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THE TESTAMENT OF MR ANDRO KENNEDY. 155
Quhen thai had beirit lyk batit bulbs
And brane wode brynt in balis
Thai wox als mait as ony mulis
That maggit war wz't/2 malis
[p. 135] fifor fa[n]tnes1 thay forfochin fulis 215
ffell doun lyk flauchter falis
fifresche men com hame and halit the dulis
And dang pame doun in dabs bedene
at Chrystis kirk / 220
Quhen all wes done die wzt/z ane ax
Come furt/z to fell ane futher
oped he quhair ar ^on hangit smaikis
Richt now pat hurt my brother
His wyf bad him gang hame gud glaikA 225
And sua did meg his mother
He turnit and gaif pame bat^ pair paikA
fifor he durst stryk na vther men said
At chrystis kirk on the grene 230
ffinis
[XLIV. Dunbar 2 The Testament of Mr.
Andro Kennedy; S.T.S., p. 54.]
| maister waiter Kennedie
Curro quando sum vocatus
Gottin wz't/z sum Incubie
Or wzt/z sum fireir Infatuatus
In fayt^ I can nozr^t tell trewlie 5
Vnde aut vbi fui natus
Bot be my treut/z I trow trewlie
Quod sum diabolus Incarnatus
Cum nihill sit certius morte
We man all de mazz pzzt is dome3 10
Nescimus quando vel qua sorte
Nor blind ahane wait of pe mone
1 fantnes in catchword. 2 Here assigned to [ Walter'] Kennedy. 3 Sic.

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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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