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BANNATYNE MS.
ffiredome retumis in wrechitneft
& trew* retumis in dowbilnefi 30
W* fen3eit wirdzs to mak me« fane
All etc.
Vertew retumis in to vyce
1 and honor in to avaryce1
W* cuvatyce is consciens slane 35
All etc.
Sen erdly loy abydzs nevir
Wirk for J>e loy fat lestis evir
ffor vder loy is all bot vane
All erdly loy retumis in pane 40
q dumbar
Doun by ane rever as I red
outthrow a forrest that wes fair
Thynkand how fat this warld wes maid
Sa suddanly away we fair
That kingis and lordz's sail haif no mair 5
fra tyme fat he be bund on beir
Thus spak a fowll I 30W declair
Do for thy self quhill thow art heir
Page 157 I marvellit quhat that bird sowld be fol. 49
that wes so fair w1 fedderis gent 10
scho bowind hir nocht to fle fra me
Bot satt and tald me hir Intent
Off thy misdeidzs thow the repent
And of thy synnys confeft the deir
ffor deid he hes his bow ay bent
Do for thy self quhill thow art heir
1-1 On margin.
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BANNATYNE MS.
ffiredome retumis in wrechitneft
& trew* retumis in dowbilnefi 30
W* fen3eit wirdzs to mak me« fane
All etc.
Vertew retumis in to vyce
1 and honor in to avaryce1
W* cuvatyce is consciens slane 35
All etc.
Sen erdly loy abydzs nevir
Wirk for J>e loy fat lestis evir
ffor vder loy is all bot vane
All erdly loy retumis in pane 40
q dumbar
Doun by ane rever as I red
outthrow a forrest that wes fair
Thynkand how fat this warld wes maid
Sa suddanly away we fair
That kingis and lordz's sail haif no mair 5
fra tyme fat he be bund on beir
Thus spak a fowll I 30W declair
Do for thy self quhill thow art heir
Page 157 I marvellit quhat that bird sowld be fol. 49
that wes so fair w1 fedderis gent 10
scho bowind hir nocht to fle fra me
Bot satt and tald me hir Intent
Off thy misdeidzs thow the repent
And of thy synnys confeft the deir
ffor deid he hes his bow ay bent
Do for thy self quhill thow art heir
1-1 On margin.
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Bannatyne manuscript > Volume 2, 1928 > (148) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/114611147 |
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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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