“Nocht is your fairnes bot ane faiding flour,
Nocht is your famous laud and hie honour
Bot wind Inflat in uther mennis eiris.”

—  Robert Henryson , The Testament of Cresseid

Source: The Testament of Cresseid, Line 461.

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Scottish makar (poet) 1425–1506

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