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The morall fabillis of Esope the Phrygian / compylit in eloquent, & ornate Scottis meter, be M. Robert Henrisone

 
dc.contributor Watson, Harry D. Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue
dc.contributor.author Henryson, Robert, 1430?-1506?
dc.contributor.editor Smith, G. Gregory (George Gregory), 1865-1932
dc.coverage.placeName Edinburgh
dc.date.accessioned 2018-07-27
dc.date.accessioned 2022-08-21T16:07:53Z
dc.date.available 2022-08-21T16:07:53Z
dc.date.created 1480-1489
dc.date.issued 1984-05-01
dc.identifier ota:0243
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14106/0243
dc.description.abstract The Scottish Text Society's edition of The poems of Robert Henryson makes up three volumes of the Society's first series (55, 58, 64), of which the contents: Vol. I. Introduction, appendix, notes, index of words and glossary, general index -- v. II-III. Text
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dc.language Scots
dc.language.iso sco
dc.publisher University of Oxford
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dc.subject.lcsh Poems -- Scotland -- 14th century
dc.subject.lcsh Fables -- Scotland -- 14th century
dc.title The morall fabillis of Esope the Phrygian / compylit in eloquent, & ornate Scottis meter, be M. Robert Henrisone
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<T HENR FAB>
<B HENR>
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<N BASS PR>
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<Q ?FIFE>
<MRU>


<L 1> THE MORALL FABILLIS OF ESOPE THE
PHRYGIAN, COMPYLIT IN ELOQUENT, & ORNATE SCOTTIS METER,
BE M. ROBERT HENRISONE, SCOLMAISTER OF DUNFERMLING.
NEWLIE CORECTIT, AND VENDICAT, FRA MONY ERROURIS,
QUHILKIS WAR OUER SENE IN THE LAST PRENTING, QUHAIR BAITH
LYNES, AND HAILL VERSIS WAR LEFT OWT.
INPRINTED ATT EDINBURGH BE ME THOMAS BASSANDYNE,
DWELLAND AT THE NETHER BOW (ANNO.) 1571

THE PROLOG.
<H ABABBCC>
<L 1>THOCHT FEINZEIT FABILS OF ALD POETRE,
BE NOT AL GRUNDED VPON TRUTH ZIT THAN,
THAIR POLITE TERMES OF SWEIT RHETORE
RICHT PLESAND AR VNTO THE EIR OF MAN,
AND ALS THE CAUS QUHY THAY FIRST BEGAN,
WES TO REPREIF THE OF THI MISLEUING,
O MAN BE FIGURE OF ANE VTHER THING.

IN LYKE MANER AS THROW A BUSTIOUS EIRD,
SWA IT BE LAUBOURIT WITH GRIT DILIGENCE
SPRINGIS THE FLOURIS, AND THE CORNE ABREIRD,
HAILSUM AND GUDE TO MANNIS SUSTENENCE.
SA SPRINGIS THAIR ANE MORALL SWEIT SENTENCE,
OUTE OF THE SUBTELL DYTE OF POETRY . . .
										

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