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MAITLAND FOLIO MS.
So mony lordis so mony naturale fulis
That better accordis to play pame at the trulis
Nor stanche pe dulls pat cowmounis dois sustene
Cubing fra the sculls so mony awnis and mulls
wz't&ln this land wes never hard nor sene 25
So mony ane fudge sic lordis maid vp of lait 46
So smale refuge the pure mezz to debait
So mony ane stait for the cozzzmoun weill so quhein
Over all the gait so mony theiffis so tait
wz'L&in this land wes never hard nor sene 50
[p. 188] So mony ane sentence retreitit for to win
Geir and acquentance or kyndnes of pair kin
Thay think na syn quhair pai get geir betwene
So mony ane gyn to haist pame to the pin
wzt^in this land wes never hard nor sene 55
So meikill tressoun so mony pzarciall sawis 26
So lytill ressoun to help the coz/zmoun Cawis
That all the lawis ar nocht set by ane prene
Sic fein3et flawis so mony waistie wawis
wzt/zin this land wes never hard nor sene 30
So mony theiffis and mycharis richt weill kend
So grit releiffis and lordis pame to defend
Becaus thai spend pe spreyt^ all pame betwene
So few to wend this mischeif to amend
wzt^in this etc 35
This to correct thay schoir -with mony craikis
Bot lytill effect wzt/z speir and batell ax
Thair enrage lakis pzzt suld pair hartis mak kene
So mony lakis and brude on beggaris bakis
wz't^in this land etc 40
MAITLAND FOLIO MS.
So mony lordis so mony naturale fulis
That better accordis to play pame at the trulis
Nor stanche pe dulls pat cowmounis dois sustene
Cubing fra the sculls so mony awnis and mulls
wz't&ln this land wes never hard nor sene 25
So mony ane fudge sic lordis maid vp of lait 46
So smale refuge the pure mezz to debait
So mony ane stait for the cozzzmoun weill so quhein
Over all the gait so mony theiffis so tait
wz'L&in this land wes never hard nor sene 50
[p. 188] So mony ane sentence retreitit for to win
Geir and acquentance or kyndnes of pair kin
Thay think na syn quhair pai get geir betwene
So mony ane gyn to haist pame to the pin
wzt^in this land wes never hard nor sene 55
So meikill tressoun so mony pzarciall sawis 26
So lytill ressoun to help the coz/zmoun Cawis
That all the lawis ar nocht set by ane prene
Sic fein3et flawis so mony waistie wawis
wzt/zin this land wes never hard nor sene 30
So mony theiffis and mycharis richt weill kend
So grit releiffis and lordis pame to defend
Becaus thai spend pe spreyt^ all pame betwene
So few to wend this mischeif to amend
wzt^in this etc 35
This to correct thay schoir -with mony craikis
Bot lytill effect wzt/z speir and batell ax
Thair enrage lakis pzzt suld pair hartis mak kene
So mony lakis and brude on beggaris bakis
wz't^in this land etc 40
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Maitland folio manuscript > Volume 1, 1919 > (242) |
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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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