The Taill of Rauf Coilyear
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Excerpt from The Taill of Rauf Coilyear: A Scottish Metrical Romance of the Fifteenth Century, Edited, With Introduction, Notes, and Glossarial Index The extant poetical literature of Scotland dates no farther back than the fourteenth century. But we cannot doubt that much poetry of an earlier time has been lost, for we find in the most ancient work that has reached us a well-formed poetic style, correct, vigorous, and at times almost elegant versification, and a confidence and ease in handling the material that indicate a literature that has passed the tentative stage and arrived at a certain degree of maturity. We know from references in later writers, that many Scottish poets once wrote and were admired, of whom nought now remains but the names. But in this loss, while there may be much reason for regret, there is none for surprise. The foreign wars and intestine feuds and troubles which tormented and devastated Scotland, with but few intermissions, from the death of Alexander III. to that of Mary, and which destroyed so great a part of the ancient records and historical muniments of the kingdom, may well account for the disappearance of works preserved in manuscript copies by the very few who had at once the culture to care for literature, the leisure to enjoy it, and the means of procuring it. The very oldest piece of Scottish poetry that has come down to us, is a song deploring the death of Alexander III.(1285), cited by Wyntoun (vii. ad fin.). 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.
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