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BANNATYNE MS.
Sail my foolish hart be pynd catift I see a Woman kind 5
Or meik disposed nature joyned Wth a comelie stat&re
Be she meiker kynder }>n turtle dow or pehcan
If she be not so to me q* cair I how kind she be
Sail a Woman sueit of voyce mak my foolische hart rejoyce
Or the pleasoum of hir toting be the mekn's to do me
wrong 10
If she had so sueit a mind aboue the race of Woman kind
If she be not so to me q4 cair I how sueit she be. +
Heir begynnys the thrid pairt of this buik
Contenand ballettis mirry1 and
Vther solatius cowsaittis 2 set furth be
Diuers ancient poyettis 1568
Sail a Womans goodness move me to perische for hir love
Or a Womanw meritts knawin catift me quyt forgett my
awin
Be she wth that goodness blest as may merite name of best 15
If she be not so to me q* cair I how guid she be.
Sail a Woman trewlie wyift draw amazment from myne
eyes
Wondring pt from suche a creatodr Wisdome thus sould
come by nature
And comprehend the best of thingis p* from the Well of
Wisdome springis
If she be not so to me q* cair I how Wyse she be. 20
This is very modem, being a
Song of George Withers’s put
into Scotish Idiom 3
1 ballattis deleted. 2 o deleted. 8 Pencilled note.
BANNATYNE MS.
Sail my foolish hart be pynd catift I see a Woman kind 5
Or meik disposed nature joyned Wth a comelie stat&re
Be she meiker kynder }>n turtle dow or pehcan
If she be not so to me q* cair I how kind she be
Sail a Woman sueit of voyce mak my foolische hart rejoyce
Or the pleasoum of hir toting be the mekn's to do me
wrong 10
If she had so sueit a mind aboue the race of Woman kind
If she be not so to me q4 cair I how sueit she be. +
Heir begynnys the thrid pairt of this buik
Contenand ballettis mirry1 and
Vther solatius cowsaittis 2 set furth be
Diuers ancient poyettis 1568
Sail a Womans goodness move me to perische for hir love
Or a Womanw meritts knawin catift me quyt forgett my
awin
Be she wth that goodness blest as may merite name of best 15
If she be not so to me q* cair I how guid she be.
Sail a Woman trewlie wyift draw amazment from myne
eyes
Wondring pt from suche a creatodr Wisdome thus sould
come by nature
And comprehend the best of thingis p* from the Well of
Wisdome springis
If she be not so to me q* cair I how Wyse she be. 20
This is very modem, being a
Song of George Withers’s put
into Scotish Idiom 3
1 ballattis deleted. 2 o deleted. 8 Pencilled note.
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Bannatyne manuscript > Volume 2, 1928 > (286) |
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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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