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l8o NOW CUMIS AIGE QUHAIR ^EWTH HES BENE,
And still the quarrell to sustene :
Now cumis aige quhair 3ewth hes bene,
And trew lufe rysis fro the splene.
I half experience by my sell; 25
In luvis court anis did I dwell,
Bot quhair I of a joy cowth tell,
I culd of truble tell fyftene :
Now cumis aige quhair ^ewth hes bene,
And trew lufe rysis fro the splene. 30
Befoir quhair that I wes in dreid,
Now haif I confort for to speid ;
Quhair I had maugre to my meid,
I trest rewaird and thankis betuene :
Now cumis aige quhair ^ewth hes bene, 35
And trew lufe rysis fro the splene.
Quhair lufe wes wont me to displeiss,
Now find I in to lufe grit eiss;
Quhair I had denger and diseiss,
My breist all confort dois contene: 40
Now cumis aige quhair jewth hes bene,
And trew lufe rysis fro the splene.
Quhair I wes hurt with jelosy,
And wald no luver wer bot I,
Now quhair I lufe I wald all wy 45
Als weill as I luvit I wene :
Now cumis aige quhair ;ewth hes bene,
And trew lufe rysis fro the splene.
Befoir quhair I durst nocht for schame
My lufe discure, nor tell hir name; 50
Now think I wirschep wer and fame,

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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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Scottish Text Society publications
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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