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Page 233 Be gratious ground and gate to sapience fol. 86 a
As sayis sanct dauid in his prophecye
Off god is dredor and intelligence
ane verrye way to lyfe etemallie
quhilk all of nocht hes maid ws marvelouslie 5
To his ymage and hevinlye portrator
Geving ws reasoun fre will and libertie
To regne abone all camall creator
All thing in erd to maraiis nurising
ffyre pe watter the tre the bestiall 10
The fische in flude the foull in air fleing
Is ordanit be pe Lord celestial!
85016 finable his gloir ^erpetuall
Off quhbk pe man sail haif fruitioun
Clerelye seand be his 65016 spirituab 15
His god / by fructuab contemplatioun
Sen god maid man / and hes him gevin his grace
Hes ordanit all to his febcitie
Quhy suld than man blunderit in wardl5mes
Misken his god throw vaine prosperitie 20
Blyndit be fortoun fubche febcitie
Men trowis J>air lyfe salbe ^erpetuall
Throw wardlye gloir to god pay haif nane E
Bound in boundage of bailfub baliall
Sen gratious god is ground of all guidnes 25
Thow michtie hie excellent prince preclare
and king of kingis lord of all but les
and hes pe figurate to his 5onage fare
Peirles in pryce in pulchritude preclare
Crownit pe king owir ab ]?is realme to ring 30
The to obey hes ordanit left and mair
Thow suld him loue abone ab vper thing
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Page 233 Be gratious ground and gate to sapience fol. 86 a
As sayis sanct dauid in his prophecye
Off god is dredor and intelligence
ane verrye way to lyfe etemallie
quhilk all of nocht hes maid ws marvelouslie 5
To his ymage and hevinlye portrator
Geving ws reasoun fre will and libertie
To regne abone all camall creator
All thing in erd to maraiis nurising
ffyre pe watter the tre the bestiall 10
The fische in flude the foull in air fleing
Is ordanit be pe Lord celestial!
85016 finable his gloir ^erpetuall
Off quhbk pe man sail haif fruitioun
Clerelye seand be his 65016 spirituab 15
His god / by fructuab contemplatioun
Sen god maid man / and hes him gevin his grace
Hes ordanit all to his febcitie
Quhy suld than man blunderit in wardl5mes
Misken his god throw vaine prosperitie 20
Blyndit be fortoun fubche febcitie
Men trowis J>air lyfe salbe ^erpetuall
Throw wardlye gloir to god pay haif nane E
Bound in boundage of bailfub baliall
Sen gratious god is ground of all guidnes 25
Thow michtie hie excellent prince preclare
and king of kingis lord of all but les
and hes pe figurate to his 5onage fare
Peirles in pryce in pulchritude preclare
Crownit pe king owir ab ]?is realme to ring 30
The to obey hes ordanit left and mair
Thow suld him loue abone ab vper thing
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Bannatyne manuscript > Volume 2, 1928 > (249) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/114612359 |
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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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