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BANNATYNE MS.
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He bownit to a battell and pe held wan
oursett on pe sathanas side sara^enis micht
Syne followit fast on pe chace quhew thay fle can
ffull ferly fele hes he fellit and slane in ficht
as he releuit was so wes he wer than 510
off a wyl him allane wirthy and wicht
Sirclit w* sara^enis mony a sad maw
That tranoyntit w* a trane vpoun 1 pat trew knycht
Thow sail no* de the allane q pe dowglace
Sen I se the oursett
To fecht for pe faith fett Or de in this place
I sail dewoyd the of dett.
515
He ruschit in pe grit rowt The kny* to reskew
ffell of pe faft folk pat fled of befoir 520
Releuit / In on thir twa for to tell trew
That pai war be pe 2 sayyw3 oursett / thairfoir I
mume soir
Thus in defence of pe faith as fermes anew
And pete of pe pretius kny* / pat wes in pane there
The duchty dowglaft is deid doun adew 525
W* loft and w* liking pat lestis euirmoir
his hardy mew tuk 4 pe hairt syne vpoun hand
Quhen thay had bureit pair lord 1
W* mekle mane to remord > In to Scotland
Thay maid it hame be restord J 530
T
Be this resone we reid & as our roy leuit
The dowglaft in armes The bludy hairt beiris
ffor it / bled he his blud / as pe bill breuit
And in batelk's full bred vndir baneris
Throw full chevelrous chance he this hart cheuit
ffra walit wayis & wicht wirthy in weiris
535
money deleted, and vpoun interlined.
Sic. Hunterian Club edition reads samyn.
2 be pe interlined.
4 his deleted.
■~t
He bownit to a battell and pe held wan
oursett on pe sathanas side sara^enis micht
Syne followit fast on pe chace quhew thay fle can
ffull ferly fele hes he fellit and slane in ficht
as he releuit was so wes he wer than 510
off a wyl him allane wirthy and wicht
Sirclit w* sara^enis mony a sad maw
That tranoyntit w* a trane vpoun 1 pat trew knycht
Thow sail no* de the allane q pe dowglace
Sen I se the oursett
To fecht for pe faith fett Or de in this place
I sail dewoyd the of dett.
515
He ruschit in pe grit rowt The kny* to reskew
ffell of pe faft folk pat fled of befoir 520
Releuit / In on thir twa for to tell trew
That pai war be pe 2 sayyw3 oursett / thairfoir I
mume soir
Thus in defence of pe faith as fermes anew
And pete of pe pretius kny* / pat wes in pane there
The duchty dowglaft is deid doun adew 525
W* loft and w* liking pat lestis euirmoir
his hardy mew tuk 4 pe hairt syne vpoun hand
Quhen thay had bureit pair lord 1
W* mekle mane to remord > In to Scotland
Thay maid it hame be restord J 530
T
Be this resone we reid & as our roy leuit
The dowglaft in armes The bludy hairt beiris
ffor it / bled he his blud / as pe bill breuit
And in batelk's full bred vndir baneris
Throw full chevelrous chance he this hart cheuit
ffra walit wayis & wicht wirthy in weiris
535
money deleted, and vpoun interlined.
Sic. Hunterian Club edition reads samyn.
2 be pe interlined.
4 his deleted.
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Bannatyne manuscript > Volume 4, 1930 > (170) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/107595664 |
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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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