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MAITLAND FOLIO MS.
Waittis wocht how on pair heid to stand
Thair gluffis p^rfomit in thair hand
Helpis meikill pair countenance
et tout est a la mode de franco
Thair dry scrippionis bayt^ tryme & meit 95
Thair mullis glitterane on pair feit
Thair garttonis knottit with a roift
putis at1 pe lassis in pair chois
Thay sny1 tho<r^t pair na mister be
That 30 may pair trim napkyne se 100
And gif 30 rychtYie it cowsidder
The goldin kwappis sail hing pe gidder
quhane as pai talk of ony thing
All tendis to pair awin lowing
Wald 30 esteme pame be pair crakis 105
Thay wald be cesaris in pair actis
for lordlie liberalitie
Thay gane bot kingis for to be
Thair ryches as pair selffis dois cou//t
King cresus thresoum may suwmount 110
On to pair taillis quha lest attend
Thay knaw all to pe wardillis end
gif 3e will trow all pat pai tell
In ewerie thing pai do excell
Thir ar pe sasonis1 as I leir 115
of men pat rydis on pe meir
The womew alft p«t on hir ryddis
Thay man be buskit wp lyk bryddis
[p. 2] Thair heidis heisit with seikin 1 sailis
With clartty silk about pair taillis 120
Thair gownis schant to schaw pair skin
Suppois it be ry^t oft full dine
To mak pame small 'gair waist is bound
A buist to mak pair bellie round
Thair buttokis bosterit wp behind 125
A fartigall to gapair wind
1 Sic.
MAITLAND FOLIO MS.
Waittis wocht how on pair heid to stand
Thair gluffis p^rfomit in thair hand
Helpis meikill pair countenance
et tout est a la mode de franco
Thair dry scrippionis bayt^ tryme & meit 95
Thair mullis glitterane on pair feit
Thair garttonis knottit with a roift
putis at1 pe lassis in pair chois
Thay sny1 tho<r^t pair na mister be
That 30 may pair trim napkyne se 100
And gif 30 rychtYie it cowsidder
The goldin kwappis sail hing pe gidder
quhane as pai talk of ony thing
All tendis to pair awin lowing
Wald 30 esteme pame be pair crakis 105
Thay wald be cesaris in pair actis
for lordlie liberalitie
Thay gane bot kingis for to be
Thair ryches as pair selffis dois cou//t
King cresus thresoum may suwmount 110
On to pair taillis quha lest attend
Thay knaw all to pe wardillis end
gif 3e will trow all pat pai tell
In ewerie thing pai do excell
Thir ar pe sasonis1 as I leir 115
of men pat rydis on pe meir
The womew alft p«t on hir ryddis
Thay man be buskit wp lyk bryddis
[p. 2] Thair heidis heisit with seikin 1 sailis
With clartty silk about pair taillis 120
Thair gownis schant to schaw pair skin
Suppois it be ry^t oft full dine
To mak pame small 'gair waist is bound
A buist to mak pair bellie round
Thair buttokis bosterit wp behind 125
A fartigall to gapair wind
1 Sic.
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Maitland folio manuscript > Volume 1, 1919 > (476) |
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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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