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... Provost , in allowing me free access to the Town Council Records ; to Bailie Dewar , for the use of his name in procuring books from the library of the Literary and Antiquarian Society of Perth , and the privilege of perusing tho manu ...
... Provost , in allowing me free access to the Town Council Records ; to Bailie Dewar , for the use of his name in procuring books from the library of the Literary and Antiquarian Society of Perth , and the privilege of perusing tho manu ...
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... Provost of Perth ; Richard de Leycester ; John , son of Lenna ; David Jape ; William de Dunde ; James , son of James , son of Hutred ; William Sper ; Richard de Lenna , and many others . " The charter , moreover , granted by William in ...
... Provost of Perth ; Richard de Leycester ; John , son of Lenna ; David Jape ; William de Dunde ; James , son of James , son of Hutred ; William Sper ; Richard de Lenna , and many others . " The charter , moreover , granted by William in ...
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... provost and bailies of Dunde and Sanct Johnstoun , to serche and seik John Blackat and George Lowett , [ Lovell , ] suspect of hanging of the image of Sanct Francis , and to his wage . " Under the date of the 28th of March , 1542-3 ...
... provost and bailies of Dunde and Sanct Johnstoun , to serche and seik John Blackat and George Lowett , [ Lovell , ] suspect of hanging of the image of Sanct Francis , and to his wage . " Under the date of the 28th of March , 1542-3 ...
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... provost of the town , should be lowered , as he favoured the heretics and opposed his measures for sup pressing them , he turned him out of his office , and conferred it on Sir J. Charteris , a relation of Grays , who had been provost ...
... provost of the town , should be lowered , as he favoured the heretics and opposed his measures for sup pressing them , he turned him out of his office , and conferred it on Sir J. Charteris , a relation of Grays , who had been provost ...
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... Provost of the town , commanded him to go thither and suppress what she called " these tumults and novations in reli- gion . " The reply of Ruthven to the Queen Regent was one which ought to be written in letters of gold : " I shall ...
... Provost of the town , commanded him to go thither and suppress what she called " these tumults and novations in reli- gion . " The reply of Ruthven to the Queen Regent was one which ought to be written in letters of gold : " I shall ...
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Page 285 - And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place : and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the Lord for servants and handmaids : and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were ; and they shall rule over their oppressors.
Page 262 - I must not conceal, that when we saw the man whom they called our King, we found ourselves not at all animated by his presence, and if he was disappointed in us, we were tenfold more so in him. We saw nothing in him that looked like spirit. He never appeared with cheerfulness and vigour to animate us. Our men began to despise him ; some asked if he could speak.
Page 209 - THE LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee; 2 Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion; 3 Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah.
Page 205 - And he brought forth the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king.
Page 367 - ... two hundred thousand people begging from door to door. These are not only no way advantageous, but a very grievous burden to so poor a country. And though the number of them be perhaps double to what it was formerly, by reason of this present great distress...
Page 285 - For the LORD will have compassion on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land : and the stranger shall join himself with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.
Page 272 - This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
Page 262 - His person was tall and thin, seeming to incline to be lean rather than to fill as he grows in years. His countenance was pale, yet he seems to be sanguine in his constitution, and has something of a vivacity in his eye that perhaps would have been more visible, if he had not been under dejected circumstances and surrounded with...
Page 148 - Lo., with many others of your lovers and his, at a good dinner before I die. Always, I hope that the king's buck-hunting at Falkland this year shall prepare some dainty cheer for us against that dinner the next year. Hoc jocose, to animate your Lo.
Page 234 - And now I leave off to speak any more to creatures, and begin my intercourse with God, which shall never be broken off : farewell father and mother, friends and relations ; farewell the world and all delights ; farewell meat and drink ; farewell sun, moon, and stars ; welcome God and Father ; welcome sweet Jesus...