 | The poems (1902) |  |
35. [Ladies, be war þat plesand ar.]
Ladies, be war / þat plesand ar
To menis appetyte,
That ȝe nocht rew / þat ȝe thame knew
Throw þair lust and delyte.
To menis appetyte,
That ȝe nocht rew / þat ȝe thame knew
Throw þair lust and delyte.
For mony men / ar evill to ken
Þat luvis paramour,
With fenȝeit mynd, fals and vnkynd
Bringis ȝow to dishonour.
Þat luvis paramour,
With fenȝeit mynd, fals and vnkynd
Bringis ȝow to dishonour.
Quhen thay haif ane / with flattry tane,
Begylit with a trane,
Then with ane vddir / thay will confiddir
And play þe contrar pane.
Begylit with a trane,
Then with ane vddir / thay will confiddir
And play þe contrar pane.
Thay will promit / giftis rycht grit,
And sueir thay luve ȝow best;
Ȝow to begyle / with mony wyle
Thair mynd takkis nevir rest.
And sueir thay luve ȝow best;
Ȝow to begyle / with mony wyle
Thair mynd takkis nevir rest.
Thair hairtis ar sett / with sittelness,
For loif and nocht for lufe
Ȝow to dissaif / with dowbilness
To ȝour schame and reprufe.
For loif and nocht for lufe
Ȝow to dissaif / with dowbilness
To ȝour schame and reprufe.
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O ladeis deir / I ȝow requeir,
Thair fals and fenȝeit fair,
Latt ay go henss / and tyne creddens
Beleving þame no mair.
Thair fals and fenȝeit fair,
Latt ay go henss / and tyne creddens
Beleving þame no mair.
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