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THE DANCE OF THE SEVIN DEIDLY SYNNIS.
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Syne swerneft at the secuftd bidding
Com lyk ane sow owt off a midding
ffull sleipye was his grille
mony sueir lu^berd belli huddroufi 70
mony slut daw and sleipe duddrouh
him ftmdt ay with sun3e
He drew pame furt^ in till ane chen^e
and beliall with ane brydill ren3e
eu^r laschet pame on the lun3e 75
In daunce pai war so slaw off feit
Thai gawe pame In the fyr a heit
Thame quikkar for to Cu^e
[p- 15] Syne lechery pat lathelie corps
Come berand lyk ane bawkit horft 80
Sic lytheneft did him leid
Thair followit him ane vglie sort
full mony a stinking foull tramort
That had In 1 syne bein deid
Quhene thai war enterit in pe daunce 85
Thai wer full strange off cowtenaunce
with tortchis byrnand reid
Ilk ane lad wpair be the tarssis
Suppois thai fyllit with thair arssis
It mycht be no remeid 90
Thane the full monsto«r gluttery
withe waine2 Insaciable & gredy
To daunce pair did him dreft
him follouet mony fouill druwkart
with can and collop cope and quart 95
In surfeit and exceft
1 Alteredfrom on ; syd deleted here.
2 Sic, for wame or waime.
15
Syne swerneft at the secuftd bidding
Com lyk ane sow owt off a midding
ffull sleipye was his grille
mony sueir lu^berd belli huddroufi 70
mony slut daw and sleipe duddrouh
him ftmdt ay with sun3e
He drew pame furt^ in till ane chen^e
and beliall with ane brydill ren3e
eu^r laschet pame on the lun3e 75
In daunce pai war so slaw off feit
Thai gawe pame In the fyr a heit
Thame quikkar for to Cu^e
[p- 15] Syne lechery pat lathelie corps
Come berand lyk ane bawkit horft 80
Sic lytheneft did him leid
Thair followit him ane vglie sort
full mony a stinking foull tramort
That had In 1 syne bein deid
Quhene thai war enterit in pe daunce 85
Thai wer full strange off cowtenaunce
with tortchis byrnand reid
Ilk ane lad wpair be the tarssis
Suppois thai fyllit with thair arssis
It mycht be no remeid 90
Thane the full monsto«r gluttery
withe waine2 Insaciable & gredy
To daunce pair did him dreft
him follouet mony fouill druwkart
with can and collop cope and quart 95
In surfeit and exceft
1 Alteredfrom on ; syd deleted here.
2 Sic, for wame or waime.
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Maitland folio manuscript > Volume 1, 1919 > (41) |
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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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