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  • The Bannatyne MS (c. 1568)
    • 253r

    Quhy sowld I luve bot gif I war luvit

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    This poem runs from folio 253r


    1 Quhy sowld I luve bot gif I war luvit
    2 Quhy sowld I sett myne hert in variance
    3 Quhy sowld I do the thing to be reprovit
    4 Vnto my spreit it war richt grit grevance
    5 Quhy sowld I schamefully thus me avance
    6 To lovin on and scho not loving me
    7 Than war I gydit with misgovirnance
    8 That I sowld luve and I not lovit be
    [etc]

    Author: Unkown



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