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MAITLAND FOLIO MS.
Quhone darthe cuwmis or pestilence
we say it is be accidence
And gif weir cwmis ony way
The muifaris hes pe wyt we say
And cwmis not for our offence 10
And gif we mufe pe weir oure sell
we say we haue ane gude quarrell
And nowder will persaue nor kna
That god for syn will lat ws fa
In to mischeif and oft parrell 15
The grit men sayis pat pair distres
Cwmis for pe pepks wickitnes
The peple sayis for1 pe transgressioun
Off grit men and pair oppressioun
Bot nane will pair awin syn confes 20
Q«c>d richard maitland
[XXVIII. Maitland Gude Counsals;
P., p. 313 ; M. CL, p. 39.]
Luif vertew euer and all vycis fle
Wickitnes hait alway gudnes Imbrace
Remufe rancour and ay keip chirrite
Proudnes deteist Invy fra pe far chace
gredynes neuer lat in pe tak place 5
Be honorable and weill credence keip
Beseynes not sleuthe haueand tyme and space
Treulie ft^rue god and als for synnis weip
quod richard maitland
Thir last audit lynifft 3e may begon at ony nuke
je will and reid bakward or fordward and 10
3e sail fynd pe Lyke sentence and metir
1 On margin.

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Volume 1, 1919
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1919-1927 - Maitland folio manuscript
DescriptionContaining 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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