ALEXANDER SCOTT

58        [To luve unluvit it is ane pane]

  To luve unluvit it is ane pane

For scho that is my soverane

Sum wantoun man so he hes set hir

That I can get no lufe agane

5            Bot brekis my hairt and nocht the bettir

  Quhen that I went with that sweit may

To dance to sing To sport and pley

And oft tymes in my armis plet hir

I do now murne both nycht and day

10        And brekis my hart and nocht the bettir

  Quhair I wes wont to se hir go

Rycht trymly passand to and fro

With cumly smylis quhen that I met hir

And now I leif in pane and wo

15          And brekis etc.

  Quhattane ane glaikit fule am I

To slay my self with malancoly

Sen weill I ken I may nocht get hir

Or quhat suld be the caus and quhy

20         To brek etc.

  My hairt sen thou may nocht hir pleis

Adew as gud lufe cumis as gais

Go chus ane udir and foryet hir

God gif him dolour and diseis

25          That brekis thair hairt and nocht the bettir