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250 BANNATYNE MS,
Page 250 Sinn seruis weill and haldis him still
Putting all in his maisteris will
Bot sic vnseruit ar oft syift
quhen grokaris gettis pat thay smie ill
Throw hap and for no gud smiift 20
Sum takis reward at pair awin handis
Off king and quenis proper landis
Bot fast for thame the gallon^ cryift
That our lang soliter it standis
But thame pat dois sic smiift 25
Sum gettis giftis and guerdoun greit
That nevir did for gud seruice sueit
Sum gettis buddis sum benifyifi
And sum dois foly conterfeit
and wyraiis mare nor gud saruift 30
Sum gettis at ^ule sum gettis at peft
Sum tynis syift and wywnis bot eft
Sum to the diuill givis the dyift
That he can nevir win na grace
nowdir throw hap nor gud seruift 35
Rewaird in court is delt so evin
Sum gettis J>at micht suffeift sevin
and \per sum in langour lyift
makand ane murmor to the hevin
That they get no* for gud smiyift 40
The ny* the court sum gydis clene
Thairin pe mome dar no* be sene
mair than the deuill in paradyift
nor speik ane word w* king nor quene
Tho* he maid nevir so gud smiyift
45
250 BANNATYNE MS,
Page 250 Sinn seruis weill and haldis him still
Putting all in his maisteris will
Bot sic vnseruit ar oft syift
quhen grokaris gettis pat thay smie ill
Throw hap and for no gud smiift 20
Sum takis reward at pair awin handis
Off king and quenis proper landis
Bot fast for thame the gallon^ cryift
That our lang soliter it standis
But thame pat dois sic smiift 25
Sum gettis giftis and guerdoun greit
That nevir did for gud seruice sueit
Sum gettis buddis sum benifyifi
And sum dois foly conterfeit
and wyraiis mare nor gud saruift 30
Sum gettis at ^ule sum gettis at peft
Sum tynis syift and wywnis bot eft
Sum to the diuill givis the dyift
That he can nevir win na grace
nowdir throw hap nor gud seruift 35
Rewaird in court is delt so evin
Sum gettis J>at micht suffeift sevin
and \per sum in langour lyift
makand ane murmor to the hevin
That they get no* for gud smiyift 40
The ny* the court sum gydis clene
Thairin pe mome dar no* be sene
mair than the deuill in paradyift
nor speik ane word w* king nor quene
Tho* he maid nevir so gud smiyift
45
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Bannatyne manuscript > Volume 2, 1928 > (278) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/114612707 |
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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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