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THE EVILLIS OF NEW-FOUND LAWIS. 427
Bot sen it is nochX. so
reioyft and tak pe rest
Thocht fourtoun be pi fo 35
Hir frowning sail wochX lest
bot cu;/zis for pe best
Thy trewethe to testifie
So thocht pow be opprest
3it suirlie pow art fre 40
Thane hart heild noc/it ane hair
nor in pi prisone ply
Thay wertw now declair
and fortou;znis feid defy
for tyme pai trewt^ sail try 45
And gif pe wictorie
Of fortoun and inwy
and pow for ewir be fre
finis Huius
[CLXXIII. Maitland The Evillis
of new-found Lawis; M. CL, p. 99.]
1 Lord god quhowe lang will sic lawe lest
be quhilk sum trewe men ar opprest
Off houft and landA disposest
WVt^out ane cauis
sum ar sair drest
sum sair molest
be newe fund lawes
ffor lack of iustice sum gettis vrang
and sum be tretit tirranttis strang
sum in pe cessione lyis our lange 10
and hulie speiddis
sair is pe sang
puir folk amang
that iustice neiddis
1 This piece appears to be in a different handfrom the preceding pages.
THE EVILLIS OF NEW-FOUND LAWIS. 427
Bot sen it is nochX. so
reioyft and tak pe rest
Thocht fourtoun be pi fo 35
Hir frowning sail wochX lest
bot cu;/zis for pe best
Thy trewethe to testifie
So thocht pow be opprest
3it suirlie pow art fre 40
Thane hart heild noc/it ane hair
nor in pi prisone ply
Thay wertw now declair
and fortou;znis feid defy
for tyme pai trewt^ sail try 45
And gif pe wictorie
Of fortoun and inwy
and pow for ewir be fre
finis Huius
[CLXXIII. Maitland The Evillis
of new-found Lawis; M. CL, p. 99.]
1 Lord god quhowe lang will sic lawe lest
be quhilk sum trewe men ar opprest
Off houft and landA disposest
WVt^out ane cauis
sum ar sair drest
sum sair molest
be newe fund lawes
ffor lack of iustice sum gettis vrang
and sum be tretit tirranttis strang
sum in pe cessione lyis our lange 10
and hulie speiddis
sair is pe sang
puir folk amang
that iustice neiddis
1 This piece appears to be in a different handfrom the preceding pages.
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Maitland folio manuscript > Volume 1, 1919 > (463) |
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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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