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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
LA1NG MS.]
XXVIII.
SONNETT.
F. 5 a. Nevere, madame, of jour mercie me infold,
That I may remerciat, throuch jowr mercie so,
To crave jour mercie, gif I durst be so bold :
W/thout jour mercie, my lyfe can haif no ho.
Craifing jour mercie, as hes done mony mo,
3our merciles peirles persoun, most preclair,
Imprent with mercie intill all tyme ago.
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That, but jour mercie, is trappit in jo«r snair.
Abyding jour mercie, and can no wayis eschew,
Sen bountie and bewetie, but mercie, ar but rair,
Haue mercie on me ]>at is jour lufair trew,
For except ]>at je mak mercie of remeid,
My awin tua handis, but mercie, salbe my deid.
Finis. Amen.
XXIX.
[SOME MEN FOR SUDDANE JOY DO WEIR]
F. 34 a. Some men for suddane Joy do weip,
And some for sorrow sing,
Quhen J?at ]>ai ly in danger deip,
To putt away mur[n]ing.
Retenen ]>ame tua, ]ns I begin,
being in Joy and pan,
In siching to lament my sin,
bott jitt reioce agane.
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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
LA1NG MS.]
XXVIII.
SONNETT.
F. 5 a. Nevere, madame, of jour mercie me infold,
That I may remerciat, throuch jowr mercie so,
To crave jour mercie, gif I durst be so bold :
W/thout jour mercie, my lyfe can haif no ho.
Craifing jour mercie, as hes done mony mo,
3our merciles peirles persoun, most preclair,
Imprent with mercie intill all tyme ago.
i
That, but jour mercie, is trappit in jo«r snair.
Abyding jour mercie, and can no wayis eschew,
Sen bountie and bewetie, but mercie, ar but rair,
Haue mercie on me ]>at is jour lufair trew,
For except ]>at je mak mercie of remeid,
My awin tua handis, but mercie, salbe my deid.
Finis. Amen.
XXIX.
[SOME MEN FOR SUDDANE JOY DO WEIR]
F. 34 a. Some men for suddane Joy do weip,
And some for sorrow sing,
Quhen J?at ]>ai ly in danger deip,
To putt away mur[n]ing.
Retenen ]>ame tua, ]ns I begin,
being in Joy and pan,
In siching to lament my sin,
bott jitt reioce agane.
1 Line omitted.
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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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