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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
235
F. 40 b.
F. 41 a.
[laing MS.
Now je ]>at ar myne cheldrene deir, 65
and be with me enteritt in band,
3e knaw full oft 30 stuid in feir
of tensall baith of lyf and land;
For quhen grett king did 30W gainstand,
and als 3onr preistis ]>at ar so hie, 70
As }?en I sawitt 30W fra Jjair hand,
Sa will 11 3itt 3our bukler be.
3e knaw they thocht 30w to distroy,
quhairfor ]>a.i sett J?air men of weir,
thinken ]?airwith 30w to annoy, 75
and daylie to 30W do grett deir;
Bott 3itt to feicht I did 30W leir,
and I gaue 30W ]?e wictorie;
As }>an I did 3our baner beir,
Sa will I 3itt 3our bukleir be. 80
Sen I frome boundage maid 30W frie,
And outt of egypt did 30W call,
Thair wickitt lawes se 30 latt be—
to Jjame attend na thing at all.
And be not lyk he doge sell 85
His womett lik maist schamfulie,
Do 30W so, plaiges sail on 30W fall,
And I sail nott 30ur bukler be.
And thocht I hawe begone to seme,
according to ]?e law 3c sett, 90
Fra 3e begin and for to sweirue,
3our richteuousnes sell be for3ett.
1 ‘ Will I’ repeated in the MS.
235
F. 40 b.
F. 41 a.
[laing MS.
Now je ]>at ar myne cheldrene deir, 65
and be with me enteritt in band,
3e knaw full oft 30 stuid in feir
of tensall baith of lyf and land;
For quhen grett king did 30W gainstand,
and als 3onr preistis ]>at ar so hie, 70
As }?en I sawitt 30W fra Jjair hand,
Sa will 11 3itt 3our bukler be.
3e knaw they thocht 30w to distroy,
quhairfor ]>a.i sett J?air men of weir,
thinken ]?airwith 30w to annoy, 75
and daylie to 30W do grett deir;
Bott 3itt to feicht I did 30W leir,
and I gaue 30W ]?e wictorie;
As }>an I did 3our baner beir,
Sa will I 3itt 3our bukleir be. 80
Sen I frome boundage maid 30W frie,
And outt of egypt did 30W call,
Thair wickitt lawes se 30 latt be—
to Jjame attend na thing at all.
And be not lyk he doge sell 85
His womett lik maist schamfulie,
Do 30W so, plaiges sail on 30W fall,
And I sail nott 30ur bukler be.
And thocht I hawe begone to seme,
according to ]?e law 3c sett, 90
Fra 3e begin and for to sweirue,
3our richteuousnes sell be for3ett.
1 ‘ Will I’ repeated in the MS.
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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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