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DE REGIMINE PRINCIPUM.
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To reule thy kinrik all quhair out1 and in
Quhilk1 may pleis god and pepill mair and min
[p. 98]Bot sen ane2 ma^nis wit may no^t suffice
ffor to mawteine so hie ane goumiance
Thow suld gar cheis the counsale part war wys(e)
be all thy thre estaitis ordinance
And lay haill pe charge in pair ballance
To gif the counsale in thy gou^rnement
As pai will ansuer at the grit lugement
And cheis no man for hie lordschip nor blude
Off grit powar nor riches to counsale
Bot the3 electioun chosin men of gude
Quhilk god and man plesis pair gou^rnale
Quhilkis hes the voce of all the co;^monis hale
To luif god and lautie Justice and prudence
And knawin of gud lyf and eik of conscience
Think on pat pow sail gif ane trew compt
and ansuer for thy iuges and thy sell
And wait no^t quhen thow salbe suwmont
ffor to compeir quhair pow sail langest duell
Quhair no rewarde salbe bot hewin or hell
Sail no man be ransownit for no geir
Bot everie man sail his awin chargeis beir
And tak noc/it all the birding on thy bak
wit.fi pertiale counsale in to priuite
Gif it be ewill thow sail haue all the lak
Thocht it be weill small honour It is to pe
ffor evir the proffit of the cowmunite
Is put abak quhen sic men hes pe cure
And ever thy croun is indegent and pure
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117
To reule thy kinrik all quhair out1 and in
Quhilk1 may pleis god and pepill mair and min
[p. 98]Bot sen ane2 ma^nis wit may no^t suffice
ffor to mawteine so hie ane goumiance
Thow suld gar cheis the counsale part war wys(e)
be all thy thre estaitis ordinance
And lay haill pe charge in pair ballance
To gif the counsale in thy gou^rnement
As pai will ansuer at the grit lugement
And cheis no man for hie lordschip nor blude
Off grit powar nor riches to counsale
Bot the3 electioun chosin men of gude
Quhilk god and man plesis pair gou^rnale
Quhilkis hes the voce of all the co;^monis hale
To luif god and lautie Justice and prudence
And knawin of gud lyf and eik of conscience
Think on pat pow sail gif ane trew compt
and ansuer for thy iuges and thy sell
And wait no^t quhen thow salbe suwmont
ffor to compeir quhair pow sail langest duell
Quhair no rewarde salbe bot hewin or hell
Sail no man be ransownit for no geir
Bot everie man sail his awin chargeis beir
And tak noc/it all the birding on thy bak
wit.fi pertiale counsale in to priuite
Gif it be ewill thow sail haue all the lak
Thocht it be weill small honour It is to pe
ffor evir the proffit of the cowmunite
Is put abak quhen sic men hes pe cure
And ever thy croun is indegent and pure
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60
65
70
75
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2 Interlined.
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Maitland folio manuscript > Volume 1, 1919 > (147) |
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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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| 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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