Download files
Complete book:
Individual page:
Thumbnail gallery: Grid view | List view
142
BANNATYNE MS.
Trewth is all tynt Gyle hes the govimance
Wrechitnes hes wrocht all weill to wo
fredome is tynt & flemit }>e lordts fro
and covettyce Is all the cauft of thift
I am content J>at 3owtheid Is ago 15
The moir etc.
The stait of ^ewth I repute for no gude
Page 174 for in )>at stait sic parrell now I see fol. 57 b
but speciall grace The regeing of his blude
Can none ganestand quhill J>at he aigit be 20
Syne of the thing befoir fat loyit he
Nothing remanis now1 to be callit his
for quhy it was bot verry vanitie
The moir of aige the nerer hevinis blift
Sowld no man trust this wretchit world for quhy 25
Of erdly loy ay sorrow is the end
The stait of it can no man certify
this day a king To mome haif not to spend
Quhat haif we heir bot grace ws to defend
The quhilk god grant ws till amend our mife 30
That to his gloir he ma our sawlis send
The moir of aige the nerrer hevins blift
ffinis q Hendersone
ffollowis the thre deid pollis
O sinfull man in to this mortall se
quhilk is the vaill of mvmyng and of Cair
With gaistly sicht Behold oure heidis thre
Oure holkit Ene oure peilit pollis bair
Interlined.
BANNATYNE MS.
Trewth is all tynt Gyle hes the govimance
Wrechitnes hes wrocht all weill to wo
fredome is tynt & flemit }>e lordts fro
and covettyce Is all the cauft of thift
I am content J>at 3owtheid Is ago 15
The moir etc.
The stait of ^ewth I repute for no gude
Page 174 for in )>at stait sic parrell now I see fol. 57 b
but speciall grace The regeing of his blude
Can none ganestand quhill J>at he aigit be 20
Syne of the thing befoir fat loyit he
Nothing remanis now1 to be callit his
for quhy it was bot verry vanitie
The moir of aige the nerer hevinis blift
Sowld no man trust this wretchit world for quhy 25
Of erdly loy ay sorrow is the end
The stait of it can no man certify
this day a king To mome haif not to spend
Quhat haif we heir bot grace ws to defend
The quhilk god grant ws till amend our mife 30
That to his gloir he ma our sawlis send
The moir of aige the nerrer hevins blift
ffinis q Hendersone
ffollowis the thre deid pollis
O sinfull man in to this mortall se
quhilk is the vaill of mvmyng and of Cair
With gaistly sicht Behold oure heidis thre
Oure holkit Ene oure peilit pollis bair
Interlined.
Set display mode to: Large image | Zoom image | Transcription
Images and transcriptions on this page, including medium image downloads, may be used under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence unless otherwise stated. 
| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Bannatyne manuscript > Volume 2, 1928 > (168) |
|---|
| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/114611387 |
|---|
| Shelfmark | SCS.STES2.22 |
|---|---|
| Attribution and copyright: |
|
| 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. |
|---|---|
| Shelfmark | SCS.STES2.22-23, 26 |
| Additional NLS resources: | |
More information
|
|
| 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. |
|---|
| 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. |
|---|---|
|
More information
|
|