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  • -- How the people mocked thair curssing, he ferther told a meary tale; how, after a sermoun that he had maid at Dumfermling, he came to a house whair gossoppis was drynking thair Soundayis penny, and he, being dry, asked drynk.

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  • And then begane no litill fray, but yitt a meary game; for rockettis war rent, typpetis war torne, crounis war knapped, [387] and syd gounis mycht have bene sein wantonly wag from the one wall to the other: Many of thame lacked beardis, and that was the more pitie; and tharefore could not bukkill other by the byrse, as [388] bold men wold haif doune.

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  • And amonges uther thingis he told such a meary bourd.

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  • "This in large part, is not true". countries like Ghana and Nigeria have never been ravaged by european colonialism, but rather, meary tainted by the european presence.

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  • "This in large part, is not true". countries like Ghana and Nigeria have never been ravaged by european colonialism, but rather, meary tainted by the european presence.

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  • "This in large part, is not true". countries like Ghana and Nigeria have never been ravaged by european colonialism, but rather, meary tainted by the european presence.

    Home 2009

  • "This in large part, is not true". countries like Ghana and Nigeria have never been ravaged by european colonialism, but rather, meary tainted by the european presence.

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  • A meary gentillman, named Johnne Lyndesay, famylliar to Bisehope James Betoun, standing by when consultatioun was had, said, "My Lord, yf ye burne any mo, except ye follow my counsall, ye will utterlye destroy your selves.

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  • By chance thare lay upoun a stare a meary Englissman, and seing the discomfiture to be without blood, thought he wold add some mearynes to the mater, and so cryed he ower a stayr, and said, "Fy upoun yow, hoorsones, why have ye brockin ordour!

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