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BANNATYNE MS.
187
Ewin so prosperite and riches
The muder is of vyce and negligence
And power also cauffc insolence 5
and honor oft syis chengeis hewis
Thair is no moir ^errellus pestilence
Nor he estait gevin vnto schrewis
ffinis
Now quhen ane wreche is sett to he estait
or ane begger brocht to dignite
Thair is non so prowd pompouft and elait
Non so vengeble and full of crewelte
Woyd of discretioun mercy and pete 5
ffor churliche bind seindill dois recure
To be gentill be way of nature
ffinis
Bettir it is 1 to suffer fortoun and abyd
Than haistely to clym and suddanly to slyd
Ay the hier ]?at thow art / The lawer beir thy hart
In welth or jit prosperite / Think ay on deid I cowsall
the
and of pe pure thow haif pete / and leif in luve &
cherite / 5
he pat in welth will tak no heid / he sail haif fait in
tyme of neid
a souerane bewty our all the laif / a weill brydillit
tung to haif
ffinis
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187
Ewin so prosperite and riches
The muder is of vyce and negligence
And power also cauffc insolence 5
and honor oft syis chengeis hewis
Thair is no moir ^errellus pestilence
Nor he estait gevin vnto schrewis
ffinis
Now quhen ane wreche is sett to he estait
or ane begger brocht to dignite
Thair is non so prowd pompouft and elait
Non so vengeble and full of crewelte
Woyd of discretioun mercy and pete 5
ffor churliche bind seindill dois recure
To be gentill be way of nature
ffinis
Bettir it is 1 to suffer fortoun and abyd
Than haistely to clym and suddanly to slyd
Ay the hier ]?at thow art / The lawer beir thy hart
In welth or jit prosperite / Think ay on deid I cowsall
the
and of pe pure thow haif pete / and leif in luve &
cherite / 5
he pat in welth will tak no heid / he sail haif fait in
tyme of neid
a souerane bewty our all the laif / a weill brydillit
tung to haif
ffinis
1 for deleted.
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Bannatyne manuscript > Volume 2, 1928 > (213) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/114611927 |
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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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