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OF DISCRETIOUN IN TAKING.
293
Thir merchandis takis vnlesum win
Qz^z'lk makis pair pakkis oftymes full thin
Be pair successioun 3c may see
That ill won geir Riches not pe kin
In taking etc 20
Sum takis vper mennis takkis
and to pe pure Oppressioun makis
he never Rememberis pat he mon die
QnhiW pat pe gallous gar him rax
In taking etc 25
Pairt takis be sey and part be land
and parte fra taking can not hald his hand
QuhiW he be titt vpe on ane tre
and pan pai gar him vnderstand
In taking suld etc 30
Sum wald tak all pis warld on breid 36
and not 3it can be satisfeid
Throw harte insatiable and gredie
Sum wald tak litle and can not speid
In taking sould discretioun be 40
[p. 262] Sum wald tak all his nyc/kbouris geir 31
had he of man als litle feir
As he dois god quha dois him see
To tak it all he wald not forbeir
In taking etc 35
Stude I na mair aw of man nor god 36
Than suld I tak bayt/z ewin and od
ane end of all thing pat I see
Sic iustice is not worthe ane clod
In taking etc 40
293
Thir merchandis takis vnlesum win
Qz^z'lk makis pair pakkis oftymes full thin
Be pair successioun 3c may see
That ill won geir Riches not pe kin
In taking etc 20
Sum takis vper mennis takkis
and to pe pure Oppressioun makis
he never Rememberis pat he mon die
QnhiW pat pe gallous gar him rax
In taking etc 25
Pairt takis be sey and part be land
and parte fra taking can not hald his hand
QuhiW he be titt vpe on ane tre
and pan pai gar him vnderstand
In taking suld etc 30
Sum wald tak all pis warld on breid 36
and not 3it can be satisfeid
Throw harte insatiable and gredie
Sum wald tak litle and can not speid
In taking sould discretioun be 40
[p. 262] Sum wald tak all his nyc/kbouris geir 31
had he of man als litle feir
As he dois god quha dois him see
To tak it all he wald not forbeir
In taking etc 35
Stude I na mair aw of man nor god 36
Than suld I tak bayt/z ewin and od
ane end of all thing pat I see
Sic iustice is not worthe ane clod
In taking etc 40
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Maitland folio manuscript > Volume 1, 1919 > (325) |
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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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