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BANNATYNE MS.
257
Ane prudent prince eik suld be war
And for no play the tyme diffar
Quhen he suld godt's serwice se
And gif he dois weill say I dar
he hurtis his ryall maiestie 35
To princis eik it is ane vice
Till vse playing for cuvatyce
To ryd or rin our rekleslie
or slyd w1 lad/s vpoun J>e yce
Accordis no* for pair maiestie 40
Think pat thair is ane king of kingt's
our heving erd and hell pat ringis
Quhilk w* the twywkling of ane E
ma do and vndo all kyn thingis
So mervellus is his maiestie 45
Se thow pray to )>at samyne King
Going to bed and vprysing
Thy gyd and gouemour ay to be
Quha grant the grace to ryft and ring
W* micht to ryall maiestie 50
ffinis q Stewart to pe kingis
Grace
Page 255 fol. 97 a
Heir endis the second pairte of this buke
Sould I wrestle in dispair, die becaus a Womans fair
Sail my cheik/s Wax paille With cair ’caufe an vther
rosy ar
Be she fairer pn the day or the flourie Meidfs in May
If she be not so to me q* cair I how fair she be
VOL. II. R
257
Ane prudent prince eik suld be war
And for no play the tyme diffar
Quhen he suld godt's serwice se
And gif he dois weill say I dar
he hurtis his ryall maiestie 35
To princis eik it is ane vice
Till vse playing for cuvatyce
To ryd or rin our rekleslie
or slyd w1 lad/s vpoun J>e yce
Accordis no* for pair maiestie 40
Think pat thair is ane king of kingt's
our heving erd and hell pat ringis
Quhilk w* the twywkling of ane E
ma do and vndo all kyn thingis
So mervellus is his maiestie 45
Se thow pray to )>at samyne King
Going to bed and vprysing
Thy gyd and gouemour ay to be
Quha grant the grace to ryft and ring
W* micht to ryall maiestie 50
ffinis q Stewart to pe kingis
Grace
Page 255 fol. 97 a
Heir endis the second pairte of this buke
Sould I wrestle in dispair, die becaus a Womans fair
Sail my cheik/s Wax paille With cair ’caufe an vther
rosy ar
Be she fairer pn the day or the flourie Meidfs in May
If she be not so to me q* cair I how fair she be
VOL. II. R
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Bannatyne manuscript > Volume 2, 1928 > (285) |
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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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