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THE DANCE OF THE SEVIN DEIDLY SYNN1S.
13
[p. 13] Of schrewis (pat war neuir weill schrewin)1
agane the feist off ffasternes ewin
To mak thair obftmvance
He bad gallandfj ga grathe a gyift 10
and cast wp gambaldw to the skyift
as verlottw dois in france
Lat se apod he nowe quha begywneft
wz'tA pat pe fowll sewin deidlie sywneft
Begowthe to leip at aneft 15
and first off all In dance cam pryd
wz't^ bair collit bak and bonet on syd
lyk to mak waste waneft
And Round about him as a quheill
hang all in rumpillA till his heill 20
his keithe cot for the nanes
mony prowd truwpo«r wft/z him trippit
Throw schaldane fyr ay as thay skyppit
Thai girned wft^ hidowis granes
Hely harlottA on haltan vyft 25
Com In wz’t/* mony haltand gyft
Bot }et lowche neu^r mahoune
quhilk2 prestw com In wzt/z bair swache nekkA
Thane all the DewillA lowche and maid gekkA
Blak bellie and bause browne 30
Thane Ir com In wzt^ stowrt & stryfif
His Hand was eu*?r wpon his knyfif
He brandest lyk ane beir
Bostaris braggarA and barganerA
efter him passet in to paim 35
all boddin In feir off weir
1 Faded; text from the Reidpeth copy.
2 Sic. for quhill.
13
[p. 13] Of schrewis (pat war neuir weill schrewin)1
agane the feist off ffasternes ewin
To mak thair obftmvance
He bad gallandfj ga grathe a gyift 10
and cast wp gambaldw to the skyift
as verlottw dois in france
Lat se apod he nowe quha begywneft
wz'tA pat pe fowll sewin deidlie sywneft
Begowthe to leip at aneft 15
and first off all In dance cam pryd
wz't^ bair collit bak and bonet on syd
lyk to mak waste waneft
And Round about him as a quheill
hang all in rumpillA till his heill 20
his keithe cot for the nanes
mony prowd truwpo«r wft/z him trippit
Throw schaldane fyr ay as thay skyppit
Thai girned wft^ hidowis granes
Hely harlottA on haltan vyft 25
Com In wz’t/* mony haltand gyft
Bot }et lowche neu^r mahoune
quhilk2 prestw com In wzt/z bair swache nekkA
Thane all the DewillA lowche and maid gekkA
Blak bellie and bause browne 30
Thane Ir com In wzt^ stowrt & stryfif
His Hand was eu*?r wpon his knyfif
He brandest lyk ane beir
Bostaris braggarA and barganerA
efter him passet in to paim 35
all boddin In feir off weir
1 Faded; text from the Reidpeth copy.
2 Sic. for quhill.
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Maitland folio manuscript > Volume 1, 1919 > (37) |
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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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