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276 MAITLAND FOLIO MS.
Honour he raid the castell round about
vpon ane steid pat vves all quhyt as milk
In 1 eis thairin cryit he wzt/j ane sellout
Dame plesance spak hir face hid wz't^ ane silk
He is ane gou^rnour of ouxis pat Ilk 685
wit said cum in full welcum to thir wanis
I compt no^t all ^ozzr werkzk wirth ane wilk
je sail nocht herbrie me and eis at an is
[p. 248] Wirschip of weir come on the tother syde
vpon ane syd 1 rampand wes reid as blude 690
He cryit on strenth cum out mazz be my gyde
I can no^t ryde out our this water woude
Dame plesance harde and on hir wayis scho ^eid 1
Richt to the king and bad him strenth arreist
I wald noz:/zt ftz’r for mekle warldlie gude 695
want strent/z ane hour quhen euir we go to feist
In all disport he may ws gritlie vaill
Gif him na leif bot hald him quhill 36 may
The king full weill had harde dame plesance taill
And strenth he hes arreistit be the way 700
Abyde he said we sail ane vther day
seik wirschip at our will and ws avance
I dreid me sair ftzr strenth of pat delay
ffor armes hes both happie tyme and chance
l
Strenth said now I am grene and in my flouris 705
fayne wald I follow wirschip and I micht
for gif I byde in fayt^ the fait is 3ouris
I man obey to 30W sen pat is richt
Now se I weill dame plesance hes grit slicht
And fy on eis pat haldis honozzr out 710
He is the man micht bring ws all to hicht
lo quhair he rydis bakwart with his route
1 Sic.
Honour he raid the castell round about
vpon ane steid pat vves all quhyt as milk
In 1 eis thairin cryit he wzt/j ane sellout
Dame plesance spak hir face hid wz't^ ane silk
He is ane gou^rnour of ouxis pat Ilk 685
wit said cum in full welcum to thir wanis
I compt no^t all ^ozzr werkzk wirth ane wilk
je sail nocht herbrie me and eis at an is
[p. 248] Wirschip of weir come on the tother syde
vpon ane syd 1 rampand wes reid as blude 690
He cryit on strenth cum out mazz be my gyde
I can no^t ryde out our this water woude
Dame plesance harde and on hir wayis scho ^eid 1
Richt to the king and bad him strenth arreist
I wald noz:/zt ftz’r for mekle warldlie gude 695
want strent/z ane hour quhen euir we go to feist
In all disport he may ws gritlie vaill
Gif him na leif bot hald him quhill 36 may
The king full weill had harde dame plesance taill
And strenth he hes arreistit be the way 700
Abyde he said we sail ane vther day
seik wirschip at our will and ws avance
I dreid me sair ftzr strenth of pat delay
ffor armes hes both happie tyme and chance
l
Strenth said now I am grene and in my flouris 705
fayne wald I follow wirschip and I micht
for gif I byde in fayt^ the fait is 3ouris
I man obey to 30W sen pat is richt
Now se I weill dame plesance hes grit slicht
And fy on eis pat haldis honozzr out 710
He is the man micht bring ws all to hicht
lo quhair he rydis bakwart with his route
1 Sic.
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Maitland folio manuscript > Volume 1, 1919 > (308) |
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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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