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MAITLAND FOLIO MS.
Syne tendir 3011th com wz't£ hir virginis 31’ng
Grene innocence and schamefull abusing1 155
And quaking dreid with humill obedience
The goldin targe harmit me1 nothing
Curagis in pame wes nocht begun to spring
ffull sone1 thay dreid to done a violence
Sueit womaTzheid I saw cum in presence 160
Of arta^e a warld scho did in bring
Servit wz’tA ladeis full of reuerence
Sche led with hir nurtyr and laulynes
Cuntinazzce patience gud fame and steidfastnes
Discretioun gentrice and considerance 165
lefull cuwzpany and honest besines
benizzg luik myld cheyr and sobirnes
All thir bure gain3eis till do me grevance
Bot ressoun bure the targe with sic Constance
Thair sch(er)p assay micht do to me no derance 170
ffor all thair preft and aufull ordinance
(O)ne to the preft persewit hie degre
Hir (follo)vit ay estait and dignite
Comparisoun honour and nobill array
W(ith) wantownes renoun and liberte 175
Riches fredome and eik nobilite
Wit 3c thay did thair baner hie display
(An)e clud of arrowis as haill schour lousit thay
(A)nd schott quhill waistit was pair artail(3e)
(Sy)ne went abak rebutit of (thair pray) 180
[p- 75] Quhen venus had persauit this rebute
Dissemblance scho bad go mak persute
At all powar to pers the goldin targe
And scho pat wes of dowbilnes the rule
Askit hir chois of archaris in refute 185
1 Sic.
MAITLAND FOLIO MS.
Syne tendir 3011th com wz't£ hir virginis 31’ng
Grene innocence and schamefull abusing1 155
And quaking dreid with humill obedience
The goldin targe harmit me1 nothing
Curagis in pame wes nocht begun to spring
ffull sone1 thay dreid to done a violence
Sueit womaTzheid I saw cum in presence 160
Of arta^e a warld scho did in bring
Servit wz’tA ladeis full of reuerence
Sche led with hir nurtyr and laulynes
Cuntinazzce patience gud fame and steidfastnes
Discretioun gentrice and considerance 165
lefull cuwzpany and honest besines
benizzg luik myld cheyr and sobirnes
All thir bure gain3eis till do me grevance
Bot ressoun bure the targe with sic Constance
Thair sch(er)p assay micht do to me no derance 170
ffor all thair preft and aufull ordinance
(O)ne to the preft persewit hie degre
Hir (follo)vit ay estait and dignite
Comparisoun honour and nobill array
W(ith) wantownes renoun and liberte 175
Riches fredome and eik nobilite
Wit 3c thay did thair baner hie display
(An)e clud of arrowis as haill schour lousit thay
(A)nd schott quhill waistit was pair artail(3e)
(Sy)ne went abak rebutit of (thair pray) 180
[p- 75] Quhen venus had persauit this rebute
Dissemblance scho bad go mak persute
At all powar to pers the goldin targe
And scho pat wes of dowbilnes the rule
Askit hir chois of archaris in refute 185
1 Sic.
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Maitland folio manuscript > Volume 1, 1919 > (124) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/107621296 |
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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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