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A COMPLAINT ANENT MEIRIS.
439
Now skantlie in it may be sene 53
Twelfif gait glydis deir of a preine
This cuwis nof^t as we considder
That me« to trawell now ar slidder
for mony now so bissie ar
quhidd^r ^e trawell neir or far 60
go befoir or byde behind
3e shall pame ay in 50?^ gett find
Thoc/zt na thing to pame pair p^/teine
3it pai will ay be bissie sene
Nor 3it tak pai pis cair and pane 65
On fut travellan on pe plane
bot rydis ry^t softlie on a meir
Weill montit in pair rydding geir
The xycht ressoun pane till espy
Quhy rydin hors men will noc/it by 70
[p. i]1 Is pat pai gett ane meir onboyc/k
and sua pai think pai ryd for noc/it
And thinkis it war ane fulishe act
On rydin horfi. to spend pair pact
Haifand ane 3aid at pair cowmand 75
To ryd on bayt-^ in burgh & land
This wikit meir sa weill pame staikis
And ambillis wztA pame in pe glaikis
That quha to hir dois anis him hant
Thairefter he can nor^t hir want 80
for scho so gloriouslie dois ryd
That panic puffis wp wtt/i pryd
be pai anis montit on hir bak
Thay think in pame pazr is na lak
Thair meit doubleit dois pame reioyft 85
Thay spred abrod pair buffit hoift
Thay tak delyt in nedill wark
Thay gloir in pair weill ruffit sark
Thair litill bonet or bred hat
Sumtyme heicht and sumtyme plat
1 T/i/s leaf has been wrongly bound at the beginning of the MS.
90
439
Now skantlie in it may be sene 53
Twelfif gait glydis deir of a preine
This cuwis nof^t as we considder
That me« to trawell now ar slidder
for mony now so bissie ar
quhidd^r ^e trawell neir or far 60
go befoir or byde behind
3e shall pame ay in 50?^ gett find
Thoc/zt na thing to pame pair p^/teine
3it pai will ay be bissie sene
Nor 3it tak pai pis cair and pane 65
On fut travellan on pe plane
bot rydis ry^t softlie on a meir
Weill montit in pair rydding geir
The xycht ressoun pane till espy
Quhy rydin hors men will noc/it by 70
[p. i]1 Is pat pai gett ane meir onboyc/k
and sua pai think pai ryd for noc/it
And thinkis it war ane fulishe act
On rydin horfi. to spend pair pact
Haifand ane 3aid at pair cowmand 75
To ryd on bayt-^ in burgh & land
This wikit meir sa weill pame staikis
And ambillis wztA pame in pe glaikis
That quha to hir dois anis him hant
Thairefter he can nor^t hir want 80
for scho so gloriouslie dois ryd
That panic puffis wp wtt/i pryd
be pai anis montit on hir bak
Thay think in pame pazr is na lak
Thair meit doubleit dois pame reioyft 85
Thay spred abrod pair buffit hoift
Thay tak delyt in nedill wark
Thay gloir in pair weill ruffit sark
Thair litill bonet or bred hat
Sumtyme heicht and sumtyme plat
1 T/i/s leaf has been wrongly bound at the beginning of the MS.
90
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Maitland folio manuscript > Volume 1, 1919 > (475) |
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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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