Scottish alliterative poems in riming stanzas. Edited with introd., appendix, notes, and glossary. [n.p.]Scottish Text Society, 1897.

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Þus þis dredful demers on daies þider drewe, [P. derf domysmen. I. domesmen full derf.] Line 40 Al for gentrise and Ioye of þat Iuwesse, To go in his gardeyn, þat gayliche grewe, To fonge flourus and fruit, þouȝt þei no fresse; [I. thought þem no fres. P. Of þe flowres and þe froyt to fong so fresshe.] And whon þei seiȝ Susan, semelich of hewe, Þei weor so set vppon hire, miȝt þei not sese. [P. set so on her.] Line 45 Þei wolde enchaunte þat child; hou schold heo eschewe? [I. Þei thouth to chaumpen þat schene with chinchif and chewe.] And þus þis cherlus vnchaste in chaumbre hir chese, [P. her chest.] Wiþ chere. [I. To ffere.] Wiþ two Maidenes al on, Semelyche Suson, Line 50 On dayes in þe merion, [P. On dayes menyone.] Of Murþes wol here. [P. wold. I. wolde.]
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Whon þeos perlous prestes perceyued hire play, Þo þouȝte þe wrecches to bewile þat worly in wone; [P., I. that worthi.] Heore wittes wel waiwordus þei wrethen awai, [P. Her wittys were wayward þei writhyn away. I. Þer wyttes a wyther|worth þei writhen a-way.] Line 55 And turned fro his teching, þat teeld is in trone. [P. þat told is in trone. I. þat weldes þe trone.] For siht of here souerayn, soþli to say, [I. For suche a soueren lorde.] Heore hor heuedus fro heuene þei hid apon one; [P. hidyn a none. I. hyd apon none.] Þei cauȝt for heor couetyse þe cursyng of kai, [I. þe cursyng of Cayme. P. Cristis curs for ay.] For riȝtwys Iugement recordet þei none, Line 60 Þey two.
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Scottish alliterative poems in riming stanzas. Edited with introd., appendix, notes, and glossary. [n.p.]Scottish Text Society, 1897.
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Amours, François Joseph, 1841-1910.
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New York,: Johnson Reprint Corp.
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