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TO KING JAMES VI.
445
[CLXXX. Maitland To King James
VI; P., p. 342; M. CL, p. 36.]
Oure Souerane lord in to thy tendir aige
leir to serue god him luif aboue all thing
cheis pi counsell of guid iust men and seige1
That ar expert maist habill and conding
To gif ane faytAfull counsell till ane king 5
how he sould rewill his realme in peace & rest
To luif wertue and all wycis doun thring
Thame to releifif that hes bene lang opprest.
Syne be pi counsell gar it be providit
how thow sail leif to pi royell estait 10
And how pi nobill p^rsoun sail be gyddit
In tyme to cum and quha sail on pe wait
To be pi garde and serue pe air and lait
and quhat baronis sail in pi court remaine
Thair tyme about it to decoir all gait 15
Of pi effaires for to tak swm paine.
Thy propirtie and casualiteis
And thay be put to pi vtilitie
Will hald pi hous and pay pi ft^ruandis feis
And find all thing pat neidfull is to thee 20
gif pow will vft na prodigalitie
And wainlie weist1 pe rentis of pi croun
now in pi ^outhe experience haif we
Thy leifing haill neir broght to confusioun.
Was newir king nor prince in pis countrie 25
Till leif vpone pat had so greit ane rent
To pi proffeit gif it weill gydit be
And noc/zt in waine consumit and mispent
[p. 364] Thairfoir be ressoun pow sould be content
Till leif on it pat to pi croun p^rtenis 30
That on pi lieges taxatioun nor stent
be newir raisit be vnlauo&tfull menis.
1 Sic.
445
[CLXXX. Maitland To King James
VI; P., p. 342; M. CL, p. 36.]
Oure Souerane lord in to thy tendir aige
leir to serue god him luif aboue all thing
cheis pi counsell of guid iust men and seige1
That ar expert maist habill and conding
To gif ane faytAfull counsell till ane king 5
how he sould rewill his realme in peace & rest
To luif wertue and all wycis doun thring
Thame to releifif that hes bene lang opprest.
Syne be pi counsell gar it be providit
how thow sail leif to pi royell estait 10
And how pi nobill p^rsoun sail be gyddit
In tyme to cum and quha sail on pe wait
To be pi garde and serue pe air and lait
and quhat baronis sail in pi court remaine
Thair tyme about it to decoir all gait 15
Of pi effaires for to tak swm paine.
Thy propirtie and casualiteis
And thay be put to pi vtilitie
Will hald pi hous and pay pi ft^ruandis feis
And find all thing pat neidfull is to thee 20
gif pow will vft na prodigalitie
And wainlie weist1 pe rentis of pi croun
now in pi ^outhe experience haif we
Thy leifing haill neir broght to confusioun.
Was newir king nor prince in pis countrie 25
Till leif vpone pat had so greit ane rent
To pi proffeit gif it weill gydit be
And noc/zt in waine consumit and mispent
[p. 364] Thairfoir be ressoun pow sould be content
Till leif on it pat to pi croun p^rtenis 30
That on pi lieges taxatioun nor stent
be newir raisit be vnlauo&tfull menis.
1 Sic.
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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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