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BANNATYNE MS.
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thre
mervelus
thingis
Than lonit wes / in perfyt vnitie
Devyne persone / and miserie of man
The moder peur full of virginitie
The fervent hairt and faith maist souerane fol. 3 a
God saule and flesche At anes to remane 125
Passing the strenth of Mannis argument
Ane standing thre / And thre ay standing ane
be michtie werk of god Omnipotent
And of thir thre The formest vnioun
Wes mervellus in maist Excellent gre 130
Quhen of the hevin the michtie campioun
His godheid knit to cure humanite .
Oppynit the port And coft our libertie
Quhairthrow the fruct of all oure grace began
Quhilk micht nocht haif sa grit difficultie 135
As to tak natur of ane mortall man .
The secund wes ane richt excellent thing
Quhen moderfull wes the virgin vndefloir
Quhair natur stwneist and had grit wondering
And all that hevinlie labur did abhoir 140
Than ressone said / it wes nocht sene afoir
Into this warld be ony levand leid
Ane chyld to be of ony woman boir
Hir bosum clene wtowttin mannis seid
The thrid Excellent wes and mervellus 145
Quhen fervent hairt and faith togidder ran
Ane thing to natur richt contrarius
Quhen scho this subteill argument began
How may thir tway haif creddence soveran
W* sicker faith in to our hairt obscure 150
That god Eteme micht stand ane mortall man
Ane mother how to be / the virgin pure

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Volume 2, 1928
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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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