The Bannatyne Manuscript, Volume 11Hunterian Club, 1896 - English language |
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Adew agane allace amang awin baith bayth beir beſt bewty bruder confort Correctioun Counfale deid deir Diffait Diligence dois doun dowt dreid evin evir faid fair weill falbe Falfat fals fayis fchir fcho feill fene Finis Flattry Foly fone fowld frome fuld fweit gif ye Gife grace grit Gud Counfale gude haill hairt hald hangit heid Heir fall Howbeid keip king kingis knaw ladeis lady leif lordis loun lufe lufty luvaris luve luvis lyfe maid mair makis moir mony moſt mynd myne nevir nocht nycht pairt Pardonar paſs Peurman pray prefoneir Quha Quhair Quhat Quhen Quhilk quhome quhy quod richt rycht Sanct Sapience ſay Schir ſcho ſpeik thair Thairfoir thame thay thir thocht thow thow art thre toun trew trow tyme vnto vpoun vthir wald wyfe ye haif yeir yone
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Page 471 - God till send us peice and rest, On that conditioun, that thow, and all thy fallowis, War be the craiggis heich hangit on the gallowis. Quha of this weir hes bene the foundament...
Page 424 - And he that hid Sanct Johnis ene with ane wimple, And he that dang Sanct Augustine with ane rumple, 125 Thy fowll front had, and he that Bartilmo flaid; The gallowis gaipis eftir thy graceles gruntill, As thow wald for ane haggeis, hungry gled. Commirwald crawdoun, na man comptis the...
Page 427 - Quhill runsyis rynis away with cairt and quheilis, And eager aviris castis bayth coillis and creilis, For rerd of the and rattling of thy butis ; Fische wyvis cryis, Fy ! and castis doun skillis and skeilis ; Sum claschis the, sum cloddis the on the cutis.
Page 388 - I schro the, lyar I full leis me yow, I come to wow your Jynny, quoth Jok. My berne, scho sayis, hes of hir awin, Ane guss, ane gryce, ane cok, ane hen, Ane calf, ane hog, ane fute-braid sawin, Ane kirn, ane pin, that ye weill ken, Ane pig, ane pot, ane raip thair ben, Ane fork, ane flaik, ane reill, ane rok, Dischis and dublaris nyne or ten ; Come ye to wow our Jynny, Jok...
Page 424 - In sic is sett thy thraward appetyte ; Thow hes full littill feill of fair indyte : I tak on me ane pair of Lowthiane hippis 1 10 Sall fairar Inglis mak, and mair parfyte, Than thow can blabbar with thy Carrik lippis.
Page 465 - Quha evir did mary agane the feind mot fang thame, Bot as the preistis dois ay, stryk in amang thame. Nuntius Than thow mon keip thy chestety as effeiris ? 55 Cotter I sall leif chest as abbottis, monkis, and freiris. Maister, quhairto sowld I my self miskary Quhair I, as preistis, may swyve & nevir mary. Wyfe Quhair hes thow bene, fals ladrone loun ? Doyttand and drinkand in the toun. 60 Quha gaif the leif to cum fra hame ? Cotter 3e gaif me leif, fair lucky dame.
Page 661 - Wes neuer, I dar warrand. To creatur that wes in cair, Or cauld of crewelty, A blicht blenk of hir vesage bair Of baill his bute mycht be ; 60 Hir hyd, hir hew, hir hevinly hair Mycht havy hairtis vphie ; So angelik vnder the air Neuir wicht I saw with E.
Page 567 - Parliament ; and the King fall fay , My prudent Lordis of the Thre Eftaitis, It is our will, aboif all oydir thing, For to reforme all thay that makkis debaitis ; Contrair the richt quhilk daylie dois muling.
Page 427 - Off Edinburch the boyis as beis owt thrawis, And cryis owt ay, 'Heir cumis our awin queir Clerk !' Than fleis thow lyk ane howlat chest with crawis, Quhill all the bichis at thy botingis dois bark: Than carlingis cryis, 'Keip curches in the merk, Our gallowis gaipis; lo ! quhair ane greceles gais.
Page 431 - Ignorant fule, in to thy mowis and mokkis, It may be verifeit that thy wit is thin ; Quhair thow wryttis Denfmen dryit on the rattis, 355 Denfmen of Denmark ar of the kingis kin. The wit thow fowld haif had, wes caflin in Fol.i52.a.