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Robert Henryson

1425 - 1508

Poet. School master and notary in Dunfermline, Henryson was the author of a 'Testament of Cresseid' and 'Robene and Makyne', the earliest example of Scottish pastoral poetry. His most noted work was his 'Morall Fabels of Esope'.


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