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MAITLAND FOLIO MS.
[CLV. Stewart Advice to the
King; Bann. MS., fol. 88 b.]
Precellent prince haueand prerogative
As royall roy in pis Regioun to regnne
I the beseik aganis pi lust to stryve
And luif pi god aboue all eirdlie thing
And him Imploir now in pi 3eiris 3ing
To grant pe grace pi peple to defend
Quhilk he hes gevin pe now in governing
In peax and honour to pi lyvis end
5
And sen pou standis in till so tendir age
That nature to pe wisdome 3it denyis 10
Thairfore submit pe to pi counsale sage
And in all things wirk as pai pe dewys
But ouer all thing keip pe frome covatyce
To princlie honour gif pow will pretend
Be Liberall pan sail pi fame vpryft 15
And wyn pe honour to pi Lyves end
It pat pow gevis delyuer quhone pow hechtis
And suffir not pi hand pi hecht delay
ffor quhone pi hecht and pi delyuerance fechtis
Bettir had bene pi hecht had bene away 20
He aw me not pat Schortlie sayis me nay
Bot he pat hechtis and causis me attend
Syne gevis me noc/zt I may him repute ay
Ane vntrew dettowr to my lyves end
Bettir is gutt in feit nor cramp in hands 25
The fait of feitt wzt/z hors pow may Suppoirt
Bot quhone pi handA ar bundin in to bandis
Na schyrurgane may cure pame or confoirt
Bot pow pame oppin patent as a poirt
And frelie gifif Sic gude as god pe sendis 30
Than may pai mend wz’t/zin a seasoun schort
And wyn pe honowr to pi lives end
[CLV. Stewart Advice to the
King; Bann. MS., fol. 88 b.]
Precellent prince haueand prerogative
As royall roy in pis Regioun to regnne
I the beseik aganis pi lust to stryve
And luif pi god aboue all eirdlie thing
And him Imploir now in pi 3eiris 3ing
To grant pe grace pi peple to defend
Quhilk he hes gevin pe now in governing
In peax and honour to pi lyvis end
5
And sen pou standis in till so tendir age
That nature to pe wisdome 3it denyis 10
Thairfore submit pe to pi counsale sage
And in all things wirk as pai pe dewys
But ouer all thing keip pe frome covatyce
To princlie honour gif pow will pretend
Be Liberall pan sail pi fame vpryft 15
And wyn pe honour to pi Lyves end
It pat pow gevis delyuer quhone pow hechtis
And suffir not pi hand pi hecht delay
ffor quhone pi hecht and pi delyuerance fechtis
Bettir had bene pi hecht had bene away 20
He aw me not pat Schortlie sayis me nay
Bot he pat hechtis and causis me attend
Syne gevis me noc/zt I may him repute ay
Ane vntrew dettowr to my lyves end
Bettir is gutt in feit nor cramp in hands 25
The fait of feitt wzt/z hors pow may Suppoirt
Bot quhone pi handA ar bundin in to bandis
Na schyrurgane may cure pame or confoirt
Bot pow pame oppin patent as a poirt
And frelie gifif Sic gude as god pe sendis 30
Than may pai mend wz’t/zin a seasoun schort
And wyn pe honowr to pi lives end
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Maitland folio manuscript > Volume 1, 1919 > (430) |
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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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