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Sir, I wald speir at ȝow ane questioun.
Behauld sum Prelats of this Regioun:
Manifestlie during thair lustie lyvfis,
Thay swyfe Ladies, Madinis and vther mens wyfis.
And sa thair cunts thay haue in consuetude.
Quhidder say ȝe that law is evill or gude?

— David Lyndsay

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That nicht he sleipit never ane wink,
Bot still did on the Ladie think.

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Pat polacey in dainger of hir lyfe.

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Ere I depart this natioun, I shall mak Reformatioun!

To colliers, carters, and to cooks,
To Jock and Tom my rhyme shall be directed.

And to the Devill of hell condemne this mein3e;
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