Henry Adamson (1581–1637), was a Scottish poet and historian. Adamson was the son of James Adamson, Dean of the Merchant Guildry and Provost of Perth, Scotland, baptised on 11 November 1581. Henry set out to train as a priest, after his uncle Patrick Adamson, but instead became a schoolmaster in his home city. He died before July in the year 1637. And ye, my clubs must no more prepareTo make your balls flee whistling through the air