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MAITLAND FOLIO MS.
Is all pis warld for neid and wilfulnes
That all is lost for lake of stedfastnes
Treuthe is putt doun rasoun is haldin fabill
Vertew hes now na dominatioun
Petie exylit and na man meritabill 10
Throw covatice blind is discretioun
The warld is maid a permutatioun
ffra rycht to wrang fra rasoun to wilfulnes
That all is lost for lake of stedfastnes
Quhat makis pis warld to be so variabill 15
Bot lust pat folk hes of indiscretioun
Amang ws now a man is haldin vnabill
Except he can be sum collusioun
Doing his nycktbour wrang or oppressioun
Quhat makis this bot wofull wretchitnes 20
That all is loist for laik of stedfastnes
[p. 330] ffalsatt pat sould be abhominabill
That now is Regnand but reformatioun
Quha euer is large is haldin vnhabill
vyce is pe ground of Sustentatioun 25
All wit is turnd to cavillatioun
Lawtie expellit and all gentilnes
That all is lost for laik of stedfastnes
O prince desyir for to be honorabill
Chirreis pi folk and heit extortioun 30
Suffir na thing pat [may] be reprouable
To pine estait done in pi regioun
Schaw furt^ pi Sworde of castigatioun
Dreid god do law luf treut& and ryo^tuousnes
And leid pi folk agane to stedfastnes
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Volume 1, 1919
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1919-1927 - Maitland folio manuscript
DescriptionContaining 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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