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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
LAING MS.]
The best, ]>e bird, >e fiche, ]>& fowll,
Thair maker do obeay ;
Bott I, ]?att am ane leiffing saull,
Am far much worfi ]?an ]?ai. 40
For J^ai, according to ]?air kynd,
To serue him do nocht ceaft;
Bott I, whh sinffull hairtt and mynd,
Do daylie him displeifi.
Thes do I sore complene of sine, 45
And withe king david weip,
For I do ffeill my hairt wz’t^in,
The wairthe of god full deip.
F. 35 a. To hevene my eyis I dar nocht lift,
Aganest it I hawe trespast; 50
Nor In )>e eirthe I find no scheift,
Nor succoure ]>at can lest.
Quhat sell I do ? sell I dispair,
And frome my saweoure slyd ?
Nay, god forbid, }?air is na feir, 55
Sen chrest for me hes deid.
God became man and for ws men,
He died and rais again ;
Hes merci greitt, we may se ]?an,
For ever dois remane. 60
Thairfoir my sinns will I confeft,
To god and mur[n]ing mak,
Quha will forgeif ]?e same dowttles,
For his sonne Chrystis saik.
MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
LAING MS.]
The best, ]>e bird, >e fiche, ]>& fowll,
Thair maker do obeay ;
Bott I, ]?att am ane leiffing saull,
Am far much worfi ]?an ]?ai. 40
For J^ai, according to ]?air kynd,
To serue him do nocht ceaft;
Bott I, whh sinffull hairtt and mynd,
Do daylie him displeifi.
Thes do I sore complene of sine, 45
And withe king david weip,
For I do ffeill my hairt wz’t^in,
The wairthe of god full deip.
F. 35 a. To hevene my eyis I dar nocht lift,
Aganest it I hawe trespast; 50
Nor In )>e eirthe I find no scheift,
Nor succoure ]>at can lest.
Quhat sell I do ? sell I dispair,
And frome my saweoure slyd ?
Nay, god forbid, }?air is na feir, 55
Sen chrest for me hes deid.
God became man and for ws men,
He died and rais again ;
Hes merci greitt, we may se ]?an,
For ever dois remane. 60
Thairfoir my sinns will I confeft,
To god and mur[n]ing mak,
Quha will forgeif ]?e same dowttles,
For his sonne Chrystis saik.
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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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| Description | A collection of over 100 Scottish texts dating from around 1400 to 1700. Most titles are in Scots, and include editions of poetry, drama, and prose by major Scottish writers such as John Barbour, William Dunbar, Gavin Douglas, and George Buchanan. Edited by a key scholarly publisher of Scotland's literary history, and published from the late 19th century onwards by the Scottish Text Society. Available here are STS series 1-3. |
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