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PROVERBIAL MAXIMS.
159
I will na preistis for me sing
Dies ilia dies Ire 110
Nor 3et no bellis for me ring
Sicut solet semper fiere
Bot ane bag pyp to play ane spring
et vnu;/z ailwisp ante me
In steid of baneir for to bring 115
quatuor lagenas servicie
wz't/zin the graif to set sic thing
In modum crucis iuxta me
To fle pe dewill pan hardelie sing
De terra plasmasti me 120
finis quod kennedie
[XLV. Anon. Proverbial Maxims;
Bann. MS., fol. 134 b.]
139] Mony maw makis ryme and luikis to na ressoun
Ane king seikand tressoun he may find land
Traist nocht in the band pat is oft brokin
Quhen ane fule hes spokin he hes all done
The maw suld haue Irne schone suld byd ane vther
mawnis deid 5
Quhen the fait is in the heid the mewzberis ar seik
Ane womaw thocht scho seme meik scho is ewill to
knaw
Mony maw glosis the law oft aganis pe pure
He pat spendis his gude on ane hure hes baytA
skayt/z and schame
He pat can nocht gang hame he is ane pure maw 10
Ane maw quhen he began suld think on the end
He pat glaydlie wald spend suld preift for to win
Comuwlie still syn makis loud schame
Better is gud name pan ewill wone geir
Quha vsis maist for to sweir Is rvocht best trowit 15
Ane tre is eith bowit quhen pat it is 3oung
159
I will na preistis for me sing
Dies ilia dies Ire 110
Nor 3et no bellis for me ring
Sicut solet semper fiere
Bot ane bag pyp to play ane spring
et vnu;/z ailwisp ante me
In steid of baneir for to bring 115
quatuor lagenas servicie
wz't/zin the graif to set sic thing
In modum crucis iuxta me
To fle pe dewill pan hardelie sing
De terra plasmasti me 120
finis quod kennedie
[XLV. Anon. Proverbial Maxims;
Bann. MS., fol. 134 b.]
139] Mony maw makis ryme and luikis to na ressoun
Ane king seikand tressoun he may find land
Traist nocht in the band pat is oft brokin
Quhen ane fule hes spokin he hes all done
The maw suld haue Irne schone suld byd ane vther
mawnis deid 5
Quhen the fait is in the heid the mewzberis ar seik
Ane womaw thocht scho seme meik scho is ewill to
knaw
Mony maw glosis the law oft aganis pe pure
He pat spendis his gude on ane hure hes baytA
skayt/z and schame
He pat can nocht gang hame he is ane pure maw 10
Ane maw quhen he began suld think on the end
He pat glaydlie wald spend suld preift for to win
Comuwlie still syn makis loud schame
Better is gud name pan ewill wone geir
Quha vsis maist for to sweir Is rvocht best trowit 15
Ane tre is eith bowit quhen pat it is 3oung
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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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