Clariodus: A Metrical Romance is a peculiar poem. The author is unknown and the poem was probably based on the French work entitled Cleriadus et Meliadice from c. 1440. The poem is Scottish but written in English. It is full of medieval themes but written after the medieval period sometime in the early sixteenth century. The poem is full of medieval motifs including courtly love, tournaments, fulfilling vows, magical woods, righting wrongs, and fighting pagans.

A unicorn made an appearance in the poem:

Foure syndrie liquoris ran with royaltie, 
From foure beistis in foure nuiks of the hall, 
Whilke was ane sight richt fair and triumphall: 
Ane was ane lyoun, right awfull and terribill, 
At quhois gaiping mouth, full horibill, 
Rane myghtie wyne, right plesant, cleir, and cauld; 
It was ane gude sight him for to behald: 
The uther was ane lustie unicorne, 
Eyne Ipocras did ryn out at his horne: 
The thride ane tyger was, felloun and stout, 
Rose water fearcelie at his nose ran out: 
The fourte ane marmaide was, with traces bright, 
At both her papis mylke ran out on height.