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THE FREIRIS OF BERWIK. l’37
To this fayr wyf how scho pe fyre culd beit
Scho thringis on fat capounis on the speit
And fat cunywgis to the fyre culd lay 135
And bade hir madin in all the haist scho may
To flame and turne and rost pame tendyrlie
Syn till hir chalmer sche is went in hy
Sche pullit hir cunt and gaif it buffatis tua
Apon the cheik and till It can scho say 140
3e suld be blyt/j and glayd at my request
Thay mullis of 3ouris are callit till ane feist
Scho said till It and softlie at scho leucAt
He did noc^t 111 pat fand 30W half aneuche
And or I sleip I think 30 salbe pleisit 145
3our appetyt and myn sail both be easit
Sche castis on ane kirtill of fyne reid
Ane quhyt curchey sche cast vpon hir heid
Hir kirtill belt was silk and siluer fyne
Wz't^ ane proud purft and keyis gingling syn 150
[p. 118] On Ilkane fingar scho waris ringis tuo
Sche was als proud as ony papingo
And of ane burde of silk richt costlie grein
Hir tusche was wzt/z siluer weill besene
And but sche come in to the hale1 anone 155
And syn sche went to se gif ony come
And ewin so freir lohne knokit at the 3et
His knok sche knew and in sche culd him lat1
Sche wylcuzzzmit him vpon ane fayr maneir
He thankit hir and said my sweit luif deyr 160
Thair is ane pair of bossis gud and fyne
Thay hald ane galloun full of gaskan wyne
And als ane pair of pertrikis new slane
And als pat creill is full of breid of mane
Thus haue I brocht to 30W my sweit luif deyr 165
Thairfoir I reid now pat we mak gud cheyr
Sen it is so sen symon is fra hame
I will take pe hameliar heir now dame
1 Sic.
To this fayr wyf how scho pe fyre culd beit
Scho thringis on fat capounis on the speit
And fat cunywgis to the fyre culd lay 135
And bade hir madin in all the haist scho may
To flame and turne and rost pame tendyrlie
Syn till hir chalmer sche is went in hy
Sche pullit hir cunt and gaif it buffatis tua
Apon the cheik and till It can scho say 140
3e suld be blyt/j and glayd at my request
Thay mullis of 3ouris are callit till ane feist
Scho said till It and softlie at scho leucAt
He did noc^t 111 pat fand 30W half aneuche
And or I sleip I think 30 salbe pleisit 145
3our appetyt and myn sail both be easit
Sche castis on ane kirtill of fyne reid
Ane quhyt curchey sche cast vpon hir heid
Hir kirtill belt was silk and siluer fyne
Wz't^ ane proud purft and keyis gingling syn 150
[p. 118] On Ilkane fingar scho waris ringis tuo
Sche was als proud as ony papingo
And of ane burde of silk richt costlie grein
Hir tusche was wzt/z siluer weill besene
And but sche come in to the hale1 anone 155
And syn sche went to se gif ony come
And ewin so freir lohne knokit at the 3et
His knok sche knew and in sche culd him lat1
Sche wylcuzzzmit him vpon ane fayr maneir
He thankit hir and said my sweit luif deyr 160
Thair is ane pair of bossis gud and fyne
Thay hald ane galloun full of gaskan wyne
And als ane pair of pertrikis new slane
And als pat creill is full of breid of mane
Thus haue I brocht to 30W my sweit luif deyr 165
Thairfoir I reid now pat we mak gud cheyr
Sen it is so sen symon is fra hame
I will take pe hameliar heir now dame
1 Sic.
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Maitland folio manuscript > Volume 1, 1919 > (167) |
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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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