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KENNEDY, WALTER (c. 1460c. 1508) , Scottish poet, was the third son of Gilbert, 1st Lord Kennedy. He matriculatedat Glasgow University in 1475 and took his M.A. degree in 2478. In 1481 he was one of four examiners in his university, and in 1492 he acted as depute for his nephew, the hereditary bailie of Carrick. He is best known for his share in the Flyting with Dunbar (q.v.). In this coarse combat of wits Dunbar taunts his rival with his Highland speech (the poem is an expression of Gaelic and " Inglis ," i.e. English
character . They include The Praise of Aige, Ane Agit Manis Invective against Mouth Thankless, Ane Ballot in Praise of Our Lady, The Passion of Christ and Pious Counsale. They are printed in the rare supplement to David
Laing
See also the prolegomena in the Scottish Text Society's edition of Dunbar; and (for the life
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