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OF THE VYCE OF TRESOUNE.
II
[X. Dunbar Of the Vyct of
Tresoune; S.T.S., p. 190.]
I n wyce most vitiuft he excell^
That â– with pe wyce off tresoune melhj
Thocht he remissione
Hawe for prodicione
schame and suspecione 5
wzt/z him duelh'-r
And he euer odiuft as ane ovll
The fait so terribill is and fovll
horribill to nature
Is ane trato«r 10
Ane feynd In fratozzr
wnder ane cowll
Quhar Is ane tretowr or ane theiff
wpone him selff ryzznes the mischeiff
his fraudfull vyllA 15
him selff begyllA
as in pe yllA
Is now ane preiff
The faill strang tratozzr Donald owar
mair falset hes pane vpair fowr 20
Round ylis and seis
[p. 12] In his supleis
On galow treis
Now he dois glowr
falset no feit hes nor defence 25
Be puir practik nor piscence
Thocht it fra lycht
be smorit wzt/z slycht
god schawes the ryc/tt
wit/ic soir vengence
30
II
[X. Dunbar Of the Vyct of
Tresoune; S.T.S., p. 190.]
I n wyce most vitiuft he excell^
That â– with pe wyce off tresoune melhj
Thocht he remissione
Hawe for prodicione
schame and suspecione 5
wzt/z him duelh'-r
And he euer odiuft as ane ovll
The fait so terribill is and fovll
horribill to nature
Is ane trato«r 10
Ane feynd In fratozzr
wnder ane cowll
Quhar Is ane tretowr or ane theiff
wpone him selff ryzznes the mischeiff
his fraudfull vyllA 15
him selff begyllA
as in pe yllA
Is now ane preiff
The faill strang tratozzr Donald owar
mair falset hes pane vpair fowr 20
Round ylis and seis
[p. 12] In his supleis
On galow treis
Now he dois glowr
falset no feit hes nor defence 25
Be puir practik nor piscence
Thocht it fra lycht
be smorit wzt/z slycht
god schawes the ryc/tt
wit/ic soir vengence
30
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Maitland folio manuscript > Volume 1, 1919 > (35) |
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| Description | Containing poems by Sir Richard Maitland, Dunbar, Douglas, Henryson, and others / edited by W.A. Craigie. 2 volumes. Volume 1 contains the complete text of the Maitland folio manuscript from the original in the Pepysian library, Magdalene college, Cambridge, and Volume 2, a full description of the manuscript, together with textual notes, vocabulary, and other relevant matter. |
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| Shelfmark | SCS.STES2.7, 20 |
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| Description | A collection of over 100 Scottish texts dating from around 1400 to 1700. Most titles are in Scots, and include editions of poetry, drama, and prose by major Scottish writers such as John Barbour, William Dunbar, Gavin Douglas, and George Buchanan. Edited by a key scholarly publisher of Scotland's literary history, and published from the late 19th century onwards by the Scottish Text Society. Available here are STS series 1-3. |
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| Description | Full text versions of historical texts dating from the 12th to the 19th century. Edited by the Abbotsford, Bannatyne, Grampian, Hunterian, Spalding and New Spalding Clubs, and also the Scottish Text, Spottiswoode and Wodrow Societies. Critical printed editions of manuscripts, including church records, state papers, correspondence, memoirs, diaries, legends and literary texts. |
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