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THE FLYTING OF MONTGOMERIE AND POLWART. 187
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Land louper, light skouper, ragged Rouper, lik a Raven,
Halland shaiker, draught raiker, bannock baiker, all beshittin.
Craig in parrell, toome the barrell, quyte the quarrell, or be
shavi[n]. 745
Rude ratler, commone trailer, poore pratler outflittin !
Hell sparke, scalded clairk, & thow bark, I shall belt }>ee.
Scad skald, overbald, sone fald, or I melt thee.
Lousie luggej, leape luggs! toome the muggs on ]?e midding;
Tanny flank, reedeshank, pykethanke, I must pay thee. 750
Spew blecke, wooddie necke, come & becke at my bidding.
Fals loune, make the boune, Mahoune must have thee;
Ranke riatoare, scurliquhittor! and luitore, nane1 fewer,
Decrest, opprest, possest with plutoes power.
Capped knaue, proude slave, 36 reave ay wnrocked; 755
Whils slauerand, whils stamerand & wavering -with wyne.
greedie gouked, poore and plucked, ill Instructed, be knoked.
F. 33 a. Gleyde gangrell, auld man grell, to the hangrell, & sua pyne.
Calumniatoure, blasphematour, wyld traitor vntrew,
Thy cheiping and peiping, withe weep[ing] thow shall rew. 760
/Iftafcb mantor, vaine vaunter, ay haunting in slavery,
Pudding pricker, baing the bicker! none quicker in knavery.
Kaillie lipps, kis my hipps, into grips thowft behind.
Baill brewer, poysan spewer, monie trewer had bein pynd.
Swyne keeper, landleeper, tuird steipar frome ];e drouthe! 765
Leane limmer, steell gimmer, I shall skimmer in thy mouth.
Fleyd foole, madd mode, die with doole on2 ane aik.
Knave kend, cryst send [ill end] on that mowe!
Pudding wrycht, out of sight thow shall be dight lik a draik.
lock blunt, thrawin frunt, kill the cunt of a kowe. 770
Purfte peiller, henn steelier, catt killer, now I quell thee.
Rubiatowr, fornicator by nato^r, foull befall thee !
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[harleian
Land louper, light skouper, ragged Rouper, lik a Raven,
Halland shaiker, draught raiker, bannock baiker, all beshittin.
Craig in parrell, toome the barrell, quyte the quarrell, or be
shavi[n]. 745
Rude ratler, commone trailer, poore pratler outflittin !
Hell sparke, scalded clairk, & thow bark, I shall belt }>ee.
Scad skald, overbald, sone fald, or I melt thee.
Lousie luggej, leape luggs! toome the muggs on ]?e midding;
Tanny flank, reedeshank, pykethanke, I must pay thee. 750
Spew blecke, wooddie necke, come & becke at my bidding.
Fals loune, make the boune, Mahoune must have thee;
Ranke riatoare, scurliquhittor! and luitore, nane1 fewer,
Decrest, opprest, possest with plutoes power.
Capped knaue, proude slave, 36 reave ay wnrocked; 755
Whils slauerand, whils stamerand & wavering -with wyne.
greedie gouked, poore and plucked, ill Instructed, be knoked.
F. 33 a. Gleyde gangrell, auld man grell, to the hangrell, & sua pyne.
Calumniatoure, blasphematour, wyld traitor vntrew,
Thy cheiping and peiping, withe weep[ing] thow shall rew. 760
/Iftafcb mantor, vaine vaunter, ay haunting in slavery,
Pudding pricker, baing the bicker! none quicker in knavery.
Kaillie lipps, kis my hipps, into grips thowft behind.
Baill brewer, poysan spewer, monie trewer had bein pynd.
Swyne keeper, landleeper, tuird steipar frome ];e drouthe! 765
Leane limmer, steell gimmer, I shall skimmer in thy mouth.
Fleyd foole, madd mode, die with doole on2 ane aik.
Knave kend, cryst send [ill end] on that mowe!
Pudding wrycht, out of sight thow shall be dight lik a draik.
lock blunt, thrawin frunt, kill the cunt of a kowe. 770
Purfte peiller, henn steelier, catt killer, now I quell thee.
Rubiatowr, fornicator by nato^r, foull befall thee !
1 MS. mane.
2 MS. or.
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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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