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WA WORTH MARYAGE.
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[LXXIX. Clapperton JVa
worth Maryage ; P., p. 135.]
In bowdoun on blak monimday
Quhen all was gadderit to the play
Bayt^ men and women semblit pair
I hard ane sweit ane sicht and say
way wort/* maryage for evermair 5
Madinis ^e may haue grit plesance
ffor to do venus obs^ruance
Thocht I inclusit be wz't/2 cair
That I dar nother sing nor dance
wa wort& maryage for euirmair 10
Quhen I was ane madein ^ing
[p. 216] lichtlie wald I dance and sing
And sport and play bayt^ lait and air
Now dar I no^t luik to sic thing
way wourt/z maryage for evirmair 15
Thus am I bundin out of blis
On to ane churle sayis I am his
That I dar noz:/zt luik our the stair
Scantlie to gif ftzr lohne ane kis
wa wort/z maryage for evirmair 20
Now war I ane madin as I wes
To mak me lady of the baft
And thocht pat I wer never so fayr
To weddin suld I never paft
way wort^ maryage for evirmair 25
Thus am I thirlit on to ane schrew
quhilk dow nothing of chalm^r glew
Off bowre bourding bayt^ bask and bair
God wayt gif I haue caus to rew
way wourt/z maryage for evirmair
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Volume 1, 1919
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1919-1927 - Maitland folio manuscript
DescriptionContaining 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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