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BANNATYNE MS.
The leill men J>at for pair levingfs wro*
ar rawsonit rudly euery deill
Tane & presonit slane & brocht
for saik or king is no* of eild
We half no ma.n to plen^e to bot 30W
ffor it wes thow pat coft ws deir
Thay leif ws nowdir cow nor 30W
stirk nor staig horft nor meir
The lordis will no* our complaint heir
Our bamis lyis nakit on the feild
The commonis makt's ane hiddous beir
Becaus our etc.
I call J>at counsall no* worth a prene
That to pair kinryk makts no correctioun
Tho* we ws help it is no wene
Thay will no* sit to heir or actioun
Saifgaird nor pair grit protectioun
To ws is nowdir help nor beild
Trew mew can gett no satisfactioun
Becaus or king etc.
Page 248 Tho* we haif regentis in this realme
ane or ma and sindre diuers
We wait no* quhome to we sail complene
quhew thevis and reveris ws disprysis
The leill mew all in sic fierreU lyis
That thay ar losit & chesit or feild
gart thig thair meit bayth bamis & wyffis
for saik or king is no* of eild
This kinryk wantis bot a maw
pat held ws ay in rest & pese
That wareit feild we may sair ban
quhair did or wirthy prince decese
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fol. 93 6
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BANNATYNE MS.
The leill men J>at for pair levingfs wro*
ar rawsonit rudly euery deill
Tane & presonit slane & brocht
for saik or king is no* of eild
We half no ma.n to plen^e to bot 30W
ffor it wes thow pat coft ws deir
Thay leif ws nowdir cow nor 30W
stirk nor staig horft nor meir
The lordis will no* our complaint heir
Our bamis lyis nakit on the feild
The commonis makt's ane hiddous beir
Becaus our etc.
I call J>at counsall no* worth a prene
That to pair kinryk makts no correctioun
Tho* we ws help it is no wene
Thay will no* sit to heir or actioun
Saifgaird nor pair grit protectioun
To ws is nowdir help nor beild
Trew mew can gett no satisfactioun
Becaus or king etc.
Page 248 Tho* we haif regentis in this realme
ane or ma and sindre diuers
We wait no* quhome to we sail complene
quhew thevis and reveris ws disprysis
The leill mew all in sic fierreU lyis
That thay ar losit & chesit or feild
gart thig thair meit bayth bamis & wyffis
for saik or king is no* of eild
This kinryk wantis bot a maw
pat held ws ay in rest & pese
That wareit feild we may sair ban
quhair did or wirthy prince decese
15
20
25
30
fol. 93 6
35
40
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Bannatyne manuscript > Volume 2, 1928 > (274) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/114612659 |
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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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