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Assoc for Scottish Literature on Nostr: Schir, lat it neuer in toune be tald That I suld be ane Ȝowllis ȝald… —William ...

Schir, lat it neuer in toune be tald
That I suld be ane Ȝowllis ȝald…

—William Dunbar (c. 1459–1530), “Petitioun of the Auld Gray Hors, Dumbar” – where the poet appeals to his patron, James IV, King of Scots, for funds to buy new clothes

Full text with glosses:
https://d.lib.rochester.edu/teams/text/conlee-dunbar-complete-works-poems-public-and-private#P49

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