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MAITLAND FOLIO MS.
The flescheris skamlis are gane dry
The heiland men bringis in na ky 20
The merchandis hes na change of vvair
The hostillaris gettis na repair
[p. 360] The craftismew ar noc/zt regardit
The prentes boyis ar nocht rewairdit
The stableris gattis 1 na stabil fies 25
The hyre women gettis na balbeis
The hors boyis ar hurt of pair waige
Thair is no proffeit for a paige
schortlie pair is na change wz‘t/bn
The court of strangeris is sa thin 30
And all this sorow & mischeif
Is nop^r cum of houir nor theiff
Nor be pe foirce of enimeis
Nor be priuat conspiraceis
Bot becaus men hes lattin doun 35
The fair & market of our toun
I mein pe m^rcatt of our hors
quhilk naper cumis to pors1 nor corft
Nor to pe croft our toun besyde
for mony ane was wont to ryd • 40
At guit1 sanct lukis nobit1 fair
quhair mony nobill did repair
And for pe wery wynter tyd
for ryddin hors did pai/;z pnmid ‘
for pame and all pair company 45
That it was plesour pane to se
bot now pe nobillis takis na forft
And cairis nocht for ryddin hors
On horft pai will no money spend
bot spairis it till ane vthair end 50
Sua newir is sene in till our toun
Lord laird burges or barroun
and quhair pat mony gay gelding
before did in our mm:at ling
1 Sic.
MAITLAND FOLIO MS.
The flescheris skamlis are gane dry
The heiland men bringis in na ky 20
The merchandis hes na change of vvair
The hostillaris gettis na repair
[p. 360] The craftismew ar noc/zt regardit
The prentes boyis ar nocht rewairdit
The stableris gattis 1 na stabil fies 25
The hyre women gettis na balbeis
The hors boyis ar hurt of pair waige
Thair is no proffeit for a paige
schortlie pair is na change wz‘t/bn
The court of strangeris is sa thin 30
And all this sorow & mischeif
Is nop^r cum of houir nor theiff
Nor be pe foirce of enimeis
Nor be priuat conspiraceis
Bot becaus men hes lattin doun 35
The fair & market of our toun
I mein pe m^rcatt of our hors
quhilk naper cumis to pors1 nor corft
Nor to pe croft our toun besyde
for mony ane was wont to ryd • 40
At guit1 sanct lukis nobit1 fair
quhair mony nobill did repair
And for pe wery wynter tyd
for ryddin hors did pai/;z pnmid ‘
for pame and all pair company 45
That it was plesour pane to se
bot now pe nobillis takis na forft
And cairis nocht for ryddin hors
On horft pai will no money spend
bot spairis it till ane vthair end 50
Sua newir is sene in till our toun
Lord laird burges or barroun
and quhair pat mony gay gelding
before did in our mm:at ling
1 Sic.
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Maitland folio manuscript > Volume 1, 1919 > (474) |
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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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