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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
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XIX.
[I HOIPE TO S^RVE, SANE SYNE TO DESERUE.]
F. 74 a. I hoipe to fterve, sane syne to deserue,
Syne never for to suerue from hir ]>at I luif best;
Quhazr for, minerve, Imply my pen to fterve,
for to deserue sum favour that may lest.1
XX.
[MY BREIST IS MAID THE VERRAY GRAIF
OF WOO.]
F. 12 a. My breist is maid the verray graif of woo ;
My sichis ar windis and tempestis of my cair;
My hairt, allace, quhilk peirsit is in two,
Owerquhelmit lyis w/th cluddis of cauld dispair.
0 thow, my sueit, my deirrest, and my fair, 5
quhois cristell eis my passioun hes increst,
drop doun sum grace quki\k may my paynis impair,
And pitie him quhois mynd is woyd of rest.
This for jour saik and luif I am molest;
This for jour saik thir sorrowis I sustene ; 10
This for jour saik I am so sore opprest,
That euermore in sadnes I remane;
And euer sail quhiW that jour hevinlie face
Pronunce my dume, or ellis grant me sum grace.
Giffand wz'th all dew reuerence, 15
Peirsit wzth luif be violence,
To jow my hairt in governewce,
My ladie deir,
Quhois neue sueit wordis of eloquence,
Excell now heir. 20
Finis quod Constancie.
1 Written at the top of the leaf, the rest of which is blank.