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THE KINGIS QUAIR.
Quhare bothe thaire hertes gruch[en] ther-ageyne;
For quhich, In all thaire dayes, soth to seyne,
Quhen othir lyvit In loye and [in] plesance,
Tham? lyf was no^t bot care and repentance;
92 And quhare thaire herds gevin were and set,
Coplit1 -with othir that coud no^t accord ;
Thus were thai wrangit that did no forfet,
Departing thame that neuer wold discord;
Off jongfe] ladies fairf, and mony lord,
That thus by maistry were fro thair chos<? dryve,
Full redy were thaire playntis there to gyve.”
93 And othir also I sawe compleynyng there
Vpon fortune and hir grete variance,
That quhere In loue so wele they coplit were,
Wzt/2 thaire suete malm coplit in plesance,
Sche 2 sodeynly maid thair^ disseu^nance,
And tuke thame of this warldis companye
W/t^outin caus^, there was non othir quhy.
94 And in a chien? of estate besyde,
\Niih wingis bright, all plumyt, bot his face,
There sawe I sitt the blynd[e] god Cupide,
Wz'tA bow In hand, that bent full redy was,
And by him hang thre arowis In a cas,
Off quhich the hedis grundyn were full ryght,
Off dimv-se metals forgit fair« and bryghl.
95*And wz-t£ the first, that hedit is of gold,
He smytis soft, and that has esy cure;
The secund was of silu^r, mony fold
Wers than the first, and harder auezzture ;
The thrid, of stele, is schot w/t/fcmt recure ;
1 MS. Were coplit (bat were can be understood).
2 MS. So.