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BANNATYNE MS.
and baneift thame the burgeft raw
And to the scho streit 3c thame ken 70
Syne cutt thair luggis that 3c may knaw
Thir peddir knavis be burges men
firms q Linsdsay1
How the first Helandmaw of god was maid
of Ane horft turd in argylle as is said
God and sanct petir was gangand be the way
Heiche vp in ardgyle quhair thair gait lay
Sanct petir said to god in a sport word
Can 3e no4 mak a heilandman of this horft tourd
God tumd owre pe horft turd w4 his pykit staff 5
And vp start a helandma» blak as ony draff
Page 385 Qwod god to pe helandmaw quhair wilt thow now
I will dorm in pe lawlarcd lord / and thair steill a kow
And thow steill A cow cairle thair thay will hang the
Quattrack lord of that ffor anis mon I die 10
God than he lewch and owre the dyk lap
and owt of his scheith his gowlly owtgatt
Sanct petir socht this gowly2 fast vp & dorm
3it cowld not find it in all that braid rownn
Now 3 q god / heir a marvell how can this be 15
That I sowld want my gowly And we heir bot thre
humff q the helandmaw and tumd him abowt
And at his plaid nuk the guly fell owt
ffy q sanct petir thow will nevir do weill
And thow bot new maid sa sone gais to steill 20
Vmff q the helandman & swere be 3on kirk
Sa lang as I may geir gett to steill / will I nevir wirk
ffinis
1 Linsdsay is in more faded ink, as if written by a different hand.
2 agane deleted. 8 May be either Now or Wow.
fol. 163 a
BANNATYNE MS.
and baneift thame the burgeft raw
And to the scho streit 3c thame ken 70
Syne cutt thair luggis that 3c may knaw
Thir peddir knavis be burges men
firms q Linsdsay1
How the first Helandmaw of god was maid
of Ane horft turd in argylle as is said
God and sanct petir was gangand be the way
Heiche vp in ardgyle quhair thair gait lay
Sanct petir said to god in a sport word
Can 3e no4 mak a heilandman of this horft tourd
God tumd owre pe horft turd w4 his pykit staff 5
And vp start a helandma» blak as ony draff
Page 385 Qwod god to pe helandmaw quhair wilt thow now
I will dorm in pe lawlarcd lord / and thair steill a kow
And thow steill A cow cairle thair thay will hang the
Quattrack lord of that ffor anis mon I die 10
God than he lewch and owre the dyk lap
and owt of his scheith his gowlly owtgatt
Sanct petir socht this gowly2 fast vp & dorm
3it cowld not find it in all that braid rownn
Now 3 q god / heir a marvell how can this be 15
That I sowld want my gowly And we heir bot thre
humff q the helandmaw and tumd him abowt
And at his plaid nuk the guly fell owt
ffy q sanct petir thow will nevir do weill
And thow bot new maid sa sone gais to steill 20
Vmff q the helandman & swere be 3on kirk
Sa lang as I may geir gett to steill / will I nevir wirk
ffinis
1 Linsdsay is in more faded ink, as if written by a different hand.
2 agane deleted. 8 May be either Now or Wow.
fol. 163 a
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Bannatyne manuscript > Volume 3, 1928 > (106) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/114605867 |
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| Shelfmark | SCS.STES2.23 |
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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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