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263
Scho compt him no1 twa clokkis
So schamefully his schortgoun set him
His lywmis wes lyk twa rokkis / Scho said 35
At chrystis kirk etc.
Thome Mar wes thair menstraU meit
O lord as he cowd lanft
he playit so schill and sang so sweit
quhill towsy tuke a tranft 40
Auld lychtfute y>air he did1 forleit
And counterfutit franfe
he vse him self as man discreit
And vp tuk moreift danft full lowd
At chrystis kirk etc. 45
Page 260 Than stevin come stoppand in w1 stendis fol. 99 b
No rynk mycht him arreist
Platfute he hobbit vp w* bendz's
for maid he maid requeist
He lap quhill he lay on his lendis 50
Bot rysand he wes preist
quhill ]?at he oistit at bath pe endt's
For honor of be feist / that day etc.
At etc.
Syne robene roy begowt to revell 55
And Dwny till him druggit
Lat be q lok and cawd him lavell
And be the taill him tuggit
The kensy cleikit to be cavell
Bot lord than gif thay luggit 60
Thay pairtit hir manly w1 a nevell
god wait gif hair wes ruggit / betuix thame
At chrystis kirk etc.
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263
Scho compt him no1 twa clokkis
So schamefully his schortgoun set him
His lywmis wes lyk twa rokkis / Scho said 35
At chrystis kirk etc.
Thome Mar wes thair menstraU meit
O lord as he cowd lanft
he playit so schill and sang so sweit
quhill towsy tuke a tranft 40
Auld lychtfute y>air he did1 forleit
And counterfutit franfe
he vse him self as man discreit
And vp tuk moreift danft full lowd
At chrystis kirk etc. 45
Page 260 Than stevin come stoppand in w1 stendis fol. 99 b
No rynk mycht him arreist
Platfute he hobbit vp w* bendz's
for maid he maid requeist
He lap quhill he lay on his lendis 50
Bot rysand he wes preist
quhill ]?at he oistit at bath pe endt's
For honor of be feist / that day etc.
At etc.
Syne robene roy begowt to revell 55
And Dwny till him druggit
Lat be q lok and cawd him lavell
And be the taill him tuggit
The kensy cleikit to be cavell
Bot lord than gif thay luggit 60
Thay pairtit hir manly w1 a nevell
god wait gif hair wes ruggit / betuix thame
At chrystis kirk etc.
Interlined.
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Bannatyne manuscript > Volume 2, 1928 > (291) |
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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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