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COMPLAINT AGANIS THE LANG LAW-SUTES.
Otir souerane lord to pus mater heff E
for It pertinis to pi maiestie
This college to wppe hald or lat it doin
hot will powe It wphald as it suld oe
It will pe helpe for to mentein pi croih
Caufft ilk day so fast dois niultiplie
pat wz‘t£ pis seit can nor^t our takin be
bot wald pi henes pairfoir eik pe numer
off senatorz'j- men cubing & godlie
wald mony mater end pat makzly cuwmer
Schir at pi gift is mony abaseift
parsonages, prouestres, & diu^rs prebendreift
Nowe sen doun is pe auld religion
to eik sum lordis giff sum benefeift
and sum to helpe pe auld fundation
[p- 354] Becaus pe lordzlf hes our lytill feyis
Bot off vncertane casualiteyis
off quhilk pai neu^r gat payment zYwzpleitlie
And now sic darthe is resin all man seis
That cost ane pound befoir no" costis thre
Schir powe may gar on-hurt thy propzrtie
The seit off iustice weill aduancit be
quhilk beand done pair sail daylie increft
in to pis land guid pece & polacie
And powe be broc^t till honour & recheft
O lewand lord support pis ciwell seit
and giff pame grace to gang pe nerrest geit
lustice to do with expeditione
And bring all thing agane in guid esteit
followand pe first guid Institutione
Quod Richard maitland of
Lethingtoune

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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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