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THE CHERRIE AND THE SLAE.
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wreittoun] 97.
“Come on,” quoth he, “companion, Skill, 1345
Ye understand both good and ill,
In Physick yee are fine;
Be medciner unto this1 man,
And shaw such cunning as yee can,
To put him out of paine. 1350
First gard the ground of all his griefe,
What sicknes ye suspect;
Syne looke what hee lackes for 2 reliefe,
Ere 3 further he infect.
Comfort him, exhort him, 1355
Give him your good advice;
And panse not, nor skanse not,
The perill nor the price.
98.
“ Though it be cumbersome, what recke ?
Finde out the cause by the effect 1360
And working of his veines.
Yet while we grip it to the ground,
See first what fashion may bee found
To pacific his paines.
Doe what ye dow to have him haile,
And for that purpose prease :
Cut off the cause, the effect must4 faile,
So all his sorrowes cease.
His fever shall never
From thencefoorth have no force ;5 1370
Then urge him to purge him,
He will not waxe the worse.”
2 E. quhat laiks for his. 3 E. or.
5 E. Frae thencefurth haif a Forss.
1 E. mediciner to the.
4 E. maun.
THE CHERRIE AND THE SLAE.
r
wreittoun] 97.
“Come on,” quoth he, “companion, Skill, 1345
Ye understand both good and ill,
In Physick yee are fine;
Be medciner unto this1 man,
And shaw such cunning as yee can,
To put him out of paine. 1350
First gard the ground of all his griefe,
What sicknes ye suspect;
Syne looke what hee lackes for 2 reliefe,
Ere 3 further he infect.
Comfort him, exhort him, 1355
Give him your good advice;
And panse not, nor skanse not,
The perill nor the price.
98.
“ Though it be cumbersome, what recke ?
Finde out the cause by the effect 1360
And working of his veines.
Yet while we grip it to the ground,
See first what fashion may bee found
To pacific his paines.
Doe what ye dow to have him haile,
And for that purpose prease :
Cut off the cause, the effect must4 faile,
So all his sorrowes cease.
His fever shall never
From thencefoorth have no force ;5 1370
Then urge him to purge him,
He will not waxe the worse.”
2 E. quhat laiks for his. 3 E. or.
5 E. Frae thencefurth haif a Forss.
1 E. mediciner to the.
4 E. maun.
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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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