That nicht he sleipit never ane wink, Bot still did on the … - David Lyndsay

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

David Lyndsay

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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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Alternative Names: Sir David Lyndsay of the Mount • Sir David Lindsay of the Mount • Sir David Lindsay • Lindsay • Lindsay, David Sir

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

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.

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

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

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