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MAITLAND FOLIO MS.
[p. 134] Hir g[l]itterand hairis war full goldin 175
So hard in luif him laist
That for hir saik he wes vn3oldin
Sewin myle quhen he wes chaist and mair
at Chrystis kirk 180
The miliar was of manlie mak
To meit him was na mowis
Thair durst na ten cum him to tak
So nobbit he pair nowis
The buschement haill about him brak
And bickert him wft^ bowis
Syn tratourlie behind his bak
Ane hewit him on the howis behind
at Chrystis kirk /
Twa p#t was herdismen of the herde
Ran vpone vther lyk rawmis
Thai forsy freikA richt vneffeird
Bet on 'with barow trawmis
Bot quhair pair gobbis war bayt/* vngird 1
Thai gat vpon pe gawmis
Quhill bludie barkit was pair herd
As thay had worreit lambis Most lyk
At Chrystis kirk
The wyffis cast vp ane hiddwous 3ell
quhen all the 3oungkeiris 3okkit
Als fers as ony fyr flauchtis fell
freikis to pe feild pai flokit
Thay cavellis 'with clubbis culd vther quell 205
quhill blude at breistis out bokkit
So rudlie rang the Cowmouh bell
quhill all the steipill rokkit for rerde
at Chrystis Kirk on / 210
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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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