Ancient Scottish Poems, 1770; and James Sibbald in a Chronicle of Scottish Poetry, 1802, printed fifteen. There are three editions which are nearly complete. One by David Laing published in 1821; an edition printed for private circulation in Glasgow in 1882; and one by the Scottish Text Society, edited by Dr. James Cranstoun, which is by far the best of the three. There is also a modernized version of a number of the poems by William Mackean, Paisley, 1887. I am bound to record my thanks to my friends, Alexander Morton, M.A., Kirkaldy, for the very valuable aid rendered in the preparation of this edition, especially in connection with the glossary, and James Pittendrigh MacGillivray, R.S.A., Edinburgh, for the drawings which decorate the volume. Fra raige of yowth the rynk hes rune Haif hairt in hairt, ye hairt of hairtis, haill ... Hence, hairt, with hir that most departe I mvse and mervellis in my mind I wil be plane and lufe affane In June the jem of joy and geme Leif luve and lat me leif allone Lo, quhat it is to lufe ... Lord God deliuer me, allace! ... : : : : : : Luvaris, lat be the frennessy of luve ... Marvilling in mynd, quhat ailis fortoun at me May is the moneth maist amene O lusty May, with Flora quene Quha is perfyte to put in wryt : : : : : 43 Quha lykis to luve, or that law pruve ... ... ... ... Rycht as the glass bene thirlit thrucht with bemis Thair is nocht ane winche pat I se The grit debait and turnament To luve vnluvit it is ane pane ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... : : 1 The Wryttar to the Reidaris. Ye reverend redaris, thir workis revolving richt, My copeis awld, mankit, and mvtillait; Quhais trewth, as standis, yit haif I, sympill wicht, |