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OF THE DROICHIS PART OF THE PLAY.
319
For certanelie,1 the trewth to tell,
I cum amang 30W for2 to dwell,
Far3 fra the sound of curphour4 bell 135
To dwell thinkis nevir me.5
[Sen I am Welth cumyn to this wane,
3e noble merchandis ever ilkane
Address jow furth with bow and flane
In lusty grene lufraye, 140
And follow furth on Robyn Hude,
With hartis coragious and gud,
And thocht that wretchis wald ga wod,
Of worschipe hald the way.
I4S
'5°
Now sen3 I am suche7 quantetie
Off gyanis cum,8 as je may sie,
Quhair wilbe gottin a wyfe to me 155
Off siclyk breid and hicht ?
In all this boure is nocht a bryde9
Ane houre I wait dar me abyde,
3it trow 30 ony heir besyde,
Micht suffir me all nicht. 160
1 Sekerly. 2 A. heir. 3 A. omits. 4 A. Sanct Gelis.
5 A. Nevir think I to fle. 6 LI. 137-152 from A. M.S.
7 A. of mekle. 8 A. kynd.
9 A. I dreid that thar be nocht a maide
In all this towne may me abyde,
Quha wait gif ony heir besyde,
For I and my thre feres aye,
Weilfair, Wantoness and Play,
Sail byde with 30U in all affray,
And cair put clene to flicht,
And we sail dredless ws address
To banis derth and all distress
And with all sportis and meryness
3our hartis hald evir on hicht.]6
319
For certanelie,1 the trewth to tell,
I cum amang 30W for2 to dwell,
Far3 fra the sound of curphour4 bell 135
To dwell thinkis nevir me.5
[Sen I am Welth cumyn to this wane,
3e noble merchandis ever ilkane
Address jow furth with bow and flane
In lusty grene lufraye, 140
And follow furth on Robyn Hude,
With hartis coragious and gud,
And thocht that wretchis wald ga wod,
Of worschipe hald the way.
I4S
'5°
Now sen3 I am suche7 quantetie
Off gyanis cum,8 as je may sie,
Quhair wilbe gottin a wyfe to me 155
Off siclyk breid and hicht ?
In all this boure is nocht a bryde9
Ane houre I wait dar me abyde,
3it trow 30 ony heir besyde,
Micht suffir me all nicht. 160
1 Sekerly. 2 A. heir. 3 A. omits. 4 A. Sanct Gelis.
5 A. Nevir think I to fle. 6 LI. 137-152 from A. M.S.
7 A. of mekle. 8 A. kynd.
9 A. I dreid that thar be nocht a maide
In all this towne may me abyde,
Quha wait gif ony heir besyde,
For I and my thre feres aye,
Weilfair, Wantoness and Play,
Sail byde with 30U in all affray,
And cair put clene to flicht,
And we sail dredless ws address
To banis derth and all distress
And with all sportis and meryness
3our hartis hald evir on hicht.]6
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > Old series > Poems of William Dunbar > Volume 2, 1893 > (335) |
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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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