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Glasgow, Glasgow University Library Hunterian 230 (U.3.3)

Pastime of Pleasure

Introductory lines of a song otherwise lost, appearing to indicate melody to be used with another poem — fragment

First of a series of ten disconnected proverbial couplets — one couplet

Proverbial couplet comparing a lie based on reason and truth spoken out of season — one couplet

Proverbial couplet about the folly of attempting what one has not intelligence to do — one couplet

Proverbial couplet on the changeability of lord’s purpose and woman’s thought — one couplet

Proverbial couplet comparing man’s ability to tame a wild beast and his ability to tame a woman’s tongue — one couplet

On mercy — one couplet

A proverbial couplet included in 2728

Proverbial couplet urging one to work in youth, rest in age — one couplet

Advice on marriage — one monorhyming quatrain