Poems of Alexander Montgomerie And Other Pieces from Laing MS. No. 447: Supplementary Volume: Edited with Introduction, Appendices, Notes, and Glossary by George Stevenson |
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FOLLOWIS ANE INTERLUDGE AGANIS C. ALEXr. MONTGOMERY, BEFOIR POLLARTIS THRID AND LAST INVECTIVE. |
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FOLLOWIS ANE INTERLUDGE AGANIS C. ALEXr. MONTGOMERY, BEFOIR POLLARTIS THRID AND LAST INVECTIVE.
Sir SWYNGEOUR, seing I want wairis
And sawis, to slaik the of thy sairis,
This present from þe pottingaris,
I think meit to amend þe.
And sawis, to slaik the of thy sairis,
This present from þe pottingaris,
I think meit to amend þe.
for feir thy fevir feidis on follie,
with fasting stomak, tak oydollie
mixt with ane mowthfull of melanchollie,
from flewme for to defend the;
with fasting stomak, tak oydollie
mixt with ane mowthfull of melanchollie,
from flewme for to defend the;
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Syne pas ane space, and smell ane flour,
Thy Invart pairtis to purge & scour,
Tak þe thre byttis of ane ill hour,
And rubarb, baich and bitter.
Thy Invart pairtis to purge & scour,
Tak þe thre byttis of ane ill hour,
And rubarb, baich and bitter.
This dewlie done, but onie din,
Syne sup sex soipis, but sumthing thin,
of the deill scad, thy guttis with in,
To haill þe of þe skitter.
Syne sup sex soipis, but sumthing thin,
of the deill scad, thy guttis with in,
To haill þe of þe skitter.
Vnto ane bed syne mak þe boun;
Tak ane sweit serop worth ane croune,
And drink it with þe devill ga doun,
To recreat thy sprit.
Tak ane sweit serop worth ane croune,
And drink it with þe devill ga doun,
To recreat thy sprit.
And, last of all, craig to ane coird,
send for ane powder, and pay ford,
callit þe vengence of þe lord,
for thy muuge mowthe so meit.
send for ane powder, and pay ford,
callit þe vengence of þe lord,
for thy muuge mowthe so meit.
Gif this presserve ȝe nocht from pane,
Pas to the potticaris agane;
Sum recepeis dois ȝit remane
To haill bruik, byle, & blister.
Pas to the potticaris agane;
Sum recepeis dois ȝit remane
To haill bruik, byle, & blister.
As diadregma quhen ȝe dyn,
And diagducolicum wat with wyne,
With powder I drait verie fyne,
And mair ȝit quhen ȝe mister.
And diagducolicum wat with wyne,
With powder I drait verie fyne,
And mair ȝit quhen ȝe mister.
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