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HOW SALL I GOVERNE ME !
How fowld I rewill rae, or quhat wyifs,
I wald fum wyifs man wald devyifs ;
I can nocht leif in no degre,
Bot fum will my maneris difpyis ;
Lord God, how fall I governe me ! 5
Gif I be galland, lufly and blyth,
Than will thay fay on me full fwyth,
That out of mynd yone man is he,
Or fum has done him confort kyth :
Lord God, how fall I governe me ! 10
Gife I be forrowfull and fad,
Tlian wiU thay fay that I am mad,
I do bot drowp as I wold die ;
Thus will they fay baith man and lad :
Lord God, how fall I governe me ! 15
Be I liberaU, gentill, and kynd
Thocht I it tak of nobill ftrynd,
Yit will thay fay, baith he and fche,
Yon man is lyk out of his mind :
Lord God, how fall I governe me ! 20

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Volume 1
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Poems of William Dunbar
DescriptionNow first collected with notes, and a memoir of his life by David Laing.
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