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DREME.
175
Doun in ane medow besyd ane busk of mynt 55
I socht my self and I wes sewin 3eir tynt
3it in the mist I fand me on the morne
I harde ane pvnder blaw ane elriche home
And syn besyd me on ane fair medow grein
I saw thre quhyt quhalis semlie to be sene 60
Thair thidder1 stakis wer maid of grene gerft hair
Off meige schankis baytA cleinlie quhyt and fair
Thair teddir staikis war maid weill greit to graip
with silkin chalkillis and swollis of quhyt saip
The pvnder ran fast for to fynd 65
Thir quhalis thre vpon the gerft2 to pynd
he had ane clak 1 weill maid and wounder meit
Off ganand grayt^ of gud raw girdill feit
Ane cleinlie clouk maid of ge courtlie wyse
Off emot skynnis wzt/z mony kithis and plyis 70
Ane payr of hoift maid of ane auld milne hopper
Ane pair of courtlie schone of copper
Ane heckit hvde maid of the wyld wode saige
Traist ^e weill this pvnder thoc^t him na page
He bair ane club gert mony carle be coy 75
Maid of ane auld burde of the ark of noy
He draif pir thre quhalis to ane ley
Ane him swelliet and bair him to ye se
And pair he leiffit of lempettis in hir wame
Quhill harvist tyme pat hirdis draif pame hame 80
Be this wes done pe tother tua quhalis returnit
To swellie me I gret I dulit I murnit
Me thocht I fled and throw ane park couth paft
And walknit syne quhair trow 30 pat I wes
Doun on ane hie slaik and gat ane felloun faw 85
And lay betwein ane pitchar and ane waw
As wyffis cozzzmendis pis dreme I will cozzclude
[p. 155] God and the rude mot turne it all to gude
Gar fill the cop for this auld carlingzk clamis
That gentill aill is all the3 caus of dremis 90
1 Sic. 2 behind deleted here. 3 gude of deleted here.
175
Doun in ane medow besyd ane busk of mynt 55
I socht my self and I wes sewin 3eir tynt
3it in the mist I fand me on the morne
I harde ane pvnder blaw ane elriche home
And syn besyd me on ane fair medow grein
I saw thre quhyt quhalis semlie to be sene 60
Thair thidder1 stakis wer maid of grene gerft hair
Off meige schankis baytA cleinlie quhyt and fair
Thair teddir staikis war maid weill greit to graip
with silkin chalkillis and swollis of quhyt saip
The pvnder ran fast for to fynd 65
Thir quhalis thre vpon the gerft2 to pynd
he had ane clak 1 weill maid and wounder meit
Off ganand grayt^ of gud raw girdill feit
Ane cleinlie clouk maid of ge courtlie wyse
Off emot skynnis wzt/z mony kithis and plyis 70
Ane payr of hoift maid of ane auld milne hopper
Ane pair of courtlie schone of copper
Ane heckit hvde maid of the wyld wode saige
Traist ^e weill this pvnder thoc^t him na page
He bair ane club gert mony carle be coy 75
Maid of ane auld burde of the ark of noy
He draif pir thre quhalis to ane ley
Ane him swelliet and bair him to ye se
And pair he leiffit of lempettis in hir wame
Quhill harvist tyme pat hirdis draif pame hame 80
Be this wes done pe tother tua quhalis returnit
To swellie me I gret I dulit I murnit
Me thocht I fled and throw ane park couth paft
And walknit syne quhair trow 30 pat I wes
Doun on ane hie slaik and gat ane felloun faw 85
And lay betwein ane pitchar and ane waw
As wyffis cozzzmendis pis dreme I will cozzclude
[p. 155] God and the rude mot turne it all to gude
Gar fill the cop for this auld carlingzk clamis
That gentill aill is all the3 caus of dremis 90
1 Sic. 2 behind deleted here. 3 gude of deleted here.
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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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