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Poems of John Stewart of Baldyneiss

From the MS. in the Advocates' Library, Edinburgh: Edited by Thomas Crockett

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TO HIS FAITHFVLL AND WEILWILLING FREIND.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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TO HIS FAITHFVLL AND WEILWILLING FREIND.

HVICTAIN.

Thocht fickill fortoune froune vith furious face,
In euerie cace I sall ȝour freind remaine,
Than but desdaine, Sen I do suir Imbrace
Guidwill all space, Be constant kynd againe.
No ioy Nor paine Nor absence may constraine
Me to refraine from this my freindlie vow.
As turtill dow, Quhan that hir maik is slaine,
So I complaine to laik the sycht of ȝow.