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THINK ON THY END.
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Remember maw quha may bald deid agane
The tyme passis and deid drawis neir 10
Thair is na mawheid nor riches in certane
wisdome siluer gold or vther geir
Quhen d[e]id callis may lat it to compeir
In blis or bale paw maw thow wend to wyne
Amend thy mift quhill thow art levand heir 15
Think on thy end and thow sail never syn
ffy on this warldis fals prosperite
fy on pe ryches pat lestis bot ane quhyle
To erdlie loy ay sorow sickerlie
Succedis sone and settis in exile 20
All warldlie welth pat waverand is and vyle
And we it wist we wald no^t pryse ane pyn
Nor for na gold our sellie sowle to fyle
Think on thy end and thow sail never syn
Quhen deid callis pan seiknes will the assaill 25
Ane pat sudandlie drawis the till ane end
Arme the weill or ellis thy sicht will faill
Aganis the feynd thy fayth the to defend
wft/z contrit hart schaip first thy mift to amend
Confeft the clein restoir all wrawgis win 30
ffor of this warld thow maw paft hyn and wend
Think on thy end and pow sail never syn
Off all fulis maist fule he is
That for the plesour of the caryoun
Causis the saull to tyne pe lestand blis 35
Off paradyce duelland in damnatioun
Bot wormes meit and cankerit corruptioun
In thy corps heir pat thy delyt is in
Now send me Jesu for thy bitter passioun
Ane blissit end and sauf my saull fra syn
ffinis
40
251
Remember maw quha may bald deid agane
The tyme passis and deid drawis neir 10
Thair is na mawheid nor riches in certane
wisdome siluer gold or vther geir
Quhen d[e]id callis may lat it to compeir
In blis or bale paw maw thow wend to wyne
Amend thy mift quhill thow art levand heir 15
Think on thy end and thow sail never syn
ffy on this warldis fals prosperite
fy on pe ryches pat lestis bot ane quhyle
To erdlie loy ay sorow sickerlie
Succedis sone and settis in exile 20
All warldlie welth pat waverand is and vyle
And we it wist we wald no^t pryse ane pyn
Nor for na gold our sellie sowle to fyle
Think on thy end and thow sail never syn
Quhen deid callis pan seiknes will the assaill 25
Ane pat sudandlie drawis the till ane end
Arme the weill or ellis thy sicht will faill
Aganis the feynd thy fayth the to defend
wft/z contrit hart schaip first thy mift to amend
Confeft the clein restoir all wrawgis win 30
ffor of this warld thow maw paft hyn and wend
Think on thy end and pow sail never syn
Off all fulis maist fule he is
That for the plesour of the caryoun
Causis the saull to tyne pe lestand blis 35
Off paradyce duelland in damnatioun
Bot wormes meit and cankerit corruptioun
In thy corps heir pat thy delyt is in
Now send me Jesu for thy bitter passioun
Ane blissit end and sauf my saull fra syn
ffinis
40
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Maitland folio manuscript > Volume 1, 1919 > (281) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/107623180 |
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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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