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HOW SOULD I GOVERNE ME? 389
And gif Sum tyme rewarde gif1 I 36
• Than haue pai malice and Invy
And Secreitlie on me pai lie
And dois me sklandir privaly
lord god how sould I gowerne me 40
And gif I be not wele besene 26
Than twa and twa sayis pame betwene
Euill gydit is ^on man par de
Be his clething it may be sene
lord god how sould I gowerne me 30
[p. 324] Gif I be sene in court om lang
Than will pai quhispir pame amang
My freindA ar not worthe ane fle
That I sa lang but gwerdon gang
Lord god how sould I gowerne me 35
How sould my gyding be devysit 41
giff I spend litle I am dispysit
Be I courtas nobill and fre
A prodigall man pan am I prysit
Lord god how sould I governe me 45
Sen all is lugit baytA gud and 111
And no ma^nis tovng I may had still
To do pe best my mynd salbe
Lat euerie man say quhat he will
The gratious god mot governe me 50
Quod Dumbar
1 Sic.
And gif Sum tyme rewarde gif1 I 36
• Than haue pai malice and Invy
And Secreitlie on me pai lie
And dois me sklandir privaly
lord god how sould I gowerne me 40
And gif I be not wele besene 26
Than twa and twa sayis pame betwene
Euill gydit is ^on man par de
Be his clething it may be sene
lord god how sould I gowerne me 30
[p. 324] Gif I be sene in court om lang
Than will pai quhispir pame amang
My freindA ar not worthe ane fle
That I sa lang but gwerdon gang
Lord god how sould I gowerne me 35
How sould my gyding be devysit 41
giff I spend litle I am dispysit
Be I courtas nobill and fre
A prodigall man pan am I prysit
Lord god how sould I governe me 45
Sen all is lugit baytA gud and 111
And no ma^nis tovng I may had still
To do pe best my mynd salbe
Lat euerie man say quhat he will
The gratious god mot governe me 50
Quod Dumbar
1 Sic.
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Maitland folio manuscript > Volume 1, 1919 > (423) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/107624884 |
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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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