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MAITLAND FOLIO MS.
[CXXX. Anon. The muming
Maiden; P., p.205.]
Stiii vndir pe levis grene
This hindir day I went alone
I hard ane May sair mwrne and meyne
To pe king of luif Scho maid hir mone
Soho sychtit sely soir 5
Said lord I luif pi loir
Mair wo dreit never woman one
0 langsum lyfe and pow war gone
Than sould I mwrne no moir
As rid gold wyir schynit hir hair 10
And all in grene pe May scho glaid
Ane bent bow in hir hand scho bair
vndir hir belt war arrowis braid
I followit on pat fre
That semelie wes to se 15
Withe still mwrning hir mone scho maid
That bird vnder a bank scho baid
And lenyt hir to ane tre
Wanweird scho said quhat haue I wrocht
That on me kythit hes all pis cair 20
Trew lufe so deir I haue pe bocht
Certis so sail I do na mair
Sen pat I go begyld
wz‘t/z ane pat faythe hes fyld
That garris me oft syis sicht full sair 25
and walk amang pe holtis hair
wzt/zin pe woddis wyld
[p. 303] The grit disase for luif I dre
Thair is no toung can tell pe wo
1 luif pe lufe pat luifis not me
I may not mend bot mwrning mo
30
MAITLAND FOLIO MS.
[CXXX. Anon. The muming
Maiden; P., p.205.]
Stiii vndir pe levis grene
This hindir day I went alone
I hard ane May sair mwrne and meyne
To pe king of luif Scho maid hir mone
Soho sychtit sely soir 5
Said lord I luif pi loir
Mair wo dreit never woman one
0 langsum lyfe and pow war gone
Than sould I mwrne no moir
As rid gold wyir schynit hir hair 10
And all in grene pe May scho glaid
Ane bent bow in hir hand scho bair
vndir hir belt war arrowis braid
I followit on pat fre
That semelie wes to se 15
Withe still mwrning hir mone scho maid
That bird vnder a bank scho baid
And lenyt hir to ane tre
Wanweird scho said quhat haue I wrocht
That on me kythit hes all pis cair 20
Trew lufe so deir I haue pe bocht
Certis so sail I do na mair
Sen pat I go begyld
wz‘t/z ane pat faythe hes fyld
That garris me oft syis sicht full sair 25
and walk amang pe holtis hair
wzt/zin pe woddis wyld
[p. 303] The grit disase for luif I dre
Thair is no toung can tell pe wo
1 luif pe lufe pat luifis not me
I may not mend bot mwrning mo
30
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Maitland folio manuscript > Volume 1, 1919 > (394) |
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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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