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56 MAITLAND FOLIO MS.
Self luif is thocht a vertew souerane
And pryuat proffitt prudent policie
ffor cowmoun weill travale laubowr or pane
Is comptit bot ane fulische fantasie
fflatrie preuales treuth makis Inemitie
Swa vyce vertew and vertew is tho^t vyce
O leving lord pis change is wounder nyce
Treuth is lugeit barnelie simplicitie
And doubilneft of wisdome hes pe name
Meiknes is thocht pusillanimitie
And vtterance is to for3et all schame
And mirrienes is all me« to defame
Swa vyce vertew and vertew is tho^t vyce
O leving lord pis change is wounder nyce
Craft and dissait is callit quyk ingyne
And fals semblance is callit courtesie
he pat can best his ny^tbure vndermyne
Is haldin scharpe weill wirkand and wittie
And blak falsheid is namit sutteltie
Swa vyce vertew and vertew is thoc/zt vyce
O leving lord pis change is wounder nyce
ffeirsneft and yre is callit kene curage
And patience is comptit cowardneft
vane brag and boist is raknit vassalage
and wode folie is haldin hardineft
Bot modestie is termit simpilneft
Swa vyce vertew and vertew is thoc/tt vyce
O leving lord pis change Is wounder nyce
[p. 47] ffilthie lucre Is comptit honest schift
And oppressioun is thoucht bot princes play
maistreis and reif is gyding and gude thrift
fifraude in lustice is thocht craftie delay
Ane thing to think ane vther ay to say
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Self luif is thocht a vertew souerane
And pryuat proffitt prudent policie
ffor cowmoun weill travale laubowr or pane
Is comptit bot ane fulische fantasie
fflatrie preuales treuth makis Inemitie
Swa vyce vertew and vertew is tho^t vyce
O leving lord pis change is wounder nyce
Treuth is lugeit barnelie simplicitie
And doubilneft of wisdome hes pe name
Meiknes is thocht pusillanimitie
And vtterance is to for3et all schame
And mirrienes is all me« to defame
Swa vyce vertew and vertew is tho^t vyce
O leving lord pis change is wounder nyce
Craft and dissait is callit quyk ingyne
And fals semblance is callit courtesie
he pat can best his ny^tbure vndermyne
Is haldin scharpe weill wirkand and wittie
And blak falsheid is namit sutteltie
Swa vyce vertew and vertew is thoc/zt vyce
O leving lord pis change is wounder nyce
ffeirsneft and yre is callit kene curage
And patience is comptit cowardneft
vane brag and boist is raknit vassalage
and wode folie is haldin hardineft
Bot modestie is termit simpilneft
Swa vyce vertew and vertew is thoc/tt vyce
O leving lord pis change Is wounder nyce
[p. 47] ffilthie lucre Is comptit honest schift
And oppressioun is thoucht bot princes play
maistreis and reif is gyding and gude thrift
fifraude in lustice is thocht craftie delay
Ane thing to think ane vther ay to say
25
30
35
40
45
50
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Maitland folio manuscript > Volume 1, 1919 > (86) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/107620840 |
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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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