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THE KINGIS QUAIR.
Quhare bothe thain? hertes gruch[en] ther-ageyne;
For quhich, In all thaire dayes, soth to seyne,
Quhen othir lyvit In loye and [in] plesance,
Thain? lyf was noght bot care and repentance;
92 And quhare thain? hertis gevin were and set,
Coplit1 with othir that coud noght accord;
Thus were thai wrangit that did no forfet,
Departing thame that neu^r wold discord;
Off 3ong[e] ladies fain, and mony lord,
That thus by maistry were fro thair chos<? dryve,
Full redy were thain playntis there to gyve.”
93 And othir also I sawe compleynyng there
Vpon fortune and hir grete variance,
That quhere In loue so wele they coplit were,
\Nith thain suete makA coplit in plesance,
Sche2 sodeynly maid thain disseu^nance,
And tuke thame of this warldis companye,
WYt/foutin causG there was non othir quhy.
94 And in a chien of estate besyde,
With wingis bright, all plumyt, bot his face,
There sawe I sitt the blynd[e] god Cupide,
With bow In hand, that bent full redy was,
And by him hang thre arowis In a cas,
Off quhich the hedis gru^zdyn were full tyght,
Off diu<?rse metals forgit fain and bxyght.
95 And with the first, that hedit is of gold,
He smytis soft, and that has esy cure;
The secund was of sWner, mony fold
Wers than the first, and harder aue/ffure;
The thrid, of stele, is schot without recure;
1 MS. Were coplit (but were can be understood).
2 MS. So.