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THE WOWING OF THE KING, ETC.
I wait nocht gif he gaif hir grace,
Bot all the hollis wes stoppit hard :
And that me thocht ane ferly cace.
Quhen men dois fleit in joy maist far,1
Sone cumis wo, or thay be war;
Quhen carpand wer thir two most crowss,
The wolf he ombesett2 the houss,
Vpoun the tod to mak ane chace ;
The lamb than cheipit lyk a mowss :
And that3 me thocht ane ferly cace.
Throw hiddowis jowling of the wowf,
This wylie tod plat doun on growf,4
And in the silly lambis 5 skin,
He crap als far as he micht win,
And hid him thair ane weill lang space;
The jowis besyd thay maid na din :
And that me thocht ane ferly cace.
Quhen of the tod wes hard no peip,
The wowf6 went all had bene on sleip;
And quhill the tod7 had strikkin ten,
The wowf8 hes drest him to his den,
Protestand for the secound place :
And this report I with my pen,
How at Dumfermling fell the cace.
Quod Dumbar.
. a-growfe.
fer.
2 M. vmbeset.
8 M. lammes.
8 M. wowlfe.
3 M. this.
6 M. wolfe.
M. bell.
THE WOWING OF THE KING, ETC.
I wait nocht gif he gaif hir grace,
Bot all the hollis wes stoppit hard :
And that me thocht ane ferly cace.
Quhen men dois fleit in joy maist far,1
Sone cumis wo, or thay be war;
Quhen carpand wer thir two most crowss,
The wolf he ombesett2 the houss,
Vpoun the tod to mak ane chace ;
The lamb than cheipit lyk a mowss :
And that3 me thocht ane ferly cace.
Throw hiddowis jowling of the wowf,
This wylie tod plat doun on growf,4
And in the silly lambis 5 skin,
He crap als far as he micht win,
And hid him thair ane weill lang space;
The jowis besyd thay maid na din :
And that me thocht ane ferly cace.
Quhen of the tod wes hard no peip,
The wowf6 went all had bene on sleip;
And quhill the tod7 had strikkin ten,
The wowf8 hes drest him to his den,
Protestand for the secound place :
And this report I with my pen,
How at Dumfermling fell the cace.
Quod Dumbar.
. a-growfe.
fer.
2 M. vmbeset.
8 M. lammes.
8 M. wowlfe.
3 M. this.
6 M. wolfe.
M. bell.
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Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > Old series > Poems of William Dunbar > Volume 2, 1893 > (154) |
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Description | A collection of over 100 Scottish texts dating from around 1400 to 1700. Most titles are in Scots, and include editions of poetry, drama, and prose by major Scottish writers such as John Barbour, William Dunbar, Gavin Douglas, and George Buchanan. Edited by a key scholarly publisher of Scotland's literary history, and published from the late 19th century onwards by the Scottish Text Society. Available here are STS series 1-3. |
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