William Dunbar: Dumbaris Dirige to the King

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274	1	We that ar heir in hevynnis glorie
	2	To #ou that ar in purgatorie
	3	Commendis ws on hartlie wys:
	4	I mene we folk of paradys,
	5	In Edinburgh with all merynes,
	6	To #ow at Striueling in distres,
	7	Quhair nowdir plesour nor delyt is,
	8	For pietie this epistell wrytis.
	9	O #e heremytis and ankirsadillis,
	10	That takkis #our pennance at #our tabillis
	11	And eitis no meit restorative
	12	Nor drinkis no wyne confortative
	13	Nor aill, bot that is thin and small,
	14	With few couris in to #our hall,
	15	But cwmpany of lordis and knychtis
	16	Or ony vther gudlie wychtis,
	17	Solitar walking #our alone,
	18	Seing no thing bot stok and stone,
	19	Out of #our panefull purgatorie,
	20	To bring #ow to the blys and glorie
	21	Off Edinburcht, the myrrie town,
	22	We sall begin ane cairfull sown,
	23	Ane dirige, devoit and meik,
	24	The lord of blys doing beseik,
	25	#ow to delyuer out of #our noy
	26	And bring #ow sone to Edinburgh ioy,
	27	For to be merye amangis ws.
	28	The dirige begynnis thus:
		Lectio prima
	29	The fader, the sone, the holie gaist,
	30	The blissit Marie, virgen chaist,
275	31	Off angelis all the ordour nyne,
	32	And all the hewinlie court divyne,
	33	Sone bring #ow fra the pyne and wo
	34	Off Striueling, everie court mans foo,
	35	Agane to Edinburchtis ioy and blys,
	36	Quhair wirschip, welthe and weilfair is,
	37	Play, plesance eik and honestie.
	38	Say #e amen, for chirritie.
	39	Tu autem, domine.
		Responsio
	40	Tak consolatioun in #our payne,
	41	In tribulatioun tak consolatioun,
	42	Out of vexatioun cum hame agayne,
	43	Tak consolatioun in #our payne.
	44	Iube, domine etc.
	45	Out of distres of Stirling town
	46	To Edinburgh blys God mak #ow bown.
		Lectio secunda
	47	Patriarchis, prophetis, apostillis deir,
	48	Confessouris, virgynis and martyris cleir
	49	And all the saitt celestiall,
	50	Devoitlie we vpone thame call
	51	That sone out of #our paynis fell
	52	#e may in hewin heir with ws duell,
	53	To eit swan, cran, peirtrik and pluver,
	54	And everie fische that swowmis in rever,
	55	To drink withe ws the new fresche wyne
	56	That grew apone the revar of Ryne,
	57	Fresche fragrant claretis out of France,
	58	Off Angeo and of Orliance,
	59	With mony ane cours of grit daynte.
	60	Say #e amen, for chirrite.
	61	Tu autem, domine.
276		Responsio
	62	God and Sanct Geill heir #ow convoy,
	63	Baythe sone and weill, God and Sanct Geill,
	64	To sonce and seill, solace and ioy,
	65	God and Sanct Geill heir #ow convoy.
	66	Iube, domine.
	67	Out of Stirling, paynis fell
	68	In Edinburgh ioy sone mot #e dwell.
		Lectio tertia
	69	We pray to all the sanctis in hewin,
	70	That ar abuif the sternis sewin,
	71	#ow to delyver out of #our pennance:
	72	That #e may sone play, sing and dance
	73	And in to Edinburgh mak gud cheir,
	74	Quhair welthe and weilfair is, but weir.
	75	And I that dois #our paynis discryve
	76	Thinkis for to visie #ow belyve,
	77	Nocht in desert with #ow to duell
	78	Bot as the angell Gabriell
	79	Dois go betweyne fra hevynis glorie
	80	To thame that ar in purgatorie,
	81	And in thair tribulatioun
	82	To gif thame consolatioun,
	83	And schaw thame, quhone thair pane is past,
	84	Thay sall to hewin cum at the last,
	85	And how nane servis to haue sweitnes
	86	That never taistit bittirnes.
	87	And thairfoir how sould #e considdir
	88	Off Edinburgh blys quhone #e cum hiddir,
	89	Bot gif #e taistit had befoir
	90	Off Stirling toun the paynis soir?
	91	And thairfoir tak in patience
	92	#our pennance and #our abstinence,
	93	And #e sall cum, or #ule begyn,
277	94	In to the blys that we ar in,
	95	Quhilk grant the glorious trinite.
	96	Say #e amen, for chirrite.
	97	Tu autem, domine.
		Responsio
	98	Cwm hame and duell no mair in Stirling,
	99	Fra hyddows hell cum ham and duell,
	100	Quhair fische to sell is nane bot spyrling,
	101	Cum hame and duell na mair in Stirling.
	102	Iube, domine.
	103-118	LATIN

