The Poems of William Dunbar Now First Collected With Notes And a Memoir of Hi

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William Dunbar
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ANE HIS AWIN ENEMY. — Page 107.
In MSS. Bannatyne and Maitland ; and first printed in the Evergreen, the Editor of that collection using his ordinary license at emendation.
Line 11 — 15. ] " This stanza contains an allegory of pleasures lawful and forbidden. It will not bear a par- ticular explanation. ' Fleis of Spenyie, ' are cantharides. This circumstance gives us an high idea of the elegance and refinement of our forefathers. " — Hailes.
Line 23. Glide wyne to sell. ] " Great care was taken
... in those days that the lieges should drink no wine but what was both good and cheap. In the reign of James III. , anno 1482, it was ordained by Parliament 294 NOTES.
that " na man sail tak upon hand to mix or corrupt wine, under pain of death. " — Sibbai. D. Wine import- ed from France long continued in this country to be 8old at a very moderate price. In lo20, the price of French wine, botii red and white, as regulated by the Town Council of Edinburgh, was 6d. Scotish money the pint, (or English half gallon); ale, which in 1604 was IGd.


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