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MAITLAND FOLIO MS.
[XXXVIII. Dunbar The Two. Mariit Wemen
attd the Wedo; S.T. S., p. 20.1
Heir beginis the tretis of the tua mariit
WEMEAT AND THE WEDO COMPYLIT BE MAISTER
WILLIAM DUNBAR
Apon the midsummer ewin mirriest of nichtis
I muvit furt/? allane1 meid as midnicht wes pas(t)2
[p. 82]Besyd ane gudlie grein gart/z full of gay flouris
Hegeit of ane huge hicht with hawthorne treis
Quhairon ane bird on ane bransche so birst out hir
notis 5
That neuer ane blyt/rfullar bird was on the beuche
hard
Quhat throw the sugarat sound of hir sang glaid
And throw the savour sanative of the sueit flouris
I drew in derne to the dyk to dirkin efter mirthis
The dew donkit the daill and dy«nit the feulis 10
1 hard vnder ane holyn hewinlie grein hewit
Ane hie speiche at my hand with hautand wourdis
With pat in haist to the hege so hard I inthrang
That I was heildit with hawthorne and with heynd
leveis
Throw pykis of the plet thorne I presandlie luikit 15
Gif ony persoun wald approche within that plesand
garding
I saw thre gay ladeis sit in ane grein arbeir
All grathit in to garlandis of fresche gudlie flouris
So glitterit as the gold wer thair glorius gilt tressis
Quhill all the gressis did gleme of the glaid hewis 20
Kemmit war thair cleir hair and curiouslie sched
Attour thair schulderis doun schyre schynb/g full bricht
With curches cassin pazV abone of kirsp cleir and thin
1 Sic. 2 The heading atidfirst two lines have been re-inked.
MAITLAND FOLIO MS.
[XXXVIII. Dunbar The Two. Mariit Wemen
attd the Wedo; S.T. S., p. 20.1
Heir beginis the tretis of the tua mariit
WEMEAT AND THE WEDO COMPYLIT BE MAISTER
WILLIAM DUNBAR
Apon the midsummer ewin mirriest of nichtis
I muvit furt/? allane1 meid as midnicht wes pas(t)2
[p. 82]Besyd ane gudlie grein gart/z full of gay flouris
Hegeit of ane huge hicht with hawthorne treis
Quhairon ane bird on ane bransche so birst out hir
notis 5
That neuer ane blyt/rfullar bird was on the beuche
hard
Quhat throw the sugarat sound of hir sang glaid
And throw the savour sanative of the sueit flouris
I drew in derne to the dyk to dirkin efter mirthis
The dew donkit the daill and dy«nit the feulis 10
1 hard vnder ane holyn hewinlie grein hewit
Ane hie speiche at my hand with hautand wourdis
With pat in haist to the hege so hard I inthrang
That I was heildit with hawthorne and with heynd
leveis
Throw pykis of the plet thorne I presandlie luikit 15
Gif ony persoun wald approche within that plesand
garding
I saw thre gay ladeis sit in ane grein arbeir
All grathit in to garlandis of fresche gudlie flouris
So glitterit as the gold wer thair glorius gilt tressis
Quhill all the gressis did gleme of the glaid hewis 20
Kemmit war thair cleir hair and curiouslie sched
Attour thair schulderis doun schyre schynb/g full bricht
With curches cassin pazV abone of kirsp cleir and thin
1 Sic. 2 The heading atidfirst two lines have been re-inked.
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Maitland folio manuscript > Volume 1, 1919 > (128) |
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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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