Poetical Works Of Sir David Ly

Author : David Lindsay
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781333036430
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (364 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Download or read book The Poetical Works of Sir David Lyndsay, of the Mount (Classic Reprint) written by David Lindsay and published by . This book was released on 2016-07-23 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Poetical Works of Sir David Lyndsay, of the Mount In a letter addressed to Thomas Lord Cromwell, Lord Privy Seal, Sir William Eure on the 26th of January 1539-40, relates his communings with Mr Thomas Bellenden, Justice Clerk, who was then at Berwick, as one of the Commissioners for settling some of the disputes of the Borders. To illustrate the disposition which the Scottish King and the tem poral lords of his Council are supposed to have enter tained in favour of some reformation in matters of religion, he communicates a detailed account of the representation of Lyndsay's Play at Linlithgow in the presence of the King, Queen, and the Lords of Council, spiritual and temporal, on the feast of Epi phany (sometimes called the Twelfth Day), or the 6th of January 1540. Had this been a repetition of its performance, the fact must have been well known, and would have been stated. It is therefore of importance, as the Play in its original state is not known to exist, that we should introduce the descrip tion alluded to, which is entitled 2' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.