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THE FLYTING OF MONTGOMERIE AND POLWART. 135
[harleian
22 A 3>t) knave, acknowledge thy offence 45
Or I grow crabeit, and so clair the.
Aske mercie, mak obedience
In tyme, leist for1 feirleft I forefaire [the].
Ill spreite, I will no longer spare thee.
Blaidde, blecke the, to bring in [ane] gyfte; 50
And [to] drie pennaunce sone prepare the;
Syne pas foorth as I shall devyfte.
First faire, thred baire, withe fundred feite,
Recanting thy wnseemlie sawes,
In pilgrimag to allareitt 3 5 5
Syne be content to quyt the caufte,
And in thy teithe bring me the tawes,
With beck« my bidding to abid,
Whither thou wilt let me belt thy 2 bawes,
Or kis all doffs that stands beside. 60
And of thir twa take thow thy choofte,
For thy [awin] profeitt I procure the,
Or, with a prick into thy Nofte,
To stand content, I shall conjure the ;
Bot all this tyme thinke I forebuir the, 65
Becaus I cannot treat the fairer.
Sitt thow this chairge, I will assuire the
The Second shalbe something sairer.
1 Omit. 2 ‘ belt thy ’ repeated in MS.
[harleian
22 A 3>t) knave, acknowledge thy offence 45
Or I grow crabeit, and so clair the.
Aske mercie, mak obedience
In tyme, leist for1 feirleft I forefaire [the].
Ill spreite, I will no longer spare thee.
Blaidde, blecke the, to bring in [ane] gyfte; 50
And [to] drie pennaunce sone prepare the;
Syne pas foorth as I shall devyfte.
First faire, thred baire, withe fundred feite,
Recanting thy wnseemlie sawes,
In pilgrimag to allareitt 3 5 5
Syne be content to quyt the caufte,
And in thy teithe bring me the tawes,
With beck« my bidding to abid,
Whither thou wilt let me belt thy 2 bawes,
Or kis all doffs that stands beside. 60
And of thir twa take thow thy choofte,
For thy [awin] profeitt I procure the,
Or, with a prick into thy Nofte,
To stand content, I shall conjure the ;
Bot all this tyme thinke I forebuir the, 65
Becaus I cannot treat the fairer.
Sitt thow this chairge, I will assuire the
The Second shalbe something sairer.
1 Omit. 2 ‘ belt thy ’ repeated in MS.
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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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