Analecta Scotica: Collections Illustrative of the Civil, Ecclesiastical, and Literary History of Scotland: Chiefly from Original Mss. [First Series]-second Series |
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Aberdeen acquaint Alexander anent anno Balcarres Papers befoir bien Bishop bonne burgh Capellano sancti Charles Scarborough church Colledge copy daughter dayes departitt desyring domini DOUGLAS Duke Earl Earle of Perth Edin Edinburgh erle Faculty of Advocates favour gave Glasgow gott grace haif HAILES half barrels leid hand hath haue honour Ilan Ireland isle JAMES ANDERSON John JOHN SKENE Kilsyth King kingdome of Scotland kirk Lady land letter Linlithgow London Lord Lordship lyfe madame Maiestie maister Mary merks minister moneth monsieur night nixt occasion pairt Parliament Physitians pounds scots pounds sterling publick quæ quherof quhilk quil regis Robert Royne sall schip callit SCOTIE Scotland Scots sent servant severall sould stane Stirling thair ther things told toun tres humble tyme uous vnto vpon wher William WODROW wyfe yeers yeir yeris zour
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Page 126 - O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.
Page 82 - A leaf or two being steeped overnight in a little white wine is a vomit that never fails in its operation. It is a good companion to one that converseth with dead men, for if one hath been poring long upon a book, or is toiled with the pen and stupefied with study, it quickeneth him, and dispels those clouds that usually overset the brain.
Page 354 - ... and for your so doing this shall be your sufficient warrant. Given under my hand and seal, this day of , in the year of our Lord , at , in the [county] aforesaid.
Page 296 - Old Nick was in want of a lawyer in hell, To preside o'er the Court there of Session, So old Whytlaw he took, for he suited him well, For tyranny, lust, and oppression. Twixt the Devil and Whytlaw, the poor wretches damn'd Will be sore put about in that hot land ; For now the fierce Justice Clerk's got the command, They could hardly be worse off in Scotland.
Page 83 - I believe there's as much taken this Way in Ireland as there is in Pipes in England; one shall commonly see the Servingmaid upon the Washing-block, and the Swain upon the Plough-share, when they are tir'd with Labour, take out their Boxes of Smutchin and draw it into their Nostrils with a Quill, and it will beget new Spirits in them with a fresh Vigour to fall to their Work again.
Page 126 - Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.
Page 126 - Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
Page 248 - A DEFENCE of the Scots abdicating Darien ; including an Answer to the Defence of the Scots Settlement there, authore Britanno sed Dunensi, tlte dedication signed Phil. Scot, printed in the year 1700 — A SHORT VINDICATION of Phil.
Page 306 - ... in compiling it. I shall be sorry if any where I "even but seem to allow of a persecuting spirit. It was never my design to justify it, and more than once I have shown my abhorrence of it ; and, indeed, the longer I live, I grow in my abomination of it. I did regret, in the Preface, that I had not time to look over my History ; and that it's printed very much as it first dropped from my pen, and there may be some passages in it that are not so well expressed ; and all such I am most willing to...
Page 196 - However, tho' people should deny both spirit and angel, to be sure there are both spirits and angels good and bad; and according to Scripture, there may be witches, seeing there was a witch at Endor, let people say as they list ; but what is the essence of spirits, or what way the devil makes use of these deluded creatures, or changes them into various shapes on occasion, is hard to determine.