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REMONSTRANCE TO THE KING. 223
As ony of pair werkis all
Suppois p«t my rewarde be small
Bot 3e sa gracious ar and meik 35
That on 3our hienes followis eik1
Ane vthir sort more miserabill
Thocht pai be no^t sa profitable
fifen3eouris fleichouris and flatteraris
Cryaris craikaris and clatteraris 40
Soukaris groukaris gledaris gu^naris
Monsouris of france gud clarat cuwnaris
Inopportoun askaris of yrland kynd
And meit revaris lyk out of mynd
Scaffaris and scamleris in the nuke 45
And hall huntaris of draik and duik
Thrimlaris and thristaris as pai war woid
Kokenis and kennis na man of gude
Schulderaris and schowaris pat hes no schame
And to no cu«ni«g that can clame 50
And can non vthir craft nor curis
Bot to mak thrang ftz'r in 3our duris
And rusche in quhair thay counsale heir
And will at na man nurtir leyr
In quiwtiscence eik Ingynouris loly 55
[p. 198] That far can multiplie in folie
ffantastik fulis bayt/z fals and gredy
Off toung vntrew and hand ewill diedie
ffew dar of all this last additioun
Cum in tolbuyt^ wzt^out remissiouh 60
And thozr^t this nobill cuzznizzg sort
Quhom of befoir I did report
Rewardit be it war bot ressoun
Thairat suld no mazz mak enchessoufi
Bot quhen the vper fulis nyce 65
That feistit at cokelbeis gryce
1 Carr, from reik.
As ony of pair werkis all
Suppois p«t my rewarde be small
Bot 3e sa gracious ar and meik 35
That on 3our hienes followis eik1
Ane vthir sort more miserabill
Thocht pai be no^t sa profitable
fifen3eouris fleichouris and flatteraris
Cryaris craikaris and clatteraris 40
Soukaris groukaris gledaris gu^naris
Monsouris of france gud clarat cuwnaris
Inopportoun askaris of yrland kynd
And meit revaris lyk out of mynd
Scaffaris and scamleris in the nuke 45
And hall huntaris of draik and duik
Thrimlaris and thristaris as pai war woid
Kokenis and kennis na man of gude
Schulderaris and schowaris pat hes no schame
And to no cu«ni«g that can clame 50
And can non vthir craft nor curis
Bot to mak thrang ftz'r in 3our duris
And rusche in quhair thay counsale heir
And will at na man nurtir leyr
In quiwtiscence eik Ingynouris loly 55
[p. 198] That far can multiplie in folie
ffantastik fulis bayt/z fals and gredy
Off toung vntrew and hand ewill diedie
ffew dar of all this last additioun
Cum in tolbuyt^ wzt^out remissiouh 60
And thozr^t this nobill cuzznizzg sort
Quhom of befoir I did report
Rewardit be it war bot ressoun
Thairat suld no mazz mak enchessoufi
Bot quhen the vper fulis nyce 65
That feistit at cokelbeis gryce
1 Carr, from reik.
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Maitland folio manuscript > Volume 1, 1919 > (253) |
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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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