An Answer quhilk Schir David Lyndsay maid to the Kingis Flyting
work by Lyndsay
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"An Answer quhilk Schir David Lyndsay maid to the Kingis Flyting" is a work by Sir David Lyndsay, a Scottish poet of the pre-Reformation period. This piece, written around 1536, is a ribald example of "flyting," a poetic competition popular among Scottish poets in the 15th and 16th centuries.12
Flyting involved two skilled rivals engaging in a contest of verbal abuse, characterized by fierceness and extravagance, though with underlying professional respect. Lyndsay's work exemplifies this tradition of poetic sparring.12
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