minstrel: Re: tricky poem scansion

[Corrie Bergeron]

>>          X               X        X       X             Y        Y 
>> > "Be my feth," sayd the dougheti Doglas agayn, "I wyll let that hontyng yf
>> (problem) Y
>> > that I may."
>

"be'FAITH!" said the Doughty DOUGlas again, "I'll-let THAT hunting i'that-I
May!"

>He sayd, "it was the Duglas promys this day to met me hear,
>>But I wyste he wolde faylle verament;" a great ithg the Perse' swear.
>                                                ^^^^
>  Just one question, though. Is that really "ithg" up there?

"oath" with a silent g... ?

Brendan O Corraidhe
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