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ANE ADMONITIOUN.
435
As chanellis craggis beddis & bankis blind
Lekkis and wanlukis quhak by thovv may be lost 30
be war thairfoir wAA1 weddir waw & wind
with wncait/22 coursis and wnknawin cost
Thow will put all into appeirand perrell
gif Inglis forcis in this realme repair
Sic ar nocht meit for to decyde o&r querrell 35
Thocht farland foullis seime to haiff fedderis fair
Cum thay acquaint thay will creip bmeir mair
and wilbe noysum nyc^tbouris and enorme
And schortlie will sit to our sydis as sair
As now thy rebellis quhome thay sould reforme 40
[p- 358] That freindschip is ay faithfullest afar
And langest will indure with lytle daill
I feir with vse and tyme it work to war
fray pai aganis our pairtie anis prewaill
quha wait bot syne thay will o&r selffis assaill 45
Auld fayis ar sindill fayt/Tull freindis found
first helpe pe half and syne our harll pe haill
wilbe ane wofull weilfair to our wound
Be thair exempill learne experience
Ane forane mache or maister to admitt 50
Reid quhane pe saxonis gat preeminence
how sone thay socht as soueranis for to sitt
Reid howe thay forcit pe britonis folkis to flitt
And 3it posseidis pat peipillis p^pirtie
be war we may be wolterit or we witt 55
And lykwayis loift Our land and libertie
Ane thowsand sick exempillis I could schaw
and mony noble natioun I may name
quho lost at lenthe thair libertie and law
And sufferit hes bayt/; sorow skyt/;2 & schame bo
] waw & deleted here.
2 Sic.
435
As chanellis craggis beddis & bankis blind
Lekkis and wanlukis quhak by thovv may be lost 30
be war thairfoir wAA1 weddir waw & wind
with wncait/22 coursis and wnknawin cost
Thow will put all into appeirand perrell
gif Inglis forcis in this realme repair
Sic ar nocht meit for to decyde o&r querrell 35
Thocht farland foullis seime to haiff fedderis fair
Cum thay acquaint thay will creip bmeir mair
and wilbe noysum nyc^tbouris and enorme
And schortlie will sit to our sydis as sair
As now thy rebellis quhome thay sould reforme 40
[p- 358] That freindschip is ay faithfullest afar
And langest will indure with lytle daill
I feir with vse and tyme it work to war
fray pai aganis our pairtie anis prewaill
quha wait bot syne thay will o&r selffis assaill 45
Auld fayis ar sindill fayt/Tull freindis found
first helpe pe half and syne our harll pe haill
wilbe ane wofull weilfair to our wound
Be thair exempill learne experience
Ane forane mache or maister to admitt 50
Reid quhane pe saxonis gat preeminence
how sone thay socht as soueranis for to sitt
Reid howe thay forcit pe britonis folkis to flitt
And 3it posseidis pat peipillis p^pirtie
be war we may be wolterit or we witt 55
And lykwayis loift Our land and libertie
Ane thowsand sick exempillis I could schaw
and mony noble natioun I may name
quho lost at lenthe thair libertie and law
And sufferit hes bayt/; sorow skyt/;2 & schame bo
] waw & deleted here.
2 Sic.
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Maitland folio manuscript > Volume 1, 1919 > (471) |
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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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