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GOOD COUNSEL.
(EARLIEST VERSION.)
[From MS. Camb. Kk. I. $,fol. 5 ; see Ratis Raving, ed. Lumby,
1870,/. 10.]
SEN trew Vertew encressis dignytee,
And wertew floure and rut is of noblay,
Of ony weill, of quhat esstat thow bee,
His steppis sew,1 and dreid the non affray: 4
Exill all wyce,2 and folow treuthe al-way;
Luf most thi god, that fyrst thi lust began,
And for ilk ynch he wyll the quyte a spane.
[Tke second stanza is missing.']
Sen word is thrall, and thoo^t is only free,
Thow dant thi twnge, that powar has and3 may; 16
Thow set thine eene 4 fra worldly vanitee;
Restren thi lust, and harkyne quhat I say.
Stramp or thou slyd, and crep furt/^ one the way ;
Kep thi behest one-to thi lord, and thane 20
Fore ilk yneh he will the quyt a spane.
1 So in MS. ; misprinted Ris steppis few.
2 Printed wyte. 3 MS. &; misprinted $0.
* MS. erne (?); printed orne, but the first letter is not o.
(EARLIEST VERSION.)
[From MS. Camb. Kk. I. $,fol. 5 ; see Ratis Raving, ed. Lumby,
1870,/. 10.]
SEN trew Vertew encressis dignytee,
And wertew floure and rut is of noblay,
Of ony weill, of quhat esstat thow bee,
His steppis sew,1 and dreid the non affray: 4
Exill all wyce,2 and folow treuthe al-way;
Luf most thi god, that fyrst thi lust began,
And for ilk ynch he wyll the quyte a spane.
[Tke second stanza is missing.']
Sen word is thrall, and thoo^t is only free,
Thow dant thi twnge, that powar has and3 may; 16
Thow set thine eene 4 fra worldly vanitee;
Restren thi lust, and harkyne quhat I say.
Stramp or thou slyd, and crep furt/^ one the way ;
Kep thi behest one-to thi lord, and thane 20
Fore ilk yneh he will the quyt a spane.
1 So in MS. ; misprinted Ris steppis few.
2 Printed wyte. 3 MS. &; misprinted $0.
* MS. erne (?); printed orne, but the first letter is not o.
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| Description | By King James I. of Scotland ; edited by Walter W. Skeat. 2nd and revised edition. Edinburgh : Published for the Society by William Blackwood and Sons, 1911. |
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