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THE FLYTINU OF MONTGOMERIE AND POLWAKT. l8l
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To proue my speeches probable and plaine,
Thow must confesse thow vseed my Invention : 665
I reckoned first thy race; syne thow againe,
In that same sorte, made of thy maister mencfown.
Thy witt is weake, with me to have discention,
For to my speeche thow never made reply.
Att libertie to ly is thy Intention : 670
I Answeire ay, qw^zlk thow cannot deny.
Thy freind^ ar feindf*; of Aips thow fen3es myne ;
With my assistance, saying all thou cane.
I count such kinred better ^it nor thyne—
Cheiflie of beastly that most resemble mane. 675
Grant, if that my invention wars thyne then,
Without the quhilk thow might haue barked waist:
I laid the grounde whairon thou, beast, begane
To big the bridge whairof thou brag A maist.
Thy lake of ludgment may be als perceaued. 680
Ther twa cheif poynter of reason wantA in thee :
Thow attribute to aips, quher thow hes reaued,
The Ills of horft ! ane monstrous sight to see !
No marveill thoght ill wyne ill waired bee;
For all the ills thow stawe, I ame ryo^t certayne, 685
from Semples ditmento of ane horft did die,
of Porterfeildaw that dwelt into Dumbartane.
F.32 2. amongs the Ills of aips, that thow hes taulde,
Thogh to a horsse perteyning properlie,
Thow putto the Spavein in the forder spald, 690
That vses in the hinder hoche to bee.
Fra horse-men anes thy cuning heir & see,
I feir auld Allans gett no moir adoe :
Allace ! puir mane ! he may ly doune & dye,
Syne thow shall succeede to weare the silver shoe. 695
[harleian
To proue my speeches probable and plaine,
Thow must confesse thow vseed my Invention : 665
I reckoned first thy race; syne thow againe,
In that same sorte, made of thy maister mencfown.
Thy witt is weake, with me to have discention,
For to my speeche thow never made reply.
Att libertie to ly is thy Intention : 670
I Answeire ay, qw^zlk thow cannot deny.
Thy freind^ ar feindf*; of Aips thow fen3es myne ;
With my assistance, saying all thou cane.
I count such kinred better ^it nor thyne—
Cheiflie of beastly that most resemble mane. 675
Grant, if that my invention wars thyne then,
Without the quhilk thow might haue barked waist:
I laid the grounde whairon thou, beast, begane
To big the bridge whairof thou brag A maist.
Thy lake of ludgment may be als perceaued. 680
Ther twa cheif poynter of reason wantA in thee :
Thow attribute to aips, quher thow hes reaued,
The Ills of horft ! ane monstrous sight to see !
No marveill thoght ill wyne ill waired bee;
For all the ills thow stawe, I ame ryo^t certayne, 685
from Semples ditmento of ane horft did die,
of Porterfeildaw that dwelt into Dumbartane.
F.32 2. amongs the Ills of aips, that thow hes taulde,
Thogh to a horsse perteyning properlie,
Thow putto the Spavein in the forder spald, 690
That vses in the hinder hoche to bee.
Fra horse-men anes thy cuning heir & see,
I feir auld Allans gett no moir adoe :
Allace ! puir mane ! he may ly doune & dye,
Syne thow shall succeede to weare the silver shoe. 695
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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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