Page:Poems of William Dunbar (1834) Vol 2.djvu/84

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FLYTING OF DUNBAR AND KENNEDY.

Ane uthir fayis, I fe him want ane fark, I reid yow, cummer, tak in your lynning clais.

Than rynis thow doun the gait, with gild of boyis, 225 And all the toun tykis hingand in thy heilis; Of laidis and lownis thair ryffis fie ane noyis, Quhill runfyis rynnis away with cairt and quheilis And eager aviris ealiis bayth coillis and creilis, For rerd of the, and rattling of thy butis; 230 Fifche wyviscryis, Fy ! and callis dounlkillis and fkeilis; Sum clafchis the, fum cloddis the on the cutis.

Loun lyk Mahoun, be boun me till obey, Theif, or in greif mifcheif fall the betyd; Cry grace, tykis face, or I the chace and fley; 235 Oule, rare and yowle, I fall defowll thy pryd; Peilet gled, baith fed, and bred of bichis fyd, And lyk ane tyk, purfpyk, quhat man fettis by the! Forflittin, [flae] bittin, befchittin, barkit hyd, Gym ledder, fyle tedder, foule edder, I defy the. 240

Maucli muttoun, byle buttoun, peilit gluttoun, ah- to Hilhouse; Rank beggar, oltir dregar, foule fleggar, in the flet; Chittir-lilling, ruch-rilling, lik-fchilling in the milhoufs; Baird rehator, theif of natour, fals tratour, feyndis gett Filling of tauch,rak fauch, cry crauch, thow art our fett Muttoun dryver, girnall ryver, yadfwy var, fowll fell the Herretyk, lunatyk, purfpyk, carlingis pet, Rottin crok, dirtin dok, cry cok, or I fall quell the.