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BANNATYNE MS.
loy wes wtoi & loy wtout
Vnder that vnlonkest waw
qr tay raw doun w* stremis stout
full strecht vnder Stobschaw
fifinis
O lusty may w* flora quene
The balmy dropis frome phebus schene
preluciand bemes befoir pe day
be J>at diana growls grene
Throwch glaidnes of J>is lusty may
Than esperus that is so bricht
Till wofull hairtis castis his ly4
w4 bankis that blumes (on euery bray / bis //
and schuris ar sched fur4 of pair sicht
Thruch glaidnes of this lusty may
Birdis on bewis of every birth
Reiosing nottis makand thair mirth
ry4 plesandly vpoun the spray
w4 fflurissingis our feild & firth
Thruch etc.
All luvaris pat ar in cair
To thair ladeis thay do repair
In fresch momyngis (befoir the day
And ar in mirth ay mair & mair
Thruch glaidnes of this lusty may

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Volume 3, 1928
ShelfmarkSCS.STES2.23
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1928-1934 - Bannatyne manuscript
DescriptionWritten 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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Scottish Text Society publications
DescriptionA 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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