This poem runs from folio 257r
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1 In all this warld no man may wit
2 Thair no power nor knawlege may
3 the counsale craft nor kyndnes keip it
4 na Trest in It þat weme[n] will say
5 The knot þat I wend had bene knit
6 of luve and faithfulnes for ay
7 I se it lowisd and luve is flit
8 Quhat hand may had that will away
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9 To ȝow madame this I indyte
10 That lang ȝor trew lufe haif I bene
11 Commending me greiting I wryt
12 for ȝour fre[m]mit que[n]tance vnclene
13 ȝe wait ȝour self quhat that I mene
14 I neid nocht mair planely to say
15 god wald I had ȝow nevir sene
16 Quhat hand may had that will away
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17 Befoir I womit and now I wait
18 be evidence the sowth I se
19 allace quhat alit me be so blait
20 for to lufe hir þat luvit not me
21 Ihaif hard say and sa haif ȝe
22 this proverb oft in sport & play
23 God wait the blind eitis mony a fle
24 Quhat [etc]
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25 ȝour gudly wordis maid me to trest
26 that all ȝour talking had bene trew
27 I was dissauit sone in haist
28 The cleth was of ane vþir hew
29 That I wend had bene reid was blew
30 That semit ane syiss was bot ane tray
31 Bot p[er]rellis may no ma[n] eschew
32 Quhat [etc]
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33 Oft tymes hes it bene red and told
34 Be vitty me[n] that vndirstude
35 all glittrand thing is not of gold
36 And ilk fair apill Is not gude
37 ane seik heid in a skarlet huid
38 oft haiss (we, struck through) it bene this we heirsay
39 ȝour fenȝeit luve Is lyk the flud
40 Quhat hand may hald þat will away
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41 Fforswth I am infortunate
42 to ladeis luve þat rew I soir
43 and Had I wist wasme to latt
44 keipand the reirgaird evirmoir
45 he was richt wyis that knew befoir
46 The cairfull end of every fray
47 Quhat sall I wryt I can no moir
48 Quhat hand may hald þat will
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49 Now quho so evir hewis to hie
50 I heir men say and swth it is
51 The spailis will fall and hurtis Ee
52 and swa it fairis beme I wiss
53 I was full lewd to love ladeis
54 with riches dar not poverty play
55 I dar not say thair is a miss
56 Quhat [etc]
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57 Was nene in all the warld I drest
58 to thame sa weill my hairtis disclois
59 as to ȝow lady for luve & trest
60 Bot all þat haif I to forlois
61 Ffast by the nettill growis the rois
62 and eftir dark nycht cu[m]is the day
63 Men sayis als gud luve cu[m]is as gois
64 Quhat hand may hald þat will away
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65 Ffra this tyme furth knaw ȝe richt weill
66 and vndirstand quhat Is my p[ar]te
67 The thing þat ȝe sett at ȝour heill
68 I will no moir sett at my harte
69 fra woIo Ioy I will rewairt
70 No man may ganecall ȝistirday
71 ȝour vnkyndnes now garris me smairt
72 Quhat hand may hald þat will away
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73 The last lettir I to ȝow sent
74 I wret it as a man steidfast
75 with all my hairt in guid entent
76 owt of ȝour mynd now is it past
77 and þairfoir this salbe the last
78 I leif wrytting and thus I say
79 furth of my mynd ȝe salbe cast
80 Quhat hand may hald þat will away
Ffinis
Author Unknown
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