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BANNATYNE MS.
169
Ha]d god thy freind Evir stabill be him stand
He will the contort in all misaventeur
And be no wayis dispytfull to J>e peure
Nor to no man to wrang at ony tyd
Quho so dois this Sicker I 30W asseure
he rewlis weill That sa weill him can gyd
ffinis q Dumbar
In to this warld we se sic variance
So suddanly dame fortoun tumis hir quheill
In it no man may haif periyte plesance
bot now in wo in ^mellis now wounder weill
Thairfoir quhen fortoun 3our freind 3e feill
Beir welth wysly in grit prosperetie
for dreid J>at 3c fall in adwersitie
Bettir 30 knaw na thing Nor 30 mon de
bot quhen or quhair It is richt Incertane
Thairfoir quhen 30 ar in felicitie
help misterfull haif petie on thair pane
With 3our pissance 30m: strenth & all 3or mane
beir welth wysly in grit prosperitie
for feir 30 fall sone in adwersitie
Sweimes and pryd se alwyis f>at 36 fle
On covettyce sett 3e nowayis 3our ceure
Luk avarice fra 30W far baneist be
quhat avalis plenty and grit tresseure
Till him )>at will in poverty Indeure
Beir welth wysly in grit prosperitie
foir feir 36 fall sone in adwersitie
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Ha]d god thy freind Evir stabill be him stand
He will the contort in all misaventeur
And be no wayis dispytfull to J>e peure
Nor to no man to wrang at ony tyd
Quho so dois this Sicker I 30W asseure
he rewlis weill That sa weill him can gyd
ffinis q Dumbar
In to this warld we se sic variance
So suddanly dame fortoun tumis hir quheill
In it no man may haif periyte plesance
bot now in wo in ^mellis now wounder weill
Thairfoir quhen fortoun 3our freind 3e feill
Beir welth wysly in grit prosperetie
for dreid J>at 3c fall in adwersitie
Bettir 30 knaw na thing Nor 30 mon de
bot quhen or quhair It is richt Incertane
Thairfoir quhen 30 ar in felicitie
help misterfull haif petie on thair pane
With 3our pissance 30m: strenth & all 3or mane
beir welth wysly in grit prosperitie
for feir 30 fall sone in adwersitie
Sweimes and pryd se alwyis f>at 36 fle
On covettyce sett 3e nowayis 3our ceure
Luk avarice fra 30W far baneist be
quhat avalis plenty and grit tresseure
Till him )>at will in poverty Indeure
Beir welth wysly in grit prosperitie
foir feir 36 fall sone in adwersitie
45
5
10
15
20
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Bannatyne manuscript > Volume 2, 1928 > (195) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/114611711 |
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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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