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THE CHERRY AND )>E SLAE.
LAING]
F. 22 i
3i-
“All aim's ar reput to be wyfi—
our heych, o«r law, our rasche, o«r nyce,
oar het, or ^it oar cauld:
thow semyis vnconstant be thy signis ;
thy thoofa is on ane thowsand thingis ; 420
thow wait not qukat thow wald.
Lat fame hir petie on the pour,
quhan all thy banis ar brokkin :
3 on sla, suppois thow think it sour,
will satisfie to slokkin 425
thy thryst now, I traist now,
gif ]>ai Jjow wald it preife ;
and may to, I say to,
thy panis all releife.
32*
“ Quhat fuill art thow to de of thryst, 430
And thow may quensche it, gif thow list,
so easalie but pane !
moir honoar is to winques ane,
nor feycht wztA ten sum and be tane,
and nowther hurt nor slane : 435
Pe practik is to bring to pas,
and oochr. to Interpryft;
It is als guid drinking out of glas,
as gold in ony wayis.
I leuir haif euer 440
In hand ane foull or twa,
nor seand ten thowsand
abone my heid all day.
THE CHERRY AND )>E SLAE.
LAING]
F. 22 i
3i-
“All aim's ar reput to be wyfi—
our heych, o«r law, our rasche, o«r nyce,
oar het, or ^it oar cauld:
thow semyis vnconstant be thy signis ;
thy thoofa is on ane thowsand thingis ; 420
thow wait not qukat thow wald.
Lat fame hir petie on the pour,
quhan all thy banis ar brokkin :
3 on sla, suppois thow think it sour,
will satisfie to slokkin 425
thy thryst now, I traist now,
gif ]>ai Jjow wald it preife ;
and may to, I say to,
thy panis all releife.
32*
“ Quhat fuill art thow to de of thryst, 430
And thow may quensche it, gif thow list,
so easalie but pane !
moir honoar is to winques ane,
nor feycht wztA ten sum and be tane,
and nowther hurt nor slane : 435
Pe practik is to bring to pas,
and oochr. to Interpryft;
It is als guid drinking out of glas,
as gold in ony wayis.
I leuir haif euer 440
In hand ane foull or twa,
nor seand ten thowsand
abone my heid all day.
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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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