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MAITLAND FOLIO MS.
Quhy will 3e now commit sa grit offence
Agane all ressoun and gude conscience
To tyne 3our nychtbour 3our kynnismew and 3o«r
freindis
ffor gredynes of ony land or teyndis
And to pe pure to do sic violence 35
Than cwmis in Sfr gredynes belyve
wft^ pir wordis away kyndnes to dryve
Quhat is scho pis can paynt sa fair ane taile
sa far agane 3our proffeit and availe
get scho credence scho will stope 30W to thryve 40
And 30 hir counsale owder do or heir
3e will not conqueis mekle land or geir
put hir away and mell wz’t& hir na1 mair
withe pat pai keist dame kyndnes om pe stair
And gredynes pan held hir ay a-reir 45
Quhone dame kyndnes wes rebutit sa
pan chirrite and dame petie can ga
And said it is ane verrie wickit deid
To tak pi nychbouris maling ouir his heid
And wz't/z grit rigour baneis paim pairfra 50
And als it is aganis godis command
ffor to desyre 30ur nychtbouris geir or land
withe violence to put ane pure man oute
god will 30U plaig pairfore wz'L&outin doute
Bot gif 36 mend 36 sail not chaip his hand 55
Than gredynes said withe ane sturtsum cheir
Quhat mekle deill brocht pir tuay harlatis heir
ffurthe at pe dur he schot pame quyt away
And syne he said and 3c wald heir pir tuay
3e wald not purches mekle land pis 3eir 60
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MAITLAND FOLIO MS.
Quhy will 3e now commit sa grit offence
Agane all ressoun and gude conscience
To tyne 3our nychtbour 3our kynnismew and 3o«r
freindis
ffor gredynes of ony land or teyndis
And to pe pure to do sic violence 35
Than cwmis in Sfr gredynes belyve
wft^ pir wordis away kyndnes to dryve
Quhat is scho pis can paynt sa fair ane taile
sa far agane 3our proffeit and availe
get scho credence scho will stope 30W to thryve 40
And 30 hir counsale owder do or heir
3e will not conqueis mekle land or geir
put hir away and mell wz’t& hir na1 mair
withe pat pai keist dame kyndnes om pe stair
And gredynes pan held hir ay a-reir 45
Quhone dame kyndnes wes rebutit sa
pan chirrite and dame petie can ga
And said it is ane verrie wickit deid
To tak pi nychbouris maling ouir his heid
And wz't/z grit rigour baneis paim pairfra 50
And als it is aganis godis command
ffor to desyre 30ur nychtbouris geir or land
withe violence to put ane pure man oute
god will 30U plaig pairfore wz'L&outin doute
Bot gif 36 mend 36 sail not chaip his hand 55
Than gredynes said withe ane sturtsum cheir
Quhat mekle deill brocht pir tuay harlatis heir
ffurthe at pe dur he schot pame quyt away
And syne he said and 3c wald heir pir tuay
3e wald not purches mekle land pis 3eir 60
1 Interlined.
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Maitland folio manuscript > Volume 1, 1919 > (350) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/107624008 |
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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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| Description | Full text versions of historical texts dating from the 12th to the 19th century. Edited by the Abbotsford, Bannatyne, Grampian, Hunterian, Spalding and New Spalding Clubs, and also the Scottish Text, Spottiswoode and Wodrow Societies. Critical printed editions of manuscripts, including church records, state papers, correspondence, memoirs, diaries, legends and literary texts. |
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