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THE SECVND BVKE
To sanct Bastien thay ryn and ryde,
That frome the schote he saf thare syde ;
And sum, in hope to gett thare haill, 2385
Rynnis to the auld Rude of Kerrail.
Quhowbeit thir simpyll peple rude
Think thare intentioun be hot gude,
Wo be to Priestz's, I say for me,
Quhilk suld schaw thame the verratie. 2390
Prelatis, quhilkis hes of thame the cure,
Sail mak answeir thareof, be sure,
On the gret day of lugement,
[H 2a] Quhen no tyme beis for to repent,
Quhare manyfest Idolatrye 2395
Sail puneist be perpetuallye.
Heir followis one
Exclamatioun aganis Idolatrie.
expe[rience].
IMPRVDENT Peple, Ignorant and blynd,
By quhat reasone, law, or authoritie.
Or quhat attentyck scripture, can 3e fynd
Leifsum for tyll commyt Idolatrie ? 2400
Quhilk bene to bow 3our body or 3our kne.
With deuote humyll adoratioun,
Tyll ony Ydoll maid of stone or tre,
Geueand thame offerand or oblatioun.
Quhy did 3e gyf the honour, laude, and glore, 2405
Pertenyng God (quhilk maid all thyng of nocht,
Quhilk wes, and is, and sal be euirmore)
Tyll Ymagis by mennis handis wrocht ?
O fulysche folke, quhy half 3e succour socht
Off thame quhilk can nocht help 30W in distres ? 2410
THE SECVND BVKE
To sanct Bastien thay ryn and ryde,
That frome the schote he saf thare syde ;
And sum, in hope to gett thare haill, 2385
Rynnis to the auld Rude of Kerrail.
Quhowbeit thir simpyll peple rude
Think thare intentioun be hot gude,
Wo be to Priestz's, I say for me,
Quhilk suld schaw thame the verratie. 2390
Prelatis, quhilkis hes of thame the cure,
Sail mak answeir thareof, be sure,
On the gret day of lugement,
[H 2a] Quhen no tyme beis for to repent,
Quhare manyfest Idolatrye 2395
Sail puneist be perpetuallye.
Heir followis one
Exclamatioun aganis Idolatrie.
expe[rience].
IMPRVDENT Peple, Ignorant and blynd,
By quhat reasone, law, or authoritie.
Or quhat attentyck scripture, can 3e fynd
Leifsum for tyll commyt Idolatrie ? 2400
Quhilk bene to bow 3our body or 3our kne.
With deuote humyll adoratioun,
Tyll ony Ydoll maid of stone or tre,
Geueand thame offerand or oblatioun.
Quhy did 3e gyf the honour, laude, and glore, 2405
Pertenyng God (quhilk maid all thyng of nocht,
Quhilk wes, and is, and sal be euirmore)
Tyll Ymagis by mennis handis wrocht ?
O fulysche folke, quhy half 3e succour socht
Off thame quhilk can nocht help 30W in distres ? 2410
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > Third series > Works of Sir David Lindsay of the Mount, 1490-1555 > Volume 1, 1938 > (286) |
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| Description | Edited by Douglas Hamer. Edinburgh : Printed for the Society by W. Blackwood & Sons Ltd., 1931-1936. Contents : Volume 1. Text of the poems. -- Volume 2. Ane satyre of the thrie estaitis, versions I-III. -- Volume 3. Notes to the poems. -- Volume 4. Introduction. Bibliography (p.[1]-122) Notes to Ane satyre. Appendices and indexes. Glossary. |
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