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BANNATYNE MS.
Ane bent a bow sic sturt cowd steir him
grit skayth wesd to haif skard him
He chesit a flane as did affeir him
The toder said dirdum dardum
Throw* baith the cheilds he tho* to cheir him
or throw pe erfc haif chard him
Bot be ane akerbraid it come no* neir him
I can no* tell quhat mard him / Thair
At etc.
W* that a freynd of his cryd fy
and vp ane arrow drew
He forgit it so fowriously
The bow in flenderis flew
Sa wes the will of god trow I
For had the tre bene trew
men said that kend his archery
That he had slane anew / That day
At chrystis kirk on pe grene
Ane haisty hensure callit hary
quha wes ane archer heynd
Titt vp a talkie w*owttin tary
That torment so him teynd
I wait no* quhiddir his hand cowd wary
Or the man wes his freynd
ffor he eschaipit throw michtis of mary
as man pat no ill meynd / bot gud
At etc.
Than lowry as ane lyon lap
And sone a flane cowd fedder
Page 261 He hecht to perft him at the pap fol,
Thair on to wed a weddir
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BANNATYNE MS.
Ane bent a bow sic sturt cowd steir him
grit skayth wesd to haif skard him
He chesit a flane as did affeir him
The toder said dirdum dardum
Throw* baith the cheilds he tho* to cheir him
or throw pe erfc haif chard him
Bot be ane akerbraid it come no* neir him
I can no* tell quhat mard him / Thair
At etc.
W* that a freynd of his cryd fy
and vp ane arrow drew
He forgit it so fowriously
The bow in flenderis flew
Sa wes the will of god trow I
For had the tre bene trew
men said that kend his archery
That he had slane anew / That day
At chrystis kirk on pe grene
Ane haisty hensure callit hary
quha wes ane archer heynd
Titt vp a talkie w*owttin tary
That torment so him teynd
I wait no* quhiddir his hand cowd wary
Or the man wes his freynd
ffor he eschaipit throw michtis of mary
as man pat no ill meynd / bot gud
At etc.
Than lowry as ane lyon lap
And sone a flane cowd fedder
Page 261 He hecht to perft him at the pap fol,
Thair on to wed a weddir
65
70
75
80
85
90
. 100a
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Bannatyne manuscript > Volume 2, 1928 > (292) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/114612875 |
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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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