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THE SECVND BVKE
Quharefor, brether, I counsall 30W, repent.
Gyff no honour to caruit stock nor stone ;
Gene laude and glore to God Omnipotent 2515
AUanerlie, as wyselie wryttis Ihone.
C Fy on 30W Freris that vsis for to preche,
And dois assist to sic Idolatrye.
Quhy do 3e nocht the Ignorant peple teche
Quhow ane dede Image, caruit of one tre, 2520
As it wer holy sulde nocht honourit be,
Nor borne on Burges backis vp and doun ?
Bot 3e schaw planely 3our Ipocrasie,
Quhen 3e passe formest in processioun.
CFy on 30W fostraris of Idolatrye, 2525
That tyll ane dede stock dois sic reuerence,
[HJ4&] In presens of the peple, publykelie.
Feir 3e nocht God, to commit sic offence ?
I counsall 30W, do 3it 30m dihgence
To gar suppresse sic gret abusioun. 2530
Do 30 nocht so, I dreid 3our recompence
Salbe nocht ellis bot clene confusioun.
Had sanct Frances bene borne out throuch the toun,
Or sanct Domnick, thocht 3e had nocht refusit
With thame tyll half past in processioun, 2535
In tyll that cais sum wald half 30W excusit.
Now men may see quhow that 30 haue abusit
That nobyll town, throuch 3our Ipocrasye.
Those peple trowis that thay may rycht weill vs it,
Quhen 3e pas with thame in to cumpanye. 2540
C Sum of 30W hes bene quyet counsallouris
Prouocand princis to sched saikles blude,
Quhilk neuir did 3our prudent predecessouris.
Bot 3e lyke furious Phariceis, denude
Off charitie quhilk rent Christ on the rude. 2545
For Christis floke, without malyce or yre,
THE SECVND BVKE
Quharefor, brether, I counsall 30W, repent.
Gyff no honour to caruit stock nor stone ;
Gene laude and glore to God Omnipotent 2515
AUanerlie, as wyselie wryttis Ihone.
C Fy on 30W Freris that vsis for to preche,
And dois assist to sic Idolatrye.
Quhy do 3e nocht the Ignorant peple teche
Quhow ane dede Image, caruit of one tre, 2520
As it wer holy sulde nocht honourit be,
Nor borne on Burges backis vp and doun ?
Bot 3e schaw planely 3our Ipocrasie,
Quhen 3e passe formest in processioun.
CFy on 30W fostraris of Idolatrye, 2525
That tyll ane dede stock dois sic reuerence,
[HJ4&] In presens of the peple, publykelie.
Feir 3e nocht God, to commit sic offence ?
I counsall 30W, do 3it 30m dihgence
To gar suppresse sic gret abusioun. 2530
Do 30 nocht so, I dreid 3our recompence
Salbe nocht ellis bot clene confusioun.
Had sanct Frances bene borne out throuch the toun,
Or sanct Domnick, thocht 3e had nocht refusit
With thame tyll half past in processioun, 2535
In tyll that cais sum wald half 30W excusit.
Now men may see quhow that 30 haue abusit
That nobyll town, throuch 3our Ipocrasye.
Those peple trowis that thay may rycht weill vs it,
Quhen 3e pas with thame in to cumpanye. 2540
C Sum of 30W hes bene quyet counsallouris
Prouocand princis to sched saikles blude,
Quhilk neuir did 3our prudent predecessouris.
Bot 3e lyke furious Phariceis, denude
Off charitie quhilk rent Christ on the rude. 2545
For Christis floke, without malyce or yre,
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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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