Authority Cited: Douglass
Author name and dates: Gavin Douglas (1474?-1522)
BKG Bio-tweet: Cleric; held political offices in Scotland; poet in Middle Scots; first vernacular trans. of Aeneid (Eneados)
Categories (list of works cited – preliminary) [BKG Note: two Douglas cites in 1755 Dict. vol. 1, one Douglas cite in 1755 Dict. vol. 2. One Douglas cite identified as added in the 1773 Dict., indicated in bold italics below. The quotation for dan is a bit strange: "Dan Chaucer well of English undefiled." This quote is generally attributed to Spenser, without the "Dan" honorific. In a search of Gavin Douglas poetry, the closest I found was a reference to "Dan Virgil" in the Prologue to the 12th book of the Douglas translation of the Aeneid (Eneados). In the Palice of Honour, Chaucer is mentioned once by Douglas as being without peer.]
Author name and dates: Gavin Douglas (1474?-1522)
BKG Bio-tweet: Cleric; held political offices in Scotland; poet in Middle Scots; first vernacular trans. of Aeneid (Eneados)
Categories (list of works cited – preliminary) [BKG Note: two Douglas cites in 1755 Dict. vol. 1, one Douglas cite in 1755 Dict. vol. 2. One Douglas cite identified as added in the 1773 Dict., indicated in bold italics below. The quotation for dan is a bit strange: "Dan Chaucer well of English undefiled." This quote is generally attributed to Spenser, without the "Dan" honorific. In a search of Gavin Douglas poetry, the closest I found was a reference to "Dan Virgil" in the Prologue to the 12th book of the Douglas translation of the Aeneid (Eneados). In the Palice of Honour, Chaucer is mentioned once by Douglas as being without peer.]
- Douglas (no work cited); dan; deray (etym.); gaude (etym.); practice (etym.)