COLLECTION NAME:
Medieval Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0926309dc
Reference Number:
English MS 103
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Edward III
Alternative Image Title:
Sir Edward Baliol
Parent Work Title:
Brut Chronicle (1347 Continuation)
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Brute or the Chronicles of England
Date Created:
14th century [mid]
Page:
122r
Image Sequence Number:
122r
Description:
A pencil annotation 'MS. B.' appears in the margin. The tale of Sir Edward Baliol in Scotland. The written space is c.182 x 112 mm and the script is anglicana formata.
Transcription:
vnto þe Abbay of Dunfermelyn: and þ(er)e he fond vitailleȝ for him and for his folc and amo(~)ge alle oþ(er)e þinges he fond in a chamber aboute. v. C. of grete stafes of fine oke with longe pikes of yren and of steele he nome ham and dely uerede ham to þ(e) most st(ro)ngest of his companye // And anon aftir he wente fro þennes and loggede him in a felde .ij. myle fro sent John(~)es toun(~): and whanne þe burgeyses of þe toun herde how þe erl was discomfited þorugh S(ir) Baillol þey were sore adrad and broken þe brugges þ(t) þey had made on þe water of Erne: so þ(t) þe Baillol mighte nouȝt gon ou(er)e wherfore he loggede him þ(er)e al þ(t) nyȝt: but litel hede he toke of reste and saide vnto his peple // Now dere lordes ȝe kno- weth ful wel þ(t) we ben now loggede bituene oure enemys and ȝif þey mowe vs hampre þ(er)e nys bote til deth: wher fore yif we abide here al þis nyȝt stille y leue þat it shal turne vs to muche harme: for þe poer of Scotlande may eu(er)y day wexe and entreste and we may nouȝt so and we bene but litel peple aȝens ham wherfore y p(ra)y ȝow for þ(e) loue of almyghty god make we vs bolde and hardy and þat we mowe mightily take þe scottis þis nyght and boldely werre vpon ham and lete vs pursue ham þis nyȝt and yif þey ben trauailed þorugh vs and þey se oure hardynes: so þat oþ(er)e scottis þ(t) comen and mete ham and se ham so tra- uailed and werye þe sorer wilen ben adrad w(t) vs for to fighten: and fersliche þanne we shullen fighte and vppon ham pursue so þ(t) þorugh þe g(ra)ce of almighty god al þ(e) world shal speke of doughtinesse of oure chiualrie // And S(ir)es vn- dirstondeth wel þat all þe companye þ(t) comen w(t) S(ir) Edward Baillol g(ra)untede wel vn to þat counceil and were þ(er)of glade and anon pursuede vppon þe scottis þ(t) þey bicomen wond(er) wery and þe Baillol and his company sore folwede ham and dede ham moche sorwe þorugh hire assaut. so þat þey myȝte nouȝt for feble ham helpe and for litel peple // But þo saide amonges ham what is now vs bifalle: þat so
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Chronicles of England--Manuscripts
Subject:
Great Britain--History
Subject:
Chronicles of England
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Codex
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Pencil
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Vellum
Time Period Covered:
1200 - 1500 CE
Places Covered:
England
Item Height:
278 mm
Item Width:
183 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
References:
Parts of this catalogue have been reproduced from Ker, N.R., 'Medieval manuscripts in British libraries, vol. III, Lampeter-Oxford' (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1983), p. 417. By kind permission of Oxford University Press.
References:
Tyson, Moses, 'Hand-List of the Collection of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library' (1928), p.23.
Bibliographic Citation:
Brie, Friedrich W. D., 'The Brut, or, the Chronicles of England / edited from Ms. Rawl. B 171, Bodleian Library &c.', (London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner for the Early English Text Society, 1906-1908)
Cost:
Purchased by the John Rylands Library from the London booksellers J. & J. Leighton for £36.00 on 18 June 1908.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2009-07-22
Multi Page Number:
1265
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2010-10
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Edward III
