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  • The Bannatyne MS (c. 1568)
    • 251r

    Langour to leive allace

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    This poem runs from folio 251r


    1
    1 Langour to leive allace
    2 my labour Is in vane
    3 Sen þair is nowþir grace
    4 nor ȝit rewaird agane

    2
    5 Quhat sall I do or say
    6 I am with sorrow slane
    7 and dyis nicht & day
    8 withowt hir luve agane

    3
    9 Was nevir ma[n] in erd
    10 moir faithfull & moir plane
    11 Suppois it be my werd
    12 To luve vnluvit agane

    4
    13 I do luve best allane
    14 my lady souerane
    15 Thir ȝeiris mony ane
    16 withowt hir luve agane

    5
    17 Ffor nowdir wald schew rew
    18 nor beir me at disdane
    19 bot lute me ay p[er]sew
    20 withowt hir luve agane

    6
    21 Hir fenȝeit wordis fals
    22 of richtnot maid me fane
    23 and held me in the hals
    24 To lufe vnluvit agane

    7
    25 And als the luik vnleill
    26 of hir bricht fair ene twane
    27 Gart me beleif alhaill
    28 To haif hir luve agane

    8
    29 Bot sen I se hir hairt
    30 and mynd is vncertane
    31 I sall in tyme rewairt
    32 my luve frome hir agane

    9
    33 Sen scho hes nowþir rewth
    34 nor mercy suth to sane
    35 Lat falset to vntrewth
    36 and trest to trow agane

    10
    37 And sen my hairt is fre
    38 I bid not for to lane
    39 I sall awysit be
    40 or I hir luve agane

    11
    41 Thairfoir my hairt tak heid
    42 quhomefor thow suffer pane
    43 and luik weill for remeid
    44 or þat thow luve agane

    12
    45 Scho þat the list to luve
    46 Se (þat, struck through) thow (suffer, struck through) with hir remane
    47 and nevir moir remvue
    48 bot luve hir best agane

    Ffinis q
    Scott



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