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THE KINGIS QUAIR.
126 And straught vnto the presence sodeynly
Off dame Minmie, the pacient goddess^,
Gude hope my gyde led me redily;
To quhom anon, with dredefull humylnesse,
Off my cuwmyng the caus^ I gan expresse,
And all the process* hole, vnto the end,
Off venw charge, as likit hir to send.
127 Off quhich ry^t thus hiransuer* was \n bref:
“ My son, I haue wele herd, and vnd*rstond,
Be thy rehers*, the mater* of thy gref,
And thy request to procur*, and to fonde
Off thy pe^nance sum confort at my bond,
Be counsele of thy lady ven^j clere,
To be with hir thyne help In this matere.
128 Bot in this cas* thou sail wele knawe and witt,
Thou may thy hert[e] ground on suich a wis*,
That thy labour* will be bot lytill quit;
And thou may set It In [anjothir wis*,
That wil be to the grete worschip and pris*;
And gif thou durst vnto that way enclyne,
I will the geve my lore and disciplyne.
129 Lo, my gude sone, this Is als mich to seyne,
As, gif thy lufe [be] sett allut*rly
On1 nyce lust, thy trauail is in veyne;
And so the end sail turne of thy folye
To payne and repentance ; lo, wate thou quhy ?
Gif the ne list on lufe thy v*rtew set,
Vertu sail be the cans* of thy forfet.
130 Tak him befor* In all thy gou*nnance,
That in his hand the stere has of 3011 all,
And pray vnto his hye pnmeyance,
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