Scottish poetry - To 1700

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Poems in the Scottish dialect by several celebrated poets, viz. Christ's kirk on the green, by K. James I of Scotland. Habbie Simson's, and Sanny Brigg's Elegys. The Blythsome Wedding. The merry Testament of Mr. Andro Kennedie. Johnie Armstrang. A Satyreon Covetousness. A Panygyrick on Sr Penny. Robin and Makyne. a Pastoral. An Interlude of the Droichs. An Epistle
Date: MDCCXLVIII. [1748]
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The cherry and the sloe . Corrected and modernized The old Spelling being mostly altered, except where the Rhime makes it necessary to preserve the old. By J.D. Written orignally by Capt, Alxer. Montgomery. First Printed in the Year 1597.
Montgomerie, Alexander, 1545?-1611.Date: 1792
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Ancient Scotish poems , never before in print. But now published from the MS. collections of Sir Richard Maitland, Of Lethington, Knight, Lord Privy Seal Of Scotland, And A Senator Of The College Of Justice. Comprising pieces written from about 1420 till 1586. With large notes, and a glossary. Prefixed are An essay on the origin of Scotish poetry. A list of all the Scotish poets, With Brief Remarks. And an appendix is added, containing, Among Other Articles, an account of the contents of the Maitland and Bannatyne Mss.
Date: M.DCC.LXXXVI. [1786]
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A select collection of Scots poems chiefly in the broad Buchan dialect . To which is added a collection of Scots proverbs: by the Reverend Mr David Fergusson, some Time Minister at Dumfermline.
Date: M,DCC,LXXXV. [1785]