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Thrid, we fynd small questioun of religioun moved within this Realme, yit in the tyme of King James the Fourt, in the saxt year of his reigne, and in the twenty-twa yeir of his age, which was in the year of God
The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox
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And everie ilk yeir scho brocht us hame ane foill.
The Scottish Reformation Its Epochs, Episodes, Leaders, and Distinctive Characteristics Alexander F. Mitchell
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Rutherford was condemned, and compelled to abide at Aberdeen as a prisoner, "six quarters of ane yeir."
Sketches of the Covenanters J. C. McFeeters
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A guid minister (I speak it nocht arrogantlie, but according to the treuthe!) may do him mair guid service in a houre nor manie of his sacrilegious courteours in a yeir. '
Andrew Melville Famous Scots Series William Morison
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"Bot of all the benefites I haid that yeir" -- the first year he was a student in St
The Scottish Reformation Its Epochs, Episodes, Leaders, and Distinctive Characteristics Alexander F. Mitchell
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In witness of the quhilk thing hir ma'tie and the said noble prince and duke hes subscrivit this present contract with thair hands day yeir and place foirsaids befoir thir witnesses ane maist reverend ffader in God Johnne archbishop of Sant Andrews commendator of paisly & George erll of
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Edinburght in the moneth of October, [733] the yeir of God 1558, it was clearlie voted, no man reclamyng, (except the Duck [734] for his entress; [735]) and yitt for it thare was no better law produced, except that thare was ane solempned Messe appointed for that purpose in the
The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox
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James Melville speaks of 1596 as to be 'markitt for a special perriodic and fatall yeir to the Kirk of Scotland,' and he enters on his narrative of it 'with a sorrowful heart and drouping eyes,' so 'doolful' was the decay it ushered in.
Andrew Melville Famous Scots Series William Morison
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And thairefter within tua yeir she bure her first bairne
The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology Margaret Alice Murray 1913
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Mai pi fan mi tim is ut I wel kom hem an sie yu pat not for de fust nor de neest yeir til I gater somtig o mi nane, for I fan I ha dun wi mi mestir, hi maun gi mi a plantashon te set mi up, its de quistium hier in dis quintry; an syn I houp te gar yu trink wyn insteat
An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America 1893
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