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THE FIRST BVIK.
27
[And seme in m]irth hir in warkis vailjeant.
[Quh]a is to hir 1obseruauce 2obitant,
[Can noch]t faill to fall richt suddanelie.
3 Quhairfoir I will thy semice ay awant.
I lufe ay leill, and that weill lykis me.
The Saddest said, and kest his cap ahite:
The febill fauour thow did of lufe obtene,
That is in the thow purpois not to quite.
Bot 3tde is joung, thay say upon 3ule euin.
And diuers times it hes bene hard and sene,
That efter most loy followis aduersitie.
And lufe oft turnis hir feiris to tray and tene.
I luifit to lang, and that forthinkis me.
The 30ungkeir said, thow faillis richt far in plane :
To lufe I keipit euer gude obseruance,
Sen I was man, and scho to me agane
Keipit gude lufe, with trew hart and constawte,
Withouttin fraude, gyle, or dissimulance.
Sen scho me schew sa greit humanitie,
Suld I not than hir Nobill Name auance.
I lufe ay leill, and that weill lykis me.
The Saddest said, thocht thow with words vane
Hir Name exalt, thy words ar till abuse :
Hir warkis ar sa odious and Prophane,
Into na sort thay ar not for to vse.
Scho can not mak sic caus hir for to rus[e]
For thy profite, nor gude vtilitie.
Quhairfoir best is thy opinioun refuse.
I luifit to lang, and that forthinkis [me.]
The 3oungkeir said, euer to tak hi[r part]
Heir I awow, and this my caus, and [quhy]
4 With ardent lufe scho holdis me at the hart.
1 Read obseruance. 2 Read obstant. 3 Lf. 7, back.
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375
380
385
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395
4 Lf. 8.
27
[And seme in m]irth hir in warkis vailjeant.
[Quh]a is to hir 1obseruauce 2obitant,
[Can noch]t faill to fall richt suddanelie.
3 Quhairfoir I will thy semice ay awant.
I lufe ay leill, and that weill lykis me.
The Saddest said, and kest his cap ahite:
The febill fauour thow did of lufe obtene,
That is in the thow purpois not to quite.
Bot 3tde is joung, thay say upon 3ule euin.
And diuers times it hes bene hard and sene,
That efter most loy followis aduersitie.
And lufe oft turnis hir feiris to tray and tene.
I luifit to lang, and that forthinkis me.
The 30ungkeir said, thow faillis richt far in plane :
To lufe I keipit euer gude obseruance,
Sen I was man, and scho to me agane
Keipit gude lufe, with trew hart and constawte,
Withouttin fraude, gyle, or dissimulance.
Sen scho me schew sa greit humanitie,
Suld I not than hir Nobill Name auance.
I lufe ay leill, and that weill lykis me.
The Saddest said, thocht thow with words vane
Hir Name exalt, thy words ar till abuse :
Hir warkis ar sa odious and Prophane,
Into na sort thay ar not for to vse.
Scho can not mak sic caus hir for to rus[e]
For thy profite, nor gude vtilitie.
Quhairfoir best is thy opinioun refuse.
I luifit to lang, and that forthinkis [me.]
The 3oungkeir said, euer to tak hi[r part]
Heir I awow, and this my caus, and [quhy]
4 With ardent lufe scho holdis me at the hart.
1 Read obseruance. 2 Read obstant. 3 Lf. 7, back.
365
370
375
380
385
39°
395
4 Lf. 8.
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| Description | Deuidit into four buikis. Newlie compylit be Iohne Rolland in Dalkeith, 1575. Edited by the Rev. Walter Gregor, M.A.. Edinburgh: Published for the Society by William Blackwood and Sons, 1884. |
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