Ratis raving Volume 43; and other moral and religious pieces, in prose and verse

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1870 Excerpt: ... lytill profyt to the bee; Bot twwell gret for frend & kyne, And mar dispend na ow may vyne, 1832 And vphald caust wrangwysty, And for-do rycht of thi party, That drawis cowdampnacione, That mone have gret punyscione-: 1836 Than war the better hald the still, And spend nocht thi gud all in Ill. Trow weil, It mone be swa, ore vere, Fra ow be mwter at the bare. 1840 f yf ow be set to nwchandist VJ Quhat thing ow byis, se to the pn'ce; for he, without loss to himself, can give much. 1 Here there is line to rhyme with And to the disspens maid thar by, And sell tharefter wysly. 1844 Jarn nocAt vynyng at-oure mesour, For dout It sal nocht weil Indwre. 996 Luf nocAt gretly aithis to swere, Na fyrst nocht mekyll of thi gere. 1848 Tak erare gud pay, and lest vynywg, Than hecht of mare & fyxst thy chyinge; 1000 Fore nwchandice wald, Ilka day, By and sell wtA reddy pay; 1852 And It is wnreddy paymewt That bow hast fristit out or lent. 1004 Quharfor, frysting me think cowtrare To nwchandice and mone empare, 1856 And sum quhill mak thi frend thi fa, Or bow thin awne may get hyme fra. 1008 I yf bow be set to ferne a lord, Thinkand to have sum gret Rauard, 1860 Be lel, lufand, and debonare, Honest, wnswere, & answer fare, 1012 Baith to thi lord and to thi pare, And to the les als veil as mare, 1864 Of mesur and of gud mawhede. Gif bow may one this vyst the led, 1016 Thow sal nocht fail a gud revard.1 And, gud sone, serue a mycMy man 1868 And kep weil to thi labour than; And althir erest serf a kinge; 1020 Fore tyll hyme fall mekle thinge, That may nocht lest his stat to gyfe, 1872 And may his seruand weil raleif. That ganis nocht a king to hald, 1024 May rich a seruand many fauld, Gif he be gracioust and vyst, a space in the MS. as though a line were lest out....