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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
LAING MS.]
Now of }>ai outtlawes I am ane,
Sell newer ser the for reward,
Be trane or tressone be I tene,1
For panis will be for me prepairitt;
I sell nocht houp for to be speritt, 45
Pat hes }>ai dedlie wraithe deserwitt;
Bott I sell stand vpoun my gaird,
Ay bodin as I wald be serwitt.
F. 33 a. 3itt sair, alas, I pittie some,
Thatt hes bene men of knawlege kend, 50
And jitt w/th the hes bene owircuw,
Quhais witt I can na wayis commend ;
As for mysellff, I sel defend,
And cairis nocht by ]?ai feid ane ble,
Dischairging frindschip; and so I end : 55
Fair will \a\. day I dyne with the !
Finis. Amen.
VI.
[NAN LUFFIS BOTT FULLIS VNLUD AGANE.]2
F. 36 b. Nan luffis bott fullis vnlud agane,
Quha spendis 3 }>air tyme and cumis na speid ■,
Mak [>is ane mexeme to remene,
Thatt luifis 4 beiris nan bott fullis at feid j
And ]jai gett ay ane gud geis heid 5
In recompence of all J>air pane :
So of nacessetie man succeid,
Nan luifis bott fullis vnlude agane.
1 MS. sene.
2 This poem is by Montgomerie. See Cranstoun (Misc. Poems, x.) for
complete version of six stanzas from the Drummond MS.
3 tyns. 4 Love.
MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
LAING MS.]
Now of }>ai outtlawes I am ane,
Sell newer ser the for reward,
Be trane or tressone be I tene,1
For panis will be for me prepairitt;
I sell nocht houp for to be speritt, 45
Pat hes }>ai dedlie wraithe deserwitt;
Bott I sell stand vpoun my gaird,
Ay bodin as I wald be serwitt.
F. 33 a. 3itt sair, alas, I pittie some,
Thatt hes bene men of knawlege kend, 50
And jitt w/th the hes bene owircuw,
Quhais witt I can na wayis commend ;
As for mysellff, I sel defend,
And cairis nocht by ]?ai feid ane ble,
Dischairging frindschip; and so I end : 55
Fair will \a\. day I dyne with the !
Finis. Amen.
VI.
[NAN LUFFIS BOTT FULLIS VNLUD AGANE.]2
F. 36 b. Nan luffis bott fullis vnlud agane,
Quha spendis 3 }>air tyme and cumis na speid ■,
Mak [>is ane mexeme to remene,
Thatt luifis 4 beiris nan bott fullis at feid j
And ]jai gett ay ane gud geis heid 5
In recompence of all J>air pane :
So of nacessetie man succeid,
Nan luifis bott fullis vnlude agane.
1 MS. sene.
2 This poem is by Montgomerie. See Cranstoun (Misc. Poems, x.) for
complete version of six stanzas from the Drummond MS.
3 tyns. 4 Love.
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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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