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David Lyndsay

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David Lyndsay
Member o the auld Scots Pairlament

Personal details
BirthEast Lowden 1490 (Gregorian)
Died1555
Eddication
EddicationVarsity o Saunt Aundraes
Leids spokenInglis
Thrift
Thriftpoet, judge, diplomat (en) Owerset, genealogist (en) Owersetan screiver

Sir David Lyndsay o the Moont (c. 1490 – c. 1555; alias Lindsay) wis a Scots herald wha gained the heichest heraldic office o Lyon King o Airms. He remeins a weel-regairdit poet whase warks refleck the speirit o the Renaissance, speceifically as a makar.

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