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KING HART.
273
Ressoun ran on quhair at discretioun lay 585
In to ane nuke quhair na ma« culd him find
And wz't/z his kniyf he schure the flesche away
That bred vpone his Ene and maid him blind
Syn gaif he him the thuide ewin behind
Now may pow se get vp no langar ly 590
And scouner nocht to ryd in rane and wynd
Quhair euir I be se pat thow be neir by
[p. 245] The king begout<£ to speik vpone this wyse
ffayr conscience 3c ar to crabbit now
3our souerane and ^our lord for to suppryse 595
Thar is no ma« of gude will 30W allow
Quhat haue I done pat thus hes crabbit 30W
I followit counsale alway for the best
And gif thai war vntrew I dar avow
Natur did mift sic folk apone me cast 600
Nature me bred ane beist in to my nest
And gaif to me 3outhheid first smiitour
That I no fut micht find 1 be eist or west
Bot euir in warde \n tutoarschip and cure
And wantownnes quha wes to me more sure 605
Sic nature to me broc^t and first devysit
Me for to keip fra all misaventure
Quhat blame serve I thus way to be supprysit
3e did greit mift fayr conscience be 3our leif
Gif pat 36 war of kyn and blude to me 610
That sleutAfullie suld lat 3our tyme our sleif
And cum this lait how suld 36 ask 3our fee
The steid is stollin steik the dure lat se
Quhat may avale god wait the stall Is tume
And gif 30 be ane counsalour sle 615
Quhy suld 30 sleut/zfullie 3oar tyme forsume
1 Sic.
VOL. I.
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273
Ressoun ran on quhair at discretioun lay 585
In to ane nuke quhair na ma« culd him find
And wz't/z his kniyf he schure the flesche away
That bred vpone his Ene and maid him blind
Syn gaif he him the thuide ewin behind
Now may pow se get vp no langar ly 590
And scouner nocht to ryd in rane and wynd
Quhair euir I be se pat thow be neir by
[p. 245] The king begout<£ to speik vpone this wyse
ffayr conscience 3c ar to crabbit now
3our souerane and ^our lord for to suppryse 595
Thar is no ma« of gude will 30W allow
Quhat haue I done pat thus hes crabbit 30W
I followit counsale alway for the best
And gif thai war vntrew I dar avow
Natur did mift sic folk apone me cast 600
Nature me bred ane beist in to my nest
And gaif to me 3outhheid first smiitour
That I no fut micht find 1 be eist or west
Bot euir in warde \n tutoarschip and cure
And wantownnes quha wes to me more sure 605
Sic nature to me broc^t and first devysit
Me for to keip fra all misaventure
Quhat blame serve I thus way to be supprysit
3e did greit mift fayr conscience be 3our leif
Gif pat 36 war of kyn and blude to me 610
That sleutAfullie suld lat 3our tyme our sleif
And cum this lait how suld 36 ask 3our fee
The steid is stollin steik the dure lat se
Quhat may avale god wait the stall Is tume
And gif 30 be ane counsalour sle 615
Quhy suld 30 sleut/zfullie 3oar tyme forsume
1 Sic.
VOL. I.
S
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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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| 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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