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Done is a battell on the dragon blak,
Our campioun Chryst confoundit hes his force;
The ȝettis of hell ar brokin with a crak,
The signe triumphall rasit is of the croce…

—William Dunbar, c.1460–1520. The poem was most likely written when Dunbar was at James IV’s court

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“‘Done is a Battell’ is not only a religious work but also a heroic poem depicting the triumph of good over evil, life over death, light over dark”

—Courtney Brown discusses Dunbar’s poem, & provides a full gloss, on the University of Stirling’s That Scots Lit Blog

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https://thatscotslitblog.wordpress.com/2017/11/23/william-dunbar-done-is-a-battell-on-the-dragon-blak/

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William Dunbar, “Done is a Battell on the Dragon Blak”

William Dunbar, “Done is a Battell on the Dragon Blak” Edited and Introduced by Courtney Brown   Little biographical information is available for many poets in Early Modern Scotlan…

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