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XXVI. ANE SCOTTIS SONNETT.
[First serve, syne sute, quhiles seme to lichlie luif]
First serve, syne sute, quhiles seme to lichlie luif,gif thow intend to win thy ladyis grace;
Serve hir, and sche thy constancie sall pruif,
gif in hir mynd that modestie haue place;
Persewing hir may rander the relaise,
Or ellis thow can nocht conqueis hairtis desyre.
appeirantlie sumtyme to forgett, I gaise,
Hes na les force to kendill cupydis fyre.
hes thow nocht hard of mony leirant schyre
Thus sayit, ‘flie luif and it will fallow the’?
Quhilk na wayis commandis the to espyire,
Bot wald þow suld nocht perrell libertie.
Be trew, craue tyme, assoyt nocht gif thow can:
Find sche þe deschit, thow art ane marterit man.
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