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THE CHERRIE AND THE SLAVE.
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To heir the1 startling streames cleire,
I2 thocht it musike to the eire,
quhair deskant did abound,
With treble sweet, and tenor just;
and ay the eccho repercust,
the Diapason sound;
Set with the C. sol fa ut cleife,
quhairby3 to knaw the note,
Thay sownd 4 ane michtie semebreife,
out of the Elphis throte;
Discreitlie, mair sweitlie,
nor craftie Amphion,
Nor muisses that vses
at fountaine Helicon.
8.
Quha wald haue tyrit to heir that tune,
quhilk birds corroborate abune,5 roo
throw schouting of the Larkis ?
Quha flewe 6 sa hie into the skyis,
quhil Cupid walknit throw 7 the cryis,
of natures chappell clarkis;
Quha leueing all the heuins aboue, 105
syne lichtit on 8 the eird :
Loe, how that littil God of loue
befoir me thair appeird,
So mildlike and childlike,
wz'th bowe thrie quartars scante; no
So moylike and coylike,9
he luikit like ane Sancte.
thae. 2 me. 3 Thairby.
Thair soundt. 6 ay abune. 6 Sum flies.
walkinnes with. 8 Alighted in. 9 moylie and coylie.
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9
7-
To heir the1 startling streames cleire,
I2 thocht it musike to the eire,
quhair deskant did abound,
With treble sweet, and tenor just;
and ay the eccho repercust,
the Diapason sound;
Set with the C. sol fa ut cleife,
quhairby3 to knaw the note,
Thay sownd 4 ane michtie semebreife,
out of the Elphis throte;
Discreitlie, mair sweitlie,
nor craftie Amphion,
Nor muisses that vses
at fountaine Helicon.
8.
Quha wald haue tyrit to heir that tune,
quhilk birds corroborate abune,5 roo
throw schouting of the Larkis ?
Quha flewe 6 sa hie into the skyis,
quhil Cupid walknit throw 7 the cryis,
of natures chappell clarkis;
Quha leueing all the heuins aboue, 105
syne lichtit on 8 the eird :
Loe, how that littil God of loue
befoir me thair appeird,
So mildlike and childlike,
wz'th bowe thrie quartars scante; no
So moylike and coylike,9
he luikit like ane Sancte.
thae. 2 me. 3 Thairby.
Thair soundt. 6 ay abune. 6 Sum flies.
walkinnes with. 8 Alighted in. 9 moylie and coylie.
[WALDEGRAVE
85
90
95
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| Description | And other pieces from Laing MS. No. 447. Supplementary volume. Edited with introduction, appendices, notes and glossary by George Stevenson. Edinburgh : Printed for the Society by William Blackwood and Sons, 1910. |
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