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XLIV.
[IN PRAYS OF WOMAN.]
NOW of women1 this I say for me,
Off erthly thingis nane may bettir be;
Thay suld haif2 wirschep and grit honoring
Off men, aboif all vthir erthly3 thing ;
Rycht grit dishonour vpoun him self he takkis 5
In word or deid quha evir wemen lakkis ;
Sen that of wemen cumin all ar we,
Wemen ar wemen and sa will end and de.
Wo wirth4 the fruct5 wald put the tre to nocht,
And wo wirth4 him rycht so that sayis ocht 10
Off womanheid that may be ony lak,
Or sic grit schame vpone him for to tak.
Thay ws consaif6 with pane, and be thame fed
Within thair breistis thair we be boun to bed;
Grit pane and wo, and mvrnyng mervelluss,7 15
Into thair birth thay suffir sair for ws;
Than meit and drynk to feid ws get we nane,
Bot that8 we soik9 out of thair breistis bane.
Thay ar the confort that we all haif2 heir,
Thair may no man be till ws half so deir; 20
Thay ar our verry nest of nvrissing.10
In lak of thame quha can say ony thing,
, Off women now. 2 M. haue. 3 M. warldlie.
. worth. 5 M. frute. 6 M. consaue.
. marvelus. 8 M. it. 9 M. sowik. 10 M. nwreissing.

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Volume 2, 1893
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1893 - Poems of William Dunbar
DescriptionEdited by John Small. Introduction by AE.J.G. Mackay. Edinburgh: Printed for the Society by W. Blackwood and Sons, 1893. 3 volumes. Contents: I. Introduction by Æ. J.G. Mackay [including memoir] Appendix: References to Dunbar in the records. Table of Dunbar's poems according to probable dates. Note on the versification and metres of Dunbar, by G.P. M'Neill. Bibliography of Dunbar. Historical notices of persons alluded to in Dunbar's poems.--II. Poems, with prefatory note. Poems attributed to Dunbar.--III. Notes and glossary by Walter Gregor, and an appendix on the intercourse between Scotland and Denmark, by Æ. J.G. Mackay.
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DescriptionA 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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