai did withoutin weire;
Thai put þaim self to perellis seire
Him for to pleiss, and to wyne priss.
Quha giffis sic giftis he is wiss.
He gaif wisly his gift, for he,
Throu his wit and his largite,
And þai giftis wiþ faire sembland,
Thare hertis hardy till him band.
Ȝeris fra borne wes God of live,
A knycht, callit Schir Ewyn of Gunseyris,
With sexty knychtis and squieris,
Famouss men of gret bounte,
Arrayit weill in all degre,
Come chargeit fra þe King of France
To ferme and bynd þe allyance
Betuix ws and þe Franche men,
That lang wes bunding befor þen.
Thai said þai wald at þar powere
Wes to continew furþ þe weire
Betuix þaim and þe Inglismen,
And said þai wald we did sua then.
Off gold þai brocht in till our land
Off muttownys fourty full thousand,
And ilk muttone of gold ware
At foure schillingis, and na mare.
The King of France þat to þaim sent
To gare þaim pruf mare hardyment;
And sa þai did withoutin weire;
Thai put þaim self to perellis seire
Him for to pleiss, and to wyne priss.
Quha giffis sic giftis he is wiss.
He gaif wisly his gift, for he,
Throu his wit and his largite,
And þai giftis wiþ faire sembland,
Thare hertis hardy till him band.
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Thomas Stewart þat ilk ȝere,
Erll of Anguss, throu counsall clere
Off þe Erll Patrik, on a nycht
Past to Berwik wiþ gret mycht,
And but persaving prevely.
Neire þe Kow Ȝet manlely
Thare ledderis to þe wall þai set,
And pressit þaim oure þe wall to get.
William of Towris first vp is gane.
Thare Robert of Ogill sone wes slane.
As þai wan vp, syne eftir þai
Held doune vnto þe toune þar way,
And tuke vp gudis and presoneris.
Bot most forss of þar aduerseris
To þe castell throu Wallas Toure
Held þare wayis to get succour.
Scottismen wes all þat nycht sprethand,
And maid all þairis þat euer þai fand;
Quhare throu mony ane richare are,
At pure and sympill forouth ware.
Erll of Anguss, throu counsall clere
Off þe Erll Patrik, on a nycht
Past to Berwik wiþ gret mycht,
And but persaving prevely.
Neire þe Kow Ȝet manlely
Thare ledderis to þe wall þai set,
And pressit þaim oure þe wall to get.
William of Towris first vp is gane.
Thare Robert of Ogill sone wes slane.
As þai wan vp, syne eftir þai
Held doune vnto þe toune þar way,
And tuke vp gudis and presoneris.
Bot most forss of þar aduerseris
To þe castell throu Wallas Toure
Held þare wayis to get succour.
Scottismen wes all þat nycht sprethand,
And maid all þairis þat euer þai fand;
Quhare throu mony ane richare are,
At pure and sympill forouth ware.
And quhen þe marchearis herd þis tythand,
Thai semblit sone to Iohne of Coupland,
That tuke þe King Davy at Durehame,
And on þe Marche had mekle name.
He thocht þat he with all þat mycht
Suld to þe castell cum be nycht
Throu Wallace Toure, sa to þe toune,
And sa put to confusioun
The Scottismen þat þarin ware,
That wes weill warnyt of þar feire,
And richt stoutly can assaill
That toure, þat þai with gret travale
At þe last wan it manfully,
And stuffit it rycht weill in hy.
Thai semblit sone to Iohne of Coupland,
That tuke þe King Davy at Durehame,
And on þe Marche had mekle name.
He thocht þat he with all þat mycht
Suld to þe castell cum be nycht
Throu Wallace Toure, sa to þe toune,
And sa put to confusioun
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That wes weill warnyt of þar feire,
And richt stoutly can assaill
That toure, þat þai with gret travale
At þe last wan it manfully,
And stuffit it rycht weill in hy.
Thare þis Ewyn the Gransayeris
With his knychtis and his squieris,
Off Frans þat were send fra þe king,
Pruffit gret price at þat fechting.
With his knychtis and his squieris,
Off Frans þat were send fra þe king,
Pruffit gret price at þat fechting.
To Berwik come þe wardane syne,
And stuffit it wiþ men and armyne,
And with wittalis it for to hald,
Magre quhasa assalȝe wald.
And stuffit it wiþ men and armyne,
And with wittalis it for to hald,
Magre quhasa assalȝe wald.
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