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BANNATYNE MS.
Accusand thus his 1 cankerit conscience
Vnto a craig he kest about his E
So saw he cumand a littill than frome thence
A worthy doctor of dim'nite
ffreir wolf waitskath in science wondrouft sle
To preche and pray was new cum of clostir
W‘ beidis in hand sayand his paternoster
Seand the wolf this wylie trator tod
on kneis fell w4 hud in to his nek
Welcome my gaistly fadir vndir god
q he w1 mony binge and mony bek
Than q the wolf ser fox to what effek
mak 3e sic feir ryft vp put on 3or hude
fader q he I haif grit cauft to dude
ge ar the lanteme and the sicker way
Suld gyd sic sympill folk as me to grace
3or bairfeit and ^our ousett 2 coull of gray
3 Schawis full weill 3our periyt halynace
3or lene cheikzs 3or paill and petouft face 3
for weill war him pat anis in his lyfe
had hap to 30W his synnis anis to schryfe
A silly lowrance q the wolf and lewch
It plefft me p1 30 ar penitent
of reif and stowth Sr I can tell ennewch
pat caufft me full sair for till repent
Bot fader byd still heir on this bent
I 30W beseik and heir me now declair
My conscience pat prikfs me so fair 2
deleted, and his interlined.
These lines are transposed in S.T.S. Henryson, Vol. II., p. 253
Accusand thus his 1 cankerit conscience
Vnto a craig he kest about his E
So saw he cumand a littill than frome thence
A worthy doctor of dim'nite
ffreir wolf waitskath in science wondrouft sle
To preche and pray was new cum of clostir
W‘ beidis in hand sayand his paternoster
Seand the wolf this wylie trator tod
on kneis fell w4 hud in to his nek
Welcome my gaistly fadir vndir god
q he w1 mony binge and mony bek
Than q the wolf ser fox to what effek
mak 3e sic feir ryft vp put on 3or hude
fader q he I haif grit cauft to dude
ge ar the lanteme and the sicker way
Suld gyd sic sympill folk as me to grace
3or bairfeit and ^our ousett 2 coull of gray
3 Schawis full weill 3our periyt halynace
3or lene cheikzs 3or paill and petouft face 3
for weill war him pat anis in his lyfe
had hap to 30W his synnis anis to schryfe
A silly lowrance q the wolf and lewch
It plefft me p1 30 ar penitent
of reif and stowth Sr I can tell ennewch
pat caufft me full sair for till repent
Bot fader byd still heir on this bent
I 30W beseik and heir me now declair
My conscience pat prikfs me so fair 2
deleted, and his interlined.
These lines are transposed in S.T.S. Henryson, Vol. II., p. 253
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Bannatyne manuscript > Volume 4, 1930 > (193) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/107595940 |
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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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