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David Lyndsay Quotes

1490–1555 Scotland

Sir David Lyndsay (or Lindsay) of the Mount, Lord Lyon King of Arms (c. 1490 – c. 1555) was the leading Scottish poet and playwright of the mid-16th century; also a courtier, a diplomat, and his country's highest-ranking herald.

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That nicht he sleipit never ane wink,
Bot still did on the Ladie think.

Unthrift, sweirnes, falset, povertie, and stryfe
Pat polacey in dainger of hir lyfe.

The Dreme (1528)

Ere I depart this natioun, I shall mak Reformatioun!

To colliers, carters, and to cooks,
To Jock and Tom my rhyme shall be directed.

And to the Devill of hell condemne this mein3e;
For quhy sic reformatioune, as I weine
Into Scotland was never hard nor seine.

Heir sall Wantones ga spy them and cum agane to the king

Brother Wantonness, what thinks thou?
Yon are the Three Estates I trow
Gangand backwart.

Heir entirs Flattery new landit owt of France

Quhen the Sonne is at the hycht,
Att nonne quhen it doith schyne most brycht,
The schaddow of that hydduous strength
Sax myle and more it is of lenth.
Thus maye ye Juge, in to your thocht,
Gyfe Babilone be heych, or nocht.

Sir, I wald speir at ȝow ane questioun.
Behauld sum Prelats of this Regioun:
Manifestlie during thair lustie lyvfis,
Thay swyfe Ladies, Madinis and vther mens wyfis.
And sa thair cunts thay haue in consuetude.
Quhidder say ȝe that law is evill or gude?

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: David Lyndsay (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.