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THE THRE DEID POWIS.
395
O wilfull pryd pe rute of all distres
Withe humill hart vpone oure powis pens
Man for pi mift ask mercye wz't£ meiknes 35
Aganis dethe may no man mak defence
The empreozzr for all his excellence
King and quene and eik all vper stait
Pure and ryche salbe1 but difference
Be turnd in aft and pus in erthe translait 40
The questioun quha can absolue lat se
Quhat physnymozzr or perfyte palmystar
Quha wes fairrest or fowlest of ws thre
Or <\uhi\V. of ws be kyn wes gentillar
Or maist expert in science or in lair 45
In art mwsik or astronomye
Heir still sould be ^our studie and repair
And think xych\. sure as pus all heidzk man ly
[p. 328] O febill aige ay drawand neir pi dait
O dulye dethe pat hes pi dayis compleit 50
Behald oure heidis for mzzrning and regrait
ffall on pi kneis ask grace at god and greit
Wzt^ orisionis 1 and holie psalmis sweit
Beseikand him on pe to haue mm:ye
And of oure saulis bydand pe Decreit 55
Off his godheid to rew and glorife
Als we exhort pat everie man mortale
ffor his saik pat maid of nocht all thing
ffor m^rcy Cry and pray in generall
To lesus chryst of hevyn and erd pe king 60
Throw 3our prayar that we and 36 may Regnne
withe pe hie fadir be pe eternite
The sone alswa pe holy gaist condigne
Thre knit in ane be perfyte vnite
Quod Mr Robert Henrysoun
1 Sic.
395
O wilfull pryd pe rute of all distres
Withe humill hart vpone oure powis pens
Man for pi mift ask mercye wz't£ meiknes 35
Aganis dethe may no man mak defence
The empreozzr for all his excellence
King and quene and eik all vper stait
Pure and ryche salbe1 but difference
Be turnd in aft and pus in erthe translait 40
The questioun quha can absolue lat se
Quhat physnymozzr or perfyte palmystar
Quha wes fairrest or fowlest of ws thre
Or <\uhi\V. of ws be kyn wes gentillar
Or maist expert in science or in lair 45
In art mwsik or astronomye
Heir still sould be ^our studie and repair
And think xych\. sure as pus all heidzk man ly
[p. 328] O febill aige ay drawand neir pi dait
O dulye dethe pat hes pi dayis compleit 50
Behald oure heidis for mzzrning and regrait
ffall on pi kneis ask grace at god and greit
Wzt^ orisionis 1 and holie psalmis sweit
Beseikand him on pe to haue mm:ye
And of oure saulis bydand pe Decreit 55
Off his godheid to rew and glorife
Als we exhort pat everie man mortale
ffor his saik pat maid of nocht all thing
ffor m^rcy Cry and pray in generall
To lesus chryst of hevyn and erd pe king 60
Throw 3our prayar that we and 36 may Regnne
withe pe hie fadir be pe eternite
The sone alswa pe holy gaist condigne
Thre knit in ane be perfyte vnite
Quod Mr Robert Henrysoun
1 Sic.
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Maitland folio manuscript > Volume 1, 1919 > (429) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/107624956 |
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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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