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BANNATYNE MS.
Quhen thow Ingyne / maner / and conditioun
off euery man hes tane experiance
Than of law the administratioun
To prudent men committ in goumiance
Quilkis ar kend and knawin of conscience
And w* budis will no* corruptit be
ffor plato sayis ane perxelus pestilens
Ane sowkand luge off vj>er mens geir grede
Thow seis ane suerd in ane wod mans hand
quhilk for the tyme wantis vsage and ressoun
Nowdir gud nor evill spairis but demand
lust and Iniust putis to confusioun
So is ane luge w*owt intellectioun
Quhilk in his hand beiris the suerd of lustice
quhen he suld strek hes no cognitioun
Bot as ane blindman wauerand on the yse
Nobillis of vertew and eruditioun
ane ryell prince suld ay maist magnife
No* be affectuall cognitioun
owdir be blud or consanguinite
Bot quhome he knawis of wisdome & bonte
ffor ane noble of blud pat hes no vertousnes
drownand in vice & pemiciosite
is evin bot as a schaddow in a glafe
Thy pastyme suld oft be in commonyng
W* profound clerkis of science and prudens
Page 247 ffor cunnyng termes offeris1 in a king
quhilk suld be polyt and of eloquence
In hering wysmen Men gettis sapience
W*out the quhilk is no stabilite
Thairfoir in tyme thow get intelligence
Or ellis thy Wisdome sail in seiking be
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Volume 2, 1928
ShelfmarkSCS.STES2.22
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1928-1934 - Bannatyne manuscript
DescriptionWritten 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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Scottish Text Society publications
DescriptionA 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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