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BANNATYNE MS.
229
Thy self is ane J>at oft in myne absence
hes tholit pane / becaus thow tuk my pairte
Bot I sail mak the ryttouft recompence
quhefi fals folk sail forthink it at pair hairte
And quhen pat I persomt in to plane
Dame verite my presens appeir
I salust hir as lady souerane
and hir besocht in maist huwmill maneir
This cans 1 obscure to mak vnto me cleir
quhen sail the kyth pe cuntre of Scotland
In peax and rest and plenty ^erseueir
W* sic ordour as vsis in vpir land
Then said this bird of beuty maist benigne
Sone thow sail half solutioun sufficient
quhen thir baimis ar baneist fra 3our king
fro counsale sessioun and parliament
off quhome pe names schortly subsequent
I sail declair dewly w1 diligence
Or I depafrte fur1 of this place present
and thow pairto gife thy audience
ffirst wilfull wrang in ane widdy mon waif
and hid hatreit be hangeit by the heid
and Jung counsale pat dois 30W all dissaif
and singular proffeit stolling of the steid
dissimvlance pat dois 3our lawis leid
fflatterry and falsheid pat 3our fame hes fylit
and ignorance be put to beg thair breid
and all thair kin fur1 of the court exylit
Than tressone mon be tronit to ane tre
and murthor merkit for his grit mischeif
and the foull feid that 3c call symone
mon planely be depryvit wtout repreif
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Thy self is ane J>at oft in myne absence
hes tholit pane / becaus thow tuk my pairte
Bot I sail mak the ryttouft recompence
quhefi fals folk sail forthink it at pair hairte
And quhen pat I persomt in to plane
Dame verite my presens appeir
I salust hir as lady souerane
and hir besocht in maist huwmill maneir
This cans 1 obscure to mak vnto me cleir
quhen sail the kyth pe cuntre of Scotland
In peax and rest and plenty ^erseueir
W* sic ordour as vsis in vpir land
Then said this bird of beuty maist benigne
Sone thow sail half solutioun sufficient
quhen thir baimis ar baneist fra 3our king
fro counsale sessioun and parliament
off quhome pe names schortly subsequent
I sail declair dewly w1 diligence
Or I depafrte fur1 of this place present
and thow pairto gife thy audience
ffirst wilfull wrang in ane widdy mon waif
and hid hatreit be hangeit by the heid
and Jung counsale pat dois 30W all dissaif
and singular proffeit stolling of the steid
dissimvlance pat dois 3our lawis leid
fflatterry and falsheid pat 3our fame hes fylit
and ignorance be put to beg thair breid
and all thair kin fur1 of the court exylit
Than tressone mon be tronit to ane tre
and murthor merkit for his grit mischeif
and the foull feid that 3c call symone
mon planely be depryvit wtout repreif
25
30
35
40
45
50
os deleted.
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Bannatyne manuscript > Volume 2, 1928 > (257) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/114612455 |
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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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