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MAITLAND FOLIO MS.
[p. ioi]
Quhen rome was regent be wysmen senaturis
In iustice and in publict politey
Our all this erde pai war lordis and victuris
And tuik tribute for soutane sen^orie
Bot quhen the well of Justice was gane dry 145
And publict prow past in diuisioun
Thair grit gloir turnit in derisioun
Heirfore keip law gif pow will hald pi land
And luif larges or thy lordschip sail leis
But quhilk greit fayt/z micht nevir stedfast stand 150
The sampill suth before thy self pow seis
ffor fait of law all fruct of fortoun fleis
hir forfaltouris frewmitlie scho haldis at feid
fifor quhilk hir dintis ar dishono?*r or deid
Explicit prima pars incipit secunda
Justice wald haue ane generale president 155
Ane auditour of complayntis of the pure
Quhilk daylie suld minister lugement
To pure folk cryand iustice at the dure
Spendand mair pan pair clame is of valour
And put abak quhill greit cause gar pame decide 160
Syn leiffand all for povertie may nocht byd
It is vnpossibill to thy grit counsale
ffor to decyde all causis small and greit
Bot to small men commit all casis small
Off pure plein^eand pat 3amers at the ^et 165
Quhilk daylie hes nocht half pair fill of meit
With wyffis and barnis swownand for fait of breid
ffor quhilk the god sail challange of thair deid
Quhat thank cu«nis god the for to Justifie
The pure cowmounis pat pow hes in to cure 170
And syn thy self levand maist wranguslie
Doand na richt nothir to riche nor pure
Allace sic lordschip may noc/A lang indure
MAITLAND FOLIO MS.
[p. ioi]
Quhen rome was regent be wysmen senaturis
In iustice and in publict politey
Our all this erde pai war lordis and victuris
And tuik tribute for soutane sen^orie
Bot quhen the well of Justice was gane dry 145
And publict prow past in diuisioun
Thair grit gloir turnit in derisioun
Heirfore keip law gif pow will hald pi land
And luif larges or thy lordschip sail leis
But quhilk greit fayt/z micht nevir stedfast stand 150
The sampill suth before thy self pow seis
ffor fait of law all fruct of fortoun fleis
hir forfaltouris frewmitlie scho haldis at feid
fifor quhilk hir dintis ar dishono?*r or deid
Explicit prima pars incipit secunda
Justice wald haue ane generale president 155
Ane auditour of complayntis of the pure
Quhilk daylie suld minister lugement
To pure folk cryand iustice at the dure
Spendand mair pan pair clame is of valour
And put abak quhill greit cause gar pame decide 160
Syn leiffand all for povertie may nocht byd
It is vnpossibill to thy grit counsale
ffor to decyde all causis small and greit
Bot to small men commit all casis small
Off pure plein^eand pat 3amers at the ^et 165
Quhilk daylie hes nocht half pair fill of meit
With wyffis and barnis swownand for fait of breid
ffor quhilk the god sail challange of thair deid
Quhat thank cu«nis god the for to Justifie
The pure cowmounis pat pow hes in to cure 170
And syn thy self levand maist wranguslie
Doand na richt nothir to riche nor pure
Allace sic lordschip may noc/A lang indure
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Maitland folio manuscript > Volume 1, 1919 > (150) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/107621608 |
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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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