Ane Compendious and Breve Tractate Concerning Ye Office & Dewtie of Kyngis, Spirituall Pastoris, & Temporall IugisEarly English Text Society, 1864 - 39 pages |
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Accord Accounts authority boith cause chuse Compare Compendious Creature cure dois EARLY ENGLISH Edinburgh Edited English euery expression faithfull French Frome Geue thay glore Glossarial Goddis godds Godlie grace gret gude haue heir hert introductory note Iugis Iustice King knaw knawin kyng kyngis latter Library Liegis lines LONDON Lorde lufe lyfe Lyndsay means Minister mony nother Pastoris play poem possess preche Prencis present printed pure Puris quha Quhare quhat quhen Quhilk realme rent Reverend Peter Hall ryches rycht ryng sall Sapi schorte Scotch seems seis sense Sir David stands suld nocht Supply sure syllable TEMPORALL Texts thair thame thare Thay suld thir thocht thyng Tractate trew tyll tyne viii vnto wald weill William Lauder withouttin wourd wrang wyll zour
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Page vii - ... daughter's minority Four years later, Lauder's inventive powers were again exercised, in producing one of those plays, or moralities, which were so common at that time. It was for the purpose of celebrating the marriage of the young Scottish Queen with Francis, Dauphin of France, at Paris, in July, 1558. Although neither of his plays has reached our times, yet the Council Registers and the Treasurer's Accounts enable us to ascertain the nature of the latter performance, in which the chief personages...
Page 27 - Marchawdis had nocht lost so mony packis, Our commoun peple had nocht bene opprest; On ather syde, all wrangis had bene redrest: Bot Edinburgh, sen syne, Leith, and Kyngorne The day and hour may ban that I was borne.
Page 25 - Poems), a contemporary of Lauder: " Trait ilk trew Barroun as he war thy brother, Quhilk mon, at neid, the and thy realme defende : Quhen, suddantlie, one doith oppresse one vther, Lat lustice, myxit with mercy, thame amende.
Page vi - ... in Edinburgh. He, at least, had early distinguished himself by his literary talents ; as we find that, upon an occasion of public rejoicing, he furnished a play, or dramatic representation, which was performed at the expense of the Magistrates and Council of Edinburgh. On the 28th of December...
Page 31 - ... and not poignant. The following extracts from Palsgrave, who wrote in 1530, bear directly on the change of lignage into lineage : "Also, whan so ever these III letters, gna, gne, or gno come to gyther, eyther in a nowne substantive or in a verbe, the reder shall sounde an i shortly and confusely betwene the n and the vowel folowynge.