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MORAL ADVYCE.
323
[CIII. Maitland Moral
Advyce; M. CL, p. in.]
Ground pe ay on gudnes
Reule pe with ry^ttuousnes
In tyme do pi beseynes
and cheis ay pe best
Preis pe not to oppres 5
Helpe ay pe faderles
Haue na pryde nor proudnes
This warld will not lest
In trouble tak patience
Keip clene pi conscience
To god do reverence
Be to pi prince trew
Keip ay weill pi credence
Tyne nocht throw necgligence
Proceid ay wz't^ prudence
ydilnes eschew
Exceid not pi degre
Do all thingis iustlie
Haue god befoir pi E
quhair ever pou gang 20
Gyde pi selffe honestlie
Hant in gude cwmpanie
Off pe pure haue petie
And do to nane wrang
2-5
30
At experience leir
ffolische speiking forbeir
with musoure1 spend pi geir
na gude turne delay
vse na ryatous cheir
Do pi nychtbour na deir
godis worde glaidlie heir
and syne it obey
Quod Richard maitland
1 Sic.
10
15
323
[CIII. Maitland Moral
Advyce; M. CL, p. in.]
Ground pe ay on gudnes
Reule pe with ry^ttuousnes
In tyme do pi beseynes
and cheis ay pe best
Preis pe not to oppres 5
Helpe ay pe faderles
Haue na pryde nor proudnes
This warld will not lest
In trouble tak patience
Keip clene pi conscience
To god do reverence
Be to pi prince trew
Keip ay weill pi credence
Tyne nocht throw necgligence
Proceid ay wz't^ prudence
ydilnes eschew
Exceid not pi degre
Do all thingis iustlie
Haue god befoir pi E
quhair ever pou gang 20
Gyde pi selffe honestlie
Hant in gude cwmpanie
Off pe pure haue petie
And do to nane wrang
2-5
30
At experience leir
ffolische speiking forbeir
with musoure1 spend pi geir
na gude turne delay
vse na ryatous cheir
Do pi nychtbour na deir
godis worde glaidlie heir
and syne it obey
Quod Richard maitland
1 Sic.
10
15
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Maitland folio manuscript > Volume 1, 1919 > (357) |
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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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