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CHRISTIS KIRK ON THE GRENE.
IS*
Ane bend ane bow sic sturt couth steir him
grit scayt/j war to haue scard him
He chesit ane flaine as did afifeir1 him
The tother said dirdum dardum
Throw bayt^ the cheikis he thoc/zt to cheir him 75
Or throw the chaftis haue charde him
Bot be ane myle It come nozr^t neir him
I can nochX. say quhat mard him Thair
at Chrystis kirk 80
Wzt/z pat ane freynd of his cry it fy
and vp ane arow drew
he forgeit It so ferslye
The bow in flenders flew
Sa was the will of god trow I 85
ffor had the tre bene trew
men said p«t kend his archerie
That he had slane anew That day
at Chrystis kirk 90
Ane haistie hensozzr callit harie
Quhilk wes ane archer heynd
Tit wp ane takill but ony tarye
[p. 132] That turment so him teynd
I wait nozr/zt quhidder his hand cud varie 95
Or gif the maw was his freynd
Bot he chapit throw the michtis of marie
as maw pat na ewill meynd pat tyme
at chrystis kirk IOO
Than lowrie as ane lyoun lap
and sone ane flane culd fedder
he hecht to pers him at the pape
Thairon to wed ane wedder
1 Originally affeird.
IS*
Ane bend ane bow sic sturt couth steir him
grit scayt/j war to haue scard him
He chesit ane flaine as did afifeir1 him
The tother said dirdum dardum
Throw bayt^ the cheikis he thoc/zt to cheir him 75
Or throw the chaftis haue charde him
Bot be ane myle It come nozr^t neir him
I can nochX. say quhat mard him Thair
at Chrystis kirk 80
Wzt/z pat ane freynd of his cry it fy
and vp ane arow drew
he forgeit It so ferslye
The bow in flenders flew
Sa was the will of god trow I 85
ffor had the tre bene trew
men said p«t kend his archerie
That he had slane anew That day
at Chrystis kirk 90
Ane haistie hensozzr callit harie
Quhilk wes ane archer heynd
Tit wp ane takill but ony tarye
[p. 132] That turment so him teynd
I wait nozr/zt quhidder his hand cud varie 95
Or gif the maw was his freynd
Bot he chapit throw the michtis of marie
as maw pat na ewill meynd pat tyme
at chrystis kirk IOO
Than lowrie as ane lyoun lap
and sone ane flane culd fedder
he hecht to pers him at the pape
Thairon to wed ane wedder
1 Originally affeird.
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Maitland folio manuscript > Volume 1, 1919 > (181) |
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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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