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MAITLAND QUARTO MS.
78 b
[xlix.
s phoebus in his fpheris hicht
precellis the kaip Crepufculein
And phoebe all the ftarris licht
%our fplendowr fo madame I wein
Dois onlie pas all feminine
In fapience fuperlative
Indewit with vertewis fa devine
as leirned pallas rediviue.
And as be hid vertew vnknawin
The adamant drawis yron p^/rtill 10
3our courtes nature fo hes drawin
My hairt ^ouxis to continew ftill
Sa greit loy dois my fpreit fulfill
contempling 3our perfectioun
3e weild me holie at ^oux will 15
and ravift my afifectioun.
^our perles Vertew dois provoike
and loving kyndnes fo dois move
My Mynd to freindfchip reciproc
That treuth fall try fa far above 20
The auntient heroicis love
as falbe thocht prodigious
and plaine experience fall prove
Mair holie and religious.
160
78 b
[xlix.
s phoebus in his fpheris hicht
precellis the kaip Crepufculein
And phoebe all the ftarris licht
%our fplendowr fo madame I wein
Dois onlie pas all feminine
In fapience fuperlative
Indewit with vertewis fa devine
as leirned pallas rediviue.
And as be hid vertew vnknawin
The adamant drawis yron p^/rtill 10
3our courtes nature fo hes drawin
My hairt ^ouxis to continew ftill
Sa greit loy dois my fpreit fulfill
contempling 3our perfectioun
3e weild me holie at ^oux will 15
and ravift my afifectioun.
^our perles Vertew dois provoike
and loving kyndnes fo dois move
My Mynd to freindfchip reciproc
That treuth fall try fa far above 20
The auntient heroicis love
as falbe thocht prodigious
and plaine experience fall prove
Mair holie and religious.
160
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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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