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There was one of my able-bodied men the other day who plainly refused to attend the wappen-schaw at my bidding.

Old Mortality 2004

Nebuchadnezzar to do with the wappen-schaw of the Upper Ward of

Old Mortality 2004

The commands of the law were imperative; and the privy council, who administered the executive power in Scotland, were severe in enforcing the statutory penalties against the crown-vassals who did not appear at the periodical wappen-schaw.

Old Mortality 2004

The sheriff of the county of Lanark was holding the wappen-schaw of a wild district, called the Upper Ward of Clydesdale, on a haugh or level plain, near to a royal borough, the name of which is no way essential to my story, on the morning of the 5th of May, 1679, when our narrative commences.

Old Mortality 2004

Under the reign of the last Stuarts, frequent musters of the people, both for military exercise and for sports and pastimes, were appointed by authority, and the Sheriff of Lanark was holding the wappen-schaw of

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Now, sir, we hold this most honourable achievement by the wappen-brief, or concession of arms, of Frederick Redbeard,

The Waverley 1877

The commands of the law were imperative; and the privy council, who administered the executive power in Scotland, were severe in enforcing the statutory penalties against the crown-vassals who did not appear at the periodical wappen-schaw.

Old Mortality, Complete Walter Scott 1801

The sheriff of the county of Lanark was holding the wappen-schaw of a wild district, called the Upper Ward of Clydesdale, on a haugh or level plain, near to a royal borough, the name of which is no way essential to my story, on the morning of the 5th of May, 1679, when our narrative commences.

Old Mortality, Complete Walter Scott 1801

The sheriff of the county of Lanark was holding the wappen-schaw of a wild district, called the Upper Ward of Clydesdale, on a haugh or level plain, near to a royal borough, the name of which is no way essential to my story, on the morning of the 5th of May, 1679, when our narrative commences.

Old Mortality, Volume 1. Walter Scott 1801

There was one of my able-bodied men the other day who plainly refused to attend the wappen-schaw at my bidding.

Old Mortality, Complete Walter Scott 1801