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153
Sum gevis to littill full wretchitly
That his giftis ar not set by
And for a huidpyk haldin Is hie
That all the warld cryis on him fy
In geving sowld discretioun be
Sum in his geving Is so large
That all ourlaidin is his berge
Thaw vyce and prodigalite
Thairof his honour dois dischairge
In geving sowld etc.
Sum to the riche gevis geir
that micht his giftis weill forbeir
And thocht the peur for fait sowld de
Is cry nocht enteris in his Eir
In geving etc.
Sum givis to strangeris w4 face new
Page 186 That ^isterday fra flanderis flew
And to awld serwandis list not se
War thay nevir of sa grit vertew
In geving sowld discretioun be
Sum gevis to thame can ask and plen3ie
Sum gevis to thame can flattir and fenjie
Sum gevis to men of honestie
And haldis all langlaris at disdenjie
In geving etc.
Sum gettis giftis and riche arrayis
To sweir all ]?at his maister sayis
Thocht all the contrair weill knawis hie
Ar mony sic now in thir dayis
In geving etc.
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Sum gevis to littill full wretchitly
That his giftis ar not set by
And for a huidpyk haldin Is hie
That all the warld cryis on him fy
In geving sowld discretioun be
Sum in his geving Is so large
That all ourlaidin is his berge
Thaw vyce and prodigalite
Thairof his honour dois dischairge
In geving sowld etc.
Sum to the riche gevis geir
that micht his giftis weill forbeir
And thocht the peur for fait sowld de
Is cry nocht enteris in his Eir
In geving etc.
Sum givis to strangeris w4 face new
Page 186 That ^isterday fra flanderis flew
And to awld serwandis list not se
War thay nevir of sa grit vertew
In geving sowld discretioun be
Sum gevis to thame can ask and plen3ie
Sum gevis to thame can flattir and fenjie
Sum gevis to men of honestie
And haldis all langlaris at disdenjie
In geving etc.
Sum gettis giftis and riche arrayis
To sweir all ]?at his maister sayis
Thocht all the contrair weill knawis hie
Ar mony sic now in thir dayis
In geving etc.
25
30
35
fol. 62 b
40
45
50
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Bannatyne manuscript > Volume 2, 1928 > (179) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/114611519 |
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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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