Now, lady, luke to the leid that the so leile lufis,
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Thow seker trone of Salamon,
Thow worthy wand of Aaron,
Thow joyuss fleiss of Gedion,
Ws help the behufis."
LIX.
All thus our lady thai lovit, with lyking and lyst, [thai lofe.]
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Menstralis and musicianis, mo than I mene may.
The psaltery, the sytholis, the soft sytharist,
The crovde, and the monycordis, the gittyrnis gay;
The rote, and the recordour, the rivupe, the rist,
The trumpe, and the talburn, the tympane but tray;
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The lilt pype, and the lute, the fydill in fist, [cithill.]
The dulset, the dulsacordis, the schalme of assay;
The amyable organis vsit full oft;
Claryonis lowde knellis,
Portatiuis, and bellis,
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Cymbaclanis in the cellis, [A. Cymbaclauis?]
That soundis so soft.
LX.
Quhen thai had songyn and said, softly and schour, [softly a schoure.]
And playit, as of paradyss it a poynt war,
In com japand the Ia, as a juglour,
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With castis and with cawtelis, a quaynt caryar.
He gart thaim se, as it semyt, in the samyn hour,
Hunting at herdis in holtis so hair;
Sound saland on the se schippis of towr;
Bernes batalland on burde, brym as a bair;
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He couth cary the cowpe of the kingis dess,
Syne leve in the sted
Bot a blak bunwed;
He couth of a hennis hed
Make a mane mess.
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