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MAITLAND FOLIO MS.
[CXXXVIII. Dunbar Of the Changes
of Lyfex; S.T.S., p. 232.]
ISeik aboute pis warld onstable
To find a sentence conveniable
Bot I can not in all my witt
Sa trew a Sentence find of it
As say it is dissavable 5
ffor 3istirday I did declair
How pat pe sasoun soft and fair
Come in als fresche as pacok feddir
This day it stangis lyke ane eddir
Concluding all in my contrair 10
Bistirday fair Sprang pe flowris
This day pai ar all slane with schouris
And foulis in forrest p^t sang cleir
Now walkis with ane drerie cheir
ffull caild ar bayt£ pair beddzk and bowm 15
So nixt to Sywmer wyntir bene
Nixt eftir confort cairis kene
nixt eftir mydny^t pe myrthfull morrow
Nixt eftir Joy ay cwmis sorrow
So is pis warld and ay hes bene 20
Qzzc>d dumbar
[CXXXIX. Dunbar Quhen many
Benefices vakit‘l; S.T.S., p. 205.]
[p- 316] Ochir at pis feist [of] Benefice
^3 Think pat small partA makA grit Seruice
And equale distributioun
Makis pame content pat hes ressoun
and quha hes nane ar plesit na wyift 5
1 Another copy on p. 5 of MS.
2 Another copy on p. 7 of MS.

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Volume 1, 1919
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1919-1927 - Maitland folio manuscript
DescriptionContaining 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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