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MAITLAND FOLIO MS.
Be I ane lady fresche and fair
wz‘t& gentill men makand repair
Than will thai say bayt^ scho and he
That I am lapit lait and ayr
Thus sail I noc^t vndemit be 20
Be I ane court ma« or ane kny^t
Honestlie cled as cuMmis richt
Ane prydfull ma« pan call thay me
Bot god send pame ane widdie wicht
That can noo^t lat pair demizzg be 25
1 And be I ornat in my speiche
Than towsie sayis I am so striche
I speik nocht lyk pair hous mein3e
Suppois hir mouth mister ane leiche
3it can scho noz^t lat demizzg be 35
Bot wist pir folkis pzzt vperis demis
How pat pair sawis to vperis semis
Thair vicious wourdis and vanite
Thair traitling toungis p<2t all furt^ temis
Sum tyme wald lat pair demmg be 40
War noc/zt the mater wald grow mair
To wirk vengeance on ane demair
But dout I wald caus mony de
And mony catif end in cair
Or sum tym lat pair demizzg be 45
[p. 170] lames the ferd our nobill king
Quhen he wes of his ^eiris 3ing
In sentence said full suttellie
Do weill and set nor/zt by demizzg
ffor [na] man sail vndemit be 50
1 Be I lytill of stature precedes, but is deleted.
MAITLAND FOLIO MS.
Be I ane lady fresche and fair
wz‘t& gentill men makand repair
Than will thai say bayt^ scho and he
That I am lapit lait and ayr
Thus sail I noc^t vndemit be 20
Be I ane court ma« or ane kny^t
Honestlie cled as cuMmis richt
Ane prydfull ma« pan call thay me
Bot god send pame ane widdie wicht
That can noo^t lat pair demizzg be 25
1 And be I ornat in my speiche
Than towsie sayis I am so striche
I speik nocht lyk pair hous mein3e
Suppois hir mouth mister ane leiche
3it can scho noz^t lat demizzg be 35
Bot wist pir folkis pzzt vperis demis
How pat pair sawis to vperis semis
Thair vicious wourdis and vanite
Thair traitling toungis p<2t all furt^ temis
Sum tyme wald lat pair demmg be 40
War noc/zt the mater wald grow mair
To wirk vengeance on ane demair
But dout I wald caus mony de
And mony catif end in cair
Or sum tym lat pair demizzg be 45
[p. 170] lames the ferd our nobill king
Quhen he wes of his ^eiris 3ing
In sentence said full suttellie
Do weill and set nor/zt by demizzg
ffor [na] man sail vndemit be 50
1 Be I lytill of stature precedes, but is deleted.
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Maitland folio manuscript > Volume 1, 1919 > (222) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/107622472 |
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| Shelfmark | SCS.STES2.7 |
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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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| Shelfmark | SCS.STES2.7, 20 |
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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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| Description | Full text versions of historical texts dating from the 12th to the 19th century. Edited by the Abbotsford, Bannatyne, Grampian, Hunterian, Spalding and New Spalding Clubs, and also the Scottish Text, Spottiswoode and Wodrow Societies. Critical printed editions of manuscripts, including church records, state papers, correspondence, memoirs, diaries, legends and literary texts. |
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