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56 BANNATYNE MS.
And 3e quhome god na possessouris
In to this warld hes maid heirdoun
Of benificis bounds nor tressouris
3e thank als richelie his renoun
As 30 all cuntreis tour and toxm
loysit of lordane to ]?e flume
thy compt is left at conclusioun
Lawdate send dominuw
Quhairfoir I reid boith riche and peur
that of jour pairi 36 1 be content
for warldly substance is not seur
Nor is possessioun permanent
Think that this lyfe is nocht the lent
for skating heir of scruf and skum
bot to serve god w* clene entent
Lawdate etc.
Sen that fra god 3our grace cummis all
fra 3or regrait 3e gif him girth
Thocht he 3or gud tak grit and small
fader and moder bame and birth
Blaspheme him not be feild nor firth
Nor drowp 3e not as 30 war dum
bot boith in mowth and mynd w1 mirth
Lawdate servi dominuw
Gif god list tak vnto his gloir
3our freind pairfoir 2 say not allace
Bot humly gif him thankis fairfoir
That tuik him to sa loyfull place
quhair 30 w* blift sail vjn'ris brace
super occursois syderum
3or saluior seing in the face
Lawdate servi dominuw
finis
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And 3e quhome god na possessouris
In to this warld hes maid heirdoun
Of benificis bounds nor tressouris
3e thank als richelie his renoun
As 30 all cuntreis tour and toxm
loysit of lordane to ]?e flume
thy compt is left at conclusioun
Lawdate send dominuw
Quhairfoir I reid boith riche and peur
that of jour pairi 36 1 be content
for warldly substance is not seur
Nor is possessioun permanent
Think that this lyfe is nocht the lent
for skating heir of scruf and skum
bot to serve god w* clene entent
Lawdate etc.
Sen that fra god 3our grace cummis all
fra 3or regrait 3e gif him girth
Thocht he 3or gud tak grit and small
fader and moder bame and birth
Blaspheme him not be feild nor firth
Nor drowp 3e not as 30 war dum
bot boith in mowth and mynd w1 mirth
Lawdate servi dominuw
Gif god list tak vnto his gloir
3our freind pairfoir 2 say not allace
Bot humly gif him thankis fairfoir
That tuik him to sa loyfull place
quhair 30 w* blift sail vjn'ris brace
super occursois syderum
3or saluior seing in the face
Lawdate servi dominuw
finis
1 Interlined. 2 je deleted.
20
25
30
35
40
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Bannatyne manuscript > Volume 2, 1928 > (82) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/114610355 |
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| Shelfmark | SCS.STES2.22 |
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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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