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THE FLYTING.
8l
It war agane nature and guide ressoun 305
That deuillis beiris barnis wer trew to god and ma«
That war bayt/z borne gottin and bred wz't/z tressoun
Belgebubis oyis and cursit corspatrikzV clan
Thow was 1 and ordanit be sathane
ffor to be borne to do thy kin dififame 310
And gar me schaw thy antecessouris schame
Thy kin pat leveis may wary the and ban
Sen thow on me pus lyzzzmer leyis and tratlis
And findis sentence pus foundit of invy
Thyn eldaris banis ilk nycht rysis and ratlis 315
Apone thy croce vengeance vengeance thay cry
Thow art the caus thay may noc/zt rest nor ly
Thow sayis for pame few psalmes psalteris or creidis
Bot garris me tell thair tressonabill deidis
And thair auld syn wzt£ new schame certifie 320
Insensate sow ceift fals ewstas air
And knaw kene scald I hald of alathya
And caus me nocht the caift lang to declair
Off thy curst kin deuilbeir and his allya
Cum to the croce on kneis and mak ane crya 325
Confes thy cryme hald kennedie thy kyng
and with ane hawthorne scurge thy self (and) ding
Thus drie thy pennance with de eli quisti (qui)a
Baft to my coz/zmiss^r and be cozz(fest)
Cour before (him on kneis and cum in will)2 330
[p. 80] And syn gar stobo for thy lyf protest
Renuzzce thy rymes baytA ban and birne thy bill
heve to the hewin thy handis and hald the3 still
Do pow no^t this bogill pow salbe brint
with pik and fyre ter guzzpulder and lint 335
On arthuris sait or on ane hiear hill
1 Blank in MS. 2 Faded. 3 Originally thy.
VOL. I. F
8l
It war agane nature and guide ressoun 305
That deuillis beiris barnis wer trew to god and ma«
That war bayt/z borne gottin and bred wz't/z tressoun
Belgebubis oyis and cursit corspatrikzV clan
Thow was 1 and ordanit be sathane
ffor to be borne to do thy kin dififame 310
And gar me schaw thy antecessouris schame
Thy kin pat leveis may wary the and ban
Sen thow on me pus lyzzzmer leyis and tratlis
And findis sentence pus foundit of invy
Thyn eldaris banis ilk nycht rysis and ratlis 315
Apone thy croce vengeance vengeance thay cry
Thow art the caus thay may noc/zt rest nor ly
Thow sayis for pame few psalmes psalteris or creidis
Bot garris me tell thair tressonabill deidis
And thair auld syn wzt£ new schame certifie 320
Insensate sow ceift fals ewstas air
And knaw kene scald I hald of alathya
And caus me nocht the caift lang to declair
Off thy curst kin deuilbeir and his allya
Cum to the croce on kneis and mak ane crya 325
Confes thy cryme hald kennedie thy kyng
and with ane hawthorne scurge thy self (and) ding
Thus drie thy pennance with de eli quisti (qui)a
Baft to my coz/zmiss^r and be cozz(fest)
Cour before (him on kneis and cum in will)2 330
[p. 80] And syn gar stobo for thy lyf protest
Renuzzce thy rymes baytA ban and birne thy bill
heve to the hewin thy handis and hald the3 still
Do pow no^t this bogill pow salbe brint
with pik and fyre ter guzzpulder and lint 335
On arthuris sait or on ane hiear hill
1 Blank in MS. 2 Faded. 3 Originally thy.
VOL. I. F
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Maitland folio manuscript > Volume 1, 1919 > (111) |
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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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