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A 13ALADE CONSOLATOIR.
423
Richard he was, richard ar also
and maitland als magnanimie1 than ar 50
In als greit aige, als wrappit ar in wo
Sewin sonis 30 had, mycht contrawall his thre
hot burdalane 3c haue behind as he 125
The lord his linnage, sa enlarge and lyne
As mony hundrethe, nepotis gre be gre
Sen richard was, as hundrethe 3eiris hyne.
3our cairfull caice, To his is sa conforme
greit cans 3c haue lyk conforte to consawe 130
Esteim this stourt, as ane wnstabill storme
Will god quha him, sic grace and glaidnes gawe
Sic hape and honour eftir harm to hawe
Wpheld his houft, sa mony hundrethe 3eiris
Let 3our gray hairis, but greif go to [pe] grawe 135
Withe better hart mair bitternes pat beiris
Na na confeid, his clemence will no^t quyt
sic sobirnis, with sic seueritie
bot send 3owe schortlie, securis 1 in 3our syt
pace perfyt pleso«r and prosperitie 140
And propagat, sa 3our posteritie
frome sone to sone, as he did sarais seid
Seik him and serwe, him with sinceritie
He will deny 3oue na thing in 3o&r neid.
3our houft is build on him as he hes biddin 145
for nocht awales warldlie welthis or wit
gif sic had serwid, for suithe it had nocht sliddin
[p- 347] God is [pe] ground be him it mon growe greit
nocht be 3our bran, bot be his benefeit
So now I houpe, his helpe and halie hand 1 50
Sail found and fix, it faster on ane fit
(nor) quhen it semed, be stroingar stoupis to stand
1 Sic.
423
Richard he was, richard ar also
and maitland als magnanimie1 than ar 50
In als greit aige, als wrappit ar in wo
Sewin sonis 30 had, mycht contrawall his thre
hot burdalane 3c haue behind as he 125
The lord his linnage, sa enlarge and lyne
As mony hundrethe, nepotis gre be gre
Sen richard was, as hundrethe 3eiris hyne.
3our cairfull caice, To his is sa conforme
greit cans 3c haue lyk conforte to consawe 130
Esteim this stourt, as ane wnstabill storme
Will god quha him, sic grace and glaidnes gawe
Sic hape and honour eftir harm to hawe
Wpheld his houft, sa mony hundrethe 3eiris
Let 3our gray hairis, but greif go to [pe] grawe 135
Withe better hart mair bitternes pat beiris
Na na confeid, his clemence will no^t quyt
sic sobirnis, with sic seueritie
bot send 3owe schortlie, securis 1 in 3our syt
pace perfyt pleso«r and prosperitie 140
And propagat, sa 3our posteritie
frome sone to sone, as he did sarais seid
Seik him and serwe, him with sinceritie
He will deny 3oue na thing in 3o&r neid.
3our houft is build on him as he hes biddin 145
for nocht awales warldlie welthis or wit
gif sic had serwid, for suithe it had nocht sliddin
[p- 347] God is [pe] ground be him it mon growe greit
nocht be 3our bran, bot be his benefeit
So now I houpe, his helpe and halie hand 1 50
Sail found and fix, it faster on ane fit
(nor) quhen it semed, be stroingar stoupis to stand
1 Sic.
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Maitland folio manuscript > Volume 1, 1919 > (459) |
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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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| Description | Full text versions of historical texts dating from the 12th to the 19th century. Edited by the Abbotsford, Bannatyne, Grampian, Hunterian, Spalding and New Spalding Clubs, and also the Scottish Text, Spottiswoode and Wodrow Societies. Critical printed editions of manuscripts, including church records, state papers, correspondence, memoirs, diaries, legends and literary texts. |
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