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BANNATYNE MS.
Page 653 Thir hide nettis ffor to ^ersawe and see fol. 302 a
This sorye caffe wyislie to vnderstand 317
Best is / be war in maist prosperitie
ffor in }>is warld pair is no thing lestand
Is na man waitt quhow fang his stait will stand 320
His lyfe will lest / nor how pat he sail end
eftir his deid / nor quhidder he sail wend
Pray we thairfore quhill we ar in pis lyffe
ffor foure thingis / pe first ffra syn remowe
The secund is to seift all weir and stryfe 325
The thrid is periyte cheritye and lowe
The ferd thing is and maist for or behowe
That is in blift with angellis to be fallow
And thus endis pe preching of pe suallow
ffinis
Fable
II1
The Houlate maid be holland
The
Houlate1 jn middis of maij at morne as 21 merat
Throw mirth markit on mold till a grene meid
The bemis 3 blyiwe est 4 of blee fro the sone blent
That all brychtnit about / the bordouris on breid
With alkin herbis off air pat war in erd lent 5
The feildis flourischit and ffret full of fairheid
So soft was the seasoun or soutane doun sent
Throw pe greabill gift off his godheid
That all was amiable ower pe air and pe erd
Thus throw pe cliftis so cleir 1 10
Alone but fallow or feir > pat ryallye reird
I raikit till a riweir J
1 Written by the same hand as the title on fol. 299 a.
2 Iment deleted as one word, and rewritten as two.
3 Originally blemis.
4 Sic. See line 17.
BANNATYNE MS.
Page 653 Thir hide nettis ffor to ^ersawe and see fol. 302 a
This sorye caffe wyislie to vnderstand 317
Best is / be war in maist prosperitie
ffor in }>is warld pair is no thing lestand
Is na man waitt quhow fang his stait will stand 320
His lyfe will lest / nor how pat he sail end
eftir his deid / nor quhidder he sail wend
Pray we thairfore quhill we ar in pis lyffe
ffor foure thingis / pe first ffra syn remowe
The secund is to seift all weir and stryfe 325
The thrid is periyte cheritye and lowe
The ferd thing is and maist for or behowe
That is in blift with angellis to be fallow
And thus endis pe preching of pe suallow
ffinis
Fable
II1
The Houlate maid be holland
The
Houlate1 jn middis of maij at morne as 21 merat
Throw mirth markit on mold till a grene meid
The bemis 3 blyiwe est 4 of blee fro the sone blent
That all brychtnit about / the bordouris on breid
With alkin herbis off air pat war in erd lent 5
The feildis flourischit and ffret full of fairheid
So soft was the seasoun or soutane doun sent
Throw pe greabill gift off his godheid
That all was amiable ower pe air and pe erd
Thus throw pe cliftis so cleir 1 10
Alone but fallow or feir > pat ryallye reird
I raikit till a riweir J
1 Written by the same hand as the title on fol. 299 a.
2 Iment deleted as one word, and rewritten as two.
3 Originally blemis.
4 Sic. See line 17.
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Bannatyne manuscript > Volume 4, 1930 > (154) |
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| Description | Written in tyme of pest, 1568, by George Bannatyne. Edited and introduced by W. Tod Ritchie. Edinburgh : Printed for the Society by W. Blackwood and Sons Ltd., 1928-34. 4 volumes. This is New Series 22-23, 26 only. Volumes 2-4 contain the text of the manuscript. |
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| Shelfmark | SCS.STES2.22-23, 26 |
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| Description | A collection of over 100 Scottish texts dating from around 1400 to 1700. Most titles are in Scots, and include editions of poetry, drama, and prose by major Scottish writers such as John Barbour, William Dunbar, Gavin Douglas, and George Buchanan. Edited by a key scholarly publisher of Scotland's literary history, and published from the late 19th century onwards by the Scottish Text Society. Available here are STS series 1-3. |
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