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243
Sen sa it is ry* potent prince preclair
of this haill realme the weilfair is in the
Thow art so neidfuU and so necessair
That it out the can no* rewlit be 20
arme the w* vertew proudens & ressone all thre
Defend thy realme be reddy at all houris
To ryd to rin pat wickit men puneist be
as befoir did pi noble progenitors
Page 246 Luve thy god attour all erdly thing fol. 92 6
quhilk hes the maid a plesand creature 26
abuf all vpms hes ordanit1 the 2 to ring
in to pis realme as king of grit honour
Nothing defalkfs 3 thow suld haif be natour
pleift thow him no* quhilk putis the in sait so he 30
as equall juge both to rich and pure
Befoir grit god thow sail accusid be
All morall vertew ar neidfull in to a king
ffortitud but prudens is verry tirrany
Prudens but iustice is reput for no thing 35
Justice but temperance is bot crudelite
Temperans is no* bot liberalite
Amang all vertew Justice is lawreat
And prince of Justice The verry Image suld be
The quhilk but vertew is blind and obsecat 40
Ane ryell prince pat all hes vndir cure
first suld considdir quhay iust is and prudent
Quha of ingyne Quha can him do plesure
Quhay of knawlege and quhay is ignorant
Quhay scharp in word and in deid negligent 45
Quha mair to geir nor till his honor hes E
Quha can speik fair and hes a fals intent
Quha fenjeit flechor's of Iniquite
1 honorrit deleted, and ordanit interlined. 2 heir deleted. 3 s deleted.
243
Sen sa it is ry* potent prince preclair
of this haill realme the weilfair is in the
Thow art so neidfuU and so necessair
That it out the can no* rewlit be 20
arme the w* vertew proudens & ressone all thre
Defend thy realme be reddy at all houris
To ryd to rin pat wickit men puneist be
as befoir did pi noble progenitors
Page 246 Luve thy god attour all erdly thing fol. 92 6
quhilk hes the maid a plesand creature 26
abuf all vpms hes ordanit1 the 2 to ring
in to pis realme as king of grit honour
Nothing defalkfs 3 thow suld haif be natour
pleift thow him no* quhilk putis the in sait so he 30
as equall juge both to rich and pure
Befoir grit god thow sail accusid be
All morall vertew ar neidfull in to a king
ffortitud but prudens is verry tirrany
Prudens but iustice is reput for no thing 35
Justice but temperance is bot crudelite
Temperans is no* bot liberalite
Amang all vertew Justice is lawreat
And prince of Justice The verry Image suld be
The quhilk but vertew is blind and obsecat 40
Ane ryell prince pat all hes vndir cure
first suld considdir quhay iust is and prudent
Quha of ingyne Quha can him do plesure
Quhay of knawlege and quhay is ignorant
Quhay scharp in word and in deid negligent 45
Quha mair to geir nor till his honor hes E
Quha can speik fair and hes a fals intent
Quha fenjeit flechor's of Iniquite
1 honorrit deleted, and ordanit interlined. 2 heir deleted. 3 s deleted.
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Bannatyne manuscript > Volume 2, 1928 > (271) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/114612623 |
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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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