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On His Heid-Ake, also referred to as The Headache and My Heid Did Yak Yesternicht, is a brief poem in Scots by William Dunbar (born 1459 or 1460) composed at an unknown date. The poem describes Dunbar's experience of a severe headache which he refers to as a "magryme". The symptoms described, such as pain, depression and photophobia are consistent with the modern diagnosis of migraine. The work consists of three short stanzas and is preserved in the Reidpeth Manuscript of the seventeenth century, now held by Cambridge University Library.〔W. Mackay Mackenzie, The Poems of William Dunbar. Faber and Faber, London, 1932. pp. 3, 197.〕 ==Summary== William Dunbar was a poet employed at the court of King James IV of Scotland.〔〔Ranald Nicholson (1974). ''The Edinburgh History of Scotland, Volume 2: The Later Middle Ages.''〕〔〔Jenny Wormald (1981). ''The New History of Scotland, Volume 4: Court, Kirk and Community''.〕 His poetry often adopted the traditional themes of court poets, such as religious subjects, satire and the marking of great events.〔〔〔 However On His Heid-Ake deals with the commonplace details of his private life.〔(The full text with notes at TEAMS )〕 The poem might be interpreted as an apology to his patron for failing to make progress in the composition of poetry.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「On His Heid-Ake」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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