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BANNATYNE MS.
Page 259 Was nevir in Scotland hard nor sene
Sic dansing nor deray
Nowthir at falkland on the grene
Nor peblis at the play
As wes of wowaris as I wene
At chryst kirk on ane day
Thair come our kitteis weschin clene
In thair new kirtillis of gray full gay
At chrystis kirk of the grene
To dans thir damysellis thame dicht
Thir lafft licht of laitis
Thair gluvis wes of pe raffell rycht
Thair schone wes of pe straitis
Thair kirtillis wer of lynkome licht
Weill prest w* mony plaitis
Thay wer so nyfi quhen men thame nicht
Thay squeilit lyk ony gaitis / so lowd
At chrystis kirk of pe grene pt day
Off all thir madynis myld as meid
Wes nane so gympt as gillie
As ony roft hir rude wes reid
Hir lyre wes lyk the lillie
fow 3ellow 3ellow wes hir heid
hot scho of lufe wes sillie
Tho* all hir kin had sworn hir deid
Scho wald haif hot sweit willie / Allone
At chrystis kirk etc.
Scho skornit lok and skraipit at him
and mvrionit him w* mokkis
he wald haif luvit scho wald no* lat him
for all his jalow loikkis
he chereist hir scho bad ga chat him
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BANNATYNE MS.
Page 259 Was nevir in Scotland hard nor sene
Sic dansing nor deray
Nowthir at falkland on the grene
Nor peblis at the play
As wes of wowaris as I wene
At chryst kirk on ane day
Thair come our kitteis weschin clene
In thair new kirtillis of gray full gay
At chrystis kirk of the grene
To dans thir damysellis thame dicht
Thir lafft licht of laitis
Thair gluvis wes of pe raffell rycht
Thair schone wes of pe straitis
Thair kirtillis wer of lynkome licht
Weill prest w* mony plaitis
Thay wer so nyfi quhen men thame nicht
Thay squeilit lyk ony gaitis / so lowd
At chrystis kirk of pe grene pt day
Off all thir madynis myld as meid
Wes nane so gympt as gillie
As ony roft hir rude wes reid
Hir lyre wes lyk the lillie
fow 3ellow 3ellow wes hir heid
hot scho of lufe wes sillie
Tho* all hir kin had sworn hir deid
Scho wald haif hot sweit willie / Allone
At chrystis kirk etc.
Scho skornit lok and skraipit at him
and mvrionit him w* mokkis
he wald haif luvit scho wald no* lat him
for all his jalow loikkis
he chereist hir scho bad ga chat him
fol. 99 a
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Bannatyne manuscript > Volume 2, 1928 > (290) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/114612851 |
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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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