William Dunbar was a Scottish makar poet active in the late fifteenth century and the early sixteenth century. He was closely associated with the court of King James IV and produced a large body of work in Scots distinguished by its great variation in themes and literary styles. He was likely a native of East Lothian, as assumed from a satirical reference in The Flyting of Dumbar and Kennedie. His surname is also spelled Dumbar. Wikipedia
“My deathe chasis my lyfe so besalie
That wery is my goist to fle so fast.”
"To a Lady", line 15.
"The Lament for the Makars", line 1.
"London, thou art of townes A per se", line 41.
John Stow's ascription of this poem to Dunbar, though unchallenged for centuries, is no longer accepted.
Misattributed
