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HOW SALL I GOVERNE ME ! 185
Gife I be lufty in array,
Than luve I paramouris thay fay,
Or in my hairt is prowd and hie,
Or ellis I haif it fura wrang way ;
Lord God, how fall I governe me ! 25
Gife I be nocht weill als befene,
Than twa and twa fayis thame betwene.
That evill he gydis yone man, trewlie ;
Lp ! be his claithis it may be fene :
Lord God, how fall I governe me I 30
Gife I be fene in court ouir lang,
Than will thay murraour thame amang,
My frends ar nocht worth a fle.
That I fa lang but guerdon gang :
Lord God, how fall I governe me ! 35
In court rewaird than purchefs I,
Than haif thay malyce and invy,
And fecreitly thay on me lie.
And dois me fclander prevely :
Lord God, how fall I governe me I 40
I wald my gyding war devyfit ;
Gife I fpend littill I am difpyfit,
Gif I be nobiU, gentiU, and fre,
A prodigaU man I am fo pryfit :
Lord God, how fall I governe me 1 45

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Volume 1
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Poems of William Dunbar
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