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THE FREIRIS OF BERWIK.
295
That all this day hes travellit with grit1 pane;
Be thay come heir it wes so verry lait 285
Curfur 2 wes rung, and closit wes thair [jait;]
And in pne loft I gaif thame harb[o]rye.”
The gudman said, “ Sa God haif pairt of me,
Tha Freiris twa ar hairtly welcome bidder,
Ga call thame doun, that we ma drink togidder.” 290
The gudwyf said, “ I reid 30W latt thame be,
Thay had levir sleip nor sit in cumpanye.
[To drink and dot, it ganis nocht for thame.”
“ Let be, fair dame, thy wordis ar in vane,
I will thame haif be Goddis dignite; 295
Mak no delay, bot bring thame doun to me.”]
The gudman said vnto the maid[in] thone,3
“ Go, pray thame baith to cum till me annone.” 4
And sone the trop the madin oppinit than,
And bad thame baith cum doun to the gudman. 300
Freir Robert said, “Now be sweit5 Sanct Jame,
The gudman is verry velcome hame,
And for his weilfair dalie do we pray 36
We sail annone cum doun to him, 30 say.”
Than with that word thay start vp baith attone, 305
And doun the trop 7 delyverly thay come,8
Halsit9 Symone als sone as thay him se;
And he agane thame welcomit hairtfullie,
And said, “ Cum heir,10 myne awin bredir deir,
And sett 30W doun sone11 besyd me heir, 310
For I am now allone, as 3e may se 3
Thairfoir sitt doun, and beir me cumpanye,
And tak 30W pairt of sic gud as we haif.”
Freir Allane said, “ Schir, I pray God 30W saif,
For heir is now annwch of Godis gud.” 315
M. gane with meikle. 2 M. Houris.
M. doun withoutin hone.
M. Him for to pleis in all that ever we may.
M. ar gone. 9 M. And salust. 10 M. ben.
3 M. sone.
5 M. Fair madin, be.
7 M. the leddir.
11 je bayth.
295
That all this day hes travellit with grit1 pane;
Be thay come heir it wes so verry lait 285
Curfur 2 wes rung, and closit wes thair [jait;]
And in pne loft I gaif thame harb[o]rye.”
The gudman said, “ Sa God haif pairt of me,
Tha Freiris twa ar hairtly welcome bidder,
Ga call thame doun, that we ma drink togidder.” 290
The gudwyf said, “ I reid 30W latt thame be,
Thay had levir sleip nor sit in cumpanye.
[To drink and dot, it ganis nocht for thame.”
“ Let be, fair dame, thy wordis ar in vane,
I will thame haif be Goddis dignite; 295
Mak no delay, bot bring thame doun to me.”]
The gudman said vnto the maid[in] thone,3
“ Go, pray thame baith to cum till me annone.” 4
And sone the trop the madin oppinit than,
And bad thame baith cum doun to the gudman. 300
Freir Robert said, “Now be sweit5 Sanct Jame,
The gudman is verry velcome hame,
And for his weilfair dalie do we pray 36
We sail annone cum doun to him, 30 say.”
Than with that word thay start vp baith attone, 305
And doun the trop 7 delyverly thay come,8
Halsit9 Symone als sone as thay him se;
And he agane thame welcomit hairtfullie,
And said, “ Cum heir,10 myne awin bredir deir,
And sett 30W doun sone11 besyd me heir, 310
For I am now allone, as 3e may se 3
Thairfoir sitt doun, and beir me cumpanye,
And tak 30W pairt of sic gud as we haif.”
Freir Allane said, “ Schir, I pray God 30W saif,
For heir is now annwch of Godis gud.” 315
M. gane with meikle. 2 M. Houris.
M. doun withoutin hone.
M. Him for to pleis in all that ever we may.
M. ar gone. 9 M. And salust. 10 M. ben.
3 M. sone.
5 M. Fair madin, be.
7 M. the leddir.
11 je bayth.
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > Old series > Poems of William Dunbar > Volume 2, 1893 > (311) |
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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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