The Poems of William Dunbar, Now First Collected. With Notes, And a Memoir of His Life
The Poems of William Dunbar, Now First Collected. With Notes, And a Memoir of His Life
William Dunbar
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Robert Jones, Vicar of Branxton/' Edinb. 1864, 12mo. Well might Sir David Lyndsay (in 1529), when deplor- ing " that most dolent day," exclaim, — I never read in tragedy nor storie, At ane tournay, sa mony Nobillis slane, For the defence and lufe of thair Soveraine. 2 Besides the contemporary accounts of the battle, two 1 History of Scotland (Bannatyne Club volume), 1830, p. 95. Complaynt of the Papingo, Lyndsay's Works, by Chalmers, vol. i. p. 115. Hosted by Google 288 THE FIELD OF FLODDON. me...trical legends on the subject occur in Baldwin's " Mir- ror of Magistrates." A similar legend, both in verse and prose, is found in a much rarer work, by Ulpian Fulwell, entitled, « The Flower of Fame. Containing the bright renowne and moste fortunate raigne of King Henry the viii., Wherein, &c— 1575. Imprinted at London -in Fleete streete at the Temple gate, by William Hoskins;" 4to., E 3. in fours, bl. letter. I may quote two of the stanzas, in connexion with the woodcut, which represents Death depriving James of his Crown.
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