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THE TURNAMENT.
183
Be pat the sone wes settand schaftis
And neir done wes pe day
Thair men micht heir schukin1 of schaftis
Quhen pat pai went pair way
Had pair bein mair made of this sang 255
Mair suld I to 30W say
At beltane Ilka bodie bound
To peiblis to the play
ffinis
[L. Dunbar The Turnament2 ;
S.T.S., p. 122.]
Off februar the xv nicht
ffull lang befoir the dayis licht
I lay in till ane trance
And pair I saw bayt& hewin and hell
Metho^t amawgis pe feyndis fell (5)
Mahoun cryit eftir ane daunce
Off schrewis p«t wer never weill schrewin
Aagane1 the feist of fastrounis ewin
To mak pair observance
He bad galandis ga grayt/k ane gyse (10)
[p. 162] And cast vp gawmuwdis to the skyis
of the new vse of france
He bad first play the heyland pad3an
Than ran ane feynd to fetche makfad3an (110)
ffar nort/zwert in ane nuik
Be [he] the corenoche had done schout
Irismen sa gadderit him about
In to hell girt rowme he1 tuik
* Sic.
2 But the opening verses are the first and last stanzas of the “ Dance of the
Sevin Deidly Synnis seepp. 12-13 an^ ante.
183
Be pat the sone wes settand schaftis
And neir done wes pe day
Thair men micht heir schukin1 of schaftis
Quhen pat pai went pair way
Had pair bein mair made of this sang 255
Mair suld I to 30W say
At beltane Ilka bodie bound
To peiblis to the play
ffinis
[L. Dunbar The Turnament2 ;
S.T.S., p. 122.]
Off februar the xv nicht
ffull lang befoir the dayis licht
I lay in till ane trance
And pair I saw bayt& hewin and hell
Metho^t amawgis pe feyndis fell (5)
Mahoun cryit eftir ane daunce
Off schrewis p«t wer never weill schrewin
Aagane1 the feist of fastrounis ewin
To mak pair observance
He bad galandis ga grayt/k ane gyse (10)
[p. 162] And cast vp gawmuwdis to the skyis
of the new vse of france
He bad first play the heyland pad3an
Than ran ane feynd to fetche makfad3an (110)
ffar nort/zwert in ane nuik
Be [he] the corenoche had done schout
Irismen sa gadderit him about
In to hell girt rowme he1 tuik
* Sic.
2 But the opening verses are the first and last stanzas of the “ Dance of the
Sevin Deidly Synnis seepp. 12-13 an^ ante.
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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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