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MAITLAND FOLIO MS.
I sail wey bayt& in ane Ballance
Wynnmg and skayt& I sail we bayb& 10
ffor god will grayt^ his purviance
I sail we baythe in ane ballance
Eift or deiseis as god will send
alyke sail pleis, eift or diseift
Ay till obeyft quhill lyf mak end 15
Eyft or diseyft as god sail send
Quhat mendis it a man to mwrne
In syte to sit, quhat mendis it
ffor or men witt, pis warld will turne
Quhat mendis it a man to mwrne1 20
Explicit
[CXXXIV. Dunbar A Brash
of Wowing; S.T. S., p. 247.]
In Secreit place pis hyndir nycht
I hard ane beyrne say till ane bricht
My hwny my hart my hoip my heill
I haue bene lang 3our luifar leill
And can of 30W get confort nane 5
How lang will 30 •whh danger deill
3c brek my hart my bony ane
His bony beird wes kemmit and croppit
Bot all with cale it was bedroppit
And he wes townysche peirt and gukit 10
He clappit fast he kist and chukkit
As with pe glaikis he wer ouirgane
3it be his feirris he wald haue fukkit
3e brek my hart my bony ane
1 The Bannatyne copy has two additional verses here.
I sail wey bayt& in ane Ballance
Wynnmg and skayt& I sail we bayb& 10
ffor god will grayt^ his purviance
I sail we baythe in ane ballance
Eift or deiseis as god will send
alyke sail pleis, eift or diseift
Ay till obeyft quhill lyf mak end 15
Eyft or diseyft as god sail send
Quhat mendis it a man to mwrne
In syte to sit, quhat mendis it
ffor or men witt, pis warld will turne
Quhat mendis it a man to mwrne1 20
Explicit
[CXXXIV. Dunbar A Brash
of Wowing; S.T. S., p. 247.]
In Secreit place pis hyndir nycht
I hard ane beyrne say till ane bricht
My hwny my hart my hoip my heill
I haue bene lang 3our luifar leill
And can of 30W get confort nane 5
How lang will 30 •whh danger deill
3c brek my hart my bony ane
His bony beird wes kemmit and croppit
Bot all with cale it was bedroppit
And he wes townysche peirt and gukit 10
He clappit fast he kist and chukkit
As with pe glaikis he wer ouirgane
3it be his feirris he wald haue fukkit
3e brek my hart my bony ane
1 The Bannatyne copy has two additional verses here.
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Maitland folio manuscript > Volume 1, 1919 > (402) |
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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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