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SCOTLAND - a glossary of archaic terms, as well as a number of Modern Scots words and phrases, useful for genealogical research. Legal terms, words linked to property and possessions, found in wills and testaments.

 

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LAST UPDATED: 20.04.2002

 

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Quhat ane art thow, sa terribill to vew ?

Evin deid, that kend in erd is weill anew.

Quhy sa deformit, with hollow eis in heid ?

To schaw men how and quharof thai ar maid.

Thir clattering banis, quhat do thai signife ?

Mirrores to men, to schaw that thai man de.

This fedderit flane, thow beris in thi left fist ?

Schawis that na staitt my power can resist.

This round ball quhat, that is in thi rycht hande ?

Schawis that the warld Is all at my commande

Onder thi feitt quhat representis this grene ?

As ye ar now, It schawis sa haif I bene

Thairfoir recompt youre race ye that heir be

And mende youre miss, for nain sall eschaip me.

 

quod R. Wedderburn 1546-1611

 

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