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BAPTISME OF THE PRINCE OF SCOTLAND. IQI
[WARRENDER
rovme, and so he in outward shaw preasing to draw that
forduart quhilk by some secreit convoy and vnperceaved was
brought to the prences table, and the hail desert delyvered
by ceres, fecundite, faith, concord, liberalite, and perseverance,
to the erle of Orkney as seuer for the king, to the 1
for the queen, and to the lard of baclugh as seuar for the
q[u]ee[n] of englands embassadour, and to the 1 for
the rest.
Thus the tabernacle emptyed, and the persons interchanging
thair places 2 and adressing there faces to the prences as they io
wer withdrawen retered to the end of the great hall. And then
a litil efter cam fordward a ship be the lyk hiddin and vnper¬
ceaved convoy, bot thro a litill over fondnesft of the pilot,
quha committing sacriledg and cleithin himself in the gods
golden apparel, being of claith of gold, mad Neptun over naked
to cleid him self, [was] over sone discovered, quha being
in love with his awe« wor[k]manship fered the beholders suld
bot 3 late re[m]arked his ha[n]dywark.
Now since I haue entred in discors of her, It salle not be
pertinent to this subiect to enter mair amplye in the same, the 20
invention being the kings.
1 Blank.
a placed in the same be. There are numerous corrections in the
margin and in the text.
* not.
[WARRENDER
rovme, and so he in outward shaw preasing to draw that
forduart quhilk by some secreit convoy and vnperceaved was
brought to the prences table, and the hail desert delyvered
by ceres, fecundite, faith, concord, liberalite, and perseverance,
to the erle of Orkney as seuer for the king, to the 1
for the queen, and to the lard of baclugh as seuar for the
q[u]ee[n] of englands embassadour, and to the 1 for
the rest.
Thus the tabernacle emptyed, and the persons interchanging
thair places 2 and adressing there faces to the prences as they io
wer withdrawen retered to the end of the great hall. And then
a litil efter cam fordward a ship be the lyk hiddin and vnper¬
ceaved convoy, bot thro a litill over fondnesft of the pilot,
quha committing sacriledg and cleithin himself in the gods
golden apparel, being of claith of gold, mad Neptun over naked
to cleid him self, [was] over sone discovered, quha being
in love with his awe« wor[k]manship fered the beholders suld
bot 3 late re[m]arked his ha[n]dywark.
Now since I haue entred in discors of her, It salle not be
pertinent to this subiect to enter mair amplye in the same, the 20
invention being the kings.
1 Blank.
a placed in the same be. There are numerous corrections in the
margin and in the text.
* not.
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| Description | Edited, with introduction, appendix, notes, and glossary, by Henry W. Meikle. 3 volumes, of which these are Volumes 2 and 3. Volume 3 edited by Henry W. Meikle, James Craigie and John Purves. Volume 1 published as New series, no. 6 in 1914. |
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