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BANNATYNE MS.
Quhen all wes done dik w* ane aix 190
Come fur* to fell a Adder
Qod he quhair ar ^one hangit smaix
ry* now wald slane my bruder
his wyfe bad him ga hame gub glaikzs
and sa did meg his muder 195
he tumd and gaif thame bay* thair paikfs
For he durst ding nane vdir / for feir
. At chryst kirk of the grene >>* day
ffinis q king lames the First
Quha douttis1 dremis is bot phantasye
My spreit was reft and had in extasye
My heid lay laich into Jns dreme but dout
At my foirtop my fyve wittis flew out
I mumit and I maid ane felloun mane 5
Me thocht pe king of farye had me tane
And band me in ane presoun fute and hand
Withoutin reuth in ane lang raip of sand
To perfe pe presoun wall it wes no* eith
ffor it wes mingit and maid w* mussill teith 10
And in J>e middis of it ane myir of flynt
I sank painn quhill I was neir hand tynt
And quhen I saw thair was none vper remeid
I flychterit vp w* ane feddrem of leid
ffor pt I thocht me ferye of my 3outh 15
I tuke my lytill tae into my mouth
And kest my self rycht w* ane mychtie bend
Outthruch pe volt and percit no* pe pend
And thus I thocht into my dullie dreme
I brak my heid vpoun ane know of reme 20
1 doutis bot deleted, and douttis interlined.
BANNATYNE MS.
Quhen all wes done dik w* ane aix 190
Come fur* to fell a Adder
Qod he quhair ar ^one hangit smaix
ry* now wald slane my bruder
his wyfe bad him ga hame gub glaikzs
and sa did meg his muder 195
he tumd and gaif thame bay* thair paikfs
For he durst ding nane vdir / for feir
. At chryst kirk of the grene >>* day
ffinis q king lames the First
Quha douttis1 dremis is bot phantasye
My spreit was reft and had in extasye
My heid lay laich into Jns dreme but dout
At my foirtop my fyve wittis flew out
I mumit and I maid ane felloun mane 5
Me thocht pe king of farye had me tane
And band me in ane presoun fute and hand
Withoutin reuth in ane lang raip of sand
To perfe pe presoun wall it wes no* eith
ffor it wes mingit and maid w* mussill teith 10
And in J>e middis of it ane myir of flynt
I sank painn quhill I was neir hand tynt
And quhen I saw thair was none vper remeid
I flychterit vp w* ane feddrem of leid
ffor pt I thocht me ferye of my 3outh 15
I tuke my lytill tae into my mouth
And kest my self rycht w* ane mychtie bend
Outthruch pe volt and percit no* pe pend
And thus I thocht into my dullie dreme
I brak my heid vpoun ane know of reme 20
1 doutis bot deleted, and douttis interlined.
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Bannatyne manuscript > Volume 2, 1928 > (296) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/114612923 |
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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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