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MAITLAND FOLIO MS.
With touris grit and strange for to behald 105
So craftlie wz't/^ kirnellis kervin hie
The fitschand chaynis floreist all of gold
The grundin dairtis scharp and bricht to se
Wald mak ane hart of flint to fald and fle
ffbr terrozzr gif pai wald pe castell saill 110
So kervin cleir that micht na crueltee
It for to wyn in all this warld avale
[p. 230] Servit this quene dame plesance all at richt
first hie apporte bewtie and humilnes
•with mony vtheris madinis fair and bricht 115
Reuth and gud fame fredome and gentilnes
Constance patience raddour and meiknes
Connizzg kyndnes heyndnes and honestie
Mirth lustheid lyking and nobilnes
blis and blythnes plesance and pure pietie 120
This war the staitis worthyest and ding
With mony mo pat servit to this quene
Ane legioun liell war at hir leding
Quhen hir court leist semble fair and clein
In pair effeir fayr fceruice micht be sene 125
for wes paz'r nocht pat semit be avyse
That no ma« micht the poynting of ane prene
Repreve nor pece bot payntit at devyse
Hapnit this wourthy quene vpon ane day
with hir fresche court arrayit weill at richt 130
Hunting to ryd hir to disport and play
With mony ane lustie ladie fair and bricht
Hir baner schene displayit and on hicht
wes sene abone pair heidis fayr quhair pai ryd
The grene ground wes Illuminyt of the lycht 135
fresche bewtie had pe vangarde and wes gyde
MAITLAND FOLIO MS.
With touris grit and strange for to behald 105
So craftlie wz't/^ kirnellis kervin hie
The fitschand chaynis floreist all of gold
The grundin dairtis scharp and bricht to se
Wald mak ane hart of flint to fald and fle
ffbr terrozzr gif pai wald pe castell saill 110
So kervin cleir that micht na crueltee
It for to wyn in all this warld avale
[p. 230] Servit this quene dame plesance all at richt
first hie apporte bewtie and humilnes
•with mony vtheris madinis fair and bricht 115
Reuth and gud fame fredome and gentilnes
Constance patience raddour and meiknes
Connizzg kyndnes heyndnes and honestie
Mirth lustheid lyking and nobilnes
blis and blythnes plesance and pure pietie 120
This war the staitis worthyest and ding
With mony mo pat servit to this quene
Ane legioun liell war at hir leding
Quhen hir court leist semble fair and clein
In pair effeir fayr fceruice micht be sene 125
for wes paz'r nocht pat semit be avyse
That no ma« micht the poynting of ane prene
Repreve nor pece bot payntit at devyse
Hapnit this wourthy quene vpon ane day
with hir fresche court arrayit weill at richt 130
Hunting to ryd hir to disport and play
With mony ane lustie ladie fair and bricht
Hir baner schene displayit and on hicht
wes sene abone pair heidis fayr quhair pai ryd
The grene ground wes Illuminyt of the lycht 135
fresche bewtie had pe vangarde and wes gyde
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Maitland folio manuscript > Volume 1, 1919 > (290) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/107623288 |
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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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