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BANNATYNE MS.
1 Eftir pi meit of instrumewtis muisicall
Thow suld be fed w* plesand armony
quhilk is exercitioun most regall
Lichtis the mynd plesand to heir & se
attour all thing in musik curaiawd be
quhilk omat homeir decoir of discepling
ane kendill of enrage off rawkour Inneme
musik callit wirthy for ony king
Dreid god be iust and ferme in cherite
Vile lust refrene constant but variance
ffaytfull but fictioun ffull of benignite
plane in thy wordts vse no dissimulance
patient / prudent / vse all magnificence
gyd thow w1 counsale thy ryall maieste
off warldly gudfs sail thow half haboundance
and gratius god sail ay thy gyder be
ffinis q inr aleixr kid
lesu chryst J>at deit on tre
Send ws thy grace doun frome the hevin
as thow was borne of a virgin fre
Keip ws fra deidly synnis sevin
We ar ay wauerand od and evin
Suddanly slane w4 speir & scheild
we haif no man the law to nevin
allace or king is no4 of eild
Lord god etemall and fader most deir
That maid pis warld & ws of no4
3e heir pe prayer of pe pure
That sittis & sichis w4 sorrow socht
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1 Eftir pi meit of instrumewtis muisicall
Thow suld be fed w* plesand armony
quhilk is exercitioun most regall
Lichtis the mynd plesand to heir & se
attour all thing in musik curaiawd be
quhilk omat homeir decoir of discepling
ane kendill of enrage off rawkour Inneme
musik callit wirthy for ony king
Dreid god be iust and ferme in cherite
Vile lust refrene constant but variance
ffaytfull but fictioun ffull of benignite
plane in thy wordts vse no dissimulance
patient / prudent / vse all magnificence
gyd thow w1 counsale thy ryall maieste
off warldly gudfs sail thow half haboundance
and gratius god sail ay thy gyder be
ffinis q inr aleixr kid
lesu chryst J>at deit on tre
Send ws thy grace doun frome the hevin
as thow was borne of a virgin fre
Keip ws fra deidly synnis sevin
We ar ay wauerand od and evin
Suddanly slane w4 speir & scheild
we haif no man the law to nevin
allace or king is no4 of eild
Lord god etemall and fader most deir
That maid pis warld & ws of no4
3e heir pe prayer of pe pure
That sittis & sichis w4 sorrow socht
245
85
90
95
5
10
1 OR deleted.
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Bannatyne manuscript > Volume 2, 1928 > (273) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/114612647 |
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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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