... sundrie games, for he was brought vp in the warres of France, quhilk learned him the feattis of armes, and to exercise his pith to the vttermost. For the earle of Lennox was ane strong man, of personage weill proportioned in all his memberis, with... The Cronicles of Scotland [ed. by J.G. Dalyell]. - Page 423by Robert Lindsay - 1814 - 639 pagesFull view - About this book
| Robert Lindsay - Scotland - 1814 - 386 pages
...personage weill proportioned in all his memberis, with lustie and manlie visage, and vent verrie strechtvp in his passage: quhairfoir he appeired verrie pleasant...beleived to obteine his purpose at the queines hand ; hot shoe did nothing bot gave thame fair wordis,, that they might serve hir, quhyll shoe saw hir... | |
| Robert Lindsay - Scotland - 1814 - 374 pages
...memberis, with lustie and manlie visage, and vent verrie strechtvp in his passage: quhairfoir heappeired verrie pleasant in the sight of gentlwomen. As for...the court, and exercising thamselffis in this forme, eyerie on of thame beleived to obteine h'is purpose at the queines hand; bot shoe did nothing bot gave... | |
| George Neilson - Dueling - 1890 - 374 pages
...Papers (1809), i. 84. 3 Pitscottie (1814), 422-23 — (1728), 182. Compare Buchanan's Hist. xv. 12. passage quhairfoir he appeired verrie pleasant in...gentlwomen. As for the earle of Bothwell he was fair and quhitlie,1 sumthing hinging-shouldered, and went sumthing fordward,2 with ane gentle and humane countenance.'... | |
| George Neilson - Dueling - 1891 - 378 pages
...Captain Cholmely. See letter 3rd June 1548, Thorpe's Cal. 86. 2 Sadler's State Papers (1809), i. 84. passage quhairfoir he appeired verrie pleasant in...gentlwomen. As for the earle of Bothwell he was fair and quhitlie,1 sumthing hinging-shouldered, and went sumthing fordward,2 with ane gentle and humane countenance.'... | |
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