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A COMPLAINT ANENT MEIRIS.
437
Nor to content thy marrowis cowatice
put nockt thy selff in perrell for to pereis
nor beir pe blame quhair vpairis takis pe prz’ce 95
Nor bett pe bus p#t vthairis eattis pe bereis
The trone of tryell and theatre 1 trew
Is for to regne & rewle aboue pe rest
quho hes pe wogue him all pe warld dois w(ew)
And magistral pe man dois manifest 100
Swa sen pow hes pe princis place possest
Louk to be prasit as pow playis pi pairt
And as pow luiffis so luiffit be and lest
And alwayis delt with eftir pi desert
ffinis
[CLXXVIII. Anon. A Complaint
anenl Meiris ; P., p. 181.]
To 30w my lordis of renon
The haill pepill of ruglingtouh
burges m^rchantis & indwellaris
Craftismen officiaris and meit selleris
Rychemew puiranis and guid 3emen 5
Wydewis maidnis and hyre women
Honest matrons and guid wyffis
3oung men & 3ounkeris pat sindill stryffis
Magistratis and men of degrie
SeruandA and sic as luifis 2 on fie 10
schortlie of pe toun pe haill men3ie
Maist humblie to 30W now dois plen3ie
That our traffique dois clene decay3
Our chift2 and gane is quyt away
We haif na change wz't/zin our burght 15
The grene girft growis our streithis 2 throat
Our baxisteris 2 of breid hes no seil2
The brosteris hes na change for aill
1 Correctedfrom catre. 2 Sic. 3 Corrected from declay.
437
Nor to content thy marrowis cowatice
put nockt thy selff in perrell for to pereis
nor beir pe blame quhair vpairis takis pe prz’ce 95
Nor bett pe bus p#t vthairis eattis pe bereis
The trone of tryell and theatre 1 trew
Is for to regne & rewle aboue pe rest
quho hes pe wogue him all pe warld dois w(ew)
And magistral pe man dois manifest 100
Swa sen pow hes pe princis place possest
Louk to be prasit as pow playis pi pairt
And as pow luiffis so luiffit be and lest
And alwayis delt with eftir pi desert
ffinis
[CLXXVIII. Anon. A Complaint
anenl Meiris ; P., p. 181.]
To 30w my lordis of renon
The haill pepill of ruglingtouh
burges m^rchantis & indwellaris
Craftismen officiaris and meit selleris
Rychemew puiranis and guid 3emen 5
Wydewis maidnis and hyre women
Honest matrons and guid wyffis
3oung men & 3ounkeris pat sindill stryffis
Magistratis and men of degrie
SeruandA and sic as luifis 2 on fie 10
schortlie of pe toun pe haill men3ie
Maist humblie to 30W now dois plen3ie
That our traffique dois clene decay3
Our chift2 and gane is quyt away
We haif na change wz't/zin our burght 15
The grene girft growis our streithis 2 throat
Our baxisteris 2 of breid hes no seil2
The brosteris hes na change for aill
1 Correctedfrom catre. 2 Sic. 3 Corrected from declay.
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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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