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He hit him on the wame a wap
It buft lyk ony bledder
bot swa his fortoun wes and hap
his dowblet wes maid of ledder / and saift him
At etc.
A 3aip 3ung man that stude him neist 100
Lowsd of a schot w* yre
he ettlit the bem in at the breist
The bolt flew our the byre
Ane cryit fy he had slane a preist
a myll beyond ane myre 105
Than bow and bag fra him he keist
and fled als ferfl, as fyre / of flynt
At etc.
W* forkis and flailis thay lait grit flappis
and flang togiddir lyk friggis no
W* bowgaris of bamis thay beft blew kappis
quhill thay of bemis maid briggis
The reird raift rudly w* the rappis
quhen rungis wes layd on riggis
Thy wyffis come furth w1 cryis and clappis 115
Lo quhair my lyking liggis / q thay
At chryst kirk of }>e grene
Thay gimit and lait gird w1 granis
ilk gossep vder grevit
Sum straik w* stingis sum gaderit stanis 120
Sum fled and evill mischevit
The menstrall wan whn twa wanis
That day full weill he previt
for he come hame w* vnbirsd banis
quhair fechtaris wer mischevit / for evir
At chrystis kirk etc.
125
265
95
He hit him on the wame a wap
It buft lyk ony bledder
bot swa his fortoun wes and hap
his dowblet wes maid of ledder / and saift him
At etc.
A 3aip 3ung man that stude him neist 100
Lowsd of a schot w* yre
he ettlit the bem in at the breist
The bolt flew our the byre
Ane cryit fy he had slane a preist
a myll beyond ane myre 105
Than bow and bag fra him he keist
and fled als ferfl, as fyre / of flynt
At etc.
W* forkis and flailis thay lait grit flappis
and flang togiddir lyk friggis no
W* bowgaris of bamis thay beft blew kappis
quhill thay of bemis maid briggis
The reird raift rudly w* the rappis
quhen rungis wes layd on riggis
Thy wyffis come furth w1 cryis and clappis 115
Lo quhair my lyking liggis / q thay
At chryst kirk of }>e grene
Thay gimit and lait gird w1 granis
ilk gossep vder grevit
Sum straik w* stingis sum gaderit stanis 120
Sum fled and evill mischevit
The menstrall wan whn twa wanis
That day full weill he previt
for he come hame w* vnbirsd banis
quhair fechtaris wer mischevit / for evir
At chrystis kirk etc.
125
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Bannatyne manuscript > Volume 2, 1928 > (293) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/114612887 |
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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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