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BANNATYNE MS.
In cumpany cheift honorable feiris
And fra vyle 1 folkis draw the far on syd
The psalme sayis cum sancto sanctus eiris 15
He rewlis weill That weill him self can gyd
Haif pacience Thocht thow no lordschip posseid
ffor hie vertew may stand in law estait
be thow content of mair thow hes no neid
And be thow nocht Desyre sail mak debait 20
Evirmoir / till deth say to the than chakmait
Thocht all war thyne this warld whn so wyd
Quha can resist the serpent of dispyt
he rewlis weill That weill him self can gyd
file frome the fallowschip of sic as ar defamit 25
And fra all fals tungis fulfild w* flattry
Als fra all schrewis or ellis thow art eschamit
Sic art thow callit As is thy cumpany
fie peneVius taillis foundit of Invy
With wilfull men Son argown thow no tyd 30
quhome no ressone may seift nor pacify
he rewhs weill That weill him self can gyd
And be thow not ane roundar in the nwke
for gif thow be men will hald the suspect
Be nocht in countenance ane skomar nor by luke 35
Bot dowt siclyk sail stryk the in the neck
be war also to counsall or coreck
him l?at extold hes far him self in pryd
quhair parrell is but proffeit or effect
he Rewhs weill That weill him self gan gyd 40
Page 199 And sen thow seyis mony thingis variand fol. 69 a
With ah thy hart treit bissines and cure
Originally vyld.
BANNATYNE MS.
In cumpany cheift honorable feiris
And fra vyle 1 folkis draw the far on syd
The psalme sayis cum sancto sanctus eiris 15
He rewlis weill That weill him self can gyd
Haif pacience Thocht thow no lordschip posseid
ffor hie vertew may stand in law estait
be thow content of mair thow hes no neid
And be thow nocht Desyre sail mak debait 20
Evirmoir / till deth say to the than chakmait
Thocht all war thyne this warld whn so wyd
Quha can resist the serpent of dispyt
he rewlis weill That weill him self can gyd
file frome the fallowschip of sic as ar defamit 25
And fra all fals tungis fulfild w* flattry
Als fra all schrewis or ellis thow art eschamit
Sic art thow callit As is thy cumpany
fie peneVius taillis foundit of Invy
With wilfull men Son argown thow no tyd 30
quhome no ressone may seift nor pacify
he rewhs weill That weill him self can gyd
And be thow not ane roundar in the nwke
for gif thow be men will hald the suspect
Be nocht in countenance ane skomar nor by luke 35
Bot dowt siclyk sail stryk the in the neck
be war also to counsall or coreck
him l?at extold hes far him self in pryd
quhair parrell is but proffeit or effect
he Rewhs weill That weill him self gan gyd 40
Page 199 And sen thow seyis mony thingis variand fol. 69 a
With ah thy hart treit bissines and cure
Originally vyld.
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Bannatyne manuscript > Volume 2, 1928 > (194) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/114611699 |
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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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