The treatise consists of the statements of three women about their experiences in their conjugal relationships, and from it the authors draw conclusions as to the character and libido disposition of the poet, William Dunbar (1460–1520). They say, 'Dunbar could be described as an anal character. He failed to achieve communication with his fellow men and women and continued isolated, stuck in the mud and mire of the dirty mother. The world for him was full of witches—fear figures of his own anal aggression—and in futile strivings for security he passed his years. Timor mortis conturbat me was the recurring refrain not only of his last