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BANNATYNE MS.
Suppois the servand be lang vnquit
The lord sumtyme rewaird will it
Gife he dois not quhat remedy
To fecht with fortoun Is no wit
In asking sowld descretioun be
ffinis of asking ffollowis discretioun
of geving
To speik of gift or almouft deidis
Sum gevis for mereit and for meidis
Sum warldly honour to vphie
gevis to thame )>at nothing neidis
Page*. 185 In geving sowld discretioun be
Sum gevis for pryd and glory vane
Sinn gevis with grugeing and w4 pane
Sum gevis in practik for supple
Sum gevis for twyift als gud agane
In geving sowld discretioun be
Sum gevis for thank Sum chereit1
Sum gevis money and sum gevis meit
Sum gevis wordis fair and sle
Giftis fra sum ma na man treit
In giving etc.
Sum is for gift sa lang requyrd
quhill pat the crevar be so tyrd
That or the gift deliuerit be
The thank is frustrat and expyrd
In geving etc.
1 Originally chereitie, ie deleted and i inserted before t.
BANNATYNE MS.
Suppois the servand be lang vnquit
The lord sumtyme rewaird will it
Gife he dois not quhat remedy
To fecht with fortoun Is no wit
In asking sowld descretioun be
ffinis of asking ffollowis discretioun
of geving
To speik of gift or almouft deidis
Sum gevis for mereit and for meidis
Sum warldly honour to vphie
gevis to thame )>at nothing neidis
Page*. 185 In geving sowld discretioun be
Sum gevis for pryd and glory vane
Sinn gevis with grugeing and w4 pane
Sum gevis in practik for supple
Sum gevis for twyift als gud agane
In geving sowld discretioun be
Sum gevis for thank Sum chereit1
Sum gevis money and sum gevis meit
Sum gevis wordis fair and sle
Giftis fra sum ma na man treit
In giving etc.
Sum is for gift sa lang requyrd
quhill pat the crevar be so tyrd
That or the gift deliuerit be
The thank is frustrat and expyrd
In geving etc.
1 Originally chereitie, ie deleted and i inserted before t.
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Bannatyne manuscript > Volume 2, 1928 > (178) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/114611507 |
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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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