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Ramsay in 1489) (a) THE POET’S PROEM.
Storyß to rede ar delitabill, suppoß þat þai be
nocht bot fabill, þan suld
storyß þat
suthfast wer, And þai war said...
- comparison, the
first ten lines, of The Brus,
composed in the 1370s, run:
Storyss to rede ar
delitibill Suppos that thai be
nocht but fabill, Than suld storys...