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442 MAITLAND FOLIO MS.
Thy blindit wit can noc^t considder
his work of wosdome and pmndence
Thy spreit can noc^t controll togidder
H(is) rigour wft/j his patience
[p. 361] his Ire wz't/2 his beneuolence
his mm:ie and his iugmezzt rycht
feir him pairfoir wzt/z reverance
Sen pow can nockt concew his mycht
No warldlie thing sould pe affray
gif pow till him haif conscience clein
Thouht1 it be lost or teint1 pe day
quhiYk. pow haid haill & sound 3eistrein
In hart p«z>foir tak pow na teyne
bot in pai mynd luif1 wnmolest
for mony tymes it may be sein
That sick thingzk cuznis for pe best
Haif not'^t inwy thocht woikit1 men
in warldlie welthe do pe excell
Thocht pai pat do pe lord misken
In to pe erthe beir now pe bell
Remember pat pair is ane hell
quhair synneris all salbe forleir1
and quhoue pe loy na townge cane tell
quhilk pow sail haif in hewinis gloir
Think on quhome god dois heir torment
and chaistnes quhome he luiffis best
That pai may nocht sett pair intent
Wpone pis warld nor pazVon rest
bot rapz?/' haet flie & detest
The rout of pryd p<2/ p^zVin ringis
eschewand plesour as ane pest
quhilk drawis frome pe king of kingis
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Thy blindit wit can noc^t considder
his work of wosdome and pmndence
Thy spreit can noc^t controll togidder
H(is) rigour wft/j his patience
[p. 361] his Ire wz't/2 his beneuolence
his mm:ie and his iugmezzt rycht
feir him pairfoir wzt/z reverance
Sen pow can nockt concew his mycht
No warldlie thing sould pe affray
gif pow till him haif conscience clein
Thouht1 it be lost or teint1 pe day
quhiYk. pow haid haill & sound 3eistrein
In hart p«z>foir tak pow na teyne
bot in pai mynd luif1 wnmolest
for mony tymes it may be sein
That sick thingzk cuznis for pe best
Haif not'^t inwy thocht woikit1 men
in warldlie welthe do pe excell
Thocht pai pat do pe lord misken
In to pe erthe beir now pe bell
Remember pat pair is ane hell
quhair synneris all salbe forleir1
and quhoue pe loy na townge cane tell
quhilk pow sail haif in hewinis gloir
Think on quhome god dois heir torment
and chaistnes quhome he luiffis best
That pai may nocht sett pair intent
Wpone pis warld nor pazVon rest
bot rapz?/' haet flie & detest
The rout of pryd p<2/ p^zVin ringis
eschewand plesour as ane pest
quhilk drawis frome pe king of kingis
25
30
35
40
45
50
55
1 Sic.
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Maitland folio manuscript > Volume 1, 1919 > (478) |
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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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