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THE FLYTING OF MONTGOMERIE AND POLWART. 157
[harleian
“Woe woorthe,” quothe the weirdes,1 “the wichtej \>a\. the wroocht!
Threid-baire be there thrift as thow art wanthriuen !
As hard be ther handsell that helps the to ought!
The rottin rime of thy wombe with rock<?.r shall be reaven;
All bounder, wher thou bides, to baill shalbe broucht; 330
Thy gall and thy guisserone to gled^r shalbe given ;
Ay schort be thy solace; with schame be [thou] sought:
In hell mot thou haunt, and hide the from heavin;
And ay as thou auld growes, swa eikand be thy anger,
To Hue with limmers and owtlawes, 335
Vith Hurcheons, eitand hippes and haes;
Buit quhen thow comes o^uhaix cockfi crawes,
Tarie ther no longer.
“Shame and sorrow on her snout that suffers ]?e souk;
Or sho that cairer for thy cradle, cald be her caste; 340
Or brings ony bedding for thy blae bouk;
Or lousex aff thy ling^eilw so lang as they may lest;
Or offers the any thing all [the] long owke;
Or fyrst2 refresheith the3 withe food, howbeit thow should fast;
Or, quhen thy duddtfr are beshitten, that giues the ane douk;
All groomes, quhen thow greitw, at thy ganting be agast. 346
Als froward be thy fortune, as foull ill thy forme.
First, seavin ^ears, be thow dumbe & deiff;
And after that, ay a common theife:
Thuft art thow marked for mischeif, 350
Foull wnwoorthie worme!
a. “ Wntrowed be thy tongue, yett trading all tymes.
Ay the longer that [thou] lives thy lucke be the lesse.
All Cuntreys quher thow comes accuft the of crymw;
And fals be thy fingers, bot lothe to confeft : 355
1 MS. wordes.
2 Interlineation.
3 Interlineation.
[harleian
“Woe woorthe,” quothe the weirdes,1 “the wichtej \>a\. the wroocht!
Threid-baire be there thrift as thow art wanthriuen !
As hard be ther handsell that helps the to ought!
The rottin rime of thy wombe with rock<?.r shall be reaven;
All bounder, wher thou bides, to baill shalbe broucht; 330
Thy gall and thy guisserone to gled^r shalbe given ;
Ay schort be thy solace; with schame be [thou] sought:
In hell mot thou haunt, and hide the from heavin;
And ay as thou auld growes, swa eikand be thy anger,
To Hue with limmers and owtlawes, 335
Vith Hurcheons, eitand hippes and haes;
Buit quhen thow comes o^uhaix cockfi crawes,
Tarie ther no longer.
“Shame and sorrow on her snout that suffers ]?e souk;
Or sho that cairer for thy cradle, cald be her caste; 340
Or brings ony bedding for thy blae bouk;
Or lousex aff thy ling^eilw so lang as they may lest;
Or offers the any thing all [the] long owke;
Or fyrst2 refresheith the3 withe food, howbeit thow should fast;
Or, quhen thy duddtfr are beshitten, that giues the ane douk;
All groomes, quhen thow greitw, at thy ganting be agast. 346
Als froward be thy fortune, as foull ill thy forme.
First, seavin ^ears, be thow dumbe & deiff;
And after that, ay a common theife:
Thuft art thow marked for mischeif, 350
Foull wnwoorthie worme!
a. “ Wntrowed be thy tongue, yett trading all tymes.
Ay the longer that [thou] lives thy lucke be the lesse.
All Cuntreys quher thow comes accuft the of crymw;
And fals be thy fingers, bot lothe to confeft : 355
1 MS. wordes.
2 Interlineation.
3 Interlineation.
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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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