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69. A Wooing in Dunfermline [And that me thocht ane ferly cace] This hindir nycht in Dumfermeling To me was tawld ane windir thing: That lait ane tod wes with ane lame And with hir playit and maid gud game, Syne till his breist did hir imbrace And wald haif riddin hir lyk ane rame - And that me thocht ane ferly cace. He braisit hir bony body sweit And halsit hir with fordir feit, Syne schuk his taill with quhinge and yelp, And todlit with hir lyk ane quhelp; Syne lowrit on growfe and askit grace, And ay the lame cryd, "Lady, help!" - And that me thocht ane ferly cace. The tod wes nowder lene nor skowry. He wes ane lusty reid haird lowry, Ane lang taild beist and grit with all. The silly lame wes all to small To sic ane tribbill to hald ane bace. Scho fled him nocht, fair mot hir fall - And that me thocht ane ferly cace. The tod wes reid, the lame wes quhyte, Scho wes ane morsall of delyte - He lovit na yowis, auld, tuch, and sklender. Becaus this lame wes yung and tender, He ran upoun hir with a race, And scho schup nevir for till defend hir - And that me thocht ane ferly cace. He grippit hir abowt the west And handlit hir as he had hest. This innocent that nevir trespast Tuke hert that scho wes handlit fast, And lute him kis hir lusty face. His girnand gamis hir nocht agast - And that me thocht ane ferly cace. He held hir till him be the hals And spak full fair, thocht he wes fals, Syne said and swoir to hir be God That he suld nocht tuich hir prenecod. The silly thing trowd him, allace, The lame gaif creddence to the tod - And that me thocht ane ferly cace. I will no lesingis put in vers, Lyk as thir jangleris dois rehers, Bot be quhat maner thay war mard. Quhen licht wes owt and durris wes bard I wait nocht gif he gaif hir grace, Bot all the hollis wes stoppit hard - And that me thocht ane ferly cace. Quhen men dois fleit in joy maist far, Sone cumis wo or thay be war. Quhen carpand wer thir two most crows, The wolf he ombesett the hous Upoun the tod to mak ane chace. The lamb than cheipit lyk a mows - And that me thocht ane ferly cace. Throw hiddowis yowling of the wowf This wylie tod plat doun on growf, And in the silly lambis skin He crap als far as he micht win And hid him thair ane weill lang space. The yowis besyd thay maid na din - And that me thocht ane ferly cace. Quhen of the tod wes hard no peip, The wowf went all had bene on sleip; And quhill the bell had strikkin ten, The wowf hes drest him to his den, Protestand for the secound place. And this report I with my pen, How at Dumfermling fell the cace. 70. To the Queen [Madam, your men said] Madam, your men said thai wald ryd And latt this Fasterennis Evin ouer slyd, Bott than thair wyffis cam furth in flockis And baid tham betteis soin abyd Att haem, and lib tham of the pockis. Nou propois thai, sen ye dwell still, Of Venus feest to fang an fill, Bott in the fedle preiff thai na cockis. For till heff riddin hed bein les ill, Nor latt thair wyffis breid the pockis.12 Sum of your men sic curage hed, Dam Venus fyre sa hard tham sted, Thai brak up durris and raeff up lockis To get ane pamphelet on a pled That thai mycht lib tham of the pockis. Sum that war ryatous as rammis Ar nou maid tame lyk ony lammis, And settin down lyk sarye crockis, And hes forsaekin all sic gammis That men callis libbin of the pockis. Sum thocht thamselffis stark lyk gyandis Ar nou maid waek lyk willing wandis With schinnis scharp and small lyk rockis, And gottin thair bak in bayth thair handis For ouer offt libbin of the pockis. I saw coclinkis me besyd The young men to thair howses gyd Had bettir lugget in the stockis. Sum fra the bordell wald nocht byd Quhill that thai gatt the Spanyie pockis. Thairfoir, all young men, I you pray, Keip you fra harlottis nycht and day - Thai sall repent quhai with tham yockis - And be war with that perrellous play That men callis libbin of the pockis. 71. Of a Black Moor [My ladye with the mekle lippis] Lang heff I maed of ladyes quhytt, Nou of an blak I will indytt That landet furth of the last schippis. Quhou fain wald I descryve perfytt My ladye with the mekle lippis. Quhou schou is tute mowitt lyk an aep, And lyk a gangarall onto graep, And quhou hir schort catt nois up skippis, And quhou schou schynes lyk ony saep, My ladye with the mekle lippis. Quhen schou is claid in reche apparrall, Schou blinkis als brycht as an tar barrell. Quhen schou was born the son tholit clippis, The nycht be fain faucht in hir querrell - My ladye with the mekle lippis. Quhai for hir saek with speir and scheld Preiffis maest mychtellye in the feld, Sall kis and withe hir go in grippis, And fra thyne furth hir luff sall weld - My ladye with the mekle lippis. And quhai in fedle receaves schaem And tynis thair his knychtlie naem, Sall cum behind and kis hir hippis And nevir to uther confort claem, My ladye with the mekle lippis. 72. In a Secret Place [Ye brek my hart, my bony ane] In secreit place this hyndir nycht I hard ane beyrne say till ane bricht: "My huny, my hart, my hoip, my heill, I have bene lang your luifar leill And can of yow get confort nane. How lang will ye with danger deill? Ye brek my hart, my bony ane." His bony beird wes kemmit and croppit, Bot all with cale it wes bedroppit, And he wes townysche, peirt, and gukit. He clappit fast, he kist and chukkit As with the glaikis he wer ouirgane. Yit be his feirris he wald have fukkit - "Ye brek my hart, my bony ane." Quod he: "My hairt, sweit as the hunye, Sen that I borne wes of my mynnye, I never wowit weycht bot yow. My wambe is of your luif sa fow That as ane gaist I glour and grane. I trymble sa, ye will not trow, Ye brek my hart, my bony ane." "Tehe!" quod scho, and gaif ane gawfe. "Be still, my tuchan and my calfe, My new spanit howffing fra the sowk, And all the blythnes of my bowk. My sweit swanking, saif yow allane Na leyd I luiffit all this owk: Full leif is me yowr graceles gane." Quod he: "My claver and my curldodie, My huny soppis, my sweit possodie, Be not oure bosteous to your billie, Be warme hairtit and not evill wille. Your heylis, quhyt as quhalis bane, Garris ryis on loft my quhillelille: Ye brek my hart, my bony ane." Quod scho: "My clype, my unspaynit gyane, With moderis mylk yit in your mychane, My belly huddrun, my swete hurle bawsy, My huny gukkis, my slawsy gawsy, Your musing waild perse ane harte of stane. Tak gud confort, my grit-heidit slawsy: Full leif is me your graceles gane." Quod he: "My kid, my capirculyoun, My bony baib with the ruch brylyoun, My tendir gyrle, my wallie gowdye, My tyrlie myrlie, my crowdie mowdie, Quhone that oure mouthis dois meit at ane, My stang dois storkyn with your towdie: Ye brek my hairt, my bony ane." Quod scho: "Now tak me by the hand, Welcum, my golk of Marie land, My chirrie and my maikles munyoun, My sowklar sweit as ony unyoun, My strumill stirk yit new to spane. I am applyit to your opunyoun: I luif rycht weill your graceles gane." He gaiff to hir ane apill rubye. Quod scho, "Gramercye, my sweit cowhubye!" And thai tway to ane play began Quhilk men dois call the dery dan, Quhill that thair myrthis met baythe in ane. "Wo is me," quod scho, "Quhair will ye, man? Best now I luif that graceles gane." 73. These Fair Ladies That Repair to Court Thir ladeis fair that maks repair And in the courte ar kend, Thre dayis thair thai will do mair Ane mater for to end Than thair gud men will do in ten For ony craift thai can. So weill thai ken quhat tyme and quhen Thair meynis thai sould mak than. Withe litill noy thai can convoy A mater finalie, Yit myld and moy thai keip it coy On evynnis quyetlie. Thai do no mys, bot gif thai kys And kepis collatioun, Quhat rak of this? The mater is Brocht to conclusioun. Ye may wit weill thai have grit feill A mater to solist. Traist as the steill, syne never a deill Quhone thai cum hame is myst. Thir lairdis ar, me think, rycht far Sic ladeis behaldin to That sa weill dar go to the bar Quhone thair is ocht ado. Thairfoir, I rid, gif ye have pleid Or mater in to pley, To mak remeid send in your steid Your ladeis grathit up gay. Thai can defend, evin to the end, Ane mater furthe expres. Suppois thai spend, it is onkend Thair geir is not the les. In quyet place and thai have space Within les nor twa houris, Thai can, percace, purchas sic grace At the compositouris, Thair compositioun, without suspitioun, Thair finalie is endit With expeditioun and full remissioun And selis thairto appendit. All haill almoist thai mak the coist With sobir recompence. Rycht litle loist thai get indoist All haill thair evidens. Sic ladyis wyis ar all to pryis, To say the verité, Sic can devyis and none supprys Thame throw thair honesté. 74. Tidings from the Session Ane murelandis man of uplandis mak At hame thus to his nychtbour spak: "Quhat tythingis, gossope, peace or weir?" The uther roundit in his eir: "I tell yow this, undir confessioun. Bot laitlie lychtit of my meir, I come of Edinburch fra the Sessioun." "Quhat tythingis herd ye thair, I pray yow?" The tuther ansuerit, "I sall say yow, Keip this in secreit, gentill brudir - Is no man thair trowis ane udir. A commoun doar of transgressioun Of innocent folkis prevenis a fuider: Sic tythandis hard I at the Sessioun. "Sum withe his fallow rownys him to pleis That wald for anger byt of his neis. His fa sum be the oxtar ledis. Sum pattiris with his mouthe on beidis That hes his mynd all on oppressioun. Sum bekis full laich and schawis bair heidis Wald luke full heich war not the Sessioun. "Sum bydand law layis land in wed, Sum superspendit gois to his bed, Sum spedis for he in court hes meynis, Of parcialité sum complenis, How feid and favour fleymis discretioun. Sum speikis full fair and falslie feynis: Sic tythandis herd I at the Sessioun. Sum castis summondis and sum exceppis, Sum standis besyd and skayld law keppis, Sum is contineuit, sum wynnis, sum tynis, Sum makis thame myrre at the wynis, And sum putt out of his possessioun, Sum hyrreit and on credence dynis: Sic tythingis hard I at the Sessioun. "Sum sweiris and sum forsaikis God, Sum in ane lamb skyn is a tod, Sum on his toung his kyndnes tursis, Sum kervis throittis, and sum cuttis pursis. To gallows sum gais with processioun, Sum sanis the Sait, and sum thame cursis: Sic tythingis herd I at the Sessioun. "Religious men of dyvers places Cumis thair to wow and se fair faces. Baith Carmeletis and Coirdeleiris Cumis thair to gener and get freirris, As is the use of thair professioun. The youngar at the elder leiris: Sic tythingis herd I at the Sessioun. "Thair cumis young monkis of het complexioun, Of devoit mynd, lufe, and affectioun, And in the courte thair proud flesche dantis, Full fadirlyk with pechis and pantis. Thai ar so humill of intercessioun, All mercyfull women thair errand grantis: Sic tythingis hard I at the Sessioun." 75. To the Merchants of Edinburgh Quhy will ye, merchantis of renoun, Lat Edinburgh, your nobill toun, For laik of reformatioun The commone proffeitt tyine and fame? Think ye not schame That onie uther regioun Sall with dishonour hurt your name? May nane pas throw your principall gaittis For stink of haddockis and of scattis, For cryis of carlingis and debaittis, For feusum flyttinis of defame. Think ye not schame, Befoir strangeris of all estaittis That sic dishonour hurt your name? Your Stinkand Stull that standis dirk Haldis the lycht fra your parroche kirk. Your foirstairis makis your housis mirk Lyk na cuntray bot heir at hame. Think ye not schame, Sa litill polesie to work, In hurt and sklander of your name? At your Hie Croce quhar gold and silk Sould be, thair is bot crudis and milk, And at your Trone bot cokill and wilk, Pansches, pudingis of Jok and Jame. Think ye not schame, Sen as the world sayis that ilk, In hurt and sclander of your name? Your commone menstrallis hes no tone Bot "Now the day dawis" and "Into Joun." Cunningar men man serve Sanct Cloun And nevir to uther craftis clame. Think ye not schame, To hald sic mowaris on the moyne, In hurt and sclander of your name? Tailyouris, soutteris, and craftis vyll The fairest of your streitis dois fyll, And merchantis at the Stinkand Styll Ar hamperit in ane honycame. Think ye not schame That ye have nether witt nor wyll To win yourselff ane bettir name? Your burgh of beggeris is ane nest, To schout thai swentyouris will not rest. All honest folk they do molest, Sa piteuslie thai cry and rame. Think ye not schame, That for the poore hes nothing drest, In hurt and sclander of your name? Your proffeit daylie dois incres, Your godlie workis, les and les. Through streittis nane may mak progres For cry of cruikit, blind, and lame. Think ye not schame, That ye sic substance dois posses, And will not win ane bettir name? Sen for the Court and the Sessioun, The great repair of this regioun Is in your burgh, thairfoir be boun To mend all faultis that ar to blame, And eschew schame. Gif thai pas to aneuther toun, Ye will decay and your great name. Thairfoir strangeris and leigis treit, Tak not ouer mekill for thair meit, And gar your merchandis be discreit. That na extortiounes be, proclame All fraud and schame. Keip ordour and poore nighbouris beit, That ye may gett ane bettir name. Singular proffeit so dois yow blind, The common proffeit gois behind. I pray that Lord remeid to fynd That deit into Jerusalem, And gar yow schame, That sumtyme ressoun may yow bind, For to restor to yow guid name. 76. How Dunbar Was Desired to Be a Friar This nycht befoir the dawing cleir Me thocht Sanct Francis did to me appeir With ane religious abbeit in his hand And said, "In this go cleith thee my servand. Reffus the warld, for thow mon be a freir." With him and with his abbeit bayth I skarrit Lyk to ane man that with a gaist wes marrit. Me thocht on bed he layid it me abone, Bot on the flure delyverly and sone I lap thairfra and nevir wald cum nar it. Quoth he, "Quhy skarris thow with this holy weid? Cleith thee thairin, for weir it thow most neid. Thow that hes lang done Venus lawis teiche Sall now be freir and in this abbeit preiche. Delay it nocht, it mon be done but dreid." Quod I, "Sanct Francis, loving be thee till, And thankit mot thow be of thy gude will To me, that of thy clathis ar so kynd, Bot thame to weir it nevir come in my mynd. Sweit confessour, thow tak it nocht in ill. "In haly legendis haif I hard allevin Ma sanctis of bischoppis nor freiris, be sic sevin. Of full few freiris that hes bene sanctis I reid; Quhairfoir ga bring to me ane bischopis weid, Gife evir thow wald my sawle gaid unto Hevin." "My brethir oft hes maid thee supplicationis Be epistillis, sermonis, and relationis To tak the abyte, bot thow did postpone. But forder proces cum on thairfoir annone, All sircumstance put by and excusationis." "Gif evir my fortoun wes to be a freir, The dait thairof is past full mony a yeir; For into every lusty toun and place Of all Yngland, frome Berwick to Kalice, I haif into thy habeit maid gud cheir. "In freiris weid full fairly haif I fleichit. In it I haif in pulpet gon and preichit In Derntoun kirk and eik in Canterberry; In it I past at Dover our the ferry Throw Piccardy, and thair the peple teichit. "Als lang as I did beir the freiris style, In me, God wait, wes mony wrink and wyle. In me wes falset with every wicht to flatter, Quhilk mycht be flemit with na haly watter. I wes ay reddy all men to begyle." This freir that did Sanct Francis thair appeir, Ane fieind he wes in liknes of ane freir. He vaneist away with stynk and fyrie smowk. With him, me thocht, all the hous end he towk, And I awoik as wy that wes in weir. 77. The Dance of the Seven Deadly Sins Of Februar the fyiftene nycht Full lang befoir the dayis lycht I lay in till a trance, And than I saw baith Hevin and Hell. Me thocht amangis the feyndis fell Mahoun gart cry ane dance Of schrewis that wer nevir schrevin Aganis the feist of Fasternis Evin To mak thair observance. He bad gallandis ga graith a gyis And kast up gamountis in the skyis That last came out of France. "Lat se," quod he, "now, quha begynnis?" With that the fowll Sevin Deidly Synnis Begowth to leip at anis. And first of all in dance wes Pryd, With hair wyld bak and bonet on syd, Lyk to mak waistie wanis. And round abowt him as a quheill Hang all in rumpillis to the heill His kethat for the nanis. Mony prowd trumpour with him trippit, Throw skaldand fyre ay as thay skippit Thay gyrnd with hiddous granis. Heilie harlottis on hawtane wyis Come in with mony sindrie gyis, Bot yit luche nevir Mahoun Quhill preistis come in with bair schevin nekkis - Than all the feyndis lewche and maid gekkis, Blak Belly and Bawsy Broun. Than Yre come in with sturt and stryfe, His hand wes ay upoun his knyfe, He brandeist lyk a beir. Bostaris, braggaris, and barganeris Eftir him passit into pairis, All bodin in feir of weir. In jakkis and stryppis and bonettis of steill, Thair leggis wer chenyeit to the heill, Frawart wes thair affeir. Sum upoun udir with brandis beft, Sum jaggit uthiris to the heft With knyvis that scherp cowd scheir. Nixt in the dance followit Invy, Fild full of feid and fellony, Hid malyce and dispyte. For pryvie hatrent that tratour trymlit. Him followit mony freik dissymlit With fenyeit wirdis quhyte, And flattereris into menis facis, And bakbyttaris in secreit places To ley that had delyte, And rownaris of fals lesingis - Allace, that courtis of noble kingis Of thame can nevir be quyte. Nixt him in dans come Cuvatyce, Rute of all evill and grund of vyce, That nevir cowd be content. Catyvis, wrechis, and ockeraris, Hudpykis, hurdaris, and gadderaris All with that warlo went. Out of thair throttis thay schot on udder Hett moltin gold, me thocht a fudder, As fyreflawcht maist fervent. Ay as thay tomit thame of schot, Feyndis fild thame new up to the thrott With gold of all kin prent. Syne Sweirnes, at the secound bidding, Come lyk a sow out of a midding, Full slepy wes his grunyie. Mony sweir, bumbard-belly huddroun, Mony slute daw and slepy duddroun Him servit ay with sounyie. He drew thame furth in till a chenyie, And Belliall with brydill renyie Evir lascht thame on the lunyie. In dance thay war so slaw of feit, Thay gaif thame in the fyre a heit And maid thame quicker of counyie. Than Lichery, that lathly cors, Come berand lyk a bagit hors, And Lythenes did him leid. Thair wes with him ane ugly sort And mony stynkand fowll tramort That had in syn bene deid. Quhen thay wer entrit in the dance, Thay wer full strenge of countenance Lyk turkas birnand reid. All led thay uthir by the tersis. Suppois thay fycket with thair ersis, It mycht be na remeid. Than the fowll monstir Glutteny, Of wame unsasiable and gredy, To dance he did him dres. Him followit mony fowll drunckart With can and collep, cop and quart, In surffet and exces. Full mony a waistles wallydrag With wamis unweildable did furth wag In creische that did incres. "Drynk!" ay thay cryit, with mony a gaip. The feyndis gaif thame hait leid to laip, Thair lovery wes na les. Na menstrallis playit to thame, but dowt, For glemen thair wer haldin owt Be day and eik by nycht, Except a menstrall that slew a man, Swa till his heretage he wan And entirt be "breif of richt." Than cryd Mahoun for a Heleand padyane. Syne ran a feynd to feche Makfadyane Far northwart in a nuke. Be he the correnoch had done schout Erschemen so gadderit him abowt, In Hell grit rowme thay tuke. Thae tarmegantis, with tag and tatter, Full lowd in Ersche begowth to clatter And rowp lyk revin and ruke. The Devill sa devit wes with thair yell That in the depest pot of Hell He smorit thame with smuke. Nixt that a turnament wes tryid That lang befoir in Hell wes cryid In presens of Mahoun, Betuix a telyour and ane sowtar, A pricklous and ane hobbell clowttar, The barres wes maid boun. The tailyeour baith with speir and scheild Convoyit wes unto the feild With mony lymmar loun Of seme-byttaris and beist knapparis, Of stomok-steillaris and clayth-takkaris - A graceles garisoun. His baner born wes him befoir Quhairin wes clowttis ane hundreth scoir, Ilkane of divers hew, And all stowin out of sindry webbis. For quhill the Greik Sie fillis and ebbis, Telyouris will nevir be trew. The tailyour on the barrowis blent, Allais, he tynt all hardyment, For feir he chaingit hew. Mahoun come furth and maid him knycht - Na ferly thocht his hart wes licht That to sic honor grew. The tailyeour hecht hely befoir Mahoun That he suld ding the sowtar doun, Thocht he wer strang as mast. Bot quhen he on the barrowis blenkit The telyouris curage a littill schrenkit, His hairt did all ourcast. And quhen he saw the sowtar cum Of all sic wirdis he wes full dum, So soir he wes agast. For he in hart tuke sic a scunner Ane rak of fartis lyk ony thunner Went fra him, blast for blast. The sowtar to the feild him drest, He wes convoyid out of the west As ane defender stout. Suppois he had na lusty varlot, He had full mony lowsy harlott Round rynnand him aboute. His baner wes of barkit hyd Quhairin Sanct Girnega did glyd Befoir that rebald rowt. Full sowttarlyk he wes of laitis, For ay betuix the harnes plaitis The uly birsit out. Quhen on the talyeour he did luke, His hairt a littill dwamyng tuke. Uneis he mycht upsitt. Into his stommok wes sic ane steir Of all his dennar quhilk cost him deir, His breist held never a bitt. To comfort him or he raid forder, The devill of knychtheid gaif him order, For stynk than he did spitt. And he about the devillis nek Did spew agane ane quart of blek, Thus knychtly he him quitt. Than fourty tymis the feynd cryd, "Fy!" The sowtar rycht effeiritly Unto the feild he socht. Quhen thay wer servit of thair speiris, Folk had ane feill be thair effeiris, Thair hairtis wer baith on flocht. Thay spurrit thair hors on adir syd, Syne thay attour the grund cowd glyd Than tham togidder brocht. The tailyeour was nocht weill sittin, He left his sadall all beschittin And to the grund he socht. His birnes brak and maid ane brattill, The sowtaris hors start with the rattill And round about cowd reill. The beist, that frayit wes rycht evill, Ran with the sowtar to the Devill, And he rewardit him weill. Sumthing frome him the feynd eschewit, He wend agane to bene bespewit, So stern he wes in steill. He thocht he wald agane debait him. He turnd his ers and all bedret him Quyte our from nek till heill. He lowsit it of with sic a reird Baith hors and man he straik till eird, He fartit with sic ane feir. "Now haif I quitt thee," quod Mahoun. The new maid knycht lay into swoun And did all armes forswer. The Devill gart thame to dungeoun dryve And thame of knychtheid cold depryve, Dischairgeing thame of weir, And maid thame harlottis bayth forevir, Quhilk still to keip thay had fer levir Nor ony armes beir. I had mair of thair werkis writtin Had nocht the sowtar bene beschittin With Belliallis ers unblist. Bot that sa gud ane bourd me thocht, Sic solace to my hairt it rocht, For lawchtir neir I brist, Quhairthrow I walknit of my trance. To put this in rememberance Mycht no man me resist, To dyte how all this thing befell Befoir Mahoun, the air of Hell. Schirris, trow it gif ye list! 78. Of the Tailors and the Shoemakers [Telyouris and sowtaris, blist be ye] Betuix twell houris and ellevin, I dremed ane angell came fra hevin With plesand stevin sayand on hie: "Telyouris and sowtaris, blist be ye. "In Hevin hie ordand is your place Aboif all sanctis in grit solace, Nixt God grittest in dignitie: Tailyouis and sowtaris, blist be ye. "The caus to yow is nocht unkend; That God mismakkis, ye do amend Be craft and grit agilitie: Tailyouris and sowtaris, blist be ye. "Sowtaris, with schone weill maid and meit Ye mend the faltis of ill maid feit, Quhairfoir to Hevin your saulis will fle: Telyouris and sowtaris, blist be ye. "Is nocht in all this fair a flyrok That hes upoun his feit a wyrok, Knowll tais nor mowlis in no degrie, Bot ye can hyd tham, blist be ye. "And ye tailyouris, with weil maid clais Can mend the werst maid man that gais And mak him semely for to se: Telyouris and sowtaris, blist be ye. "Thocht God mak ane misfassonit swayne, Ye can him all schaip new agane And fassoun him bettir be sic thre: Telyouris and sowtaris, blist be ye. "Thocht a man haif a brokin bak, Haif he a gud telyour, quhattrak, That can it cuver with craftis slie: Telyouris and sowtaris, blist be ye. "Of God grit kyndnes may ye clame That helpis His peple fra cruke and lame, Supportand faltis with your supplé: Tailyouris and sowtaris, blist be ye. "In erd ye kyth sic mirakillis heir, In hevin ye sal be sanctis full cleir, Thocht ye be knavis in this cuntré: Telyouris and sowataris, blist ye be." 79. The Devil's Inquest [Renunce thy God and cum to me] This nycht in my sleip I wes agast, Me thocht the Devill wes tempand fast The peple with aithis of crewaltie, Sayand, as throw the mercat he past, "Renunce thy God and cum to me." Me thocht as he went throw the way Ane preist sweirit be God verey Quhilk at the alter ressavit he. "Thow art my clerk," the Devill can say, "Renunce thy God and cum to me." Than swoir ane courtyour mekle of pryd Be Chrystis windis, bludy and wyd, And be His harmes wes rent on Tre. Than spak the Devill hard him besyd, "Renunce thy God and cum to me." Ane merchand his geir as he did sell Renuncit his pairt of Hevin and Hell. The Devill said, "Welcum mot thow be, Thow sal be merchand for mysell. Renunce thy God and cum to me." Ane goldsmyth said, "The gold is sa fyne That all the workmanschip I tyne - The Feind ressaif me gif I le." "Think on," quod the Devill, "that thow art myne. Renunce thy God and cum to me." Ane tailyour said, "In all this toun Be thair ane better weilmaid goun, I gif me to the Feynd all fre." "Gramercy, telyour," said Mahoun, "Renunce thy God and cum to me." Ane sowttar said, "In gud effek, Nor I be hangit be the nek Gife bettir butis of ledder ma be." "Fy!" quod the Feynd, "thow sairis of blek. Ga clenge thee clene and cum to me." Ane baxstar sayd, "I forsaik God And all His werkis, evin and od, Gif fairar stuff neidis to be." The Dyvill luche and on him cowth nod, "Renunce thy God and cum to me." Ane fleschour swoir be the sacrament And be Chrystis blud maist innocent, Nevir fatter flesch saw man with e. The Devill said, "Hald on thy intent; Renunce thy God and cum to me." The maltman sais, "I God forsaik, And that the Devill of Hell me taik Gif ony bettir malt may be, And of this kill I haif inlaik." "Renunce thy God and cum to me." Ane browstar swoir, "The malt wes ill, Bath reid and reikit on the kill That it will be na aill for me. Ane boll will nocht sex gallonis fill." "Renunce thy God and cum to me." The smyth swoir, "Be rude and raip, In till a gallowis mot I gaip Gif I ten dayis wan pennyis thre, For with that craft I can nocht thraip." "Renunce thy God and cum to me." Ane menstrall said, "The Feind me ryfe Gif I do ocht bot drynk and swyfe." The Devill said, "Hardly mot it be - Exers that craft in all thy lyfe. Renunce thy God and cum to me." Ane dysour said with wirdis of stryfe The Devill mot stik him with a knyfe Bot he kest up fair syisis thre. The Devill said, "Endit is thy lyfe; Renunce thy God and cum to me." Ane theif said, "God, that evir I chaip, Nor ane stark widdy gar me gaip Bot I in Hell for geir wald be." The Devill said, "Welcum in a raip; Renunce thy God and cum to me." The fische wyffis flett and swoir with granis And to the Feind, saule, flesch, and banis Thay gaif thame with ane schowt on hie. The Devill said, "Welcum all att anis; Renunce thy god and cum to me." Me thocht the devillis als blak as pik Solistand wer as beis thik, Ay tempand folk with wayis sle, Rownand to Robene and to Dik, "Renunce thy God and cum to me." 80. Master Andro Kennedy's Testament I Maister Andro Kennedy Curro quando sum vocatus. Gottin with sum incuby Or with sum freir infatuatus, In faith I can nought tell redly Unde aut ubi fui natus. Bot in treuth I trow trewly Quod sum dyabolus incarnatus. Cum nichill sit cercius morte We mon all de, man, that is done. Nescimus quando vel qua sorte Na Blind Allane wait of the mone. Ego pacior in pectore, This night I myght not sleip a wink. Licet eger in corpore, Yit wald my mouth be wet with drink. Nunc condo testamentum meum. I leiff my saull forevirmare, Per omnipotentem Deum, Into my lordis wyne cellar, Semper ibi ad remanendum Quhill Domisday, without dissever, Bonum vinum ad bibendum With sueit Cuthbert that luffit me nevir. Ipse est dulcis ad amandum. He wald oft ban me in his breith, Det michi modo ad potandum, And I forgif him laith and wraith, Quia in cellario cum cervisia I had lever lye, baith air and lait, Nudus solus in camesia Na in my lordis bed of stait. A barell bung ay at my bosum, Of warldis gud I bad na mair. Corpus meum ebriosum I leif onto the toune of Air, In a draf mydding forevir and ay, Ut ibi sepeliri queam, Quhar drink and draff may ilka day Be cassyne super faciem meam. I leif my hert that nevir wes sicir Sed semper variabile, That nevirmare wald flow nor flicir Consorti meo Jacobe. Thought I wald bynd it with a wicir Verum deum renui. Bot and I hecht to teme a bicker Hoc pactum semper tenui. Syne leif I the best aucht I bocht (Quod es Latinum propter "caupe") To hede of kyn; bot I wait nought Quis est ille, than I schrew my scawpe. I callit my lord my heid, but hiddill, Sed nulli alii hoc dixerunt. We weir als sib as seve and riddill, In una silva que creverunt. Omnia mea solacia (Thai wer bot lesingis, all and ane) Cum omni fraude et fallacia I leif the maister of Sanct Antane, Willelmo Gray, sine gratia, Myne awne deir cusing, as I wene, Qui nunquam fabricat mendatia Bot quhen the holyne growis grene. My fenyening and my fals wynyng Relinquo falsis fratribus, For that is Goddis awne bidding: Dispersit, dedit pauperibus. For menis saulis thai say thai sing, Mencientes pro muneribus. Now God gif thaim ane evill ending Pro suis pravis operibus. To Jok Fule my foly fre Lego post corpus sepultum. In faith, I am mair fule than he, Licet ostendit bonum vultum. Of corne and catall, gold and fe Ipse habet walde multum, And yit he bleris my lordis e Fingendo eum fore stultum. To master Johne Clerk syne Do et lego intime Goddis malisone and myne. Ipse est causa mortis mee. War I a dog and he a swyne Multi mirantur super me, Bot I suld ger that lurdane quhryne Scribendo dentes sine de. Residuum omnium bonorum For to dispone my lord sall haif, Cum tutela puerorum - Ade, Kytte, and all the laif. In faith, I will na langar raif. Pro sepultura ordino On the new gys, sa God me saif, Non sicut more solito. In die mee sepulture I will nane haif bot our aune gyng, Et duos rusticos de rure Berand a barell on a styng, Drynkand and playand cop out evin, Sicut ego met solebam. Singand and gretand with hie stevin, Potum meum cum fletu miscebam. I will na preistis for me sing Dies illa, dies ire, Na yit na bellis for me ring, Sicut semper solet fieri, Bot a bag pipe to play a spryng Et unum ail wosp ante me; Instayd of baneris for to bring Quatuor lagenas cervisie, Within the graif to set sic thing In modum Crucis juxta me, To fle the fendis, than hardely sing De terra plasmasti me. 81. Dunbar's Dirge We that ar heir in hevynnis glorie To you that ar in purgatorie Commendis us on hartlie wys - I mene we folk of paradys In Edinburgh with all merynes - To yow at Striveling in distres, Quhair nowdir plesour nor delyt is, For pietie this epistell wrytis. O ye heremytis and ankirsadillis That takkis your pennance at your tabillis And eitis no meit restorative Nor drinkis no wyne confortative Nor aill, bot that is thin and small, With few coursis into your hall, But cumpany of lordis and knychtis Or ony uther gudlie wychtis, Solitar walking your alone, Seing nothing bot stok and stone; Out of your panefull purgatorie To bring yow to the blys and glorie Of Edinburcht, the myrrie town, We sall begin ane cairfull sown, Ane dirige devoit and meik, The Lord of blys doing beseik Yow to delyver out of your noy And bring yow sone to Edinburgh joy, For to be merye amangis us. The dirige begynnis thus: Lectio prima The Fader, the Sone, the Holie Gaist, The blissit Marie, virgen chaist, Of angellis all the ordour nyne, And all the hevinlie court divyne Sone bring yow fra the pyne and wo Of Striveling, everie court manis foo, Agane to Edinburchtis joy and blys, Quhair wirschip, welthe, and weilfair is, Play, plesance eik, and honestie. Say ye amen, for chirritie. Tu autem, Domine. Responsio Tak consolatioun in your payne, In tribulatioun tak consolatioun, Out of vexatioun cum hame agayne, Tak consolatioun in your payne. Iube, Domine, etc. Out of distres of Stirling town To Edinburgh blys God mak you bown. Lectio secunda Patriarchis, prophetis, apostillis deir, Confessouris, virgynis, and martyris cleir, And all the saitt celestiall, Devoitlie we upone thame call That sone out of your paynis fell Ye may in hevin heir with us duell To eit swan, cran, peirtrik, and pluver, And everie fische that swowmis in rever; To drink withe us the new fresche wyne That grew apone the revar of Ryne, Fresche fragrant claretis out of France, Of Angeo and of Orliance, With mony ane cours of grit daynté. Say ye amen, for chirrité. Tu autem, Domine. Responsio God and Sanct Geill heir yow convoy, Baythe sone and weill, God and Sanct Geill, To sonce and seill, solace and joy, God and Sanct Geill heir yow convoy. Iube, Domine. Out of Stirling paynis fell In Edinburgh joy sone mot ye dwell. Lectio tertia We pray to all the sanctis in Hevin That ar abuif the sternis sevin, Yow to delyver out of your pennance, That ye may sone play, sing, and dance And into Edinburgh mak gud cheir Quhair welthe and weilfair is, but weir. And I that dois your paynis discryve Thinkis for to visie you belyve, Nocht in desert with yow to duell, Bot as the angell Gabriell Dois go betweyne fra Hevynis glorie To thame that ar in Purgatorie, And in thair tribulatioun To gif thame consolatioun, And schaw thame quhone thair pane is past Thay sall to Hevin cum at the last, And how nane servis to have sweitnes That never taistit bittirnes. And thairfoir how sould ye considdir Of Edinburgh blys quhone ye cum hiddir, Bot gif ye taistit had befoir Of Stirling toun the paynis soir? And thairfoir tak in patience Your pennance and your abstinence, And ye sall cum or Yule begyn Into the blys that we ar in, Quhilk grant the glorious Trinité. Say ye amen, for chirrité. Tu autem, Domine. Responsio Cum hame and duell no mair in Stirling, Fra hyddows hell cum hame and duell, Quhair fische to sell is nane bot spyrling, Cum hame and duell na mair in Stirling. Iube, Domine. Et ne nos inducas in tentationem de Stirling Sed libera nos a malo eiusdem. Requiem Edinburgi dona eis, Domine, Et lux ipsius luceat eis. A porta tristitiae de Stirling Erue, Domine, animas et corpora eorum. Credo gustare vinum Edinburgi In villa viventium. Requiescant statim in Edinburgo. Amen. Domine, exaudi orationem meam Et clamor meus ad te veniat. Oremus. Deus qui iustos et corde humiles ex eorum tribulatione liberare dignatus es: libera famulos tuos apud villam de Stirling versantes a penis et tristitiis eiusdem, et ad Edinburgi gaudia feliciter perducas. Amen.13 82. The Twa Cummars [This lang Lentrin it makis me lene] Richt arely one Ask Wedinsday Drinkande the wyne sat cummaris tua. The tane couthe to the tothir complene, Granand ande suppand couth sche say: "This lang Lentrin it makis me lene." One couch befor the fyir sche sat. God wait gif sche was gret and fat, Yet to be feble sche did hir fene, Ay sche said, "Cummar, lat preif of that: This lang Lentrin makis me lene." "My fair suet cummar," quod the tothir, "Ye tak that megirnes of your modir. Ale wyne to tast sche wald disdene Bot malwasy, and nay drink uthir: This lang Lentryn it makis me lene." "Cummar, be glaid baith evin and morrow, The gud quharevere ye beg or borrow.14 Fra our lang fasting youe refrene And lat your husband dre the sorrow. This lang Lentryn it makis me lene." "Your counsaile, commar, is gud," quod scho. "Ale is to tene him that I do; In bed he is nocht wortht ane bane. File anis the glas and drink me to: This lang Lentryn it makis me lene." Of wyne out of ane chopin stoip Thai drank tua quartis, bot soip and soip, Of droucht sic axis did thame strene, Be thane to mend thai hed gud hoip, That lang Lentrin suld nocht mak thaim lene. 83. The Flyting of Dunbar and Kennedy "Schir Johine the Ros, ane thing thair is compild In generale be Kennedy and Quinting, Quhilk hes thameself aboif the sternis styld. Bot had thay maid of mannace ony mynting In speciall, sic stryfe sould rys but stynting; Howbeit with bost thair breistis wer als bendit As Lucifer that fra the hevin discendit, Hell sould nocht hyd thair harnis fra harmis hynting. The erd sould trymbill, the firmament sould schaik, And all the air in vennaum suddane stink, And all the divillis of Hell for redour quaik, To heir quhat I suld wryt with pen and ynk; For and I flyt, sum sege for schame sould sink, The se sould birn, the mone sould thoill ecclippis, Rochis sould ryfe, the warld sould hald no grippis, Sa loud of cair the commoun bell sould clynk. Bot wondir laith wer I to be ane baird. Flyting to use richt gritly I eschame, For it is nowthir wynnyng nor rewaird, Bot tinsale baith of honour and of fame, Incres of sorrow, sklander, and evill name. Yit mycht thay be sa bald in thair bakbytting To gar me ryme and rais the feynd with flytting And throw all cuntreis and kinrikis thame proclame." Quod Dumbar to Kennedy "Dirtin Dumbar, quhome on blawis thow thy boist, Pretendand thee to wryte sic skaldit skrowis, Ramowd rebald, thow fall doun att the roist My laureat lettres at thee and I lowis. Mandrag mymmerkin, maid maister bot in mows, Thrys scheild trumpir with ane threidbair goun, Say 'Deo mercy' or I cry thee doun, And leif thy ryming, rebald, and thy rowis. "Dreid, dirtfast dearch, that thow hes dissobeyit My cousing Quintene and my commissar. Fantastik fule, trest weill thow sal be fleyit. Ignorant elf, aip, owll irregular, Skaldit skaitbird and commoun skamelar, Wanfukkit funling that Natour maid ane yrle, Baith Johine the Ros and thow sall squeill and skirle And evir I heir ocht of your making mair. "Heir I put sylence to thee in all pairtis. Obey and ceis the play that thow pretendis, Waik walidrag and werlot of the cairtis; Se sone thow mak my commissar amendis, And lat him lay sax leichis on thy lendis Meikly in recompansing of thi scorne, Or thow sall ban the tyme that thow wes borne: For Kennedy to thee this cedull sendis." Quod Kennedy to Dumbar Juge in the nixt quha gat the war "Iersche brybour baird, vyle beggar with thy brattis, Cuntbittin crawdoun Kennedy, coward of kynd, Evill-farit and dryit as Denseman on the rattis, Lyk as the gleddis had on thy gulesnowt dynd, Mismaid monstour, ilk mone owt of thy mynd, Renunce, rebald, thy rymyng, thow bot royis. Thy trechour tung hes tane ane Heland strynd, Ane Lawland ers wald mak a bettir noyis. "Revin raggit ruke, and full of rebaldrie, Skitterand scorpioun, scauld in scurrilitie, I se the haltane in thy harlotrie And into uthir science nothing slie, Of every vertew voyd, as men may sie. Quytclame clergie and cleik to thee ane club, Ane baird blasphemar in brybrie ay to be, For wit and woisdome ane wisp fra thee may rub. "Thow speiris, dastard, gif I dar with thee fecht. Ye, Dagone dowbart, thairof haif thow no dowt. Quhairevir we meit, thairto my hand I hecht, To red thy rebald rymyng with a rowt. Throw all Bretane it sal be blawin owt, How that thow, poysonit pelour, gat thy paikis. With ane doig leich I schepe to gar thee schowt And nowther to thee tak knyfe, swerd, nor aix. "Thow crop and rute of tratouris tressonable, The fathir and moder of morthour and mischeif, Dissaitfull tyrand with serpentis tung unstable, Cukcald, cradoun cowart, and commoun theif, Thow purpest for to undo our lordis chief In Paislay with ane poysone that wes fell, For quhilk, brybour, yit sall thow thoill a breif. Pelour, on thee I sall it preif mysell. "Thocht I wald lie, thy frawart phisnomy Dois manifest thy malice to all men. Fy, tratour theif, fy, glengoir loun, fy, fy! Fy, feyndly front far fowlar than ane fen, My freyindis thow reprovit with thy pen. Thow leis, tratour, quhilk I sall on thee preif, Suppois thy heid war armit tymis ten, Thow sall recry it, or thy croun sall cleif. "Or thow durst move thy mynd malitius, Thow saw the saill abone my heid up draw. Bot Eolus, full woid, and Neptunus, Mirk and moneles us met with wind and waw, And mony hundreth myll hyne cowd us blaw, By Holland, Seland, Yetland, and Northway coist, In sey desert quhair we wer famist aw. Yit come I hame, fals baird, to lay thy boist. "Thow callis thee rethore with thy goldin lippis. Na, glowrand gaipand fule, thow art begyld. Thow art bot gluntoch, with thy giltin hippis, That for thy lounry mony a leisch hes fyld. Wan-visaged widdefow, out of thy wit gane wyld, Laithly and lowsy, als lauchtane as ane leik, Sen thow with wirschep wald sa fane be styld, Haill, soverane senyeour, thy bawis hingis throw thy breik.15 "Forworthin fule, of all the warld reffuse, Quhat ferly is thocht thow rejoys to flyte? Sic eloquence as thay in Erschry use, In sic is sett thy thraward appetyte. Thow hes full littill feill of fair indyte. I tak on me ane pair of Lowthiane hippis Sall fairar Inglis mak and mair parfyte Than thow can blabbar with thy Carrik lippis. "Bettir thow ganis to leid ane doig to skomer, Pynit pykpuris pelour, than with thy maister pingill. Thow lay full prydles in the peis this somer And fane at evin for to bring hame a single, Syne rubb it at aneuther auld wyvis ingle. Bot now in winter for purteth thow art traikit, Thow hes na breik to latt thy bellokis gyngill, Beg thee ane bratt, for baird, thow sall go naikit. "Lene, larbar loungeour, lowsy in lisk and longe,16 Fy, skolderit skyn, thow art bot skyre and skrumple: For he that rostit Lawrance had thy grunye, And he that hid Sanct Johnis ene with ane wimple, And he that dang Sanct Augustyne with ane rumple Thy fowll front had, and he that Bartilmo flaid. The gallowis gaipis eftir thy graceles gruntill, As thow wald for ane haggeis, hungry gled. "Cummerwarld crawdoun, na man comptis thee ane kers.17 Sueir swappit swanky, swynekeper ay for swaittis, Thy commissar, Quintyne, biddis thee cum kis his ers. He luvis nocht sic ane forlane loun of laittis, He sayis thow skaffis and beggis mair beir and aitis Nor ony cripill in Karrik land abowt. Uther pure beggaris and thow for wage debaittis, Decrepit karlingis on Kennedy cryis owt. "Mater annwche I haif, I bid not fenyie, Thocht thow, fowll trumpour, thus upoun me leid. Corrupt carioun, he sall I cry my senyie. Thinkis thow nocht how thow come in grit neid, Greitand in Galloway lyk to ane gallow breid, Ramand and rolpand, beggand koy and ox. I saw thee thair into thy wathemanis weid, Quhilk wes nocht worth ane pair of auld gray sox. "Ersch katherene, with thy polk breik and rilling, Thow and thy quene as gredy gleddis ye gang With polkis to mylne and beggis baith meill and schilling. Thair is bot lys and lang nailis yow amang, Fowll heggirbald, for henis thus will ye hang. Thow hes ane perrellus face to play with lambis. Ane thowsand kiddis, wer thay in faldis full strang, Thy lymmair luke wald fle thame and thair damis. "Intill ane glen thow hes, owt of repair, Ane laithly luge that wes the lippir menis. With thee ane sowtaris wyfe of blis als bair, And lyk twa stalkaris steilis in cokis and henis. Thow plukkis the pultré and scho pullis of the penis. All Karrik cryis, 'God gif this dowsy be drownd!' And quhen thow heiris ane guse cry in the glenis, Thow thinkis it swetar than sacryne bell of sound. "Thow Lazarus, thow laithly lene tramort, To all the warld thow may example be, To luk upoun thy gryslie, peteous port; For hiddowis, haw, and holkit is thyne ee, Thy cheikbane bair and blaiknit is thy ble. Thy choip, thy choll garris men for to leif chest; Thy gane, it garris us think that we mon de. I conjure thee, thow hungert Heland gaist. "The larbar linkis of thy lang lenye craig, Thy pure pynit thrott, peilit and owt of ply, Thy skolderit skin, hewd lyk ane saffrone bag, Garris men dispyt thar flesche, thow spreit of Gy. Fy, feyndly front, fy, tykis face, fy, fy! Ay loungand lyk ane loikman on ane ledder With hingit luik, ay wallowand upone wry, Lyk to ane stark theif glowrand in ane tedder. "Nyse nagus nipcaik with thy schulderis narrow, Thow lukis lowsy, loun of lounis aw, Hard hurcheoun hirpland, hippit as ane harrow, Thy rigbane rattillis and thy ribbis on raw, Thy hanchis hirklis with hukebanis harth and haw, Thy laithly lymis ar lene as ony treis. Obey, theif baird, or I sall brek thy gaw. Fowll carrybald, cry mercy on thy kneis. "Thow pure, pynhippit, ugly averill With hurkland banis holkand throw thy hyd, Reistit and crynit as hangit man on hill, And oft beswakkit with ane ourhie tyd Quhilk brewis mekle barret to thy bryd. Hir cair is all to clenge thy cabroch howis, Quhair thow lyis sawsy in saphron, bak and syd, Powderit with prymros, savrand all with clowis. "Forworthin wirling, I warne thee, it is wittin How, skyttand skarth, thow hes the hurle behind. Wan wraiglane wasp, ma wormis hes thow beschittin Nor thair is gers on grund or leif on lind. Thocht thow did first sic foly to me fynd, Thow sall agane with ma witnes than I. Thy gulsoch gane dois on thy bak it bind, Thy hostand hippis lattis nevir thy hos go dry. "Thow held the burch lang with ane borrowit goun And ane caprowsy barkit all with sweit, And quhen the laidis saw thee sa lyk a loun, Thay bickerit thee with mony bae and bleit. Now upaland thow leivis on rubbit quheit, Oft for ane caus thy burdclaith neidis no spredding For thow hes nowthir for to drink nor eit, Bot lyk ane berdles baird that had no bedding. "Strait Gibbonis air, that nevir ourstred ane hors, Bla, berfute berne, in bair tyme wes thow borne. Thow bringis the Carrik clay to Edinburgh Cors, Upoun thy botingis hobland, hard as horne. Stra wispis hingis owt quhair that the wattis ar worne. Cum thow agane to skar us with thy strais, We sall gar scale our sculis all thee to scorne And stane thee up the calsay quhair thow gais. "Of Edinburch the boyis as beis owt thrawis And cryis owt, 'Hay, heir cumis our awin queir clerk!' Than fleis thow lyk ane howlat chest with crawis Quhill all the bichis at thy botingis dois bark. Than carlingis cryis, 'Keip curches in the merk - Our gallowis gaipis - lo, quhair ane greceles gais!'18 Aneuthir sayis, 'I se him want ane sark - I reid yow, cummer, tak in your lynning clais.' "Than rynis thow doun the gait with gild of boyis And all the toun tykis hingand in thy heilis. Of laidis and lownis thair rysis sic ane noyis Quhill runsyis rynis away with cairt and quheilis And cager aviris castis bayth coillis and creilis For rerd of thee and rattling of thy butis. Fische wyvis cryis 'Fy!' and castis doun skillis and skeilis, Sum claschis thee, sum cloddis thee on the cutis. "Loun lyk Mahoun, be boun me till obey, Theif, or in greif mischeif sall thee betyd. Cry grace, tykis-face, or I thee chece and fley, Oule, rare and yowle, I sall defowll thy pryd, Peilit gled, baith fed and bred of bichis syd And lyk ane tyk, purspyk, quhat man settis by thee! Forflittin, countbittin, beschittin, barkit hyd, Clym ledder, fyle tedder, foule edder, I defy thee!19 "Mauch muttoun, byt buttoun, peilit gluttoun, air to Hilhous, Rank beggar, ostir dregar, flay fleggar in the flet.20 Chittirlilling, ruch rilling, lik schilling in the milhous, Baird rehator, theif of nator, fals tratour, feyindis gett,21 Filling of tauch, rak sauch - cry crauch, thow art oursett! Muttoun dryver, girnall ryver, yadswyvar, fowll fell thee!22 Herretyk, lunatyk, purspyk, carlingis pet, Rottin crok, dirtin dok - cry cok, or I sall quell thee!" Quod Dumbar to Kennedy "Dathane, deivillis sone, and dragone dispitous, Abironis birth and bred with Beliall, Wod werwoif, worme, and scorpion vennemous, Lucifers laid, fowll feyindis face infernall, Sodomyt syphareit fra sanctis celestiall, Put I nocht sylence to thee, schiphird knaif? And thow of new begynis to ryme and raif. Thow sal be maid blait, bleir eit bestiall. "How thy forbear is come I haif a feill: At Cokburnispeth, the writ makis me war, Generit betuix ane scho-beir and a deill, Sa wes he callit Dewlbeir and nocht Dumbar. This Dewlbeir, generit on a meir of Mar, Wes Corspatrik, erle of Merche, and be illusioun. The first that evir put Scotland to confusioun Wes that fals tratour, hardely say I dar. "Quhen Bruce and Balioll differit for the croun, Scottis lordis could nocht obey Inglis lawis. This Corspatrik betrasit Berwik toun And slew sevin thousand Scottismen within thay wawis. The battall syne of Spottismuir he gart caus, And come with Edwart Langschankis to the field Quhair twelf thowsand trew Scottismen wer keild And Wallace chest, as the carnicle schawis. "Scottis lordis chiftanis he gart hald and chessone In firmance fast quhill all the feild wes done, Within Dumbar, that auld spelunk of tressoun. Sa Inglis tykis in Scottland wes abone. Than spulyeit thay the haly stane of Scone, The croce of Halyrudhous, and uthir jowellis. He birnis in Hell - body, banis, and bowellis - This Corspatrik that Scotland hes undone. "Wallace gart cry ane counsale into Pert And callit Corspatrik tratour be his style. That dampnit dragone drew him in disert And sayd he kend bot Wallace, king in Kyle. Out of Dumbar that theif he maid exyle Unto Edward and Inglis grund agane. Tigiris, serpentis, and taidis will remane In Dumbar wallis, todis, wolffis, and beistis wyle. "Na fowlis of effect amangis tha binkis Biggis nor abydis, for nothing that may be. Thay stanis of tressone as the bruntstane stinkis. Dewlbeiris moder, cassin in by the se The wariet apill of the forbiddin tre That Adame eit quhen he tint Parradyce, Scho eit, invennomit lyk a cokkatryce, Syne merreit with the divill for dignité. "Yit of new tressone I can tell thee tailis That cumis on nycht in visioun in my sleip: Archebauld Dumbar betrasd the hous of Hailis Becaus the yung lord had Dumbar to keip; Pretendand throw that to thair rowmis to creip, Rycht crewaly his castell he persewit, Brocht him furth boundin and the place reskewit, Sett him in fetteris in ane dungeoun deip. "It war aganis bayth natur and gud ressoun That Dewlbeiris bairnis wer trew to God or man, Quhilkis wer baith gottin, borne, and bred with tressoun, Belgebubbis oyis and curst Corspatrikis clan. Thow wes prestyt and ordanit be Sathan For to be borne to do thy kin defame And gar me schaw thy antecessouris schame. Thy kin that leivis may wary thee and ban. "Sen thow on me thus, lymmer, leis and trattillis, And fyndis sentence foundit of invy, Thy elderis banis ilk nycht rysis and rattillis: Apon thy cors vengeance, vengeance thay cry - Thow art the cause thay may not rest nor ly. Thow sais for thame few psaltris, psalmis, or credis Bot geris me tell thair trentalis of mysdedis And thair ald sin wyth new schame certify. "Insensuate sow, cesse, false Eustase air, And knaw, kene scald, I hald of Alathya, And cause me not the cause lang to declare Of thy curst kyn, Deulber and his allya. Cum to the Croce on kneis and mak a crya, Confesse thy crime, hald Kenydy the king, And wyth ane hauthorne scurge thyself and dyng. Thus dree thy penaunce wyth deliquisti quia. "Pas to my commissare and be confest, Cour before him on kneis and cum in will, And syne ger Stobo for thy lyf protest. Renounce thy rymis, bath ban and birn thy bill,23 Heve to the hevyn thy handis ande hald thee still. Do thou not thus, bogane, thou sal be brynt Wyth pik, fire, ter, gun puldre, and lynt On Arthuris Sete or on ane hyar hyll. "I perambalit of Pernaso the montayn, Enspirit wyth Mercury fra his goldyn spere, And dulcely drank of eloquence the fontayne Quhen it was purifit wyth frost and flowit clere. And thou come, fule, in Marche or Februere Thare till a pule and drank the padok rod That gerris the ryme into thy termes glod And blaberis that noyis mennis eris to here. "Thou lufis nane Irische, elf, I understand, Bot it suld be all trew Scottis mennis lede. It was the gud langage of this land And Scota it causit to multiply and sprede Quhill Corspatrik, that we of tresoun rede, Thy forefader, maid Irisch and Irisch men thin, Throu his tresoun broght Inglise rumplis in. Sa wald thyself, mycht thou to him succede. "Ignorant fule, into thy mowis and mokis It may be verifyit that thy wit is thin; Quhare thou writis 'Densmen dryit apon the rattis,' Densmen of Denmark ar of the kingis kyn. The wit thou suld have had was castin in Evyn at thyne ers bakwart wyth a staf slong. Herefore, false harlot hursone, hald thy tong, Deulbere, thou devis the devill thyne eme wyth dyn. "Quhareas thou said that I stall hennis and lammys, I latt thee witt I have land, store, and stakkis. Thou wald be fayn to gnaw, lad, wyth thy gammys Under my burd smoch banis behynd doggis bakkis. Thou has a tome purs, I have stedis and takkis; Thou tynt cultur, I have cultur and pleuch. For substance and gere thou has a wedy teuch On Mount Falcoun about thy crag to rax. "And yit Mount Falcoun gallowis is our fair For to be fylde wyth sik a fruteles face. Cum hame and hyng on oure gallowis of Aire - To erd thee undir it I sall purchas grace; To ete thy flesch the doggis sall have na space, The ravyns sall ryve nathing bot thy tong rutis.24 For thou sik malice of thy maister mutis, It is wele sett that thou sik barat brace. "Small fynance amang thy frendis thou beggit To stanch the storm wyth haly muldis thou loste. Thou sailit to get a dowcare for to dreg it, It lyis closit in a clout on Seland cost. Sik reule gerris thee be servit wyth cald rost And sitt unsoupit oft beyond the sey Criant "caritas," at duris, "amore Dei,"25 Barefut, brekeles, and all in duddis updost. "Deulbere has not ado wyth a Dunbar. The erlis of Murray bure that surname ryght, That evyr trew to the king and constant ware, And of that kyn come Dunbar of Westfelde knyght. That successione is hardy, wyse, and wicht And has nathing ado now wyth the Devile. Bot Deulbere is thy kyn and kennis thee wele And has in Hell for thee a chaumir dicht. "Cursit croapand craw, I sall ger crop thy tong And thou sall cry cor mundum on thy kneis. Duerch, I sall dyng thee quhill thou dryte and dong, And thou sal lik thy lippis and suere thou leis. I sall degrade thee, graceles, of thy greis, Scaile thee for scorne and shere thee of thy scule, Ger round thy hede, transforme thee till a fule, And syne for tresone trone thee to the treis. "Raw-mowit ribald, renegate rehatour, My linage and forebearis war ay lele. It cumis of kynde to thee to be a traytoure, To ryde on nycht, to rug, to reve and stele. Quhare thou puttis poysoun to me, I appelle26 Thee in that part - preve it, pelour, wyth thy persone! Clame not to clergy, I defy thee, gersone. Thou sall by it dere wyth me, duerche, and thou dele.27 "In Ingland, oule, suld be thyne habitacione. Homage to Edward Langschankis maid thy kyn, In Dunbar thai ressavit hym, the false nacione: Thay suld be exilde Scotland, mare and myn. A stark gallowis, a wedy, and a pyn The hede poynt of thyne elderis armes ar, Wryttyn abone in poesi: "Hang Dunbar, Quarter and draw, and mak that surname thin!" "I am the kingis blude, his trew speciall clerk That nevir yit ymaginit hym offense, Constant in myn allegeance, word, and werk, Onely dependand on his excellence, Traistand to have of his magnificence Guerdoun, reward, and benefice bedene Quhen that the ravyns sal ryve out bath thine ene And on the rattis sal be thy residence. "Fra Etrike Forest furthward to Drumfrese Thou beggit wyth a pardoun in all kirkis Collapis, cruddis, mele, grotis, grisis, and geis, And onder nycht quhile stall thou staggis and stirkis. Because that Scotland of thy begging irkis, Thou scapis in France to be a knycht of the felde; Thou has thy clamschellis and thy burdoun kelde - Unhonest wayis all, wolroun, that thou wirkis. "Thou may not pas Mount Barnard for wilde bestis, Nor wyn throu Mount Scarpre for the snawe; Mount Nycholas, Mount Godart - thare arestis Brigantis sik bois and blyndis thame wyth a blawe. In Parise wyth the maister buriawe Abyde, and be his prentice nere the bank, And help to hang the pece for half a frank, And at the last thyself sall thole the lawe. "Haltane harlot, the devill have gude thou hais! For fault of puissance, pelour, thou mon pak thee. Thou drank thy thrift, sald and wedsett thy clais. Thare is na lorde that will in service tak thee. A pak of flaskynnis fynance for to mak thee Thou sall ressave in Danskyn, of my tailye; With De profundis fend thee, and that failye,28 And I sall send the blak devill for to bak thee. "Into the Katryne thou maid a foule cahute, For thou bedrate hir doun fra starn to stere. Apon hir sydis was sene thou coud schute - Thy dirt clevis till hir towis this twenty yere. The firmament na firth was nevir cler Quhill thou, Deulbere, devillis birth, was on the see. The saulis had sonkyn throu the syn of thee War not the peple maid sa grete prayere. "Quhen that the schip was saynit and undir saile, Foul brow, in holl thou preposit for to pas. Thou schot and was not sekir of thy tayle, Beschate the stere, the compas, and the glas. The skippar bad ger land thee at the Bas. Thou spewit and kest out mony a lathly lomp Fastar than all the marynaris coud pomp, And now thy wame is wers than evir it was. "Had thai bene prouvait sa of schote of gune By men of were, but perile thay had past. As thou was louse and redy of thy bune, Thay mycht have tane the collum at the last, For thou wald cuk a cartfull at a cast. Thare is na schip that wil thee now ressave, Thou fylde faster than fyftenesum mycht lawe, And myrit thaym wyth thy muk to the myd-mast. "Throu Ingland, thef, and tak thee to thy fute, And boun with thee to have a false botwand. A horse marschall thou call thee at the mute And with that craft convoy thee throu the land. Be nathing argh, tak ferily on hand. Happyn thou to be hangit in Northumbir, Than all thy kyn ar wele quyte of thy cumbir, And that mon be thy dome, I undirstand. "Hye souverane lorde, lat nevir this synfull sot Do schame fra hame unto your nacion! Lat nevir nane sik ane be callit a Scot, A rottyn crok, louse of the dok, thare doun! Fra honest folk devoide this lathly lown In sum desert quhare thare is na repaire; For fylyng and infecking of the aire, Cary this cankerit corrupt carioun. "Thou was consavit in the grete eclips, A monstir maid be god Mercurius, Na hald agayn, na hoo is at thy hips. Infortunate, false, and furius, Evill-schryvin, wanthryvin, not clene na curius, A myten full of flyting, flyrdom like, A crabbit, scabbit, evill facit messan tyke, A schit but wit, schir and injurius. "Greit in the glaykis, gude maister Gilliam gukkis, Our imperfyte in poetry or in prose. All clocis undir cloud of nycht thou cukkis. Rymis thou of me, of rethory the rose? Lunatike lymare luschbald, louse thy hose That I may touch thy tone wyth tribulation In recompensing of thy conspiration, Or turse thee out of Scotland - tak thy chose! "Ane benefice quha wald gyve sic ane beste Bot gif it war to gyngill Judas bellis? Tak thee a fidill or a floyte, and geste! Undought, thou art ordanyt to not ellis. Thy cloutit cloke, thy skryp, and thy clamschellis Cleke on thy cors, and fare on into France, And cum thou nevir agayn but a mischance. The Fend fare wyth thee forthward our the fellis. "Cankrit Caym, tryit trowane Tutivillus, Marmaidyn, mymerken, monstir of all men, I sall ger bake thee to the lard of Hillhouse To suelly thee in stede of a pullit hen. Fowmart, fasert, fostirit in filth and fen, Foule fond, flend fule, apon thy phisnom fy! Thy dok of dirt drepis and will nevir dry, To tume thy tone it has tyrit carlingis ten. "Conspiratour, cursit cocatrice, hell caa, Turk trumpour, traitour, tyran intemperate, Thou irefull attircop, Pilate apostata, Judas, Jow, juglour, Lollard laureate, Sarazene, Symonyte provit, pagane pronunciate, Machomete, manesuorne, bugrist abhominabile, Devill, dampnit dog, sodomyte insatiable, With Gog and Magog grete glorificate. "Nero thy nevow, Golyas thy grantsire, Pharao thy fader, Egiptia thy dame, Deulbere, thir ar the causis that I conspire. Termygantis tempise thee, and Vaspasius thine eme, Belzebub, thy full brothir, will clame To be thyne air, and Cayphas thy sectour, Pluto thy hede of kyn and protectour, To Hell to lede thee on lycht day and leme. "Herode thyne othir eme, and grete Egeas, Marciane, Machomete, and Maxencius, Thy trew kynnismen Antenor and Eneas, Throp thy nere nece, and austern Olibrius, Puttidew, Baal, and Eyobulus - Thir fendis ar the flour of thy four branchis, Sterand the potis of Hell and nevir stanchis. Dout not, Deulbere, tu es dyabolas! "Deulbere, thy spere of were but feir thou yelde -29 Hangit, mangit, edir-stangit, strynde stultorum - To me, maist hie Kenydie, and flee the felde. Prikkit, wickit, conwickit lamp Lollardorum, Defamyt, blamyt, schamyt primas paganorum, Out, out, I schout, apon that snowt that snevillis! Tale tellare, rebellare, induellar wyth the devillis, Spynk, sink wyth stynk ad Tertera Termagorum." Quod Kennedy to Dumbar Juge ye now heir quha gat the war 84. The Tretis of the Tua Mariit Wemen and the Wedo Apon the Midsummer Evin, mirriest of nichtis, I muvit furth allane in meid as midnicht wes past Besyd ane gudlie grein garth full of gay flouris, Hegeit of ane huge hicht with hawthorne treis Quhairon ane bird on ane bransche so birst out hir notis That never ane blythfullar bird was on the beuche hard. Quhat throw the sugarat sound of hir sang glaid And throw the savour sanative of the sueit flouris, I drew in derne to the dyk to dirkin efter mirthis. The dew donkit the daill and dynnit the feulis. I hard under ane holyn hevinlie grein hewit Ane hie speiche at my hand with hautand wourdis. With that in haist to the hege so hard I inthrang That I was heildit with hawthorne and with heynd leveis. Throw pykis of the plet thorne I presandlie luikit Gif ony persoun wald approche within that plesand garding. I saw thre gay ladeis sit in ane grein arbeir All grathit into garlandis of fresche gudlie flouris. So glitterit as the gold wer thair glorius gilt tressis30 Quhill all the gressis did gleme of the glaid hewis. Kemmit war thair clier hair and curiouslie sched Attour thair schulderis doun schyre schyning full bricht With curches cassin thair abone of kirsp cleir and thin. Thair mantillis grein war as the gres that grew in May sessoun, Fetrit with thair quhyt fingaris about thair fair sydis. Of ferlifull fyne favour war thair faceis meik, All full of flurist fairheid as flouris in June - Quhyt, seimlie, and soft as the sweit lillies Now upspred upon spray as new spynist rose, Arrayit ryallie about with mony riche wardour That Nature full nobillie annamalit with flouris, Of alkin hewis under hevin that ony heynd knew, Fragrant, all full of fresche odour fynest of smell. Ane cumlie tabil coverit wes befoir tha clier ladeis With ryalle cowpis apon rawis full of ryche wynis. And of thir fair wlonkes tua weddit war with lordis, Ane was ane wedow, iwis, wantoun of laitis. And as thai talk at the tabill of mony taill sindry, Thay wauchtit at the wicht wyne and waris out wourdis, And syn thai spak more spedelie and sparit no matiris. "Bewrie," said the wedo, "ye woddit wemen ying, Quhat mirth ye fand in maryage sen ye war menis wyffis. Reveill gif ye rewit that rakles conditioun, Or gif that ever ye luffit leyd upone lyf mair Nor thame that ye your fayth hes festinit forever, Or gif ye think, had ye chois, that ye wald cheis better. Think ye it nocht ane blist band that bindis so fast That none undo it a deill may bot the deith ane?" Than spak ane lusty belyf with lustie effeiris: "It that ye call the blist band that bindis so fast Is bair of blis and bailfull and greit barrat wirkis. Ye speir, had I fre chois, gif I wald cheis bettir - Chenyeis ay ar to eschew and changeis ar sueit. Sic cursit chance till eschew, had I my chois anis, Out of the cheinyeis of ane churle I chaip suld forevir. God, gif matrimony wer made to mell for ane yeir! It war bot merrens to be mair bot gif our myndis pleisit. It is agane the law of luf, of kynd, and of nature Togidder hartis to strene that stryveis with uther. Birdis hes ane better law na bernis be meikill, That ilk yeir, with new joy, joyis ane maik, And fangis thame ane fresche feyr, unfulyeit and constant, And lattis thair fulyeit feiris flie quhair thai pleis. Cryst, gif sic ane consuetude war in this kith haldin, Than weill war us wemen that evir we war born! We suld have feiris as fresche to fang quhen us likit, And gif all larbaris thair leveis quhen thai lak curage.31 Myself suld be full semlie in silkis arrayit, Gymp, jolie, and gent, richt joyus and gent. I suld at fairis be found new faceis to se, At playis and at preichingis and pilgrimages greit, To schaw my renone royaly quhair preis was of folk, To manifest my makdome to multitude of pepill And blaw my bewtie on breid quhair bernis war mony32 That I micht cheis and be chosin and change quhen me lykit. Than suld I waill ane full weill our all the wyd realme That suld my womanheid weild the lang winter nicht, And quhen I gottin had ane grome, ganest of uther, Yaip and ying, in the yok ane yeir for to draw, Fra I had preveit his pitht the first plesand moneth, Than suld I cast me to keik in kirk and in markat And all the cuntré about, kyngis court and uther, Quhair I ane galland micht get aganis the nixt yeir For to perfurneis furth the werk quhen failyeit the tother - A forky fure, ay furthwart, and forsy in draucht,33 Nother febill nor fant nor fulyeit in labour, Bot als fresche of his forme as flouris in May. For all the fruit suld I fang, thocht he the flour burgeoun.34 "I have ane wallidrag, ane worme, ane auld wobat carle,35 A waistit wolroun na worth bot wourdis to clatter, Ane bumbart, ane dronbee, ane bag full of flewme, Ane scabbit skarth, ane scorpioun, ane scutarde behind.36 To se him scart his awin skyn grit scunner I think. Quhen kissis me that carybald, than kyndillis all my sorow. As birs of ane brym bair his berd is als stif, Bot soft and soupill as the silk is his sary lume. He may weill to the syn assent, bot sakles is his deidis. With gor his tua grym ene ar gladderit all about And gorgeit lyk tua gutaris that war with glar stoppit. Bot quhen that glowrand gaist grippis me about, Than think I hiddowus Mahowne hes me in armes. Thair ma na sanyne me save fra that auld Sathane, For thocht I croce me all cleine fra the croun doun, He wil my corse all beclip and clap to his breist. Quhen schaiffyn is that ald schaik with a scharp rasour, He schowis on me his schevill mouth and schendis my lippis,37 And with his hard hurcheone scyn sa heklis he my chekis That as a glemand gleyd glowis my chaftis. I schrenk for the scharp stound bot schout dar I nought For schore of that auld schrew, schame him betide. The luf blenkis of that bogill fra his blerde ene As Belzebub had on me blent, abasit my spreit. And quhen the smy on me smyrkis with his smake smolet He fepillis like a farcy aver that flyrit on a gillot.38 Quhen that the sound of his saw sinkis in my eris, Than ay renewis my noy or he be neir cumand. Quhen I heir nemmyt his name, than mak I nyne crocis To keip me fra the cummerans of that carll mangit That full of eldnyng is and anger and all evill thewis. I dar nought luke to my luf for that lene gib. He is sa full of jelusy and engyne fals, Ever ymagynyng in mynd materis of evill, Compasand and castand cacis a thousand How he sall tak me with a trawe at trist of aneothir. I dar nought keik to the knaip that the cop fillis For eldnyng of that ald schrew that ever on evill thynkis, For he is waistit and worne fra Venus werkis And may nought beit worght a bene in bed of my mystirs. He trowis that young folk I yerne yeild, for he gane is,39 Bot I may yuke all this yer or his yerd help. Ay quhen that caribald carll wald clym on my wambe, Than am I dangerus and daine and dour of my will. Yit leit I nevir that larbar my leggis ga betuene To fyle my flesche na fummyll me without a fee gret; And thoght his pen purly me payis in bed, His purse pays richely in recompense efter. For or he clym on my corse, that carybald forlane, I have condition of a curche of kersp all ther fynest, A goun of engranyt claight right gaily furrit, A ring with a ryall stane or other riche jowell, Or rest of his rousty raid, thoght he wer rede wod. For all the buddis of Johne Blunt, quhen he abone clymis, Me think the baid deir aboucht, sa bawch ar his werkis.40 And thus I sell him solace thoght I it sour think. Fra sic a syre God yow saif, my sueit sisteris deir!" Quhen that the semely had said hir sentence to end, Than all thai leuch apon loft with latis full mery And raucht the cop round about full of riche wynis, And ralyeit lang or thai wald rest with ryatus speche. The wedo to the tothir wlonk warpit thir wordis: "Now, fair sister, fallis yow but fenying to tell, Sen man ferst with matrimony yow menskit in kirk, How haif ye farne - be your faith, confese us the treuth! - That band to blise or to ban, quhilk yow best thinkis; Or how ye like lif to leid into lell spousage? And syne myself ye exem on the samyn wise, And I sall say furth the suth, dissymyland no word." The plesand said, "I protest, the treuth gif I schaw, That of your toungis ye be traist." The tothir twa grantit. With that sprang up hir spreit be a span hechar. "To speik," quod scho, "I sall nought spar, ther is no spy neir. I sall a ragment reveil fra rute of my hert, A roust that is sa rankild quhill risis my stomok. Now sall the byle all out brist that beild has so lang. For it to beir on my breist wes berdin our hevy. I sall the venome devoid with a vent large And me assuage of the swalme that suellit wes gret. "My husband wes a hur maister, the hugeast in erd. Tharfor I hait him with my hert, sa help me our Lord. He is a young man ryght yaip, bot nought in youth flouris, For he is fadit full far and feblit of strenth. He wes as flurising fresche within this few yeris, Bot he is falyeid full far and fulyeid in labour. He has bene lychour so lang quhill lost is his natur, His lume is waxit larbar and lyis into swoune. Wes never sugeorne wer set na on that snaill tyrit, For efter sevin oulkis rest it will nought rap anys. He has bene waistit apon wemen or he me wif chesit, And in adultré in my tyme I haif him tane oft. And yit he is als brankand with bonet on syde, And blenkand to the brichtest that in the burght duellis, Alse curtly of his clething and kemmyng of his haris As he that is mare valyeand in Venus chalmer. He semis to be sumthing worth, that syphyr in bour, He lukis as he wald luffit be, thoght he be litill of valour. He dois as dotit dog that damys on all bussis And liftis his leg apon loft thoght he nought list pische. He has a luke without lust and lif without curage. He has a forme without force and fesson but vertu,41 And fair wordis but effect, all fruster of dedis. He is for ladyis in luf a right lusty schadow, Bot into derne at the deid he sal be drup fundin. He ralis and makes repet with ryatus wordis, Ay rusing him of his radis and rageing in chalmer. Bot God wait quhat I think quhen he so thra spekis And how it settis him so syde to sege of sic materis.42 Bot gif himself of sum evin myght ane say amang thaim: Bot he nought ane is bot nane of naturis possessoris. Scho that has ane auld man nought all is begylit - He is at Venus werkis na war na he semys. I wend I josit a gem and I haif geit gottin; He had the glemyng of gold and wes bot glase fundin. Thought men be ferse, wele I fynd, fra falye ther curage, Thar is bot eldnyng and anger ther hertis within. Ye speik of berdis on bewch - of blise may thai sing, That on Sanct Valentynis day ar vacandis ilk yer. Hed I that plesand prevelege to part quhen me likit, To change and ay to cheise agane, than chastité adew! Than suld I haif a fresch feir to fang in myn armys; To hald a freke quhill he faynt may foly be calit. Apone sic materis I mus at mydnyght full oft And murnys so in my mynd I murdris myselfin. Than ly I walkand for wa and walteris about, Wariand oft my wekit kyn that me away cast, To sic a craudoune but curage that knyt my cler bewté,43 And ther so mony kene knyghtis this kenrik within. Than think I on a semelyar, the suth for to tell, Na is our syre be sic sevin; with that I syth oft. Than he ful tenderly dois turne to me his tume person, And with a yoldin yerd dois yolk me in armys And sais, 'My soverane sueit thing, quhy sleip ye no betir? Me think ther haldis yow a hete, as ye sum harme alyt.' Quod I, 'My hony, hald abak and handill me nought sair, A hache is happinnit hastely at my hert rut.' With that I seme for to swoune thought I na swerf tak, And thus beswik I that swane with my sueit wordis. I cast on him a crabit e quhen cleir day is cummyn, And lettis it is a luf blenk quhen he about glemys. I turne it in a tender luke that I in tene warit And him behaldis hamely with hertly smyling. "I wald a tender peronall that myght na put thole, That hatit men with hard geir for hurting of flesch, Had my gud man to hir gest, for I dar God suer, Scho suld not stert for his straik a stray breid of erd.44 And syne I wald that ilk band that ye so blist call Had bund him so to that bryght quhill his bak werkit; And I wer in a beid broght with berne that me likit, I trow that bird of my blis suld a bourd want." Onone quhen this amyable had endit hir speche, Loud lauchand the laif allowit hir mekle.45 Thir gay wiffis maid gam amang the grene leiffis, Thai drank and did away dule under derne bewis, Thai swapit of the sueit wyne, thai swan quhit of hewis,46 Bot all the pertlyar in plane thai put out ther vocis. Than said the weido: "Iwis, ther is no way othir. Now tydis me for to talk, my taill it is nixt. God my spreit now inspir and my speche quykkin, And send me sentence to say substantious and noble, Sa that my preching may pers your perverst hertis And mak yow mekar to men in maneris and conditiounis. "I schaw yow, sister, in schrift I wes a schrew ever, Bot I wes schene in my schrowd and schew me innocent; And thought I dour wes and dane, dispitois and bald, I wes dissymblit suttelly in a sanctis liknes. I semyt sober and sueit and sempill without fraud, Bot I couth sexty dissaif that suttillar wer haldin. Unto my lesson ye lyth and leir at me wit, Gif you nought list be forleit with losingeris untrew.47 Be constant in your governance and counterfeit gud maneris, Thought ye be kene, inconstant, and cruell of mynd. Thought ye as tygris be terne, be tretable in luf, And be as turtoris in your talk, thought ye haif talis brukill. Be dragonis baitht and dovis ay in double forme, And quhen it nedis yow, onone note baith ther stranthis. Be amyable with humble face as angellis apperand, And with a terrebill tail be stangand as edderis. Be of your luke like innocentis, thoght ye haif evill myndis. Be courtly ay in clething and costly arrayit - That hurtis yow nought worth a hen, yowr husband pays for all. "Twa husbandis haif I had, thai held me baith deir. Thought I dispytit thaim agane, thai spyt it na thing. Ane wes a hair hogeart that hostit out flewme. I hatit him like a hund thought I it hid prevé. With kissing and with clapping I gert the carill fon; Weil couth I claw his cruke bak and kemm his kewt noddill, And with a bukky in my cheik bo on him behind, And with a bek gang about and bler his ald e,48 And with a kyind contynance kys his crynd chekis, Into my mynd makand mokis at that mad fader, Trovand me with trew lufe to treit him so fair. This cought I do without dule and na dises tak, Bot ay be mery in my mynd and myrthfull of cher. "I had a lufsummar leid my lust for to slokyn That couth be secrete and sure and ay saif my honour, And sew bot at certane tymes and in sicir placis. Ay quhen the ald did me anger with akword wordis, Apon the galland for to goif it gladit me agane. I had sic wit that for wo weipit I litill, Bot leit the sueit ay the sour to gud sesone bring. Quhen that the chuf wald me chid with girnand chaftis, I wald him chuk, cheik and chyn, and cheris him so mekill That his cheif chymys he had chevist to my sone, Suppos the churll wes gane chaist or the child wes gottin. As wis woman ay I wrought and not as wod fule, For mar with wylis I wan na wichtnes of handis. "Syne maryt I a merchand myghti of gudis. He wes a man of myd eld and of mene statur, Bot we na fallowis wer in frendschip or blud, In fredome na furth bering, na fairnes of persoune -49 Quhilk ay the fule did forget for febilnes of knawlege. Bot I sa oft thoght him on quhill angrit his hert, And quhilum I put furtht my voce and peddir him callit. I wald ryght tuichandly talk be I wes tuyse maryit, For endit wes my innocence with my ald husband. I wes apperand to be pert within perfit eild: Sa sais the curat of our kirk that knew me full ying. He is our famous to be fals, that fair worthy prelot. I sal be laith to lat him le quhill I may luke furtht. I gert the buthman obey - ther wes no bute ellis - He maid me ryght hie reverens fra he my rycht knew, For, thocht I say it myself, the severance wes mekle Betuix his bastard blude and my birth noble. That page wes never of sic price for to presome anys50 Unto my persone to be peir, had peté nought grantit. Bot mercy into womanheid is a mekle vertu, For never bot in a gentill hert is generit ony ruth. I held ay grene into his mynd that I of grace tuk him, And that he couth ken himself I curtasly him lerit. He durst not sit anys my summondis, for or the secund charge51 He wes ay redy for to ryn, so rad he wes for blame. Bot ay my will wes the war of womanly natur: The mair he loutit for my luf, the les of him I rakit, And eik - this is a ferly thing - or I him faith gaif I had sic favour to that freke and feid syne forever. Quhen I the cure had all clene and him ourcummyn haill, I crew abone that craudone as cok that wer victour. Quhen I him saw subjeit and sett at myn bydding, Than I him lichtlyit as a lowne and lathit his maneris. Than woxe I sa unmerciable to martir him I thought, For as a best I broddit him to all boyis laubour. I wald haif riddin him to Rome with raip in his heid Wer not ruffill of my renoune and rumour of pepill.52 And yit hatrent I hid within my hert all, Bot quhilis it hepit so huge quhill it behud out. Yit tuk I nevir the wosp clene out of my wyde throte Quhill I oucht wantit of my will or quhat I wald desir. Bot quhen I severit had that syre of substance in erd And gottin his biggingis to my barne and hie burrow landis, Than with a stew stert out the stoppell of my hals That he all stunyst throu the stound as of a stele wappin. Than wald I efter lang first sa fane haif bene wrokin That I to flyte wes als fers as a fell dragoun. I had for flattering of that fule fenyeit so lang, Mi evidentis of heritagis or thai wer all selit, My breist that wes gret beild bowdyn wes sa huge That neir my baret out birst or the band makin. Bot quhen my billis and my bauchles wes all braid selit,53 I wald na langar beir on bridill bot braid up my heid. Thar myght na molet mak me moy na hald my mouth in. I gert the renyeis rak and rif into sondir, I maid that wif carll to werk all womenis werkis And laid all manly materis and mensk in this eird. Than said I to my cummaris in counsall about, 'Se how I cabeld yone cout with a kene brydill. The cappill that the crelis kest in the caf mydding Sa curtasly the cart drawis and kennis na plungeing, He is nought skeich na yit sker na scippis nought on syd.' And thus the scorne and the scaith scapit he nothir. "He wes no glaidsum gest for a gay lady, Tharfor I gat him a gam that ganyt him bettir. He wes a gret goldit man and of gudis riche; I leit him be my lumbart to lous me all misteris, And he wes fane for to fang fra me that fair office And thoght my favoris to fynd throw his feill giftis. He grathit me in a gay silk and gudly arrayis, In gownis of engranyt claight and gret goldin chenyeis, In ringis ryally set with riche ruby stonis, Quhill hely raise my renoune amang the rude peple. Bot I full craftely did keip thai courtly wedis Quhill efter dede of that drupe that docht nought in chalmir. 54 Thought he of all my clathis maid cost and expense, Aneothir sall the worschip haif that weildis me eftir. And thoght I likit him bot litill, yit for luf of othris I wald me prunya plesandly in precius wedis That luffaris myght apon me luke and ying lusty gallandis That I held more in daynté and derer be ful mekill Ne him that dressit me so dink - full dotit wes his heyd! Quhen he wes heryit out of hand to hie up my honoris, And payntit me as pako, proudest of fedderis, I him miskennyt, be Crist, and cukkald him maid. I him forleit as a lad and lathlyit him mekle - I thoght myself a papingay and him a plukit herle. All thus enforsit he his fa and fortifyit in strenth And maid a stalwart staff to strik himselfe doune. "Bot of ane bowrd into bed I sall yow breif yit: Quhen he ane hal year wes hanyt and him behuffit rage,55 And I wes laith to be loppin with sic a lob avoir, Alse lang as he wes on loft I lukit on him never Na leit never enter in my thoght that he my thing persit; Bot ay in mynd aneothir man ymagynit that I haid, Or ellis had I never mery bene at that myrthles raid. Quhen I that grome geldit had of gudis and of natur, Me thoght him gracelese on to goif, sa me God help. Quhen he had warit all on me his welth and his substance, Me thoght his wit wes all went away with the laif. And so I did him dispise; I spittit quhen I saw That superspendit evill spreit spulyeit of all vertu. For weill ye wait, wiffis, that he that wantis riches And valyeandnes in Venus play is ful vile haldin. Full fruster is his fresch array and fairnes of persoune, All is bot frutlese his effeir and falyeis at the upwith. I buskit up my barnis like baronis sonnies And maid bot fulis of the fry of his first wif. I banyst fra my boundis his brethir ilkane, His frendis as my fais I heid at feid evir. Be this ye beleif may, I luffit nought himself, For never I likit a leid that langit till his blude. And yit thir wismen, thai wait that all wiffis evill Ar kend with ther conditionis and knawin with the samin. "Deid is now that dyvour and dollin in erd. With him deit all my dule and my drery thoghtis. Now done is my dolly nyght, my day is upsprungin. Adew, dolour, adew, my daynté now begynis. Now am I a wedow, iwise, and weill am at ese. I weip as I wer woful, bot wel is me for ever. I busk as I wer bailfull, bot blith is my hert. My mouth it makis murnyng and my mynd lauchis. My clokis thai ar caerfull in colour of sabill, Bot courtly and ryght curyus my corse is ther undir. I drup with a ded luke in my dule habit, As with manis daill I had done for dayis of my lif. 56 "Quhen that I go to the kirk cled in cair weid, As foxe in a lambis fleise fenye I my cheir. Than lay I furght my bright buke on breid on my kne With mony lusty letter ellummynit with gold, And drawis my clok forthwart our my face quhit That I may spy unaspyit a space me beside. Full oft I blenk by my buke and blynis of devotion To se quhat berne is best brand or bredest in schulderis Or forgeit is maist forcely to furnyse a bancat57 In Venus chalmer valyeandly withoutin vane ruse. And as the new mone all pale oppressit with change Kythis quhilis her cleir face throw cluddis of sable, So keik I throw my clokis and castis kynd lukis To knychtis and to cleirkis and cortly personis. Quhen frendis of my husbandis behaldis me on fer, I haif a watter spunge for wa within my wyde clokis, Than wring I it full wylely and wetis my chekis. With that watteris myn ene and welteris doune teris. Than say thai all that sittis about, 'Se ye nought, allace, Yone lustlese led, so lelely scho luffit hir husband. Yone is a peté to enprent in a princis hert, That sic a perle of plesance suld yone pane dre.' I sane me as I war ane sanct and semys ane angell, At langage of lichory I leit as I war crabit. I sith without sair hert or seiknes in body, According to my sable weid I mon haif sad maneris, Or thai will se all the suth - for certis we wemen, We set us all for the syght to syle men of treuth.58 We dule for na evill deid, sa it be derne haldin. "Wise wemen has wayis and wonderfull gydingis With gret engyne to bejaip ther jolyus husbandis, And quyetly with sic craft convoyis our materis That under Crist no creatur kennis of our doingis. Bot folk a cury may miscuke that knawlege wantis And has na colouris for to cover ther awne kindly fautis, As dois thir damysellis for derne dotit lufe That dogonis haldis in dainté and delis with thaim so lang Quhill al the cuntré knaw ther kyndnes and faith. Faith has a fair name bot falsheid faris beittir - Fy on hir that can nought feyne her fame for to saif! Yit am I wise in sic werk and wes all my tyme. Thoght I want wit in warldlynes I wylis haif in luf, As ony happy woman has that is of hie blude. Hutit be the halok lase a hunder yeir of eild! I have ane secrete servand, rycht sobir of his toung, That me supportis of sic nedis quhen I a syne mak. Thoght he be sympill to the sicht, he has a tong sickir; Full mony semelyar sege wer service dois mak. Thoght I haif cair under cloke the cleir day quhill nyght, Yit haif I solace under serk quhill the sone ryse - Yit am I haldin a haly wif our all the haill schyre. I am sa peteouse to the pur quhen ther person is mony.59 In passing of pilgrymage I pride me full mekle - Mair for the prese of peple na ony pardon wynyng. "Bot yit me think the best bourd quhen baronis and knychtis And othir bachilleris blith, blumyng in youth, And all my luffaris lele my luging persewis, And fyllis me wyne wantonly with weilfair and joy. Sum rownis and sum ralyeis and sum redis ballatis, Sum raiffis furght rudly with riatus speche, Sum plenis and sum prayis, sum prasis mi bewté, Sum kissis me, sum clappis me, sum kyndnes me proferis, Sum kerffis to me curtasli, sum me the cop giffis, Sum stalwardly steppis ben with a stout curage And a stif standand thing staiffis in mi neiff, And mony blenkis ben our that but full fer sittis,60 That mai for the thik thrang nought thrif as thai wald. Bot with my fair calling I comfort thaim all: For he that sittis me nixt, I nip on his finger; I serf him on the tothir syde on the samin fasson; And he that behind me sittis I hard on him lene; And him befor, with my fut fast on his I stramp; And to the bernis far, but sueit blenkis I cast. To every man in speciall speke I sum wordis, So wisly and so womanly quhill warmys ther hertis. Thar is no liffand leid so law of degré That sall me luf unluffit, I am so loik hertit. And gif his lust so be lent into my lyre quhit That he be lost or with me lak, his lif sall not danger. I am so mercifull in mynd and menys all wichtis, My sely saull sal be saif quhen Sabot all jugis. Ladyis, leir thir lessonis and be no lassis fundin. This is the legeand of my lif, thought Latyne it be nane." Quhen endit had hir ornat speche this eloquent wedow, Lowd thai lewch all the laif and loffit hir mekle, And said thai suld exampill tak of her soverane teching And wirk efter hir wordis, that woman wes so prudent. Than culit thai ther mouthis with confortable drinkis And carpit full cummerlik with cop going round. Thus draif thai our that deir nyght with danceis full noble Quhill that the day did up daw and dew donkit flouris. The morow myld wes and meik the mavis did sing, And all remuffit the myst and the meid smellit. Silver schouris doune schuke as the schene cristall, And berdis shoutit in schaw with ther schill notis. The goldin glitterand gleme so gladit ther hertis, Thai maid a glorius gle amang the grene bewis. The soft sowch of the swyr and soune of the stremys, The sueit savour of the sward and singing of foulis Myght confort ony creatur of the kyn of Adam And kindill agane his curage thoght it wer cald sloknyt. Than rais thir ryall rosis in ther riche wedis And rakit hame to ther rest throw the rise blumys. And I all prevély past to a plesand arber, And with my pen did report ther pastance most mery. Ye auditoris most honorable that eris has gevin Onto this uncouth aventur quhilk airly me happinnit, Of thir thre wanton wiffis that I haif writtin heir, Quhilk wald ye waill to your wif gif ye suld wed one? |
The other night; (see note) told; wondrous recently a fox; lamb; (see note) flirted; (see note) Then mounted; ram; (see note) an astonishing thing embraced her lovely; (see note) held; front feet Then shook; whining played; puppy; (see note) crouched down flat; (see note) all the while; (see note) neither lean; scruffy; (see note) red-haired sly creature; (see note) large everywhere innocent lamb/penis; too; (see note) treble; bass; (see note) well may she prosper; (see note) red; white (see note) ewes; tough; skinny rush tried not at all to; (t-note) waist haste had transgressed Was pleased let; lovely grinding fangs she did not fear; (see note) (t-note) neck; (see note); (t-note) though Then; swore; by touch her pincushion; (see note) naive; believed gave falsehoods these gossipers injured; (see note) doors were barred if he showed her mercy holes were; (see note) float; (see note) Soon comes; before talking; these; intimately surrounded chase squeaked; mouse; (see note) Through hideous crawled on the ground; (see note) crept; get very long time ewes nearby; (see note) heard no peep wolf thought; asleep when; struck; (see note); (t-note) went Claiming; (see note) intended to ride; (see note); (t-note) let; slip by; (see note) But then; wives; (see note) better now to remain; (see note); (t-note) home; cure themselves of the pox; (see note) since you remain here; (see note) Of Venus' feast to take your fill; (see note) field tested they no [fighting] cocks; (see note) such sexual desire had beset doors; tore up wench in a plaid (?); (see note) have sex with them were eager as rams; (see note) any lambs brought low; old ewes such games strong like giants; (see note) made weak; pliant wands; (see note) thin like distaffs; (see note) holding their backs; (see note) excessive prostitutes guide lodged; (t-note) brothel; stay away Until they got the Spanish Pox; (see note) whoever; yokes; (see note) of that perilous play Long have I written; white; (see note) write recent ships How happily would huge lips; (see note) large-mouthed like an ape; (see note) toad to grab onto cat nose turns up; (see note) shines like any soap; (see note); (t-note) gleams; (see note) sun suffered an eclipse; (see note) night; fought; (see note) Whoever; sake Proves embrace from thenceforth who; field; shame loses; name hips; (see note) claim the other night; (see note) heard a young man say to a lady; (see note) honey; hope; happiness; (see note) devoted lover treat me with disdain; (see note) pretty one beard; combed; clipped; (see note) broth; besplattered townish, bold; foolish; (see note) embraced; kissed; fondled; (see note) foolish desires; overcome behavior; fucked her; (see note) sweet as honey; (see note) Since; mommy; (see note); (t-note) wooed anyone belly; so full; (see note) ghost I stare; groan believe gave a guffaw; (see note) tactile object; (see note) weanling lamb delight of my body fellow; (see note) lad I loved; week Very dear to me is; ugly mug clover; wild flower; (see note) honey-soaked bread; spiced drink; (see note) too rough; lover; (see note) ill-willed heels, white as whale's bone; (see note) Makes rise aloft my willy-lilly; (see note) clumsy fellow; unweaned giant tummy; (see note) belly-cover; impetuous fellow; (see note) sweet fool; plump fellow (?); (see note) (see note) big-headed fellow wood grouse (?); (see note) babe; rough pudendum (?); (see note) girlie; pretty flower (?) female genitalia stake stiffens; buttocks; (see note) pretty one fool from faerie land (?); (see note) cherry; matchless darling; (see note) suckler; onion; (see note) stumbling bullock; being weaned agreeable to your suit face ruby-red apple; (see note) sweet fool (see note) (i.e., the dance of love) joys Where will you [go]; (see note) These; are present well-known; (see note) more (see note) skill they have know; (t-note) complaints difficulty; conduct decisively modest; quiet evenings wrong; if; kiss [a] tête-à-tête; (see note) Why does it matter; business know well; ability; (see note) solicit (entreat) True as steel; (see note) missed These lords bar (i.e., the judge's railing) When; something to be done advise, if you have [a] case to litigate To have success decked out gaily Although; unknown; (see note) wealth/sexual apparatus; (see note) if perchance, achieve such success; (see note) From the compositors conclusively is ended settlement seals; attached wholly; cost endorsed wholly; (t-note) Such; wise; [be] prized truth Such [ladies]; devise; damage; (see note) (see note) moorland; highland kind; (see note) home; neighbor tidings, friend; war; (see note) whispered (see note) lately alighted from my mare (see note) trusts another wrong-doer takes advantage of many; (see note) whispers [to] him pleasing things; (see note) bite off his nose foe one man by the arm leads One mutters; in prayer; (see note) harmful actions bows; low; bare heads; (see note) act quite haughty were he not [at] One whose case is pending; in mortgage; (see note) One who is bankrupt succeeds because; friends Of favoritism disliking and liking corrupts dissembles Such rejects summons; objects; (see note) has [a] little legal knowledge; (see note) receives a continuance; loses merry with wine loses his property is impoverished; lives on credit swears to; forsakes fox; (see note) carries; (see note) carves throats; cuts purses goes blesses the Court; (see note) from various communities; (see note) Come there to woo Franciscans; (see note) generate; recruit friars custom from the older learns; (see note) hot; (see note) devout; love subdues; (see note) fatherly; gasps humble; (see note) Why; high standing Allow lack of improvement good injure and defame (abuse); (see note) Are you not ashamed; (see note) any other Might with insult tarnish; (t-note) pass through; gates; (see note) skates (fish); (see note) old women; arguments foul hurling of insults; (t-note) (see note) social ranks Stinking Passageway; dark; (see note); (t-note) Blocks; parish church forestairs; dark; (see note); (t-note) no country So few improvements to make; (t-note) High Cross where; (see note) Should; curds the public weighing beam; shellfish; (see note) Tripe, haggis; (see note); (t-note) Since the world says the same; (t-note) minstrels; tunes (songs); (see note) dawns; June More skillful; must; St. Clown (?); (see note); (t-note) lay claim (t-note) keep such mockers at the moon; (see note) Tailors, cobblers; vile; (see note) defile; (t-note) Stinking Passageway; (see note); (t-note) crammed into a honeycomb neither wit nor will beggars; (see note) those scoundrels clamor; (t-note) been provided virtuous deeds crippled such Since to; (see note) attendance ready avoid; (t-note) If they (the Court and Session) are moved to be diminished lieges (subjects) welcome Do not overcharge for their food make; reasonable To prevent extortions, denounce; (t-note) shameful conduct assist Personal gain; (see note) general welfare [a] remedy; (t-note) died in; (see note) cause govern; (see note) restore; (see note); (t-note) Last night; dawn Saint; (see note) habit clothe; [as] my servant Renounce; must By; was startled ghost was frightened laid it over me; (see note) floor quickly leaped; come near Why scares; garment Clothe; wear taught Venus' laws; (see note) habit must; without [a] doubt; (see note) thanked must; for generous (see note) (see note) have I heard indeed; (see note) More saints than; by seven very; have read Therefore; gown If; soul went brethren; to you; (see note) letters; reports habit Without further delay; (t-note) evasions put aside; excuses; (t-note) If date (time); year lively; manor house Calais; (see note) gone cheerfully flattered also; (see note) over there; taught friar's title knows; trick falsehood; person cleansed; (see note) always fiend; (see note) (see note) wall; (t-note) awoke as one who was perturbed In; fifteenth night; (see note) (see note) (see note) cruel fiends Muhammad (i.e., Satan) proclaimed; (see note) sinners that were unconfessed; (see note) In preparation for the feast of Fastern's Eve; (see note) ordered gallants to go and prepare a masquerade; (see note) throw up wild cavortings; (see note) recently came from who shall begin foul Seven Deadly Sins; (see note) Began to leap at once Pride; (see note) spread across his back (?); (see note); (t-note) cause wasted dwellings like a wheel; (see note) Hung all in pleats to the heels His surcoat (?) for the occasion trumpeters (i.e., musicians); danced; (see note) Through burning fire growled; groans Proud rogues in haughty fashion; (see note) sundry costumes But yet the Devil never laughed; (see note) Until priests; bare shaven necks; (see note) Then; laughed and made gestures (i.e., two of the demons) Wrath; quarreling and strife; (see note) made gestures like a bear; (see note) Boasters, braggarts, and arguers (t-note) All equipped in anticipation of war padded jerkins; metal splints; helmets; (see note) legs were chained at the heels; (see note) Hostile was their demeanor others; swords beat stabbed others; haft knives that sharply could slice Envy; (see note) hatred and cruelty Hidden; resentment secret hatred; trembled deceitful men false white words; (see note) back-biters (i.e., slanderers); (t-note) lie whisperers; lies Alas free; (see note) dance; Covetise Root; [the] foundation of vice could Villains, misers, and usurers Skinflints, hoarders, and gatherers; (see note) evil being spewed on the others; (see note) Hot molten; a cartload Like a lightning flash most intense emptied themselves of shot Fiends filled; throat every kind stamped [into coins]; (see note) Then Sloth; (see note) dungheap grunting lazy, fat-bellied idlers; (see note) sluttish slatterns; sleepy slovens reluctance into a set of chains bridle reins; (see note) lashed them; loins; (see note) slow of foot; (see note) dance; (see note) Lechery; loathsome creature; (see note) Came moving like a pregnant horse; (t-note) Wantonness; lead; (t-note) assortment stinking foul corpses had died in sin; (see note) strange in facial appearance; (see note) Like a smith's tongs burning red genitals Although they fidgeted with their arses It could not be helped foul monster Gluttony; (see note) belly insatiable make ready drunkards tankard, cup waistless slob flabby bellies creases [of fat]; (t-note) gaping mouth gave them hot lead to lap allowance was no less; (see note) without [a] doubt; (see note) entertainers; held out also heritage he won; (see note) was entered by "brief of right" the Devil; Highland pageant; (see note) Then; fetch Macfaydyane; (see note) nook; (see note) By [the time] he had shouted the summons; (t-note) Highlanders (Gaelic folk); gathered; (see note) Those fiends, in rags and tatters; (see note) in Gaelic began; (see note) croaked like ravens and rooks; (see note) so deafened pit; (see note) smothered attempted; (see note) announced (i.e., Satan) Between a tailor and a shoemaker louse-stabber; a boot-mender; (see note) lists were made ready (see note) rascally rogues seam-biters; basting thread snappers; (see note) stomach-steelers; cloth-tackers; (t-note) set of defenders carried; (see note) Wherein were pieces of cloth Each one of different color stolen from various larger cloths For while the Greek Sea ebbs and flows; (see note); (t-note) lists gazed Alas, he lost all courage fear he blanched (see note); (t-note) No wonder though his heart was light such; received pledged strongly; (t-note) knock the cobbler down strong as [a ship's] mast lists gazed; (see note) shrank; (t-note) turn gray shoemaker approach; (t-note) such words afraid took such a fright; (t-note) A series; thunder shoemaker; readied; (see note) Even though; noble attendant lice-ridden rogues running tanned hide (see note) rascally rabble cobbler-like; in manner oil burst out; (see note) (see note); (t-note) faintness took Scarcely; (t-note) Within; such a stirring dinner; dearly; (t-note) (t-note) before he rode farther of knighthood gave (t-note) blacking repaid cobbler; fearfully sought equipped with their spears sense of their fear hearts; a-flutter toward the other side; (t-note) (t-note) not at all well seated; (t-note) armor; clatter; (see note); (t-note) was startled; racket did cavort badly frightened (see note) avoided expected; vomited upon; (t-note) valiant; in armor; (t-note) defend himself arse; befouled All over from the neck to the heels; (t-note) fired it off with such a roar (t-note) farted in such a fashion; (t-note) repaid (t-note) renounce; (t-note) sent them to the dungeon; (see note) did strip Banning them from warfare lowlifes; (t-note) to remain they greatly preferred I would have more; deeds; (t-note) so good a jest Such joy; made laughing I nearly burst Through which I awakened (i.e., to record this tale); (t-note) prevent relate; (t-note) lord (heir); (see note) Sirs, believe it if you choose; (see note); (t-note) (i.e., about midnight); (see note) (see note) pleasing voice saying on high Tailors and shoemakers; (see note) Heaven high ordained; (see note) Above all saints in great joy not unknown; (see note) That which God mis-makes By; great skill; (see note) (t-note) shoes; fitting flaws; ill-made feet Therefore; souls will fly fair (i.e., world); deformed person; (see note) a corn Arthritic toes nor chilblains hide; (see note); (t-note) clothes goes Though; mis-fashioned fellow; (t-note) shape fashion; by three times [If] he has a good tailor, so what; (t-note) cover with [his] subtle skill; (see note) From; claim deformity and lameness Curing flaws; assistance On earth you work such miracles here Even though you are servants; (see note) distressed; (see note) tempting; (see note) violent oaths through the market (see note) through priest swore by the true God; (see note) Which he received at the altar cleric; did say; (see note) courtier great of pride; (see note) By Christ's wounds arms [who] was torn on the Cross close beside him goods (see note) may shall be; for me (t-note) pure; (see note) lose take me if I lie Reflect on [the fact] tailor well-made give myself Great thanks; (i.e., the Devil); (see note) shoemaker; In truth May I; by the neck If better boots of leather may be smell of blacking cleanse; clean baker (i.e., completely); (see note) If better provisions are required laughed; did look; (t-note) butcher; (see note) meat; eye Retain those thoughts malt-maker says; (see note) If kiln I have [any] deficiency brewer; (see note) discolored and smoke-tainted in the kiln produce no ale One measure [of that malt]; six gallons make By cross and rope; (see note) Upon; may I gape If; won three pennies contend pierce; (see note) anything except drink and copulate Thus must it be Practice dicer; words of anger; (see note) Unless he fairly threw three sixes escape; (see note) a strong withy (rope) makes me gape Hell's possessions to a rope fish sellers scolded; groans; (see note) bones loud shout at once pitch Entreating were as thick as bees; (see note) Always; sly methods Whispering; (see note) Master Andrew; (see note); (t-note) I run when I am called; (see note) Begotten by some demon; (see note) by a lusty friar readily By whom or where I was conceived believe That I am a fiend in human form Since nothing is more certain than death; (see note) must all die; a certainty We do not know when or by what chance No [more than]; knows of the moon Therefore I suffer in my breast [Although] I lie sick in body; (see note) Now I make my testament; (see note) (see note) By almighty God (see note) Always to remain there Until the Day of Judgment; departing Good wine to drink sweet; loved; (see note) He is sweet for loving curse me with his words Let him just give me something to drink hatred and wrath Since in the cellar with beer I would rather lie, both early and late Naked except for my shirt Than; (see note) stopper always; (see note) desire My drunken body town of Ayr; (see note) dunghill So that I may be buried there Where; dregs; every Be thrown over my face leave; constant; (see note) But was always fickle always would waver or flicker Toward my companion Jacob Even though I would; wicker I denied the true God; (see note) But if I promised to empty a cup; (t-note) This promise I always kept best thing I own; (see note) Which is Latin for "caupe"; (see note) (i.e., the head of the family); know not; (see note) Who he is, than I would curse my scalp without concealment; (see note) But no others said this were as related as sieve and strainer That grew in one forest All my pleasures; (see note) false things With every fraud and deceit leave to the master of St. Anthony's without gratitude cousin, as I think Who never makes up lies Except when the holly is green deceit; dishonest profits; (see note) I leave to the false friars He distributed, he gave to the poor; (see note) Lying [in exchange] for gifts (t-note) For their wicked deeds Jock Fool; foolishness freely; (see note) I bequeath after my body is buried; (t-note) Although he shows a good face livestock; goods He himself has a great deal eye; (see note) By pretending to be a fool next; (see note) I do give and bequeath secretly curse He himself is the cause of my death; (see note) Many might wonder at me make that villain squeal By writing teeth without a "d" (?); (see note) The remainder of all my goods; (see note) dispose With the wardship of my children rest rant; (see note) I will arrange for my burial In the new fashion Not after the usual custom On the day of my burial own gang And two country peasants Carrying; pole chug-a-lugging; (see note) As I myself was accustomed to do weeping with high voices I mixed my drinking with tears; (see note); (t-note) desire no priests That day, the day of wrath; (see note) As is always the custom to be done tune And one ale wisp before me; (see note) Four flagons of beer grave In the manner of the Cross next to me Out of earth thou hast made me; (see note) here (i.e., Edinburgh) in a hearty manner; (see note) mean Stirling; (see note) neither Out of pity; letter writes anchorites; (see note) eat no meat ale, except what is thin (t-note) Without [the] fellowship of excellent people Walking alone by yourself stumps and stones; (see note) shall begin a sorrowful song A dirge devout and mild; (see note) beseeching discomfort First reading blessed Mary; (see note) nine orders; (see note) from the pain and woe Stirling; (t-note) Where honor; prosperity Entertainment, pleasure also, and honor charity (i.e., love); (see note) Do Thou, oh Lord [have mercy on us]; (see note) Give, oh Lord [Thy blessing] ready Second reading; (t-note) beloved; (see note) Saints; shining martyrs celestial assembly; (t-note) Devoutly cruel pains here eat; partridge; plover swims Rhine river Anjou; Orleans; (see note) great delicacy St. Giles bring you here; (see note) soon and safely abundance and prosperity cruel pains may Third reading saints are above the seven spheres; (see note) without [a] doubt describe see you soon Not in [a] desert (see note) give them show them when shall no one deserves; sweetness; (see note) tasted (t-note) come hither Unless sore pains before From hideous Where; spurlings (see note); (t-note) (see note) Quite early on Ash Wednesday; (see note) two gossips; (see note) one did to the other Groaning and sipping Lenten season; lean; (see note) On [a] couch God knows if; (see note) pretend let's prove [the truth] of that; (see note) sweet friend (gossip) inherit your slenderness from your mother All wine; disdain; (see note) Except Malmsey; never you must refrain; (see note) endure; (t-note) (t-note) All I do is cause him to suffer; (t-note) not worth a bean; (see note); (t-note) Fill [at] once; (see note); (t-note) half-pint stoup sip after sip Of thirst such an excess; afflict By which to compensate they had high hopes; (see note) (see note) has been written; (see note) In general [terms] by above the stars exalted If they had made; any threat; (see note) should arise without end Although with pride; swollen; (see note) fell from heaven heads from receiving harms earth; heavens; shake; (see note) venom suddenly fear quake hear what if I debate, some man sea; burn; moon; suffer; (see note) Rocks would crumble; fall apart loud of warning; ring; (see note) very loath were; bard; (see note) To engage in flyting; am ashamed; (t-note) In it is neither worthless trappings slanderous remarks cause me to rhyme countries; kingdoms Beshitten; (see note) scabrous scrolls Foul-mouthed rascal; banquet worthy writings; if I loosed; (t-note) Mandrake dwarf; in scorn; (see note) Thrice-exposed trickster; (see note) 'Mercy to God' before cease; rascal; rolls besmirched dwarf cousin; deputy fool, trust; put to flight ape, misshapen owl; (see note) Scabby scavenger; sponger; (see note) Misconceived foundling; dwarf; (see note) shriek If; hear anything more; poetry command; in all regions; (see note) cease the game Weak wastrel and cart-varlet; (see note) See [that] you soon; assistant six leeches on your loins Meekly as recompense curse document; (t-note) Gaelic vagabond; rags; (see note) Impotent craven; by nature; (see note) Ill-treated; dried; Danishman; wheel; (see note); (t-note) kites had dined on your nose Misshapen; like a lunatic raves; (t-note) has assumed a Highland manner A Lowland arse would; (see note) Torn ragged rook Befouling; scold; (t-note) haughtiness learning not at all skilled see Renounce learning; snatch A blasphemous bard; beggary a wisp [of straw]; (see note) ask, villain, if; fight; (see note) Yes, vile Dagon dimwit; doubt; (see note) meet; pledge get rid of; blow; (t-note) Throughout Britain; announced envenomed thief, got whipped dog leash I intend to make you shout; (see note) neither (i.e., extreme example); (see note) murder and wrongdoing Deceitful tyrant Cuckold, craven coward; (see note); (t-note) attempted; (see note) poison; deadly vagabond; be summoned Robber; prove myself (I.e., even if I'm lying); vile body; (see note) reveal your maliciousness syphilitic ruffian; (see note); (t-note) fiendish face; fouler; midden; (see note) friends; accused; (see note) lie; prove Even if; head; ten times retract; head shall be split; (t-note) Before you dared speak; malicious; (see note) sail above; was raised; (see note) quite fierce; (see note) Dark and moonless; wave; (t-note) miles hence did us blow Zeeland, Shetland; Norway; (see note) [the] wild sea; all famished; (t-note) to put an end to yourself a rhetorician; (see note); (t-note) staring gaping fool; deceived knobby-kneed (?); kilted hips (?); (see note) villainy; lash has received Dark-faced corpse lice-ridden; loathsome; leek; (t-note) Since; would so happily; styled (see note) Deformed fool; rejected What a marvel it is; (see note); (t-note) Gaelic-speaking areas perverse sense of good writing I suggest that; Lothian Shall; English (i.e., Ayrshire); (see note) are suited; dog to poop; (see note) Starved thief; strive; (t-note) peas; summer; (see note) small bundle hearth poverty; wasted breeches; testicles jingle; (t-note) cloak; (t-note) (see note); (t-note) sunburned; creased; wrinkled roasted St. Lawrence; snout; (see note); (t-note) eyes struck; fish tail foul face; St. Bartholomew nose haggis; kite; (see note) (see note); (t-note) Lazy drunken lout; beer assistant; arse; (see note) useless uncouth fool scrounge; beg; beer and oats; (t-note) Than; Carrick poor; (t-note) old women enough; I need not pretend vile trickster; have lied loudly; my war-cry; (t-note) Have you forgotten Weeping; gallows bred; (see note) Yelling and croaking; cow poacher's garb; (see note) Gaelic robber; bag; shoes; (see note) wench like greedy kites you travel bags to mill; husks lice; (see note) hedgebreaking thief (?); hens; (see note) scary; (see note) young goats; pens (folds) awful gaze; scare; mothers; (t-note) (see note) loathly lodge; lepers; (see note) cobbler's; (see note) steal cocks and hens poultry; she pulls off; feathers God grant; slut to be; (see note) a goose; glens sacred; (see note); (t-note) lean corpse; (see note) grisly, pitiful face dark, and hollow; eye cheekbones; darkened; complexion jaw; jowls cause; live chastely face; reminds us that we must die summon; famished Highland ghost feeble bones; lean neck; (t-note) skinny; pealed and crooked sunburnt; colored; yellow; (see note) Makes; despise their; ghost of Gy; (see note) fiendish face; cur's waiting; hangman; ladder hanged look; moving crookedly; (t-note) staring; noose Foolish stingy cheapskate (miser); (see note) look lice-ridden, fool of all fools hobbling hedgehog, [with] hips; (see note) backbone; [show] in rows hipbones rough and coarse loathly limbs; trees spirit monster; knees; (see note) pitiful, thin-hipped; nag; (see note); (t-note) moving bones poking through Dried and shriveled drenched; high tide causes much distress; bride cleanse; scraggy hocks lie coated in yellow; (see note) scented; cloves Misshapen wretch (?); known; (see note) befouled monster; diarrhea wriggling; more Than there is grass on ground; leaf on tree such filth attribute to me; (t-note) more witnesses; (see note) jaundiced face proves it spewing hips; hose remained in the burgh; (see note); (t-note) garment darkened by sweat lads; rascal heckled; baa and bleat live on rubbed wheat; (see note) tablecloth nothing beardless bard heir; rode upon; (see note) Bluish, barefoot man; bleak Cross; (see note) hobbling boots welts; (see note) scare; straws dismiss; schools stone; street; goes boys like bees; throng; (t-note) strange; (t-note) owlet chased by crows; (see note) dogs; skin-boots; (see note) (see note) shirt advise; friend; linens road; cries; (see note) dogs clinging to; heels lads and wastrels horses run; wheels horses; coals; baskets clamor; boots baskets; tubs; (t-note) strikes; pelts; ankles Fiendish rascal; prepared; (see note) dog-face, before I chase you and skin Owl, roar and howl Plucked kite; from a dog; (t-note) cur, pickpurse; values you (see note) (see note) (see note); (t-note) (see note) old woman's fart; (see note) ewe, befouled arse; kill Dathan; cruel; (see note) Abiron's child Insane werewolf, reptile; (t-note) lad separated from celestial saints shepherd's knave; (see note) anew; rhyme and rave; (see note) meek (sheep-like), bleary-eyed beast forebear was born; notion; (see note); (t-note) Cockburnspath; aware; (see note) Engendered by a she-bear; devil; (see note) Devil-bear mare of Mar; (see note); (t-note) Patrick, Earl of March; by; (see note) boldly I dare to say disputed; (see note) English laws betrayed; (see note) those walls afterward; caused; (see note) Edward Longshanks; (see note) Where chased; chronicle held and accused custody den dogs; were in charge stole; holy stone; (see note) cross; other jewels burns; bones summoned; Perth; (see note); (t-note) by his title damned; approached; desert; (t-note) knew only exiled tigers; toads; remain; (see note) foxes; wily beasts birds of value; those mounds; (t-note) Builds or dwells; (t-note) Those stones; brimstone Devil-bear's mother, cast; sea; (see note) accursed apple ate when he lost Paradise She ate, poisonous; (see note) Then married tales come at night betrayed; (see note); (t-note) protect Pretending through; rooms cruelly; attacked recovered was against Devil-bear's children begotten Beelzebub's offspring made a priest; ordained by; (see note) disgrace cause me to show lives; curse rascal, lies; chatters; (see note) invent statements stemming from envy banished elders each; cry body; (t-note) say make; trental masses; (see note) Unfeeling sow, cease; heir; (see note) bold liar; hold with long list Devil-bear; allies Cross; knees; public statement; (see note); (t-note) strike suffer; because you have sinned deputy; confessed; (t-note) Cower; be humble then make; (see note) (see note); (t-note) Raise If you do not do this, fellow; burnt pitch; tar; flax; (t-note) Arthur's Seat; higher hill; (see note) walked upon; mountain; (see note) Inspired by; sphere sweetly; fountain fool pool; toad spawn makes; gluey figures (?); (see note) blabs what annoys men's ears You have no love for Gaelic; (see note) language Scota (a woman); (see note) Until; speak English rumps (fish tails); (see note) fool; foolery and mocking Danes dried upon the wheel; (see note) (see note) Totally; arse; sling staff; (see note) Therefore; whoreson deafens; uncle; noise Whereas; stole hens; lambs; (see note) know; stores, and stacks happy; jaws; (see note) table smashed bones (?) empty; farms and holdings; (see note) lack [a] plowshare; the whole plow property; hangman's noose; (see note); (t-note) neck to stretch; (see note) too good defiled by such a worthless hang; (see note) bury; permission mutters fitting; such agony embrace calm; holy ashes; (see note) tried; diver; dredge lies enclosed; cloth; coast conduct caused; cold roast unfed; sea (see note) pantsless; tattered clothes nothing to do; (see note) earls; bore; properly; (t-note) (t-note) brave; (t-note) chamber readied; (t-note) Cursed croaking crow; snip clean heart; knees; (see note) Dwarf; hit; until; poop; (t-note) lick; swear; lies take from you, villain; degrees; (see note) Strip; remove; learning; (t-note) Shave around; fool; (see note); (t-note) tie you to the gallows (?); (t-note) Foul-mouthed ruffian, villainous renegade were always loyal comes naturally for grab; take (see note) prove it, thief; (see note) benefit of clergy; fellow (t-note) owl made people exiled [from]; each and all rope; peg; (see note) coat of arms are above in verse few in number imagined offending him Trusting Recompense; benefice wholly peck; eyes wheel of execution Ettrick Forest; Dumfries; (see note) churches Meat, curds, meal, grain, herbs; geese at night stole; livestock grows weary; (see note) escape into; (see note) clamshells; staff; (see note) rascal (?) beasts; (see note) captures Robbers such lads [as you]; blow Paris; hangman; (see note) apprentice near each one suffer Haughty rogue; have the goods lack of money, thief; flee earnings, sold; pawned; clothes; (see note); (t-note) flea-skins Danzig; reckoning; (see note) (see note) support Katherine (a ship); made a foul cabin; (see note) befouled her from stem to stern did "shoot" (excrete) excrement adheres; ropes sky nor estuary spawn; sea souls; (see note) Had not signed (blessed); (see note) face; ship's hold; intended vomited; firmer of your behind Befouled the helm ordered you off at Bass Rock; (see note) cast out; loathly lump mariners could pump belly provided war, without equal; surpassed loose; rear-end captured the ship (?); (see note) excrete receive defiled; fifteen; clean up soiled; muck; mid-mast; (t-note) [Go] through England; feet; (see note) prepare; riding-crop (?); (see note) law-court not hesitant, go briskly If it happens that you are hanged Then; kin will be well rid; encumbrance must be your fate fool; (see note) at home such [a] one; (t-note) diseased ewe, loose of the bowels; (see note) cast out this loathsome rascal from which there is no escape defiling and infecting Take away conceived during; (see note) by; (see note) Nor held; no halt Ill-fortuned; violent Unforgiven, undergrown; nor skilled A quarrelsome dwarf, an object of scorn crabby, scabby, ugly lapdog A shit without wit, vacant (?); harmful trickery; William the fool; (see note) Overly flawed Enclosed; defecates Do you write about me; rhetoric; (see note) Crazy drunken fool (?), loose bottom; affliction conspiracy take yourself who would give to such a beast; (see note) Unless; jingle Judas' bells flute; play worthless fellow; nothing else patched; pilgrim's wallet; (t-note) Put on thy body; go without misfortune; (t-note) The Devil; over the hills Poisonous Cain; truant fiend; (see note) Mermaid, dwarf; (see note) have you baked for the lord; (see note) swallow; plucked Polecat, coward; midden Vile fool; face arse drips with excrement scrub your bottom; tired out ten old women; (t-note) hellish jackdaw; (see note) Fiendish deceiver (Infidel) angry spider; misbeliever; (see note) Jew, conjurer, chief heretic; (see note) Saracen, Simonite; declared pagan; (see note) Devil, perjurer, buggerer; (see note); (t-note) worshiper of demons; (see note) descendant, Goliath; (see note) father; mother; (see note); (t-note) these are charges I allege Fiends incite; uncle; (see note) claim heir; executor; (see note) head of family; (see note) by daylight or by torchlight uncle; (see note) (see note) kinsmen; (see note) niece; stern; (see note) (see note) These fiends are Stirring; ceases Doubt; you are a devil! (see note) silly, adder-stung; offspring of fools; (see note) high Stabbed; convicted lamp of Lollards; (see note); (t-note) first of pagans snivels (see note) to the hell of the Termagi (devils); (see note) Midsummer's Eve; (see note); (t-note) [a] meadow; (t-note) enclosed garden Hedged; height; (see note) Where; notes; (see note) happier; bough heard Because of; sweet wholesome fragrance in secret; wall; seek; (see note) moistened; the birds sang; (see note) heard; holly; hued; (see note) lofty conversation; haughty Then; into the hedge; thrust hidden; pleasant; (see note) spikes; woven; looked green (fresh); (see note) bedecked with garlands; (t-note) Combed; artfully arranged; (see note) Above; clearly kerchiefs cast above; gauze season Held by; white fingers wondrously lovely; gentle flourishing beauty; (see note) White, lovely opened; (t-note) royally; greenery; (t-note) adorned; (see note) every color; person those bright; (see note) cups in rows these lovely ladies; (see note); (t-note) indeed, merry in manner; (see note) of various things quaffed; poured; (see note) vigorously; (t-note) Reveal; wedded; young if; regretted; reckless loved another man more; (see note) Than the one that choice; choose blessed bond; (see note) a bit; except death alone; (t-note) lovely lady soon; lively manner; (see note) painful; trouble produces You ask Chains; changes; sweet; (see note) Such cursed fortune; once escape God, if [only]; last; year; (see note) [a] vexation; unless against; nature; (see note) hearts to constrain than man by far each year; enjoy a mate take; mate, unworn; (t-note) used up companions custom was; land held companions; embrace; (t-note) (see note) Graceful; elegant; (see note) (see note) high repute; press display my loveliness choose; [from] over enjoy fellow, better than the others Eager and young; yoke one year; (see note) After; tested his virility; (see note) apply myself to look about; (see note) handsome suitor perform; used up (see note) exhausted by shape; (see note) (see note); (t-note) used up swine worth nothing; (see note) An idler; phlegm; (see note) (see note) scratch; disgust I feel monster; (see note) bristles; fierce boar sorry instrument harmless; (see note) rheum; eyes; (t-note) clogged; gutters; slime glowering incubus (i.e., Lucifer); (see note) There may no sign cross myself entirely body embrace and hold; (t-note) shaven; fellow; (see note) (t-note) hedgehog skin; scratches; (see note) burning coal; jaws cower; sharp pain fear love-looks; goblin; bleary eyes As [if]; looked, depressed; (see note) wretch; vile smile (?); (see note) (see note) voice sinks into my ears annoyance before he comes near; (t-note) named; nine crosses annoyance; crazy fellow jealousy; habits lean tom-cat; (see note) evil designs Imagining and devising situations trick (?); (t-note) glance at the lad; cup jealousy (see note); (t-note) (see note) itch; year before his rod helps monster; climb; (see note) standoffish; haughty impotent fool defile; fumble though his penis poorly; (see note) before; useless beast require a kerchief of sheer fabric gown of scarlet-dyed cloth; fur-trimmed clumsy attack; furious with anger; (see note); (t-note) bribes; climbs on top; (see note) such a man; (see note) lovely [lady] laughed loudly; behavior; (see note) passed jested; before; (t-note) lady spoke these words; (t-note) it falls [to] you without deceit Since; honored; (t-note) have you fared bond; pain to lead in loyal marriage then myself you may examine; (t-note) truth, faking; (t-note) lovely [lady]; if I reveal trustworthy spirit; higher (see note) list; root; (see note) rancor so bitter; swells burst; built up; (see note) burden too great pour forth; discharge swelling whoremaster; on earth; (see note) hate active (t-note) enfeebled; exhausted lecher; until sexual instrument; useless; (t-note) rest; tired slug weeks; tap once before; [for] wife chose caught often prancing glancing courtly; combing; (t-note) more valiant; (see note) cipher in the bedroom; (t-note) (see note) foolish; pees; bushes; (see note); (t-note) need to piss; (t-note) sexual desire worthless of deeds; (t-note) shadow (i.e., fake) in the dark; deed; droopy be found; (t-note) jokes; noise; jovial Ever boasting; prowess knows; boldly; (see note) some evening; (see note) is not entirely deceived; (t-note) no worse than he appears thought I enjoyed; jet; (see note) found to be glass; (see note) fierce; afterwards fails; (see note) jealousy; (t-note) birds on [a] bough are free [to mate] each year; (see note) mate to embrace; (t-note) man; is weak muse mourn; (t-note) waking for woe; toss Cursing; my wicked kin bold; realm handsomer [one] Than; by seven times flaccid (empty) pliant rod; hold (t-note) fever; suffered An ache; heart's root do not faint deceive; that man crabby look let on; love look; glances glance what I in anger feel kindly young girl; not wish to suffer instruments; (see note) good man (i.e., lover); swear; (t-note) (see note) young lady till his back ached; (see note); (t-note) bed; [a] man girl; would not be amused; (see note) Then when; pleasant [woman] (t-note) These sorrow; secret boughs more boldly in complaint; (t-note) (see note) it befalls; tale; next spirit; enliven; (see note) wisdom; weighty pierce; wicked; (t-note) (see note) assure you, sisters; truth lovely in my clothing; (t-note) though I disdainful; haughty subtly; saints could sixty deceive; more subtle listen and learn; (see note) behavior; (t-note) Though; bold; (see note) ferocious; compliant doves; frail sexual parts; (see note) both; (see note) then practice; strengths stinging as adders (see note); (t-note) (see note) despised; spied hoary fellow; coughed up phlegm dog; secretly; (see note) made the fellow fawn; (see note) (see note); (t-note) (see note) winkled cheeks making scornful faces Trusting could; pain; discomfort disposition more lovable lad; slake; (see note) (see note) engage; safe gaze such; wept (see note) boor; snarling jaws kiss, cheek and chin; (see note) chief manor house; bequeathed; (t-note) Although; impotent before crazy fool more; won than strength Then married; goods; (see note); (t-note) middle age; medium (see note) reminded him, which sometimes; peddler sharply; because; twice; (t-note) mature age; (see note) says too respectable; (see note) tell lies; look around made the shopkeeper; remedy; (see note) after; just deserts difference; great equal (t-note) never except (i.e., always); pity; (see note) always fresh recognize; taught; (t-note) (see note) run; afraid desire; the worst; (see note) fawned; cared for also; wondrous; before; (see note) man; hated afterward control; overcome wholly; (t-note) crowed over; coward submissive; (t-note) despised; rascal; hated grew beast; goaded rope; head; (see note) (see note) hatred; entirely But sometimes; until it was forced out plug While I anything lacked buildings; child; (see note); (t-note) stink jerked; stopper from my throat was stunned; shock; weapon afterwards; gladly; avenged scold; cruel fool pretended lineage documents; sealed; (see note); (t-note) was so greatly swollen; (t-note) (t-note) (see note); (t-note) endure; tossed bridle bit; meek made the reins rip and tear effeminate fellow to perform; (see note) [I] conducted; dignity; earth gossips tied; colt horse; baskets cast; dungheap; (see note) spirited; skittish; skips humiliation escaped cheerful lover made him a game; suited i.e., wealthy banker; free me of need; (see note); (t-note) happy to take receive; many gifts; (t-note) dressed dyed cloth; chains Which greatly raised; (t-note) those fancy dresses; (t-note) (t-note) possesses preen myself; (t-note) delight; dearer by far Than; finely; (t-note) plundered; raise peacock; feathers; (see note) ignored; cuckold abandoned; despised parrot; plucked heron; (see note) Thus strengthened; foe sturdy; (see note) trick; tell mounted by such a clumsy old horse aroused "thing" penetrated; (see note) ride castrated fellow ugly to look at spent rest (t-note) used up; deprived wives; lacks valiance; held worthless implement; failure at climax dressed my children fools; spawn; (see note) banished; lands; brethren each one foes; feud; (see note) By person who belonged these wisemen; know; (see note); (t-note) Are known by these actions; (t-note) debtor; buried in earth; (see note); (t-note) died; sorrow mournful; (see note) pleasure certainly weep as [if]; (see note) dress as if I were in mourning laughs; (t-note) mournful beautiful; body droop; sad; mournful (t-note) (i.e., widow's clothing) I fake my mood; (see note) forth; book open; (see note) illuminated over; white glance from; cease (see note) (see note); (t-note) vain boast moon Shows awhile; through; (see note); (t-note) peek; looks; (t-note) (t-note) behold me from afar sponge for woe; (see note) cleverly eyes; flows joyless person; loyally sorrow pearl of delight; experience such pain; (see note) I cross myself; saint; (see note) lechery I pretend to be angry sigh I must have certainly suffer; deed; held secret ways [of acting]; (t-note) stratagems; fool; (see note) achieve our ends; (t-note) under Christ (i.e., on earth); knows dish; mis-cook devices; faults; (t-note) secret foolish love worthless men; (t-note) (see note) pretend; good name wiles have high blood; (see note); (t-note) Shamed be the foolish lass; (see note) (t-note) such; sign make sight; reliable man worse; (t-note) until chemise; (see note) praise; than [for] any trick; (see note) blooming loyal lovers my home frequent pours; playfully; happiness; (see note) whisper; joke; read poems; (t-note) rave wildly; riotous complain; praise embrace; affection carves [choice pieces]; cup offers; (see note) inside; (see note) thrusts; fist not succeed warm welcome; (see note) (t-note) same fashion; (t-note) lean; (t-note) foot hard; stamp men far off, only (t-note) which living lad so low; (see note) warm-hearted; (see note) if; desire; given; white skin if he does not have me; (see note) take pity on all men; (see note) innocent soul; (i.e., God); judges; (see note) girls proved Latin; (see note) laughed; others; loved (see note); (t-note) cooled spoke quite intimately; cup; (t-note) passed Until; dawned; bathed; (see note) mild; blackbirds gone was; meadow [was] fragrant bright crystal; (see note) birds sang; wood; (see note); (t-note) music; boughs; (t-note) murmuring; vale flowers; (t-note) quenched; (see note) these royal roses; garments; (see note); (t-note) went home; blooming bushes; (t-note) privately; garden; (see note) pastime; (see note) ear has given; (see note) strange; which early (t-note) choose for; if |