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MAITLAND FOLIO MS.
fifor feir off this all day I drowpe
no gold in kist nor wyne in cowpe
no ladyis bewtie nor luiffis blis
may lat me to remewbar this
quhowe glaid pat euer I dyne or sowpe 45
3et quhen the nyckt begiwnis to schort
It dois my spreit sum thing1 confort
off thocht opressit wyth the schourw
Cuwz lustie somir wz'L& thy flowm
That I may leiff in sum disport 50
Quod dumbar
[II. Dunbar Of Sir Jhomas
Norray; S.T.S., p. 192.]
N ow lythis off ane gentill kny^t
Schir thomas norny vyft and vy^t
and full off cheuelry
quhais father was ane grand keyne
his mother was ane farie queyne 5
(Gottin be sossery)2
[p. 4] Ane fairar knyc^t nor he was ane
or ground may nopair ryd nor gane
Na beire buklar nor brand
Or com in this court but dreid 10
he did full mony vafjeant deid
In roift and mwrray land
full mony catherein hes he chaist
and cuwmerid mony helland gaist
amang thay dully glenwis 15
Off the glen quhettane xx1' scoir
he drawe as oxin him befoir
This deid thocht na man ken«is
1 On margin.
2 Cut away in MS.
MAITLAND FOLIO MS.
fifor feir off this all day I drowpe
no gold in kist nor wyne in cowpe
no ladyis bewtie nor luiffis blis
may lat me to remewbar this
quhowe glaid pat euer I dyne or sowpe 45
3et quhen the nyckt begiwnis to schort
It dois my spreit sum thing1 confort
off thocht opressit wyth the schourw
Cuwz lustie somir wz'L& thy flowm
That I may leiff in sum disport 50
Quod dumbar
[II. Dunbar Of Sir Jhomas
Norray; S.T.S., p. 192.]
N ow lythis off ane gentill kny^t
Schir thomas norny vyft and vy^t
and full off cheuelry
quhais father was ane grand keyne
his mother was ane farie queyne 5
(Gottin be sossery)2
[p. 4] Ane fairar knyc^t nor he was ane
or ground may nopair ryd nor gane
Na beire buklar nor brand
Or com in this court but dreid 10
he did full mony vafjeant deid
In roift and mwrray land
full mony catherein hes he chaist
and cuwmerid mony helland gaist
amang thay dully glenwis 15
Off the glen quhettane xx1' scoir
he drawe as oxin him befoir
This deid thocht na man ken«is
1 On margin.
2 Cut away in MS.
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Maitland folio manuscript > Volume 1, 1919 > (26) |
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| Description | Containing poems by Sir Richard Maitland, Dunbar, Douglas, Henryson, and others / edited by W.A. Craigie. 2 volumes. Volume 1 contains the complete text of the Maitland folio manuscript from the original in the Pepysian library, Magdalene college, Cambridge, and Volume 2, a full description of the manuscript, together with textual notes, vocabulary, and other relevant matter. |
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| Shelfmark | SCS.STES2.7, 20 |
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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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