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Unthrift, sweirnes, falset, povertie, and stryfe

Quote byDavid Lyndsay · 1490–1555

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Dreme (c. 1528), line 965.

English (original)

Unthrift, sweirnes, falset, povertie, and stryfe Pat polacey in dainger of hir lyfe.

— David Lyndsay

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