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Specimens of English literature from the 'Ploughmans crede' to the ...

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XI. (a) <strong>the</strong> thrissill and <strong>the</strong> rois. hi9 And as /ke blisfull soune <strong>of</strong> cherarchy,The fowlis song throw confort <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> lichtThe birdis did mtk oppin vocis cry,'O luvaris fo, away thow dully nycht,And welcum day />^at confortis every wichtHaill may, haill flora, haill aurora schene,Haill princes nature, haill venus, luvis quene !'10 Dame nature gaif ane inhibitioun thairTo ferss neptunus, and Eolus <strong>the</strong> bawld,Noc/it <strong>to</strong> perturb fke wattir nor <strong>the</strong> air,And /kat no schouris [snell] ^ nor blastis cawldEffray suld flouris nor fowlis on //^e foldScho bad eik luno, goddes <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> sky,That scho Me hevin suld keip amene and dry.1 Scho ordand eik that every bird and beistBefoir hir hienes suld a;mone compeir.And every flour <strong>of</strong> vertew, most and leist,And every herb be feild, fer and neir,As thay had wont in may, fro ^eir <strong>to</strong> 5eir,To hir thair makar <strong>to</strong> mak obediens.Full law incly;ma/zd with all dew reuerens.1 Wztk th2i\ a;?none scho send <strong>the</strong> suyft roTo bring in beistis <strong>of</strong> all conditiounThe restles suallow co;7zmandit scho alsoTo feche all foull <strong>of</strong> small and greit renownAnd <strong>to</strong> gar flouris compeir <strong>of</strong> allfassounFull craftely conjurit scho <strong>the</strong> yarrow,Quhilk did furt-^ swirk als swift as ony arrow.1 Omitted in MS.

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