Download files
Complete book:
Individual page:
Thumbnail gallery: Grid view | List view
130 BANNATYNE MS.
Off pa.t ferly on fold I fell in affray
Nyrar pat noyus in nest I nycht in ane
I saw a howlat in haist vndir ane holyng
Lukand pe lak throw ]
And saw his awin schadow > And maid a gowling 52
At pe quhilk he culd grow J
He gret gryslie grym and gaif a grit ^oule
hedand and chydand w1 churlich cheir
Quhy is my face q pe fyle fassonit so foule 55
My forme and my fetherem vnfrelie but feir
My neb is nytherit as a nok I am but ane oule
Aganis natur in pe ny4 I waik into weir
I dar do no4 on pe day / bot droup as a doule
No4 for schame 1 of my 2 schaip in pert till appeir 60
Thus all thir foulis 3 for my filth hes me at feid
That be I sene in pair sicht
To luke out on day lycht
Sum will me dolefully dycht
(sum ding me to my
deid 65
Sum bird will bay at my beke / and sum will me byte
Sum skirp me w4 scome / Sum skyrme at my» / e
I se be my schaddow my schap hes pe wyte
Ouhame sail I bleme in this breth a besym I be
Is none bot dame natur I bid no4 to nyte 70
To accufc in J>is caufi> in cais pat I de
bot quha sail mak me amendis of hir wirth a myte
That thus hes maid on pe mold a monster of me
I will appeill to pe paip and paft to him plane
ffor happin that his 4 halynace j 75
Throw prayer may purchace • And than wer I fane
To reforme my foule face
1 schaip deleted, and schame interlined. 2 saik deleted.
3 in pe firth deleted. 4 hienes deleted.
Off pa.t ferly on fold I fell in affray
Nyrar pat noyus in nest I nycht in ane
I saw a howlat in haist vndir ane holyng
Lukand pe lak throw ]
And saw his awin schadow > And maid a gowling 52
At pe quhilk he culd grow J
He gret gryslie grym and gaif a grit ^oule
hedand and chydand w1 churlich cheir
Quhy is my face q pe fyle fassonit so foule 55
My forme and my fetherem vnfrelie but feir
My neb is nytherit as a nok I am but ane oule
Aganis natur in pe ny4 I waik into weir
I dar do no4 on pe day / bot droup as a doule
No4 for schame 1 of my 2 schaip in pert till appeir 60
Thus all thir foulis 3 for my filth hes me at feid
That be I sene in pair sicht
To luke out on day lycht
Sum will me dolefully dycht
(sum ding me to my
deid 65
Sum bird will bay at my beke / and sum will me byte
Sum skirp me w4 scome / Sum skyrme at my» / e
I se be my schaddow my schap hes pe wyte
Ouhame sail I bleme in this breth a besym I be
Is none bot dame natur I bid no4 to nyte 70
To accufc in J>is caufi> in cais pat I de
bot quha sail mak me amendis of hir wirth a myte
That thus hes maid on pe mold a monster of me
I will appeill to pe paip and paft to him plane
ffor happin that his 4 halynace j 75
Throw prayer may purchace • And than wer I fane
To reforme my foule face
1 schaip deleted, and schame interlined. 2 saik deleted.
3 in pe firth deleted. 4 hienes deleted.
Set display mode to: Large image | Zoom image | Transcription
Images and transcriptions on this page, including medium image downloads, may be used under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence unless otherwise stated. 
| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Bannatyne manuscript > Volume 4, 1930 > (156) |
|---|
| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/107595496 |
|---|
| Shelfmark | SCS.STES2.26 |
|---|---|
| Attribution and copyright: |
|
| 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. |
|---|---|
| Shelfmark | SCS.STES2.22-23, 26 |
| Additional NLS resources: | |
More information
|
|
| 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. |
|---|
| Description | Full text versions of historical texts dating from the 12th to the 19th century. Edited by the Abbotsford, Bannatyne, Grampian, Hunterian, Spalding and New Spalding Clubs, and also the Scottish Text, Spottiswoode and Wodrow Societies. Critical printed editions of manuscripts, including church records, state papers, correspondence, memoirs, diaries, legends and literary texts. |
|---|---|
|
More information
|
|