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THIS NYCHT IN MY SLEIP.
63
[?■ 56]
The sowter sayis in gwd effect
The dewill mot hang him be pe nek
gif better butis of ledder may be
The feind sayis fy pow saris of blek
ga wysche pe weill syn cum to me 35
The bakstar sayis I forsak god
and all his warkis ewin and od
That better breid did1 na man se
The dewill said and on him cowld nod
with thy licht lewis cum wnto me 40
The flescho«r sweiris be godis woundis
come newer sic beif into pir bowndis
na fattar mottoune can nocht be
fals c\uod pe feind and till him rowndis
Renu«ce thy god and cum to me 45
Be goddis blud quod pe tauernneir
Thair is sic wyine in my selleir
hes newer come in pis cuntrie
(3i)t quod pe dewill pow sellis our deir
with thy fals met cum downe to me 5°
The menstrall sayis pat ewer I thryve 2 66
gif I do oucht bot drink and swy ve 2
The dewill sayis than I counsall pe
Excerft that3 craft in all thy lyve
syn cum and play ane spring to me 70
The fiche wyfis flet and swore pair menis 81
and to pe feind gaif flesche and banis
sa did pe hukstaris hailellie
The dewill said welcum all at anis
Renuwce ^our god and cum to me 85
1 Interlined.
2 Altered from thryf and swyf.
3 Originally thy.
63
[?■ 56]
The sowter sayis in gwd effect
The dewill mot hang him be pe nek
gif better butis of ledder may be
The feind sayis fy pow saris of blek
ga wysche pe weill syn cum to me 35
The bakstar sayis I forsak god
and all his warkis ewin and od
That better breid did1 na man se
The dewill said and on him cowld nod
with thy licht lewis cum wnto me 40
The flescho«r sweiris be godis woundis
come newer sic beif into pir bowndis
na fattar mottoune can nocht be
fals c\uod pe feind and till him rowndis
Renu«ce thy god and cum to me 45
Be goddis blud quod pe tauernneir
Thair is sic wyine in my selleir
hes newer come in pis cuntrie
(3i)t quod pe dewill pow sellis our deir
with thy fals met cum downe to me 5°
The menstrall sayis pat ewer I thryve 2 66
gif I do oucht bot drink and swy ve 2
The dewill sayis than I counsall pe
Excerft that3 craft in all thy lyve
syn cum and play ane spring to me 70
The fiche wyfis flet and swore pair menis 81
and to pe feind gaif flesche and banis
sa did pe hukstaris hailellie
The dewill said welcum all at anis
Renuwce ^our god and cum to me 85
1 Interlined.
2 Altered from thryf and swyf.
3 Originally thy.
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Maitland folio manuscript > Volume 1, 1919 > (93) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/107620924 |
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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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