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MAITLAND FOLIO MS.
[p. 21]
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Aboue all thing I the exhort and pray
To pleis thy god set all thy bissie cure
And syn thy prince serve luif weill and obey
And as thow may be helpand ay the pure
Sen erdlie thingis will nocht ay endure 85
Thairfor in hewin ane place for the provyde
Quhair thair is loy rest gloir and all pleysowr
On to ye quhilk eternale god ws gyde
Quod richart maitland of ledingtoun kny^t
[XV. Maitland On the New Yeir ;
P., p. 279; M. Cl., p. 1.]
‘O hie eternale god of micht
Off thy grit grace grant ws thy licht
With hairt and mynd sinceir
To leif eftir thy lawis richt
Now in to this new 3eir 5
God keip our quein and grace hir send
This realme to gyde and to defend
In iustice perseveir
And of pir weiris mak ane end
Now in to this new 3eir 10
God send grace to our quein regent
Be law to mak sic punischment
To gar lymmaris foirbeir
ffor till oppreft the innocent
Now in to this new 3eir 15
Lord schent all sawaris of seditioun
Remove all rancowr and suspitiouh
Quhilk may this cuntre deir
Put all perturbaris to punitioun
Now in to this new ^eir
Apparently by the same hand as the preceding, but in blacker ink.
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MAITLAND FOLIO MS.
[p. 21]
1
Aboue all thing I the exhort and pray
To pleis thy god set all thy bissie cure
And syn thy prince serve luif weill and obey
And as thow may be helpand ay the pure
Sen erdlie thingis will nocht ay endure 85
Thairfor in hewin ane place for the provyde
Quhair thair is loy rest gloir and all pleysowr
On to ye quhilk eternale god ws gyde
Quod richart maitland of ledingtoun kny^t
[XV. Maitland On the New Yeir ;
P., p. 279; M. Cl., p. 1.]
‘O hie eternale god of micht
Off thy grit grace grant ws thy licht
With hairt and mynd sinceir
To leif eftir thy lawis richt
Now in to this new 3eir 5
God keip our quein and grace hir send
This realme to gyde and to defend
In iustice perseveir
And of pir weiris mak ane end
Now in to this new 3eir 10
God send grace to our quein regent
Be law to mak sic punischment
To gar lymmaris foirbeir
ffor till oppreft the innocent
Now in to this new 3eir 15
Lord schent all sawaris of seditioun
Remove all rancowr and suspitiouh
Quhilk may this cuntre deir
Put all perturbaris to punitioun
Now in to this new ^eir
Apparently by the same hand as the preceding, but in blacker ink.
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Maitland folio manuscript > Volume 1, 1919 > (52) |
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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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