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Scots Poems, 


| Wrote by the Ingenious before 1600. 


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New Yeir Gift 


To Queen MART, when fhe came 


jirft Hame, 1562. 


Ab 


de-Lyce 
Welcum our Thiftle with the Ze- 


rane Grene; 


y,and our Qréne» 


ih; sept ee our Ae with the Floure- 


Welcum our Rubent Rofe upon the Ryce, 


Welcum our Jem, arid joyfull Gentryce; 


Welcum our Beil of AL BION to beir$ 


Welcum our plefand Princes maift of Pryce, 


Gop give you Grace agains this gude Av: 4465 


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4 A New Yeir Gift 
II. 

TH1¢ Gude New Zeir We hope with Grace of Gb, 
Sall be of Peace, Tranquility and Reft; 

This Zeir fal Richt and Reafon rule the Rod, 
Quhilk fae lang Seafon has bene fair fupreft5 
This Zeir firm Faith fall freily be confeft, 

And all cronious Queftions put arreir 
To labour thar this Lyfe amang. us left, ~ 

Gop give zou Grace agains this gude new Zeit. 

IIT. 
Hern ore addrefs thee duely to décore, 


And rule thy Regne with hie Magnificence; 
Begin at Gop to gar fet forth his Glore; 

And of his Gofpel get Experience; 

Caufe his true Kirk be had in Reverence, * 
So fall thy Name and Fame fpreid far and. neir; 

Now this thy Det to do with Diligence, _ 
Gop give thee Grace agains this gude new Zeir. 


IV. 
Founpb. on the firft four Vertues cardinall, 
On Wifdom, Juftiee; Force and: Temperance, 
Aplaud to prudent folk, and principall 


OF vertcous Lyfe, thy Worthip.to. advance: 
Wey 


to Queen MART. 
Wey Juftice equal without Difcrepance, 
Strengthen thy State, with Stedfaftnefs to fieir, 
To temper Tyme with true Continuance, 
Gop give thee Grace agains this gude new Zeir. 
V. 
Casr thy Confate by Council of the Sage, 
And cleave to Chryft has kept thee weil in Cure, 
Attingent now to twenry Zeirs of Age, 
Prefervand thee from all Mifaventure. 
Wald thou be ferved and thy Countrie fure, . 
Sull on the Common-weil haif Eye and Eir, 
Prefs ay to be Proredtrix of the Pure, 


Sac Gop fall gyde thy Grace this gude new Zeir- 
VI. | 
Gir ftanche all Stryfe, and ftable thy Eftates, 


| In Conftance, Concord, Charity and Luve: 
Be bifly now to banifh all Debates, 
That twixt Kirk-men and tempral Men dois muve. 
The pulling doun of Policy repruve, 
And let perverfed Prelates live perquier, 
To do the beft befeikand Gop abuve, 


To give thee Grace agains this gude new Zeir. 
| R 3 Vil. Av 


A New Yeir Gift 
VII. ene 
Art Crofs gar cry be opin Proclamation, ‘ 


| 
4 : Undir grit Pains, that nowther he nor {cho 
q | i) Of haly Writ have ony Difputation, 
3 But letterd Men or learned Clerks therto ; 
a For Lymmer Lads and little Lafles lo, 

| 


Fag AS TRE, g cia em trearroan remtiotts oro, 


Will argwie baith with Bifhop, Preift and Freir: 


To danton this thou has enouch to do, 


Gop give thee Grace agains this gude new Zeir.’ 
VIIL 
Bur wyte the wickit Paftors wald not mend 


Their vicious Living, all the Warld preferyves; 

They tuke nae tent their Traik fould turn till end, 

3 | They were fae proud of their Prerogatyves, 

| For wantones they wald hot marrie Wyves, 

Nor zit live chaft, but chop and change their Cheir ; 
Now to reform their lecherous leud Lyves, 


Gop give thee Grace agains this gude new Zeir: 


IX, 
Txey broche thair Baftards with theSkrufe theyskraip 
To blande their Blude with Barrons by Ambition, 
They purcheft pithlefs Pardons frae the Paip, 


To caufe fond Fuils confyde he hes Fruition, 


— a 
heap ai Pee DNA LOG OIE Ig . 


To Queen MARY. 
As Gop, to give for Sins a full Remiflion, 
And Sauls to. faif from fuffering Sorrow {eir : 
To fet afyde fic Sort of Superftition; 
Gop give thee Grace agains this gude new Zeir. + 
x. d 
Tux Benifice and Pention tint that marrict 5 
On Frydays quha eit Flefh was fyr-fangt 5 
It made nae Mifs quhat Maydens they mifcarriet, 
On Fafting Days, they were not brunt or hangt, 
| Licence for Lechry frae their Lord belangt, 
__ To give Indulgence as the Deil did leir, 
To mend that Menzie has {ae mony mangr, 
Gop give thee Grace agains this gude new Zeir. 
te As 
Tuer lute the Leiges pray to Stocks and Stanes, 
And paintit Papers, wats nocht quhat they meins. 
They bad them beck and binge to deid Mens Banes, 
Offer on Kneis to kifs, fyne faif their Kin, 
Pilgrims and Palmers paft with them between, 
San& Blais, San& Boit, blate Bodies Ene to bleir3 
Now to forbid this grit Abufe hes bene, 7 
Gop give thee Grace agains this gude new Zeirs 
WM 4 XII. Taxy 


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8 A New Yeir Gift 
XII. | 
Tay tyart Gon with Trifles rume and Trantals, 


, And deivd him with their daft and daylie Dargeis, 

With owklie Abits to augment their Rentals, 
Mantand, Mort »Mumbelings, mixt with mony Lics. 
Sic Sandtitude was Sathans Sorceries, 

Chryfts filly Sheip and fobir Flock to fincir, 
To ceife all findrie Se@s of Herel eis, 


Gon give thee Grace agains this gude new Zeir. 
XIII, 
Wrru Mefs and Mattins sae ways will I mel], 


To yuge them | juftly pafles my Ingyne, 
They gyde-not ill that governs ‘weil themfell, 
And honeftly on Lawrie lays their Lyne, 
Doubts to difcus, for Do€tors are divyne, 
age in Clergie to declair them cleir: 

“To order this the Office now is thyne, 
Gon give thee Grace agains this gude rtew Zeit. 

XTY. 

Ks Beis tak Wax and Honey of the Floure, 

So dois the Faithful of Gan's Word tak Fruit, 
As Wafps iteceive frac aft the fame?but ‘four, 

ae -Reprobates the Scripture dois rebute, 


> 


Words 


to Queen MARY. 9 
| Words without Warks availeth nota Cute, 

' To feis thy Subjects fae in Luve and Feir, 

| That Richt and Reafon in thy Realm may rute, 
iGo p-give thee Grace agains this .gude new Zeir, 
i ae 

THE Epiftles and Evangells now are Preicht, 


Bot Sopheftrie or Ceremonys vain; 
‘Thy People, maift Part, truely now are teicht 
Ube put away !dolatrie prophane, 
| Butin fum Hearts is graven new again, 
An Image callit curfd Covetice of Geir, 

Now to expell that Idol ftands up plain, . 
1Gop give thee Grace agains this gude new Zcif, 

XVI. 

| For Sum are fene at Sermons fum fa haly, 
| Singand San& Davids Pfalter on their Buiks, 
And are but Biblifts fairfing full their Belly, 
| Backbytand Nybours noying themin Nuiks, 
_ Ruggand and reivand up Kirk Rents lyke Rukes ; 
| Lyke very Wafps againft Gov’s Word mak Weir; 
Now fic Chriftians to kifs with Chanters Kuiks 
Gon give thee Grace agains this gude new Zeir. 
| AVI. DEWTIE 


aa a ia i pai 


{0 A New Teir Gift 


XVIL. [ 
DEwtie and Detts are driven by Doublenefs, 


And Folks are flemit frae zung Faith Profeflors, 
The greateft ay the greidyar I gefs, 

To plant quhere Preifts and Parfons were Poffeffors’ , 

Teinds are uptane by Teftament Tranfgreffors, 
Credence is paft of Premife thocht they {weir, , 

To punifh Palmers, and reproach Oppreffors, 
Gop give thee Grace agains this gude new Zeir. 


XVIII. 
Purr Folk ar famift with their. Faffions new, 


They fail for Fale that had before at fouth, 
Leil Labourers lament and. Tennants trew, 
That they ar hurt and herriet-North and South; 
The Heidfmen have Cor mundum in their Mouths 
But nevir mynd to give the Man his Meir, 
To quench thir quent Calamities fo cowth, 


Gop give thee Grace agains this gude new. Zeir. *' 
XIX: 
PROTESTANDS tak the Friers auld Antetewme, 


} Ready Refavers, but to render nocht, 
So Lairds uplift Mens Leiving, ower thy Rewme, 


And are riche crabit quhen they crave them ocht, 
Be 


| bp Queen MAK Y, 
. Be they unpaid, thy Burfevants are focht, 


\To pund pure Commons Corn and Cattle keir, 
To vifly all thir wrangous Warks.are wrocht, 
[Gop give thee Grace agains this gude new Zeir. 
XX, 

|? AUL bids nane deal with Thing fdolathere, 


Nor quhair Hypocrafie hes bene comittit 5 


But Kirk-mens curfed Subftance aft feims {weic, 


Till Land-men that with leud Bird Lyme are lyttic. 


Gif thou perfave fum Senzior it has f{mittic, 
Solift chem faftly not to perfeveir; 

| 4 ; he 
_..Hurt not their Honour, tho thy Hienefs wit it, 


‘But gracioully forgive them this new Zeir. 

| X XT. 
: ForGrvyNneBs grant with Gladnefs and Gude-will, 
| Gratis to all into zour Parliament, 
Syne ftablifh Statutes, ftedfaft to ftand full, 
That Barone, Clerk and Burges be content, 
| Thy Nobles, Earls, and Lords in confequent,| 
[Frei tender to obtain their Hearts inteir, 

That "they may ferve, and be obedient 


Unto thy Grace this new and mony a Zeir. 
XXII.SEN 


SPECIE AIEEE ID A ITE SISTENT EAS 


PN Ee i RMS I DAGON. 
Ris : : 


5 TER 5 ice amelie coment ten) < ry - 
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Sw fae thou fits in Seat fuperlative; 
Caufe every State to their Vocation go; 
Scolaftick Men the Scriptures to difcryve, 
And Majeftrates to ufe their Sword alfo, 
Merchands to trade and trafick to and fro, 
Mechanicks Work, Husbands to faw and Sheir, 
So fall be Wealth and Weilfare without Woe, 
Be Grace of God agains this gude new Zeir. 


XXIII, 


Ler all thy Realme be now in Readynefs, 
With coftly cleathing to decore thy Corfs, 
Zung Gentlemen for dauncing them addrefs, 
With courtlie Ladys coupled in Conforfs, 
Frak feirce Gallands the Feild Games to enforfs, 
Enarmed-Knychts at Lifts with Scheild and Speir, 
To feicht in Barrows baith on Fute and Horfs, 
Agane thy Grace get a Gude-man this Zeir. 


XXIV. Tars 


to Queen MART. 
XXIV. 

‘Turs Zeir fall be Eimbaflies heir belyve, 

| For Marriage, from great Princes,Dukes and Kirigs; 

\This Zeir within thy Region fall aryfe 

) Rowts of the Rankeft that in Europe rings 5 

| ' This Zeir baith Blythnefs and Aboundance brings, 

Navies of Schips outhrow: the Sea to f{neir, 

| With Riches, Rayments and all Royal Things, 

) Agane thy Grace get a Gude-smag this Zeirs 

| Gir Saws be futhe to fchaw thy Celfitude, 

] Quhat Bairn (ould bruke all Britain be the Sie, 

{ The Prophecie exptefly dois conclude, 

| The French Wyfe of the BrucEIs Blude fould be; 

| Thou art the Lyne frae him the N ynth Degtec, 

| And was King Francis Pattie maik and Peir. 

_ Sae by Deftent the fame fould {pring of thee; 

| By Grace of Gop agane this gude new Yeit. 

XXVI. Now 

ee 

| Gif Saws be futhe. BY this Verfe it appears that the Pro- 


| phecy of J. AMES the VL. fucceeding to the Crown of 
| England; and being the fixtt King of Great Britain, was not 


as fome would alledge, made after his Acceffion; this 
| Pocm being. wrote-in 1562, fome Yeats before his Bixth. 


r4. A new Yeir Gift. 
XX¥VI. 
Now to conelidé, on Chryft caft thy comfort; 
And cherifh them that thow has under Charge, 
Supone maift fure he fall fend thee {upport, 
And len the lufty Liberos at large, 
Believe that Lord can Harbary fo thy Bairge, 
To mak braid Britain blyth as Bird on Brier, 
And thee extol with his triumphand Targe, 
Victorioufly again this gude new Zeir. 
L? Envoy. 
XXVII. 
Pavpent, maift gent, takcént, and prent the Wor 
Inull this Bill, with Will, them ftll, to face, 
Quhilk ar, not skar, to bar, on far, frae Baurds, 
But feal, bot feal, may heal, avael thy Grace, 


Sen lo, thou fhow, this to, now do, has Place, 
Receive and faif, and haif; ingrave it heir, 


This now, for Prow, that you, fweit Dow may brace 
Lang Space, with Grace, folace, and Peace this Zeir. 


et Toe aed, 
XXVIII. 
Frescu, fulgent,flurift, fragrant , Flower formofe, 
Lantern to Luve, of Ladys Lamp and Lor, 
Cherry, maift chaft, cheif Carbuncle and Choife, 
Sweit {myling Sovraign fhining botia Spot, . 
Bleft 


dsy 


to his Heart. 
Bleft, beautyful, benygn, and beft; begor, 

\To this Indyte pleafe to inclyne thine Eir, 

) Sent be thy fimple Servant Sanders Scot, 
)Greiting great Gop to grant thy Grace gude Zeir. 


i Quod ALEX. Scot. 


Pe BOR EER ERROR EERE EE EERIE 
i 4 
| Tohis HE ART. 

| wa 

R* TuRN Hamewart my Heart again, ‘ 


And byde quhair thou was wont to be; 
‘Thou art a Fule to. fuffer Pain, “ 
For Luve of her that luves not thee; 
My Heart let be fic Fantefie, 

) Luve nane but quhair thou has gud Caufe, 
|) And let hir feik a Heart for thee, 


For Feynd a Crum of thee fcho fawse , 
| ii. To 
| Ce ae. 2 ee ee. 
| ; 

| The Chronology of the Poems contained in this and 
the former Volume, is not to be expected, fome of older 
/Date having come to Hand after others, fome hundred 
Years later have been primed, befides moft of them ha- 
| ving no Dates; the endeavouring to place them according 
to the Order of Time they, were wrote in, and Incidents 
j/to which they related, was judged as ufelefs as it would 
) have proven difficult, 

i 
1 


r6 Yo bis Heart; 
II. 
To quhat Effe& fould thou be thrall, 
But thank fen thou has thy free Will; 
My Heart be nocht fae beftial, 
But knaw quha doig thee Gude or Ill; 
At Hame with me then tarry ftill, 
And fethen quha playié beft thair Pawis; 
And let the Fillock fling hir. fill, 
For Feynd a Crum of tlice {cho faws: 
| dle 
Trocur fcho be fair I will riot fenzie, 
Scho is the Kynd with utheris mae; 
For quly thair is a Fellon Menzie, 
That feimeth gude, and ate not fae: 
My Heart tak nowther Pain nor Wae 
For Meg, for Marjory or Mawis; 
But be thou glad, and let her gae, 
For Feynd a Crum of thee {cho fawss 


LV. 
REMEMBER how that Medea 


Wyld for a Sicht of Fajon zeid, 
Remember how that-Crefida; 
Left Troilus for Diomede: 


Jo bis Heart. 
Remember Helen, as we reid, 
| Broche Troy from BLS unto bare Waws; 
Then let her gae quhair {cho may fpeid, 


For Feynd a Crum of thee {cho faws. 
Vo. 
Brcausg I find {cho tuke in ill, 


At hir departing mak nae Care; / 


4 


| But all beguyld, go guhair {cho will, 


A fchrew the Heart that mane makes pit ‘ 
_ My Heart be mirry late and air. 
: This is the final End and Cl awe; 
| And let her feid and fullzic fair; 
: For Feynd a Crum of thee {cho faws. 


leah A ae 
P Nein dunt: again within my Breift, 


Neir let hir Slichts thy Courage fpill, 
| Nor gie a Sob abeit {cho fneift, 
Scheis faireft payd that gets hir Will: 
g Scho gecks as gif I meind her Ul, 
| Quhen fcho Slaiks pauchty in hir Braws, 
Now let hir fnirt; and fyk hir fill, 
‘Fo or Feynd a Crum of th nee {cho faws. 


Quod ALExt, Scor. 4 
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WANN CANAAN IZINI INV ZN ZNYN NANI ANSARI 
BS STIS ISTIS TIS US. TSE TIRES TSS TOSS 


Se a ee ee a a ee ae oe 
A Brafb of WOUVING. 


F 
T N fecret Place this hinder Nicht; 
I heard a Bairn fay tll a Bricht, 
My Hinny, my Howp, my Heart; my Heil, 
I haif been lang zour Luivar leil, 
And can of zou get Comfort nane, 
How lang will ze with Danger deil? 


Ze brek my Heart, my bony ane. 


Il. 

H1s bony Baifd was kemd and cropit; 
But all with Kail it was bedropit, 
Comich he was, fulifh and goukit, 
He clapit faft, he kift, he chukit, 

As with the Glaicks he were oergane; 
Zit be-his Feirs he wald haye —— 

Zc brek my Heart, my bony anew 
III. Quop 


A Biafb of Woning. 
7 THT. . 

| Quon he, my Heait, fweit as the Hinny, 

) Sen that I born was of my Minny, 

) I nevir wouit an uther but zou, 

b My Wame is of your Luve fae fou, 

That as a Ghaift I glowr and grane, 

; { trymil fae ze wadna trow, 

] Ze brek my Heart, my bony ane. 

, IV. 

4 TEHWEY, quod fcho, and gae a Gawf, 

) Be ftill my Cowfyne, and my Cawf, 

_My new fpaind Howphyn frae the Souk, 

And all the Blythnefs of my Bouk, 

i My fwanky fweet, {aif thee alane, 

| Nae Leid haif I luivd all this Owk, 

| Fow leis me on that gracles gane. 

Vv. 
|Quon he, my Claver, my Curledody, 


| ies 
“My Hinnyfopps, my {weit Poflody, 
Be not owre bowftrous to your Billy, 


‘Be warm hertit, cot illwilly; 


% 2 


Ane RSENS 202) TO ca mates 


" a ea cmetaiahias aa , 


A Brafo of Wouing. 


Zour Hals as whyt as Quhalis Bané, 
Gars rife on Loft my Quilly-lillie, 


Ze brek my Heart, my bony ane; 


VI. 
Quon fcho, my Clip, my unfpaynd Lanty 
With Mithers Milk zit in your Gam, 
My Belly Hudrom, my Hurle Bawfy, 
My Honnheyguks, my Siller Tawfy, 


Zour Pleins wad perfs a Heart of Starie ; 


Tak Comfort, my great headed Gawly, 


Fou leis me on zour graclefs gane. 


VIL 


Quvop he, my Kid, my Capercalzeane; 

My bony Bab with the ruch Brilzeane, 

My tender Girdil, my Wally Gowdy, 

My Tirly Mirly, my Sowdy Mowdy, 
Quken that our Mouths do meit in ane; 

My Stang dois cork in with your Towdy, 
Zé brck my Heart, my bony ane. 


VII. Quep 


4 Brafb of Wi OuIne, 
VIII. 

Quon {cho then tak me be the Hand, 

Welcom my Golk of Maryland, 

My Chirrry and my maiklefs Mynziony 

|My Sucker {weit as ony Unzeon, 

q My Strummil Stirk zit new to {pane, 

I am applyd to your Opinzion, 

E Fou leis me on that gracles gane. 

| 1X. 

pHeE gaif till hir ane Aple- tuby, 

1Gramerce, quod fcho, my kind Cowhubby; 

re thay twa till a Play began, 


«| 


Quhilk that they call the Dirrydan. 
 Quhile baith thair Fancies met in ane; 


0 wow! quoth fhe, quhair wil] ye Man, 


_ Heil lets me on that gracles gane, 


Quod Crerx: 


CETERA ERT oee a ea rRNA IA I TA 
ere USER 


& 


CBE, 


x. 


} organ pte caciaaes eeprom 


GOLDIN. TERGE 


i. 
Ree t as the Stern of Day began to fchyne, 


Quhen gone to Bed was Ve/per and Lucyne, 
I raife, and by a Rofeir did me reft; | 
Upfprang the goldin Candill maculyne, 
With cleir depurit Beims Chriftalyne, 
Glading the mirry Fowlis in thair Neit, 
Or Phebus was in purpure Kaip revelt; 
Up {prang the Lark, the Heveniis Minftral fyne, 


In May intill a Morrow mirthfulleft. 
Ik Fury 


The finding of this Poem amongft the old Manufcripts, 
gives a great Pleafure, it being particulary’ quotted by Sir 
David Lindfay in his Prologue to the Complaint of the 
Papingo, where he mentions many of the old. Poets, In 


Commendation of Mr. Dunbar, Re fays, 


} 
Or of Dunbar guha Language had at large, 


As may be fane into hts Goldin Terge, 


The Goldin Terge. 


IT. 
| Furr Angelyk thir Birdis fang thair Hours, 
~ Within thair Courtings grene within thair Bours; 
Apperellit quhyte and reid with Blumys fweit, 

} Enamalit was the Feild with all Collours, 

) The Perlit Dropis {chuke in filver Schours, 

) Quhyle all in Balm did brench and Levis Fleir, 
)  Depairt frae Phebus did Aurora greit, 

) Hir -criftal Teirs.1 faw hing onthe Flours, 


§ = Quhilk he for Lufe drank all up with hisHeir. 


ITf. 


) For Mirth of May, with Skippis and with Hopps, 

} The Birds fang upon the tendir Cropps, 

With Curious Nottis as Venus Chapell Clarks; * 

| The Rofles reid, now fpreiding aff thair Knopps, 

Wer powderit full bricht with hevinly Dropps, 

With Rayis reid, lemying as ruby Sparks, 

| The Skyis rang with Schouting of the Larks, 

' The Purpure Hevin owre skailt in Silver Slopps, 
Owre gilt the Treis Branchis Leivs and Barks, 


OB 4 IV. Doun 


JS mes eaten senmsce eel’ 
ee WU 


LSPS RAO LOTTE SAI TT an i RMT MORRIS A IA 8 
of Pe BTS aN. reas 


pe MPR pe ed Fe i ora sea 
bese jgleery? Tal 


24 ¥he Goldie Terge; 


Iv. 
Doun throwch the Ryfs an River fan, quhois Str cingg 
So luftely upon the lykand Leims, 

That all the Laik as Lamp did leim of Licht, 
Quhilk {chadowit all about with twynkland Gleims, 
The Bewis baithit were in fecound Beims, | 

T hrow the Reflex of Phebus Vilage briche, 

On every Syde the Ege 'raife on hiche: 

The Bank was erene, the Sun was full of Beims, 


The Streimers cleir as Sternis in frofty Niche, 


V. 

THE Criftal Air the Saphier Firmament, 
The Ruby Skyes of the reid Orient, 

Keft Berial Gleims on Emerant Bewis grene,” 
The Rofy Garth depaynt and redolent, 
With Purpore, Afure, Gold and Gowlis pent, 

Arrayit was be Dame Flora the Quene, 

Sac nobilic that Joy was for to fene, 
The Roche againtt the River refplendaat, 


As low ihiminate the Levis fchene. 


VI. QuHaT 


She Goldix Terge, 23 


VI, 
Qu HAT throw the mirry fowls faft Harmony, 
p Qubac throw the Rivers Sound that ran me oy Ys 
B On Floras Weid I flepit guhair I lay, 
§ Quhair fune i info my dreimand Fantily Ya 
VI faw approche agane the Orient Sky, 
) Ane Schip on fail as Hloteais on the Spray, 
| =With Maft of Gold, bricht as the Stern of Days 
q Quhil k tendit'to the Land full luftely, 
1 With fwifteit Motion throu a Cryfal Bay, 
| 
VI. 
} Anv hard on Burd unto the blumit Meids, 
1 Amangs the Grene ‘Rifpies and the Reids, 
1 Aryvit {cho quheirfrae annon thair Lands, 
} Ane hundreth Ladeis luftie intill Weids, 
) Als frefh as Flours that in the May up{preids, 
| In Kirtills grene, withouten Kell or Bands, 
| hair fhynand Hair hang glitterand on the Strand 
In Trefis cleir wypit with goldin Threids, 
| With Pawps quhyte, and Middills {mall as Wands. 
VIII. Dis: 


> DO areas etary weenie I) 


LENT RRA PITTS re mam a MMS IIMS a eh 
SG a 


Berne 


Phe Goldin Teree. 


VIII. 


Discryve I wald bur quha culd weil indyte} 
How ‘all the Flours with all the Lillies quhyt, 
Depaint was bricht, quhilk to the Hevin did gleit, 
Nocht Homer thou als fair as thou couth wryte, 
For all thy ornat Style the maift perfyte, 
Nor zet, thou Tvllss, quhais Oratiouns fweit 
In Rethorick did intll Terms fleie, 
Zour aureat Tungs had baith bene all to lyte, 
For to compyle that Paradyce compleit. 


TX. 


There faw I Nature, and als Dame Venus Quene; , 
Aurora fréth, and Lady Flora f{chene, 
Juno, Latona, and Proferpina, 

Diane the Goddefs of Cheft and Wods grene, 
My Lady Clio, that Help of Makers bene,’ 

_ Thetis {e grene and prudent Mizerva, 

’ Fair faynt Fortune, and lemand Lucina, 
‘Thir michty Quenis, with Crownis might be fene, 
~ With Beims brichr, and blyth as. Lucifera. 


x. THAR 


The Goldin. Lerge, 


(Tare faw I May of mirthfull Moniths Quene, 
Betwix Apryl and Fune her Sifters fchene, 

| Within the Garden walkand up and doun, 

| Quhom of the Fowls refaif Gladnefi bedene, 

) Scho was full tendir in hir Zeirs Grene3 

Thair faw I Nature give till hira Goun, 

» Rich to behald, and) noble of Renown, 

| OF ilka Hew that undir Hevin has bene 


| © Depaynt and braid be gude Proportioun. 


XI. 
) Fort luftiely thir Ladyis all in Feir, 
| Enterit into this Park of maift Plefeir, 
) = Quhair that I Jay heilit with Leivs Rank; 
| fhe mirry Birds blisful of Cheir 5 
} Nature faluft methoche in thair Maneir, 
| Afd every Blume on Brench and on the Bank, 
) Openit and fpred thair balusy Levis donk, 
) Full Law inclynand to thair Quene full cleir, 
Quhom for thair noble nurifing they thank. 


XI. Synz 


" om 
PSSA TONSA TLC paw ce = . 
AOI He pms a 6 PMI EAD 

Korpere 


~ 


= =n 
ee 


3¢ The Goldin Terge. 


X IL. 


SNE to Dame Flora, on the famyne Ways; 
They faluft and they thank a Thoufand Syis, 

And to fweit Venus neift, Luvis bony Quene, 
They fang Ballatis of Lue, as was the Gyis, 
With amorous Nottis maift lufty to devyis, 

As that they had Luve in thair Heartis grene, 

Thair Hony Throtts they openit frae the Splene: 
With Warbills fweit they perft the Hevinly Skyis, 

Quhyle loud refount the Firmament fcrene, 


AITI, 


Awe uther Court thair faw I fubfequent, 

Cupid the King, with Bow in Hand ay bent, 
And dreidful ll Arrows grundin fherp and {qubair, 

Thair faw I Mars the God atmipotent, 

Awful and ftern, braid, {trong and corpulent, 
Thair faw I crabit Saturn auld and Hair, 
His Luke was lyke for to perturb the Air, 


Thair was Mercurius, wyfe and eloquent 


Of Rethorick that fand the Flouris fae fair, 


AIV. THarn 


The Goldin Tere, 


XLV. 
Tuavn was the God of Gardens Priapus, 
Thair was the God of Wildernes Phanus, 
And Fanus God of Entries delectable. 


| Thair was the God of Oceans Neptunus : 
) Thair was the God of Winds bauld Eolas, 


| 


4 


if 


| 


: | 


4 


i 
| 


| 
| 
i| 
] 


, 


| 


With variand Blafts lyke to an Lord unftable; 
_ Thair was blyth Bachus glader of the Table; 
Thair Pluto was, that elritch Incubus, 


In Cloke of Grene,his Court was cladein Sable, 
XY. 


Anp every ane of thir in grene arrayt, 

An Harp and Lute full mirreyly they playt; 
And Baliats fang with michty Nottes cleir: 

Ladys to daunce full fobitly affyir, 

Endlang the trotting River fo they mayit; 
Thair Obfervance richt hevinly was to heir ; 


Then crap I throw the Brenches and drew neir, 


| Quhair that I was richt fuddenly affrayit, 


Alt throw a Luke that I haifcoft full deir. 


(at I ans nb ect AIRE namie HE NM NEB 


XVI. AND 


er ee 


said mestineames tii c=a, aeaensieinenaamniainaemebii 


9 Op RT ge EH mae 


Te Se a SE 
. ee LA 


The Goldin Tergé. 


XVI. 

AnD f{chortlie for to fpeik, by Luves fair Quent 
I was efpyit, {cho bad hir Archers kene 

Go me areift; and they nae Tyme delayit; 
Then Ladies fair luce fall thait Mantils grenie; 
With Bowis big, in traflir Hairs fchene, 

Richt {uddenly they had a Feild arrayit; 

And zit cicht gritly was I nocht affrayit : 
The Party was fae plefand to be fene, 

A Wondir lufty Bikar me affayit. 


AVIT. 


Anp firft of all with Bow in Hand ay bent, 
Came Bewty’s Dame'richt as {cho wald me {chent, 
Syne followit all her Damofells in Feit, 
With mony divers awfull Inftturvent, 
Into the preifs fair Having with hir went, 
Syne Portrator, Plefance and \ufty Cheir, 
Then Re/oun came with Scueitp of Gorn fo cleir; 
In Plait of Mail as Mars armipotent, 
Defendit me that hoble Chevalier. 
XVI. Sy Nx 


The Goldin Terge. 


XVIII. 


) SYNE tendir Zouth came with hir Virgins zing, 


| Grene Innocence and {chamefull Abafing, 


| And quaking Dreid, with humbyl Obedience, 
The Gotpin TERGs it armit them naithing, 
Courage in them was nocht begun to {pring 3 
Full fune they dreid to do a Violence: 

Sweit Wemanheid 1 faw come in Prefence; 


A Warld of Artelzie {cho did in bring, 
And fervit Ladyis full of Revyerences 


XIX; 


|Scxo with hir led Nurtour and Lawliene/s, 

| Continuance, Pacience, gude Fame and Stedfaftnefs, 
Difcration, Gentilne/s, Confidderans, 

| Leful Company, and honeft Bufinefs, 


| Benign Luke, myld Cheir, and Sobirne(s, 
| All thir bure Genzies to do me Grivans; 
But Refoan bure the TerGe with fic Conftans, 
| Thair fcharp Aflay micht do me no Deirence, 
| For all their Preis and awful Ordinans, 


ui Unte 


NGL TT emma egemnnren sNEESRD DAE 3 ca ta mre 


wwe ee 


ati Tt at i FR SE, arp tment) 


The Coldin re erg, 


XX, 


Unto the Preifs purfewit Hie Degrie, 
Hir followit ay Ejfait and Dignitee, 
Comparifon, Honour and. nobill Array, 
Will, Wantone[s, Renown and Libertie, 
Riches and Eredome and Nobility 5 
Wit ze they did thair Banner hie Difplay. 
A Clud of Hanes lyke Hail-{(chot lowfit they; 
And fchot till waftit was thair Axtelzie, 


Syne went abak febutit of the Prey. 


XXI. 


QuuHEN Venus had perfavit this Rebute, 
Scho bad Difemban:e gae mak a Perfute 

With all her Power to prefs the Gorn TERGES 
And {cho that was of Doublenefs the Rute, 
Askit hir Choifs of Archers ih Refute: 

Venus the beft bad hir to wale at lerge; 

Scho tuke Prefence plicht Anker of the Berge 3 
And Fair Calling that weil a Flane. can {chute, 


Aad Cheriffing for to compleit hir Charge. . 
XXIL Dant 


The Goldin Terge. 


xX PI. ; 


| Dame Hamelinefs {cho tuke in Company, 
| That hardy was and heynd. in Archery, 
And brocht in Bewrie to the Feild again, 
i With all the Choife of Venus Chevelly, 
) They came and bikkart unabaifitly : 
The Showris of Arrows rappit-on lyke Rain, 
§  Perrelus Prefence, that mony a Syre has flain; 
} The Battill brocht on Bordour hard me by, 
1 he Affale was all the fairer Suth to fane. 


XXIII. 


)Turcx was the Schot.of igrundin. Arrows | kene, 
}Bur Reffoun with the Gorpin ScuEttp fae {chene, 
i Weirly deffendit quhofeir aflayic; 
The awfull Schower he manly did fuftene, 
Til Prefence’ keft a Powdir in his Ene, 
And then as drukken Man he all forwayit, 
Quhen he wes blind, the Fule with him they playit, 
And bannift him amang the Bewis Grene; 


That Sicht fae fair me fuddenly affrayit. 


eh 


ee oe eS ee 


€ XXIV, THEN 


‘ii 


lO panensternmenisaremicereph sis 


meget tn TENE ASPETIOPSSE NA 


5 SITE MINN EMDR 


2A. The Goldin Terge. 


XXIV. 

Tuen was I woundit} till the Deth full neir; 
And zoldin' as ane woefall Prifoneir 

To Lady Bewzie; in a Moments Space, 
Methocht {cho feimit luftyer of Cheir, 
Aftir that Reffowm had: tynt“his‘Ene cleir, 

Than of befoir, and lovarly of Face’5 

_Quhy was’ thow’ blindit, “‘Reffoun? quhy? allace! 


And gart ane Hell my Paradyce’appeir, 
And Mercy feim quhgir that I fand nae Graces 


XXV; 


DrésimuLanceé was billy “hie to alTyles 

And Fair Calling did’ aft upon me’ finyle, 
And Cheriffing ine fed with Words fair, - 

Acquentance new embrafit me a quhyle, 

And favourt me, till Men michtgae a Myle, 
Syne tuke hit Lief, t faw hir nevir: mair3 
Then faw I Denger towart me repair, 

J cowth efchew hir Prefence be nae Wyle, 
On Syde {cho lukit with a fremit Fare. 


XXVI. ANB 


The Goldin ¥. erge, 


XXXVI. 


AND at the laft deperting couth hit Prefs, 
And me delyverit unto Havyne/s, 

For to remane, and {cho in Cure me tuke; 
Be this the Lord of Winds with fell W odnefs, 
God Eolus his Bougill blew, I gefs, 

That with the Blaft the Aiks in Foreft {chuke, 

And fuddenlie in the Space of a Luke, 

All was hyne went, ther was but Wildernefs, 


Ther was nae mair but Bird and Bank and Bruke. 


XXVITI. 


In twynckling of an Ee to Schip they went, 
And {wift up Sail unto the Tap they ftent, 

And with{wift Courfeout owre the Flude they frak; 
They fyrit thair.\Guns with Powdir violent, 


Till that the Reik raife to the Firmament, 


The Rochis all refoundit with the Rak 


thy 


For Reird it {emit that the Rain-brow brak; 


| With Spreic affrayir upon my Feit I fprent 


Amangs the Clewis, fae caisfull was the Crak 


oy 


2 XXVIII. Ann 


sneha pena as ABA IF 
mem it 


36 The Goldin Terge. 
XXVIII. 
Anp as I did awake off this Swowning, 
The joyfull Minftralls mirryly did fing, 
For Mirth of Phebus tendir Beims {chene; 


Sweit wer the Vapouris, faft the Morrowing, 
Hailfum the Vail, depaynt with Flowirs zing, 

The Air atemperit, fobir and amenes 

In quhyte and reid was all the Eard befene, 
Throw Natures nobill frefch enamaling, 

In mirthfull May, of every Moneth Quene. 

X XIX. 
O reverend * Chawfer, Rofe of Rethouris all, 
As in our Toung the Flowir imperiall, 

That evir raife in Brittane, quha reids richt, 
Thou beits of Makars the ‘Triumphs: ryall, 
The frefch enamallic Termes. celeftiall ; 

This Matter thou couth haif ilumint bricht, 


Was thou not of our Inglis all the Licht? 
Surmounting every Toung terreftriall, 


As far as Mayis fair Morning dois Midnicht. 
XXX. O 


* This Panygyrick on Chawfer, aS “tis perfectly gene- 
rous and handiome from a Scots Poet, it likewile thews 
that the Lowland Scors Language and the Englijh at that 
Time were the fame. | 


The Goldin Terge. 
. XOX, 


© morale Gower and Lidgate laureat, 
Zour fuggurat Toungs and Lipps aureat 


Bene ull our Hirs Caufe of grit Delyte; 


Zour Mouths angelick, maift mellifluar, 
_ Our rude Language hes cleir ilumynat, 
And has owre-gilt our Speich, that imperfyte 
Stude, or zour goldin Pens did {chupe to wryt, 
This Yle befoir was bair and difolate 
Of Rethorick, or lufty fair indyte. 


).@.@.4 E 


Tuov litle Quair be evir obedient, 
Humby}, fubject, and femple of Intent, 
| Befoir the Face of every cunning Wicht, 
I knaw quhat thou of Rethorick has fpent, 
Of hir maift lyftie Rofes redolent 
Is nane into thy Garland fet on Hichr ; 
O Schame thairfor, and draw the out of Sicht : 
Rude is thy Weid, bare, deftitute and rent, 
Weil aucht thou be affeirit of the Lichr. 


Quod DUNBAR. 


C 3 Lorges, 


5 RE I IT ne OMT NGA oan HN ps eae 


~~ 


tT rte PNET anon en SOM a, 


28 
ea teen oor 


Lorges, lerges; lorges ay, 
Lerges of this new Zeirs Day. 


I. 
E Inst Lerges of the King my Cheif, 
Quhilk came as queitly as ane Theif, 
And in nmiy Hand flaid Schillings cwae, 
To put his Lergnes to the Preif, 
For Lerges of this new Zeir Day. 
ik. 
Syne Lerges of my Lord Chancelar, 
Quhen I to him ane Ballat bare, 
He fonziet not, nor faid me nay, 
But gaif me qubyle I wald had mair, 
‘For Lerges of this new Zeir Day. 
Ill. 
OF Gallaway the Bifchop new, 


Forth of my Hand ane Ballat drew) 


5. 


An 1€ de liv ert b pot elay, 
A fair Hacknay bot Hyd or Hew, 
For Lorges of chis new Zeit Day. 
IVY. AND 


Lorges, lerges, €3e, 
IV. 
| Ann fyne of Croce the Abbot zing, 


} I did to him ane Ballat bring; 
| But or I paft a Pice him frae, 


I gat nae lefs than Deil a thing, 


/ For Lerges of this new Zeir Day. 
V. 

Tue Secretar baith war and wyfe, 

| Hecht me a Catt. of his Office; 

And for to reid my Bill alfway, 

He faid for him. that micht fuffice, 


For Lorges of this new Zeir Day. 


| Tue Treafurer Wis chipeeclll: 
| They bad me cum I wait not quhair, 
| And they wald gar, I wait not quhae, 
| Gife me, I wait not quhar, full fair, 
For Lerges of this new Zeir Day. 


VI. 
Now Lorges of my Lordis all 


| 

| Baith temporall State and fpiricuall, 
My felf fall evir fing and fay, 

I haif them fund fae liberal 


Of Lerges on this new Zeir Day. 
| . 4 VIII. Four 


Reps acerca mene oy 


INST el RR TOSI SOMETRIED! AAR 


Lo Lorges, lerges, &e. bs 


VIII. 


Fout fa this Froft that is: fae fnell, 


It hes the Wyt, the Trewth to tell, 


aith Hands and Purfs it binds up fre, 


They may gife naithing bye themfell, 
For Lerges of this new Zeir Day. 


IX. 


Now Lerges of my Lord Bothwell, 


The quhilk in Fredome did excell ; 


He gaif to me a Curfour gray 
Worth all this Sort, that I with Mell, 


For Ze 


‘ges of this new Zeir Day. 
x 


Grit GOD releif Margaret our Quene 


For gif fcho 


wer as {cho hes bene, 


Scho wald.be lerger of*Lufray 


Than all the 


laif that I of mene, 


For Lerges of this new Zeir Day. 


Quod STEWART. 


Dumbars 


DUMBARS DREGY ; 
|\Made to K. James V. being 


| wim Stirvling. 


A em TON er 9 IS REM ren wae PRO ea omen peti 


W E that ar heir in Heavens Glory, 


‘ia Yo zou that ar in Purgatory, 


-Commends us on our hearty Ways, 


| I mene we Folk in Paradyce, 


In Edinbrugh with all Mirrynefs, 
To zou in Stirvling in Diftrefs, 
Quhair nowther Pleafance nor Delyt is; 


| Thus pittying ane Apoftle wryts. 


O ze Hermits and Hankerfaidlis, 


| That tak zour Penance at zour Tables, 


Nor drink the Wyne comfortative, 


| But Ale that is baith thin and fimall, 


| With but few Courfes in zour Hall, 


alae atemietaaa a en 


= Re cree ES 


? 


haat, «i 


42 Dumbars Dregy. 


Bot Company of Lords er Knychts, 

Or ony uther guidly Wichrs, | 
Solitar walkand zouralane, 

Seing naething but Stock or Stane 

Out’ of zour painfull, Purgatory, 

To bring zou to the Blefs of Glory: 
Of Edinbrugh the mirry Toun 

We fall begin a carefull Soun, 

Ane Dregy kynd, devout and mieik, 
The Bleft abune we fall befeik 

Zou to delyvir out of zour Noy, 
And bring zou fune to Edinbrushs Joy? 
Thair to be mirry amang zour Freins, 
And fae the Dregy thus begins. . 

LEC TI 0-1, 
are rr 

The mirthfull Mary, Virgin chaft, 
OF Angels all the Orders nyne, 4 
And all the heavenly Court divyne, 
Sune bring ze frae the Pyne and Wae 


OF Stirvling, ilka Court Mans Fae, 


Dumbars Dregy. 


a gig ann SY 


Again to Edinbrughs Joy and Blifs, 
(Quhair Worfchip, Wealth and Weilfair is, 


‘Play, Pleafance, and cik Honefty, 


Say ze Amen, for Charity. 
Refponfie, te autem Domine. 

Tax Confolation in zour Pain, 

‘In Tribulation, tak Confolation, 

|Our of Vexation cum hame again, 

| Tak Confolation in zour Pain 5 

| Sube Dom. benedicite. 

| Oui of Diftrels of Stiroling Toun 


: To Edinbrugh blefs Gov mak ze boun. 
na Ge LO rT. 


ParriancHs, Prophets and Apoftles deir, 
Virgins, Confeflouris, ,Martyris cleir, 


\ Ps Bet 


And all the Seat celeftiall, i 


| Devourly we upon them call, 
i] 4 
} That fune out of zour Pains fell, 
; 


t . . es | 
| Ze may in Heaven heir wich us dwell, 


ee 


ESI anaes amen memantine 


os rssaeenienseenccic siren 
fg ERS RET SIR SIE Tear mamma | sc angSag eee ti C 
= - eT are 


44 Dumbars Dregyy 


To eat, Cran, Pertrick, Swan and Pliver; 
And every Fifch that fwyms in River, 
To drink with us the new frefch Wyne 
That grew upon the River Ryne, 
Frefch fragrant Clarits out of France, ' 


Of Angiers and of Orliance, 
With mony Comforts of grit Dainty, 


Say ze .4men, for Charity. 


Re/ponfum, tu autem Dom. 

Gop and San& %eil heir zoy convoy 
Baith fune and weil, Gop and San@ Feils 
To Sonce and Seil, Solace and Joy, 
Gop and San& Feil heir zou convoy, 
Out of Stirvlings Pains fell, 

In Edinbrugh Joy fune mot ze dwell. 
LECTIO Iil. 

WE pray to all the Saints in Heaven, 
That ar abune the Starns feven, 

Zou to bring out of zour Penance, 


That ze may fune fing, play and daunce 


Dumbars Drecy. 
In Edinbrugh heir, and mak gude Cheir, 
‘Quher Wealth and Weilfare is bot Weir; 
)And I that do zour Pains difcryve 
‘Intend to vifly zou belyve, 
In Defart not with zou to dwell, * 
‘But as the Angel Saint Gabdriell 
\Dois go betwein, frae Heavens.Glory, 
}To them that ar in Purgatory, 


'Sum Confolation them to give, 


Quhyle they in Tribulation live, 


| 
And {chaw them, quhen thair Pains ar paft, 
| 


| They fall cum up to Heaven at lait; 
Hou nane deferves to haif Sweitnefs, 
| : . . 
| That nevir taftic Bitternefs 5 


| And therfor hou fuld ze confidder 


| OF Edinbrughs Blefs, quhen zou cum hidder: 


| But gif ze taftit had befoir 

| OF Stirvling Toun, the Pains foir, 

| And therfore tak in Patience 

| Zour Penance and zour Abftinence, 
| And ze fall cum or Zule begin 


| Into the Blefs that we ar in3 


Quhilk 


- , (SAP APRN IT” 
seat ee ee , 


< 


ey errr a 


rs 


8D apatites ceeee eres memerrintied SAT y 


46 Dumbars Dregy. 


Quhilk grant we pray to all on ‘Hy, 
Say z¢ Amen, for Charity. 
Refponf. tu. autem Dom: 

Cum hame and dwellnae mair in Stirvling, 
Frae hydious Hell cum hame and dwell, 
Quhair Fifch to fell az nane but Spirrling, 
Cum hame and dwéll-nae mair in Stirvling. 

ET ne nos inducas in temptationem de Stirvling, 
Sed libera nos & malo illius. 

Regiam Edinburgi dona iis, Domine, 
Et lax ipfius luceat iiss 
A porta triflicia de 'Stirvling, 
Orna, Domine; animas eorum « 
Credo guftare flatim vinum Edinburgi, 
4n villa Vinentium, | 
Requie(cant Edinburgi. Amen. 
DEUS, qui juftos intorde bumiles 
Ex omnium eorum tribulatione.liberaré dignatius es, 
Libera famulos tuos apud villam Stirling verfantes, 
A poenis > triftitiis ejufdem, 
Et ad Edinburgi gaudia eos perdusas, 


Ut requiefcar Striviling. , Amen, 


47 
FOLOLOTOLOLOLOLOLOL OL OLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOT 
The Pie of Dunbar and Kennedie 
Herafter follows, jocund and merrie. 
I. 
'R Fohn the Rofi, ane Thing ther is compyld 
| In generall, by Kennedie and Quinting, 
 Quhilk has themfelfs abune the Sterns ftyld; 
But had they made of Menace ony mynting 


In fpecial, then fic Stryfe fuld ryfe bot ftynting : 
| Howbeit with Boift thair Bofoms wer as bendit 


hAs Lucifer, quha frae the Heavens defcendit; 
Hdl fuld ‘not hyd thair Harnis frac’ Harms hynting. 
If. 
' Tux Eard fuld tremble, Firmament fuld {chake, 
And all the Air invenomt fudden ftink, 
| And all the Deils in Hell for. Redour quake: 

To heir qthat I fuld wryte with Pen and Inks 
) For gif I flyt, fum Sage for Schame fuld fink, 
The Se fuld burn, the Mune fuld tholl Eclips, 
Roches fuld ryve, the Warld fuld hald nae Grips; 


Sae loud of Care the common Bell fuld clink. 
| Ill. Bur 


POR) RDS epee emer menecrstnrticl oy - 5 ry aa 
my We 


PE eer ie AT MEI TE! A 


48  £lyting of Dunbar and Kennedie. 
III. 


| Bur Wonder laith wer I to be a Baird, 


Flyting to ufe, for gritly I efchame; 
Sen it is nowther Winning nor Rewaird, 
But Tinfell baith of Honour and of Fame, 


“Encreafe of Sorrow, Sklander and ill Name; 


Zit micht they be fae bauld in thair Back-byting 


To gat'me ryme and raife the Feynd with Flyting, 
And throw ilk Place, and Kinrick theny ptoclaim, 


Quod DUNBAR to KENNEDIEe 


KKK KKK kk KKK KKK KK 
Kennedie to .Dunbar. 


i 
D IR TEN Dunbar, on quhome blaws thou thy 
Boift ? 
Pretendand thee to wryte fic fealdit Skrows, 
Thou raw-moud Rebald, fall doun at the Reift 3 


. 
My Laureat Liems at thee, and I lows, ) 


Mandrag, 


flyting of Dunbar avd Kennedie. 4g 


/ Mandrag, Mymmierkin, maid Maifter but in Mows, 
} Thou thryce fcheild Trumpir, with a threid-bare 
Goun, 

Say Deo Mercy, or I cry the douty 


| And leave thy ryming, Rebald, and thy Rows, 


108 


‘Darez1p; dirtfaft Deatch, that thou has difobeye 


1 My Coufin Quintine, and my Commiflar, 
| Fantaftick Fule, truft weil thou fall be: fleyt, 


Ignorant Elf, Ape, Owl, irregular, 


| Skaldic Skaitbird and common Skandelar ; 
| Wanfuckit Funnling, that Nature maid an Yrle, 
Baith ohn. the Rofs and thou fall {queil and skirle, 


: Gif cir I heir ocht of zour making mair. 


Itt. 

‘Here I put Silence to thie in all Parts, 

| Obey and ceife the Play that thou pretends; 

Weak Waly-draig and Werlot of the Carts, 
Se fune thou mak my Commiffar Amends, 


D And 


SRT ee TE hp mes Soe maT. 


be ales 


+ 


go Filyting of Dunbar aud Kennedie: 
And let him lay fax Leifchis on thy Lends, 


-Meikly in recompenceing of thy Scorn, 


Or thou fall ban the Tyme that thou was borti, 
For Kennedié to thee this Schedule fends. 


Quod KENNEDIE #nto DUNBAR; 
Suge in the mxt quha gat the war. 


oS ugE ae Eae AZT MRS Stage zag eae 
Dunbar to Kennedie. 


Is 
— Rscu brybour Baird, vyle Beggar with thy 
Bratts; 
Sunt-bittin Kennedie, Coward of Kynd, 
Hl-fart and dryit, as Denfiman on the Ratts; 
Lyke as the Gledds had on thy gule Snowé 
dynd 3 
Monfter mifmaid, ilk Mune out of thy Mynd, 
Rebald reriounce thy ryming, thou bur royis, 
Thy trechour Tung has tane a heland: Sttyad 5 
A lawland Erfe wald mak a better Noyis. 


H. Riven 


_——_ 


——— 


— 


Fiyting of Dunbar aid Keinedie. 
» ChE: 
RiVEN, raggit Ruke, and full of Rebaldrie, 
Scart Scorpion, ftaldit in Scurilitie, 
I fe the haltane in thy Harlotrie, 
And into uther Science nothing flie; 
Of every Vertew wyd, as Men may fe} 
Quyt claiin with Clergy, cleik to thee a Club; 
Blafphemar Baird, in Brybrie ay to be; 
Wifdomi and Wit a Wifp frae thee may rub. 
DastTaxd, thoti fpeits, Gif I dare with thee fecht? 


Ze Dagone; dowbart, therof haif thou nae Doit ; 
Quhair eit we meit therto, my Hand I hecht 

To redd thy Rebald ryming with a Rour: 

Throw Britain braid it fall be blawn about, 
Hou that thou, poyfond Pelour, gat thy Paiks} 

With a Dog-Leifch, I {chepe to gar the fchour,; 
And nowther to thee tak Knyfe, Swerd of Aix. 
Trou Crop and Rute ‘OF That treafonable, 

Fader aiid Muder of Morthor and Mifcheif, 


| Deceitfull Tyrand, Serperit tungd, unftable, 


Cuckald, Cradoun, Couard and common Theif ; 
D 2 Thou 


OT ETE HD 


4 


wee 


IE EIT BOAO rm BARN EIRENE A NE an ens emer i 
she iti gn J: . ; 
= Re a ry ss > ee a = 


52 Flyting of Dunbar avd Kennedie. 
Thou purpofd anes to undo our Lord and Chief. 

In Paiflay, with a Poyfon that was fell, | 

For quhilk Brybour zit fall thou thole a Breif3 


Pelor, I fall ic prieve on thee my fell. 
Y: 
Tuo I wald lie, thy frawart Phifnomy 


Dois manifeft thy Malice to all Men; 

Fy Traytour Theif, fy Glengore Loun, fy, fy, 
Fy Feyndlyke Front, far fouler than a Fen, 
My Freynds thou haft reprovit with thy Pen, 

Traytour thou leis, quhilk I fall on thee preive$ 
Suppofe thy Heid wer armit Tymis ten, 


Thou fall recryit, or I thy Crown fall cleive. 
VI. 
Or thou durft move thy Mynd malitious, 


Thou faw the Sail abune my Heid updraw; 
But Folus full wid, and Neptunus, 

Mirk and Munelefs,was met with Wind and Waves, 
And mony a hundreth Myles hynd coud us blaw_ 
By Holand, Zetland and the Northway Coatt, | 

In Deferts vaft, quhair we wer famift aw, | 


Zit cum J hame, fals Baird, to lay thy Boaft. 
VII. Tuo 


Flyting of ee and Kennedie. 53 


PTuov callis thee Bathe with thy goldin Lipps : 
} Na, glowrand, gapeand Fule, thou art begyld, 
| Thou art but Glunfchoch with the giltit Hipps, 
That for thy Lounrie mony a Leifch has fyld; 
| Vain Widdifow, out of thy Wit gane wyld, 
) Laithly and Jowfy, lathand as a Leik, 
Sen thou of Worfchip wad fae fain be ftyld; 


Hail Sovraign Schir, thy B----s hing throw thy Breik. 
Vir, 
| ForworTHuin Fule, of all the Warld Refufe, 


Quhat Ferly is thocht thou rejoyce to flyt? 
| Sic Eloquence as they in Ear/ry ufe, 
In ficis fet thy trawart Appityte ; 
_. Thou has full litle Feil of fair Indyte, 
I haif on me a Pair of Lowthiane Hipps, 
| Sall fairer Inglis mak, and mair perfyte, 
| Than thou can bleber with’ thy Carrick Lipps. 


| IX. 
| Betrir thou gains to leid a Dog to skomer, 


Pynd Pyck-purfe Pelour, than with thy Maifter 
| pingle ; 
| Thou lay' richt prydles in the Peis this Sommer, 


And fain at Evin for to bring hame a Single, 
D 3 Syne 


34. fiyting of Dunbar azd Kennedie. 
Syne rubbd it at ane uther auld Wyfis Ingle: 
In Winter now for Purtith thou art trakit, 


Thou has nae Breiks to let thy Hawlocks gingle; 
Gae beg a Club, for Bard thou fall gae nakit. | 
x. 

Lean, lounger, lowly, baith in Lisk and Lungie, 
Fy, skowdert Skyn, thou art but SkyreandSkrumple; 
For he that rofted Lawrance had thy Grunzie, 
And he that hid Saint Fohas Een with a Wimple, 
And he that dang Saint Augujlyne with a Rumple, 
Thy foul Front had he that Bartilmno flayd ; 
The Gallows gapes after thy graceles Gruntle, 


As thou wald for a Haggies, hungrey Gled. 
XI. 
ComERnwaLpb Crawdon, nane compts the a Kerf, 


Sweir fwapit, fwanky Swyne, Kepar ay for Swats: 
Thy Commiflar Quinryne bids the cum kis his Erfs, 

He lykes not fic a forlane Loun of Laits; | 

He fays, Thou skaffs and begs mair Beit and Aits, 
Nor ony Criple in Carrick Larid about: 

Uther pure Beggars thole with thee Debates, 
atlings decript om Kynnedie cry out. | 


AU Ma o- 


Fiyting of Dunbar.aud Kennedie. §§ 
XII, 

‘Marre enough I haif, I neid not fenzie, 

- Thocht thou foul Trumper has upon me lied, 

‘Carrion corrupt, hich fall 1 cry thy Senzie; 

| Thinks thou not hou thou came into grit Neid, 

| Greitand in Gallaway, lyke Gallow Breid, 

| Ramand and rowpand, beggand Ky and Ox,’ 

| I faw thee there into thy Watchmans Weid, 


| Quhilk was not worth a Pair of auld gray Socks. 
XIII. 
| Exscu Katherene with thy Polk, Breik and Rilling, 


Thou and thy Quean as greidy Gleds ze gang : 
| With Polks to Mill,and begs baith Meil and Schilling, 
| Thair is but Lyce and lang Nails zou amang, 
| Foul Heggerbald, for Hens this will ze hang, 
| Thou has a perilus Face to play with Lambs; 

A Thoufand Kids wer they in Falds full ftrang, 


| Thy Limmer Luke wald fley them and thair. Dams: 
XIV. 
| Inrrrt a Glen thou has, out of Repair, 


| A laithly Ludge that was the Lipper Mens, 
With thee a Soutars Wyfe of Buifs as bair, 


Ze lyke twa Stalkers fteils in Cocks and Hens, 
D 4 Thou 


PR neste ARC Romani ABE NY 


: 2 ET ge NT ORE CE OCCT capa Mane bin ene 
ahaa ah ? 
¥ + 


36 Flyting of Dunbar and Kennedie, 


Thou pluks the Poultry, {cho pulls aff the Pens, 


All Carrick crys, God gin this Dowf wer drownd; 


And quhen thou heirs a Gufe quaik in the Glens, 


Sweiter thou thinkft than Mattins Bell of Sound, 
XV. 
Tuov Lazarus, thou Jaithly lein Tramort, 


To all the Warld thou may Example be, 
To luke upon thy gryflie pitious Port, 
For hydious, how and holkit is thine Ee, 
Thy Cheik bane bair, and blaikint is thy Blie, 
Thy Chop, thy Chol, gars mony Men live chafte, — 
Thy Gane it gars us mynd that. we maune die ; 


I conjure thee, thou hungert hyland Ghaift. 
XVI. 
Tue larbar Lukes of thy lang leineft Craig, 
Thy pure pynd Throple peilt, and out of Ply, 
Thy seoluee Skin, hewd lyke a Saffron-bag, 
Gars Men difpyt thair Flefch, thou Spreit of Gy ; 


Fy! feyndly Front, Fy! Tyks Face, Fy! .Q Fy! 


‘Ay Loungand, lyke a Lock-man on a Ladder; 


Thy ghaiftly Luke fleys Folks that pas thee by, 
Lyke a deid Theif thats glowrand in 3 Tedder. 


XVII. Nyse 


Flyting of Dunbar aud Kennedie. 54 


XVII. 
Nyss Nagus, Nipcaik, with thy Schulders narrow, 


Thou loufy lukes, and tume of Lumis Aw, 
Hard Hurcheon, hirpland, hippit like an Harrow; 
Tby Rig-bane ratles, and thy Ribs on raw, 
Thy Hanches hurklis with Hukebanes harth and haw, 
Thy laithly Lymms are lein as ony Treis : 
Obey, Theif Bard, or I fall brek thy Gaw, 
Foul -Cargybald, cry Mercy on thy Kneis. 
x V IIT, 
Tuov {cowry hippit, ugly Averil, 
With hurkland Banes,ay howkand throu thy Hyde, 
Reiftit and crynd, as hangit Man on Hill, 
And aft befwakit with an owre hie Tyde, 
Quhilk brews richt meikle Barret to thy Bryd, 
Hir Care is all co clenge thy Cabroch Hows, 
Quhair thou lyes fawfly in Saffron back and Syde, 


Powéert with Primrofe, fwarmand all with Clows, 
XIX. 
Worzbin Wanworth, I warn thee it is written, 


Thou skyland Skarth, thou has the Hurle behind, 
Wan wraigland Wafp, mae Worms thou has befhitten 


Than there is Grafs on Ground or Beift on Lind; 
7 Tho 


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illness ‘ a aaeeaiaiaiiaaans ee . RISEN cot 
ay car EET CEO ccaatiemeeeerinteicin ; ; 


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58 flyting of Dunbar azd Kennedie, 
Tho thou did firft fic Folly to me find; 

Thou fall again with mae Witnes than I, 

Thy Gulfchoch Gane does on thy Back it bind, 

Thy whoftand Hipps let neer thy Hofe be dry. 

XX. 

Tuov held the Butch lang with a botrowit Gown, 
And an Caprowfy barkit all with Sweit; 

And quhen the Lads faw thee fae like a Louti,: 
They bickert thee with mony a Bae andi Bleit, 
Now upland thou lives tife on rubit Guhier, 

Aft for ane Caufe thy Burdclaith neids nae {predding, 
For thou has nowther for to drink or cit, 

But like a berdlefs Bard that had nae Bedding. 

XXI. 
Strarr Gibbons Air,that neir owreftrade a Horfe, 
Blae barefut Bairn, in bare Tyme was thou born j 
Thou brings the Carrik Clay to Edinburgh Crofs, 
Upon thy Boetings hobbland hard as Horn, 
Strae Wifps hing out quhair that the Wats ar worn, 
Cum thou again to skar us with thy Straes, 
We fall gar skale our Schulis all thee to skorn, 


And ftane thee up the Cawfy as thou gaes. 
. XXII. Tux 


) Flyting of Dunbar and Kennedie. $9 
XXII. 
fue Boys of Edinburgh, as the Beis out thraws, 


) And ay crys out, Heir cums our awin quier Clerk 5 
When fleis chou lyk a Houlat chaift with Craws, 
Quhyle all the Bitches at thy Bustings bark. 


} Then Carlings cry, Keip Curches in the merk, 
1Our Gallows gapes, lo quhair a gracelefs gaes: 
7 Anither fays, I fe him want a Sark, 


i red ye Kimmer ‘tak in your Linning Clais. 
XXIII. 
a HEN rins thou doun the Gate, with Gild of Boys, 


| And all the Town-Fykes hingand at thy Heils; 
Fe Lads and Lowns ther ryfes fic a Noyfe, 

p Quhyle Wenches rin away with Cards and Quheils, 
And Cadgers Avers caft baith Coals and Greils 5 


For Reird of thee, and rattling of thy Butes. 
Fith Wyves cry fy, and caft down Skulls and skeils, 
Sum clafhes thee, fome clods thee on the Cutes. 


XXIV, 

Lou nN lyke Mahoun, be boun me till obey; 
Thief; now in Greif, Mifcheif fall betyde, 
‘Cry Grace, Tyks Face, or I thee chafe and fley, 
Owl, rair and zoul, I fall defoul thy Pryde; ned ee 
Peild wie 


| 
| 


ce 


60° flyting of Dunbar avd Kennedie. 
Peild Gled, baith fed, and bred of Bitches Syde; 

Sac lyke a Tyke, Purfpyke, quhat Man fets by thee, 
Forflitten, Sunt-bitten, beth barkit Hyde. 

Climb Ledder, fyle Tedder, foul Edder, I defy thee. 


XXV. 
Maucu Mutton, byle Button, percht Glutton, Air 
to Hillhoufe ; 
Rank Beggar, Oyfter-dreggar, foul flegear in the 
Fleit 5 
Chitter-lilling, Ruck-rilling, Lick-fchilling in the 
Mill-houfe : . 
Bawd Rehator, Thief of Nature, falfe Traytor, 
Feynds Get, 
Filling of Tauch, Rak fauch, Cry Crauch thou 
art owrefet 5 


Mutton Dryver, Girnal Ryver, zad Skyvar foul fell 
thee ; 


Herityck, Lunatyck, Purfpyk, Carlines Pet,” 
Rotten Crok, dirten Dok, cry Cok, orI fall quell thee, 


Flyting of Dunbar avd Kenhedie. 61 
ESteeeeeeeeee LeeLee SSeS See oe 
| aah ap hyp ely aie ly el el ee le 
| ELLA EEA LAA EAE EES 


Kennedies 4z/wer to Dunbar. 


I. 
| T) QOTHANE Deils Son, and Dragon difpytous, 


Abirams Birth, and bred with Belzall, 

) Wod Werwouf Worm, and Scorpion vennemous 

Lucif?s Laid, and foul Feynds Face Infernal; 

Thou Sodomite feperate frae Saints Celeftal ;: 
Put I not Silence to the Shiphird Knaye, 

| r Gin thou of new beginsto ryme and rave, 


: Thou fall be made baith blate and bleir Eied Beftial. 
| Tt 
| How thy Forbeirs are come, I have a Feil, 


Of Cockbiirns-Peth, the Writ makes me awar, 
Generit betwixt a {cho Beir and a Deil; 

Sae he was calld Deiber and not Dunbar: 
| This Deilber generit of a Meir of Mar. 
Corfpatrick Earl of Merch, and be Iufion, 
The firft that eir pat Scotland in Confufion, 


| Was that falfe Traytor firmly fay I dare. 
III, QuaEn 


62 Flyting of Dunbar azd Kennedie. 
ag 7 III. 
QuHEN BRUCE and Baliol differt for the Croun; 


Scots Lords could not obey the Inglis Laws; 
This Corpatrick betrayed Berwick cis, be 
And flew Seven thoufand Scots within thae Waws: 
The Battle fynie of Spott/muir he gart caufe, 
And came with Edward Lang (hanks to the Feild, 
Where Twelve thoufand true Scottifo Men wete 
killd, | 
And Wallace chaift; as the Chronicle thaws. 
SCOTS Lords and Chittain: he gart hald and Chéffori; 
In Firmance faft; cll all the Feild was done, 
Within Duwmbar that auld Spelunk of Treafon; 
Sae Inglis Tykes in Scotland was abune; 
Then fpulziet they the Haly Stane of Stove ; 
The Crofs of Halyroodhoufe, and fic Jewells ; 
He birns in Hell, Body, Banes and Bowells, 
This Gor/patrick that Scotland has undone. 


WALLACE gatt cry Af Counfale into Perth, 
And calld Corfpatrick Traytor be his Style; 

But that damnd Dragon drew him in Diferth, 

And faid he kend but Wallace King in Kyle, cn 


Filyting of Dunbar aud Kennedie. 63 
Out of Dunbar that Theif he made Exyle, 
Unto Edward and Inglis @tound again : 
| Serpents and Taids and Tigers fall remain, 
| In Dunbar Waws, Tods, Woufs and Beifts vyle: 


1. idee kisaar 
| Nas Fowles of Effet, now amange thae Binks, 
Biggs nor abydes, for nothing that may be, 


| Thy Stanes of Treafon as the Bruntftane ftinks, 
| OF Deilbers Mother caften in the Se. 
| The Variet Aple of the forbidden Tree,’ 
. That Adam eit quhen he tint Paradyce; . 
| Scho eit envennom’d like a Cockatrycey 

Syne marriet with the Deil for Dignitie. 

VII. aoe 

| 21% of new Treafon I can tell the Tales, 
That cums on Nicht by Vifion in my Sleip; 
| “Archbauld Dunbar betrayd the Houfe of Hales, 
: Becaufe the zung Lord had Dunbar to keips 
Throu that pretendand to their Rowms to ereip5 
| Richt crewely his Caftle he purfeuet, 
Broucht him forth boundin, and the Place re? 
| skewt, 


Lim-in Fetters in a Dungeon deip. 
Set him in Fetters 1 g P itt. 


are Ti TORII RIS 


64. Flyting of Dunbar avd Kennedlie. 
2084 
Ir were againft baith Nature and gude Reafon, 


That Deilbers Bairns were true to Gop or Man; 
Quhilk were baith ‘gotten, born and bred in Treafon, | 
Belzebubbs Oys and curft Corfpatricks Clan. 
Thou was prefcryvt and ordaind be Sathan, 
Now to be born to do thy Kin Defame, 
And gar me fhaw thy Anteceffours Schame, 
Thy Kin that lives may wary thee and ban. 
IX. 
Siw thou on me thus Lymmer leis and trattlis, 
And fends fic Sentence foundit of Envy; 
Thy Elders Banes ryfe ilka Nicht and ratle; 
And on thy Corfs, Vengance, Vengance they cry, 
Thou art the Caufe they may not reft nor ly; 
Thou fays for them few Pazers, Salms or Creids, - 
But gars me tell their Rentells and Mifdeids, 


And thair auld Sin with new Schame certefy. 


me 
INSENSWAT Sow, ceis fals Euftaces Air, 


And knaw, kein Scald I haid of Alathia, 
And gar me not the Caufe lang to declair, 


Of thy curft Kin Deilber and his Alia; 
Cum 


Fiyting of Dunbar and Kennedie. 65 

Cum to the Corfs on Kneis and mak a Cria, 
Confefs thy Cryme, hald Kennedie thy King, 
And with a Hawthorn fcourge thy fell and ding, 

_ ‘Thus drie thy Pennance dele quijti guia. 

| XI. 

| Pass to my Commifar and be confeft, 

Before him cour on Kneis and cum in Will ; 

| And fyne gar Stobo for thy Lyfe protetft: 


Renunce’ thy Rymes, baith ban and burn thy Bill, 
® Heive to the Heaven thy Hands and hald thee Ail 
Do thou not this Brigane thou fall be brint 
With Pik, Tar, Fyre, Gun-powder and Ling, 
On Arthur-Sate, or ony hicher Hill. 
| ALT: 
| I haif ambulate on Parnafo the Mountain, 


Infpyre with Hermes frae his golden Sphere, 
| And dulcely drunk of Eloquence the Fountain, 
| Quhen purifeet with Froft, and flowand cleir, 

__ And thou haft cum in Merch or Februeir ; 

| There till ane Pule and drunk the Padock Rude, 
| That gars thee Ryme in Terms ef Sence denude 
And blaber Things that wyfe Men hate to heir. 


| ¢ AIT. Tuev 


66 Flyting of Dunbar aud Kennedie. 
XITTI. 
Tuov luves nae Erifh, Elf, I underftand, 


But it fuld be all true Scoti/mens Beid; 
It was the firft gude Language of this Land, 
And Scora gart it multyplie and {preid, 
Till Cor{patrick that we of Treafon reid, 
Thy Fore-fader, made E r{che and E r{chmen thin, 
Throu his Treafon brocht Inglis Faffouns in, 
Sae wald thyfell, micht thou to him fucceed. 


XIV. 

Fue Ignorant, in all thy Mowis and Makks, 
It may be verryfeit thy Wit is thin, 

Quhen thou wryts Denfimen dryd upon the Ratts, 
Denfmen of Denmark are of the Kings Kin, 
The Wit thou fuld have had was caften in, 

% Even at thy Erfe backward with an Staw-flung ; | 

Therfore, fals Harlot Hure-fon, hald thy Tung; 

Delbier thou deives the Deil thy Eme with Din. 

XV. 
Quuairas thou fays, that I fteil Hens and Lamms, 


I let thee Wit I haif Land Store and Staks, 
Thou wald be fain to gnaw Law with thy Gamms 


Under my Burde fruth _Banes behind Dogs Backs. 
Thy 


Flyting of Dunbar azd Kennedie. 67 
Thy Purfe its tume, I haif baith Steids and Caiks, 
Thou tint the Sok, I Coulter haif and Pleuch; 
Thy Geir and Subftance isa Widdy teuch, 
On Saltone Mount, about thy Craig to rax. 


XVI. 
AND zit mount Saltone Gallows is owre fair, 


For to be fleyt with fic a frontles Face; 
Cum hame. and hing under an Trie of Air, 
To eard thee under it, I fall purchafe Grace, 
To eit thy: Flefh the Dog fall haif nae Space. 
Ravens fall ryve naething but thy Tung Rutes 3 
For thou fic Malice of thy Mafter mutes, 
It is weil fet that thou fic barret brace. 


: XVIL 
| A {mall Fynance amang thy Freinds thou beggir, 


| To ftanche thy skorne with haly Mulds thou loft 
| Thou faild to get a Dowkar for to dreggit; 
It Tyes clofd in a Clout on Northway Coatt; 

| Sic Revel gars thee be ferve with cauld Roatt, 
And aft fic fupperlefs beyond the Se, 

Cryand at Doris, Caritas, amore DEI, 


_ Breikles, Barefute, and all in Duds up doft. 
G2 XVI. DEILs 


68 Flyting of Dunbar and Kennedie. 


XVILB a. ; 
DEILBER has nocht ado with a Dunbar ; 


The Earls of Murray bure that Surname richt, 


That to their King ay true and conftant war ; 
Of that Kin came Dunbar of Weftfield Knicht, 
That Succeffion is hardy, wyfe and wicht; 

And has naithing ado now with the Dei, 
But Deilber is thy Kin, and kens the Weil, 


And has in Hell for thee a Chalmer dichr. 
XIX. | 
€Curst crupand Craw, I fall gar crop thy Tung, 


And thou fall cry Cormundum on thy Kneis, 
Derch I fall ding thee till I gar thee dung, 
And thou fall lick thy Lipps and {weir thou lies: 
E fall degrad the graclefs of thy Greis, 
Scald thee for Skorn, and fcor thee af thy Sule, 
Gar round thy Heid transform thee asa Fule, 


And with Treafon gar trone thee on the Treis. 


XX. 
Rawmoup Rebald, and Ranegald Rehator, 


My Lynage and Forbeirs war evir leil, 
It cums aft to thy fell to be a Traytor, 


To ryde by Nicht, to rin, to reive and fteil, 


Quhen 


Filyting of Dunbar avd Kenndie, 69 


Quhen thou puts Poyfon to me I appeil 
Thee in that Place, and prive it on thy Perfon, 
j Claim not to Clergy, I defy thee, Garfoun, 
Thou ‘fall buy it deir enouch, Derch of the Deil. 


X XI. 
In Ingland, Owl, fould be thy Habitation ; 
| Homage to Edward Langfhanks made thy Kin, 
| Into Dunbar refaivt him thy fals Nation: 
They fould be exyle Scotland mair and myn, 
Ane ftark Gallows, a Widdy and a Pin: 
The Heid Poynt of thy Elders Arms are 
Written abune in Poyfie, Hang Dunbar, 
Quarter and draw, and make that Surname thin. 
| XXII. 
| Iam the Kings Blude, his trew and fpecial Clerk, 
| That nevir zit imagind his Offence, 
| Conftant in Mynd,in Thocht, in Word, and Wark, 
Dependand only on his Excellence, 


| Treftand to have of his Magnificence, 


Gwairdoun, Reward,and Benyfice bedein, 
Quhair that the Ravins fall ryve out baith thy Ein 


And on the Rattis fall be thy Refidence. 
4 XXIII. Frag 


eT ot NE EET IIIT ER: 


S/n etme enna So 


ho Llyting of Dunbar and Kennedie, 
XXIII. 
FRAE Atrick Foreft forward to Domfreife, 


Thou beggit with a Pardon in all Kirks, 
Collaps, Cruds, Butter, Meil, Grots, Gryce, and Geis, 
And undernicht quhyles thou ftall Staigs and Stirks, 
Becaufe now Scotland of thy begging irks, 
Thou fhaips in France to be Knicht of the Feild, 
Thou has thy Clam Shells and thy Burdoun keild, 


Ik Ways unhoneft, Wolrun, that thou works. 
XXLYV. 
Tuov may not pafs Mont Bernard for wild Beifts, 


Nor win throw Mount Scarpary for the Snaw, 
Mount Nicholas, Mount Godard thee arreifts, 
Sic Beis of Briggand blinds them with a Blaw. 
In Paris with thy Mafter Burreau, 
Abyde and be his Prentife neir the Bank, 
And help to hang Fripens for half a Frank, 


And at the laft thy {elf maun thole the Law. 
xa VY, 
Tuou.haltand Harlot neir a gude thou hais, 


For Falt of Puffance, Peilor, thou may pak thee; 


Thou drank thy Sark, and als wedfet thy Clais; 
There is nae Lord in Service that will tak thee. 


A 


Flyting of Dunbar aad Kennedie. 71 


| A Pack of Flae-Skins Fynance for to mak thee, 


| | 
} 
i 


i) 
| 


Thou fall receive at Danskyn of my Tailzie, 
With de profundis fet thee and that failzic, 


And I fall fend the blak Deil for to bak thee. 
| XXVI. 
Into the Katherine thou made a foul Kahute; 


For thou bedrait hir doun frae Stern to fteir, 
Upon her Sydes was fein that thou could {chute, 
The Dirt cleaves till hir Tows this Twenty Zeir, 
The Firmament nor Firth was never cleir, 
Quhile thou, Deils Birth Deiléer, was on the Sie» 
Uk Saul had funkin throu the Sin of thee, 
War not the People made fae mickle Prayer. 
XXVII. 
QuueEn that the Schip wis faynt and under Sail, 
Foul Brow in Hoil thou purpoft for to pals, 
Thou f{chot and was not ficker of thy Tail, 
Befhait the Steir, the Compas and the Glafs, 
The Skiper bad gar land thee at the Bafs, 
Thou fpewd and cufte mony a laithly Lump, 
Fafter nor all the Mariners coud pump, 


And zit thy Wame is War mor eir it was. 
G 4 XXVIII. Hap 


Fiyting of Dunbar and Kennedie. 
XXVIII. 
Hap they been fae provided of Schot of Gun 
By Men of Weir, bot perell they had paft ; 


As thou was lowfe and ready with thy Bun, 


They neid haif tane nae towing at the laft, 
For thou could cuke a Cartful at a Catt; 
Ther is nae Ship that thee will now refaif, 
Fafter thou fyle than Fyfteenfum might laife, 


And myrd them with thy Muck to the mid Maft. 


X XIX. 
Turow Ingland theive, and tak thee to thy Fute, 


And bo nd to haif with thee a fals Botwand, 
Ane Horfmanthell thou call thee at the Mute, 
And with that Craft convoy thee throw theLand ; 
Be naithing airch, but fairly tak in Hand; 
Happen thou to be hangit in Northumber, 
Then all thy Kin are weil quit of thy Cumber, 


For that maun be thy Dume I underftand. 
XXX. 
Hre foverain Lord, let neir this finful Sor 


Do Schame frae hame unto zour Nation; 
Let neir again fic an be calld a Scot, 
A rotten Crok Lowfe of the Dok ther doun, 


Frae 


Fiyting of Dunbar avd Kennedie. 73 
Frae honeft Folk devyde the laithly Loun, 
On fum wyld Defert quhair ther is no Repair, 
For fyling and infecting of the Air, 
Carry this cankert corrupt Carion. 


XXXII. 
T'Hovu was confayit in the grit Eclipps, 


Ane Monfter maid be grit Mercurius, 

Nae Hald-again or Ho is on thy Hipps, 
Infortunate, curft, falfe and furious, 
Ul-{chriven, wan-thriven, not clein nor curious, 

A Myting for flyting, the Flardome maift lykes 
A crabbit, {cabbit, ill-facit Meffen- tyke, 
1A Schit, bot Wit, fchrewe and injurious. 
XXXII. 

/Grert inthe Glaiks,gude Maifter Gwiliane Gowkkss 

| Maift imperfyte in Poetrie and Profe, . 

All clofs under the Cloud of Nicht thou coukks ; 

|) Rymes thou of me, of Rethory the Rofe! 

Lunatick Lymmar, Lufchbald, lous thy Hofe, 

| That I may touch thy Tung with Tribulation, 

| ~ In reeompenfing of thy Confpiration, 


Or turfs thee out of Scotland, tak thy Choice. 


i 
| 
) 


XXXII. A 


"4. Flytine of Dunbar and Kenhedie. 
cid elie Sbleb alle 
A Benefice quha wald gife fic a Beift, 


But gif it wer to jingle Fudas Bells, 
Tak thee a Fiddle or a Flute to jeft, 
Undocht thou art, ordaind for naithing ells, 
Thy clouted Cloak, thy Scrip and Clam-fchells, 
Cleik on thy Crofs, and fair on into France, 
And cum thou neir again without Mifchance; 


The Feynd fair with the forward ower the Fells. 
XXXIV. 
CankErt Cayne, tryd Trowane, tute-villous, 


Marmadin, Mynmerkin, Monfter of all Men, 
I fall gar bake thee to the Laird of Hillhoufe, 
To fwelly thee inftead of a pullt Hen; 
Fazart Fowmart, foftert in Filth and Fen, 
Foul frontit Feynd, Fule upon thy Phyfhomy, 
Thy Dok ay dreips of Dirt, and will not dry; 


To tume thy Tun wald tyre Carlings ten. 
XXX YV. 
Curst Confpirator, Cockatrice, Hells Ka, 
Turk, Trumper, Traytor, Tyranne, intemprate, 


Thou yrefull Attercap, Pylat, Apoflata, 


Judas, Few, Janglor, lollard Lawreat, 
Saraxen, 


~ 


Flyting of Dunbar avd Kennedie. 75 


Sarazen, Symonite, proud Pagan, pronunccat, 
Mahomeit, manfworn, Atheift abominable, 
Deil dampint Dog, in Vyce infatiable ; 

With Gog and Magog greit Glorificat. 
XXXVI. 
NERO thy Nevoy, Goliah thy Grandf{yre, 


Pharo thy Fader, Egyppa thy Dame, 
Deilbeir thir ar, the Caufe that I confpyre 
| Gaint thee, and ilka futie Deil thy Eme5 
Belzebub thy full Brudder he will claim 
To be thy Air, and Cayphas thy, Sector, 
Pluto Heid of thy Kin and, thy Protector, 


‘To leid the doun to. Hell.frae Licht and Leme. 
XXXVIL 

MD errBerr, thy Speir of Weir, bot Feir, thou zeild, 

| Hangit, Mangit, Edder-ftangit, Stryndie Stultorum, 

‘To me, maift hie, Kennedie, and flie the Feild; — 

| Picket, wicket, ftricket,convickit, Lump /ullardorum, 

| Defamit, fchamit, blamit, primus Paganorum 3 

| Out out, I {chout upon that Snout that fnevils, 
Tale-teller, Rebeller, Indweller with the Divels; 

Spin 1k, fink, with Stink ad Tartara termagorum. 


The 


The merry Teftament of Mafler Andro Kennedy, 
Maid by Maffer William Dunbar,when he was like to dy. 


I, 
T Mafter Andro’ Kennedy, 


A curio quando [um vecatus, 
Begotten with fum Incuby, 
Or with fum Freir. infatnatus 5 
J cannot, Faith, tell redely, 
Unde aut ubt fui natus, 
But this in Truth I trow trewly, 
Quod fum Diabolus incarnatus. 


Il. 
CUM nihil fit certins morte, 


We maun all die quhen we haif done: 
Nefcimus quando, vel qua forte, 

Nor blind allane wait of the Mone; 
Ego patior in'pettere, 

Throw Nicht I could not fleip a Wink, 
Licet ager in corpore, 


Zit wald my Mouth be wat with Drink. 
IU. NUNC 


IIT. 
| NUNC condo Teftamentum meum; 


| I leave my Saul for evirmair; 
| Per omnipotentem Deum, 
Into my Lordis gude Wyne Cellar, 
| Semper ibi ad remanendum, 
Till Dumefday cum without Diffever, 
 Bonum vinuin ad bibendum, 
With fweie Cuthbert that luved me nevir. 
| IV. 
/IPSE eft dulcis ad amandum, 
| He wald aft ban me in his Braith, 
| Det mihi modi ad potandum, 
) And I forgave him laith and wraith, 
| Quia in Cellar cum cervifia, 
| [had leur ly baith air and late, 
| Nudus folus in camifia, 


Than in my Lords braw Bed of State: 
V. 


A Barrell being at my Bofom, 4 
) Of warldly Gude 1 bad nae mair. 
Et corpus meum ebriofum, 


| Eleif unto the Toun of 4ir, 


Teftament of Mr. Andro Kennedie. 74 


"8 Teftament of Mr. Andro Kennedie. 


In a Draff Midding eir and ay, 
Ut ibi fepelire queam 5 
Quhair Drink and. Draff may ilka Day 
Be cuften /uper faciem meam. 
Veit 
I leif my Heart thar neir was ficker, 
Sed femper variabile, = 
That evermair wad flow and flicker, 
Con/forti meo Jacobi 5 | Me 
Thoch I wald bind it with a Wicker, 
Verum Deum renut, 
Bur and I hecht to tume a Bicker, 


Hoc patinm femper tent. 
NBUE 
Syne leif I the beft Aucht I bocht, 
Quod eff Latinum propter cape _— 
To my Kin-heid, but waite I noclit, 
Quis eff ille, than fchrew my Skape : 
I tald my Lord my Heid ‘but hiddle, 
Sed mille alii hoc fciverunt, 
We wer as fib asSive and Riddle; 


In una filva que creverunt. 


VIII. QUIA 


Teftament of Mr. Andto Kennedie. 79 
VIII. 
QUIA mea folatia, 
| They wer but Leifings all and ane, 
‘Cum omni fraude © > faldcia, 
I leif the Maifter of San& Anthane, 
To William Gray ein fine gratia, 


My ain deir Cufine, as I wene, 
Qui nunquam fabricat mendacia, 


But quhen the Holand-tree grows grene. 
TX. | 
My fenzeing and my falfe Winning, 
Relinguo falfis fratribus, 
|For thats conform to Gobs ain Bidding, 
Difparfis dedit pauperibus 3 
‘For Mens Sauls they fay and fing, 
| Mentientes pro muneribus, 
| Now Gop give them an evil Ending, 
|. Pro fuis pravis operibus. 
| r 
§To Fok the Fule, my Folly frie, 
Lego poft corpus fepultum, 
\In Faith Iam mair Fule than he, 


mo . . 
Licet oftendo bonum mulinm, 


“Gye meee in 


Soar EI SAI TT PR 


Of Corn and Cattle, Gold and Fie, 
Ipfe habet valde multum, 

And zit he bleiris my Lordis Ee, 
Fingendo eum fore ftultum, 


XI 
To Mafter Sohny Clerk fyne, 


Do ex lego intime, 

Gons braid Malefon and myne, 
Nam ipfe eft caufa mortis mez, 

Wer I a Dog, and he a Swyne, 
Multi mirantur fuper me, 

But I fuld gar that Lurdane quhryne, 
Scribendo dentes fine D. 


XTI. 

RESIDUUM omnium bonorum: 

Refts to difpone my Lord fall haif, 
Cum tutela puerorum, 

Baith Fdie, Katie, and all the laife; 
In Faith I will nae langer raife, 

Pro fepultura ordino, 
On the new Gyfe, fae Gop me fhaife, 

Now ficut more folito. 


80 Teftament of Mr. Andro Kennedie. 


XU. IN 


| XIII. 
\ tx ' die mea fepulture, 


re 


Et duos rufticos de rure, 

| Bearand ane Barrell on a Stang, 

‘Drinkand and playand:Cap-out eyin, 
Sicut egomet folebam, 

pSingand and greitand: with the Stevin, 

: Potum meum cum fletu mifcebam. 

XIV. 

MT will nae Priefts for me fhall fing, 

) Dees illa dies ire, 

BNor zit nae Bells for me to ring, 

) Sicut femper folet fieri, 

/But a Bag-pyp to play a Spring, 

| Et unum Ale-wifp ante me, 

inftead of Torches for to bring, 

1 Quatuor lagunas cervifia, 

Within the Grave to fet fic Thing 

‘ In modum crucis juxta me, 

iro fley the Feynds, than hardly fing 


0 De terra plafmafti me. 
iF 


| I will baif nané but our ain Gang, 


Teftament of Mr. Andro Kennedie. 8x 


spat nn Isao aS AI pe ASAIN TE 


Sommerer ANTE MTR N TER 99 


7 ase htnsecnem crane meen” 


PPPOE SDH SSHPHHHHHHHHS 
Diferation in Asking: 


| 


O EF every Asking: follows’ nocht 
Reward, but gif fum Caufé: wer wrocht! 
And quhair Caufe is Men weil may fe, 
find gquhair nane is, it will be thocht 
In Asking fuld Difcration be. 
Il. 


Anz Fule,y thocht he haif Caufe or nane, 
Cryis ay, Gife me, unto a Drene; 

And he that dronis ay lyke an Bie, 
Suld haif ane Heirar dull as’ Stane ; 

In Asking fuld Difcration be. 


TT. 
Sém askis mair than he deférvs, 
Sum askis far lefs than he fervs, 
Sum fchames to ask, and braids of me, 


And all without Reward he fterves ; 
In Asking fuld Difcration be. 


Difcration. in Asking, 
EY 
Lo ask bot Service hurts. gude Fame, 


- To ask for Service nane fuld blame, 
To ferve and leif in Beggartie, 
To. Man and Maifter baith is. Schame 3 


In Asking fuld Difcration be. 


| Ms 
He that dois all his beft Servyis, 


May {pill it all with Crakks and Cryis, 


And be foul Importunitie ; 


For feweft Words may ferve the wyis 5 


In Asking fuld Difcration be. 


: VI. 
) Nocur neidfull is Men fuld be dum, 


Nathing is gotin without Words fum, 


os 


Nocht fpeids bot Diligence we fe; 
) For nathing it dane will cum 3 
In Asking fuld Difcration be. 
VII. 
) Asxine wald haif convenient Place, 


) Convenient Tyme, Latfar and Space, 


Bot Haift or Preis of grit Menzie, 


i Bot Heart abaift, bor Tung reckles ; 


In Asking fuld Difcration be. | 
£2 VILL. Sum 


— 


Se a IRE NENT 


SO paramere Samet os” 


$4. Difcration in Giving. 
VIII. 
Sum miclit haif (ze) with little Cure, 
That hes aft (nay) with grit Labour 
All for, that Tyme not byde can he; 
And tyns baith Eirand and Honour; 
In Asking fuld Difcration be. “4 
IX. } 
Suppose the Servand be lang unquit, 
The Lord fumtyme reward will it, 
Gif he dois not quhat. Remedie ; 
Lo fecht with Fortune is naé Wit; 


In Asking fuld Difcration be. 


4 OOPCIDCOMIO MOS@OOWG@O- &*"" 
‘Difcration in Giving. 
l. 
O {peik of Gifts or almous Deids, 
Sum gives for Merit, fum for Meids, 
Sum -warldlie Honour to up: hie, 
Gives aft to them that nathing neids; 


In giving fuld Difcration be. 
II. Sum | 


wd 


Difcration in Giving. 
. El; 
Sum gives for Pryd and Glory vain, 


Sum gives with Grudging and with Pain, 


Sum gives in Prattick for Supplie, 
Sum gives for twyis as gude again; 
In Giving fuld Difcration be. 


If! | 
Sum gives’ for Thank, fum Cheritie, 


Sum Money gives, and fum gives Meit, 


And fum give Words baith fair and flic; 


But Gifts frae fum can nae Man treit ; 
In Giving fuld Difcration be. 
lV. 
Sum gives fo littil full wretchetly, 
That all his Gifts ar not fet by, 
And for a Hude-pyk haldin his he, 
That all the Warld cryis on him, Fy! 
In Giving fuld Difcration be. 
V 


Sum in in his Giving is fae large, 

That all owre-laidin is his Berge, 
Throw Vyce and. Prodigalitie ; 

Thairof his Honour dois difcharge ; 
In Giving fuld Difcration be. 


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Soa 8 SS IIS MMIII U8 


86 


Difcration. in. Giving. 
Vi. 
Sum to the rich Man gives his Geir, 


That micht his Gifts richt weil forbeir, 
Zit thocht the Pure for Falt fuld dies 
His Cry nocht enteris in his Eir3 . 


In Giving fuld Difcration be. 


VII. 
Sum gives to Strangeris with Face new, 


That zifterday frae Flanderis flew, 
And auld Servands lifts not fe, 
Wer they neir of fic grit Vertew ; 


In Giving fuld Difcration be. 


VIII. 
Sum gives to them can ask and plenzie, 


Sum gives to them can fleich and fenzie, 
Sum gives to Men of Honettie, 
And halds all Jangelars at Difdenzie; 
In Giving fuld Difcration ‘be. 


we, 
Tarr fum gets Gifts'and rich Arrayis, 


To {weir all that his Maifter fayis, 
Thocht all the contrair weil kens he3 
Ar mony fic now in our ‘Dayis5 


In Giving fuld Difcration ‘be. 


Difcration in Taking, 
XY 
Sum gives gude Men for thair gude Kewis, 
Sum gives to Trumpers and to Schrews, 
| Sum gives to fchaw his Au@oritie; 
But in thair Office gude foundin few is; 


In Giving fuld Difcration be. 
XI. 
Sum gives Parochines full wyde, 


) Kirks of Saint Bernard and Saint Bryde, 
To teich, to rule, and to owrefie, 
To fum richt skant of Grace to gyde ; 


In Giving fuld Difcration be. 
|) HHSSDIHGSHHOD F PHOS HPPHS HHS 
| follows Difcration in Taking. 


I. 


| N l Ow after Giving I fpeik of Taking, 
But liteill of ony Gude forfaiking; 


| Sum taks owre fcrimp Autoritie, 
I And fum owre-mekle, and that is glaiking 5 


In Taking fuld Pidtatien be. 
f 4 Ui. Tug 


Str ir Ot apne ABTA HE: 


= - = ~~ Aa ee Sa aii SRLS ALAN LTTE -- - lincansententcnamittiig sees me renner 


88 Diferation in Taking. 
Le 
THE Clerks tak Benifices with Brawls, 
Sum of Saint Perer, fum of Saint Pauls, 
Take he the Rents, nae Cair hes he, 
Abeit the Deil tak all thair Sauls; 


In Taking fuld Difcration be. 
III. 
Barons tak frae thair Tennants pure 


All Fruit that grows upon the Feure, 
In Mails and Gerfomes raift owre hic, 
And gars them beg frae Dore to Dore; 


In Taking fuld Difcration be. 


IV. 
Anp fum tak uther Mens Takks,' 


And on the Pure Oppreffion maks, 
And nevir, mynds that he maun die, 
Quhyle that the Gallows gar him rax; 


In Taking fuld Difcration be. 


. ¥: 
Sum taks be Sie and {um be Land, 


And nevir frae Taking hald thair Hand, 
Till they be tyir up to a Trie; | 
And fyn they gar them underftand 
‘In Taking fuld Difcration be. 


VI. Sum 


] 
a] 


Difcration in Taking. 
NV Je 
Sum Wald tak all his Nichbours Geir, 


Had he of Man as little Feir, 
As he hes Dreid that Gov him fe, 


To tak then fould-he nevir forbeir; 


In taking fuld Diferetion be. 
VER 
Sum wald tak all this Warlds Breid, 


) And. zet nocht fatisfiet thair Neid, 


* 


ae es 


Throw Heart unfatiable and greidie, 
Sum wald tak lictill, and cannot {peid 5 


In taking fuld Difcration be. 
We LET 
Grit Men for Taking and Oppreffion, 


Ar fett full famous at the Seffion, 
Quhile pure Takkars are hangit hie, 
Schamit for evir and thair Succeffion 5 


In taking fuld Difcration be. 
IX. 
Sum taks the Makkaris ruifing kynd, 


But a Rewaird dois nevir mynd, © 
Few Pairts with Pelf for Poetry, 
That gars my poutch be aft ill lynd; 
In Taking fuld Difcration be. 
“The foregoing three quod Mr.W™., Dunzar. 


On 


Jo 
me NCH FES, TR es 


Bee) POSE POSE! NOs 
On Detraction and Deming. 


I. 
Mo alane this hinder Nicht, 
Of mirry Day, quhen gane was Licht; 
Within a Garth undir a Trie, 
I hard ane Voce that faid on Hicht, 
May nae Man now undemit be: 
Il. 
For thocht I be an crownit King, 
Zit fall i not efchew Deming ; 
Sum calls me gude, fum fays I lie, 
Sum craifs of Gop to end my Ring, 
Sae fall I not undemit be. - 
III. 
Be I aLord, and not Lord lyke, 
Than every Pelour | and. Purfe-pyke,' 
Says, Land wer better waird on me, 
Thocht he dow -nochr to leid a Tyke, 


“Zit can he not let Deming be. 
| | ly. Bs 


Ou Detrattion and Deming. 


IV. 
3£ 1 a Lady frefch and fair, 


With Gentlemen makand repair, 
| Then will they fay-baith {cho and he, 
That I am japit late and air, 


Thus fall I nor undemit be. 


Vs 
Be I an Courtman or a Knycht, 


Honeftly cled that fets me richt, 
Ane prydfull Man fyne call they me: 
But God fend them a Widdy wicht, | 


' That cannot let fic Deming be. 


a Rea a 
Be I but little of Stature; 


They call me Cative, Droich Creature, 
And be I large of Quantity, — | 
They call me monfterous of Nature 3 
Thus can they not let Deming be. 


| 41) 8 
| AND be EF ornat in my Speich; 


| Then Tow/y fayis I am fae ftreich, 
ot fpeik not lyke thair Houfe Menzie, 
y Suppofe her Mouth mifters a Leich, 


Zit can {cho not let Deming be. 


‘92 On Detrattion or Deming. 


VIL j 
Burt wift thir Folk that uther deims, 


How that their Saws to uthers feims, 
Thair vicious Words and Vainity, 
Thair trattling Tungs that all furth teims; 


Tharis {um wald let thair Deming ‘be. 


Le 
Gude James the Ferd our nobil] King, 


Quhen that he was of Zeirs zing, 
In Sentence faid full fubtilie, 

Do weil and fet nocht by Deming, 
For nae Man fall undemit be. 

ae 

Awnp faeI fall with God his Grace, 

Keip his Command into that Cafe, 
Befickand ay the Trinity, 

In Hevin that I may haifa Place, 


For thair fall no Man demit be. 


Quod Mr. W. DUNBAR. 


Sous exylt by Pryde. 


I. 


Soe hes bene. ay exylit far out of Sicht, 
Sen ilka Knaif was cled in filken Goun, 
Welfare and Welth ar gane without gude Nicht, 
| And in thair Rowms remains dull Derth and Neid, 
Pryd is amang us enterit, bot Gop {ceid, 
/And leird our Lords to gang now lefs and mair, 
) With filken Gouns, and Cellars tume and bair. 


ET; 


| Now a fall Barons tich Abulzementr, 

In filkin Furrings, Chenzies and fic Geir, 
Micht furnifs Fourty into Fack and Splent, 

| Weil bodin at his Back with Bow and Speir 
_ It wer full meit gif it happens be Weir, 

) That all this Pryd of Silk wer quyc laid doun. 


}) And changit in Yack Knapska and Abergown. 
| III, Warp 


94. Sonus exylt by Pryde. 
II. 
Waco all the Lords lay up thair tich Arrays, 


And gar unfulzict keip them clene and fair, 
And weir them but on hie triumphand Days, 
And quhen Strangers do in this Realme repair, 
They neidit not buy Silk Rayments mair, 
This Twenty Zeir for them, and thair Succeffion, 


Gif finfull Pryde nocht blindit thair Difcretion. 
en rh 
Tarr Men alfo maun be bor Smyt or Smor, 


Frae his Caproufy be with Ribbons laift, 
With Velvet Bord about his threid:bare Coit: 
On Woman Wayis weil tyit about his Waift, 
His Hat on Syde fet up for ony Haift, 
For Hichtines the Culroun dois misken, 


His awin Maifter as weil-as uther Men. 
Vv. 
Quua finns in Pryd, does firft to God Grivance, 


Quha out of Hevin to Hell gaif it a Fall; 
Syne of himfelf weftis faft his Subftance, 

Sae lerge, that it owrepafles his Rental, 

His Tennants pure he dois opprefs with all; 
His coiftly Gown, with Tail fae wyde out fpred, 


Fis nakit Farmours gars hungry gae!to Bed. 


Luod CLERK. 
Satyre 


95 
CASS CESS Eps 
FOHPOHIOE 


SATIRE on Covetoufief>. 


I. 
R Retpom, Honour and Nobillnefs, 
1  Meid Manheid, Mirth and Gentillnefs, 
)r now in Court repute as Vyce, 
tnd all for Caufe of Covetyce. 
Ii, 
Dix Weilfare, Welth and Wantonels, 


)x changit into Wretchetnefs, 

ind Play is fet at little Pryce, 

ind all for Caufe of Covetyce. 
|g 


NarxinG, Hunting and fwift Horfe rining,’ 
| sa 
}r changit all in wranous winning, 


| 
\ 


“hair isnae Play but Cards and Dyce, 


ind all for Caufe of Covetyce. 
Y. HEAR 


96 Satyre oi Covetyce. 


IV. 
Hearty Houfe-haldingis all laid doun; 
A Laird has with him but.a Loun, | 
That leids him after his Devyce, 
And all for Caufe of Covetyce. | | ) 


V. 


In Burghs to Landwart and to’ Sie, 
Quhair Plefour Was and grit Plentie; 
Venifon Wyld-foul Wyn, and Spyce, 


Ar now decayd throw Covetyce. 


V1. 
Hussanps that Grangis had full greit, 
Cattle and Corn to fell and eit, 
Hes now nae Beifts but Cats and Myce, 
And all throw Caufe of Covetyce. 


VT: 
Honest Zemen in every Toun, 
Quha wont to weir baith Red and Broun, 
Ar now arrayt in Raggs with Lyce. 


And all throw Caufe of Covetyce. 


Satyre on Covetyce. 


VIII. 


AND Lairds in Silks fete to the bak, 


[For guhilk thair Tennants fald Summer Meil, 


And lives on Ruits junder the Ryfs, 
)And all for Caufe Of Covetyces 

(ey a Rims pegs 
}Quua that dois Deids of Pietie, 
And lives in Pece and Cheritie, 

Ms haldin a File, and that full Nyce, 
)And all, ec, “ 


i 
Pe . te aioe 
'’ guha can reivé uther Mens Rowms, 


And upon pure Men gadder Sowms, 
Is thocht an active Man and Wyfe, 
| And all, oe. 


Be: ie aE | 
Man, pee thy Maker, and be merty, 
land value nocht this Watld a Cherry 3, 
Work for a Place in Paradyce, 


For thairin rings nae Covetyce. 


seit ioctl EPA FEE Eh! 


* RE awit epee emer 


rn A RAE 


BREEN MME NOODLE ME O83 EE EO OE SOE OE OE Oe 
The CHERRIE and the SLaE; 


Compylt into Scottis Meeter by Captain Alexander 
Montgomery. 


I. 
A Bout an Bank with Balmy Bewis, 


Quhair Nychtingales thair Notis renewis 
With gallant Goldfpinks gay ; 
The Mavis, Merle, and Progne proud, 
The Lintquhyt, Lark and Layrock loud, 
Salutie mirthfyl May. 
Quhen Philomel had fweitly fung, 
To Progne fcho deplord, 
How Tereus cut out ,hir Tung, 
And falfly her deflourd; 
Quhilk Story fo forte 
To {chaw hir felf {cho {aimt, 
To heit hir fo neir hir, 


I doutit if I dreimr. 
Il. Txk 


This Edition is taken from two-curious old ones, the firft 
printed by Robert Walgrave, the King’s Printer, in, 1597, ac~ 
cording to a Copy corrected by the Author himfelf; the 
other by Andro Hart, printed 1625, faid on the Title Page 
to be newly altered, perfyted, and divided into 114 Qua- 
tuorzelms,; not long before the Authox’s Death. 


The Cherrié and the Size. 


a IT. 
} Tux Cuthat crouds, the Corbie crys, 


) The Coukow couks, the prattling Pyes, 
To geck hir they begin : 
The Jargoun or the jangling Jayes, 


| The craiking Craws, and keckling Kays, 
. They deave me with thair Din. 
| The painted pawn with Argos Eyis, 
Can on his Mayock call; 

f The Turtle wails on witherit Tries, 


And Eccho anfwers all, 


oe 


Repeting with Greiting, 
How fair Narciffus fell, 


By lying and {pying 
His Schadow in the Well, 
ue 
i faw the Hurcheon and the Hare 


In Hidlings hirpling heir and thair, | | 


SE OE Te 


ii 
! 


To mak thair Morning mange. 


[The Con, the Cuning and the Cat, 
‘(Quhais dainty Downs with Dew were wat, 
| With tif Muftachis ftrange. 

| ‘3 


tb0 The Cherrie and the Stae. 
The Hart, the Hynd the Dae, the Rae, 
The Falmart and falfe Fox} 
The Beardi¢ Buck clam up the Brae, 
With birfly Baits and Brocks; 
Sum feiding, fum dreiding 


The Hunters fubtile Snairs, | 
With skipping and tripping, 
They playit them all in Pairs. 


er Ge eee 
Tue Air was fobir, faft and fweit, 


Nae mifty Vapours, Wind nor Weit, 
But quyit, calm and clear, 
To fofter Floras fragrant Flowris, 
Quhairon Apollos Paramouris, 
Had trinklit mony a Teit ; 
The guhilk lyke Silver Schaikers shynd, 
Embroydering Bewties Bed, 
Quhairwsth their Heavy Heids declynd, 
In Mayis Collouris cled, 
Sum knoping, {um droping, 
Of balmy Liquour {weit, 
Excelling and fimelling, 


Throw Phebus hailfum Heit. i 
V. Mz- 


The Chervie and the Slae. 
| a RG eee 
/MerruHocurt an heavenlie heartfum Thing, 
‘Quhair Dew lyke Diamonds did hing, 
Owre tWinkling all the Treis, 

To ftudy on the Flurift Twifts, 
| Admiring Natures Alchymifts, 

| Laborious buffie Bies, 
' Quhairof fum {weiteft Honie focht, 
To ftay thair Lyves frae Srerve, 


) And fum the waxie V e{chells wrocht, | 
Thair Purchafe to preferve 3 5 

So heiping, for keiping 
It in thair Hyves they hyde, 
Precifely and wyfely, 
For Winter they provyde. 

| Eee 

| To pen the Pleafures of that Park, 


| How every Bloflom Branch and Bark, 
| Againft the Sun did fhyne, 
I pafs to Poetis to compyle, | 
| In hich heroick ftaitlie Style, 
eee Mufe furmatches myne. 


B 3 


Set eS RRA Se 


102. Lhe Cherrie and the Sia. 


But as I lukit myne alane, 
I faw a River rin 
Outowre a fteipie Rock of Stane, 
Syne lichtit in a Lin, 
With tumbling and rumbling 
Amang the Roches round, | 
Devalling and falling, 
Into a Pit profound. 


VII. 
Turow rowting of the River rang, 


The Roches founding lyke a Sang, 
Quhair Das Kane did abound ; 
With Triple, Tenor, Counter, Mein, 
And Ecchoe blew a Bafe betwene, | 
In Diapafon Sound, 
Set with the C--/ol--fa--uth Cleif, 
With Lang and Large at lift; 
With Quaver, Crotchet, Semibreif, 
And not an Minum mift, : 
Compleitly mair fweitly 
Scho fridownd flat and fchairp, 
Nor Mufes that ufes | 


‘To pin Apollos Harp, , 
VIN. Quxa 


The Cherrie and the Slae, 1032 


| VILL. 
}Quua wald haif tyrt to heir that Tune, 


Quhilk Birds corroborate ay abune, 

| With Lays of luvefum Larks, 

| Quhilk clim fae high in Chryftal Skys, 

1} Quhyle Cupid walkens with the Crys, 
Of Natures Chappel Clerks, 

) Quha leving all the Hevins abuve, 
Allichted on the Eird. 

Lo how that little Lord of Luve, 

| Before me thair appeird, 

Sae myld lyke and Chyld lyks 


With Bow three Quarters fcant, 


Syne moylie and coylie, 
He lukit lyke ane Sant. 
1X. 
Ane cleinly Crifp hang owre his Eyis, 
His Quaver by his nakic Thyis 
| Hang in an Silver Lace; 
| Of Gold betwixt his Schoulders grew, 
| Twa pretty Wings quhairwith he flew, 


On his left Arm ane Brace, - 


D 4 


eae EEE 


yo4 The Chervie aud the Stae. 
This God fone aff his Geir he {chuke, 
Upon the graffie Grund 3° \J 
I ran als lichtly for to luke, ! 19) 
Quhair Ferlies micht be fund: 
Amafit I gafit 


To fee his Geir fae gay, 
Perfaifing myne Hayeing, 


He countit me _ his Prey. 4 


xX. 
His Zouth and Stature made me ftout, 


OF Doublenefs I had nae Doubt, 

But. bourded with my Boy: 
Quod I, How call they thee iny Chyld 
Cupido, Sir, quod he, and {myld, 


Pe ] 


Pleafe you me to imploy; 
For I can ferve you in your Suite, 
If you pleafe to impyre, 
With Wings to lie, and Schafts to {chute 
' Or Flamis to fet on Fyre. 
Mak Choice then of thofe then, 
Qs of a thoufand’Things, 
. Rut crave ‘them and have them, 


W: 


itt that I wowd his Wings.’ 
XI. QuHAY 


The Gherrie and the Slae. 


XI. 
\Quuat wald thou gif my Freind, quod he, 


To haif thir wanton Wings to flie, 
: To {port thy Sprit a quhyle ; 
§Or quhat gif I ‘fuld lend the Heir, 


Bow, Quaver, Schafts’ and Schuting Geir, 


ieee i cts NEES ig MR SEA STU TY 2 


Sum Body to begyle : 
(That Geir, quod I, cannot be bocht, 
Zit I wald haif it fain; 
PQuhat gif, quod ke, it coft thee noche, 
But rendering all again : 
His Wings. then he brings then, 
And band them on my Back, 
Go flie now, qued he, now, 
And fae my Leif I tak. 
XII. 


i {fprang up with Cxpidoes Wings, 


}Quha Bow: and Schuting Geir refigns, 


| To lend me for a Day: 
As Icarus with borrowit Flicht, 
§i mountic hichar nor*[. michr, » 
\s Owre’ perrelous ane Play; 
I: : . Thery 


106 Lhe Cherrie and the Stae. 


Then furth I drew that double Dart 


Quhilk fumtyme {chor his Mother; 


Quhairwith J hurt my wanton Hairt, 
In Hope to hurt ane uther: 


Ye hurt me or burnt me, 


Quhyle either End I handill; 


Cum fe noW in me now 


The Butter-flie and Candill, 


XIII. 
As {cho delyts into the Low, 


Sae was I browdin of my Bow, 
Als ignorant as {cho ; * 
And as fcho flies quhyl fcho be fyre, 
Sua with the Dart that I defyrt, 
My Hand has hurt me to $ 
As fulith Phaeton be Sute | 
His Fathers Cart obraind, 


Sa langt I in Lufis Bow to fchute, 


Not marking quhat it meind 3 
Mair walfull than skilfull, 
To flie I was fae fond, 
Defyring, afpyring; 

And fae was fene upond. 


XIV. Too 


The Cherrie.and the Slae. 104 
XTY. 

Too late I knew quha hewis to Hie, 

‘The Spail fall fall into his Hie, 


Too late I went to Schuilss 


Too late I heard the Swallow preich, 
ty oo fare Experience dois teich, 
The Schuil-maifter of Fuils; 
Too late to fynd the Neft I feik, 
Quhen all the Birds ar flowin; 
Too late the Stabil-dore I fteik, 
| Quhen all the Steids at ftowin 3 
Too late ay thair State ay, 
All fulifh Folk efpy, 
Behind fae, they find fae 
Remeid, and fae do J. 
XY. 
GIF I had ryplie bene advyft, 
iT had not rafchly enterpryft, 
| To foir with borrowit Penns ; 
'Nor zit had feyd the Archer-craft, 
To fchute my fell with fik a Schaft, 


As Reafon quyte. miskenns: 


108 The Cherrie and the Sae. 
Frae Wilfullnefs gaif me. my Wound, | 


I had nae Force to flie, 
Then came I grainand. to the Ground, 
| Freind, Welcum hame, quod he; 
Quhair flew ze? Quhome flew ze? 
Or quha brings hame the Buiting ? 
I fe now, quod he, now, 


Ze haif bene at the Schuting. 
XVI. | 
As Skorne cums commonlie with Skaith, 


Sa I behuift to byde them baith, 
Sae ftakkering was my Stait! 
That undir Cure I gat fik Chek, 
Quhilk I micht nocht remuif nor nek, 
But eyther ftail or mait 5 i 
My Agony was fae extreme, 
I fwelt and fwound for Feir, 
But or I walkyat of my Dreme, — 
3 He fpulzied me of my Geir; 
With Flicht then on Hicht then 
Sprang Cupid in the Skyis, 
Forzetting and fetting 


At nocht my cairfull Cryis. 
7 XVI. Sax 


The Cherrie and the Slaa 
| XVII | 
San lang with Sicht I followit him, 
|Quhyle baith my dazelit Eyis grew dim 
With ftairing on the Starns, 
‘Quhilk flew fie thick befoir my Ein, 
Sum reid; fum zellows blew, fum grene, 
Quhilk trublic all my Harns, 
That every Thing apperit twae 
To my barbulzeit Brain, 
/Bur lang micht I ly luiking fae, 


Or Cupid came again 5 


Quhais ‘Thundering, with Prondciae ; 


IY hard up throw the Air, 

| Throw Cluds fo he thuds fo, 
| And flew I wift not quhair. 
| | XVIII. 

Tuas frae I faw that God was gane, 
‘And Lin Langour left allane, 

| And fair tormentit to; 

| Samryme I ficht, qubyl 1 was fad, 
)Sumtyme I mufit and maift gane mad, 


I wift not quhat to do; 


110 = The Cherrie and thé Shae: 
Sumtyme I ravit, half in a Rage, 
As ane into Difpair, 
To- be oppreft with fic a Page, 
Lord gif my Heart was fair; 
Lyke Dido, Gupido, 
I widdill and I warie, 


Quha reft me and left me 
In fic a Feirie-farie. 


XIX. 
THEN felt I Curdge and De/yre 


Inflame my Heart with uncouth Fyre; 


To me befoir unknawn; 
But now nae Blude in me remains 


Unbrunt and boyld within my Vaines, 
By Luve his Bellies blawin ; 
To quench it or I was deyorit, 
With Sichs I went about, 
But ay the mair I f{chupe to fimorit, 
The baulder it brak out ; 
Ay preifing bot ceifing, 


Quhyl it micht breik the Bounds, 
My Hew {fo furth fchew fo 


The Dolour of my Wounds. 
; XX. WiTH 


The Cherrie and the Slae: 
| xX. 
Win deidly Vifage, pail and wan; 
Mair lyke Anatomy than Man, 
I widdert clein away, 
‘\s Wax befoir the Fyre, I fele 
My Heart within my Bofom melt, 
And Peice and Peice decay, 
Ay Veines with brangling lyk to brek; 
My Punfis lap with Pith; 
ae Fervency did me infek, 
That I was vexe thairwith : 
: My Heart ay did ftart ay; 
The fyric Flamis to flic, 
Ay howping, throw lowping, 


To leap at Libertie. 
| 3 XXI. 
3ur, O alacel ic was abufir, 


My cairfull Corps keipt i incluift, 

| In Prefoun of my Breit; 

Vith Sichs fae fowpit and owre-fet, 
Lyk to ane Fifch faft in the N ct, 


In Deid thraw undeceitft. 


112° The Cherrie and the Slae. 
Quha thochr in vain {cho ftryve by Strenth 
For to pull out hir Heid,» | 
Quhilk profits naething at the length, 
But haiftning to hir Deid; 
With wrifting and thirfting, 
The fatter fill is {cho, 
Thair I fo did ly fo, 


My Death advancing to. 


Xl. 
THE mair | wreltlit with the Wind, 


The fatter till my felf I find, 
Nae Mirth my Mynd micht meife; 
Mair Noy, nor I, had nevir nane, 
I was fae altert and owre- -gane, 
Throw Drowth of my Difeie: 
Zit weakly as I micht' I raife, 
My Sicht grew dim and dark} 
I ftakkerit at the Windill-ftraes, | 
Nae Takin I was fark ; 
Baith fichtles and michtles. 
I grew allmaift at ains, oo. y 
In Anewifche I langwifche,' 


With mony grievous Grains.” 
XXIII. W 


Lhe Chervie and the Sue, 


XXIII. 
| WirH {ober Pace I did approche 


| Hard to the River and the Roche, 
Quhairof I fpak befoir; 
| The River fie 4 Murmur maid; 
_ As to the Sea it fafily flaid, 
The Craig hich, ftay and {choir : 
j Then Pleafure did me fae provok 
Thair partly to repair, 
| Betwixt the River and the Rock; 
| Quhair Houp gtew with Di/paires 
A Trie than I & 1¢ than 


Of CuserRieEs on the Braes, 
Belaw to I faw to 


Ane Bufs of bitter SLAgEs:; 
XXIV: 
Tue Cherries hang abune my Heid, 
Lyke twynkland Rubies round and reid, 
Sae hich up in the Hewch, 
| Quhais Schaddowis in the River {chew, 
Als graithly glancing as they grew 


Oa trimbling Twiftis, and tewch, 


113 


Quhilk 


y 114. Lhe Chervie and the Shae. 
Quhilk bowed throw burding of thair Birth, . 
Declyning doun thair' Toppis, 

Reflex of Phebus aft the Firth, nid 
| New colourit:all thair Knoppis; 

With danfing and glanfing, | 
In Tyrles dornik.champ, 
| | ; Quhilk ftreimaned-and. leimed 


| ‘ Throw Lichrnefs. of that Lamp: 
sald 2s XXV. 

Witu earneft Eie, quhyl T efpy 

The Fruit betwixt me and the Sky, 


© Deyn pean antag meena tin 


meee ne 
eee SS RTI IIT HRT 


Half-gaite almaift ro Hevin; 


The Craig fae cumberfum to clim, 


HL The Frie fae tall of Growth, and trim)’ 


| | | 43 As ony Arrow evin: 

| { calld to mynd how Daphne did 

| Within the Laurell {chrink, 

Quhen, from Appollo {cho hir hid 

| A thoufand Tymes I think 5 
| | That Frie thair to me thair, 
As he his Laurell thocht, 
Afpyring, bor tyring, 


Fo ger that Fruit T focht. | 
XXVI. To 


a 5 oie 


Fhe Cherrie and the Size. 


XXVI. 


_ To clim the Craig it was nae Buit, 

) Let be to preifs to pull the Fruit 
In Top of all the Trice; 

I faw nae Way quhairby to cum, 


| Be ony Graft to get it clum, 


Appeirandlie to me: 

_ The Craig was ugly, ftay and dreich, 
The Trie lang, found and {mall, 

I was aftrayd to clim {a hich, 
For Feir to fetch.a Fall; . 


Affrayit to fey it, 


I luikit up on loft, 


Quhyls minting, quhyls ftinting, © 
My Purpofe changit oft. 


“XXVITI. 


THEN Dreid, with Danger and Di/pair, 
Forbad my minting onie mair 
To. rax abune my Reiche; 

Quhat, Tufche, quod. Curage, Man go to, 
He is but daft that has to do, 


And fpairs for every Speiche: | 
2 


oe 


116 The Cherrie and the Slae. 
For I haif aft hard fuith Men fay, 


And we may fee ourfells, 


That Fortune helps the hardy ay, 


And Pultrones plain repells; 


Then feir nocht nor heir nocht; 
Dreid, Danger or Difpairs 
To Fazarts hard Hazarts 


Is deid or they cum thair. 
XXVIII. 


Quua fpeids, but fic as heich afpyris, 


Quha triumphs nocht, but fie as tryes 


To win a nobill Name; 


Of {chrinking, quhar but Schame futceids, 


Then do 


as thou wald haif thy Deids 
In Regifter of Fame: 


¥ put the Cais thou nocht prevaild, 


Sae thou with Honour die; 


‘Thy Lyfe, but not thy Courage, faild, 


Sall Poets pen of thee: 
Thy Name than from Famé than 


Sall nevir be cut aff, 


Thy Graif ay fall haif ay 


That honeft Epitaff, yA sie: 
XXIX. Qtuat 


The Chervie aud the Slae. 114 


Xx XIX. 
Quart can thou loffe, quhen Honour lives? 


/Renown (thy Vertew) ay revives, 


Gif yaliauntlie thou end: 
}Quod Danger, Huly, Freind, tak heid, 
/Untymous Spurring {pills the Steid; 


Tak tent quhat ze pretend: 
PThocht Courage counfell thee to clim, 
| Beware thou kep nae Skaith, 
‘Haif thou nae Help but Hope and him, 
| They may begyle thee baith : 
Thyfell now may tell now 
The Counfell of thae Clerks, 
} Quhairthrow zit I trow zit 


| Thy Breift dois beir the Marks, 
| RK 
)Bxung Bairn with Fyre the Danger dreids, 
Sa I belief thy Bofome bleids, 
Sen laft that Fyre thou felt : a 
i Befyds that, feindle Tymes thou feis 
Pp That evir Courage keips the Keis 


Of Knawledge at his Belt ; 
Y 3 Tioche 


118 be Cherrie and the Slae. 
Thocht. he bid fordwart with his Guns, 
Small Powder he*provyds, S » 
Be not ane Noyice of that. Nunnes, 
That faw noche baith the Syds 5 
Fule-haift ay almaift ay, 
Owre-fails the Sicht oF fum, 
Quha huiks not, nor luiks not 


Quhat eftirward may cum. 
XX XI. 
Zx11 Wifdona wifches thee to wey 


This Figure in Philofophy, 
A Leffoun worth to leir, 
Quhilk is in Tyme for to tak tent, 
And not quhen Tyme is paft, repent, 
And buy Repentance deir 5 
Is thair nae Honour eftir Lyfe, ; a 
| Except thou flay, thyfell, f 
Quhairfoir has Atropos that Knyfe? <j | 
I trow thou cannot tell: 
Quha bot it wald cut it, 
Quhilk Clotho skairs has. fpun, 
Diftroying thy Joying 


Befoir it be begun. 
— XXXII. ALL 


The Cherrie and the Slae, 


XXXL 
7Axrz Owres ar repute to be Vyce, 


eta 


)Owre hich, owre law, owre rafch,, owre nyce,! 


Owre het or zit owre cauld; 
Thou feims unconftant, be thy Signs, 
Thy Thoche is on.a thoufand Things, 
Thou wats not quhat thou wald; 
‘Let Fame hir Pitie on the poure, 
-Quhen all thy Banes ar brokin, | 
) Zone Srasz, fuppofe thou think ic foure, : 
May fatisfie to flokkin 
Thy Drouth now, of Zouth now; 
Quhilk ‘dryes thee with Defyre, 
Affwage than thy Rage, Man, | 
Foul Watter quenches Fyre. 
| XXXII. 
) Quuar Fule art thou to die of Thrift, 
» And now may quench it, gif thou lift, 
Sac’ eafylie bot Pain ; 
} Mair Honour is to vanquifch ane 
/ Than feicht with tenfum and be tane, 


And owther hurt or: lain: 


120 he Cherrie and the Siae. 
The Prattick is to bring to pas, 
And not to enterpryfe, eee 
And als gude drinking out of Glas 
As Gold in ony Ways | 
I levir haif evir oe 
A Foul in hand or tway, sh 
Nor fieand ten flieand 


About me all the Day. 


XXXIV. 
Luxe quhair thou licht befoir thou lowp, 


And flip na Certainty for Howp, 
Quha gyds thee but begefs. 
Quod Courage, Cowards tak nae Cure 
To fit with Schame, fae they be fure, 
I lyke them all the le; 
Quhat Plefure purcheft is bot Pain, 
Or Honour win with Fife, mn 
He will not ly quhair he is flain, 
That douttis befoir he ‘dies: 
For Feir then I heir then, 
But only ane Remeid, 
Quhilk late is, and that is 


For to cut aff the Heid. 
XXXV. Qunar 


The Cherrie and the Slae. ’ | 
XXXV. | 
‘QuuHar is the Way to heil thy Hurt? 
Quhat is the Way to ftay thy Sturt? 
Quhat meins may mak. thee merrie ? 
Quhat is the Comfort thar thou craivs? 


Suppofe thir Sophifts thee defaivs : ao 


Thou knaws it is the Cherrie ; 
Sen for it only thou but thrifts, 
The Slae can be nae Buits 
In it alfo thy Helth confifts, 
And in nae uther Fruit; 
Quhy quaiks now, and (chaiks ¢ thou 3 
And ftudys at our Stryfe, 
Advyfe thee, it lyes thee, 
On nae lefs than thy Ly fe. 
XXXVI. , 
| Grr any Patient wald be panft, ats 
Quby fuld he lowp quhen he islanft, 
Or fchrink quhen he is fchorn 3 


|For I haif hard Chirurgians fay, 
_Aftymes defferring of a Day, 


| Micht not be mend the Morn, 


122 The Cherrie and the Slae, 


Tak Tyme,in Time, or’Tyme be tints 
For Tyme will not remain: 
Quhat forces Fyre out of the:Flint, 
But als hard match again. 
Delay not, and fray not, 
And thou fall fie it fae, 
Sic ‘gets ay that fetts ay, | 


Stout Stomaks to the Brae. 


XXXVII. 
Tuocur all Beginnings be maift hard, 


The End is pletand afterward 5 


Then fchrink not fora Schowre 3 


Frae anes that thou thy Greining get, 
Thy Pain and Trayel is forzet, 
| The Sweit exceids the Soure 
Gae to then quicklie, feir not thir, | 
7 Bor Howp'gude Hap hes hecht. 
Quod Danger be not fudden, Sir, | 
7 The Matter is of Wecht; 
Firft {py baith, and try baith, 
Advyfement does-nane Ill, 
I fay then, ye may, then, 
Be willfull: quhen ze will. 


XXXVITI. Bur 


The Chervie and the Slae. 123 
| XXXVIII. 

su zit to Mynd the Proverb call, 

Quha ufes Perrils perifh fall, eid 

Schort quhyle thair Lyfe them laftss 

And I haifhard, quod Howp, that he 

fall nevir fchaip to fail the Se, 

That for all Perrills cafts. 


‘iow mony throw Difpair are Deid, 


; 


That nevir Perrills preivt > 
}dow. mony alfo, gif thou reid, 
. Of Lyves have we releivt ? 
| Quha being evin dieing, 
: Bot Danger, but difpaird 5 
A Hunder, I wonder, te 
But thou haft hard declaird. 
| Die SSS 
‘Grr we twa hald not up thy Heart, 
‘Quhilk is'the Cheifand nobleft Part, 
| Thy ‘Wark wald not gang weil, 
'Confidering ‘thae Companions can | 
)Difwade a filly fimple Man, 
To hafard for his Heil, 


| 
| 
i | 


; Sup- 


124 he Cherrie and the Slae, 
Suppofe they haif defavit fum, 
Or they and we micht meit; 


They get nae Credence quhair we cum, 
With ony Man of Spreic, 


By Reafoun thair Treafour 
Be us is firft elpyt, 


il) | Reveiling thair Deiling, 
a Quhilk dow not be denyt, 


With fleikic Sophifins feiaing {weit, 

As all thair Doings war difcreit, 3 
They with thee to be wyfe, 

| Poftponing Tyme frae Hour to Hour, 

But Faith in underneath the Flowr, | ae 


The lurking Serpent lyes; 
Suppofe thou feis her not a Styme, 7 b 
Till that {cho ftings thy Fute: 
| Perfaivs thou nocht quhat precious Tyme, 
i i i | Thy flewthing does owrefchute. 
| Allace Man! thy Cafe Man, 
it I | In lingring I lament, ' | 


Ge to now and do now, 
| ite That Courage be content, 


XLI. Quuar 


The Cherrie and the Slae. 125 
XLI 
).Quuar gif Melancholy cum in, 
) And get ane Grip or thou begin, 
| Than is thy Labour loft; 
For he will hald thee hard and faft, 
Till Tyme and Place and Fruit be paft, > 
And thou give up the Ghoft: 
Than fall be graivd upon the Stane, 
Quhilk on thy Graif is laid, 
Sumryme thair lived fic a ane; 
But how fall it be faid? 
Here lyes now, but pryfe now 


Into Dishonours Bed, 

An Cowart as thou art, 

That from his Fortune fled. 
he aE TE 
[maGyNeE Man, gif thou wer laid 
In Graif, and fyne micht \heir this faid, 

Wald thou not fweit for Schame? 

Yes, Faith I doubt nocht but thou wald: 
| | Therefoir gif thou has Ene behald, 
| How they wald {moir thy Fame. 


126 Lhe Cherrie aud the Size. 


Gae to and mak nae mair Excufe, 
a 


Or'Lyfe and ‘Honour“lofe; 
And outher them or tis refute; 
There is nae uther Chofe; 
Confider: togidder, 
That we can nevir dwell; 
At length ay byy Strenth ay: 
The Pultrones: we expel: 


} 7 ) ELAIT. 
Quop Danger, Sen I underftand, 


That Counfell can be nae Command, 
I have nae mair to fay, 
Except gif that he thocht it good; 
Tak Counfell zit or ze conclude 
Of wyfer Men nor they.) 
They are but racklefs, zung and tafche, 
Suppofe they think us fleid; 
Gif of our Fellowfchip zou fafche, 
Gang with them hardly beit.. 
Gop {peid zou, they leid ‘zou, 
That has not meikle Wit: 
Expell us, zeil tell us, 


Heiraftir comes not zit. 
XLIV. QuuyLE 


Lhe Chervie and the Slae. 
KLLV: 
QUHYLE Danger and Difpair retyre, 
\ixperience came in and {peirt 
Quhat all the Matter meind; 
With him came Reafon, Wit and Skill, 


And they began to {peir at Will, 
Quhair mak ze to my Freind? 
Lo pluck zone lufty Cherrie loe, 
Quod hie, and quyte the’ Slae: 
/Quod they, Is there nae mair ado; 
| Or ze win up the Brae? 
But to it, and do it,: 
Perforce the Fruit to pluck, 
Weil, Brother, {um uthet 
Were better to conduct. 
XLV. 
‘Wai grant ze may be gude aneuch; 
‘Bur zie the Hazard of zon Heuch, ( 
| Requyrisane graver Gyde'; | 
HAs wyfe as ze are may gae wrang3 
/Fhairfore tak Counfail or ze’ gang 
| Of fum thar ftand befyde. 


128 The Cherrie and the Slae. 


But quha war zon three ze forbad 


Zour Company richt now; 
Quod Will, three Prechours to perfwad 
The poyfond Slae to pow. 


They trattlit and prattellic, 
A lang half Hour and mair; 
Foul fall them, they call them 


Dreid, Danger and Di/pair. 
XLV1. 
Tuey are mair fafchious nor of Feck, 


Zon Fazards durft not for thair Neck 


Clim up the Craig with us; 
Frae we determinit to dic, 


Or elfe to clim zon Cherrie Trie; 
They baid about the Bufs. 
They are conditisnd lyk the Cat,’ 
They wald not weit thair Feit, 
But .zit gif ony Fifch ze gat, 


They wald be fain to eit. 
Thocht they now, I fay now, 


To hazard haif nae Heart, 
Zit luck we and pluck we, 


The Fruit they wald haif part. _ 
‘dl XLVIf. Bu: 


XLVITI. 


|) Ber frae we get our Voyage win, 
They fall not than a Cherrie cun, 


That wald not enterpryfe 5 


Weil, quod Experience, ze boitt : 


' 


' 


/Quhen ze have done, its Tyme to crack 


ap 


— 


But he that courts without his Oift, 
He aftentymes counts twyfe. 


Ze fell the Beirs Skin on his Back, 
But byde quhyle ze it get; 


Ze fith befoir the Net. 


Quhat haift, Sir, ze taift, Sir, 
The Cherry or ze pou it; 
Bewar zit, ze ar zit 


Mair talkative nor trowjt, 
XLVIII. 

TALL Danger back again, quod skill, 

‘s fe quhat he can fay to Will, 

We fee him fchod fae ftrait : 


Ye may nocht trow quhat ilk ane tells ‘ 


Hud Courage we concludit ells, 


He feryis not for our Mait j 


a 


The Cherrie and the Slaé 


» 129 


= 


oa i 
ny racers ene eat cen * 


336. ©— The Cherrie and the Slaes 
For I can tell zou all perqueir 
His Counfail or he cum: 
Quod Will quhairto foud he cum heir,’ 
He cannot hald his himdum 5 
He {peiks ay, and feiks ay 
Delay of Tyme be Drifts3 
He grievis us, and deivs us, 
With Sophiftries and Schifts. 


Le 
‘yob Reafoun, quhy was he debard ? 
q 


The Tale is ill may not be hard, 
Zet let us heir him anis. 
Then Danger to declair began, 
How Hope and Courage took the Man, 
To leid him all thair lains; 
For they wald haif him up the Hill, 
Bot owther Stap or Stay : 
And quha was welcomer than Will, 
He wald be formott ay 5 
He could do, and fould do, 
Quha evir wald or nocht, 
Sic {peiding proceiding 


Unlyklie was I thocht. 
L. Fuatr: 


The Cherry and the Siae, 
L. 

) THArIRFor I witht them to bewar, 
) And rafhly not to run owre far, 
| Without fic Gyds as ze. 
) Quod Courage, Freind, I heir zou fail, 
) Tak bettir tent unto zour Tale, 

Ze faid it could not be; 
1) Befydis that ze wald not canfent, 
: That evir we fuld clim: 
1Quod Will for my Pairt I repent, 
j We faw them mair than him: 
| For they are the Stayer 
Of us, as weil as ke; 
I think now they f{chrink now, 
Go forwart let them be. 
ae 
j30, go, we naithing do but gucks; 
j-hey fay the Voyage nevir luks, 
Quhair ilk ane has a Vote. 
Duod Wifdom gravely, Sir, I grant, 


| 


Ve were nae warfe-zour Vote to Wane, 


Sum Sentance heir I note, 


G 
{| 2 
ee 


132 The Cherrie and the Slae. 
Suppofe ze fpeak it but begefs, 
Sum Fruit thairin 1 fynd; 


Ze wald be forward I confefs, Spee 


And cums afiymis behynd. 


It may be that they be er 
Defavit that nevir doutit 5 
Indeid, Sir, that. Heid, Sir, 


Has mekle Wit about it. 


Ge 
Tuen willfull wll began to rage, 
And {ware he faw naithing in Age, ey 


But Anger , Yre and Grudge} 


And for my fell, quod he, I {weir 
To quat all my Companzions heir, 
Gif they admit zou Judge. 
Experience is grown fae auld, 
That he begins to rave; 


The laif but Courage are fae cauld, 


Nae Hazarding they haif 5 

Wit For Dazger, far ftranger 

i Has made them than they war, 
| i} Gae frae then, we’ pray then, 
That nowcher dow nor dar. 


: I | LILI. Quuy 


The Cherry and the Slae. 133 
LITI. 

) Quuy may not thefe three leid this ane, 

) I led an hunder myne alane, 


| Bot Counfal of them all. 


|I grant quod Wifdom ze haif led; 

) But I wald fpeir how mony fped, 

| Or furdert bet a Fall. 

) But owther few or nane I trow, 
Experience can tell; 

| He fays the Man may wyte but zou 
The firft Tyme that he fell. 

He kens then, quhais Penns then, 

Thou borrowit him to flee; 

His Wounds zet, that ftounds zet, 
| He gat them then throu thee. 
Liv’. 

) TuHar, quod Experience, is trew; 

} Will flatcetit him quhen firft he flew ; 
| Will {et him in a Low. 

) Will was his Counfell and Convoy, 


|To borrow frae the blindit Boy 


Baith Quaver, Wings and Bow; 
| 3 Quhaiz 


2 remem eer RF ae 


Se EE SEN TNA 


134, Lhe Cherrie and the Slae, 


Quhairwith before he feyd to fhute, 
He nowther zield to Zouth, 
Nor zet had Neid of ony Fruit, 


To quench his deidlie Drouth. 


Quhilk ;yns him and dwyns him 


To Ded, I wate not how, 
Gif Will then did ill then, 


Himfelf remembers now. 


LV. 
For I Experience was thair 


Lyke as I ufe to be all quhair, 
Quhat Tyme he wytit Will 
To be the Grund of all his Greif, 
As I, my felf can be a Preif 
And Witnefs thairunull : 
Thair are nae Bounds but I haif bene, 
Nor Hidlings frae me hid, 
Nor fecret Things that I haif fene 
That he or ony did: 
Thairfoir now, no moir now, 
Let him think to conceild; 


For quby now, even I now 


Am Det bound to reveild. 


LVI. Myx 


The Cherrie and the Stae, 
LVI. 


My Cuftome is for to declair 

| The Truth, and nowther eik nor pare, 
For ony Man a Jot: 

| Gif wilful Will delyts in Leis, 

) Example in thy felf thou feis 


NR PA ac GAT IEA ir PRR II hate AEN I 


How he can turn his Coat; 
)And with his Language wald alure 


Thee zet to brek thy Bains; 
| Thou knaws thy felf, gif he was fure, 
Thou ufd his Counfell anes, 

Quha wald zet be bauld zet, 


To wrak thee war not we, 


Think on now of zon now, 
Quod Wifdom then to me. 


LVITI. 
quod. Experience, gif he 


= himfelf to you and me, 
| I wate quhat I fould fay, 
) Our gude Advyfe he fall nor wanr, 
}Provyding always that he grant 

To put zon Will away, 


A 4 


106 = ©Lhe Cherrie and the Stae: 
And banifch baith him and Difpair, 


That all gude Purpofe Spills 3 
Sae he will mell with them nae mair, 
Let them twa flyte thair fills, 
Sic Coiffing bot Loffing, 
All honeft Men may ufe; 
That Change now were {trange now, 


Quod Reafon, to refute. 


LVITII. 
Qvop Will, Fy on him quhen he flew, 


That poud not Cherries then anew, 7 
For to haif ftayd his Sturt. 
Quod Rea/fon, thocht he bear the Blame, 
He nowther faw nor neidit them, 
Till he himfelf had hurt: 
Firft quhen he miftert not, he micht, 
He neids and may now 
Thy Foly quhen he had his Flicht 
Empathed him to pow. 
Baith he now and we now 
Perfaiye thy Purpofe plain 


To turn him, and burn him, 


And blaw on him again, 
LIX, Quop 


The Chervie and the Slae. 13% 


LIX. 
Quon Skill, Quhy fuld we langer ftryve 2 
Far better late than never thryve, 
Cum let us help him zit; 


(Tint Tyme we may not get again, 


We waft but prefent Tyme in vain, 

| Beware with that, quod Wir; 

Mspeik on, Experience, lets fe, 

| We think ze hald ze dum, 

Of Byganes I haif hard,:quod he, 

I knaw not Things to cum. 
Quod Reafon, The Seafon 
With Slowthing flyds away, 
Firft crak him and mak him 
A Man gif that ze may. 

| Exh 

Quon Will, Gif he be not a Man, 


pray zou, Sirs, quhat is he than ? 


iJ 


 — 


He lukes lyke ane at leift. 
Quod Reafon, Gif he follow thee, 
And mynd not to remain with me, 
Noche but a brutal Beit: 


138 he Chervie and the Stae, 
A Man in Schape doth nor confift, 
For all zour taunting Tales, 
Thairfoir, Sr Will, I wald ze wif 
Zour Metaphyfick fails; 
Gae leir zit a Zeir zit 
Zour Logick at the Schulis, 
Sum Day then ze may then 


Pafs Mafter with the Mulis. + 
H.R 


Quen Will, I marvell quhat ze mein, 
Suld not I trow my ain twa Een, 
For all zour Logick Schulis, 
If I did not I war not wyfe: i 
Quod Reafon, I haif tald zou thryfe, 
Nane ferlies mair than Fulis ; 
Thair be mae Sences than the Sicht, 
Quhilk ze owre-hale for Hafte, 
To wit, gif ze remember richt, 
Smell, Heiring, Touch, and Tafte, 
All quick Things haif fic Things, 
I mein baith Man and Beift, 
By Kynd then, we fynd then 


Few laks them in the leift. 
LXII. Sax 


The Cherrie and the Slae. 


LXII. 
AE be that Confequens of thyne, 
Ir Syllogifm faid lyke a Swyne, 
A Cow may teach thee Lair; 


‘hou ufes only but thyne Eies, 


cho touches, taftes, fmells, heirs, and feis, 


Quhilk matches thee and mair: 
ut fince to triumph ze intend, 
As prefently appeirs, 
ir, for zour Clergie, to be kend, 
Tak ze rwa Affes Eirs; 
Nae Myter perfyter 
Gat Midas for his Meid, 
That Hude Sir is gude Sir 
To hap zour Brain-fick Heid. 
| LXIITI. 
}s haif nae Feil for to defyne, 
Nhoch ze haif Cunning to declyne 
| A Man to be a Mule, 
7ith litle Wark zit ze may vowd 
o grow a galant Horfe and gude, 


To ryde thairon at Zule : 


But 


Se a cA LR tt ONAN A IED T AB ONE A 


140 Ihe Cherrie and the Stae. 


But to our Ground quhair we began, 


Fer all zour guftlefs Jefts, 
I muft be Mafter to the Man, 
Bur thou to brutall Beifts ; 
Sae we twae maun be twae, 
To caufe baith Kynds be knawn, 
Keip thyne then frae myne then,’ 


And ilk ane ufe thair awin. 
LAL. 
TuHEn Will as angrie as an Ape, 


Ran ramping fweiring rude and rape, 
Saw he none other Schift; 
He wald not want ane Inch of Will, 
Quhither it did him Gude or Il, 
For thirty of his Thrifts 
He wald be formoift in the Feild, 
And Maifter gif ‘he micht, 4 
Yea he fuld rather die than zield, 
Though Reafonw had the richt: 


Shall he now mak me now 
His Subject or his Slaif, 
Na rather, my Father 


Shall quick gang to his Graif 
LXV. 


The Cherrie and the Siae. 


LXV. 
| heche him quhyle my Heart is heal, 
Wo perifch firft or he prevail, 
Cum after quhat fo may: te 3 
Quod Reafon, Dout ze not indeed, 
1Ze hit the Nail upon the Heid, re 
It fall be as ze fay. 
Nsuppofe ze fpur for to afpyre, 
| Zour Brydle wants a Bit, 


eh 


What Meir may leif zou in the Myre, 
As ficker as ze fit. 

Zour Sentance, Repentance, 
Sall learn zou, I believe, 
And anger zou langer, 

| Quhen ze that pratick prieve. 

| LXVI. 

HAs ze haif dyted zour Decreit, 


Zour Prophefie to be complete, 
| Perhaps, and to zour Pains, 
Ht has bein faid, and may be fae, 
q wilfull Man wants nevir Wae, 
| Thocht he gets litle Gains. 


142 Lhe Cherie and the Slaé. 
But fen ze think it-eafy Thing 


To mount aboif the Mune, 


Of zour awin Fidle tak a Spring, 


And daunce quhen ze haif done; 
If than Sir the Man Sir 
Lykes of zour Mirth, he may, 
But fpeir firft and heir firft 


Quhat he himfell will fay. 


LXVII. 
THEN all togither they began 


To fay, Cum on, thou martyrit Man; 
Quhat is thy Will, advyfe? 
| Abaifd a bony quhyle I baid, 
And mufd or I my Anfwer maid, 


I turnd me anes or twyfe, 
Behalding ilky ane about, 

Quhais Motions muvit me miaift,| 
Sum feimd affurd, fum dred for Dour, 

Will ran reid-wod for Haift, 


With wringing and flinging, 
For Madnefs lyke to mang 5 
Difpair to, for Care to, 


Wald neids himfell gae hang. 
LXVIL. QuHILE 


LXVITI. 
Dunrix quhen Experience perfavit, 


Duod he, Remember gif we ravit, 
| As Will alledgt of lait, 
Quhen that he {ware he naithing faw 
In Age, but Anger, flak and flaw, 
And cankert of Confait; 
Me could not luck as he aledgt, 
That all Opinions fpeirt, 
He was fae frak and fyrie edgt, 
He thocht us four but feirt: 
| Quha panfis, quhat chanfis, 


Quod he, nae Worfchip wins, 


To fum beft fall cum beft 
} That hap weil rak weil rins: 
| LXIX. 
4 IT, quod Experience, behald, 
For all the Tales that he has tald, 
How he himfell behaifs, 


Becaufe Di/pair could not cum fpeid, 


0 quhair he hangs all but the Heid, 
And in a Widdy waifs: 


The Cherrie and the Siae. 


143 


Gif 


ZT NO elt enmnrat teenies” 


oe i Ep RET NA TAN SH 


144 The Cherrie anid the Slae, 


Gif zou be fure anes thou may fe, 


To Men that with them mells, 
Gif they had hurt or helpit thee, 
Confidder be themfells. 
Then. chufe thee to ufe thee, 
By us, or fic as zone, 
Say fone now, haif done now, 


Mak owther aff or on. 


LXX. 
PzrsaAves thou not quhairfrae proceids 


The frantick Fantafie that feids, 
Thy furious flaming Fyre, 
Quhilk dois thy bailfull Breift combuiry 
That nane but we, quod they, can cuir, 
Or help thy Hearts Difyre: 
The perfing Paflion of thy Spreit 
That waifts thy vital Breath, 
Has holit thy heavy Heart with Heit, 
Defyre draws on thy Death. 
Thy Puncis renouncis 
All kynd of quiet Reft, 
That Fever has ever 


Thy Perfon fae oppreft. 


LXXI. Coup 


The Cherrie and the Size. 


LXXI. 
iCoup thou cum anes acquaint with Skill, 
Irie kens quhat Humors dois the ill, 
| And how thy Cair contracks; 
He knaws the Ground of all thy Greife, 
JAnd Recipies for thy Releife, 
All Medicines he maks: 
scum on, quod Skill, content am I 
; To put my helping Hand, 
Providing allways he apply 
| To Counfell and Command; 
j Quhyle we than, quod he, than, 
' Ar mindit to remain, 
Gife Place now, in- cafe now 
Thou get us not again. 
LXXII. 
Mssune thyfell, gif that we {ched, 
ithou fall not get thy Purpofe fped, 
Tak tent we haif thee tald; 
aif done, and dryve not aff the Day, 
Iche Man that will not quhen he may, 


He ‘fall not quhen he wald, 
i 


145 


146 The Chervie and the Slae. 


Quhat wald thou do, I wald we wift, 
Accept or gife us owre: 
Qued I, I think me mair than_blift 
To find fic famous four 
Befyde me, to gyde me, 
Now quhen I haif to do, 
Confiddering the fwiddering 


Ze fand me frft into. 


LXXIII. 
QuHEN Courage craift a Stamok ftout, 


And Danger draif me into Dont, 
With his Companzion Dreid: 
Quhyls Will wald up aboif the Air, 
Quhyls I was dround'in deip Di/pair, 
Quhyls Hope held up my Heid : 
Sic pithy Refouns and Replys 
On ilka Syde they fchew, 
That I quha was not verie wyfe 
Thocht all thair Tales wer trew 
Sac mony and bony 
Auld Problemes they propond 
Baithquicklie and liklie, 


I marveld mekle ond. 
LXXIV. ZiT 


The Cherrie and the Slae. 


LXXIY. 
)}Zxir Hope and Courage wan the Feild, 


| Dhocht Dreid and Danger neir wald zeild, ee 
But fled to find Refuge; yn 


Swa, fra zou Four met, they wer fain, 


/Becaufe ze gart us cum again, 
They greind to get ze Juge: 
| Quhair they wer Fugitive befoir, 
Zou maid them frank and fre, 
U6 fpeik and ftand in Aw nae moir, 
Quod Reafon, Swa fuld be: 
Aft Tymes now, bot Crymes nov, 
But even per Force it falls 
The Strang ay, with Wrang ay, 
Put Weaker to the Walls. 
 . LXXV. 
iQuui1k is a Fault ze maun confefs, 
Strength is not ordaind to opprefs 
| With Rigour, bye the richt;) 
But on the coritfair, to fultein 
Ihe waik-anes that owreburdent bein, 


| Als mekle as they michts 
I 2 


148 The Chervie aud the Siae. 


Sae Hope and Courage did, quod I, 
Experimented lyke 


Schaw skilld and pithie Refouns quhy 


That Danger lap the Dyke, 
Quod Dreid, Sir, tak heid, 


Sir, 


Lang fpeiking Part maun pill; 


Infift not, ze wift not 


We went againft our Will 


: LX VI 
WitTH Courage ze wer fae content; 


Ze nevir focht our fmall Confent; 
Of us ze ftude nae Aw: 

Thair Logick Leffons ze allowr, 

Ze wer determined to trowit, 
Alledgence paft for Law; 


For all the Proverbs we perufd, 


Ze thocht them skantly skilld, 


Our Reafons had bein als weil rufd, 


Had ze bein als weil willd 


Sae trewlie I may term it; 


We fee now in thee now j 


AffeGtion dois affirm it. 


Till our Syde as zour Syde; | 


LXXVII. Ex} 


LXXVII. 
EXPERIENCE then fmyrkling fmyld, 


iWe are na Bairns to be begyld, 


Quod he, and {chuke his Heid; 


For Authors quha alledges us, 
\They wald not gae about the Buts 
To fofter deidlie Feid: 

)For we ar equall for ze all, 
: | Nae Perfon we refpec, 
| We haif bene fae, ar zit,.and fall 
Be found fae in Effect. 

Gif we wer as ze wer, 
| We had cumd unrequyrd, 
But we now, ze fee now, 
Do naithing undefyrd. 
| LXXVIII. 
-Tuarr is a Sentence faid be fum, 
Let nane uncalld to Counfell cum 
; 


That welcum weins to be ; 


| Zea I haif hard anither Zit, 


Quha cum uncalle, unfervd fuld fit, 


iI 


Perhaps, Sir, fac may ze: 


1% 3 


The Cherrie ana the Slae. 


150 Lhe Cherrie and the Stae. 
Gudeman, Gramercy for zour Geck, 
~ Quod Hope, and lawly louts, 
Gif ze wer fent for, we fulpea, 
Becaufe the Do&our douts: 
Zour Zeirs now appeir now 


With Waifdom to be vext, 


Rejoycing in glofling, 


Till ze haif tint zour Text. 
LXXIX. 
Quyartr ze wer fent for, let us fe 


Quha wald be welcomer than we;- 
Pruve that, and we ar payd. 


Weill, quod Experience, beware, 
Ze ken not in quhat Cafe ze are, 
Zour Tung has zou betrayd: 
The Man may ablens tyne a Stor 
That cannot co-nt his Kinfch, 
In zour awin Bow ze ar owre-fchér _ 
} Pe mair than nalf ane Inch: 
Quha wats, Sir, if thar, Sir, 


Le four, quhilk feimeth {weit; 


Hid I feir now ve Keir now 


A 


A aangerons Deereit. 


i | | LXXX, Srna, 


LXXX. 

| Srx, by that Sentence ze haif fayd, 
yi pledge, or all the Play be playd, 
That fum fall lofe a Latke; 
| Sen ze but put me for to pruve, 
| Sic heids as help for my Behuve, 

Zour Watrand is but waik: 

Speir at the Man zour felf, and fe, 


Suppofe ze ftryve for State, 


Gif he regarded not kow he 
Had learnd my Leffon late ; 
And granted he wanted 
Baith Reafon, Wit and Skill, 
Compleining and meining 
Our Abfence did him IIL 
LXXXf. 
Conrront him furder Face to Face, 
Gif zit he rews his rackles Race, 
Perhaps, and ze fall heir 5 
For ay fince Adam and fince Eve, 


Quha firft thy Leifings did believe, 


I fald thy Do@trine deir: 
i 4 


Phe Cherrie and the Slae. 


ISI 


Quhat 


, SMR mar Leeman meer 
Toren ethene ETS = . 


I$2 


Quhat has bein done, eyen to this Day © 


Lhe Chervie and the Slae, 


I keip in Mynd allmaift, 9 


Ze promife furder than ze pay, 


4 


Sir, hope for all zour Hai ft; 
Promitting, unwitting, 
Zour Hechts zou neyvir huiked, 
I fchaw zou, I knaw ZOU, 


Zour Byganes I haif buiked, 
Lee. 


I could, in Cafe a Count wer craivt, 


Schaw Thoufands Thoufands thou defaive, 


Quhair thou was trew to ane: 3 


And by the contrair I may vaunt, 


Quhilk thou maun, thocht it greive thee, grant, 


“I trumpit nevir a Man, 


But trewly tald the nakic Truth 


To Men that melld with me, 


For nowther Rigour nor for Rueth, 


But only laith to lie: 


To fum zit, to cum zit, 
Thy Suckour will be flicht, 
Quhilk I then maun try then, 


And regifter it richt, 
LXXXIII. Ha, 


The Cherrie and the Slae. 


LXXXITI. 
‘Ha, ha! quod Hope, and loudlie leuch, 


)Ze are but a Prentife at the Pleuch, 
Experience ye prieve3 

Suppofe all Byganes as ze {pak, 

Ze are nae Prophet worth a Plak, 
Nor I bund to believe. 

iZe fuld not fay, Sir, ull ze fe, 


But quhen ye fe it fay; 
Zit, quod Experiezce, at thee | 
Mak mony Mints I may, 
By Signs now, and Things now 
Quhilk ay befoir me beirs, 
Exprefling by guefling 
The Perril that appeirs. 
| LXXXIV. 
[Turn Hope replyd,and that with Pith, 
jAnd wyfelie weyd his Words thairwith, 
| Sententiouflie and fhort: 
| Quod he Iam the Anchor Grip 
‘That faifs the Sailours and thair Ship, 


Frac Perril to thair Port, 


Ht | 154. The Cherrie and the Slae: 
Quod he, aft times the Anchor dryves, 
As we haif fund befoir, 


And lofes mony thoufand Lyves, 
By Shipwrack on the Shore. 
Zour Grips aft, but flips aft 
Quhen Men haif maift to do 


Syne leivs them and reivs them 


cy 


Of thy Companzions to. 


LXXXYV. 
THou Jeifs them not thy felf alane, 


But to thair Grief quken thou art gane, 


Gars Courage quhat them als; 


Quod Hope, TY -wald ze underftude, 
J grip fat gif the Grund be gude, 
| And fleit quhair it is falfe; 


Ther fuld nae Faule with me be fund; 


HH Nor I accufd at all, 
Wyte fic as fuld haif plumd the Grund, 
Befoir the Anchor fall, 


Their Leid “ay at Neid ay, 


i Micht warn them ifthey wald, 


Gf they thair wald ftay thair, | 


Or haif gude Anchor hald. | 
LXXXVI.GIF 


Lhe Gherrie and the Silae: 155 
LXXXVI. 
Grr ze reid richt it was not J, 


But only Ignorance quhairby 


Thair Carvells all wer cloyen: 


Lam not for a Trumper tane, 


All, quod Experience, is ane, 
I haif my Procefs proven, 
To wit, that we wer cald ilk ane 
To cum before we came; 
/That now Objection ze haif nane, 
Zour felf may fay the fame : 
Zear now owre far how, 
Cum forward for to flie; 
Perfave then ze haif then, 
The warft’End of the Tric. 
| Le AX RVI, 
| QuUHEN Hope was gawd into the Quick, 
| Quod Curage, kicking at the Prick, | 
We let ze weil to wit. 


Mak he zou’ welcomer than we, 


Then Byganes, Byganes, fareweil he, i 


Except he ferk us zit: 


156 he Cherrie and the Slae. 
He underftands his awn Eftate, 
Let him his Chiftains chufe 5 
But zit his Battill will be blate, 
Gif he our Forfs refufes 
Refufe us or chufe us, 
Our Counfell is he clim 5 
But ftay he or ftray he, | 


We haif nae Help for him. 


Dx Xk Va 
Excepr the Cherrie be his Chofe; 


Be ze his Freinds we are his Foes, 
His Doings we difpyte 3 | 
Gif we perfave him fettled fae, . 
To fatishe him with the Slac, 
His Companie we quyte: 
Then Dreid and Danger grew full glad, 
: And wont that they had won} 
They thocht all {cild that they had faid, 
Sen they had firft begun ; 
They thocht then they moucht then, 
Without a Party pleid, 


But zit thair, with Wit chair, 


They wer dung doun with Speid. 
LXXXIX. Sins 


The Cherrie and the Slae. 
LXX XIX. 

Sins, Dreid and Danger then, quod Wit; 

Ze did zour fells to me fubmit, 

| Experience can proife. 

That, quod Experience, I paft, 


Thair awin Confeffions make them faft; 


They may nae mair remoife 3 
For GifI richt remember me, 
This Maxime then they made; 
To wit, the Man with Wit fould wey 
Quhat Philofophs haif faid, 
Quhilk Sentance Repentance 
Forbad him deir to buy, 
They knew then how trew then, 
And prefsd not.to reply. 
xG. 
TxHocut he dang Dreid and Danger doun; 
Zit Courage could not be owrecum 3 
Hope hecht him fic a Hyre5 
He thocht himfell, how fone he faw 
His Enemies were Jaid fac law, 


It was nae Tyme to tyre: 


158 The Cherri and the Siae. 
it He hit the Yron qtihyle it was het, : 
| In cafe it fould grow cauld ; 
For he efteemt his Faes defate, 
Quhen anes he fand them fald; 
Thoch we now, quod he now; 


Huuif bein fae frie and frank, 


Unfocht zit he mocht zit, 


For Kyndnefs cund us thank; 


Oe aaa | 
Suppose it fae as thou haft faid, 


That unrequyrd we proffert Aid, 


At leift that came of Luve: 


Experience ze {tart owre fone, 


Ze naithing dow till all be done, 


And then perhaps ze pruve, 


Mair plain than pleafant to perchance, 


Sum tell that haye zou trye, 


As faft as ze zour fell advance ; 


Ze cannot weil denyt: 


Abyde then zour Tyde then; 


And wait upon the Wind, : 


Ze knaw Sir, ze aw, Sir, 


Lo hald ze ay behind. 


XCIJ. QuHEN 


The Chervie and the Slae. 


X CII. 
UHEN ze haif done fum duchtie Deids, 


byne ze fuld fe how all fucceids, 
To wryt them as they wer: 
*riend, huly, haft not half fae faft, 
~cift, quod Experience, at laft, 
Ze buy my Doétrine deir; 
ope puts that Hafte into zour Heid, 
Quhilk Boyls zour barmy Brain ; 
‘Jowbeit Fulis haft cums huly Speid, 
Fair Hechts will mak Fulis fain. 
Sic Smyling begyling 
Bids feir not any Freits; 
Zit I now deny now, 
That all is Gold that gleits. 
XCHITI. 
Suppose not Silver all that fhynes, 
|Aftymes a tentlefs Merchand tynes, 


For bying Geir begefs; 


For all the Vantage and the winning, 
Gude Buyers get at the Beginning, 
Quod Cos#rage nocht the lefs. 


} 


159 


2 r a pom 
sia TAA A aOR LA 8 By 


Quhyls 


{re eriesnttoneteniereing senators 


saaetinereemee Ait cae -oaeeeeeen abe ee 


160 Lhe Cherrie and the Slae. 


Quhyls as gude Merchants tynes as wins, 


Gif auld “Mens Tales be trew, 


Suppofe the Pack cum -to the Pins, 


Quha can his Chance -efchew. 


Then gude Sir, conclude, Sir, 


Gude Buyers haif done baith, 


Advance then, tak Chance then, 


As fundrie gude Ships hath. 


XCIV. 


QuuHA wift quhat wald be cheip or deir, 


Should neid to traffique but a Zcir, 
Gif Things to cum were kend: 
Suppofe all bygane Things be plain, 
Zour Prophefie is but prophane, 
Ze had beft behald the End: 
Ze wald accufé me of a Cryme, 
Almaift befoir we met, 
Torment zou not befoir the Tyme, 
Since Dolour pays nae Det, 
Quhats bypaft that I paft, 
Ze wot gifit was weil, 
To cum zit by Dume zit, 
Confefs ze haif nae Feil. 


XCV. Zit 


dhe Chervrie and the Slae. 
XCV. 

| Zx1, quod Experience, quhat then, 

} Quha may be meiteft for the Maz, 

Let us his Anfwer haif; i 


| Quhen they fubmitted them to 7, 


) To Reafon 1 was fain to flie, 
His Counfell for to craif. 
Quod he, fince ze zourfells {ubmit, 
To do as I decreit; 
1 I fall advyfe with Skill and Wits 
| Quhat they think may be meit; 
| They cryd then, we byde then, 
At Reafon for Refuge 5 


= > = 


Allow him and trow him, 
As Governour and Juge. 
XCVI. 
Tuen faid they all with ane Confenr, 
} Quhat he concludes we are content 


| His Bidding to obey ; 


| He hath Authoritie to ufe, 
Then tak his Choice quhom he will chufe, 


And langer not delay: 
Then 


oe 


162 The Chervie and the Slae. 
i Then Rea/fon raife and was rejoyfd 
| i | Quod he, myne Hearts cum hidder, 
{ hope this Pley may be compofd, 
That we may gang togidder ; 
To all now I fall now 


His proper Place affign, 
That they heir fall fay heir, 


They think nane uther Thing. 


XCVII, 
ComE on, quod he, Companzion, Skill, 


Ze underftand baith Gude and Ill, 


In Phyfick ze are fyne, 
Be Mediciner to the Man, 
And f{chaw fic Cunning as ze can, 
To put him out of Pyne; 
Firft gaird the Grund of all his Grief, 
Quhat Sicknes zé fufped, 
Syn luke quliat laiks for his Relief, 
Or furder he infeck. 
Comfort him, exhort hint, 
Give him zour gude Advycé, 


And pance not, nor skance not, 


The Pertil nor the Pryce. 
XCVIIIL. Tuocu 


The Chervie and the Se 

: XCVIIT. 

) TD uocH it be cummerfom quhat reck, 

) Find out the Caufe by the Effea, 

| And working of his Veins; 

) Zit quhyle we grip it to the Grund, 

) Se firft quhat Fafhion may be fund, 

| To pacifie his Pains; 

) Do quhat ze dow to haif him haile, 

And for that Purpofe preife, 

) Cut aff the Caule, the Effe& maun fail, 

Sae all his Sorrows ceife. 
His Fever fall nevir 
Frae thencefurth haif a Forfs, 
Then urge him to purge him, 
He will not wax the warfe. 

| xXCIX, 

Quorn Skill, his Sences are fae fick, 

i knaw nae Liquor. worth a Leik 


| 


| To quench his deidlie Drouth, 

| Except the Cherry Help his Heit, 

1 Quhais fappy Slokning fharp and fweit, 
| Micht melt into his Mouth, 


HL 2 


e 


A nd 


"(PAS conse eamamntenmene steers! a” 


Soar i SST SOMERS 


164 Lhe Cherrie and thé Slae. 


And his Melancholie remuye, 
To mitigate his Mynd, 
Nane hailfomer for his Behuve, 
Nor of mair cooling Kynd, 
Nae Neétar directar, 
Could all the Gods him give; 
Nor fend him to mend him, 


Nane lyke it I believe. 


Or 
For Drouthi decays, as it digefts; 


Quhy then, quod Reajfon, naithing refts, 
But how at may be had? 
Maift trew, quod Skill, that is the Scope, 
Zit we maun haif fum Help of Hope. 
Quod Danger I am red; 
His Haftynefs bred us Mifhap ; 
Quhen he is highlie horft; 
I wifs we lukit or we lap. 
Quod Wiz, that wer not warft. 
I mein now convein now 
The Counfell ane and all, 
Begin then, call in then; 


Quod Reafon, fae I fall. 


— 


Cl. THEN 


The Cherrie and the Siae. 


Cl. 


rien Reafon raife with Gefture grave, 
| 
{Belyve conveining all the lave, 
| 


WWith Silver Scepter in his Hand, 


HAs Chiftain chofen to command, 


To heir quhat they wald fay, 


And they bent to obey. 
| He panfed lang befoir he f{pak, 
And in a ftudie ftude, 
i bic he began and Silenfs brak, 


Cum on, quod he, conclude 
Quhat Way now we may now 
Zon Cherrie cum to-catch, 


Speik our Sirs, about Sirs, 


Haif done, let us Difpatch. 


CII. 
{ QuotH Courage, skurge hina firft that skarss 


) Much Mufing Memorie but mars, 

| 1 tell zou myne intent. 

i Quod Wi, quha will not partlie panfe, 
| In Perils perifhes perchanfe, 


Owre rackles may repent. 


L 3 


165 


eon iA AB ALN IF 


¥ peace alam 


166° Zhe Chervie and the Slae. 
Then, quod Experience, and {pak, 


Sir, I haif fein them baith, 


In Braidienefs and lye aback, 


. 


(ORE anette tener) 


Efcape and cum to Skaith ; 

But quhat now of that now, 
ie | Sturt follows all Extreams; 
| Retain then the Mein then, 


| The fureft Way it feims. 
; CITI. 
| QuHaArrR fum has furderd, fum has faild; 


Quhair Part has perifht, Part pevaild, 


. eee 2 RAN TA MORES SP 
“ee 2 Sistas Sti 


Alyke all cannot luck ; 


Then owther venture with the ane, 
Or with the uther let alane, 
The Cherrie for to pluck. 
Quod Houp, for Feir Folk maun not fath, 
Quod Danger let not licht; 
i Quod Wit, be nowther rude nor rath; 
| Quod Reafon ze haif Richt: 
The Reft then thocht beft then, 
Quhen Reafon faid it fae, 


That roundlie and foundlie 


They fuld togidder gae. 


The Cherrie and the Slae. 
CLV. 
To get the Chertie in all Haft, 
As for my Saftie ferving maift, 
Tho Dreid and Danger feird, 
|The Perril of that irkfom Way, 
‘Left that thairby I fould decay, 
Quha then fae weak appeird : 
Zit Hope and Courage hard befyde, 
Quha with them wont contend, 
‘Did tak in Hand us all to gydes 
Unto our Journeys End, 
Implaidging and waidging 
Baith twa thair Lyves for myne, 
Provyding the Gyding 
To them were granted fyne. 
| CY. 
|THE Dreid and Danger did appeal, 
Alledging it could neir be weil, 
Nor zit wald they agric3 
\But faid they fould found thair Retreit, 
\Becaufe they thocht them nae Ways meit 


Conducters unto me; 


L 4 


Nor 


168 The Chervrie and the Stae, 


Nor to no Man in myne Eftate, 
With Sicknefs fair oppreft ; 


For they tuke ay the neireft Gate, 


Omitung of the beft. 
Thair neireft perqueireft, 
Is always to them baith, 
Quair they, Sir, may fay, Sir, 


Quhat recks them of zour Skaith. 
GNal; 
Bur as for us twa now we fweir 


Be him befoir we maun appeir, 
Our full Intent is now 
To haif ze hale, and always was, 
That Purpofe for to bring to pafs, 
Sae is not thairs Itrow: 
Then Hope and Courage did atteft, 
The Gods of baith thefe Parts, 
Gif they wrocht not all for the beft 
Of me with upricht Hearts: 
Our Chiftain then liftan 
His Scepter did enjoyn 
Nae moir thair Uproir there} 


And fae there Stryf was done. f 
CVII. Res 


The Cherrie aud the Slae. 
CVII. 
IREBUIKING Dreid and Danger fair, 
‘Suppofe they meint weil cvirmair 
fo me, as they had fworn; 
*Becaufe thair Nibours they abufir, 
In fwa far as they had accufit 
Them, as ze hard beforn, 
) Did he not els, quod he, confent 
The Cherrie for to pou? 
| Quod Danger, We are weil content, 
But zit the Manner how? 
We fall now, evin all now, 
Get this Maz with us thair, 
It refts then, ands. beft then 
Zour Counfell to declair. 


CVIII. 
W xix faid, quod Hope and Courage, now 


— a tat 


We thairto will accord with zou, 
| And fall abyde by them; 
| Lyk as befoir we did fubmit, 
| Sac we repeit the famyn zit, 


We mynd not to reclame: 


Quhome 


170 ©The Chervie and the Stae. 
Quhome they fall chufe ta gyde the Way, 


We fall them follow ftraighr, 
And furder this Man, quhat we may, 
Becaufe we haif fae hechr; 
Promitting, bot flitting, 
To do the Thing we can, 
To pleife baith, and eife baith 


This filly fickly Man. 
CIX. 
QUHEN Reafon heard this, then, quod he, 


I fe zour cheifeft Stay to be, 
That we haif namd nae Gyde: 
The worthy Counfell hath therfoir, 
Thocht gude that Wirt fuld gae befoir, : 
For Perrills to provyde. | 
Quod Wirt, Ther is but ane of thre, ‘ 
Quhilk I fall to ze fehaw, 
Quhairof the firft twa cannot be, 
For ony thing I knaw: 
The Way heir fae ftey heir, 
Is that we cannot clim, | 
Evin owre now, we four now, 


That will be hard for him. 
3 CX. THe 


The Cherrie and the Stae. 
CX, | 
"HE next, gif we gae doun about, 
juhyle that this Bend of Craigs rin out, 
The Streim is thair fae ftark, 
ind alfo paffeth waiding deip, 
wnd braider far than we dow lcip, 
It fuld be ydle Wark: 


+ grows ay braider to the Sea, 


Pe] 


Sen owre the Lin it came, 
Vhe rinning Deid dois fignifie 
The Deipnefs of the fame: 
I lcive now to deive now, 
How that it fwiftly flyds, 
As fleiping and creiping, 
But Nature fae provyds. 
CXI, 
Jur Way then lyes about the Lin, 
uhairby I warrand we fall win, 
It is fae ftraight and plain, 
he Watter allfo is fae fchald, 
Ve fall it pafs, evin as we wald, 


With: Plefour, and bot Pain : 


142 The Cherrie aud the Slag. 
For as we fe a Mifcheif grow 
Aft of a feckles Thing, 
Sac lykways dois this River flow 
Forth of a prettie Spring; 
Quhois Throt, Sir, I wot; Sir, 
Ze may ftap with zour Neive, 
As ZOU, Sir, I trow, Sir, 


Experience can preive. 


CXILI. 
THat, quod Experience, 1 can, 


And all ze faid fen ze began, | 
I ken tobe a Truth. : 
Quod Skill, The famyn I apruves; 
Quod Reafon, Then let us remuve, ™ 
And fleip nae mair in Sleuth: 
Witt and Experience, quod he, 
Sall gae befoir a Pace, 
The Maz fall cum with Skill and me Ss 
Into the fecond Place; 
Attowre now zou Four now 
Sall cum into a Band, 


Proceiding and leiding 


lk uther be the Hand. 
tes CXIII. As 


The Cherrie and the Slae. 


: CXIII. 
As Reafon. ordert, all obeyd, 
NNane was owre rafch, nane was affrayd, 
| Our Counfell was fae wyfe, 
As of our Journey, Witt did note, 
|We fand it trew in ilka Jot, 
Gop bilifs the Enterpryf: 
For evin as we came to the Tree, 
Quhilk as ze heard me tell, 
) Could not be clum thair - fuddenlie, 
The Fruit, for Rypenefs, fell; 
Quhilk haifting and tarfling, 
‘J fand my felf rélievd 
Of Cairs all and Sairs all 
| That Mynd and Body grievd. 
) CXIV. 
PratsE be to Gop my Lorn thairfoir, 
Quha did myne Helth to me reftoir, 
| Being fac lang Tyme pynd ; 
| And blefled be His haly Name, 
' Quha did frae Deith to Lyfe reclaim, 
Me quha was fae uhkynd, 


taint AA cSt YAIR tO ODED T ATION 


174. Lhe Cherrie and the Sjae, 
All Nations allfo magnifie 

This evirliving Lonpb, 
Lat me with zou, and zou with me, 


To laud Him ay ac¢ord; 


Quhois Luve ay we pruve ay 
To us abune all Things, 
And kifs Him and blifs Him, 


Quhois Glore eternall. rings, 


175 


BER Apa S EE il Sar knee 


aeeneeeieee 


SRR) * RKHKARIRERE RE 


LACE 


! Fuping and Debate up at the Doun, 
Betwixt William Adamfon aud John Sym. 


I. 
T He grit Debate and Turnamentr, 


Of Truth nae Tongue can tell, 
Was for a lufty Lady gent, 
) Betwixt twa Frieks fae fell; 
‘or Mars the God armipotent 
) Was not fae ferfs himfell, 
Nor Hercules, that Aiks uprent, ag 
) And dang the Deil of Hell 

With Horns that Day. 


Il. Dougr- 


176 Fufiing and Debate 
It. 


DousTLes was stot fic duchty Deids 
Amangft the dowfy Peirs, 
Nor zit nae Clerk in Story reids 
Of fae triumphand Weirs; 
To fe hou ftoutly on thair Steids 
The ftalwart Knychtis fteirs, 
Quhyle Bellies bair with brodding bleids 
With Spurs as fcherp as Breirs, 
And kene that Day. 


ITl. 


Up at the Down the Day was fet, 
And fixed was'the Feild, 
Quher baith thir noble Chiftains met 
Enarmit under Schield; 
They wer fae hafty and fae het, 
That nane of them wad zield, 
But to debait, or be doun bait, 
And in the Quarrel] kield, 
Or flane that Day. 
IV. THER! 


betwixt Adamfon and Svm. 


IV. 

[Turrs was ane better and ane worfs, 
: I wald that ic were wittin, 

For William wichtar was of Corfs 

; Than Sym, and better knittin. 

| Sym faid, He fet nocht by his Forfs, 

} But hecht he fuld be hittin, 

} And he micht counter Will on Horfs, 

} For Sym was better fittin 


i Nor Will’ that Day. 


q 


V. 


Ree ail a 


| To fee the Stryfe came Zonkers ftout, 


f And mony a galziart Man, 


All Dainties deir was thair bot Dour, 
| The Wyne on broch it ran: 
| Trumpetts and Schalims, with a Schout, 
Playd or the Rink began, 
And equal Juges fat about 
| To fee quha tint or wan 


}! 
h The Field that Day. 
ID, 


149 


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18 gene enema memes 


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Fufiing and Debate 


Viv 


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Wr1H twa blunt Truncher-Speirs {quait; 
It was their Interprife, 

To fecht with baith their Faces bair, 
For Luve, as is the Gyfe; 

A Friend of theirs, throu hap cam thafr, 
And heard the Roumor ryfe, 

He ftall away their Stings baith clair, 
And hid in fecret Wayes, 

For Skaith that Day. 


VOR 


SrRANG Men of Armes and mickle Micht, 
Wer fet them for to furdir; 

The Harald cryd, Gop fchaw the richt, 
Syn bad them go togidder. 

Quhair is my Speir ? fays Sy the Knicht, 
Sum~Man go bring it hidder ; 

But wald they tarry thair all Niche, 


Thair Lauynces cam too lidder 
And flaw that Day. 
VU. sr mM 


betwixt Adamfon avd Sym. 


VILE 


| sym flew as fery asa Fown, 

) Down frae the Horfe he flaid, 

Says, He fall rew my Staff has ftown, 
For I fall be his Deid. a 

William his Vow plicht to the powin 
For Favour or for Feid, 


Als gude the Trie had nevir grown, 


ow 


Quhérof my Speir was maid 
To juft this Day. 
IX. 
| Ture Vows now maid to Sun and Mune, 
| They raikit baith to reft, . 
Them to refrefch with their Disjune, 
) And aff their Armour kieft; 
' Not knawing of the Deid was done, 
) — Quhen they fuld haif fawn bett, 
The Fyre was pifche out lang or Nune, 
Their Denner fuld haif dreft, 
And dicht up at the Doz that Days 
I 2 x. Tien 


— 


i a 2 


186 + ‘Fufting and Debate 


X. 


© Meggan mentee memento 


THEN wer they movit out of Mynd, 


Far mair than of before, 


They wift not hou to get him pynd; 
That them had driven to Scorn: 


Ther was nae Death micht be devynd, 


Seat TS ERB iM 


But braid Aiths haif they fworn, 


+ 


He fuld deir buy be they had dynd, 


And ban that he}was born, 


Up at the Down that. Day. 


. XI. 

| THEN to. Dalkteth they maid them boun, 
Reid-wod of this Reproach, 

There was baith Wyne and Venifon, 


And Barrells ran on brotch. 


They band up Kyndnes in that Toun, 
Nane frae his. Feir to fotch, 
For there* was nowthér Lad nor Loun 
Micht eat a Bakin-lotch 
i i For Fownefs, up at Dalkieth that Day. 


f XII. Synz 


} Syne after Denner raife the Din, 
And all the Toun on Steir, 


William was wyfe, and held him in, 


t 


XIL 


For he was ina Feir. 


Sym to haif Bargain could not blin,’ 


But bukkit Will on Weir, 


Says, Gif thou wald this Lady win, 


Cum furth and break a Speir 


« 


Tuus ftillfor Bargin Sym abydes, 


And f{choutit Will to: Schame, 


With me, up at Dalkieth 
2 


XIII. 


betwixt Adamfon. aud Sym. {Si 


Will {aw his Faes-onbaith the Sydes, 


Full fair he dred for Blame: 
Will {chortly to his Horfe he flydes, 


And fays to Sym be Name, 


Better we baith were buyand Hydes 


And Wedder Skins at hame, 


Nor here, up at Dalkieta this Day. 


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ae a ei 


PON Oe De 


XIV. 


Now is the Grume that was fac grins 
Richt glad to live in Lie, 

Fy, Thief, for Schame, cryes litle Sys, 
Wilt thou not fecht with me! 

Thou art mair large of Lyth and Lim, 
Nor I am be fic thrie: 

And all the Field cryd, Fy on him, 
Sae be tuke the Flic 


For Feir, up at Dalkieth that Day. 


XY. 
THEN every Man gave Will a Mock, 


: And faid, He was owfe mick. 
Says Sym, Send for ‘thy Brither Fock, 
I fall not be to fieks | i 
For were ze fourfum i ina Flock, 
ey compt ze hot a Liek, 
Tho I bad naithing but a Rek 
| Te gar zour Rumples reik 


La 
Behind, up-at Dathierh this Day. 


€ 


VI. THERE 


XVI. 


THERE was richt nocht but haif and gae, 
With Lauchter loud: they leuch, 

Quhen they faw Sym fic Courage tae, 
And Will mak it fae teuch: 

Sym lap on Horfe-back lyke a Rae, 
And ran him till a Heuch, 

Says, William, cum ryde down this Brae, 
Thoche ze fuld brek a Beugh, 
, For Lufe, up at Dalkieth this Day- 


XVII. 


Synz down the Brae Sym braid lyke Thunder, 
And bad, Will follow faft ; 
To Grund, for Feircenes, he did funder, 
Be he Mid-hill had paft. | 
William {aw Sym in fic a Blunder, 
To gae he was agaft; 
For he affeird, it was nae Wonder 
His Courfour fuld him caft, 


And hurt him up at Dalkieth that Day. 
ID 4 XVIII. Tues 


betwixt Adamfon and Sym. 183 


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Fut “eng aud Debate 
XVIIL. 


Tuen all the Zonkers bad him zield, 


Let | 


co 


ir dou 


’r doun the Glen to gangs 


iit Sum cryd‘the Couard fuld be kield, 


Sum doun the Cleuch ¢l they thrang ; 
Sum rufchd, fum rumbled, and fum rield, 
Sum be the Bewis hie hang: 
Thair Avers fyld 1 up all the Field, 


They were fae fou and pang, 


With Eife, up at Dalkieth that Day. 


| i BY i a 


THEN 
43 iN 


elly Sohn came in a Jak, 


To i quhair he was feid j ie 


Abune his Brand a Buckler black, 
Fail fell tbe Bairn that baid it; 
He. thpit fwiftly to the Slak, 


W } . ¢ 
Ana rudly doun he raid it, 


Eye , . } rate 
Before his Curpall was a Crak, 
Could nae Man tell quha maid it, 
For Lauckter, up at Dalkieth that Daye 


XX. BE 


betwixt Adamfon aud Sym. 185 
XX. 
Be than the Bougil gan to blaw, 
For Nicht had them owretane: 
Alace, faid Sym, for faut .of Law, 


That Bargin get I nane. 


Thus hame with mony a Crack and Flay 
t . They pafied every ane, 
} Syne partit at the Potter-Raw, 
d And findry Gaits are gane, 
To reft them within the Toun that Nichr. 


Ke I 
| Tuts Will, was he beguild the May, 
And did hir Marriage {pill ; 
f He promift hir to let him play, 
Hir Purpofe to fulfil; 
Frae {cho fell fow, he fled away, 
And came nae mair hir «ll ; 
Quherfore he tint the Feild that Day, 
And tuke him to a Mill, 
AX, hyde him as a Coward falfe: of Fay. 


Fints, quod Scot. 


OR 


Noktededete dd dededek kedededededete tek dete etek kde 
LOOSE SSNS SS ODER 


Fis TIS TIS TN TiS TS ARS TRS TS TS TiS TS TUS TS TSN T48. T10N 10S AS 


HAHAHA RIK RAIA I ARIK HIKARI RAKE 
Ozu MAY. 


“® 
M AY isa Month maift amene 


For them in Venus Service bene, 


To recreate their heavy Hearts: 


May caufes Courage frae the Splene, 


And evry Thing in May reverts. 
Tk. 
In May the pleafant Spray up{prings, 
In May the mirthful Maveis fings, 
| i} And now in May to. Maidens falls, 
| With Tymmer Wechts to trip and Rings, 


And to play Upcoil with the Balls. 
je & 
In May gois Gallants bring in Symmer, 


And trymmly occupy their Tymmer, 
With hunt up evry Morning Plaid: 
In May gois Gentlewomen gymmer, 


In Gardens grene their Grumes to glade. 
IV In 


iN 


A Rae cs ec ne 


On MAT. 
LV gain 
Ix May quhen Men zied everichone, 


With Robene Heid and Littil-Fohn, 
To, bring in Bows and birkin Bobbyns3 
Now all fic Game is faftlings gone, | 


But gif it be amangs clovin Robbyns. 


_ Azzortts by Rule, sad Lae bot Reafon, 
Sic Senzcors Tymes owerweil this Seafon, 
Upon thair Vyce war lang to waik 5 

Quhen falfic Feiblenefs and Treafon, 


Has rung thryfsowre. this Zodiack. 


. VI. 
In May begins the Gowk to gail; 


In May Deir draw to Doun and Dale, 
In May Men mells with Famynie, 

And Ladys meit their Luvairs*leil, 
Quhen Phebus is in geniint. 


NLT: 
Bur Ter, new Cheife, and Beir in May, 


Connans, Cockles, Cruds and Whey, 
Lapfters, Lempets, Muflels in Shells, 
Greinleiks, and all fic Men may fey, 


Suppofe-fum of them fourly fmells, 


VIIL. Ix 


“On MAT. 


WITT. 
IN May grit Men within thir Bounds, 


Sum halks the Walters, fum with Hounds, 
The Hates out throw the Foreft catches, 
Syne after them thair Ladeis Sounds, 
To fcent the Rynning of the Ratches, 


1.4 
In May frank Archers will affix 


“188 


Ane Place to meit, fyne Marrows mix, 
To {chute at Butts, at Banks and Braes, 
At Revers fum, fum at the Prikks, 


Sum laich and to beneth the Clais. 


X. 
In May Men of Amours fuld gae 


To ferve their Ladies and nae mae; 
Sen thair Relief in Ladies lyess 
For fum may cum in Favour fae, 


To kifs their Luve on Buchan Ways. 


XI. 
In May gois Damofells and Dams 


In Gardens grein to play lyk¢ Lamms ; 
Sum at the Bars imbrace like Billers; 
Sum rin at Barlabreiks like Rams, 


Sum round about the {tanding Pillars. 


XII. In 


Oz MAY. 


XII. 
‘in May gois Maidens ull La Reit; 
And hes their Mynzeons on the Streit, 
To horfe them quhair the Gate is ruch: 
Sum at Inchbuckling-brae they meit, 


Sum in the Mids of Muffelbrugh, 
XIII. 
So-May and all thir Moneths three, 


Are het and dry in thair Degrie; 


| Therefore ye wanton Men in Zouth, 
For Health of Body now haif ze, 


| Not aft to mell with ¢hankles Mouth. 
| XIV. 


Sen evry-Paftyme is at Pleafure; 


| ; 
-I council you to {port with Meafure, 


And namely now May, June and Fuly, ; 
Delyt not lang in Luvers Leafure, 
But weit your Lipps and labour huly. 


Quod ALEX. SCOT. 


FOHNIEZ 


Ballad, the common one, falfe, 


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SEELERRS & SS Set ® Sw 
Levee. Cee eee ss 


FOHNIE ARMSTRANG, 


CV 


S Um fpeiks of Lords, fum fpeiks of Lairds, 
And ficlyke Men of hie Degrie, 

Of a Gentleman I fing a Sang, 

Sumtyme calld Laird of Gilnockie. 
Tue King he wrytes a luying Letter 

With his ain Hand fae ‘tenderly, 
And he hath fent it to Fohny Am/irang, 

To cum and fpeik with him fpeidily. 

Tre 


This is the true old Ballad, never printed before, of the 
famous Fohn Armftrang of Gilnockhall 1m Liddifdaie, a Head, 
of a numerous Clan and Faétion; who ufed to pafs over 
a eer to Engiand, making continual Incurfions, and 

aking much Plunder in the bordering Parts, See an Ac- 
chant of his being taken and executed, with many of his 
Followers (in his own Country, not contending with his, 
Prince at Edinburgh, as the vulgar Ballad falfly ” narrates) 
in Buchanan’s Hiftory of #. 4MES the Vth, about the 
Year 1530. This I copied from a Gentleman’s Mouth 
of the Name of 4rm/frang, who is the 6th Generation from 
this John, He tells me this was ever efteemd the genuine 


: 


Fohuie Armfirang. 


‘Tu Eliots and Armftrangs did convene} 
They were a gallant Company, 

Weill ryde and meit our lawful King, 
And bring him fafe to Gilnockie. 


Maxe Kinnen and Capon ready then, 


And Venifon in great Plenty, 
Weill welcome Hame our Royal King, 


I hope heill dyne at Gilxockie. 


Tuey rantheir Horfe on the Langum Hown, 
And brake their Speirs with mekle main; 

The Ladys lukit frae their loft Windows, 
GOD bring our Men weil back again. 

Qu HEN Sohwy came before the King, 
With all his Men fae brave to {ee, 

The King he movit his Bonnet to him, 


He weind he was a King as well as He. 


‘Max I find Grace, my Sovereign Liege, 
Grace for my loyal Men-and me; 
For my Name it is Fohny Armftrang, 
| And Subject of zours, my Liege, faid- he. 
| Away 


5 i ganaetcmtinens cet 


een ETE OIE TR 


192° 


Fobme Armfirang. 


Away, away, thou Traytor Strang, 


Out of my Sicht thou mayft fune be, 


I grantit nevir a Traytors Lyfe, 


And now Ill not begin with thee. 


Grant me my Lyfe my Liege, my King, 
And a bony Gift I will give to thee, 
Full Four and Twenty Milk whyt Steids, 


Were a foaldin a Zeir to me. 


Vil gie thee all thefe Milk whyt Steids, 


That prance and nicher at a Speir, 


With as mekle gude Inglis Gilt, 


As four of their braid Backs dow beir. 


Away, away thou Traytor, &c. 


Grant me my Lyfe; my Liege; my King, 


Anda bony Gift V'll gie to thee, 


Gude Four and twenty ganging Mills, 
That gang throw a the Zeir to me. 


Thefe Four and twenty Mills complete, 


Sall gang for thee throw all the Zeir, 


And as mekle of gude reid Quheit, 


As all thair Happers dow to bear. 


Away, 


Fobnie Armfirang. 
Away, amay thou Traytor, &c. 


Grant me my Lyfe, my Liege, my King, 
Anda great Gift Ill gie to thee, 

Bauld Four and Twenty Sifters Sons, 
Sall for thee fecht tho all fould flee. 


Away, away thou Traytor, &c. 

Grant me my Lyfe, my Liege, my King, 
And a brave Gift Ill gie to thee; 

All betwene heir and Newca/file Town, 


Sall pay-thair zeirly Rent to thee. 
Away, away thou Traytor, &c. 


Z + leid, ze leid now, King, he fays, 
Althocht a King and Prince ze be; 

_ For I luid naithing in all my Lyfe, 

: I dare well fayit but Honefty : 

But a fat Horfe anda fair Woman, 


Twa bony Dogs to killa Deir 5 


But Ingland fuld haif found me Meil and Male, 


Gif I had livd this hundred Zeir. 


PR 


TO ageeceentnsene soompi: 


scsetiiaames lastest antuaiaeieaecnmiaianenaieia 


* Maift beautifull was to behold. 


194 Fohute Armprang. 

Scuo fuld haif found me Meil and Malt, 
And Beifand. Mutton 1n all Plentie 3 

But neir a Scots Wyfe could haif {aid, 
That cir I skaithd her a. pure Flic, 

To feik het Water beneath cauld Yce, 
Surely it is a great Folie; 

I haif asked Grace ata gracelefs Face, 


But there is nane for my Men and me. 


Bur had Ikend or I came frae Hame, 
How thou unkynd wadft bene to me, 
I wad haif kept the Border Syde, 
In fpyte of all thy Force and thee. 
Witt Englands King that I was tane, 
O gin a blyth Man wald he be; 
For anes I flew his Sifters Son, 


And on his Breift-bane braka Tree. 


%OHN wore a Girdle about his Midle, 
Imbroiderd owre with burning Gold, 


Befpangled with the fame Mettle, 


Fobuie Arufirang. 


| Ther hang nine Targats at Fohnys Hat, 


And ilkan worth Three hundred Pound, 
What wants that Knave that a King fuld haif; 
But the Sword of Honour and the Crowns 


© qubair gat thou thee Targats, Johnie, 
That blink fae brawly abune thy Brie? 

I gat them in the Field fechting, 
Quher, cruel King, thou durft not be; 


Had I my Horfe and my Harnefs gude, 


And Ryding as I-wont to be, 


It fould haif bene. tald this hundred Zeir; 


The Meiting of my King and mes 


Gop be withce, Kirfly; my Brither, 


Lang live thou Laird of Mangertoun ; 
Lang mayft thou dwell on the Border-Syde; 

Or thou fe thy Brither ryde up and doun, 
And Gop be withee, Kirffy, my Son, 

Quhair thou fits on thy Nurfes Knee; 
But and thou live this Hundred Zeir, 


Thy Fathers better thoult never be, 


D2 FARs 


196 Fobnie Armfirang. 


FAaRWEIL, my bonny Gilzockhall, * 
Quhair on Esk-fyde thou ftandeft ftour, 
Gif [had lived but feven Zeirs mair, 
I wald haif gilt thee round about. 
John murdred was at Carlinrigg, 
And all his galant Companie; 
But Scotlands Heatt was never fae wae, 


To fee fae mony brave Men die. 


Because they favd their Country deir 


Frae Englifhmen; nane were fae bauld, 
Quhyle Fohue livd on the Border-fyde, 
Nane of them durft cum neir his Hald. 


197 


GMS aines 
OW Oe OM OHO! 


Of bezdfirang Zouth ill to command, 
Advy(d to keip a Hank in Hand. 


6) Gallants all, I cry and call, 
Keip Strenth, quhyle that ze haif ic, 
Repent ze fall, quhan ze are thrall, 
Frae Tyme the Dub be lavit. 
With wanton Zouth tho’ ze be cowth, 
With Courage hie on loft; 
Suppofe great Drouth cum in zour Mouth, 


Beware drink not owre aft. 


Tax but at Lift, fuppofe ze thrift, 


Zour Mouth at Leafure cule, 
Zour Mynd folift weil to refift, 
Langer lefts Zeir than Zule, 


P 3 


198 . Advyce to a headfirong Zouth, 


Tho ze ryd faft, caftnot owre aft 
Zour Speir into the Reift, 
With Stuff uncoft, fet upon loft, ~ 


Enouch is even a Feift. 4 


In Cupids Grace fuppofe ze trace, 
Thinkand zour fell ‘abune, 

Ze may percafe caft Daweis Ace, ! 
And fae be lotchit fune. 

Frae Tyme ze ftank into the Bank, 
And Drypoynt cumis in Play; 

Ze tyne the Thank, Man, hald a Hank, 
Or all be paft away. 


FRAE thou rin tume, as I prefume, 
Thou has baith Skaith’ and Scorn, 

Thee to confume with Fyre allume, 
That Bourd may be forborn. 

Far in that Play, I futhly fay, 
Gude Will is not allowir ; 


Gif thou nocht may, gae Way, gae Way, 


, Then art thou all forhowir. 


wasp. 


Advyce to a headfirong Zouth. 


| ConsrDDERANCE has no Luvance, 


| Erae thou be bair thairben, 


At that Semblance, is no Pfefance, 
) Quhen pithles grows thy Pen. 
- Quhen thou has done thy Det abune, 


Forfochten ini the Feild, 


_ Scho will fay, fune, get thee an Spune. 


Adieu, baith Speir and Sheild, 


a ooeeememeeeameaamalel 


Fras thou inlaiks to lay on Straiks, 

| Frae Hyne, my Son, adieu3 

| Than thy. Roum vaiks, an uther takes 
| That Solace to perfire. 

| Quhyle Brauns are big, abune to lig, 
Gude is in Tyme to ceife; 

|. To tar andtig, fyn Grace to thig, 


That is a pityous Preis. 


THEREFORE bewar, hald the on far, 
Sic Chafwair for to prys, 
| To tig and tar, then get the War, % 


| Jt is it Merchandyfe. 
D4 Mak 


200 Advyte to a headfirong Zouth. 


Mak thou nae Vant, owre aft to hant 


In’ Places dern thair doun, 


Frae Tyme thou want, that Stuff is {cane 


To borrow in the Toun. 


Few Honour winé into that Inns, 
For fhuiting at the Schells, | 
Out of zour Shins the Subftance rins, 
They get no Genzell Ells. 

In Tyme let be, I counfell thee, 
Ufe not that offerand Stok; 


Quhen thee they f{ee, they bleir th yne Ee, 
And mak at thee a Mok. 


Txo thou fuppofe haif at thy Chois, 
I red thee for the Nains 5 
Keip Stuff in Pofe, tyne not thy hois,| 


; 


Wair not all in that wains. 


Frae Tyme {cho fee under thyne Be, 


The Brawn away it munts: 


Thy Game and Glee gains nocht for thee, 


Thou maun let be fic Hunts. 


Advyce to a beadfirong Zouth. 


En ax thou luke cheft, adiex that Faift, 
} To hunt into that Schaw, 

}Quhen on that Beift at thy requeift, 
Thy Kennets will not kaw. 

|Within that Stoup frae Tyme thou fowp, 
And Wirdis to be {weir, 

And makes a Stop, when they fould hop, 


Adieu the Thriffil deir. 


THERFORE albeit thy Hounds _haif fpeid 


To rin owre aft let be, 


: In thy maift Neid fometyme bot} Dreid, 

[ They will rebuted be ; 

Owre aft to hound in uncouth Ground, 
Thou may tak up unbatit: 

} Therfore had bound thocht {cho be found ; 


} Or dreid thy Dogs be flaitit. 


Sexo is not ill that fitreth ftill, 
|  Perfewed in the Sait, 
| That Beift {cho will give thee thy fill, 


Till thou be even Chakmait. 


(ey eae emcee memes 


ssaaeieammee a cate eeoeaceianeiiaianininiameatinie tee 


202 Advyce to.a beadfirong Louth, 


Suppofe thou range owre all the Grange, 
And feik baith Syke and: Sewch; 
till will fcho menge, and make it {irenge, 


Andigive thee even eneuch. 


TuERwrraA advyfe, fuppofe fcho ryfe, 
Laich underneth thy Fute; 

But be thou wyfe} {cho will furpryfe 
Thy Hounds and them.tebute. 

In Tyme abyde, the Feilds are wyde, 
I counfell thee, gude Bruther ; 

I]] is the Gyde that fails bot Tyde, 


Syne racklefs is the Ruther. 


HuN TERS, adieu, gif ze perfue 
To hunt at evry Beift, 
Ze will it-rew, ther is anew, 
Thairto haif ze no Hafte. 
With an O and an I, ze Hunters all and Sum, 
Quhen beft is Play, pafs hame away, 
Or Dreid, War after cum. 


Qyod BALNEVIS. 


203 


Buciniciniieiek s ictaples kis ked tl ees 
yee og GER Se e Be GREE ae ER Ee 
SESE HOA ROE ENN IE IP IE 


The blate Luvair that fain wad, 
but fears to fpetk. 
I. 
M. Y Heart is loft-only for Luve of one, 
| For Laik of Speicli,and all for Shamefulnefs, 
I dare not’ fpeik my Purpofe ‘to propone, 
Nor wat not how’my Purpole J fall drefs 5 
Speik I till hir and {cho be mercylefs, 
And denzie not again to. fpeik to me, 
Then haif I tint my Speiking mair and lef, 
An unfped Speich had better unfpoken.-be. 


LT. 
I dar not fpeik for Dreid that {cho difpyt' 


My rural Terms; and fay I- do but raif, 
And f{peik Tnot unto my Lady quhyte, 
Withouten ‘Speich hir Luve Icannot haif: 
But gif L {peik, quhat can T of hir craif ? 
I {pare to fpeik fog laik of Eloquence 3 
O couth {cho without Speich my Synis perfaif, 


I‘ wald nocht fpeik to hir Magnificens, 
IIT. Farin 


204, The Blate Luvair. 


IIT. 
Farn wald I fpeik, gif ae micht avail, 
Gif {cho for Speich wald fpeik to me agains 
T {pare to fpeik for filling of my Tale, 
Then I my fpeiking fpendit haif in vain: 
To f{peik and fpeid not is an leftand Pain. 
How fall I fpeik? I dare not fpeik for Dreid; 
Be it gude ar ill, {cho f{peiks to me again, 
Zit fall I {peik, unfpoken can nocht fpeid. 
Iv. . 
Quuar fall I fpetk, fen I maun fpeik on forfs 
To hir that is of Speich maift eloquent? 
Then I fall fpeik, how that my cairful Corfs 
Throw laik of Speich tholes Day and Hour Torment | 
Caufe I cannot tell hir my hail Intent, | 
For want of Speich and ornat Termis plain, 
Befeiking hir with {peiking reverent, 


Ghat fcho wald fpeik to comfort me again. 
Quod STEWARY. 


LUVE 


205 


PU SECECS ESS SSC CSS OSES Lee LS Lo 


LUVE a Leveler. 


I; 
ose pryfis, bot Comparifon, 
The Gentil and the Sempill all, 
| And’ of Free-will gives Warefon, 
As Fortune chances to befall ; 
For Luve maks nobill Ladyis thrall 
To bafer Men of Birth and Blude, 
 Sae Luve gars fobir Women finall 
| Find Favour with grit Men of Gude. 


196 
Firm Luve for Favour, Feir or Feid, 


PY OF rich nor pure to fpeik fuld {pair; 
For Luve to Hienes hes nae Heid, 
Nor lichtlys Lawlines ane Hair, 
But puts all Perfons in compair 5 
This Proverb plainly for to pruve, 
That Men and Women, lefs and miaii, 
Ar cumd of dam and of Eve. 


III. Sas 


(AL eet OS PY pA ON EF © 


206° 


Luve a Leveler. 


IIt. 
Saz thocht my Liking wer a Lady, | 
And I nae Lord, zit nocht the lefs, 
Scho fuld my Service fynd als redy, 
As Duke to Dutches: docht him dre, 
For as hie:Ptincely Luvesexprefs, 
Is to haif Soverenitie, | 
Sae Service cums of:Simpilnefs,, 
And licleft Luve. of law. Degrie: 
IV. 
So Luvaris Lair no Leid-fuld lak, 


A Lord to luve a fempill Lafs, 
A Lady als for Luve to tak 


Ane proper Page hir Tyme to pafs; 
For quhy, as bricht bene birnift Brafs, 
As Silver wrocht in all Devyce, 


And als gude drinking out of Glafs 
As Gold, thocht Gold gife gritter Pryce: 


Quod Scor. 


The 


OEE BES EY 
The Floure of Womanheid. 


I. 
| 8 How Well of Vertew, Floure of Womanheid, 


And Patronefs of hevinly Patiens, 
Lady of Lawty baith in Word and Deéid, 
Sobir, ferene, full of meik Eloquens, 
Baith gude and fair: To zour Magnificens 
I recommend, as I haif done befor, 


My fempill Heart for-now and evirmoir. 


II, 


For evirmoir I fall ‘zou Service mak, 
Sen, as befoir, into my Mynd I made, 
Sen firft I knew zour Ladyfchip, bor Lak, 
All Bewtie, Zouth and Womanheid ze had, 
Withouten Reft my Heart couth not evade. 
Thus am I zours, and ay fenfyne haif bene 


Commandit therto by zour twa fair Ene. 
Ill. Zour 


an TMT ATE AIR 


Seep eenene eeamier n, 


208 = Lhe Floure of Womanheid. 


III. 


Zour twa fait Ene maks me af fyis to fing, 
Zour twa fair Ene maks me to {ich alfo, 

Zour twa fair Ene maks me grit comforting, 
Zour twa fair Ene is Wyt of all my Wo, 
Zour twa fair Ene will not ane Heart let go, 

But links him faft that gets a Sicht of them, 


Of every Vertew bricht ze beir the Name. 
Ly. 

Zs beir the Name of Gentilnefs of Blude, 
Ze beir the Name, that mony for ze dies, 

Ze beir the Name, ze are baith fair and gude, 
Ze beir the Name of every Sweit can pleis, 
Ze beir the Name, Fortune and zou agreis, 

Ze beir the Name of Lands of lenth and breid, 

The Well of Vertew and Floure of Womanhtid. 


Donald : 


Dae Rad 


SFP R ERG 


I 


cat 


a 


I. 


N Vyce maift vicious he excells, 
That with the Vyce of Treafoun mells, 
Thocht he Remiffion 
Haif for Prodiffion, 
Schame and Sufpiffion 
Ay with him dwells, 


I}. 


Fe eyir odious as ane Howle, 
The Fale fae filthy is and foul, 


Horrible to Nature 

Is ane Traytour, 

As Feynd in Frater 
Undir a Coul. 


8 


209 


she MANO EOP Se Oe Se Me 


EERE BIER IPE EE EERIE 


Donald Owyrs Epitaph. 


IE'Quma 


216 Donald Owyrs Epztaph, 
ILL 
Quua is a Traytour or a Theif, 
Upon himfell .curns the Mifcheif; 
His fraudfull Wylis 
Himfell begylis, 
As in the Ylis 


RE eaten! snlssacnmcenseeaticass 


Ser i LTA TOPE OTe 


| Is now a Preif. 
it | ry 
| Tur fell trong Traytour Donald Qwyr, 


Mair Falfet had mor udir four, 
| Round Ylis and Seis 
| | In his Suplies, 
al On Gallow Treis 
| Zit dois he glowir. 
V. 


FarserT nae Feit hes, nor Defens 


Be Pradick; Powir nor Puffiens, 
Thocht it frae Licht 

| Be fmoird frae Sicht, 

Hl Gop fchawis the Richt 

With foir Vengens. 


Donald Owyrs Epitaph. 
VI. 
Or the fals Fox diffimulator 


Kynde, is ilka Theif and Traytour, 
After Refpyte 
To mak Defpyte, 
Mair Appytyte ° 


He has of Nature, 
VII. 


Wer the Tod tane a thoufand Faud, 
And Grace him given as aft for Fraud 5 


Wer he on Plane, 


All: wer in. vain, 


Frae Henns again 


Micht nane him had. 
VELL 
Tse Murtherer ay Murther mais, 


And ay till he be flane he flays; 
Wyvis thus mak Mokks 
Spynand. on Roks. 
Ay rynns the Fox 


Quhyle he Fute hes. 
: Quod Dunas 


®D 2 CO M: 


ore The Solfequinm, 


NLA 


28 OCS OSS SSCS SSCS GSC OOS50 


Jim 


COMPARISONE. 


He Bramble growis, althocht it be obfcure, 
Quhylis Mountane Cederis tholes the bouw- 
{teous Winds, 
And myl!d Plebyan Spirits may leif fecure, 


Quhylis michty Tempeftis tofs Imperial Mynds? 


Tbe Solfequium, or the Lover com- 
paring himfelf to Sun-Flowir. 
L 
L Yx as the dum Solfequinm with Cair owrecuni 
Dois forrow, quhen the Sun gois out of Sicht, 
Hings doun his Heid, and droupis as deid, and will 
not fpreids 
But lukis his Levis throw Langour all the Nicht, 
Till fulifch Phaeton aryfe with Quhip in Hand 
To purge the Chriftal Skyis, and licht the Land. 
Birds in thair Bower wait on that Hour, 
And to thair King ane glade Gudemorrow gives, 
Frae than that Flowir lifts not to’ lour, 


But lauchs on Phebus lowfing out his Leivs. 
H. Swa 


= es = 


The Solfequium. 213 
If. 
Swa ftands with me, except I be quhair I may fe 
My Lamp of Licht, my Lady and my Luve, 
Frae {cho depairts, a thoufand Dairts in findry Airts 
Thirle thruch my heavy Heart, bot Reft or Ruve, 
My Countenance declairs my inward Greif, 
And Howp almaift difpairs to find Releif. 
I die, I dwyne, Play dois me pyne, 
I loth on every Thing I luke, allace! 
Till Titan myne upon me {chyne, 
That I revive thruch Favour of hir Face. 
ih 
FRAE fcho appeir, into hir Sphere begins to cleir 
The Dawing of my lang defyrit Day, 
Then Courage cryis on Howp to ryfe, quhen he efpyis 
The noyfum Nicht of Abfens went away 3 
No Noyis, frac I awalke, can me impefche, 
But on my ftaitly Stalk 1 flurifche frefche, | 
I fpring, I fprout, my Leiys ly out, 
My Collour changis in ane hairtlum Hew; 
Na mair [ lout, but ftand up ftour, 


As glad of hir for quhomeI only grew. 
3 IyV.70 


Pail aeatrabiatieniisenenineatshise, 


vm, 


SETHI oem ys AN LORS 


“S 


214, The Solfequiuns, 


IV. 


© happy Day! go not away, Apollo flay 
Thy Chair frae going doun unto the Weft, 
Of me thou mak thy Zodiak, that I may tak 
My Plefour to behald quhome I luve beft: 
Thy Prefens me reftoris to Lyfe from Deth, 
Thy Abfens lykways {choris to cut my Breth; 
I wifs in vain thee to remain, 
Sen primum mobile fays me always nay, 
At leift thy Wane bring fune again, 


Fareweil with Patiens per Forfs ull Day. 


Quod MONTGOMERY. 


The Firfi PScHALME. 


I. 


W Err is the Man, 


Zea blific than, 


Be Grace that can 


EN ST nO oN AA shir PEAS 


Efchew ill Counfale and the godlefs Gaitsy.. 
Quha walks not in . 
The Way of Sin, 
Nor dois begin 
To fit with Mokkaris in thair {chamefull Saits, 
But in JEnovans Law 
Delyts aricht, 
And ftudys it to knaw 
Baith Day and Nicht. 
That Man fall be lyke to ane Tre 
That plantit by the ryning River grows, 
Quhilk Fruit dois beir in Tyme of Zeir, 


Quhais Leivis fall nevir fade, nor Rute unlowfe. 


D 4 It. His 


Lhe Firft P/chalme, 


Il. 


Hrs Adtions all 
Ay profper fall: 
So fall not fall 

To wicket Men; but as the Calf and Sand, 
Quhilk Day by Day | 
Winds dryve away: 
Thairfore I fay 

The wicket in, thair Jugment fall not ftand, 

Nor Sinners cum nae mair, 


Quhome Gop difdains, 
| In the Affembly quhair 


The Juft remains, 

For quhy? The dege b quha beirs Record, 

He knaws the richteous Converfation ay, 
But godles Gaits, quhilk he fo haits, 

Sall quickly perreifs, and bot Dout decay. 


Ade 


AGAR SUGAR EGAN SAOSIN ICTR 
bree eer cat 


| Lhe Twenty third PscHaLMeE. 


as <P os 


phe (ead maift hie, 
I knaw will be 

An Hird to me, 
I cannot lang haif Strefs, nor ftand in Neid 3 
| He maks my Lair, 
| In Feilds maift fair, 

Quhair I bot cair, 
Repofing at my Pleafure fafely feid, 


He {weitly me convoyis 
To pleifand Springs, 
Quhair naething me anoyis, 
But Pleafour brings: 
He brings my Mynd, fit to fic Kynd, 
| That Forfs or Feir of Fac cannot me grieve: 
: He dois me leid in perfyt Freid, 
And for his Name he will me nevir leive. 
ILTuocur 


So ns A TE RT 
= = Sonia. 


218 The Twenty third P{chalme. 
. ET. 
THocnrt I wald ftray, 
Ilk Day by Day, 
In deidly Way, 


“Zit will I not difpair, I feir none ill 5 


For guhy thy Grace, 
In every Place, 
Dois me imbrace, 
Thy. rod and Shiphirds Cruke comfort me full. 
. In difpyt of my Foes, 
My Tabill grows, 
Thou balmis niy Heid with Joy, 
My Cup owreflows. 
Kyndnefs and Grace, Mercy and Peice, 
Sali follow me for all my wretched Days, 
And me convoy to éndlefs Joy 


In Hevin, quhair I fall be with thee always. 


Thefe two P/chalmes quod MONTGOMERY} 


14 Difcription of Pedder Coffes 
| their having no Regard to Ho- 
nefty in their Vocation, 


I T is my Purpofe ieee 
This holy perfyte Genologie 
'Of Pedder Knaves fuperlatyve, 
Pretendand to Authoritie, 
_ That wate of nocht but Beggartie: 
Ze Burges Sons, prevene thir Louns, 
That wald diftroy Nobilitie, 


‘And baneifs it all Borrows Towns. 


. Il. 
TuEy are declarit in feven Parts, 


Ane ftroppit Coffe, quhen he begins, 
Ay fornand all and findry Arts, 
| To buy up Hens reidwWod he rins 5 
Syne locks them up into his Inns, 
[Waiting a Derth, and fells their Eggs, 
| Regretandly on them he winns, 


And fecondly his Meit he beggs, 


220 A Di/cription of Pedder Coffes. 
eae fee 
Ane Swyngeor Coffe amangft the Wyves, 


In Landwart dwells with fubtile Meins, 


Exponand to them auld Saints Lives, 
And fains them fyne with Deid Mens Bains; 
Like Rome-rakers with awfterne Grains, 
Speikand Cur-lyke ilk an till uther, 
Peipand puirly with pityous Manes, 
Lyke fenzeit Symmie and his Brother. 


IV. 
Ture currifh Coffes that fails owre fune, 


And Thretiefum about a Pack, 

With bair blew Bonnets and hobeld Shune, 
And Beir Bannocks with them they tak, 
The fchamlefs Shrews, Gop gie them lak, 

At Nune quhen Merchants make guid Cheir, 
Steil doun and ly behind a Sack, 


Drinkand but Dreggs and barmy Beir. 
V. 
KN AVATICK Coffe, miskens himfell, 


Quhen he gets on a furrit Goun; 
But Lucifer the Laird of Hell, 
Is not lefs haly than that Louns 


A Difcription of Pedder Coffes. 
_ As he cumes brankand throw the Toun, 
With his Keis clinkand on his Arme, 

That Calf clovin futted fleid Cuftroun; 


Will wed nane but a Burges Bairn. 
LY. 
JANE Dyvour Coffe, that Worty-Hen, 


Diftroys the Honnour of our Nation; 
Taks Guids a frift ftae fremit Men; 
| And breaks with them his Obligation, 
| Quhilks dois our Merehants Defamation, 
They are reprieve for that Regratour3 
Therfore we give our Declaration 


‘To hang and draw that common Traytour. 
| VIL 
/A curloreous Coffe, that Hege-Scraper, 


He fits at hame quhen that they bakes 
That Pedder Brybour that Sheip-keipar, 
He tells them ilk ane Cake by Cake, 


| Syne Locks them up, dnd taks a Fail 
) 


Betwixt his Doublet and his jacket, 
| And eits them in the Buith that Smaik, 


Til than he mort into a Rakket. 


VIL. A 


222 A Di/cription of Pedder Coffes, 


VIIL. 
A Codroch Coffe, he is owre. rich, 


And hes nae Hap his Gude to fpend, 


But lives lyke ony wareit Wretch, 
And trefts never till take an End, 
With Falfheid ever does him defend, 

Proceiding ftill in Avarice, 

And leaves his Saul nae gude Commend, | 


But walks a wilfome Way I wifs 


IX. 
I zou exhort all that this heir, 


And reids this Bill, ze wald it fchaw 
Unto the Provoft, and him require, 
That he would give thir Coffes the Law, 
And banifh them the Burges Raw; 
And to the Shoe-ftreit gar them ften, 
Syne cut thetr Lugs that we may knaw 


Thir Pedder Knaifs be Burges Men. 


Quod LIND S&T; 


Th 


223 


RAIN A IIA IARI HIKER ERR RHEE 
LPDPPHPEPOHHOD H PHHOHPS PPT MIN PID O? 
RIKI AAR RAIA KR RRR BKK 


The fyne Advyce Jock gied his Ded, 
Zeil ken quhen xe thir Lynes haif red. 


OC K, quod his Ded, quhat will me eify make? 
With ftanding my Legs tyre, and quhenI kneil 
My Kneis are pynd, ganging gars my. Feit ake; 
Lying irks my Back, and gif I fic I feil . 
My Hipps ar hurt; and lein I nei fae weil, 
My Elbuck fmarts. -«-- Quod Fock, Pain. to exyle, 
Since all thefe eife not, bef ein hing a quhyle. 


LON SOE R: 


if Thank ze, $ock, for zour Adyce, 
: My kyndly Cock, I thank. ze, Fock,’ 
Weil have ze fpoke and councild nyce; 
‘I thank ze, Sock, for zour Advyce. 


SEE LMI EME SE MEE ME MEE 98 8 8 a 


The Ballat of the Reid-Squait, 
fought on the 7th July 1576. 
ye ; 
O N Guly feventh, the Suthe to fay, 
At the Reid-Squair the Tryft was fet; 
Our Wardens they affixt the Day, 
And as they promift, fae they met: 
Allace! that Day Vl neir forzet, 
Was fure fae feird, and then fae fain, 
They came ther Juftice for to get, 
Will nevir grein to cum agains 
Il. 
C ARMICHAELL was our Warden then, 
He caufit the Countrey to convene, 
And the Laird Wart, that worthy Man, 
Brocht in his Surname weil be fene : 
The Armftrangs to that ay haif bene 
A hardy Houfe, but not a hail 3 
The Eliots Honours to mentain, 


Broucht in the laif of Liddi/dail, 
IN. THEN | 


The Ballat of the Reid-Squair. 


III. 
VT urn Twidai came to with Speid, 
| The Scherif brocht the Douglas doun; 
)With Cranftane, Gladftane, gude at Neid, 
| Baith Rewls-Watter and Hawick-Toun. 
Beangeddert .bauldly maid him boun, 
) With all the Zrumbulls ftrang and ftout; 


The Ratherfuirds, with grit Renoun, 


)Conyoyit the Toun of $edbruch out. 
Ve 
|) Wrru uther Clanns I can nocht tell, 


_ Becaufe our Wairning was nocht wyde, 

| Be this our Folk hes’ tane the Fell; 

_ And plantit Pallions thair to byde: 
We lukit doun the uther Syde, 

i And faw cum breifting owre the Brae, 
And Sr George Fofter was thair Gyde, 


| With Fyftene hundrid Men and mae. 


| vz 
| Ir greivt him ‘fair that Day I trow, 


| Becaufe we wer not Men enow, 


He counted us not worth a Soule; 


DB 


poo ea ep cree SER tH ENERO Hee hcmasiet BN 


| With Sr Sohn Hinrome of Schip|ydehoufe,y 


226 Lhe Ballat of the Reid-Squait. 


Sr George was gentill, meik and doufe, 
But he was hail; and het as Fyre; 


But zit, for all his Cracking. croufe, 
He rewd the Raid of the Reid-/quyre. 
VI. 
To deil with proud Men is but Pain, 
For ether ze maun ficht or flic, 
Or els nae Anfwer mak again, 
But play the Beift; and let him be. 
It was nae Wondir tho he was hie, 
Had Tyndall, Red/daile at his Hand, 
With Cuck/daile, Gladfdaile on the Lie, 
Auld: Hebfrime and Northumberland. 


Vile. 
ZiT Was our Meiting meik enough, 
Begun with Mirrines and Mows, 
And at the Brae abune the Heugh: 
The Clerk far doun to ¢all the Rows, 
And fum for Ky and fum for Ewis,. 
Callic in of Dandrie, Hob and Fock, 
I faw cum merching owre the Knows, 


Fyve hundred Fennicks in a Flock. 
VII. Wiry 


i 


ee 


The Ballat of the Reid-Squait. 22 
| VIII. 
Wits Jack and Speir, and Bowis all bent, 
And warlick Weaponis at thair Will; 
Howbeit we wer not weil content, 
Zit be my Trowth we feird nae Ill: 
Sum zeid to drink, and fum ftude ftill, 
And fum to Cairds and Dyce them fped, 
Quhyle on ane Farftein they fyld a Bill, 
And he was Fugitive that. fled. 
iX. 
CARMICHAELL bad them {peik out plainly, 
And cloke nae Caufe for Ill nor Gude, 
The uther anfwering him full vainly, 
Begouth to reckon Kin and Blude. 
He raife and raxd him quhair he ftude, 
And bad him match him with his Marrows: 
Then Tyzdall hard thefe Refouns fude, 


And they lute aff a Flicht of Arrows. 


Ths 
THEN was ther nocht but Bow and Speir, 


And ilka Man pullit out ane Brand, 
A Schaften and a Fennick their, 


Gude Symmingtoun was flain frae Hand. 


WD 2 The 


228 Lhe Ballat of the Reid-Squair. 


The Scoti/men cryd on uther to ftand, 
Frac Tyme they faw ohn Robfon flain: 
Quhat fuld they cry! The Kings Command 
Culd caufe nae Cowards turn again. 
XI. 
Up raife the Laird to red the Cumber, 
Quhilk wald not be for all his Boift, 
Quhat fuld we do with fic a Number, 
Fyve thoufand Men into ane Hoift 2 
Then Henrie Purdie proud hes coft, 
And verie narrowlie had mifcheifd him, 
And ther we had our Warden loft, 
Wart not the grit Gop he reléivd him: 
XII. 
ANE uther throw the Breiks him bair, 
Quhyle flatlines to the Ground he fell: 
Then ‘thocht I, we had’ loft him thair, 
Into my Heart ic ftruk a Knell; 


Zit up he raife, the Truth to tell, 


A 


And Jaid about him Dunts full dour, 


His Horfemen they faucht ftout and fnell, 


And ftude about him in the Stour. 


XII. THEN 


The Ballat of the Reid-Squair. 229 


XIII. 
) Txen raifd the Slogan with ane Schour, 


Fy, Tyndall to it, Fedbrugh heir : 


I trow he was not half fae ftout, 


But anes his Stomak was a Steir, 
With Gun and Genzie, Bow and Speir, 

| He micht fe mony a crackit Crown, | 
But up amang the Merchant Geir 


The Buffic wer as we were down. 


XLV. 
| Tue Swallow-tail frae Teckles flew, 


Fyve hundred flain into the Flichr, 
But we had Peftellets anew, | 
And fchot among them as we micht. 
With Help of Gop the Game gade richt, 
Frae Tyme the foremoft of them fell; 
Hynd owre the Know, without Gude-nicht, 


| They ran with mony a Schout and Zell. 
XY. 
Anp after they had turned Backs, 


Zit Tyndall Men they turnd again, 
And had not bene the Merchant Packs, 
There had bene mae of Scotland flain: 


9 5 ew 


+A gg aneesteeenatnenete meres in 


= SSSR See ren HT SATE A ta 


230 he Ballat of the Reid-Squair. 


But Jesu gif the Folk was fain 
To put the Bufling on thair Theis, 
And fae they fled with all rhair Main, 
Doun owre the Brae lyke clogged Beis. 
456 | 
Sr Francis Ruffell tane was thair, 
And hurt, as we heir Men reherfe; 
Proud Wallingtoun was woundit fair, 
Albett he was a Fennick ferfs. 
But. gif ze wald a Souldier ferche 
Amang them all was tane that Nicht, 
Was nane fae wordie of our Verfe 
As Colingwood that courteous Knicht. 
XVII. 
ZuNG Henrie skapit Hame, is hurt, 
A Souldier {chot him with a Bow, 
Scotland has Caufe to mak grit Sturt, 
For laiming of the Laird of Mow. 
The Laird Wazt did weil indeid, 
His Friends ftude ftoutly by himéell, 
With litle Gladfiane, gude in Neid, 


For Greteim kend not Gude be IIl. 
SVIII. THE 


The Ballat of the Reid-Squair. 23 
XVIII 
4 Tue Scheriff wantit not Gude-will, 
| Howbeit he micht not ficht fae faft; 
) Beanjeadart, Hundlie and Hunthill, 
| Three, on they laid weil at the laft, 


Exept the Horfe-men of the Gaird; i 
) If I could put Men to Avail, 
Nane ftoutlier ftude out for thair Laird, 


) Nor did the Lads of Liddi(dail. | 


| Lgo'e 
| Bur litle Harnife had we thair, 


But auld Badrule had on a Jack, 
And did richt weil, I zou declair, 
With all the Trumbulls at his Back. 
Gude Ederfiane was not to lack, 
With Kirktoun, Newtoun, Nobill-men3 
| Thir is all the Specials I haif {pak, | 


| Forby them that I could nocht ken. 


| ey 
| Quua did invent that Day of Play, 


| We neid noche feir to find him fune, 
| For Sr ohn Fofler, 1 dare weil fay, 
| Maid us that noyfome Afternune ; 


B+ 


232 The Eagle and Robin Red-breift. 
Not that £ fpeik preceifly our, 
That he fuppofd it wald be Perrill, 


But Pryde and'breaking our, but Dour, . 
Gart Tyndall Lads: begin the Quarrel. 


EFF Ze e20 Bn eB azONGR 
| THE | 
Eagle and Robin Red-breift. 


He Prince of all the fethert Kynd, 
That with fpred Wings out fleis the. Wind, 
a And tours far out of humane Sichr 
Mi To view the fchynand Orb of Licht ; 
| This Ryall Bird, tho braif and great, 
And armit ftrang for ftern Debait, 
Nae, Tyrant is: but condefcends 


Aftymes to treit infcriour Friends. 


Ane Day at his Command did flock 
To his hie Palace. on a-Rock; 
The Courtiers of ilk various Syze 


That fwiftly {wim in Chriftal Skyis; 


Thither 


The Eagle and Robin Red-breift. 233 
Thither the valiant Ter/als doup, 


And heir rapacious Corbies croup, 


With greidy Gleds and flie Gormahs, 


ee 


And dinfome Pyis and clatterin Daws; 
Proud Pecocks, and a hundred mae, 
Brufchte up thair Pens that folemn Dav, 
Bowd firft fubmiflive to my Lord, 


Then tuke thair Places at his Borde. 


Oe eS a eras 


: Mein Tyme quhyle feifting on a Fawn, 
And drinking Blude frae Lamies drawn, 
! 


A tunefull Robin trig and zung, 


| Hard by upon a Bour-tree fung. 

| . He fang the Bagles Ryall Lyne, 

His perfing’ Ee and Richt divyne, 

To {way out-owre the fetherit Thrang, 

} Quha dreid ‘his: martial Bill and fang : 

| His Fliche fublimes and Eild renewit; 

| His Mynd wich Clemencie endewit 5 
In fafter Notes he fang his Luve, 


Mair hic his beiring Bolts for Gove. 


234 Zhe Eagle and Robin Red-breift. 


Tue Monarch Bird with Blythnefs hard 
The chaunting litil Silvan Bard, , 
Calit up a Buzart, quha was than 
His Favourite and Chamberlane. — 

Swith to my Treafury, quod he, 

And to zon canty Robin gie 

As mekle of our currant Geir 

As may mentain him throw the Zeir $ 
We can weil fpairt, and its his Due, 

He bad, and furth the Sudas flew; 
Straight to the Brench quhair Robin fung, 
: | i And with a wickit lieand Tung, | 
Said, Ah! ze fing fae dull and ruch, 

Ze haif deive our Lugs mair than enuch, 
His Majeftie hes a nyfe Kir, e 

And nae mair of zour’ Stuff can beirs 
Poke up zour Pypes, be nae mair {ene 


| ~ At Court, I warn ze as a Fréin. 


| | He fpak, quhyle Robinis fwelling Breitt, 
| And drouping Wings his Greif, * 


4 ae 

f Me 

tA J ' ea! fi 
( | 


The Teirs ran happing doun his Cheik, 


Grit grew his Hairt, he coud nocht {peik, 
No for the Tinfell of Rewaird, 

But that his Notis met nae Regaird; 
Straicht to the Schaw he fpred his Wing, 
Refolvit again nae mair to fing, 

Quhair Princelie Bountie is fuppreft, 

By fic with quhome they ar opprett, 
Quha cannot beir (becaufe they want it) 


‘That ocht fuld be to Merit grantit, 


The Eagle and Robin Rea-breift. 23 § 


Quod An. Scor. 


Hay Trix, Tryme go Trix. 


a 


f pets Paip, that Pagane full of Pryde, 
He hes us blindit lang, 
For quhair the blind the blind dois gyde, 
Na Wonder thay ga wrang: 
Lyke Prinee and King he led the Ring 
Of all Iniquitie, 
Hay Trix,Tryme go Trix, under the Grene Wod-Trie: 


II. 
Bor his Abhominatioun — 
The Lorp hes brocht to Licht, 
Fis Popifche Pryde and thrinfald Crowne 
Almaift hes loft thair Micht. 
His Plak Pardounis ar but Lardounis, 
Of new found Vanitie, 


Hay Trix, Tryme go Trix, ov. 


p- Ba —e - 


Hay Trix, Iryme go Trix. 
ITI. 
His Cardinallis hes Caus to murne, 


His Bifchoppis borne aback; 
His Abbotis gat ane uncouth Turne, 
Quhen Schavelingis went to fack, 
With Burges Wyfis thay led thair Lyvis, 
And fure better nor we, 


Hay Trix, Tryme go Trix, ec. 
IV. 
His Carmelites and Yacobinis, 


His Dominiks had greit Do, 
His Cordeleiris and Auguflinis, 

San& Frances Ordour to; 
Thay fillie Freiris, mony Zeiris, 

With babling blerit our Ee, 
Hay Trix, Tryme go eset &c. 


THE Sifteris gray, befoir this Day, 
Did crune within thair Cloifter, 

Thay feit ane Freir thair Keyis to beir, 
The Feind reflave the Fofter; 

Syne in the Mirk fa weill culd wirk, 
And kittil them wantounlie, 


Hay Trix, Tryme go Trix, oe. 


VI. Tus: 


238 Hay Trin, Tryme go Trix. 
aE. 
Tue blind Bifchop he culd noche preiche, 


For playing with the Laflis ; 
The fyllie Freir behufht to fleiche, 
For Almous that he affis; 
The Curat his Creid he culd nocht reid, 
Schame fall the Cumpanie, 
Hay Trix, Tryme po Trix, oe. 
| VIL. ae 
THE Bifchop wald nocht wed ane Wyfe, 
The Abbote not perfew ane, 
Thinkand it was ane luftie Lyfe, 
Ik Day to have ane new ane, 
In everie Place ane uncouth Facc, 
His Luft to fatisfie, 


Hay Trix, Tryme go Trix, oe. 
VIIL. 
Tue Perfoun wald nocht have ane Htire, 


Bot twa, and thay war bony 5 

The Vicar (thocht he was pure) . | 
Behuiffit to have als mony 3 

The Pareis Preift, that brutall Berft, . 
He polit thame privelie, 


Hay Trix, Tryme go Trix, eve. | | 
y aN . IX. OF 


On the Mes; 


joke} 
) Or Scotland well, the Freiris of Faill, 


| The Lymmerie lang hes leftit, 

| The Monkis of Melros maid gude Kaill 

) On Frydayis, quhen thay taftit; 

E The fillie Nunnis keift up thair Bunnis, 

) And heific thair Hippis on hie, 

Hay Trix,Tryme go Trix, under theGrene Wod.Tiie. 


On the Mes. 


1. 


K Naw ze not Gop omnipotent, 

. He creat Man and maid him fre, 
FQunill he brak his Commandement, 
HAnd eit of the forbiddin Tre 3 

Bad not that bliffir Barne bene borne, 


Sin to redres, 
.: 


| For all zour Mes. 
rl Il. Sen 


On the Mes: 

ig 
SEN we war all to Sin maid fure, 

Throw Adamis Inobedience, 

(Saif Curist) thair was na Creature 

Maid Sacrifice for our Offence ; 

Thair is na Sanét may fave zour Saull, 
Fra ze tranf{gtes, 

Suppois San& Peter and Sant Paull 


Had baith faid Mes. 


3 III. 
KNAWING thair is na Chriff bot ane, 


Quhilk Rent was on the Rude with Roddis; 
Quhy give ze Glore to Stock and Stane, 
In wortchipping of uther Goddis > 
Thir Idoles that on Alteris ftandis, 
Ar Fenzeitnes, 
Ze gat not Gop amang: zour Handis,’ 


Mumling zour Mes. 


Len | 
Anp fen na San& zour Saull may fave, 


Perchance ze will fpeir at me than, 
How may the Paip thir Pardounis have, 
With Power baith of Beift and Man? 


On the Mes, 


Throw nathing bot ane fenzeit Faith; 


| For Halynes 
| Inventit Wayis to get thame Graith; 
. Lyke as the Mes. 
V. 
Or Martiage ze maid zou quyte; 
Thinking ic Thraldome to refraine: 
Wanting of Wyiffis is Appetyte, 


That Curage micht inctes againes 


_ Thay honny Lippis, ze did perfew, 
| Grew Gall I ges, 

| Thinking it was Conttitioun trew 
| To dance ane Mes. 


VI. 


) Gir God was maid of Bittis of Breid, 


; Eit ze not ouklie fax of fevin, 

) As it had bene a mortall Feid, 

) Quhill ze had almaift heryit Hevin, 

Als mony Devilis ze man devoir, 
Quhill Hell grow les, 


Or doutles we dar nocht reftoir 
| 


” 
3 
- 


ZOU to zour Mes: 


B 


reesei pase pao AT ANN IF Bs 


On the Mes. 
VIL 
Gir God be tranfubftantiall 

In Breid, with’ Hoc ef corpus meumy 
Quhy war ze fa unnaturall; 
As tak him in zour Teith-and fla him? 
Tripairtit and devydit him 

At zour-dum Dress 
Bot God knawis how ze gydit, hinr 


Mumling zour Mes. 


ULE 
‘Ze partit with Dame Povertie, 


Tuke Propertie to be zour Wyfe, 
Fra Charitie and Chaftitie, 
With Licharie ze led zour Lyfe : 
That raifit the Mother of Mifcheif, 
Zour Gredynes, 
Beleving ay to get Releif 
For faying Mes. 
IX. 
O wickit vaine Venerienes, 
Ze ar not Sanétis (thocht ze feme haly) 
Proude poyfonit Epicuriens, 


Quhilk had na God bot zour awin Bellie : 


Beleve 


Oz the. Mes. 


|) Beleve, ze Lownis, the Lor p allowis 


Zour Idilnes, | 


Kan rena gM ain BAL IF es 


pLang or the Sweit cum owir zour Browis 
| For faying Mes, 

X. 
| Hap not zour felf begun the Weiris; 
“Zour Stepillis had bene ftandand zit : 
It was the flattering of zour Freiris 
ever gart Sanct Frances flit; 
Ze grew fa fuperftitious 
| In Wickitnes, 
ie fart us grow malicious, 


t Contrair zeur Mes. 
if 


| XI. 
_ Our Bifchoppis ar degenerate, 


Chocht thay be mountit upon Mulis, 


i 


iv. e 
Nith Huredome clene effeminate, 


ind Freiris oft-tymes previs Fulis 5 

for duftific and bob at Eving 

| Do fa incres, 4 
Hes drevin {um of them to teine, 


| For all thair Mes. 
4 Q 2. 


XII. Curisr 


244 O# the Mes. 
XT 
Curist keip all faichfull Chriftianis 
From perverft Pryde and, Papiftrie; 
Gop grant thame trew Intelligens 
Of his Law; Word and Veritie 5 
Gop grant thay may chair Lyfe amend; 


Syne Blis pofles, 
BK | Throw Faith on Gurrst all that depend; 
A | And nocht on. Mes. 
I XIII. 
Hy SEN Mes is nathing ellis to fay, 
| Bot ane wickit Inventioun, fen 
Without Authoritie, or Stay, 
Of Scripture, or Fundatioun : 
Gif Kingis wald Mes to Rome hence dryve 
With Haiitines, 
Suld be the Meane to have belyve 
Ane End of Mes. 


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Se BES aS BES 
sadlisaubisiinisisbienl Liatbibiais 


t 


Ou Purgatorie. 
| 
‘io F the fals Fyre of Purgatorie, 
Is nocht léft in ane Sponk 5 
Thairfoir fayis Gedde, Wayis me, 
Gone is Preift, Freir and Monk. 


If. 

Tue Reik fa wounder deir thay folde 
For Money, Gold and Landis, 
Quhill have the Riches on the Molde, 
| Is feafit in thair Handis, 

IIT. 

Hay knew nathing bot Covetice 

| And Lufe of Paramouris, 

knd-lat the Saulis burne and bis 


OF all thair Foundatouris, 
| Q 3 IV. Ax 


246 


On Purgatorie, 


iV. 


Ar Corps Prefence thay wald: fing} 


For Ryches, to flokkin the Fyre: 


Bot all pure Folk that had nathing 


Was skaldit vaine and: lyre,’ 


V. 


2.7 fat they heich in Parliament, 


Lyke Lordis of greit Renowne, 


Untill now that the New Teftaméent 


Hes it and thanie brocht downe, 


ANp thocht thay fuffe at it, and blaw 


VI. 


Ay ‘qubill thair Bellyis ryve, 


The mair thay blaw, full weill thay knaw 


The mair it dois mifthryve. 


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| Tarery flept he Eaft the Wa, 
| And ftately ftept he Weft, 


Full Seventy Zeirs he now had fene, 
With skerfs fevin Zeirs of Reft. 


He livit quhen Britons Breach of Faith 
Wroucht Scotland meikle Wae : 

And ay his Sword tauld to their Coft, 
He was ther deidly Fae. 

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248 Hardykuute, 


IY; er a: 
Hire on a Hill his Caftle tude, 
With Halls and Touris a Hicht; 
And guidly Chambers fair to fe, 


Quhair he lodgit mony a Knicht, 
His Dame fae peirlefs anes and fair, ee 
For Chaft and Bewtie deimt, 
Nae Marrow had in all the Land, 
Saif Elenor the Quene. 
\ Lik, 
Pury Thirtein Sons to him {che bare, 
All Men of Valour ftout; 
In bluidy Ficht with Sword in Hand 
Nyne loft their Lives bot doubt; 
Four zit remain, lang may they live 
To ftand by Liege and Land: 
Lie was their Fame, hie was their Micht, 


And hie was their Command. 
IV. 


‘GRrEA t Luve they bare to Fairly fair, 


Their Sifter faft and deir, 
Her Girdle fhawd her Middle gimp, 
And gowden glift her Hair. 


Hardykmite. 
Quhat waefou wae hir Bewtie bred? 
Waefou to zung and auld, 

Waefou I trow to Kyth and Kin, 
i As Story ever tauld. | 

vs 
Tue King of Nor/e in Summer Tyde, 
Putt up with Powir and Micht, 
| Landed in fair Scotland the Yle, 
With mony a hardy Knicht : 
| The Tydings to our gude Scors King 
— Came, as he fat at Dyne, 
} With noble Chiefs in braif Aray, 


Drinking the Blude-reid Wyne. 
VIL 


< Zour Faes ftand on the Strand, 


| © The King of Norfe commands. 
) Bring me my Steed Mage dapple gray, 
) Onur gude King raife and cryd, 

i A trufiier Beaft in all the Land 

' A Scots King nevir feyd. 


: 


* To Horfe, to Horfe, my Ryal Liege, 


| 6 Full Twenty thoufand glittering Spears 


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neunt FLAT IT spon oeaeg ener ine, 
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sp anig cee aeteee 


530 Hardyknute. 
| VII. ; 
GO, little Page, tell Hardyknute, See 
That lives on Hill fo hie, 
To draw is Sword, the Dreid of Faes} 
"And hafte and follow me. | 
The little Page flew {wift as Dart 
Flung by his Mafters Arm, 
Cum down, cum down Lord Hardyknute; 


. And rid xour King frae Harm. 


VIII. 
TH EN reid, reid grew his dark-brown Cheiks, 


Sac did his dark-brown Brow; 

His Luiks grew kene, as they were wont, 
In Dangers great to do; 

He hes tane a Horn as grene as Glafs, 
And gien five Sounds fae fhrill, 

hat Treis in grene Wod fckuke thereat, 


Sae loud rang ilka Hill. 


IX. 
Hrs Sonsin manly Sport and Glie, 


Had paft that Summers Morn, 
Quhen lo down in a grafly Dale, 
They heard their Fatheris Horn. 


Hardykuute. 


That Horn, quod they, neir founds-im Peace, 


We haif other Sport to byde3 
And fune they heyd them up the Hill, 
And fune were at his Syde. 
ie 
LATE late Zeftrene I weind in Peace 
To end my lensthned Lyfe, 
My Age micht weil excufe my Arm 
Frae manly Feats of Stryfes 
But now that Norfe dois proudly boaft. 
Fair Scotland -to inthrall, 5 
Bs neir be faid of Hardyknute, 
He feard to ficht or fall. : 
XI. 
ROBIN of Rothfay, bend thy Bow, 
Thy Arrows [chute fae leil, 3 
Mony 4 comely Countenance | 
They haif turnd to deidly Pale: 
Brade Thomas tak xe but zour Juanes 
Ze neid nae Weapons mair, 
Gif xe ficht weit as xe did anes 
Gainf? Weftmorlands fer/s Heir. 


XII. MAL- 


252 Hardyknitte, 
XII. Ra 
MALCOM, licht of Fute as Stax 
That runs in Fore/t wyld, 
Get me my Thoufands Thrie of Men 
Well bred to Sword and Schield: 
Bring me my Horfe and Harnifine 
My Blade of Mettal cleir. 
If Faes kend but the Hand it bare, 


They fune had fled for Feir. 


MELT oy ae 
FAREWEIL my Dame Jae peirlefs tude, 


And tuke hir by the Hand, 
Fairer to me in Age xou feim, 


Than, Maids for-Bewtie fama: 


My xoungeft Son fall here remain 

_ To guard thefe flately Towirs, 

‘And fhut the Silver Bolt that Reips, © 
Sae faft xour painted Bowirs. 


XTY. 
Ann firft {cho wet hit comely Cheiks; 


And then hir Boddice grene, 
Hir Silken Cords of Twirtle twift, 


Weil plete with Silver {chene; 
| And 


Hardykuute. 
And Apron fet with mony a Dice 
Of Neidle-wark fae rare, 
Wove by nae Hand, as ze may guefs, 
Saif that of Fairly fairs 
| XV. 
Anpb he has ridden owre Muir and Moff, 
Owre Hills and mony a Glen,” 
Quhen he came to a wounded Knicht 
Making a heavy Mane; 
Here maun I lye, here mann I aye, 
By Treacheries falfe Gyles; 
Witle/s 1 was that eir gaif Faith 
To wicked Womans Smyles.. 
XVi 


SR Knicht, gin xe were in my Bowirs 
To lean on Silken Seat, 

My Ladyis dle Care xoud prove, 
Quha neir kend deidly Hates 

Hir felf wald watch xe all the Days 
Hir Maids a deid of Nicht3 

‘And Fairly fair zour Heart wald cheir, 
As [cho flands in xour Sitht. 


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254, Hardyknute. . 
XVII: 

"ARYSE, xoung Knicht, and mount Zour Steid, 

Full lowns the {chynand Day, | 
Cheis frae my Menzie quhom xe pleis 

To leid ze on the Way. 
With {mylefs Luke‘and Vifage-wan, 

The wounded Knicht replyd, 23 
Kynd Chiftain, xour Intent pur{ue, 4 


For heir I maun abyde: tle 


VEL. . Brey 
TO me nae after Day nor Nicht; 


Can eir be fweit or fair, 
But fune beneath [um draping Trie, 
Cauld Deith fall end my Caree ag 
With him nae Pleiding micht prevail, 
Braif Hardyknute to gain, se 


With faireft Words and Reafon ftrang, 


Straif’ courteoufly in vain. 


e I x; 
Syne he has gane far hynd attowre, 


Lord Chattans Land fae wyde, 
That Lord a worthy Wicht was ay, 
Quhen Faes his Courage feyd: 


} 


| 


| Quhair braid encampit on the Dale, 


| Of Piétifh Race by Mothers Syde, 


| Zonder my valziant Sons and feris, 


Hardy ruute. 


Quhen Piéts ruld Caledon, 
Lord Chattan claimd the Princely Maid, 
Quhen he faife Pittifh Crown. | 


XX. 
Now with his ferfS and ftalwart Trains 


He reicht a ryfing Heicht, 
Norfs Army lay in Sichr; 


Our raging Revers wait 


On the unconquerit Scortith Swaird 


To try with us thair Fate. 


XXT. 
MAK Orifons to him that faift 


Our Sauls upon the Rude, 

Syne braifly {chaw, xour Veins ar fila 
With Caledonian Blude. 

Then,furth he drew his trufty Glaive, 
Quhyle Thoufands all arround, 

Drawn frae their Sheaths glanft in the Sun; 


And loud the Bougills found. 
XXII. To 


256 Hardy kuute. 
RBLE le 

To join his King adoun the Hill 
In Haft his Merch he made, 7 

Quhyle, playand Pibrochs, Minftralls meit 
Afore him ftately ftrade. | = 

Thryfe weleum valziant Stoup of Weiry 
Thy Nations Scheild and Pryde; 

Thy King nde Reafon has to feit 


Quben thou art be his Syde. 
X XIII. 


QuuEN Bows were bent and Darts were thrawn, 


For thrang fcarce could they flie, 

The Darts clove Arrows as they met, 
The Arrows dart the Trie. 

Lang did they rage and ficht full fers; _ 
With little Skaith to Man, 

But bludy, bludy was the Field, 


Or that lang Day was done. 
XXIV. 
Tue King of Scors that findle bruikd 


The War that luikt lyke Play, 
Drew his braid Sword, and brake his Bow, 


Sen Bows feuut but Delay ; 


Quorlj 


Hardykuute. 


Quoth noble Rothfay, Myne I'll keip, 
I wate its bleid a Shore. 

Hafli up my merry Men, cryd the King; 
As he rade on before. 


XXV. 


Tae King of Norfz he focht to find, 
With him to menfe the Faucht, 

But on his Forchead there did lichs 
A fharp unfonfie Shaft 3 

_ As he his Hand put up to find 

E> “The Wound, an Arrow kene; 

O waefou Chance! there pinnd his Hand 
In midft betwene his Ene, 


XXXVI. 


| REVENGE, revenge, cryd Rothfays Heir; 


| Your Mail-coat fall nocht byde 
| The Stre: eth and Sharpnefs of my Darts 
_ Then fent it throuch his Syde: 


| Another Arrow weil he markd,{ 


It perfit his Neck in twa, 


| His Hands then quat the filver Reins, 


He Jaw as Eard did fa. 


ti AXWIT. SAR 


Hardykuute. 


XXVIT. 
SAIR bleids my Liege, fair, fair he bleidse 
Again with micht he drew 
And Gefture dreid his fturdy Bows 
aft the braid Arrow flew: 
Wae to the Knicht he ettled es 
Lament now Quene Elz 
Hie Dames to wail zour pati ings Fall, 
His Zouth and comely Meid. 
XXVIII. 
Take aff, take aff his cofily Fupe 
(OF Gold weil was it twynd, 


Knit byes thé Fowlers Net throuch quhills 


, 


His {tei il 


y Harnefs fhynd) 
Tale, Norfe, that Gift frae me; and bid 
Him venge the Blude it- beirs's 
Say, ifhe face my bended Bow, 
He fure nae Weapon feirs.> 
XXX. 
PRroup Norfe with Giant Body tall, 
Braid Shoulder and Arnis ftrong, 
Cryd, Qubair is Hardyknute fae famd, 


| Okan Ser PPE Sy VF 
ALIS jéli d aé pitas Lhrone 


Hardykiute, 
‘Tho Exitons tremble at his Naines 
I fune fall make him wail, 
That cir my Sword was made [ae fharps 
Sie faft his Coat of Mail. 
XXX. 
Duar Brag his tout Heart coud na byde; 
It lent him zouthfou Mich: 
I’m Hardyknute this Day, he cryd, 
To Scotlands King I hecht, 


259 


To lay“thee law as Horfes Hufe, 
My Word I mean to keip. 
Syne with the firft Strake eit he ftrake; 
. He garrd his Body bleid. 
XXXL 
NORSE ene lyke gray Gofchawks ftaird wyld; 
He ficht with Shame and Spyte; 
Difgracd is now my far fama Arm 
That left thee Power to firykes 
Then gaif his Head a Blaw fae fell, 
It made him doun to {toup, 
| As law. as he to Ladies ufit 


_ In courtly Gyfe to lowr, 


ti 2 


abo Hardyknute. 
XXXII. 
Funt fune he rais’d his bent Body, 


His Bow he marvelld fair, 
Sen Blaws till then on him but darrd 


As Touch. of Fairly fair; | 


Nor/e ferliet too as fair as he 
To fe his ftately Luke, 
Sae fune as eir he ftrake a Fae, 
Sae fune lis Lyfe he tuke. 
XXXII. 
Quuarr lyke a Fyre to Hether fer, 
Bauld Thomas did advance, 
A fturdy Fae with Luke enraged 
Up towards him did prance 5 
Ie {purd his Steid throw thickeft Ranks 
The hardy Zouth to quell 
Quha ‘ftude unmhufic at his Approach 
His Furie to repel. 
XXXIV. 
THAT {chore brown Shaft fae meanly trimd, 
Lukis lyke poor Scotlands Geir, 
But dreidfull ferms the ruffy Poyat ? 
And loud he leuch in’ Jeir. 


fj 


Hardyknute, 


Aft Britains Blude has dima its Shyng 
This Poynt cut fhort their Vaunt3 
Syne piercd the boifteris bairded Cheik, 


Nae Tyme he tuke to taunt. 


KXXYV. 


ScuortT quhylehe in his Sadill {wang, 
His Stirrip was nae Stay, 

Sae feible hang his unbent Knee, 
Sure taken he was fey: 

Swith on the hardened Clay he fell, 
Richt far was hard the Thud,_ 

Buc Thomas \uikt not as he lay 


All waltering in his Blude. 


XXXVI. 


| Wir cairles Gefture Mynd unmuyic 
On raid he north the Plain, 
His fem in Thrang of fierceft Stryfe, 
Quhen Winner ay the fame; | 
Nor zit his Heart Dames dimpelit Cheik; 
Coud meife faft Luve to bruik, 
Till vengeful 4x returnd his Scorn, 


Then languid grew his Luke 


Ti 3 


XSKVIL, In 


Havrdykuute, 
XXXVII. 
In Thrawis of Death, with wallowit Cheik 


All panting on the Plain, 
The fainting Corps ‘of Warriours lay, 
Neir to aryfe again 
Neir to return to native Land, 
Nae mair with blythfom Sounds, ’ 
To boift the Glories of the Day, 
And fchaw thair Shyning Wounds. 
XXXVIITI. 
On Norways Coaft the Widowit Dame 
May wath the Rocks with Teirs, 
May lang luke owre the Schiples Scis 
Befoir hir Mate appeirs. 
Ceife, Emma, ceife to hope in Vain, 
Thy Lord lyis in the Clay, 
The valziant Scots nae Revers thole 
To carry Lyfe away. 
XXXITX. 
THERE on a Lie quhair flands a. Crofs 
Set up for Monument, 
Thoufands full fierce that Symmers Day 


Fuld -kene Waris black Intent, 
Let 


oe Pe A e 
Hardykoute. 263 
| bet Scots, quhyle Scots, praile Hardyknute, 
Norfe the Name ay dreid, 
Ay how he fauchr, aft how he fpaird, 
Sal lateft Ages reid. 
- XL. | 
Loup and chill blew weftlin Wind, 
Sair beat the heavy Showir, 


Mirk grew the Nicht cir Hard yhiaute 


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Wan neir his ftately:- Tower, 
His Towir that ud with Torches bleife 
To fhyne fae far at Nicht, i 
Seinid now as black as mourning Weid, 
Nae Marvel fair he fichd. 
x Lil. 
TH AIRS nae Licht in my Ladys Bowir 


Thairs nae Licht in my- Hall; 

| Nae. Blink fhynes round my Fairly fair, 
| Nor Ward {lands on my Wall. 

| Quhat bodes it ? Robert, Thomas /ay, 
Nae Anfwer fits their Dreid. 


Stand back, my Sons, Pll be xour Gyde, 


| But by they paft with Speid, 
: Ti 4 XLII- As 


Fardyknute! 


7 XLII. THER 
AS faft 1 haif fped owre. Scotlands Fac3 
| There ceift his Brag of Weir, 
i Sair fchamit to mynd ocht but his Dame; 
And Maiden Fairly fair. s 
Black Feir he fele, but quhat to feir a 


He wit not zit with Dreids 
Sair {chuke his Body, fair his Limbs; 
And all the Warrior fled. ; 


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4 SANANIZNGMANGINTANY NANNING 
SIS TASTSTISTIS TS TS HS. TSI SSIS ISIS 


Se ee ee ee eae oo 
A 
GLOSSARY: 
< 7 

O R, . 


AnEXPLANATION of the 
Scots Words. | 


A. A 
All. Ain,sown. 
Abaid Abade, Abode, Aits, Oats, 
ftayed. Air, Time paft. 
Abaifit, abathed. Air, foon, early, tiem Heir. 
Abeit, albeit. Aith, Oath: 
Abergow#, Coat of Mails Akerbraid,breadth of an Acye; 
Ablens, perhaps. Alaft, aloft, é 
Aboife , «bufe, above. Allane, allone. 
Abulziement, Habit. Almous, Alms. 
Abune, above. Alkynd, all kind, or Sort of} 
Adoun, downward, Als, as, and. 
Af, off. Amene, pleafant. 
Aft, aften, oft, often, Ae, one. 
Afferr, frighted, Anes, anis, once. 
Afvey, Fear. Antetewme,Example 
Agii, aged. Apentt, opened. 
Agaft, atrighted, Applets, pleafe, 
Atdtr, either. Arles, cazuett, 


Aik, Oak. yer 


a 
i! Ei} | 
eee vit 
eat | i 

et i iH 
mae iy 
a , 

ae i 4 4 
Beth ue 
i | }! 

es iif 

Se aR 

nd ,| 

te t))f | 
ge | 
+e | 
: 
aah! Wh 


266 BA Gh 


Artilzie, Artillary, 
Afs’ ask. 


Affalziet, affailed. 


Attains, at once. 
Attemperit, tempered, 
Attowre, out over. 
Atiercap, a Walp, 
Avalziet, availed. 
Aventure, Adventure: 
Aver, a. Horfe. 

Averil, fenfelefs Fellow. 
Axucht,aught,item eight. 
Auld, old. 

Aw, owe. 
Awin, owns 
Awis, OWse 
Anyeat, Golden, 
Ayd, Aid. 
Avyfe, Advice. 


Aynd, Breath. 
BA 


ALD, bade, did abide. 
£ > Band, bound. 
fianes or bains, Bones. 
Bannocks, Bread. 
Bair, bare. 
Lairn, Bern,Child, Youth. 
Baith, both. 
Bale or Beal, Sorrow. 
Balmit, embalmed. 
Ban, to curfe. 
Rang, to move haftily. 
Barbir, barbarous. 
Barbulxiet, to confufe. 
Barret, Sort of Liquor, 
Barrow Trams, Staves of a 
Barrow. 
Bara, Yet. 
Barmy fermented and muddy, 


Bauld, bold, 


i ary, BR E 


£ 
Bawfy, white fac’d. 
Bedene, immediately. 
Befoir, beforn, before. 
Beft, beaten, 
Begouth, began. 
Begylit, beguiled, 
Bevald behold. 
Behvif, Behove. 


~ 


Breil, any Shelter againft the 


Inclemency of the ‘Weise | 


ther. 

Belyvz, immediatly. 
Bellies, Bellows. 
beik, to bask or warm] 

ree. > 
Beims, Beams, 
Beir, to bear, ‘item to moatte 
Beir, Barley. 
ds2it, Help. 
Ben, innee part of a Houfe, 
bene, been. 
Bene, Bean. 
Bent, the Feild. 
B ov Rit 5 barkened. 


Befwakit, blanched, 
Betroifch, betwixt, 
Bewis, Boughs. 
Bewtie, Beauty. 
Bexoud, beyond 
ee» blr 

Biggit, built, 
Bikkerit, contended. 
Bink, Bench, 

Bra, been. 

Biquour or, Bicker, a large 
Cup or Dish. 
Birkin Bobyns,a Knot of Birch 

Leaves 
Divs, Brittle, 
Birn, to burn. 
Liratft, burnifhed. 
Bifiie, bufily. 


BR Gloffc 
iblad, 2 Strok, 
Dice Py a, 
Blae, livid, 
Bland, to mix. 
Biafhy, wet. 
Blate, bafhful, 
Liaw, Blow. 
piebey » to bable. 
/ Bledoch, Butter- milk. 
Bbicir, to igh the Eyes red 
or dim. 
Blent, looked. 
Bletiver yto ttammer and fpeak 
Nonfenfe. 
Blink k, afmall Sight, item, to 
{parkle. 


Dlinkit, leoked haftily. 


Bla nze , Bloom. 

iB? ude, Blood. 
Bodin, furnithed. 
Bodword Meifage. 
pBocht, borght. 


Bog, Marth. 

Boiftsto boat. 

bok, to vomit, 

pony, beautiful, ztem little, 
Botiings or Buittng, Boots. 
Bot, but, i ter , 2, without. 
Bong tis, 
Dou, the Bo ly, item Bulk, 
Bor vil, a young Bull, item 
his Horn, 

Box, read y to go. 

hourd, a Sport, ttem to fyort: 
Bowlteous, ‘boil Haein 

Bowjte ry a 2 Bolter. 

Bee, a Fold of Cattle, 
Brand, a Sword. 

praia the Maufcles. 
Brangl ltt, brandifhed, 

praif, bate: 

Porankavd, Pranfing. 


2 
Lbs 


Raf rtCrs, 


~ 


fary.” BY’: 26% 


Bratle, to clafh. 

Lraw, Teavel tine: 

rae, Side of a Hill, Bank of 
a River. 

Braid, broad, item to hafte, 
arife. 

Braids or Drades, 1s like, Or 
takes after; 

Brais ox brace, Embrace. 

Brash, brvfh. 

Bretks, Breeches. 

Bricht ly bris ght, 

Brie, Eye-t brow- 

brilzean, Brillant: 

Brim, fierce. 

Brocht, brought. 

Brod, to prick or {pur, 

Brock, the Ba dger. 

Browdin, fond of. 

Browfter, Brewer, 

brudie, teeming, fertile. 

Bruik, ‘bidole or enjoy. 

Bre Rit 3 ki ihe ack nea. 

Bruki l, brittle. 

Brynt, brunt. 

Bu 4, Bribe. 

Duke or Buzk, Book. 

buith, Booth or Shep. 

Buith-meal, Shop Rent, 

Buiting, Booty. 

Bu ndip, bound. 

Bua, Arfe. 

Bure, did bear, 

Burde, Board. 

Burn, a Brook. 

Burdoun,a Palmers Sta. 

Bufbment, Men lying in Am- 
bufh. 

Buffs, a Bufh. 

Bute, Help, Advantage. 

But and Boke without. 

Byre, Cow-houfe. 


Cc a 


A, call. 

Cabroch,poox lean Flefh. 
Caugers, Higglers, 
Calut, called, 

Campion, Champion. 

Cankert angry ,itemulcerated. 

Cznny, happy convenient. 

Canty, chearful. 

Caproufy, an upper Garment. 

Carline, an old Woman. 

Carp, to talk, 

Carvell,a Kind of Ship. 

Cat, a throw. 

C2tive of Catif, Captive or 
Slave. sah hates 3 Sch. 

Caw, called. 

Wewf, Calf. 

Wawk, Chalk. 

Wawkit, did fhyte: 

Cauld, Cold. 

eis, to ceafe. 

Celcitude, Highnefs. 

Celeff, heavenly. 

Chalmer, Chaimber. 

Chaip, efcape. 

Chafts, the Chops, 

Chak, to check. 

Chat,to hang on a Gallows, 

Cheil, a Perfon. 

Cheir, Sheer, item, chear. 

Chenzie, Chain. 

Cherets, cherifh. 

Clam Shells, Sealop Shells. 

Clan,a Tribe: 

Clafhes, idle Tales. 

Clafh, to throw Dirt, 

Claith, Cloath, ; 

Glais, Cloaths. 


CA Giffary. 


cR 


Clattey, chatter. 
Claw, to feratch. 
Clefi, the Cleaving. 
Clene, clean. 
Clerk, generally 

leatned Man. 
Clewis or Cleuchs,Clifts, 


ufed for 3 | 


.Clerkit, laid hold on. 


Cleith, Cloath. 

Cleuch, Hollow betwixt Hulls. 
Clipit, called. 

Citps, Eclips. 

Clokks, Beetles. 

Clod, to throw. 

Cluds, Clouds. 

Cluke, to hook. 

Clum or clam, climbed, . 
Cluves, Hoves. 
Codroch,miferable and natty. 
‘Combure, to burn. 

Coft, bought. 

Con, the Squirrel, 

Comich, comick. 

Corbie, a Raven. 

Corinoch a Highland 'T une? 
Cowbowby, Cowherd, 

Cowd, cut or clipped. 
Courias, courteous. 

Conth, cold, item familiar. 
Covetice, Covetoufnefs, 

Cour, to ftoop and creep flow. 
Crabit, furly,angry. 

Craig, the Neck,tt¢ma Rock | 
Craif, crave, | 
Craw, the Crow. j 
Crap, did creep- 

Craik, to croak. 
Crawdon, faint hearted. 
Creifb Greafe, 

Crezis, Baskets 

Croufe, bis and bold, 
Cruif, a Lodge, 

. if, Be Crug 


Cryne , Wither and grow lefs, 
Crum, a little Bit. 
Cule, Cool. 


| Cum, come, 


Cunzie, Coyns 


| Cun, Tafte. ; 
) Cumwerfom, troublefom. 


Culroun, a Rafcal. 


| Curches, Kerchiefs, or Head- 


Linnen. 


| Cuik, Cook. 


Curpal, Crapper, 

Cujic, did caft, item vomit. 

Cute, Ancle, Joint, item a 
Trifle, 


D A 


A E, Da. ‘ 
Daft, mad, foolifh, 
merry: : 

Dairthjul,dear. 

Dander, wander carelefly, . 
Dang, Defeat. 

Danion, to guell, 

Dapill, daple. 

Daw,Dawa, item a Sluggard. 
Dawing, dawning. 

Deave or Detf, todeafen, 

Deid dead jit, Death, 2¢,deed. 
Deil, deal, zfem Devil. 
Dink, dynk, faucy, item, finely 

dreft. 

Denty, fine, 

Deme, to deem, 

Demyng, condemning or dam. 
“ning, 

Depairt, to divide. 

Depaynt, painted. 

eo: Noife, Sporting, Gam. 

Se 


DA = Gloffary. 


DW 
Dereh, a Dwarf. 
Dern, Secret. 
Derth, Dearth. 
Defavit, deceived. 
Det, Debt. f 
Devalling, defcending haftis 
ly. 


269 


Dew, due, 

Dicht, to clean, item dreffed; 
deckt, 

Ding, to beat or overcome: 

Ding, worthy. 

Dirtin, bethitten. 

Denxieytodeign. 

Docht, could, availed, 

Dochter, Daughter. 

Dois, does. 

Dok, Arfe, 

Donk, Moift. 

Dofs, neat, regular; 

Up doft, Pat in Orders 

Dow, to be able, 

Dow, Dove: 

Dowdart, dull Fellow. 

Dowchty, hardy, valiant. . 

Dowf, heavy Fool, ité dull; 
melancholy. 

Doxr, fullen, hard: 

Dous, folid, grave. 

Draif, drave. 

Drait or Dret, fhit. 

Drawkit, wet. 

Drie, to endure. 

Dreich, tedious. 

Dreiry ,lonfome and mournfa) 

Dring, a Mifer. 

Droich, a Dwarf. 

Drone, to a& lazily, 

Drovkit, drenched. 

Droup, to droop. 

Dryt, fhite. 

Dwam, Qualm. pati 


ee et RNAI Sm 


20 


EA 

Dubs, Mire and little Pools. 

Duds, Kags, 

Duils, Goals, 

Dule, Pain. 

Dum, Dumb. 

Dume, Doom. 

Dunt,to beat hard. 

Dung, beaten. 

Duyis, Doors. 

Dwalm, to {wvoon or take a 
‘Qualm. 

Dyne; to dine. 

Dynt, Stroak. 

Dyvoxr, a Baakrupt. 


EA 
ar Ard , Livd , ox Erde, 
gf wnatth. 
Ee, Eye. 


by an 


Eild, Age. 


vo 


Eme, Uncle, 

Exmpafhed, hindered. 

Elouck, Elbow. 

Elvitcb, ghoftly, wild, lowe. 
fome. 

Enamilit,enameled. 

Exe, Eyes. 

Eneuch,cnovgh, 


Gloffary. 


FA 
Enfenzie, Enfien, 

+ 1 a! o 
Evfcb, Irifh. 
Ettle, to aim. 
Efperance,; Hope. 
Ejebapit, Efcaped. 
Everichone, every one: 
Eydently, fee Etiandlys 
Eyndle, ta be jealous. 
Eyuling, Jealoufy, 


FA 


A, fall. 

Fae, Foe. 
Falfet, Falfhood? 
Fair, a Fold, to quit. 
Fair, togo or pats. 
Fairdy, clever and tight, 
Falzie or Felzie, to tail. 
Fand, found. 
Fangs, Paws and Claws. 
Fang , to grafp. 
Fazkle, to intangle, 
Ffh or Fajebe, to trouble. 
Faffoun, Fathion, 
Fa Ws Fall. 
Faws, gets. 
Fauld or Tund; Fold. 
Faut, Fault, 
Fay, Faith. 
Fazart,a Daftard. 
Fecht, Fight. 
Fecklefs, without Strength. 
Tedder, a Father. 
Tedderem, Wings. 
Feid, Feud, Hatred. - 
Feidom, Fatality. 
Feilty, Subje&tion. 
Feil, Senfe, item many: 
Feir, Fear. 
Feir, tight. 


| Beir or fere, Companién. 
Feit, hired, 
Ife #y, to live. 
Fenxie, to feign, 
[Ber to wonder; a Wonder. 
§ Pere ay iy Ou rth, 


foe Force. 


Or {i one Misfortune. 

evud, Wiend, the Devil. 

idictx, Bi ight 

om or Fe, a Herd of Cattle. 

Firy fa vy, becy Conta fon. 

Hifch, With. 

Bitch, to move. 

bPlendris, ‘Sp lintérs. 

Flaug, did fling. 

Plane, an Arrow. 

langle, a. Blaze; of Light- 

‘Nir ig. 

Blancoter-Spade, Spade for 
flaying Tur rf. 

Flaws, Lies, Flaw, to le, 

Fleich, to Hatter: 

Fietm or Flenwe, to banifh. 

Pict, did flyte or. chide, 

\Fiey, to fright. 

Flit, to remove, 

Rlichter, flutter like a Bird, 

Flocht, Flis ght, Pear, Anxiety. 

Flyte, C hide, 

Flare, Floor. 

(fog, Mots. 

for faira , abi ufeds 

forfochien, tired “and faint 
with fig ht ne. 

Torleit, Lo. forfake, 

ornent, oppofite to. 

Porwaytt, gave. Way. 

Porworthin, wortlilefe, 

Morlane, alone: 

Berni ) Vagaboad. 


SIS 


| 
t 


t 
i 

pkey, predeftinated to Death, 
F 


F O Gloffary. F ye a 


Fors Lek; to forget, tlem fors 


ittce: 
Loterja lk orrefter item Nurfe. 
Fow, fuil,item drunk. 


Loumart, a Pole-cat. 

Fouto, Abundance. 

I ae, fron Me 

Tiva gil, weak, tender, frail. 

Ii Yar, haft. 

Prawart, crofs and ugiy* 

Fretks impertinent Fools, 

Fre 1a, EF Sendo rat 

Fren mit, ftrange, not a Kin? 

freprie, the ruffling or Foldg 
of Gh sath, ; 

Fvjcht, Fright. 

Fripon, a Koave. 


Frijt, ve Truft or give Credits 


Frajch, wa broken: 

Fu, ful 

Fug, the Tail, 

Fade, Food. 

Puff, to blow. ; 

Fule, Fool. 

Fu; idl, found, 

Furder, to {peed, item, firs 
ther. 

Fave ) wait on, item fared. 

Fartizy, fee in Behaviour. 

Fute, ‘nehe, 

Futher, ox fudder, a great 
many . 

Fy; fang t, burnt, 

Fylock. a ‘young ‘Mare, 

Fyle, defile. 

Fyke, to be reftive. 

Fyne, fine 


GA 


seth ARE ARATE AES 


+ Rhy peeing ene so = 


ctieeemer diauiiacameemnaaammeneitinnat 


oy. GA 


G A 


AB, the Mouth. 
Gad Or Ged, Goad. 

Gadder, gather. 

Gae, go. 

Gaif, gave. 

Gains, ferves. 

Gair, greedy. . 

Gait, Gate, Way, Method, 
atem Goat. 

Gaiflings, Goilings. 

Galziart, brisk, jolly, wan- 
ton, 

Gans, Gums. 

Gan, began. 

Gane, gone, item ferve, 

Gane, Mouth, 

Gang, to go. 

Gaunt, to yawn, 

Gar, to make or oblige. 

Gardevyance, a Cafe of In- 
ftruments. 

Garth, a Garden or Inclo- 
fure. 

Gay, Gall. 

Gazf, a Langh. 

Gary, large ‘and fat, 

Geck, Mock, or caft up the 
Head in Derifion. 

Getn, given. 

Geir, Wealth. 

Cemmer, gender, 

Gent, gentile. 

Genterice, honourable Birth. 

Gentilenefs, Clemency. 

Genzte, a Dart or Arrow, 


Gerfome, a certain Fine paid: 


at the renewing of a Leafe, 


Gloffary. GR 


Oo 


Get, a Child. 
Gbaift, Ghoft. 
Git, give. 
Gif, gin, if. 
Gild, Clamour. 
Gilt, guilded. 
Gimp, ice Fimpi 
Gird, to ftrike: 
Girs, to grin, tema Trap 
or Snare. 
Girth, a Sanuary. 
Glamonr, the Sight deceived. 
Glaik,to pafs 'Time idly. 
Glay, Myre. 
Glave, a Sword. -. 
Gle or Glie, Mixth. 
Gled, a Kite. 
Gleim, {mall Flame. 
Gleid, Small Spunk of Fire. | | 
Glen, a Hollow between 
Mountains. 
Glengore or Grandgore, the 
French Pox. 
Glore, Glory. i 
Glunfchoch, four Fellow. | 
Glonm,to knit the Eye-browss 
Gloxr, to ftare. | 
Gluves, Gloves. j 
Goldfpink, the Goldfinch. 
Golk or Gowk, the Cuckow- | 
Gift to Ghfter. 
Gswden, Golden. 
Gowkit, foolifh. 
Gra €, tO grope. rsd 
Graif, the Grave, ztem grave: | { 
Grain, grant, groan. 
oe is, Corn Fields, Barns 
Grannaries. ! 
Graith, to make ready, item 
Utenfils,neceffary Things. 
Graithed,attyred made yx | 
rn 


{ 
f 


| 


| Gurlie, futke. 
| Gyant, Giant, Hether, Heath. 
| Gydar, Guider. 


Aailfum, wholfome. 


Heirns or Ha/nis, Brains,- 


Hair or hairy, hoary grays S fie, 


HA Cloffary. H | Neen, 


Grat, did weep. Hald, Hold. 
Grein,to long é. eamneftly. Haly, Holy. 
Greit; weep, item great, Hals, to {alute.; 


Grene, green. Hame, Home: sige 
Gret, Degree. Handfell,the firft Money that 
Gres or Gers, Grafs, a Merchant gets. 

Grit or greit, great. Hankit, held with Ropes. 
Grots, Oats half ground. Hap, hop, item Chance,, 
Growf, to ly flat on ones Harle, to dra F 


elly. Harnift, harnithed, 
Grund, Ground, Harns, fee Hairns. 
Grundin, tharped, Harfe or Hairs, hoarfe, 
Sruntill, a Sow. Having, Behaviaur. 
Grunzie, Snowt or Nofé, Hawkit, white faced: 
Gryce, a Pig. Hawtane, haughty. 
Gwairdoun, Prote€tion. Heal, Heil, Health. 


Guiks, expe&s Time foolifaly Hecht, to promife, 4 Pre: 


and Delays. mife, 
} . Gude or guid, good. Hecht, named, 
Gudes, Riches. Heich, high. ie 
Guims, Gums. Heilit or heilded, upheld: 


Gule, redidh Yellow. ETeir, here, item hear. 


Gule Snout, red Nos’d. Heifit, lifted up; hoifed 


Gulzfchoch, the Jaundice, Herbry, Harbour. 
Heryit, {poiled ,impoverifived 
Gyde, Guide, Hevin, Heaven. 

Heuch, a Rock, a fteep Hilt, 


Gymmer, court and enjoys Hew, Hue. 
| Gymp, neat, pretty. Heynd, quick, clever. 
Gyfe or Gyis, Guife. Hie, high. 
ae Hicht, Height. 
H A Hicher, higher. 
; Hiddlings, hiding Placés; 
A, Hall. Hint, fnatched. 
Habitiklis, Taberna- Hinny, Honey, 
|. cles. Hir, her. er 
Hae, have. Hird who watches the Flocks 


Haggies, a kind ot Pudding. or Cattle. 


Hirpland,going like one lame: 


Haif, have. Hitch, to move. 


ora LON 

Ho, the Singular of Hofe. 

Hobled, cobled- 

Hoift, Cough, 

Holk, to dig. 

Holkit, made hollow, 

Holtis, Hills, high Ground. 

How, hollow. 

Howits.---- 

Howdrand, hiding. 

Howk, to dig. 

Howlat; an Owl. 

Howp, hope. 

Hude, Hood. 

Hud-pyk, a Churl. 

Huly; jlow, 

Hure, Whore, 

Hurcheon, Hedge hog. 

Hurklis, goes bowed and dé- 
crepid. 

Fynd, ftraight. 

Ryd, to hide. 

Hiynt, to take. 


JA 


Anglers, Contenders, 

J ‘faip, to jeft or cheat, 
item, to heave and fet. 

fap, a Dafh of Water. 

Fely,joly. 

‘fimp, neat. 

Feil or Geil, (Saint) the Pa- 
tron Saint of Edinburgh. 

fouk, to bow. 

Fyb,to mock, 

dik, each. 

Ilka, every. 

Enfek, Infe&. 

Fulatk, to come fhort. 

Hfaza, ilfavoured. 

Ending, unworthy. 

Engle, a Fire. 

Joglis, English. 


Gloffary. 


K Y 
Ithandly, bufily, without Iu- 
termiffion. © 


KA 


V7” A, to drive, 
- Kabute, a little Houfe. 
Kaui, Colewort or Cabage,. 
item Broth. 
Kaip or Kap, Cap or Fop- 
Kaves, Calves. 
Keift, did caft. 
Kemd, combed. 
Ken, to know. 
Kene, kene. 
Kend, knew, 
Kenfy, a Ruftick. 
Kep, to catch what moves to- 
ward one, | 
Kepay, fuch a Catches; 
Kinrick, Kingdom. | 
Kimmer, a Comer or fhe | 
Goffip: vy 
Kinnen, Rabits. , | 
Kiltit, tucked up- 
Kirn, Churne. 
Kirtle Petycoat. 
Kifi, Cheit. | 
Kittle, difficult, item ticklifi. 
Kinfeb, a Loop, to connt his | 
Kinfch, to hit his Part. 
Kuaif, Knave. 
Knapska, Knapfack. 
Knaw, know. 
Knicht, Knight. 
Know, Hallock. 
Kowjfchot or Cowfchot, the 
Ring-Dove. 
Kuke, Cook. 
Ky, Kine. 
Kyte, Belly- 
Kyih, to thew. 


LE 


L A. 


: Aggevit, bemired. 

ip for low. 

Laid, Load, 

Laif or lave, the rett. 

Lair, Learning, item a Place 
to ly in. 

Latk, to want. 

Lains, themfelves. 

Laip, to lapas a Dog. 

Laifare, Leafure, 

Laift, laced, 

Laith, loath. 

Laithly, Lothfome, 

Laits, Manners. 

Landwart, the Country. 

Lane, Loan. 

Langour, Wearynefs. 

Gans, a Lance, 

Lans, to dart. 

Lap, did leap. 

Larbour, wooden. 

Juathand, feeble, weak and 
faded. 

Law, low. 

Lawtie, Honefty , Jultice. 

Lawland, Lowland. 

Leil or leal, hovett. 

Leifches, Lathes. 

Letch, Leech or Dr. 

Leid, a Perfon, item Lan- 
guage- 

Lerf, Leave, item, to live, 

Leim or Leam,¥ lame. 

Geil, honeft, lawful. 

Leis, Loves, leis me, it plea-. 
fes me. 
Leifings, Lies, 

Lezft, leaft, 
‘ 4 S$ 2 


Gloffar : 


LO 

Leir, to learn. 

Lemman, Courtezan or Com. 
cubine. 

Lends, Buttocks. 

Lefum, lawful. 

Leuch, did laugh: 


275 


Lever, rather. a 
Lexy rather. 
Liar or Lyart, hoary. 


Licht, Light, item merry. 
Licharie, Lechery. 
Lichtly, undervalue. 
Lickmadowps, fervile Flat- 
terers; that falutelike Dogs. 
Lidder, \low, lazy. 
Tie, Corn Lauds untiled for 
fome Years. 
Lie or le, calm. 
Lift, the Sky, 
Ligg , to ly. 
Limm, Limb. 
Limmer, Thief and Whote. 
Limp, to halt. 
Lin, a Precipice where Wa- 
ter Falls, | ; 
Linkit, went haftily. 
Lippen, depend. 
Lipper, leaperous- 
isk, the Groin or Flank. 
Loan, where the Cows are 
~ milked. 
Lokar, curled. 
Loppin, did leap. 
Lore, Learning. 
Low, Flame, 
Lown, a Whore or Rogue; 
Lounger, hanging-headed. 
Loun, calm, 
Lowp, to leap. 
Lowpar; Leaper. 
Loxt, to bow low. 
Lows, loofe. 
te Lude, 


296 MA 


Lude, loved. 

Lufe, Love, item the Palm 
of the Hand. 

Lufray, Gifts. 

Luggs, Ears. 

Luggit, to draw by the Ears. 
Luid, loved. 

L.uims, Looms. 

Luivar, Lover. 

Luk or Duck , Fortune, 
Luke or Lutk, Look; 

Lukit or lucken clofed toge- 

ther. 

Lum, Chimney. 

Lundge, to hang downward. 
Lunzie, Loyne. 

Lute, did let, 

Lurdane, a Blockead, or la- 

zy Fellow! 

Lufchbald, a Slugard. 

Lyfe, Life. 

Lyke, Like. 

Lyking, beloved, 

Lymmer a Whore aud Knave. 
Lyre, the Complexion. 
Lyth a Joynt, 

Lytit, dyed, litted. 


M A. 
AE, moe: 
Mahoun, the Devil 
Maid, made, 
Mak, ‘make, 
Makkars, Poets. 


Malefon, Maledi€tion. 
Maik, Mate or Match, 
Mailpayers, Farmers. 
Main or mane, to moan. 
Maift, moft. 

Mazr, more. 


Man, muit, 


’ 


Gloffary. 


Mt 
Mait, Mate. 
Mandrag, Mandrake. 
Mangit, bruifed, maimed, 
Ma4nkit, wanting, 
Maat, to ftammer. 
‘Mantil, ‘Mantle. 
Marrow, Fellow! or Mate: 
M4uchs, Magots. 
M4xs, mitt. 
Mavis, a Thrufh. 
Mekle ox meikle, much. 
Mell, to meddle or contend. 
Mellifluat, {weet flowing, 
Melteth, a Male of Meat. 
Meid or Mede, Mood, tiem 
a Reward. 
Meil, Meal. 
Mein or mene, racan. 
‘Meis, to ftill, or mitigate. 
Meiths, Bounds, Limits or 
Marks. ; 
Mends; amends, 
Menxie, Company or Re- 
~ tinue. 
Menfweir, {wear againft, 
Menfworn, perpred. 
Merkand, marking. 
Merle, the Merlin, a Bird, 
Meffen, a Lap-Dog. 
Mete, to meafure. 
Micht, might; 
Midding, Dunghill. 
Milane, alone. 
Minglit, mingled. 
‘Mint, to attempt, te aim. 
Minny, Mother. 
Minprell, Maufician. 
Mirk or mevk, dark. 
Misken, to Misknow iiem for- 
bear. © 
Mismade, deformed, 
Miter, to need. 
Mok, 


NE 
Mok; to mock. 
Mold, the Ground. 
Mony, many. 
Morther, Murder. 
Mot, Inay. 
Mox, Mouth, 
Mound, mouthed. 
Mows, Jet. >’ 
Muck, Dung. 
Maude, Mood, 
Mune, Moon; 
Muir or Mure,a Heath, 
Mumting, muttering. 
Murderieft, murdered, 
Murgeon, to make Signs or 

imitate. 

Muve or mufz, move. 
Myce or MyJs, Mice. 
Mynd, Mind. 
Myne, mine. 
Mynt, to offer or attempt. 


‘Mynxion, Mignon, 


Myting, a Mite. 


N A. 


A, nae, na. 
Nains,nanes, the Pur. 


. pofe. 


. Naithing, nothing. 


Nane, none, 


| Neir, near, 
| Nezr, never. 


Neis, the Nofe. 

Neifi, next. ~~ 

Neif or Nieve, Fitt. 

Nek, a Term at’ Chefs,when 
the King cannot be guard. 
éd from a Check, ~ %, 


) Nevel/, a Stroak with the 


Fift. 


Nicht, Night. 


Gloffary. 


OW. 2 


Niggarts, Niggards, 

Noctt, nought, frequently for 
note A 

Wort, Stroak on the Head. 

Nold, would not. : 

None, or Nune, Noone. 

Noy, annoy. 

Noyis, Noife. 

Nowther, neither. 

Nuik or Nuke, Nook, Cor. 
ner. 

Nurifar, nurifhing. 

Nurture, Education, item Cor- 
rection. 2 

Nybill, to pike. 

Nys, Nice. 


O B 


Blifit, obliged, 
QO Ocht, ought or aught, 
Odivill, hateful, 
Ockerar, an Uferer. 
O7?, Hott. 

Ony, any. 
Optnxtow, Opinion. 
Or, before. 
Orifous, Prayers, 
Ot, of it. 

Ozwre, over: 

Owvefrett, overfpread, imbel. 
hithed. ‘ 
Owrequbelm, overwhelm, &c, 

all the ather owres. 
Owk, Week 
Owther, either, 
Owjen, Oxen. 
Oxter, Arm-pit. 
Oys, Grandchildren. 


2 Ryne eee eerie 


aT TTT AER oat 


278 PL 
PA 


Addock,a Frog. 
Paddock-rude’, Spawn of 
Frogs. : 
Padzian, Pageant, 
Paiks, Chattifement- 
Pais, Pafch or Ejter. 
Paitlait, an Under-coat. 
Paip, the Pope. 
Pailions, Pavilions. 
Palat, Skin. 
Pang, to ftuff, 
Panje, paufe. 
Pare, to empair. 
Pauchty, haughty. 
Pars, Papsor Breafts. 
Payntit, painted. 
Pech, to breath fhort. 
Petld, ftript. 
Peir, an equal. 
Peis, Peas. 
Pelour, a Pilgarlick. 
Pennair,a Pen-Cafe, 
Pens, Plumes. 
Perfay, in Faith, 
Perfe, pierce. 
Perfave, percerve. 
Perfew, purfue. 4 
Pet,a Favourite, to take the 
Pet, to be peevifh. 
Pingle,to ftrive or labour with 
Difficulty. 
Pik Pitch. 
Pifch, to pifs. 
Pith, Strength. 
Plaid, a loofeupper Garment. 
Plait, old. 
Piaint, Complaint. 
Plack, third of a Peny. 
Plaids, Contentions. 


Gloffary. QU 


Plein, complain. 
Plenzie, complain. 

Pleis, pleafe, 

Plefans, Pleafute. 

Plet, to twit, twilted, 
Pleuch, Plow. 

Pley, Conteft or Squable. 
Plight, plighted. 
Polk, Poke, or little Sack: 
Pofody, a Sort of Highlend | 
Broth. | 

Pow, to pull. 

Pow, Poll or Head. 

Poxutch, Pocket, 

Powter, to prog. 

Pratick, Pra&tice. 

Preif or preive, prove, try, OF | 

Tafte. 

Preincod, Pincufheon. 
Preiving, trying. 

Preife, Sete . 

Prent, Print or Impreffion. 
Prevene, to prevent, 

Propyne, a Prefent. 

Prydlefs, humble. 

Pry fis, Prizes. 
Puacis, Pulfes. 

Punde, to fequefter- 
Pxichritude, Beauty: 

Pure or puir, poor, item pure. | 
Puirtith, Poverty- | 
Purflit, rufled. 

Purfe-pyk, Pick-purfe. 
Pufiance, Power. 


Pyne, Pain. 
Q, U. 


Uantance, Acquaintance 
}. Quat, did quite oF 
quit. 


Quay, young ‘Cow: bead 
? # | 


| Quavey, Quiver, 

| SQeene, Queen. 
Quell, to kill. 

Quba, who, 
Rubail, Whale. 

§ Qubais, whofe. 

) Qubair, where, 

) Qubat, what. 

, Qubat-reck, what the Matter. 

) Qubelp, a Whelp. 
| Qxbeils, Wheels. 

) Qubeit, Wheat. 

) Quben, when. 


RA Glofary. 


4 
q 
q 
¢ 


Qubene, a Part. 
Qulilk, which- — 
Qubidder, whither. 
Qubip, Whip. 
‘Qabittle a Knife. 


if 
) Qubitly, pale and thin. 
| Qubirl, whirl. 

| Qubois, whofe. 

| Qubom, whom. 
i Qubylfome, fometime ago. 
) Qudy, why. 

| Qubyle, while, item until. 
| Qubyte White. 

I Quod, quoth, faid. 


i 
i] 


R A. 
i AF, Roe. 
i Rad or Red, feared. 


) Racklefs or recklefs, to aé& 
) careleily or rath. 

§ Raif,rave, did rive. 

) Raing a Circle. 

§ Rik, to g° agquick Pace, 

| Raip, a Rope. 

§ Rair, to roar. 

| Rait, Rate. 

| Rang, Rung: 

 Raxrigald, a feslitr Scold. 


| 


fae | 279 
Rak, Fog or Mit. 
Ramand, crying. 

Rafeh, Rath, 

Raickes, Hounds. 

Raw, Row. 


Rawmoud, beardlefs, fimple. 

Ra«cht, reacht. 

Rax, Stretch. 

Rebald, a Talker of Non- 
fenfe or Rebaldry. 


Red or reid, to with, itens 
Fear. 
Redour, Fright. 


Rebatour, a malicious Ene- 


my. 

Reid, Red, item to read. 

Rezk, Smoak, item to reach, 

Reikti, rigged, item {moked , 

Rard, Noife. 

Reifi, to dry in a Chimney. 

Rezve or reve, to rob. 

Rever,a Rober. 

Renzie, the 
Bridle. 

Reprieve, reprove. 

Refave, receive. 

Refone or Refoun, Reafon. 

Revers, Robbers. 

Revers, the Rovers at which 
the Archers fhoot. 

Rewth. Pity. 

Rewme Realm. 

Rewyne, Ruin. 

Rew, to take Pity, item te’ 
repent. 

Ricét, Right. 

Richi nOW, lately. 

Rifi, to belch. 

Rigg, the Back, item a Ridge. 

Rulling, a Shoe made of 
rough raw untan’d Leather, 


Rein of a 


Rink, 


28d Re 

Rink, a Courfe. 

Ring, to reign. 

Rifptes, Bulrufhes. 

Roches, Rocks; 

Roir, to roar, 

Rok, a Diftaff, item to roll 
or move from one*Side to 
the other. 

Rone, Bramble or Briar. 

Row, a Roll! to roll. 

Rowth, Abundarce, 

Rowpand, crying-hoarfé. 

Rowms, Rooms? 

Rowmis to make a Noife. 

Roun, Whifper. 

Roung or Rung, a Cloun’s 
Staff. 

Rowt, to bellow or low like 
a Bull. 

Royis, raves: 

Ruch, rough. 

Rude, Rednefs. 

Rude, a Crofs, 

Rug, to pull with Force. 

Rukes, Crows. 

Rekis, Ricks. 

Rindge ,to range and gather. 

Rumple,a Rump, 

Rute, Root 

Rule ot ruife, to commend, 
praife, extoll 

Ruther, the Rudder, 

Ryalt, Royall: 

Ryfe or Rife, common, 

Rynk, Rank. ~ 

Rys or Ryce, Dwarf Bufhes 
of ‘Wood. 

Ry(e, rife. 

Ryve, to tear and fpleet, 


Gloffary. 


$ A 


NA, fae, fo. 

S Saft, foft. 
Saif, {ave 
Sarklefs, innocent. 
Sain or fane, to-blefs. 
Sair, fore. 

Sane, fay. 

Sail, fhall. 
Sala, fold. 
Sang, Song: 
Sans, without. 
Sar, Savour. . 
Sargeand, Serjeant. 


“Sark, Shirt. 


Sary, Sorry: 
Saw, old Saying or Prophecy. 
Saw, Word or Promife. 
Sauch, a Willow, 

Saucht, at Eafe; in Peace. 
Saul, Soul, 

Sauld, fee Sald. 


Sawrs, Savours; Smells: ~ 


N.B. the ¢ here between the 
f and h; tho’ it-is never 
ufed now, yet it was ‘fel 
dom riegletted by 0] 
Gentlemen ; therefore any 


hard “Word that begins’ 


with only fh, look for tt 
in fch. 

Scant, {carce. 

Schaip, to fit. 

Schairp, thatp: 

Schaw, fhew. 

Schaws, little Woods. 

Sched, feparate. 


Scheil, 


our old | 


SE 


Schene, fhining. 
Schent, troubled; confounded, 
{poiled, ruined. 


Scheip, Sheep. 


a ed 


Scheild, unhuked, item a 
Sheild. 


Schilling, Meal before it is 
fifted. 


Schit, a blafted little Crea. 


ture. 


)) Schogled, dangled. 


| Schoil, the will, or the’ll. 
| Schog, to fhake. 
| Scho, the. 
Schore, to threat, 
Scot, Shot. 
Schir, Sir. 
Schrewis, Shrewe. 
| Schuke, fhook. 
| Schuder, to Shiver. 
Schune, Shoes. 
Schule, School. 
Schupe, made ready, intended. 
| Schure, did Meer. 
Scrimp, fcant. 
Scoul, to look grim, by leting 
| fall the Brows, 
Seil, Seal. 
Seil, Happinefs, Profperity, 
Seimly, comely. 
| Seiy or Sere, feverak 
| Sell, felf. 
| Seindle feldom. 
| Sen, fince. 
) Sene, {een. 


) Sens, Senfe. 

)) Senfyne, fince that Time, 
|) Senxie, Signority. 

) Senzior, Senior. 

) Sefoun, Seafon. 

) Serve or Serf, te deferve. 


Cho¥ary. 


| Scheil, Shepherd’s Coat. 


SK 


Sets, becomes, 

Sench, a Furrow or Ditch. 

Sey, to try. 

Scaldit, burnt, 

Scart, Hermaphrodite. 

Scowrteor Skowrie, meagre. 

Scunder, a Qualm,to loaths 

S15, a Kin, 

Sic or fik, fuch, 

Sich, figh. 

Sicht, Sight. 

Sticker, {ure, 

Siller, Silver. 

Sindle, {eldom. : 

Single,a Handful of gleaned 
Corns. _ 

Skail, to fcatter. 

Skeirs or Skers, {carce. 


Skaith, Lofs, Harm. 


28; 


— Skapit, efcaped, 


Scant, {carce. 

Skap, Scalp. 

Skar, Scar. | 

Skelf, Shelf. 

Slander, Scandal. 

SRlender, Slender. 

Sklent, to go afide, to lie. 

Skonce to cover, a Cover, 

Skoldivt, parched, 

Skor#, Scorn, 

Sketch, Skittifh. 

Skonl, hang or knit the Brows. 

Skink, to fill Drink, item 
ftrong Broth. 

Skirl, to cry. 

Skrows, Scrolls. 

Skrudging or Skurging, Scour: 

ing, 

Skrufe, Seruf, 

Skratp, Scrape. 

Skryk, ta fereech, 


Skugry 


ieeenimemmciammeretimte . 
PD mT anette erent 


282 SO 
Skugry, 10 Hidlings. 
Shulls, Hand Baskets. 
Skum, Scim, 

Skyto, Lofs, Hurt: 

Sla, Slay. 

Slae, Sloe. 

Siaif, Slave. 

Slait, did tlit or cut. 

Slak,an opening between Hills. 

Slaw, tlow. 

S.eik, {mooth. 

Sleuth, cunning. 

Slicht, Sight. 

Slie, Slouch. 

Slokin, to. quench. 

Slogan or Slug born va Watch. 
word, peculiar to a «er. 
tain Name or Serof People, 
vfed to know their Friends 
from Enemies. 

Slouch, a Husk, 

Smaik,a filly pitiful Fellow, 

Smetr , befimear. ‘ 

Smidy, Smith’s Work-houfe.: 

Smit, to infec. 

Smot, a Spot, as of Greafe on 
Cloaths. 

Sworit, fmothered. 

Smuke, Smoak- 

Smyi,a {mall Spot 

Smyle, to {mile, 

Suacky clever. 

Sneif, tofpeak tartly- 

Sneir, to foore, 

Snel, fharp- 

Snift, to thew, Difpleafare 
by difdainful Looks. 

Suude, a Womans Headband 
for binding back the Haix 

Soir, Sore, 

Solace, Recreation. 

Solift, to folicite. 

Sonce or fonfs, Lusk, Hap» 


am = 
pine Se 


Gloffary: 


a 


Sonk, a Wreath of Straw ufed 
as a Cufhion, or a Load 
Sadle. 

Sonziet, made Excufe. ’ 

Scrnand, to go about beg- 

ing. 

Sould, fhould. 

Soverane, Sovereign. 

Soup, {weep. 

Sound, {mooth. 

Spae, 0 prophefy- 

Spane, wane from Suck. 

Spaie or Spait, Land Flood or 
"Torrent. 

Spang, to leap. 

Spavie, Stiffoefsin the Hamsy 
a Horfe Difeafe. 

Shaul, Spald , the Shoulder. 

Speik, to fpeak, 

Speil, to climb. 

Speir, to ask, item a Spear: 

Spence, ths Buttery. 

Spenxte, Spain. 

Spill, to {poil. 

Spirling,a very {mall Fifk. 

Sound, {mooth. 

Spowt, a Guth. 

Spray, Sprigs, Bufhes. 

Spring, a Tune. 

Spalzte, Spoil, item to fpail. 

Sprent, a Spring, to {pring as 
a Clock. 

Spule, a Weaver’s Shuttle. 

Sgqueil, Squeck. 

Spunk, a Spark‘of Fire. 

Spynand, Speuning. 

Siane, Stone. 

Stang , Sting. | 

Stakis, Piles of Corn. 

Stall, ftole. 

Stallwart, Robufts 

Stakkar, Stagger. 


Si@rk, ftrong. ; 
bay, 


S$ U 

Stay, Streight, Steep. 

Staw, ftole. 

Stezk, to fhut. 

Steir, ftit. 

Ste#d, long Stryde. 

Stern, Star. 

Sievin, the Voice. 

Sting or Stang, a Pol. 

Stirk, a big Bull-Calf 

Stot, Bullock, item a Notein 
Moufick. 

S‘our, Duft in Motion. 

Stour, Throng of Battle, 

Stoup, Prop or Pillar. 

S'orn, ftolen. 

Staig, young Horfe, ~ 

Strang, ftrong, 

Strae, Straw. 

Strak, did ftrike. 

Strinkil, to {prinkle: 

Strynd, ftrain, item Kindred. 

Stalwart, large and ftrong, 

Stalkers, fturdy Beggars. 

Stude, ftood. 

Study, Smith’s Anvil. 

Sturdy, ftout and ftreng. 

Sturt, Vexation. 

Styme, Small Sight. 

Stypaud, Benefice. 

Siyut,to ftay or hold, 

Sa, fo. 

Sukkar, Sugar. 

Suith or Suih, Truth. 

Sxld, fhould. 

Sane, fone, foon, 

Sw pit, featured. 

Swats, Small-bearor Dreg. 

Swankies, cliver young ¥el- 
lows. . 

Sum, fome. 

Sulzze, to foil, item, Soil, 
Land. 

Supone, fuppofe. 


Gloffary. 


4 


TE 

Sate, Soot, 

Seth, Truth, ? 

Swaird, the Grafy Surface of 
the Ground, : 

Swat,did fweat, 

Swankie, fouple Youngfter. 

Sweir, lazy ,ttem, to {wear 

Sweirne/s, Lafinefs. 

Swith, Haft, haftylie, 

Swom, Swim. 

Swoun, Faint. 

Swyrgecr, a tall Wencher, 
ite nz, a Scoundrel, 

Swyth, or feith, foon. 

Syis, Times. 

Syke, a Water Ditch; 

Symmer, Summer. 

Syne, afterward, them 

Syre, Sire, Father. 

Syie, Sorrow. 


T A: 


AE, Toe. 

Tats, Toes. 
Tacht, 'Taught. 
Tallon, to Tallow or Greafe. 
ald or Tauld, told. 
Taid, Toad. 
Talztor, Taylor, 
Targats, Clafps or Buckles. 
Large, a Shield. 
Tarrew, to refute. 
Tauch, Tallow. 
Tawfy, little Cup. : 
Taz,a Scourge or little Whip: 
Tedder, a Rope or Band for 

Horfess 

Telzie, a Cut of Beef, 
Tene, Anger. 
Tent,to notice. 
Texgh, tugh. 
Leyud, Anger: 


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‘od is ne * 


284. TO 
Thae, thofe. 
Thair, sheir, there. 
Thatrin, within, 

Thatrout, without. 

Thay, thofe. 

Thie, Thigh. 

Tir, thefe 

Thocht, thought, tho’t. 

Thole, to (uffer. 

Thrawart, or trawarts crofs, 

Trraqviss Throws, 

Trr2wn, ,crofs, Thrawn vuit, 
iJ] natured Countenance. 
Threfe, in Corn, twenty four 
Sheaves 3 aj plied to.other 
Things it means a great 

deal. 

Ting, to wring, or Throng. 

Throple, the Wind-Vipe. 

T yue, thine, item thence. 

Tiud, The Noife rather 
ftronger than fharp that 
Things make that come 
on ether with Force and 
Quicknels, 

Ticht, handfome, tight. 

Tig, to {port with gentle 
‘Touches, pating and the 
like, 

Tinfell, Lofe. 

T tat; Loft. 

Tirl, 10 give a {mall fharp 


g uncover. 


Stroke, i/enz to 
Tivly mirly, a W hirlygig. 
dittar, rather, 
Ted, a Fox. 

oder, the other. 

Toits er tayts, Freeks, 
Tolbuith, a Prifon, ; 
Towdy, the Arfe 

‘Tomts, Towers. 

Tosvwona, Twelve Months, 


Gloffary. 


Ww 


Trantals, Nig-nays. 

Tratiles, filly Tales, 

Traikit , dragled. 

Trayn, Train or Lead. 

Treachour or treichour, treacles 
erous, 

Trete or treit, treat. 

Tretie, intreating. 

Trew, true. 

Trig, neat. 

Trow, believe. 

Truncheon, Head or Piece of 
a Spear, 

Trumpours, Deceivers. 

Tryme, handfume. 

Trymbill, Tremble. 

Tryft, an Appointment, 

Tung, Tongue, , 

Txke, took. 

Tume, empty, tiem, to empty: 

Tway or twee, two, 

Twich, Touch. 

Twyne, to twine. 

Tyde, Tide. 

Tyke, a Dog. 

Tymmer, Timber. 

Tyne, or tine, Lofs. 

Tyne, tein or tere, Anger: 

Tyat, lof. 

Tyte, ftreight, foen, quickly. 


W Az«. 


A, Wall. i 

Wad or Wed Wagers 
Wace, Woe. 
W-efu, woeful. 
Wag, Shake. 
Waz}, lonly, alove. 
Wart, Wave. 
Wair og ware, ta beftew. 


A 


Wiaik 


Wii 


| Waith, wandred or ftrayed. 


Wakryfe, little enclined to 
leeping 

Wale,the Choice, to choife. 

Wald, would. 

Walop, to Galop, 

Wallowit, withered, 

Waly, large. 

Wally. gowdy, great Jewell. 

Walydraig, a pityful Crea- 
ture, or the moft worthlefs 
of a Number, 

Wame, Womb. 

Wan, pale,item went. 


Wanfuckit; ill nurfed. 


_— = 


= 


Wanworih, worthlefs. 
Wane or wain, Houfe. 
Wanflers, Venus Gamefters. 
Waurufe, uneafy. 

Warden, Guardian, 
Warifon, Reward. 


| Wark, Work. 


Warlo,'a Wretch, 
Warie, to fret. 
Wate or wait, co know. 


| Waw,a Wall, a’ Wave. 
Wedjet, to Mortgage. 


Weil, well 


| Weinds fappoted: 


Weir, War. 

Weird, Fortune. 

Wert, Rain, item to wet. 

Wene or win, to think or 
fuppofe. 

Wend, go away, 

Weirly cautiouily. 

Wy pit, wiped or wored. 

Wicht, clever. 


Wickt, Wight, a Perfon, 


Wicker, Willow, 
Wid, mad, 


Gloffary. 


| Wath, weak, item wait, 


Wage 

Widdert, withered. 

Widdy or Wody, the Gallows, 

We, little. 

Widdyfow, Gallows fac’d. 

Widdill, an uncafy reftlefs 
Motion. 

Will, wild. 

Wiilfom, wild. (ward. 

Wimple, to fold back and tore 

Winning, Dwelling. 

Wianocks, Windows, 

Wirdy, or wordy, worthy. 

Wrrk, to work. 

Wirry, to wory, 

Wit, to know, 

Wod,a Wood. 

Won, to dwell. 

Wond, dwele. ; 

Wont, thought orfuppofed. | 

Woutt, courted. 

Wrak, Wreck, 

Wowf, Wolf. 

Wow, a Note of Wonder, 

Wraik, to vex. 

Wraith, the Wafte. 

Wyatt, wrote. 

Wrang, wrong. 

Wroeht , wrough t. 

Wympler,aCurle or Wave, 

Wylie, cunning. 

Wyfey Wife. 

Wy fis, Wives. 

Wyt, to blame, the Caufe or 
Blame. 

Wys, wife. 


_Wyfp,a Handful of Straw, o£ 


the like. 


Valziayt, valiant, 

Vanife, vanihh, , 

Udder, other. 

Velxtet, availed, 

Venomes 


e + ie hen NR GN TEST NTA 


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Venomit, Envenomed. 

Vertew. Virtue. 

Ug, to loath, 

Ugfome, loathfome. 

Viffy, take a View of- 

Une, Oyl. 

Undocht, one that can de. 
nothing. 

Unfulziet, undefiled, 

Ungeird, unarmed, 

Unquit, uncleared or unpaid, 

Unfickher, unfure. 

Unzeon, Union. 

Vyce, Vice. 

Vyle, vile, 


XY 
CE, Ice. 
Ydle, idle. 
¥ie, Tile. 
Ynd, India: 
ive, Ire. 
Yreland, Ireland. 
Tron, Irons 
Z A: 
ff ATP orxap, harp fet, 
hungry. 


Gloffary. 


ZU 

Zamery, to make a Grumblin® 

mae a Child. 

Le, ye, item yea 

Te conten 

Zellow, Yellow. 

Zeid, went. 

Zeil, ye will, 

Zeild, yield, 

Zeir, Year. 

Zelp, yelp, cry like a Dog: 

Zemeu, Yeamen. 

Leflrene, Yeiternight. 

Zet, Yet or Gate. 

Zing, young, 

Bi or Uaacnee, 

Ziflerday, Yetterday. 

Zolden, holden. 

Zoke, Yoak. 

Zonkers, Youngfters. 

Zon, yon. 

Zoul, howl, 

Zouth, Youth, 

Zouthheid, Youth-head. 

Zule, Chrittmas. 

Zung, youn 

Sree Ay or crudle-as 
new, Cheafe. 


N. B. Some old Scots Words not explained in this Gloflary, 
through Inadvertency in colleG@ing and ranging of them,and 
fume few, for which wecan plead a better Excufe, thall be 
annexed, with fuch in the third Volume as are not péx- 
plained in this, which Volume is tobe publifhed.in.a fhort 
Time; confifting chiefly of Satyres, and Interludes, wrote 
by Sir David Lindfay ofthe Mount, Lyon King at Arms, 
and aéted on the Play Green between Leith and tdinburgh, | 
with feveral others Pieces never before printed. ; 


CON; 


Peer Ade Mh 3 


RANE ROA Rk RTS 


CONTENTS 


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Cine. Lia a 


287 


SEE ea peste 


Second Volume. 


To his Heart. 
A ‘Brafh of Wowing. 
The Golden Targe. 
Lerges of this new Years Day. 
Dumbar’s Dergy to King JamES V. 
Flyting of Dunbar and. Kennedy. 
| Dunbars Second to Kennedy, 
Kennedy's Second to Dunbar. 
The merry Tafiment of Mr. Andro . 
Difcration 1 in Asking. 
Difcration in Givingy 
Difcration in Taking. 
On Detrattion and ‘Deming 
Sons exyld by Pride. 
Satyre on Caverou/nefi. 
The Cherry and the Slae. 


iN EW Years Gift to Queen Mary. 


Kennedy. 76 


The Fufting and Debate betwixt William Adam- 


fon, and Sohn Syw. 


h On the Moneth of May. 


175 
186 
Fobnie 


288 CONTENT S. 

Fohme Armfirang. 

Headftrang Youth advifit to keipa Hank in 
Hand. 

The blate Lover. 

Love a. Leveller. 

The Flower of Womanhood. 

Donald Owyrs Epitaph. 

A Comparifon. 

The Solfequium or Sun Flower. 

The Firft Pfalim. 

The Twenty third Pfalm. 

Defcription of the Pedder Coffes. ° 

Focks Advice to his Dad. 

The. Red Squair Raid. 

The Eagle and Roben Redbreaft. 

Hay Trix, Trym go Trix. 

On the Mefs. 

On Purgatory. 

Hardyknute. 


