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132 THE FLYTING OF MONTGOMERIE AND POLWART.
tullibardine]
F. 7 b. THE FIRST FLYTTING, IN FORME OF REPLY
TO ALEX1. MONTGOMEREIS FIRST FLYTTING,
BE POLLART.
Dispitfull speidder ! puir of spreit! 15
Begune wz'tfc baibling me to blame ?
gok, wyt not me to gar the greit;
thy trading, trewcour, I sail tame.
quhah J>ow beleivit to win a name,
thow sail be blasit of ane beild, 20
and sail resaue baith skaith and schame,
and syne be forcit to flie the feild.
Thy raggit roundaillis, reifand royt,
sum schort, suzrc lang, and [out] of lyne,
with skabrous collouris, fowsome floyt, 25
proceiding from ane pynt of wyne,
quhilk haultis for fault of feit lyk myne—
3it, fuuill, }jow thocht na schame to wreit J?ame,
at menis command that laik ingyne,
qzz/fe'lkis doytit dyvouris gart the dyt }>ame. 30
Bot, gokit guift, I am rycht glaid
thow art begun in wreit to flyt.
sen, loun, thy language I have laid,
and put ])e [to] thy pen to wryt,
Bot, dog, I sail Ipe so dispyt,
with priking put [)?e] to sik speid,
and caus Ipe, cur, that worklum quyt,
syne seik ane hoill to hyd thy heid.
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tullibardine]
F. 7 b. THE FIRST FLYTTING, IN FORME OF REPLY
TO ALEX1. MONTGOMEREIS FIRST FLYTTING,
BE POLLART.
Dispitfull speidder ! puir of spreit! 15
Begune wz'tfc baibling me to blame ?
gok, wyt not me to gar the greit;
thy trading, trewcour, I sail tame.
quhah J>ow beleivit to win a name,
thow sail be blasit of ane beild, 20
and sail resaue baith skaith and schame,
and syne be forcit to flie the feild.
Thy raggit roundaillis, reifand royt,
sum schort, suzrc lang, and [out] of lyne,
with skabrous collouris, fowsome floyt, 25
proceiding from ane pynt of wyne,
quhilk haultis for fault of feit lyk myne—
3it, fuuill, }jow thocht na schame to wreit J?ame,
at menis command that laik ingyne,
qzz/fe'lkis doytit dyvouris gart the dyt }>ame. 30
Bot, gokit guift, I am rycht glaid
thow art begun in wreit to flyt.
sen, loun, thy language I have laid,
and put ])e [to] thy pen to wryt,
Bot, dog, I sail Ipe so dispyt,
with priking put [)?e] to sik speid,
and caus Ipe, cur, that worklum quyt,
syne seik ane hoill to hyd thy heid.
35
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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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