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O Douglas, O Douglas! Tendir and trewe.

O Douglas, O Douglas! Tendir and trewe.

Approximate author period: c. 1450 AD · medieval

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Attribution & collection notes
Author or tradition
Sir Richard Holland
Attribution: attributed
Country attributed
Not established
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Historical period
Approximate author period: c. 1450 AD · medieval
documented author floruit circa 1450
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Recorded source
Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)

The Buke of the Howlat. Stanza xxxi.

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