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MAITLAND FOLIO MS.
Scottis lordis chiftanis he gart hald and chesoun
In firmance fast quhill all the feild was done
Wz't/zin dunbar that auld speluwc of tressoun 275
Sua inglis tykis in Scotland war abone
Than spu^eit thay the halie stane of scone
The croce of halyrud hous wz’t/z vther lowellis
He birnis in hell bodie banis and bowellis
This corspatrik pat Scotland lies vndone 280
Wallace gart cry ane counsale in to perth
And callit corspatrik tratour be his style
That depryuit dragoun drew him in till desert
And said he kend bot Wallace kyng in kyle
Out of dunbar pat theif lie maid exyle 285
On to edwarde and inglis grund agane
(teirandA) tadis and {Wpentis will remane
In dunbar wallis todis wolfis and beistis vyle
Na (ful)is of effect (of) gude amang thay benkis
(Biggis na) bydis for na thing pat may be
(Thai st)anis of tressoun as the birntstane stinkis
(Deuilbeiris mother cassing) in be the sey
(The wariet apill)1 of the forbidden tre
(That Adame bayt qu/ien he tint paradice)2
[p. 79]Sche eit invennemmit as ane coketrice
syne mareit wz’t^ the deuill for dignite
3it of new tressoun I can tell the tailis
It cu»zmis on nicht in vesioun in my sleip
Archebauld dunbar betrasit the hous of halis
Becaus the 3oung lord had dunbar to keip 300
pretendand pairthrow to vther rowmes to creip
Richt cruellie his castell he persewit
Brocht him furt/z bundin and his place reskewit
Set him in fetteris in till ane duzzgeoun deip
1 Faded (ll. 289-293); supplied from Reidpeth copy. * Cut away.
29O
295
MAITLAND FOLIO MS.
Scottis lordis chiftanis he gart hald and chesoun
In firmance fast quhill all the feild was done
Wz't/zin dunbar that auld speluwc of tressoun 275
Sua inglis tykis in Scotland war abone
Than spu^eit thay the halie stane of scone
The croce of halyrud hous wz’t/z vther lowellis
He birnis in hell bodie banis and bowellis
This corspatrik pat Scotland lies vndone 280
Wallace gart cry ane counsale in to perth
And callit corspatrik tratour be his style
That depryuit dragoun drew him in till desert
And said he kend bot Wallace kyng in kyle
Out of dunbar pat theif lie maid exyle 285
On to edwarde and inglis grund agane
(teirandA) tadis and {Wpentis will remane
In dunbar wallis todis wolfis and beistis vyle
Na (ful)is of effect (of) gude amang thay benkis
(Biggis na) bydis for na thing pat may be
(Thai st)anis of tressoun as the birntstane stinkis
(Deuilbeiris mother cassing) in be the sey
(The wariet apill)1 of the forbidden tre
(That Adame bayt qu/ien he tint paradice)2
[p. 79]Sche eit invennemmit as ane coketrice
syne mareit wz’t^ the deuill for dignite
3it of new tressoun I can tell the tailis
It cu»zmis on nicht in vesioun in my sleip
Archebauld dunbar betrasit the hous of halis
Becaus the 3oung lord had dunbar to keip 300
pretendand pairthrow to vther rowmes to creip
Richt cruellie his castell he persewit
Brocht him furt/z bundin and his place reskewit
Set him in fetteris in till ane duzzgeoun deip
1 Faded (ll. 289-293); supplied from Reidpeth copy. * Cut away.
29O
295
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Maitland folio manuscript > Volume 1, 1919 > (110) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/107621128 |
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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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| 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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