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BANNATYNE MS.
137
Thus argewe thaj emistlye woner oftsift
And syne to pe samjm forsuth thaj assent1 hale 275
That sen it nychlit nature thair aliens maistrift
Thaj coud no* trete but entent of pe temperale
Thairfore J>aj counsele pe pape to wryte on pis wift
To pe | athill Em^erour soutane in sale
Till addreft to pat diete to deme his avift 280
W* dukfs and w* 2 digne lordis derrest in dale
Erlis of ancestry and vper ynewe
So pat spirituale state j
And pe seculare consate > Tendir and trewe
Mycht all gang in a gate J 285
The trew turture | and traist as I heir tald
Wrate pir lettres at lenth lelest in lede
Syne throw pe papis precept planelye pame jald
To pe | suallow | so swift harrald in hede 290
To ettill to pe Em^eroure of ancestry aid
He wald no* spare for to spring / on a guid spede
ffand him in babilonis tour / w* bemis so bald
Cruell kingis w* croun / and duckz's but drede
He gaue pir lordis belyve pe Lettres to luke 295
Quhilk pe riche Emperoure j
And all othir in pe houre l Bayth princis and duke
Ressauit w* honor
Quhen paj consauit had pe cas and the credence 300
Be the herald in hall / hufe paj no* ellis
Bot bownis out of babilon w* all obedience
Sekis our pe salt see fro pe south fellis
Enteris in Europ free but offence
Waillis wislye pe wayis / be woddzs and wellfs 305
Till thaj approch to pe pape in his presence
At pe foirsaid triste / qr pe trete tellis
1 all deleted.
2 diligence deleted.
137
Thus argewe thaj emistlye woner oftsift
And syne to pe samjm forsuth thaj assent1 hale 275
That sen it nychlit nature thair aliens maistrift
Thaj coud no* trete but entent of pe temperale
Thairfore J>aj counsele pe pape to wryte on pis wift
To pe | athill Em^erour soutane in sale
Till addreft to pat diete to deme his avift 280
W* dukfs and w* 2 digne lordis derrest in dale
Erlis of ancestry and vper ynewe
So pat spirituale state j
And pe seculare consate > Tendir and trewe
Mycht all gang in a gate J 285
The trew turture | and traist as I heir tald
Wrate pir lettres at lenth lelest in lede
Syne throw pe papis precept planelye pame jald
To pe | suallow | so swift harrald in hede 290
To ettill to pe Em^eroure of ancestry aid
He wald no* spare for to spring / on a guid spede
ffand him in babilonis tour / w* bemis so bald
Cruell kingis w* croun / and duckz's but drede
He gaue pir lordis belyve pe Lettres to luke 295
Quhilk pe riche Emperoure j
And all othir in pe houre l Bayth princis and duke
Ressauit w* honor
Quhen paj consauit had pe cas and the credence 300
Be the herald in hall / hufe paj no* ellis
Bot bownis out of babilon w* all obedience
Sekis our pe salt see fro pe south fellis
Enteris in Europ free but offence
Waillis wislye pe wayis / be woddzs and wellfs 305
Till thaj approch to pe pape in his presence
At pe foirsaid triste / qr pe trete tellis
1 all deleted.
2 diligence deleted.
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Bannatyne manuscript > Volume 4, 1930 > (163) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/107595580 |
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| Shelfmark | SCS.STES2.26 |
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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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| 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. |
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