Ane treatise callit the court of Venus deuidit into four buikis: newlie compylit be Iohne Rolland in Dalkeith, 1575: Edited by the Rev. Walter Gregor |
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Missiua Rhamnusiæ missa ab Assisa. |
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Missiua Rhamnusiæ missa ab Assisa.
Sen we for fault of personis mair prudent
Be ȝow elect Madame ar present heir,
In greit laubouris, and vncouth argument,
As Assisouris the mater to mak cleir
Bot it is as contrarious and austeir,
To the rigour and we it put dowtles,
Wemen for ay salbe callit merciles.
Be ȝow elect Madame ar present heir,
In greit laubouris, and vncouth argument,
As Assisouris the mater to mak cleir
Bot it is as contrarious and austeir,
To the rigour and we it put dowtles,
Wemen for ay salbe callit merciles.
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De Desperance (as GOD forbid he do)
The lak and schame, and all defamatioun,
To Dame Venus but dowt it will cum to:
And caus Ladeis to get blasphematioun:
And be haldin of the les reputatioun:
Baith odious, and snell as ane serpent.
Quhairfoir as now we schaw ȝow our entent.
The lak and schame, and all defamatioun,
To Dame Venus but dowt it will cum to:
And caus Ladeis to get blasphematioun:
And be haldin of the les reputatioun:
Baith odious, and snell as ane serpent.
Quhairfoir as now we schaw ȝow our entent.
We find Vesta in the far hier estait
Than Dame Venus, be mony suir questioun,
In that behalf Venus may not debait
In ony sort be na comparisoun.
Bot sa far as Venus gat detractioun
Be Desperance, sayand of hir all euill,
As to that point, we put him into will
Than Dame Venus, be mony suir questioun,
In that behalf Venus may not debait
In ony sort be na comparisoun.
Bot sa far as Venus gat detractioun
Be Desperance, sayand of hir all euill,
As to that point, we put him into will
Of ȝow Madame, as Iuge, and to Venus.
Hang, heid, and draw, do with him as ȝe pleis,
Beseikand hir and ȝow to be gracious,
And fra malice ȝour minde with mercie meis.
This we desyre for to deuoyid deseis
In time cumming, and euer he do siclike,
He salbe brint euin as ane heretike.
Hang, heid, and draw, do with him as ȝe pleis,
Beseikand hir and ȝow to be gracious,
And fra malice ȝour minde with mercie meis.
This we desyre for to deuoyid deseis
In time cumming, and euer he do siclike,
He salbe brint euin as ane heretike.
[A]nd gif Venus be obstinate in this case:
[OMITTED] nan solist be gracious also,
[OMITTED] saif his life, of hir mercie and grace
And find ane freind quhair that scho had ane fo
And win ane wicht to weill that was in wo,
And deliuer the drery of distres:
That wemen sall not be callit merciles.
[OMITTED] nan solist be gracious also,
[OMITTED] saif his life, of hir mercie and grace
And find ane freind quhair that scho had ane fo
And win ane wicht to weill that was in wo,
And deliuer the drery of distres:
That wemen sall not be callit merciles.
For weill we wait, or Venus wist him de
In hir defalt, sa that he cum in will:
For all the faltis and the greit velanie
That euer he said, throw wilfulnes by skill.
Scho leuer gif ten thousand crounis him till,
To saif his life, we knaw sa hir kindnes,
That scho on force can not be merciles.
In hir defalt, sa that he cum in will:
For all the faltis and the greit velanie
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Scho leuer gif ten thousand crounis him till,
To saif his life, we knaw sa hir kindnes,
That scho on force can not be merciles.
For ȝour honour Madame this we requeir,
With ȝour answer as ȝe expedient
Thinkis for to gif and Lady Venus heir.
Als prayand hir for to be pacient,
As we beleue the criminall dois repent.
Beseikand heir ȝour gracious excellence,
Quhair that we faill, that ȝe wald find defence.
With ȝour answer as ȝe expedient
Thinkis for to gif and Lady Venus heir.
Als prayand hir for to be pacient,
As we beleue the criminall dois repent.
Beseikand heir ȝour gracious excellence,
Quhair that we faill, that ȝe wald find defence.
Finis Missivæ.
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