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 XXXIII.] The Original Chronicle of Andrew of Wyntoun |  |
[CHAPTER XXXIII.]
Twelf hundreth and xxx. ȝeris beforne
And twa ȝeris to or God wes borne,
Wersores, þan of Egipt king,
Baith south and north maid gret stering,
And set his diligens ay
Baith þai artis as þai lay,
Be land partit and be se,
To gar þaim bow to his powste,
Or he wald þame first assaill
With felloune weir and hard batall.
Thare one message he send in hy
To þame þan wonnand in Sythy,
And bad at þai suld till him draw,
And vse his custom and his law,
And becum in deid his men.
To þis message þai ansuerd þen,
And said þame thocht it wranguise thing
Till him at wes a mychty king
Agane sa symple folkis to ryse,
Or faynd in weir þaim to supprise;
Sen vre of batall is doutwise
And till all partyis peralouse.
Off þis thing to mak schort our taill,
Thai mellit sone in to batall,
Quhare þare wes fechting ferss and fell,
In baith þe halffis and cruell;
Bot þis Wersores at þe last
Discomfit wes and fled full fast.
The Sythikis vencust þat batall,
And tuke up all þare apparall
That þai leiffit in to þe place
Quhare þe batall strekin was;
Thai chasit þe Egiptis halely,
One horss and fut dispitously,
And þai, for ferdnes fleand fast,
Gat fra þare danger at þe last.
And twa ȝeris to or God wes borne,
Wersores, þan of Egipt king,
Baith south and north maid gret stering,
And set his diligens ay
Baith þai artis as þai lay,
Be land partit and be se,
To gar þaim bow to his powste,
Or he wald þame first assaill
With felloune weir and hard batall.
Thare one message he send in hy
To þame þan wonnand in Sythy,
And bad at þai suld till him draw,
And vse his custom and his law,
And becum in deid his men.
To þis message þai ansuerd þen,
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Till him at wes a mychty king
Agane sa symple folkis to ryse,
Or faynd in weir þaim to supprise;
Sen vre of batall is doutwise
And till all partyis peralouse.
Off þis thing to mak schort our taill,
Thai mellit sone in to batall,
Quhare þare wes fechting ferss and fell,
In baith þe halffis and cruell;
Bot þis Wersores at þe last
Discomfit wes and fled full fast.
The Sythikis vencust þat batall,
And tuke up all þare apparall
That þai leiffit in to þe place
Quhare þe batall strekin was;
Thai chasit þe Egiptis halely,
One horss and fut dispitously,
And þai, for ferdnes fleand fast,
Gat fra þare danger at þe last.
The Sythikis þan with þare poware
Waistit all þat land with weir,
Na wer þe Egiptis dikis deip
About þame dowin þare land to keip.
Sythikis þan with plane batall
Maid throu Asye þare travaill,
And wan mekle of it of weir,
That þai maid to þaim tributere.
Xv. ȝeris þai þare abaid,
And langer wonnyng wald haif maid,
Quhill þare wiffis maid þaim kend
Be þe message þat þai send,
Bot gif þai speid þaim hame but let
That other suld þare barnis get.
Waistit all þat land with weir,
Na wer þe Egiptis dikis deip
About þame dowin þare land to keip.
Sythikis þan with plane batall
Maid throu Asye þare travaill,
And wan mekle of it of weir,
That þai maid to þaim tributere.
Xv. ȝeris þai þare abaid,
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Quhill þare wiffis maid þaim kend
Be þe message þat þai send,
Bot gif þai speid þaim hame but let
That other suld þare barnis get.
| [CHAPTER XXXIII.] The Original Chronicle of Andrew of Wyntoun | |