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MAITLAND FOLIO MS.
Off the falft fox dissimilatowr
kynd hes all reffar theiff & tratowr
efter respyt
To virk dispyt
mair appetyt 35
thai heff off natowr
War the fox tane ane thusand fauld
and grace him giffin alft oft for fraud 1
Var he on plane
all war in vane 40
fra hence agane
Nane my^t him hald
The murderaser and martyr mayis 2
and ay quhilk 3 he be slane he slayis
vyff« thus makfj mokf.y 45
spynand on rokkz'j-
ay ryzznes the fox
quhille he fut hais.
Quod dumbar
[XL Dunbar The Dance of the Sevin
Deidly Synnis ; S.T. S., p. 117.]
Of feber-3eir pe fyftein wycht
full lang befoir the dayis lyc^t
I lay in till a traunce
and thair I saw bait/z hewin & hell
me thocht amang the feyndz’j fell 5
The Devyll gart cry a daunce
1 Altered to and grace him gevin ay quhen he cald ; and thus in the Reidpeth
copy.
2 Altered to The mourderar ay mourder mais ; Reidpeth omits the line.
3 Altered to quhill.
MAITLAND FOLIO MS.
Off the falft fox dissimilatowr
kynd hes all reffar theiff & tratowr
efter respyt
To virk dispyt
mair appetyt 35
thai heff off natowr
War the fox tane ane thusand fauld
and grace him giffin alft oft for fraud 1
Var he on plane
all war in vane 40
fra hence agane
Nane my^t him hald
The murderaser and martyr mayis 2
and ay quhilk 3 he be slane he slayis
vyff« thus makfj mokf.y 45
spynand on rokkz'j-
ay ryzznes the fox
quhille he fut hais.
Quod dumbar
[XL Dunbar The Dance of the Sevin
Deidly Synnis ; S.T. S., p. 117.]
Of feber-3eir pe fyftein wycht
full lang befoir the dayis lyc^t
I lay in till a traunce
and thair I saw bait/z hewin & hell
me thocht amang the feyndz’j fell 5
The Devyll gart cry a daunce
1 Altered to and grace him gevin ay quhen he cald ; and thus in the Reidpeth
copy.
2 Altered to The mourderar ay mourder mais ; Reidpeth omits the line.
3 Altered to quhill.
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Maitland folio manuscript > Volume 1, 1919 > (36) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/107620240 |
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| Shelfmark | SCS.STES2.7 |
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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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| 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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