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THE KINGIS QUAIR.
100 As 30 that bene the socoure and suete well
Off remedye, of carefull hertes cure,
And, in the huge weltering wawis fell
Off lufis rage, blisfull havin and sure;
0 ank^r and keye of oure gude auerture,
3e haue ^our man wz'tA his gude will conquest
Merci, therefore, and bring his hert to rest!
101 knaw the caus^ of all my peynes smert
Bet than my-self, and all my/z auezzture
3e may conuoye, and as 30W list, conugrt
The hardest hert that formyt hath nature :
Sen in 3our handis all hale lyith my cure,
Haue pitee now, o bry^t blisfull goddess^,
Off 3ozzr pure man, and rew on his distress^!
102 And though I was vnto 3ozzr lawis strange,
By ignorance, and nogAt by felonye,
And that 3ozzr grace now likit hath to change
My hert, to semen 30W perpetualye,
Forgeue all this, and shapith remedye
To sauen me of 3ozzr benigne grace,
Or do me steruen furth-wzt/z in this place.
103 And w/t/z the stremes of 30?zr percyng ly^/zt
Conuoy my hert, that is so wo begone,
Ageyne vnto that suete hevinly sight,
That I, wz't/zin the wallis cald as stone,
So suetly saw on morow walk and gone,
Law in the gardyn, ryght tofore myzz eye:
Now, merci, quene! and do me nog/it to deye.
104 Thir wordis said, my spirit in dispaire,
A quhile I stynt, abiding efter grace :
And there-wzt/z-all hir cristall eyen faire