The Poetical Works of Sir David Lyndsay of the Mount: Lion King at Arms, Under James V.Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806 |
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Página 392 - Sterre apperethe not to us. And this Sterre, that is toward the Northe, that wee clepen the Lode Sterre, ne apperethe not to hem.
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Página 14 - Fy on yow fosteraris of idolatrie ! That till ane deid stok, dois sik reverence, In presens of the pepill publicklie ; Feir ye nocht God, to commit sik offence ? I counsall yow do yit your diligence, To gar suppresse sik greit abusioun : Do ye nocht sa, I dreid your recompence, Sal be nocht ellis, hot clene confusioun.
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