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THE CHERRY AND ]?E SLAE.
laing]
F. 26 i.
47-
“ Call danger bak agane,” quod skill,
“To sie qukat he can say to will, 640
we se him schod to strait:
we may noc/it trow qu/iat ilkane tellis.”
quod danger: “we concluddit ellis,
he schz'ruis not for om mait:1
for I can tell 30W all perqueir, 645
His counsail, or he cum.”
quod will: “ quAahto suld he cum heir
for to behald his cu«ni«g?
he speikis ay, and seikis ay,
delay of tyme by dryftis : 650
he greiffis ws, and devis ws,
vrit/i sophistrie and schiftis.”
48.
Quod ressoun : “ quhy was he debard ?
the taill is euill may no^t be hard :
3it lat ws heir ]?ame anis.” 655
than danger to declair 2 begane,
how hoip and currage tuik ]?e man,
to leid him all J>air lanis;
for ]?ai wald haif him win the hill,
but ather stop or stay : 660
and quha was welcumer nor will ?
he wald be formast ay.
he culd do, and suld do,
quha euir wald or noc/it
sic speidding praieidding 665
Vnlyklie was, I thoc/it.
1 MS. nait. 2 MS. dispair.
THE CHERRY AND ]?E SLAE.
laing]
F. 26 i.
47-
“ Call danger bak agane,” quod skill,
“To sie qukat he can say to will, 640
we se him schod to strait:
we may noc/it trow qu/iat ilkane tellis.”
quod danger: “we concluddit ellis,
he schz'ruis not for om mait:1
for I can tell 30W all perqueir, 645
His counsail, or he cum.”
quod will: “ quAahto suld he cum heir
for to behald his cu«ni«g?
he speikis ay, and seikis ay,
delay of tyme by dryftis : 650
he greiffis ws, and devis ws,
vrit/i sophistrie and schiftis.”
48.
Quod ressoun : “ quhy was he debard ?
the taill is euill may no^t be hard :
3it lat ws heir ]?ame anis.” 655
than danger to declair 2 begane,
how hoip and currage tuik ]?e man,
to leid him all J>air lanis;
for ]?ai wald haif him win the hill,
but ather stop or stay : 660
and quha was welcumer nor will ?
he wald be formast ay.
he culd do, and suld do,
quha euir wald or noc/it
sic speidding praieidding 665
Vnlyklie was, I thoc/it.
1 MS. nait. 2 MS. dispair.
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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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