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BANNATYNE MS.
26l
Quha1 w1 this world dois warsill and stryfe
and dois his dayis in dolour dryfe
Tho1 he in lordschip be possest
he levis bot ane wrechit lyfe
For to be bly1 etc.
Off warldis gud and grit richeft
quhat fruct hes ma» but mirineft
Tho1 he this world had eist and west
all wer pouertie but glaidneft
for to be blyth me thynk it best
Quho suld for tynsall drowp or de
for thyng that is bot vanitie
Sen to ye lyfe pat evir dois lest
Heir is bot twynklyng of ane E
for to be bly* me think it best
Had I for warldis vnkyndneft
In hairt tane ony havineft
Or fro my plesans bene opprest
I had bene deid langsyne dowtleft
for to etc.
How evir this warld do change and vary
Lat ws in hairt nevir moir be sary
bot evir be reddy and addrest
To pafc out of this frawd2full fary
For to be bly* me think it best
etc. q dunbar
1 Originally Quhen. 2 d interlined.
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Quha1 w1 this world dois warsill and stryfe
and dois his dayis in dolour dryfe
Tho1 he in lordschip be possest
he levis bot ane wrechit lyfe
For to be bly1 etc.
Off warldis gud and grit richeft
quhat fruct hes ma» but mirineft
Tho1 he this world had eist and west
all wer pouertie but glaidneft
for to be blyth me thynk it best
Quho suld for tynsall drowp or de
for thyng that is bot vanitie
Sen to ye lyfe pat evir dois lest
Heir is bot twynklyng of ane E
for to be bly* me think it best
Had I for warldis vnkyndneft
In hairt tane ony havineft
Or fro my plesans bene opprest
I had bene deid langsyne dowtleft
for to etc.
How evir this warld do change and vary
Lat ws in hairt nevir moir be sary
bot evir be reddy and addrest
To pafc out of this frawd2full fary
For to be bly* me think it best
etc. q dunbar
1 Originally Quhen. 2 d interlined.
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30
35
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Bannatyne manuscript > Volume 2, 1928 > (289) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/114612839 |
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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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