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MAITLAND FOLIO MS.
[p- 35] Quhair is the wyt quha can schaw ws
Quha hot our nobillis that suld knaw ws 80
And till honorabill deidis draw ws
Lat never cowmoun weill decay
Or ellis sum mischeif will faw ws
And nobilnes we put away
Put our awin lawis to executioun 85
Apone trespassouris mak pvnitioufi
To cruell folk seik na remissioun
ffor peax and Justice lat ws pray
In dreid sum strange new institutioun
Cum and our custome put away 90
Amend 3our lyveis ane and all
And be war of ane suddane fall
And pray to god pat maid ws all
To send ws loy pat lestis ay
And lat ws noc/it to syn be thrall 95
Bot put all vyce and wrang away
ffinis quod Richart maitland of ledingtoun
kny^t
[XXII. Maitland On the Miseries of the
Tyme; P., p. 302; M. CL, p. 32.]
Ogratious god almychtie and eterne
ffbr lesus saik pi sone we ask at pe
ws to defend consarwe ws and guberne
And tak fra ws lord for thy grit mercye
Thir plaigis pat apperis presentlie 5
Pest poverte and maist vnkyndlie weir
Hwngir and darthe p«t now is lyk to be
Throw deid of beistis and skant of corne pis 3eir
1 A different hand from the preceding.
MAITLAND FOLIO MS.
[p- 35] Quhair is the wyt quha can schaw ws
Quha hot our nobillis that suld knaw ws 80
And till honorabill deidis draw ws
Lat never cowmoun weill decay
Or ellis sum mischeif will faw ws
And nobilnes we put away
Put our awin lawis to executioun 85
Apone trespassouris mak pvnitioufi
To cruell folk seik na remissioun
ffor peax and Justice lat ws pray
In dreid sum strange new institutioun
Cum and our custome put away 90
Amend 3our lyveis ane and all
And be war of ane suddane fall
And pray to god pat maid ws all
To send ws loy pat lestis ay
And lat ws noc/it to syn be thrall 95
Bot put all vyce and wrang away
ffinis quod Richart maitland of ledingtoun
kny^t
[XXII. Maitland On the Miseries of the
Tyme; P., p. 302; M. CL, p. 32.]
Ogratious god almychtie and eterne
ffbr lesus saik pi sone we ask at pe
ws to defend consarwe ws and guberne
And tak fra ws lord for thy grit mercye
Thir plaigis pat apperis presentlie 5
Pest poverte and maist vnkyndlie weir
Hwngir and darthe p«t now is lyk to be
Throw deid of beistis and skant of corne pis 3eir
1 A different hand from the preceding.
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Maitland folio manuscript > Volume 1, 1919 > (68) |
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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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| 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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