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BANNATYNE MS.
Pauli biddis nocht deill w* thingis Idolatheit
Nor qr hypocrasie hes bene committit
Bot kirk meraris cursit substance semis sweit 155
1 Till laud me« w* }>at leud burd lyme ar byttit
Giff thow persave sum sen^eour it hes smittit
Solist )>ame softlie no* to perseveir
Hurt no* fair honor tho* thy hienes wittit
Bot gratioushe forgife thame fis gude jeir 160
ffoirgifanis grant with glaidnes £md gude will
Gratis till all2 into 3or parliament 3
Syne stabill statutis / steidfast to stand still
That barrone clerk and burges be content
Thy nobillis / erhs / and Lordis consequent 165
Treit tendir / to obtene fair hartis inteir
That fai may serve and be obedient
Vnto thy grace / Aganis fis gude new 3eir
Sen so thow sittis in saitt superlatywe
Caus everye stait to fair vocatioun go 170
Scolastik men / fe scriptouris to descrywe
And maiestratis to vse fe swerd also
Merchandis to trafique / and travell to and fro
Mechanikis wirk husbandis to saw and scheir
So salbe welth / and weilfaire w*out wo 175
Be grace of god aganis fis guid new 3eir
Latt all thy realme be now in reddines
With coisthe clething to decoir thy corft
3ung gentilmen for dansing fame addreft
With courthe Ladyes cupht in consorft 180
ffrak ferce gallandis for feild gewmis enforft
Enarmit knychtis at listis w* scheild & speir
To fecht in barrowis bay* on fute and horft
Agane thy grace gett ane guid man fis 3eir
1 Gif thow persave deleted. 2 i« parliament deleted.
a-3 In different coloured ink, but in same hand.
BANNATYNE MS.
Pauli biddis nocht deill w* thingis Idolatheit
Nor qr hypocrasie hes bene committit
Bot kirk meraris cursit substance semis sweit 155
1 Till laud me« w* }>at leud burd lyme ar byttit
Giff thow persave sum sen^eour it hes smittit
Solist )>ame softlie no* to perseveir
Hurt no* fair honor tho* thy hienes wittit
Bot gratioushe forgife thame fis gude jeir 160
ffoirgifanis grant with glaidnes £md gude will
Gratis till all2 into 3or parliament 3
Syne stabill statutis / steidfast to stand still
That barrone clerk and burges be content
Thy nobillis / erhs / and Lordis consequent 165
Treit tendir / to obtene fair hartis inteir
That fai may serve and be obedient
Vnto thy grace / Aganis fis gude new 3eir
Sen so thow sittis in saitt superlatywe
Caus everye stait to fair vocatioun go 170
Scolastik men / fe scriptouris to descrywe
And maiestratis to vse fe swerd also
Merchandis to trafique / and travell to and fro
Mechanikis wirk husbandis to saw and scheir
So salbe welth / and weilfaire w*out wo 175
Be grace of god aganis fis guid new 3eir
Latt all thy realme be now in reddines
With coisthe clething to decoir thy corft
3ung gentilmen for dansing fame addreft
With courthe Ladyes cupht in consorft 180
ffrak ferce gallandis for feild gewmis enforft
Enarmit knychtis at listis w* scheild & speir
To fecht in barrowis bay* on fute and horft
Agane thy grace gett ane guid man fis 3eir
1 Gif thow persave deleted. 2 i« parliament deleted.
a-3 In different coloured ink, but in same hand.
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Bannatyne manuscript > Volume 2, 1928 > (268) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/114612587 |
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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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