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The Complaint and Testament of a Popinjay

by David Lindsay · 1490–1555

Published: 1538
Length: 8,794 words
Reading: 35 min
Divisions: 10

From the title page

The complaynte and testament of a popiniay which lyeth sore wounded and maye not dye, tyll euery man hathe herd what he sayth: wherfore gentyll readers haste you yt he were oute of his payne.

[Imprynted at London In Fletestrete, at the sygne of the Sonne, by Iohn̄ Byddell The yere of our lorde. M.D.xxxviij. [1538]]

Original spelling, as transcribed by the Text Creation Partnership.

Contents

Front matter
Title page
Prologue
Text
Poem
Part¶The discription of her murnyng.
Epistolary poems
Epistolary poem 1¶Here begynnes the first Epistell of the papingo derect tyll hyr souerane lord king Iames the fift.
Epistolary poem 2¶Here begynneth the seconde epistle of the Papingo, dyrecte to her brether of the Court.

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Back matter
Colophon

10 divisions in the TEI outline

Subjects

James · V, · King of Scotland, 1512-1542 · Poetry

Details

Author: David Lindsay (1490–1555)
Imprint: [Imprynted at London In Fletestrete, at the sygne of the Sonne, by Iohn̄ Byddell The yere of our lorde. M.D.xxxviij. [1538]]
Extent: [46] p.
Language: sco
Catalogue: STC 15671 · ESTC S109449
Source: TCP A05547
Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal (Text Creation Partnership)

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