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MAITLAND FOLIO MS.
All nicht I clatter vpoin my creid
prayand to god gif I wer deid
Or ellis out of this warld I wair
Than suld I se for sum remeid
way wourt^ maryage for euirmair 35
3e suld heir tell and he wer gane
That I suld be ane wantoun ane
To leir the law of luiffis layr
In our toun lyk me suld be nane
way wort/2 maryage for evirmair 40
I suld put on my russet gowne
My reid kirtill my hois of broun
[p. 217] And lat pame se my jallow hair
vndir my curche hingand doun
way wourt/2 maryage for evirmair 45
Luffairis bayt/2 suld heir and se
I suld luif pame pat wald luif me
Thair hartis for me suld never be sair
Bot ay vnweddit suld I be
way wourb& maryage for evirmair 50
ffinis (\aod clappertoun
[LXXX. Anon. God
gif I wer wedo now.}
Vnder ane birkin bank me by
I harde ane heynd cheild mak his mane
He sichit and said richt drerelie
Ewill is the wyfif p«t I haue tane
ffor thy to 30W I mak my mane 5
3e tak gude tent quhair pat 3e wow
It is scant ane twelf month gane
God gif I wer wedo now
MAITLAND FOLIO MS.
All nicht I clatter vpoin my creid
prayand to god gif I wer deid
Or ellis out of this warld I wair
Than suld I se for sum remeid
way wourt^ maryage for euirmair 35
3e suld heir tell and he wer gane
That I suld be ane wantoun ane
To leir the law of luiffis layr
In our toun lyk me suld be nane
way wort/2 maryage for evirmair 40
I suld put on my russet gowne
My reid kirtill my hois of broun
[p. 217] And lat pame se my jallow hair
vndir my curche hingand doun
way wourt/2 maryage for evirmair 45
Luffairis bayt/2 suld heir and se
I suld luif pame pat wald luif me
Thair hartis for me suld never be sair
Bot ay vnweddit suld I be
way wourb& maryage for evirmair 50
ffinis (\aod clappertoun
[LXXX. Anon. God
gif I wer wedo now.}
Vnder ane birkin bank me by
I harde ane heynd cheild mak his mane
He sichit and said richt drerelie
Ewill is the wyfif p«t I haue tane
ffor thy to 30W I mak my mane 5
3e tak gude tent quhair pat 3e wow
It is scant ane twelf month gane
God gif I wer wedo now
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Maitland folio manuscript > Volume 1, 1919 > (274) |
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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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