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22. [Favour is fair in luvis lair.]
Favour is fair / in luvis lair,
Ȝit freindschip mair / bene to commend;
Bot quhair despair / bene adwersare,
Nothing is thair / bot wofull end.
Ȝit freindschip mair / bene to commend;
Bot quhair despair / bene adwersare,
Nothing is thair / bot wofull end.
Off men I mene / in scherwice bene,
Of Venus quene / but conforting;
Be thame I wene / that mon sustene,
The kairis kene / of Cupeid king.
Of Venus quene / but conforting;
Be thame I wene / that mon sustene,
The kairis kene / of Cupeid king.
Continwance / in Cupeidis dance,
But discrepance / withowt remeid,
Sic was my chance / in observance,
But recompance / my lyfe to leid.
But discrepance / withowt remeid,
Sic was my chance / in observance,
But recompance / my lyfe to leid.
Hir court he[s] jo / quhair evir thay go,
The lyfe is so / scho dois thame len,
Quhair his hes wo / withowttin ho,
He is sic fo / till faythfull men.
The lyfe is so / scho dois thame len,
Quhair his hes wo / withowttin ho,
He is sic fo / till faythfull men.
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I speik expart / suppois I smart
That scho hes gart / me thus lament,
Bot this same darte / may causs hir harte,
Heir eftirwart / also repent.
That scho hes gart / me thus lament,
Bot this same darte / may causs hir harte,
Heir eftirwart / also repent.
Sen so I se / to leif in le,
At libbertie / is weill but wo,
Happie is he / I say for me,
Quhen he is fre / can hald him so.
At libbertie / is weill but wo,
Happie is he / I say for me,
Quhen he is fre / can hald him so.
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