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THE KINGIS QUAIR.
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87 And othir eke by othir diuerse chance,
As happin folk all day, as ^e may se;
Sum for dispain?, wz’t/zout recouerance ;
Sum for desyre, surmounting thaire degree;
Sum for dispite and othir Inmytee;
Sum for vnkyndenes wz't/^out a quhy;
Sum for to moch, and sum for lelousye.
88 And efterthis, vpon 3one stage [a]douh,
Tho that thou seis stond in capis wyde;
3 one were quhilum folk of religiouzz,
That from the warld thaire goumrance did hide,
And frely spruit lufe on emry syde
In secrete, w/t/z thair<? bodyis and thair<? gudis.
And lo ! quhy so thai hingen douh thaim hudis :
89 For though that thai were hardy at assay,
And did him smiice quhilum pnuely,
3it to the warldis eye It semyt nay;
So was thaire sendee half[del] cowardy:
And for thay first forsuke him opynly,
And eft<?r that thereof had repenting,
For schame thain? hudis oure thaire eyne thay hyng.
90 And seis thou now ^one multitude, on rawe
Standing, behynd 3one trauerse of delyte ?
Sum bene of tham that haldin were full lawe,
And take by frendis, nothing thay to wyte,
In ^outh from lufe Into the cloisters quite;
And for that caus<? ar<? cuzzzmyn recounsilit,
On thame to pleyne that so tham had begilit.
91 And othir bene amongis thame also,
That cuzzzmyn ar to court, on lufe to pleyne,
For he thain? bodyes had bestowit so,