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AGANIS COVETYCE.
313
Sum to get land or geir will nureift stryf 15
Sum it to get will tak ane wratchit lyfe
Sum will not spair for fauowr nor for feid
Thair nyc/rtbouris rowmes to tak pame oz^r pair heid
Quhilk pai and pairis hes broukit ane lang tyme
And sum wald haue pair nyc/ztbour put to deid 20
To get pair land for ane Inventit cryme
Sum gadderis geir and hes na grace to spend it
Sum dois’wrang and na will hes to mend it
Sum levis all pair dayis wickitlie
To reif pe pure rycht few hes now petie 25
And pair is mony ane pat litle cairis
To putt bayt/z saule and lyfe in leoperdie
To mak ane mekle conqueis to pair aids
Syne wait not weill quhat pair aids wilbe
nor quhat will cum of pair posterite 30
ffor sum may be grit fulis naturall
Sum may be waistozzrzk and mak quyt of all
Sum grit droncatis and spend pair thrift at wyne
Sum may cozzzmit sic deidis criminale
That may pame gar bayt^ geir and landis tyne 35
Thairfore I think it is ane grit folie
ffor to mak ony conqueis wrangouslie
Syne wait not gif pai brouke it lang pame sell
and quha sell brouk it eftir can not tell
To conqueis large sum hes grit wrangis wroc/zt 40
And put pame selffe in danger of pe hell
And in schort tyme pair conqueis turne to nocht
I counsale all pairfore to be content
Off iust conqueis wz't^ ane sufficient rent
313
Sum to get land or geir will nureift stryf 15
Sum it to get will tak ane wratchit lyfe
Sum will not spair for fauowr nor for feid
Thair nyc/rtbouris rowmes to tak pame oz^r pair heid
Quhilk pai and pairis hes broukit ane lang tyme
And sum wald haue pair nyc/ztbour put to deid 20
To get pair land for ane Inventit cryme
Sum gadderis geir and hes na grace to spend it
Sum dois’wrang and na will hes to mend it
Sum levis all pair dayis wickitlie
To reif pe pure rycht few hes now petie 25
And pair is mony ane pat litle cairis
To putt bayt/z saule and lyfe in leoperdie
To mak ane mekle conqueis to pair aids
Syne wait not weill quhat pair aids wilbe
nor quhat will cum of pair posterite 30
ffor sum may be grit fulis naturall
Sum may be waistozzrzk and mak quyt of all
Sum grit droncatis and spend pair thrift at wyne
Sum may cozzzmit sic deidis criminale
That may pame gar bayt^ geir and landis tyne 35
Thairfore I think it is ane grit folie
ffor to mak ony conqueis wrangouslie
Syne wait not gif pai brouke it lang pame sell
and quha sell brouk it eftir can not tell
To conqueis large sum hes grit wrangis wroc/zt 40
And put pame selffe in danger of pe hell
And in schort tyme pair conqueis turne to nocht
I counsale all pairfore to be content
Off iust conqueis wz't^ ane sufficient rent
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Maitland folio manuscript > Volume 1, 1919 > (347) |
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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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