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BANNATYNE MS.
189
He 3?at thy freind hes bene rycht lang
Suppoife sum tyme he do the wrang
condampt him not hot alwayis mene
ffor kyndnes that befoir hes bene
ffinis
Be kynd to ]?ame )?at luvand is to the
be bone and bousum quhair pat thow may gett bute
Sett no1 thy hairt bot quhair thy self ma be
Bend no* thy bow bot quhair that thow may schute
Deill no* w* dice w* drinking nor w* diet 5
preift no1 to pryd for pat will perisch all
Be knawin clene 1 ay quhen pe lord will call
finis
Me think thair suld no taill be trowit
Except pe tellar wald awowit
ffor ane tratlar I vndirstand
ffra he of ane man gett a band
That he sail no* discouerit be 5
Tha» hes he lyking for to le
Deme best / pairfoir in euery dowt
Quhill pat pe trewth be tryit out
ffinis
Bruther be wyse in to 3our goueraance
gif 3e till honor will half pe reddy way
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189
He 3?at thy freind hes bene rycht lang
Suppoife sum tyme he do the wrang
condampt him not hot alwayis mene
ffor kyndnes that befoir hes bene
ffinis
Be kynd to ]?ame )?at luvand is to the
be bone and bousum quhair pat thow may gett bute
Sett no1 thy hairt bot quhair thy self ma be
Bend no* thy bow bot quhair that thow may schute
Deill no* w* dice w* drinking nor w* diet 5
preift no1 to pryd for pat will perisch all
Be knawin clene 1 ay quhen pe lord will call
finis
Me think thair suld no taill be trowit
Except pe tellar wald awowit
ffor ane tratlar I vndirstand
ffra he of ane man gett a band
That he sail no* discouerit be 5
Tha» hes he lyking for to le
Deme best / pairfoir in euery dowt
Quhill pat pe trewth be tryit out
ffinis
Bruther be wyse in to 3our goueraance
gif 3e till honor will half pe reddy way
1 Interlined.
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Bannatyne manuscript > Volume 2, 1928 > (215) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/114611951 |
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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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