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BANNATYNE MS.
ffollowis how dumbar wes desyrd
to be ane freir
This nycht befoir the dawing cleir
Me tho‘ sanct francis did to me appeir
W1 ane religion^ abbeit in his hand
And said in thift go cleith the my serwand
reffufc pe warld for thow mon be a freir 5
W* him and w1 his abbeit bayth I skarrit
Lyk to ane man pat w1 a1 gaist wes marrit
Me tho4 on bed he layid it me abone
Bot on the flure delyuerly and sone
I lap thairfra and nevir wald cum nar it 10
Qo* he quhy skarris thow w* this holy weid
Cleith the thairin for weir it thow most neid
Thow pat hes lang done venus lawis teiche
Sail now be freir and in this abbeit preiche
Delay it no* it mon be done but dreid 15
Qod I sanct francis loving be the till
And thankit mot thow be of thy gude will
To me pat of thy clayis ar so kynd
bot thame to weir it nevir come in my mynd
Sweit confessour thow tak it no* in ill 20
In haly legendis half I hard allevin
Ma sanctis of bischoppis Nor freiris be sic sevin
Off full few freiris pat hes bene sanctis I reid
Page 290 Quhairfoir ga bring to me ane bischopis weid fbl. 115 />
gife evir thow wald my sawle gaid vnto hevin 25
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BANNATYNE MS.
ffollowis how dumbar wes desyrd
to be ane freir
This nycht befoir the dawing cleir
Me tho‘ sanct francis did to me appeir
W1 ane religion^ abbeit in his hand
And said in thift go cleith the my serwand
reffufc pe warld for thow mon be a freir 5
W* him and w1 his abbeit bayth I skarrit
Lyk to ane man pat w1 a1 gaist wes marrit
Me tho4 on bed he layid it me abone
Bot on the flure delyuerly and sone
I lap thairfra and nevir wald cum nar it 10
Qo* he quhy skarris thow w* this holy weid
Cleith the thairin for weir it thow most neid
Thow pat hes lang done venus lawis teiche
Sail now be freir and in this abbeit preiche
Delay it no* it mon be done but dreid 15
Qod I sanct francis loving be the till
And thankit mot thow be of thy gude will
To me pat of thy clayis ar so kynd
bot thame to weir it nevir come in my mynd
Sweit confessour thow tak it no* in ill 20
In haly legendis half I hard allevin
Ma sanctis of bischoppis Nor freiris be sic sevin
Off full few freiris pat hes bene sanctis I reid
Page 290 Quhairfoir ga bring to me ane bischopis weid fbl. 115 />
gife evir thow wald my sawle gaid vnto hevin 25
gas deleted.
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| Publications by Scottish clubs > Scottish Text Society publications > New series > Bannatyne manuscript > Volume 2, 1928 > (334) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/114613379 |
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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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