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Revision as of 13:58, 21 March 2025
The poet John Rolland composed his verse translation of The Seuin Seages in 1560, while staying somewhere outside of Edinburgh in East Lothian. The title claims the text is 'Translatit out of prois in Scottis meter'; what that prose source may have been, however, is unclear. The poem follows the narrative pattern of the Historia tradition (including the presence of the Empress's lover at the end of the text), meaning that the other early Scots text, the Buke of the Sevyne Sagis in the Asloan manuscript, was not its likely source. Whether Rolland had access to a Latin Version H text, a French print, or one of the English prints by e.g. Copland or Wynkyn de Worde, is unknown.
The linguistic elements of Rolland's text, and the poem's unusual prologue and epilogue, are of particular note, as is the way the author constructs the moral and gendered elements of the poem. The title of the print explains the pedagogical intent, saying that the poem includes: 'ane Moralitie efter euerie Doctouris Tale, and siclike efter the Emprice Tale, togidder with ane louing and laude to euerie Doctour efter his awin Tale, & ane Exclamation and outcrying vpon the Empreouris wife efter hir fals contrusit Tale.' However, in addition to the 'outcrying' upon the Empress's 'falseness', the text also claims to 'vphald' 'wemen's honour', in direct response to reported criticism from Rolland's aunt. In his prologue, Rolland explains that his aunt read his earlier work - a poem called The Court of Venus - and complained that it was both difficult to read, and also unkind to women (she demands to know how he dares to speak 'sa ruch and rude' about ladies). The Seuin Seages, then, is Rolland's attempt to make amends, and this frames his excuses for his simple language, and also suggests a reading of the text less anti-feminist than it might originally appear.
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- H (Historia Septem Sapientum)
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Pattern of Embedded Stories in This Version
| Has Short Title | Has Sequence Number | Has Narrator | Has Name Variation |
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| Arbor – The Tree | 1 | Empress | |
| Canis – The Faithful Dog | 2 | Bancillas | Pantillas, Pantyllas |
| Aper – The Boar and the Fruit | 3 | Empress | |
| Puteus – The Well | 4 | Lentulus | Lentalus |
| Gaza – The Treasure | 5 | Empress | |
| Avis – The Bird | 6 | Cato | Craton |
| Sapientes – The Wise Men | 7 | Empress | |
| Tentamina – The Test | 8 | Malquidras | Malquydrak |
| Virgilius – Virgil's Marvels | 9 | Empress | |
| Medicus – The Doctor | 10 | Josephas | Iosephus |
| Senescalcus and Roma – The Steward, and Rome Beseiged | 11 | Empress | |
| Amatores – The Three Lovers | 12 | Cleophas | |
| Inclusa – The Imprisoned Wife | 13 | Empress | |
| Vidua – The Widow | 14 | Seventh Master |