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IN PRAYS OF WOMAN.
171
That fowll1 his nest he fylis, and forthy
Exylit he suld be of all gud cumpany;
Thair suld na wyiss2 man gif audience, 25
To sic ane without intelligence.
Chryst to his fader he had nocht ane man;
Se quhat wirschep wemen suld haif3 than.
That Sone is Lord, that Sone is King of kingis,
In hevin and erth his maiestie ay ringis.4 30
Sen scho hes borne him in hir halines,
And he is well and grund of all gudnes,
All wemen of ws suld haif5 honoring,
Serwice and luve, aboif6 all vthir thing.
[Finis] quod Dumbar.7
M. fule. 2 M. wyse.
M. regnis. 5 M. sould of ws haue.
M. Quod Dumbar in prays of woman.
3 M. haue.
6 M. luif, abuif.
171
That fowll1 his nest he fylis, and forthy
Exylit he suld be of all gud cumpany;
Thair suld na wyiss2 man gif audience, 25
To sic ane without intelligence.
Chryst to his fader he had nocht ane man;
Se quhat wirschep wemen suld haif3 than.
That Sone is Lord, that Sone is King of kingis,
In hevin and erth his maiestie ay ringis.4 30
Sen scho hes borne him in hir halines,
And he is well and grund of all gudnes,
All wemen of ws suld haif5 honoring,
Serwice and luve, aboif6 all vthir thing.
[Finis] quod Dumbar.7
M. fule. 2 M. wyse.
M. regnis. 5 M. sould of ws haue.
M. Quod Dumbar in prays of woman.
3 M. haue.
6 M. luif, abuif.
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > Old series > Poems of William Dunbar > Volume 2, 1893 > (187) |
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| Description | Edited 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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| 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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| Description | Full text versions of historical texts dating from the 12th to the 19th century. Edited by the Abbotsford, Bannatyne, Grampian, Hunterian, Spalding and New Spalding Clubs, and also the Scottish Text, Spottiswoode and Wodrow Societies. Critical printed editions of manuscripts, including church records, state papers, correspondence, memoirs, diaries, legends and literary texts. |
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