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BANNATYNE MS.
163
In court rewaird than purchefi I
than half thay malyce & Invy
And secreitly thay on me he
And dois me hinder prevely
Lord god how sail I goveme me
I wald my gyding war dewysit
Page 194 gif I spend littill I am dispysit
gif I be nobill gentill and fre
A prodigall ma» I am so prysit
Lord god how sail I goveme me
Now luge thay me baith guid and ill
and I may no mans tung hald stih
To do pe best my mynd salbe
Latt every man say quhat he will
the gratious god mot goveme me
ffinis q Dumbar
ffoure mener of men ar evill to ken
Ane Is pat riches hes and eift
gold siluer come Cattell and ky
and wald half pairi fra vpiris by
Ane vpir Is of land and rent
so grit a lord and so potent
That he may not it rewill nor gy
And }it wald half fra vpi'ris by
The thrid dois eik so dourly drink
and aill and wyne whn him sink
quhill in his wame no rowm be dry
And jit etc.
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163
In court rewaird than purchefi I
than half thay malyce & Invy
And secreitly thay on me he
And dois me hinder prevely
Lord god how sail I goveme me
I wald my gyding war dewysit
Page 194 gif I spend littill I am dispysit
gif I be nobill gentill and fre
A prodigall ma» I am so prysit
Lord god how sail I goveme me
Now luge thay me baith guid and ill
and I may no mans tung hald stih
To do pe best my mynd salbe
Latt every man say quhat he will
the gratious god mot goveme me
ffinis q Dumbar
ffoure mener of men ar evill to ken
Ane Is pat riches hes and eift
gold siluer come Cattell and ky
and wald half pairi fra vpiris by
Ane vpir Is of land and rent
so grit a lord and so potent
That he may not it rewill nor gy
And }it wald half fra vpi'ris by
The thrid dois eik so dourly drink
and aill and wyne whn him sink
quhill in his wame no rowm be dry
And jit etc.
35
fol. 66 b
40
45
10
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Bannatyne manuscript > Volume 2, 1928 > (189) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/114611639 |
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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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