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KING HART.
2/7
With this bevvtie come in the kingw sicht
full reverendlie scho knelit in his presence
Dame plesance sayis ftz'r p«t 30 do vnricht 715
Durst I it say vnto 30U1- hie reuerence
3e haue displesit hir hie magnificence
That suld lat conscience in hir castell cum
He is hir fo and dois hir grit offence
And ofttymes can hir fWuitouris ouercome 720
[p. 249] Thairwzt/z the king vpstart and turnit abak
On conscience and all his court in feir
And to the quene the richt way can he tak
ffull suddanlie in armis hint the cleir
Scho wryit about to kyft scho wes full sweir 725
Than he agane full fayrlie to hir spak
No be 1 no wraith wzt^ me my lady deir
ffor as I may I sail 30W mirrie mak
Thocht conscience and wisdome me to keip
Be cu«ni«g both I sail thame weill begyle 730
ffor trewlie quhen thai ar gone to sleip
I salbe heir wzt^in ane bony quhyle
My solace sail I sleylies thus our syle
Richt sail noo&t rest me alway wzt/z his rewle
Thocht I be quhylum bowsum as ane waile 2 735
I salbe cruikit quhill I mak rewle 2
Dame plesance [said] my freyndis now ar flede
The lusty folk pat 30 iuxth with 30W brocht
Methink thir carlis ar noz^t courtlie clede
Quhat loy haue I of pame I compt thame noz:/zt 740
3outhheid and fresche delyte micht thai be broc/zt
ffor with thair ftzruice I am richt weill kend
fayne wald I that 3c send men and pame socht
all thocht It war vnto the warldis ende
1 now deleted here.
2 Sic.
2/7
With this bevvtie come in the kingw sicht
full reverendlie scho knelit in his presence
Dame plesance sayis ftz'r p«t 30 do vnricht 715
Durst I it say vnto 30U1- hie reuerence
3e haue displesit hir hie magnificence
That suld lat conscience in hir castell cum
He is hir fo and dois hir grit offence
And ofttymes can hir fWuitouris ouercome 720
[p. 249] Thairwzt/z the king vpstart and turnit abak
On conscience and all his court in feir
And to the quene the richt way can he tak
ffull suddanlie in armis hint the cleir
Scho wryit about to kyft scho wes full sweir 725
Than he agane full fayrlie to hir spak
No be 1 no wraith wzt^ me my lady deir
ffor as I may I sail 30W mirrie mak
Thocht conscience and wisdome me to keip
Be cu«ni«g both I sail thame weill begyle 730
ffor trewlie quhen thai ar gone to sleip
I salbe heir wzt^in ane bony quhyle
My solace sail I sleylies thus our syle
Richt sail noo&t rest me alway wzt/z his rewle
Thocht I be quhylum bowsum as ane waile 2 735
I salbe cruikit quhill I mak rewle 2
Dame plesance [said] my freyndis now ar flede
The lusty folk pat 30 iuxth with 30W brocht
Methink thir carlis ar noz^t courtlie clede
Quhat loy haue I of pame I compt thame noz:/zt 740
3outhheid and fresche delyte micht thai be broc/zt
ffor with thair ftzruice I am richt weill kend
fayne wald I that 3c send men and pame socht
all thocht It war vnto the warldis ende
1 now deleted here.
2 Sic.
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Maitland folio manuscript > Volume 1, 1919 > (309) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/107623516 |
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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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