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MAITLAND FOLIO MS.
fifull lustelie thir ladeis all in feir
Enterit wz't/zin this park of most pleseyr
Quhair pat I lay heilit wzt/z levis ronk
The mirrie fowlis blisfullest of cheir
Salust. nature methocht on pair maneir 95
And everie blome on branch and eik on blonk 1
Openit and spred thair balmy levis donk
Full law inclynit to thayr quene so cleyr
Quham of pair nobill nurissing thay thonk
Syne to dame flora on the samiw wyse 100
Thai salus and thay thank ane thousand syfi
And to dame venus luffis michtie quene
They sang ballatis of luif as wes the gyft
Wzt& amorous notis most lustie to devyft
As pai pat had luif in pair hartis grene 105
Thair hony throttis opizzit fra the splene
wz'L& warbillis sueit did perft the hewinlie skyis
Quhill loud resounit the firmament serene2
[p. 73] Ane uther court pair saw I subsequent
Cupyd the king ane bow in hand ay bent
And dreidfull arrowis g[r]unding scharp and
Thair saw I mars the god armipotent
Awfull and sterne strang and corpolent
Thair saw I crabit saturne auld and hair
His luik wes lyk for to perturb the air
Thair was mmmrius wyse and eloquent
Of rethorik pat fand the flouris fayr
Thair wes the god of gardingis preapus
Thair wes the god of wildernes phanus
And lanus god of entres delitabill 120
Thair wes the god of Audi's neptunus
Thair wes the god of windis Eolus
110
squayr
US
1 Sic.
2 Faded.
MAITLAND FOLIO MS.
fifull lustelie thir ladeis all in feir
Enterit wz't/zin this park of most pleseyr
Quhair pat I lay heilit wzt/z levis ronk
The mirrie fowlis blisfullest of cheir
Salust. nature methocht on pair maneir 95
And everie blome on branch and eik on blonk 1
Openit and spred thair balmy levis donk
Full law inclynit to thayr quene so cleyr
Quham of pair nobill nurissing thay thonk
Syne to dame flora on the samiw wyse 100
Thai salus and thay thank ane thousand syfi
And to dame venus luffis michtie quene
They sang ballatis of luif as wes the gyft
Wzt& amorous notis most lustie to devyft
As pai pat had luif in pair hartis grene 105
Thair hony throttis opizzit fra the splene
wz'L& warbillis sueit did perft the hewinlie skyis
Quhill loud resounit the firmament serene2
[p. 73] Ane uther court pair saw I subsequent
Cupyd the king ane bow in hand ay bent
And dreidfull arrowis g[r]unding scharp and
Thair saw I mars the god armipotent
Awfull and sterne strang and corpolent
Thair saw I crabit saturne auld and hair
His luik wes lyk for to perturb the air
Thair was mmmrius wyse and eloquent
Of rethorik pat fand the flouris fayr
Thair wes the god of gardingis preapus
Thair wes the god of wildernes phanus
And lanus god of entres delitabill 120
Thair wes the god of Audi's neptunus
Thair wes the god of windis Eolus
110
squayr
US
1 Sic.
2 Faded.
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Maitland folio manuscript > Volume 1, 1919 > (122) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/107621272 |
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| Shelfmark | SCS.STES2.7 |
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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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