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THE PROHEME APON THE COSMOGRAPHE
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Twelf 3eris pareeftir following Vortigerne, be supple of Saxouns,
resistit to the iniuris of Scottis and Pichtis. Nochttheles
Saxouns farcing in lawte, vnder chiftanis Hengest and Orft,
bredir, to extreme myscheif Britan was brocht; ffor Vorti-
geme be pe men quham he brocht to supple him aganis the
violence of vtheris (eftir grete parte of his liegis slane), was
takin and with all his pepill exilit to Walis, ane parte of his
kinrik, and bot of sobir boundis. Saxouns create Hengest
king, and occupyit pe residew of Britan, and fra him the
regioun Ingland, and the pepill war namyt Inglift. Nocht
3it war Britouns herethrow aluterlie ouresett, ffor be variabill
fortune, quhil the tyme of Arthure, thay faucht contrare
Inglis. Be his deceift his liffe and kinrik atanis tuke end,
becaus Britouns fule3ete in pussance, to Saxons thareeftir
referrit pe domynioun. Eftir Arthure deceissing in 3c vc xlij
3eris, quhil pe jm xvj 3ere Inglis josit Britan; first to ane
king obeysant, syne in vij kinrikis devidit, and finalie redactit
and brocht agane to ane onelie kinrik, having almaist pe
samyn boundis and marchis as for the present. Oftymes
Ingland thareeftir subdewit be invasioun of Danys, had five
kingis of the Danys blude—Sweno, Herald his son, Canwte,
kingts Herald namyt Harefute, and last of all Hardycanwte. Hardy-
'*clt canwte cure pridefully regnyng abone pe Inglis, quhilk nocht
titig sufferit langare to be in semitute thirllit, quhen ane nycht
awis. all pe noblis of Danys war slane throw all the realme of Ing-
Iland, seing sic myschefe to him self appere, he put violent
. 7 handis in his awne persoun. Swa pai gaif the crowne to
Edwerd, son of Edward,1 quhilk last before the cuming of
Danys rang in Ingland. Noc/htheles Edwerd sone thareeftir
deceissing, and for the singulare sanctitude of his life callit
Sanct Edwerd, Inglifknen fering pat Danys be displesure of
the kinrik loist afore suld of newe invaid pame with armys,
thay crownit Herald, son to Godwy, Inglis man, dochter son
of king Ca[n]wte, Dane, and of the crowne ciferit Edgare, nevo
of Sanct Edwerd, broder of Sanct Margaret, eftirwart quene
of Scottis: ffor pai supponit, gif pe crowne in ony parte war
restorit to Danys, pai mycht in tyme cuming be in tranquillite
1 Sic, apparently for Alfred ; but L. has Eldredus.
15
Twelf 3eris pareeftir following Vortigerne, be supple of Saxouns,
resistit to the iniuris of Scottis and Pichtis. Nochttheles
Saxouns farcing in lawte, vnder chiftanis Hengest and Orft,
bredir, to extreme myscheif Britan was brocht; ffor Vorti-
geme be pe men quham he brocht to supple him aganis the
violence of vtheris (eftir grete parte of his liegis slane), was
takin and with all his pepill exilit to Walis, ane parte of his
kinrik, and bot of sobir boundis. Saxouns create Hengest
king, and occupyit pe residew of Britan, and fra him the
regioun Ingland, and the pepill war namyt Inglift. Nocht
3it war Britouns herethrow aluterlie ouresett, ffor be variabill
fortune, quhil the tyme of Arthure, thay faucht contrare
Inglis. Be his deceift his liffe and kinrik atanis tuke end,
becaus Britouns fule3ete in pussance, to Saxons thareeftir
referrit pe domynioun. Eftir Arthure deceissing in 3c vc xlij
3eris, quhil pe jm xvj 3ere Inglis josit Britan; first to ane
king obeysant, syne in vij kinrikis devidit, and finalie redactit
and brocht agane to ane onelie kinrik, having almaist pe
samyn boundis and marchis as for the present. Oftymes
Ingland thareeftir subdewit be invasioun of Danys, had five
kingis of the Danys blude—Sweno, Herald his son, Canwte,
kingts Herald namyt Harefute, and last of all Hardycanwte. Hardy-
'*clt canwte cure pridefully regnyng abone pe Inglis, quhilk nocht
titig sufferit langare to be in semitute thirllit, quhen ane nycht
awis. all pe noblis of Danys war slane throw all the realme of Ing-
Iland, seing sic myschefe to him self appere, he put violent
. 7 handis in his awne persoun. Swa pai gaif the crowne to
Edwerd, son of Edward,1 quhilk last before the cuming of
Danys rang in Ingland. Noc/htheles Edwerd sone thareeftir
deceissing, and for the singulare sanctitude of his life callit
Sanct Edwerd, Inglifknen fering pat Danys be displesure of
the kinrik loist afore suld of newe invaid pame with armys,
thay crownit Herald, son to Godwy, Inglis man, dochter son
of king Ca[n]wte, Dane, and of the crowne ciferit Edgare, nevo
of Sanct Edwerd, broder of Sanct Margaret, eftirwart quene
of Scottis: ffor pai supponit, gif pe crowne in ony parte war
restorit to Danys, pai mycht in tyme cuming be in tranquillite
1 Sic, apparently for Alfred ; but L. has Eldredus.
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| Description | Edited by George Watson. Edinburgh : Printed for the Society by William Blackwood and Sons, 1946. An edition of a manuscript, orginally in the Skene Library at Mar Lodge, now in the possession of the Pierpont Morgan Library. The manuscript is imperfect at the beginning and end and the missing portions were supplied from the 1541 edition of the Bellenden version. |
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