William Dunbar: In secreit place this hyndir nycht


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106	1	In secreit place this hyndir nycht
	2	I hard ane beyrne say till ane bricht:
	3	‘My hwny, my hart, my hoip, my heill,
	4	I haue bene lang #our luifar leill
	5	And can of #ow get confort nane.
	6	How lang will #e with danger deill?
	7	#e brek my hart, my bony ane.’
	8	His bony beird wes kemmit and croppit,
	9	Bot all with cale it was bedroppit,
	10	And he wes townysche, peirt and gukit.
	11	He clappit fast, he kist and chukkit,
	12	As with the glaikis he wer ouirgane.
	13	#it be his feirris he wald haue fukkit - 
	14	‘#e brek my hart, my bony ane’
	15	Quod he: ‘My hairt, sweit as the hwnye,
	16	Sen that I borne wes of my mynnye,
	17	I never wowit weycht bot #ow.
	18	My wambe is of #our luif sa fow
	19	That as ane gaist I glour and grane.
	20	I trymble sa, #e will not trow,
	21	#e brek my hart, my bony ane.’
107	22	‘Tehe!’ quod scho, and gaif ane gawfe.
	23	‘Be still, my tuchan and my calfe,
	24	My new spanit howffing fra the sowk,
	25	And all the blythnes of my bowk.
	26	My sweit swanking, saif #ow allane
	27	Na leyd I luiffit all this owk.
	28	Full leif is me #owr graceles gane.’
	29	Quod he: ‘My claver and my curldodie,
	30	My hwny soppis, my sweit possodie,
	31	Be not oure bosteous to #our billie,
	32	Be warme hairtit and not ewill wille.
	33	#our heylis quhyt as quhalis bane,
	34	Garris ryis on loft my quhillelille.
	35	#e brek my hart, my bony ane.’
	36	Quod scho: ‘My clype, my vnspaynit gyane,
	37	With moderis mylk #it in #our mychane,
	38	My belly huddrun, my swete hurle bawsy,
	39	My hwny gukkis, my slawsy gawsy,
	40	#our mvsing waild perse ane harte of stane.
	40	Tak gud confort, my grit heidit slawsy,
	41	Full leif is me #our graceless gane.’
	42	Quod he: ‘My kid, my capircul#oun,
	43	My bony baid with the rwch bryl#oun,
	44	My tendir gyrle, my wallie gowdye,
	45	My tyrlie myrlie, my crowdie mowdie,
	46	Quhone that oure mouthis dois meit at ane,
108	47	My stang dois storkyn with #our towdie.
	48	#e brek my hart, my bony ane.’
	49	Quod scho: ‘Now tak me be the hand,
	50	Welcum, my golk of Marie land,
	51	My chirrie and my maikles mun#oun,
	52	My sowklar, sweit as ony vn#oun,
	53	My strwmill stirk, #it new to spane.
	54	I am applyit to #our opvn#oun,
	55	I luif rycht weill #our graceles gane.’
	56	He gaiff to hir ane apill rubye.
	57	Quod scho, ‘Gramercye, my sweit cowhubye!’
	58	And thai tway to ane play began,
	59	Quhilk men dois call the dery dan,
	60	Quhill that thair myrthis met baythe in ane.
	61	‘Wo is me’, quod scho, ‘Quhair will #e, man?
	62	Best now I luif that graceles gane.’

