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HE WIRKIS SORROW TO HIM-SELL.
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Tak 3c no tho^t nor 3it dispair 5
Off this fals warld how ever It fayre
That changeis fassoun everie ^eir
wait nane quhow lang he levis heir
Quhen we beleif it is most stabill
To change on ws it is most able 10
ffortoun so quentlie dois it steir
wait nane how lang he levis heir
ffor quhen we of this cuntre flit
Haue we nocht all alyk of It
Thocht we it by nocht alyk deir 15
wait nane how lang he levis heir
Quhairfoir me think pzzrt is best
That can with treuth be mirryest
ffor angell lyf he gois maist neir
wait nane how lang he levis heir 20
fifinis
[LXXV. Dunbar He wirkis Sorrow
to him-sell; S.T.S., p. 134.]
He pat hes gold and grit ryches
And may be in to myrrynes
And dois glaidnes fra him expell
And levis daylie in distres
He wirkis sorow to him sell • 5
He pat may be but sturt and stryff
And leiff ane lustie pleysand lyff
And syn with maryage dois him mell
And weddis syn ane wickit wyff
He wirkis sorow to him sell
10
239
Tak 3c no tho^t nor 3it dispair 5
Off this fals warld how ever It fayre
That changeis fassoun everie ^eir
wait nane quhow lang he levis heir
Quhen we beleif it is most stabill
To change on ws it is most able 10
ffortoun so quentlie dois it steir
wait nane how lang he levis heir
ffor quhen we of this cuntre flit
Haue we nocht all alyk of It
Thocht we it by nocht alyk deir 15
wait nane how lang he levis heir
Quhairfoir me think pzzrt is best
That can with treuth be mirryest
ffor angell lyf he gois maist neir
wait nane how lang he levis heir 20
fifinis
[LXXV. Dunbar He wirkis Sorrow
to him-sell; S.T.S., p. 134.]
He pat hes gold and grit ryches
And may be in to myrrynes
And dois glaidnes fra him expell
And levis daylie in distres
He wirkis sorow to him sell • 5
He pat may be but sturt and stryff
And leiff ane lustie pleysand lyff
And syn with maryage dois him mell
And weddis syn ane wickit wyff
He wirkis sorow to him sell
10
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Maitland folio manuscript > Volume 1, 1919 > (269) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/107623036 |
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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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