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BANNATYNE MS.
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Off syn als aganis the haly spreit
Of vertew postponyng And syn aganis nateur
Off contritioun confessour indiscreit
Of ressait sinffull of the my saluior
Of non repentance and satisfaction seur 85
Of the sevin giftis the haly gaist me sent
Of Sex petitionis in pater noster peur
I cry the mercy etc.
Nocht thanking the of gratitud nor grace
Page 97 That thow me wrocht and bocht w1 thy blude fol. 19a
Of this schort lyfe rewmembring nocht the space 91
The hevinis blift The hellis hiddouft feid
But moir trespa ft my syraiis to remeid
Concluding nevir all thrwch in myne Entent
Thow quhois blude on rude ran for my deid 95
I cry the mercy and lasar to repent
I knaw me vicious lord and richt culpable
In aithis sweiring / leising / and blaspheming
Off frustrat speiking in court in kirk and table
In wordis vyle In vaneteis Expreming 100
Preysing my self And evill my nichboris demi»g
And so in ydilnes my dayis haif spent
Thow that was rent on rude for my redemi»g
I cry the mercy and lasar to repent
I synnit in consaving thochtis lolie 105
Vp to the hevin extolling myne ententioun
In he exaltit arrogance and folye
Prowdnes / derisioun scome / and vilipentioun
Presumptioun / inobedience / and cowtemptioun
In fals vane gloir and deidis negligent no
0 Thow that deit on rud for my redemptioun
1 cry etc.