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MAITLAND FOLIO MS.
Thus may thow se be suthe experience
be pame pat hes thy gudis to dispend
Thai gar the trow pow may no^t mak dispens 80
On thyn awin (ho)ushald noc^t half ane (3eir)x to end
bot in hunting and sorniwg thai the send
On lordis and on abbatis heir and pair
Thai by lordschippis pat2 pow art alwayis (bair)1
[p-99]Quhat makis this bot cative creaturis 85
quhilk culd never counsale bot in covatice
Quhilkw had neuer hart nor heid to hie honozmly
wenand no wy bot wratcheis is wyse
Lord god quhair ar pir princeis hie of pryce
Quhilkis in lustice settis all haill pair erdlie gloir 90
Ay richis pame self and the realme more and more
Na king suld of pair small comptis knaw
Na wit of scarsnes nor of wrechit thing
That micht his hart to dreid of mister draw
Quhilk may him caus to be callit ane dring 95
His delyt suld be to encressing
ffor hie honour greit wirschip and renowne
And lat neuer wretchitnes rest in his persoun
It is degrading to ane kingis crowne
To mell him wz't& small wrechit bissines 100
Na wz’L& na tutillar for to rouk and rowne
To leir to conqueir gudis wz‘L& scantnes
Nobilite suld mell wz't^ nobilnes
And specialie thy ryall maiestie
Suld never be occupiit bot in materis hie 105
ffor sic men counsalis euir to covatice
The quhilkis to law is mortall Innimie
Covatice is now mmdiand to justice
And euir is reddie law to sell and by
Suld nane sic be of thy counsale for thy 110
1 Faded.
2 Corrected to bot.
MAITLAND FOLIO MS.
Thus may thow se be suthe experience
be pame pat hes thy gudis to dispend
Thai gar the trow pow may no^t mak dispens 80
On thyn awin (ho)ushald noc^t half ane (3eir)x to end
bot in hunting and sorniwg thai the send
On lordis and on abbatis heir and pair
Thai by lordschippis pat2 pow art alwayis (bair)1
[p-99]Quhat makis this bot cative creaturis 85
quhilk culd never counsale bot in covatice
Quhilkw had neuer hart nor heid to hie honozmly
wenand no wy bot wratcheis is wyse
Lord god quhair ar pir princeis hie of pryce
Quhilkis in lustice settis all haill pair erdlie gloir 90
Ay richis pame self and the realme more and more
Na king suld of pair small comptis knaw
Na wit of scarsnes nor of wrechit thing
That micht his hart to dreid of mister draw
Quhilk may him caus to be callit ane dring 95
His delyt suld be to encressing
ffor hie honour greit wirschip and renowne
And lat neuer wretchitnes rest in his persoun
It is degrading to ane kingis crowne
To mell him wz't& small wrechit bissines 100
Na wz’L& na tutillar for to rouk and rowne
To leir to conqueir gudis wz‘L& scantnes
Nobilite suld mell wz't^ nobilnes
And specialie thy ryall maiestie
Suld never be occupiit bot in materis hie 105
ffor sic men counsalis euir to covatice
The quhilkis to law is mortall Innimie
Covatice is now mmdiand to justice
And euir is reddie law to sell and by
Suld nane sic be of thy counsale for thy 110
1 Faded.
2 Corrected to bot.
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Maitland folio manuscript > Volume 1, 1919 > (148) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/107621584 |
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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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