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MAITLAND FOLIO MS.
The moir pai speik, pe sonar ar thai spyit 25
The moir pai lie, ^our lak wilbe pe left
The moir pai talk, pe treut/fc is sonar tryit
The moir planelie pair poysone pai expres
The les pai cans pair credeit to incres
The moir pai wirk, pe les pair vvark avvancis 30
The moir thai preis ^our praysis to oppres
The gritter of ^our gloir 1 is pe glancift
Do quhat 3c dow detractouris ay will deme 30U
Quhais crafte is to calumpniat but cans
Bakbyttarris ay be brutis will blaspheme 30U 35
althocht pe contrair all pe cwntrie knais
And wald 3e warde 30W vpe betwne 1 tua wais
3it so 3e sail not frome pair sayingis save 30U
Bot gif pai see 3e sussie of pair sais
Blasone pai will how ever 3e behaue 30U 40
Gif 3e be secreit, sad, and solitair
Peirtlie pai speik pat privalie 36 play
And gif in public places 3c repair
3c seik to see and to be sein thai say
war 3e a sanct, pai suld suspect 30W ay 45
Be 30 humane om humill pai will hald 30U
gif 3e beir strange pai 30W esteme our stay
And trows it is 30, or ellis sum hes it tald 30U
[p. 258] Gif 3e be blythe 3our lychtnes pai will lak
Gif 3e be grave 3our gravite is chekit 5°
Gif 36 lyk musik mirthe or myrrie mak
Thai sweir 30 feill ane string and bownis to brek it
gif 36 be seik sum slychtis ar suspectit
And all 3our sairris callit secreit swn3eis
Dais2 thai dispyte, and be 3e daylie deckit 55
Persaue pai say pe papingo pat prwn3eis
1 Sic,
2 Altered to Thais.
MAITLAND FOLIO MS.
The moir pai speik, pe sonar ar thai spyit 25
The moir pai lie, ^our lak wilbe pe left
The moir pai talk, pe treut/fc is sonar tryit
The moir planelie pair poysone pai expres
The les pai cans pair credeit to incres
The moir pai wirk, pe les pair vvark avvancis 30
The moir thai preis ^our praysis to oppres
The gritter of ^our gloir 1 is pe glancift
Do quhat 3c dow detractouris ay will deme 30U
Quhais crafte is to calumpniat but cans
Bakbyttarris ay be brutis will blaspheme 30U 35
althocht pe contrair all pe cwntrie knais
And wald 3e warde 30W vpe betwne 1 tua wais
3it so 3e sail not frome pair sayingis save 30U
Bot gif pai see 3e sussie of pair sais
Blasone pai will how ever 3e behaue 30U 40
Gif 3e be secreit, sad, and solitair
Peirtlie pai speik pat privalie 36 play
And gif in public places 3c repair
3c seik to see and to be sein thai say
war 3e a sanct, pai suld suspect 30W ay 45
Be 30 humane om humill pai will hald 30U
gif 3e beir strange pai 30W esteme our stay
And trows it is 30, or ellis sum hes it tald 30U
[p. 258] Gif 3e be blythe 3our lychtnes pai will lak
Gif 3e be grave 3our gravite is chekit 5°
Gif 36 lyk musik mirthe or myrrie mak
Thai sweir 30 feill ane string and bownis to brek it
gif 36 be seik sum slychtis ar suspectit
And all 3our sairris callit secreit swn3eis
Dais2 thai dispyte, and be 3e daylie deckit 55
Persaue pai say pe papingo pat prwn3eis
1 Sic,
2 Altered to Thais.
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Maitland folio manuscript > Volume 1, 1919 > (318) |
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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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