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THE RULE OF COVATYCE.
5
[IV. Dunbar The Rule of
Covatyce; S.T.S., p. 158.]
Fredome honour and nobilneft
med manhied mirthe and gentillneft
ar now in court all Reput vyce
and all for caus off couatyce
All weilfair welthe and vantowneft 5
ar chenget into wrechidneft
and play is set at lytill pryce
and all for cauft off cowatyce
Halking hutttting and sweft horft ri/ming
Is chenget all In wranguift viwning 10
Thair is no play hot carttA all1 dyce
And all for cauft off cowatyce
Honorable how[s]haldA ar laid downe
a laird hes wft/; him bot a lowne
pat leidA him efter his devyce 15
and all for cauft off couatyce
In townnes to landvart and to se
quhar thair was play and gryt plente
wenysoun vyld foull vyne and spyce
Is now bot cair and cowatyce 20
HusbandA that grangA hed full gret
cattell and corne to sell and et
hes now no guidA bot cattA and myft
and all for cauft off cowatyft
[p. 7] (Honest 3emen)2 In every toune 25
That wont war to wear reid and browne
Ar now arayit vithe raggA and lyce
And all for cauft off couatyce
1 all deleted, and and written above it.
2 Torn away; the line is omitted in the Reidpeth copy, but The burgessis of
every toun is inserted in pencil.
5
[IV. Dunbar The Rule of
Covatyce; S.T.S., p. 158.]
Fredome honour and nobilneft
med manhied mirthe and gentillneft
ar now in court all Reput vyce
and all for caus off couatyce
All weilfair welthe and vantowneft 5
ar chenget into wrechidneft
and play is set at lytill pryce
and all for cauft off cowatyce
Halking hutttting and sweft horft ri/ming
Is chenget all In wranguift viwning 10
Thair is no play hot carttA all1 dyce
And all for cauft off cowatyce
Honorable how[s]haldA ar laid downe
a laird hes wft/; him bot a lowne
pat leidA him efter his devyce 15
and all for cauft off couatyce
In townnes to landvart and to se
quhar thair was play and gryt plente
wenysoun vyld foull vyne and spyce
Is now bot cair and cowatyce 20
HusbandA that grangA hed full gret
cattell and corne to sell and et
hes now no guidA bot cattA and myft
and all for cauft off cowatyft
[p. 7] (Honest 3emen)2 In every toune 25
That wont war to wear reid and browne
Ar now arayit vithe raggA and lyce
And all for cauft off couatyce
1 all deleted, and and written above it.
2 Torn away; the line is omitted in the Reidpeth copy, but The burgessis of
every toun is inserted in pencil.
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Maitland folio manuscript > Volume 1, 1919 > (29) |
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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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