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THE RING OF THE ROY ROBERT.
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Anent the barnis of auld brutus
That kyndnes hes bene kepit till ws
Scotland euir 3it hes bene fre
Sen scota of egipt tuik the see 60
Bot 3e ar thirlit and our harlit
The grit refuse of all the warld
ffor nichtbure tressoun amawgis 'jour self
ffour tymes as the cronicle will tell
je haue halelie conqueist bene 65
Ten thousand pvndis of gold so schene
To lulius cesar payit je
off tribute thus je war noo&t free
be saxounis als je war ouerthrawin
Be tua borne chiftanis of jour awin 70
And germaneis in cumpany
All borne sarazenis vtterlie
At come wz‘t/2 horsus and ingest
And maid jour auld blude richt waist
And slew the gentillis of Ingland 75
At salisberrie I vnderstande
And till ane takin the hingand stanis
Ambrosius set vp for the naneis
In till ane lestand memoriall
At saxounis had ourset jow all 80
vnder the hewin is no kinryk
Off sorow hes bein to jow lyk
3e war put syn in subiectioun
At we nor jit nane vnder croun
was never in sic necessitie 85
[p. no] As hapnit jour aduersatie
Than henslot sone of denmark king
The thrid tyme raift on jow to ring
The quhilk of ingland maid conquest
And left amangis jow at the last 90
ane dane in ilk ane hous was knawin
jow to defoull wz’t/zin jour awin
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Volume 1, 1919
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1919-1927 - Maitland folio manuscript
DescriptionContaining 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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