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All is in weir gife evir ze wene to wed ;
Fra he hes wrocht hes will, I warn you weill ;
Thair is no berne will bring zow to his bed,
Bot every ane will say, so naif I feill —
Lo ! quhair sche gois hes tred her scho on heill !
Than haif ze skayth and skornyng zow to steir ;
fforthy in welth be wysly war of weir.
Be war for weir, latt nevir zour wit go wyld ;
ffor every day ane sample may ze ee,
Scho that is farest fra tyme hir fame be fyld
There will no berne be blyth of hir bewte,
Bot ay ar skornand bayth he and he.
Thus I conclude suppois my wit be grene,
Bewty but bonty is nocht worth a prene.
ffinis quod Mbrsae.
* The Bannatyne Manuscript, fol. 213, 269, 278.
Fra he hes wrocht hes will, I warn you weill ;
Thair is no berne will bring zow to his bed,
Bot every ane will say, so naif I feill —
Lo ! quhair sche gois hes tred her scho on heill !
Than haif ze skayth and skornyng zow to steir ;
fforthy in welth be wysly war of weir.
Be war for weir, latt nevir zour wit go wyld ;
ffor every day ane sample may ze ee,
Scho that is farest fra tyme hir fame be fyld
There will no berne be blyth of hir bewte,
Bot ay ar skornand bayth he and he.
Thus I conclude suppois my wit be grene,
Bewty but bonty is nocht worth a prene.
ffinis quod Mbrsae.
* The Bannatyne Manuscript, fol. 213, 269, 278.
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| Histories of Scottish families > Mercers of Innerpeffray and Inchbreakie, from 1400 to 1513 > (37) Page 25 |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/95706507 |
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| Description | By Robert Scott Fittis. Perth: Printed at the Constitutional Office, 1877. |
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| Shelfmark | 1932.32 |
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| Description | A selection of almost 400 printed items relating to the history of Scottish families, mostly dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes memoirs, genealogies and clan histories, with a few produced by emigrant families. The earliest family history goes back to AD 916. |
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