Scottish Poetry - 16th Century
Scottish Poetry of the Sixteenth Century
A selection of poems from six of the best-known Scots poets of the sixteenth century:
Sir David Lyndsay, John Bellenden,
King James the Fifth, Sir Richard Maitland,
Alexander Scot and Alexander Montgomerie.
- SIR DAVID LYNDSAY
- The Dreme
- The Testament and Complaynt of our Soverane Lordis Papyngo
- The Justing betuix James Watsoun and Jhone Barbour
- Kitteis Confessioun
- Squyer Meldrumis Justyng
- The Squyeris Adew
- Ane Pleasant Satyre of the Thrie Estaitis
- Daybreak in May
- JOHN BELLENDEN
- Virtew and Vyce
- Nobilnes
- Address to Bellona and King James V
- The Excusation of the Prentar
- Anno Domini
- KING JAMES THE FIFTH
- Peblis to the Play
- Chrystis Kirk on the Grene
- The Gaberlunzieman
- The Jolly Beggar
- SIR RICHARD MAITLAND
- Satire on the Age
- Satire on the Toun Ladyes
- Na Kyndnes at Court without Siller
- On the Folye of ane Auld Manis maryand ane Young Woman
- Aganis the Theivis of Liddisdaill
- Advyce to Lesom Mirriness
- ALEXANDER SCOT
- The Justing and Debait vp at the Drum betuix William Adamsone and Johine Sym
- Hence, Hairt
- Oppressit Hairt Indure
- To Luve Vnluvit
- Lo, Quhat it is to Lufe
- ALEXANDER MONTGOMERIE
- The Cherrie and the Slae
- The Night is Neir Gone
- An Admonitioun to Young Lassis
- To His Maistres
- To His Maistres
- To Thé for Me
The book begins by laying out a general historical and social background. Biographical notes accompany each
writer's works, and obscure words or phrases are clarified in a running glossary —
originally printed as marginal notes, these have been placed between verses in this Kindle edition.
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The Dunnett connection:
Some of these are part of the literary 'baggage' that informs Francis Crawford's mind and speech
