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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
221
[laing MS.
XXVI.
ANE SCOTTIS SONNETT.
F. 79 a. first serve, syne sute, quhiles seme to lichlie luif,
gif thow intend to win thy ladyis grace;
Serve hir, and sche thy constancie sail pruif,
gif in hir mynd that modestie haue place ;
Persewing hir may rander the relaise, 5
Or ellis thow can no<r^t conqueis hairtis desyre.
appeirantlie sumtyme to forgett, I gaise,
Hes na les force to kendill cupydis fyre.
hes thow nochi hard of mony leirant schyre
Thus sayit, ‘flie luif and it will fallow the ’? 10
Qa/zflk na wayis cozzzmandis the to espyire,
Bot wald >ow suld no^t perrell libertie.
Be trew, craue tyme, assoyt nocht gif thow can :
Find sche ]>e deschit, thow art ane marterit man.
XXVII.
F. 83 6. SONET.
Thocht Polibus, pisander, and vith them,
Antinous, vith monie wowaris, than
Did preis for to suppryse, & bring to schame,
Penellope, in absence of hir man,
3it sche remanit chast as sche began, 5
To tyme vlisses happinit to cum hame;
That nane of thais as jit, do quhat ]?ai can,
lang saxtene jeiris dow^t to defyle hir fame.
Ewin so, most sueit, discreit, and mansueit muse,
Remember on jozzr joldin 6/ruiture : 1 o
Thoill nane jozzr blaseme bewtie to abuse,
Thocht thai vith leing lippis vald jow allure ;
Bot sen my lyffe dois on jowr luife depend,
In trew luiff with Penellope contend.
Finis.
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[laing MS.
XXVI.
ANE SCOTTIS SONNETT.
F. 79 a. first serve, syne sute, quhiles seme to lichlie luif,
gif thow intend to win thy ladyis grace;
Serve hir, and sche thy constancie sail pruif,
gif in hir mynd that modestie haue place ;
Persewing hir may rander the relaise, 5
Or ellis thow can no<r^t conqueis hairtis desyre.
appeirantlie sumtyme to forgett, I gaise,
Hes na les force to kendill cupydis fyre.
hes thow nochi hard of mony leirant schyre
Thus sayit, ‘flie luif and it will fallow the ’? 10
Qa/zflk na wayis cozzzmandis the to espyire,
Bot wald >ow suld no^t perrell libertie.
Be trew, craue tyme, assoyt nocht gif thow can :
Find sche ]>e deschit, thow art ane marterit man.
XXVII.
F. 83 6. SONET.
Thocht Polibus, pisander, and vith them,
Antinous, vith monie wowaris, than
Did preis for to suppryse, & bring to schame,
Penellope, in absence of hir man,
3it sche remanit chast as sche began, 5
To tyme vlisses happinit to cum hame;
That nane of thais as jit, do quhat ]?ai can,
lang saxtene jeiris dow^t to defyle hir fame.
Ewin so, most sueit, discreit, and mansueit muse,
Remember on jozzr joldin 6/ruiture : 1 o
Thoill nane jozzr blaseme bewtie to abuse,
Thocht thai vith leing lippis vald jow allure ;
Bot sen my lyffe dois on jowr luife depend,
In trew luiff with Penellope contend.
Finis.
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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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