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1639
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From this reading In May, quhen men yied everichone With Robene Hoid and Littil John, To bring in bowis and birken bobynis, Now all sic game is fastlings gone, Bot gif if be amangs clowin Robbynis.—_A. Scott._ The period at which the circumstances recorded in the following narrative happened was in the troubled year of 1639.
AdeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading In May, quhen men yied everichone With Robene Hoid and Littil John, To bring in bowis and birken bobynis, Now all sic game is fastlings gone, Bot gif if be amangs clowin Robbynis.—_A. Scott._ The period at which the circumstances recorded in the following narrative happened was in the troubled year of 1639.
all
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From this reading In May, quhen men yied everichone With Robene Hoid and Littil John, To bring in bowis and birken bobynis, Now all sic game is fastlings gone, Bot gif if be amangs clowin Robbynis.—_A. Scott._ The period at which the circumstances recorded in the following narrative happened was in the troubled year of 1639.
always
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From this reading The first cause of these disturbances was the attempt of the monarch to establish Episcopacy over Scotland—a form of worship which had always been disliked by the Scotch, as they considered it but a single step removed from Popery.
amangs
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From this reading In May, quhen men yied everichone With Robene Hoid and Littil John, To bring in bowis and birken bobynis, Now all sic game is fastlings gone, Bot gif if be amangs clowin Robbynis.—_A. Scott._ The period at which the circumstances recorded in the following narrative happened was in the troubled year of 1639.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In May, quhen men yied everichone With Robene Hoid and Littil John, To bring in bowis and birken bobynis, Now all sic game is fastlings gone, Bot gif if be amangs clowin Robbynis.—_A. Scott._ The period at which the circumstances recorded in the following narrative happened was in the troubled year of 1639.
arms
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From this reading At that time the points in dispute betwixt Charles and his subjects were most violently contested, and the partizans of each were in arms all over the country, endeavouring, by partial and solitary operations, to gain the ascendancy for their faction.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The first cause of these disturbances was the attempt of the monarch to establish Episcopacy over Scotland—a form of worship which had always been disliked by the Scotch, as they considered it but a single step removed from Popery.
ascendancy
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From this reading At that time the points in dispute betwixt Charles and his subjects were most violently contested, and the partizans of each were in arms all over the country, endeavouring, by partial and solitary operations, to gain the ascendancy for their faction.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading In May, quhen men yied everichone With Robene Hoid and Littil John, To bring in bowis and birken bobynis, Now all sic game is fastlings gone, Bot gif if be amangs clowin Robbynis.—_A. Scott._ The period at which the circumstances recorded in the following narrative happened was in the troubled year of 1639.
attempt
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From this reading The first cause of these disturbances was the attempt of the monarch to establish Episcopacy over Scotland—a form of worship which had always been disliked by the Scotch, as they considered it but a single step removed from Popery.
averseness
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From this reading The intemperate zeal with which Charles prosecuted his views (occasioned by a misconception of the national character of his subjects), and his averseness to compromise or conciliation, first gave rise to the combination called the Covenanters; weak at first, but in a short time too powerful to be shaken by the exertions of the High Churchmen.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading In May, quhen men yied everichone With Robene Hoid and Littil John, To bring in bowis and birken bobynis, Now all sic game is fastlings gone, Bot gif if be amangs clowin Robbynis.—_A. Scott._ The period at which the circumstances recorded in the following narrative happened was in the troubled year of 1639.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The first cause of these disturbances was the attempt of the monarch to establish Episcopacy over Scotland—a form of worship which had always been disliked by the Scotch, as they considered it but a single step removed from Popery.
betwixtprepositionUS /biˈtwɪkst/
an old word for “between”
From this reading At that time the points in dispute betwixt Charles and his subjects were most violently contested, and the partizans of each were in arms all over the country, endeavouring, by partial and solitary operations, to gain the ascendancy for their faction.
birken
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From this reading In May, quhen men yied everichone With Robene Hoid and Littil John, To bring in bowis and birken bobynis, Now all sic game is fastlings gone, Bot gif if be amangs clowin Robbynis.—_A. Scott._ The period at which the circumstances recorded in the following narrative happened was in the troubled year of 1639.
bobynis
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From this reading In May, quhen men yied everichone With Robene Hoid and Littil John, To bring in bowis and birken bobynis, Now all sic game is fastlings gone, Bot gif if be amangs clowin Robbynis.—_A. Scott._ The period at which the circumstances recorded in the following narrative happened was in the troubled year of 1639.
Bond
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From this reading One of the first and most politic steps taken by the Council of the Covenant, denominated “the Tables,” was the framing of the celebrated Bond or Covenant; the subscribers of which bound themselves to resist the introduction of Popery and Prelacy, and to stand by each other in case of innovations on the established worship.
Bot
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From this reading In May, quhen men yied everichone With Robene Hoid and Littil John, To bring in bowis and birken bobynis, Now all sic game is fastlings gone, Bot gif if be amangs clowin Robbynis.—_A. Scott._ The period at which the circumstances recorded in the following narrative happened was in the troubled year of 1639.
bound
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From this reading One of the first and most politic steps taken by the Council of the Covenant, denominated “the Tables,” was the framing of the celebrated Bond or Covenant; the subscribers of which bound themselves to resist the introduction of Popery and Prelacy, and to stand by each other in case of innovations on the established worship.
bowis
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From this reading In May, quhen men yied everichone With Robene Hoid and Littil John, To bring in bowis and birken bobynis, Now all sic game is fastlings gone, Bot gif if be amangs clowin Robbynis.—_A. Scott._ The period at which the circumstances recorded in the following narrative happened was in the troubled year of 1639.
bring
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From this reading In May, quhen men yied everichone With Robene Hoid and Littil John, To bring in bowis and birken bobynis, Now all sic game is fastlings gone, Bot gif if be amangs clowin Robbynis.—_A. Scott._ The period at which the circumstances recorded in the following narrative happened was in the troubled year of 1639.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The first cause of these disturbances was the attempt of the monarch to establish Episcopacy over Scotland—a form of worship which had always been disliked by the Scotch, as they considered it but a single step removed from Popery.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading At that time the points in dispute betwixt Charles and his subjects were most violently contested, and the partizans of each were in arms all over the country, endeavouring, by partial and solitary operations, to gain the ascendancy for their faction.
called
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From this reading The intemperate zeal with which Charles prosecuted his views (occasioned by a misconception of the national character of his subjects), and his averseness to compromise or conciliation, first gave rise to the combination called the Covenanters; weak at first, but in a short time too powerful to be shaken by the exertions of the High Churchmen.
case
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From this reading One of the first and most politic steps taken by the Council of the Covenant, denominated “the Tables,” was the framing of the celebrated Bond or Covenant; the subscribers of which bound themselves to resist the introduction of Popery and Prelacy, and to stand by each other in case of innovations on the established worship.
cause
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From this reading The first cause of these disturbances was the attempt of the monarch to establish Episcopacy over Scotland—a form of worship which had always been disliked by the Scotch, as they considered it but a single step removed from Popery.
celebrated
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From this reading One of the first and most politic steps taken by the Council of the Covenant, denominated “the Tables,” was the framing of the celebrated Bond or Covenant; the subscribers of which bound themselves to resist the introduction of Popery and Prelacy, and to stand by each other in case of innovations on the established worship.
character
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From this reading The intemperate zeal with which Charles prosecuted his views (occasioned by a misconception of the national character of his subjects), and his averseness to compromise or conciliation, first gave rise to the combination called the Covenanters; weak at first, but in a short time too powerful to be shaken by the exertions of the High Churchmen.
Charles
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From this reading At that time the points in dispute betwixt Charles and his subjects were most violently contested, and the partizans of each were in arms all over the country, endeavouring, by partial and solitary operations, to gain the ascendancy for their faction.
Churchmen
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From this reading The intemperate zeal with which Charles prosecuted his views (occasioned by a misconception of the national character of his subjects), and his averseness to compromise or conciliation, first gave rise to the combination called the Covenanters; weak at first, but in a short time too powerful to be shaken by the exertions of the High Churchmen.
circumstances
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From this reading In May, quhen men yied everichone With Robene Hoid and Littil John, To bring in bowis and birken bobynis, Now all sic game is fastlings gone, Bot gif if be amangs clowin Robbynis.—_A. Scott._ The period at which the circumstances recorded in the following narrative happened was in the troubled year of 1639.
clowin
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From this reading In May, quhen men yied everichone With Robene Hoid and Littil John, To bring in bowis and birken bobynis, Now all sic game is fastlings gone, Bot gif if be amangs clowin Robbynis.—_A. Scott._ The period at which the circumstances recorded in the following narrative happened was in the troubled year of 1639.
combination
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From this reading The intemperate zeal with which Charles prosecuted his views (occasioned by a misconception of the national character of his subjects), and his averseness to compromise or conciliation, first gave rise to the combination called the Covenanters; weak at first, but in a short time too powerful to be shaken by the exertions of the High Churchmen.
compromise
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From this reading The intemperate zeal with which Charles prosecuted his views (occasioned by a misconception of the national character of his subjects), and his averseness to compromise or conciliation, first gave rise to the combination called the Covenanters; weak at first, but in a short time too powerful to be shaken by the exertions of the High Churchmen.
conciliation
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From this reading The intemperate zeal with which Charles prosecuted his views (occasioned by a misconception of the national character of his subjects), and his averseness to compromise or conciliation, first gave rise to the combination called the Covenanters; weak at first, but in a short time too powerful to be shaken by the exertions of the High Churchmen.
considered
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From this reading The first cause of these disturbances was the attempt of the monarch to establish Episcopacy over Scotland—a form of worship which had always been disliked by the Scotch, as they considered it but a single step removed from Popery.
contested
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From this reading At that time the points in dispute betwixt Charles and his subjects were most violently contested, and the partizans of each were in arms all over the country, endeavouring, by partial and solitary operations, to gain the ascendancy for their faction.
CouncilnounUS /ˈcouncil/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading One of the first and most politic steps taken by the Council of the Covenant, denominated “the Tables,” was the framing of the celebrated Bond or Covenant; the subscribers of which bound themselves to resist the introduction of Popery and Prelacy, and to stand by each other in case of innovations on the established worship.
country
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From this reading At that time the points in dispute betwixt Charles and his subjects were most violently contested, and the partizans of each were in arms all over the country, endeavouring, by partial and solitary operations, to gain the ascendancy for their faction.
Covenant
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From this reading One of the first and most politic steps taken by the Council of the Covenant, denominated “the Tables,” was the framing of the celebrated Bond or Covenant; the subscribers of which bound themselves to resist the introduction of Popery and Prelacy, and to stand by each other in case of innovations on the established worship.
Covenanters
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From this reading The intemperate zeal with which Charles prosecuted his views (occasioned by a misconception of the national character of his subjects), and his averseness to compromise or conciliation, first gave rise to the combination called the Covenanters; weak at first, but in a short time too powerful to be shaken by the exertions of the High Churchmen.
denominated
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From this reading One of the first and most politic steps taken by the Council of the Covenant, denominated “the Tables,” was the framing of the celebrated Bond or Covenant; the subscribers of which bound themselves to resist the introduction of Popery and Prelacy, and to stand by each other in case of innovations on the established worship.
disliked
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From this reading The first cause of these disturbances was the attempt of the monarch to establish Episcopacy over Scotland—a form of worship which had always been disliked by the Scotch, as they considered it but a single step removed from Popery.
dispute
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From this reading At that time the points in dispute betwixt Charles and his subjects were most violently contested, and the partizans of each were in arms all over the country, endeavouring, by partial and solitary operations, to gain the ascendancy for their faction.
disturbances
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From this reading The first cause of these disturbances was the attempt of the monarch to establish Episcopacy over Scotland—a form of worship which had always been disliked by the Scotch, as they considered it but a single step removed from Popery.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading At that time the points in dispute betwixt Charles and his subjects were most violently contested, and the partizans of each were in arms all over the country, endeavouring, by partial and solitary operations, to gain the ascendancy for their faction.
endeavouring
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From this reading At that time the points in dispute betwixt Charles and his subjects were most violently contested, and the partizans of each were in arms all over the country, endeavouring, by partial and solitary operations, to gain the ascendancy for their faction.
Episcopacy
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From this reading The first cause of these disturbances was the attempt of the monarch to establish Episcopacy over Scotland—a form of worship which had always been disliked by the Scotch, as they considered it but a single step removed from Popery.
establish
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From this reading The first cause of these disturbances was the attempt of the monarch to establish Episcopacy over Scotland—a form of worship which had always been disliked by the Scotch, as they considered it but a single step removed from Popery.
established
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From this reading One of the first and most politic steps taken by the Council of the Covenant, denominated “the Tables,” was the framing of the celebrated Bond or Covenant; the subscribers of which bound themselves to resist the introduction of Popery and Prelacy, and to stand by each other in case of innovations on the established worship.
everichone
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From this reading In May, quhen men yied everichone With Robene Hoid and Littil John, To bring in bowis and birken bobynis, Now all sic game is fastlings gone, Bot gif if be amangs clowin Robbynis.—_A. Scott._ The period at which the circumstances recorded in the following narrative happened was in the troubled year of 1639.
exertions
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From this reading The intemperate zeal with which Charles prosecuted his views (occasioned by a misconception of the national character of his subjects), and his averseness to compromise or conciliation, first gave rise to the combination called the Covenanters; weak at first, but in a short time too powerful to be shaken by the exertions of the High Churchmen.
faction
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From this reading At that time the points in dispute betwixt Charles and his subjects were most violently contested, and the partizans of each were in arms all over the country, endeavouring, by partial and solitary operations, to gain the ascendancy for their faction.
fastlings
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From this reading In May, quhen men yied everichone With Robene Hoid and Littil John, To bring in bowis and birken bobynis, Now all sic game is fastlings gone, Bot gif if be amangs clowin Robbynis.—_A. Scott._ The period at which the circumstances recorded in the following narrative happened was in the troubled year of 1639.
first
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From this reading The first cause of these disturbances was the attempt of the monarch to establish Episcopacy over Scotland—a form of worship which had always been disliked by the Scotch, as they considered it but a single step removed from Popery.
following
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From this reading In May, quhen men yied everichone With Robene Hoid and Littil John, To bring in bowis and birken bobynis, Now all sic game is fastlings gone, Bot gif if be amangs clowin Robbynis.—_A. Scott._ The period at which the circumstances recorded in the following narrative happened was in the troubled year of 1639.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading At that time the points in dispute betwixt Charles and his subjects were most violently contested, and the partizans of each were in arms all over the country, endeavouring, by partial and solitary operations, to gain the ascendancy for their faction.
form
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From this reading The first cause of these disturbances was the attempt of the monarch to establish Episcopacy over Scotland—a form of worship which had always been disliked by the Scotch, as they considered it but a single step removed from Popery.
framing
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From this reading One of the first and most politic steps taken by the Council of the Covenant, denominated “the Tables,” was the framing of the celebrated Bond or Covenant; the subscribers of which bound themselves to resist the introduction of Popery and Prelacy, and to stand by each other in case of innovations on the established worship.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The first cause of these disturbances was the attempt of the monarch to establish Episcopacy over Scotland—a form of worship which had always been disliked by the Scotch, as they considered it but a single step removed from Popery.
gain
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From this reading At that time the points in dispute betwixt Charles and his subjects were most violently contested, and the partizans of each were in arms all over the country, endeavouring, by partial and solitary operations, to gain the ascendancy for their faction.
game
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From this reading In May, quhen men yied everichone With Robene Hoid and Littil John, To bring in bowis and birken bobynis, Now all sic game is fastlings gone, Bot gif if be amangs clowin Robbynis.—_A. Scott._ The period at which the circumstances recorded in the following narrative happened was in the troubled year of 1639.
gave
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From this reading The intemperate zeal with which Charles prosecuted his views (occasioned by a misconception of the national character of his subjects), and his averseness to compromise or conciliation, first gave rise to the combination called the Covenanters; weak at first, but in a short time too powerful to be shaken by the exertions of the High Churchmen.
gif
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From this reading In May, quhen men yied everichone With Robene Hoid and Littil John, To bring in bowis and birken bobynis, Now all sic game is fastlings gone, Bot gif if be amangs clowin Robbynis.—_A. Scott._ The period at which the circumstances recorded in the following narrative happened was in the troubled year of 1639.
gone
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From this reading In May, quhen men yied everichone With Robene Hoid and Littil John, To bring in bowis and birken bobynis, Now all sic game is fastlings gone, Bot gif if be amangs clowin Robbynis.—_A. Scott._ The period at which the circumstances recorded in the following narrative happened was in the troubled year of 1639.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The first cause of these disturbances was the attempt of the monarch to establish Episcopacy over Scotland—a form of worship which had always been disliked by the Scotch, as they considered it but a single step removed from Popery.
happened
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From this reading In May, quhen men yied everichone With Robene Hoid and Littil John, To bring in bowis and birken bobynis, Now all sic game is fastlings gone, Bot gif if be amangs clowin Robbynis.—_A. Scott._ The period at which the circumstances recorded in the following narrative happened was in the troubled year of 1639.
High
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From this reading The intemperate zeal with which Charles prosecuted his views (occasioned by a misconception of the national character of his subjects), and his averseness to compromise or conciliation, first gave rise to the combination called the Covenanters; weak at first, but in a short time too powerful to be shaken by the exertions of the High Churchmen.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading At that time the points in dispute betwixt Charles and his subjects were most violently contested, and the partizans of each were in arms all over the country, endeavouring, by partial and solitary operations, to gain the ascendancy for their faction.
Hoid
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From this reading In May, quhen men yied everichone With Robene Hoid and Littil John, To bring in bowis and birken bobynis, Now all sic game is fastlings gone, Bot gif if be amangs clowin Robbynis.—_A. Scott._ The period at which the circumstances recorded in the following narrative happened was in the troubled year of 1639.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading In May, quhen men yied everichone With Robene Hoid and Littil John, To bring in bowis and birken bobynis, Now all sic game is fastlings gone, Bot gif if be amangs clowin Robbynis.—_A. Scott._ The period at which the circumstances recorded in the following narrative happened was in the troubled year of 1639.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In May, quhen men yied everichone With Robene Hoid and Littil John, To bring in bowis and birken bobynis, Now all sic game is fastlings gone, Bot gif if be amangs clowin Robbynis.—_A. Scott._ The period at which the circumstances recorded in the following narrative happened was in the troubled year of 1639.
innovations
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From this reading One of the first and most politic steps taken by the Council of the Covenant, denominated “the Tables,” was the framing of the celebrated Bond or Covenant; the subscribers of which bound themselves to resist the introduction of Popery and Prelacy, and to stand by each other in case of innovations on the established worship.
intemperate
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From this reading The intemperate zeal with which Charles prosecuted his views (occasioned by a misconception of the national character of his subjects), and his averseness to compromise or conciliation, first gave rise to the combination called the Covenanters; weak at first, but in a short time too powerful to be shaken by the exertions of the High Churchmen.
introduction
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From this reading One of the first and most politic steps taken by the Council of the Covenant, denominated “the Tables,” was the framing of the celebrated Bond or Covenant; the subscribers of which bound themselves to resist the introduction of Popery and Prelacy, and to stand by each other in case of innovations on the established worship.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In May, quhen men yied everichone With Robene Hoid and Littil John, To bring in bowis and birken bobynis, Now all sic game is fastlings gone, Bot gif if be amangs clowin Robbynis.—_A. Scott._ The period at which the circumstances recorded in the following narrative happened was in the troubled year of 1639.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The first cause of these disturbances was the attempt of the monarch to establish Episcopacy over Scotland—a form of worship which had always been disliked by the Scotch, as they considered it but a single step removed from Popery.
John
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From this reading In May, quhen men yied everichone With Robene Hoid and Littil John, To bring in bowis and birken bobynis, Now all sic game is fastlings gone, Bot gif if be amangs clowin Robbynis.—_A. Scott._ The period at which the circumstances recorded in the following narrative happened was in the troubled year of 1639.
Littil
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From this reading In May, quhen men yied everichone With Robene Hoid and Littil John, To bring in bowis and birken bobynis, Now all sic game is fastlings gone, Bot gif if be amangs clowin Robbynis.—_A. Scott._ The period at which the circumstances recorded in the following narrative happened was in the troubled year of 1639.
Maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading In May, quhen men yied everichone With Robene Hoid and Littil John, To bring in bowis and birken bobynis, Now all sic game is fastlings gone, Bot gif if be amangs clowin Robbynis.—_A. Scott._ The period at which the circumstances recorded in the following narrative happened was in the troubled year of 1639.
men
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From this reading In May, quhen men yied everichone With Robene Hoid and Littil John, To bring in bowis and birken bobynis, Now all sic game is fastlings gone, Bot gif if be amangs clowin Robbynis.—_A. Scott._ The period at which the circumstances recorded in the following narrative happened was in the troubled year of 1639.
misconception
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From this reading The intemperate zeal with which Charles prosecuted his views (occasioned by a misconception of the national character of his subjects), and his averseness to compromise or conciliation, first gave rise to the combination called the Covenanters; weak at first, but in a short time too powerful to be shaken by the exertions of the High Churchmen.
monarch
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From this reading The first cause of these disturbances was the attempt of the monarch to establish Episcopacy over Scotland—a form of worship which had always been disliked by the Scotch, as they considered it but a single step removed from Popery.
most
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From this reading At that time the points in dispute betwixt Charles and his subjects were most violently contested, and the partizans of each were in arms all over the country, endeavouring, by partial and solitary operations, to gain the ascendancy for their faction.
narrative
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From this reading In May, quhen men yied everichone With Robene Hoid and Littil John, To bring in bowis and birken bobynis, Now all sic game is fastlings gone, Bot gif if be amangs clowin Robbynis.—_A. Scott._ The period at which the circumstances recorded in the following narrative happened was in the troubled year of 1639.
national
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From this reading The intemperate zeal with which Charles prosecuted his views (occasioned by a misconception of the national character of his subjects), and his averseness to compromise or conciliation, first gave rise to the combination called the Covenanters; weak at first, but in a short time too powerful to be shaken by the exertions of the High Churchmen.
Now
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From this reading In May, quhen men yied everichone With Robene Hoid and Littil John, To bring in bowis and birken bobynis, Now all sic game is fastlings gone, Bot gif if be amangs clowin Robbynis.—_A. Scott._ The period at which the circumstances recorded in the following narrative happened was in the troubled year of 1639.
occasioned
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From this reading The intemperate zeal with which Charles prosecuted his views (occasioned by a misconception of the national character of his subjects), and his averseness to compromise or conciliation, first gave rise to the combination called the Covenanters; weak at first, but in a short time too powerful to be shaken by the exertions of the High Churchmen.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In May, quhen men yied everichone With Robene Hoid and Littil John, To bring in bowis and birken bobynis, Now all sic game is fastlings gone, Bot gif if be amangs clowin Robbynis.—_A. Scott._ The period at which the circumstances recorded in the following narrative happened was in the troubled year of 1639.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading One of the first and most politic steps taken by the Council of the Covenant, denominated “the Tables,” was the framing of the celebrated Bond or Covenant; the subscribers of which bound themselves to resist the introduction of Popery and Prelacy, and to stand by each other in case of innovations on the established worship.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One of the first and most politic steps taken by the Council of the Covenant, denominated “the Tables,” was the framing of the celebrated Bond or Covenant; the subscribers of which bound themselves to resist the introduction of Popery and Prelacy, and to stand by each other in case of innovations on the established worship.
operations
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From this reading At that time the points in dispute betwixt Charles and his subjects were most violently contested, and the partizans of each were in arms all over the country, endeavouring, by partial and solitary operations, to gain the ascendancy for their faction.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The intemperate zeal with which Charles prosecuted his views (occasioned by a misconception of the national character of his subjects), and his averseness to compromise or conciliation, first gave rise to the combination called the Covenanters; weak at first, but in a short time too powerful to be shaken by the exertions of the High Churchmen.
other
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From this reading One of the first and most politic steps taken by the Council of the Covenant, denominated “the Tables,” was the framing of the celebrated Bond or Covenant; the subscribers of which bound themselves to resist the introduction of Popery and Prelacy, and to stand by each other in case of innovations on the established worship.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading At that time the points in dispute betwixt Charles and his subjects were most violently contested, and the partizans of each were in arms all over the country, endeavouring, by partial and solitary operations, to gain the ascendancy for their faction.
partial
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From this reading At that time the points in dispute betwixt Charles and his subjects were most violently contested, and the partizans of each were in arms all over the country, endeavouring, by partial and solitary operations, to gain the ascendancy for their faction.
partizans
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From this reading At that time the points in dispute betwixt Charles and his subjects were most violently contested, and the partizans of each were in arms all over the country, endeavouring, by partial and solitary operations, to gain the ascendancy for their faction.
period
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From this reading In May, quhen men yied everichone With Robene Hoid and Littil John, To bring in bowis and birken bobynis, Now all sic game is fastlings gone, Bot gif if be amangs clowin Robbynis.—_A. Scott._ The period at which the circumstances recorded in the following narrative happened was in the troubled year of 1639.
points
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From this reading At that time the points in dispute betwixt Charles and his subjects were most violently contested, and the partizans of each were in arms all over the country, endeavouring, by partial and solitary operations, to gain the ascendancy for their faction.
politic
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From this reading One of the first and most politic steps taken by the Council of the Covenant, denominated “the Tables,” was the framing of the celebrated Bond or Covenant; the subscribers of which bound themselves to resist the introduction of Popery and Prelacy, and to stand by each other in case of innovations on the established worship.
Popery
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From this reading The first cause of these disturbances was the attempt of the monarch to establish Episcopacy over Scotland—a form of worship which had always been disliked by the Scotch, as they considered it but a single step removed from Popery.
powerful
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From this reading The intemperate zeal with which Charles prosecuted his views (occasioned by a misconception of the national character of his subjects), and his averseness to compromise or conciliation, first gave rise to the combination called the Covenanters; weak at first, but in a short time too powerful to be shaken by the exertions of the High Churchmen.
Prelacy
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From this reading One of the first and most politic steps taken by the Council of the Covenant, denominated “the Tables,” was the framing of the celebrated Bond or Covenant; the subscribers of which bound themselves to resist the introduction of Popery and Prelacy, and to stand by each other in case of innovations on the established worship.
prosecuted
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From this reading The intemperate zeal with which Charles prosecuted his views (occasioned by a misconception of the national character of his subjects), and his averseness to compromise or conciliation, first gave rise to the combination called the Covenanters; weak at first, but in a short time too powerful to be shaken by the exertions of the High Churchmen.
quhen
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From this reading In May, quhen men yied everichone With Robene Hoid and Littil John, To bring in bowis and birken bobynis, Now all sic game is fastlings gone, Bot gif if be amangs clowin Robbynis.—_A. Scott._ The period at which the circumstances recorded in the following narrative happened was in the troubled year of 1639.
recorded
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From this reading In May, quhen men yied everichone With Robene Hoid and Littil John, To bring in bowis and birken bobynis, Now all sic game is fastlings gone, Bot gif if be amangs clowin Robbynis.—_A. Scott._ The period at which the circumstances recorded in the following narrative happened was in the troubled year of 1639.
removed
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From this reading The first cause of these disturbances was the attempt of the monarch to establish Episcopacy over Scotland—a form of worship which had always been disliked by the Scotch, as they considered it but a single step removed from Popery.
resist
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From this reading One of the first and most politic steps taken by the Council of the Covenant, denominated “the Tables,” was the framing of the celebrated Bond or Covenant; the subscribers of which bound themselves to resist the introduction of Popery and Prelacy, and to stand by each other in case of innovations on the established worship.
rise
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From this reading The intemperate zeal with which Charles prosecuted his views (occasioned by a misconception of the national character of his subjects), and his averseness to compromise or conciliation, first gave rise to the combination called the Covenanters; weak at first, but in a short time too powerful to be shaken by the exertions of the High Churchmen.
Robbynis
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From this reading In May, quhen men yied everichone With Robene Hoid and Littil John, To bring in bowis and birken bobynis, Now all sic game is fastlings gone, Bot gif if be amangs clowin Robbynis.—_A. Scott._ The period at which the circumstances recorded in the following narrative happened was in the troubled year of 1639.
Robene
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From this reading In May, quhen men yied everichone With Robene Hoid and Littil John, To bring in bowis and birken bobynis, Now all sic game is fastlings gone, Bot gif if be amangs clowin Robbynis.—_A. Scott._ The period at which the circumstances recorded in the following narrative happened was in the troubled year of 1639.
Scotch
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From this reading The first cause of these disturbances was the attempt of the monarch to establish Episcopacy over Scotland—a form of worship which had always been disliked by the Scotch, as they considered it but a single step removed from Popery.
Scotland
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From this reading The first cause of these disturbances was the attempt of the monarch to establish Episcopacy over Scotland—a form of worship which had always been disliked by the Scotch, as they considered it but a single step removed from Popery.
Scott
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From this reading In May, quhen men yied everichone With Robene Hoid and Littil John, To bring in bowis and birken bobynis, Now all sic game is fastlings gone, Bot gif if be amangs clowin Robbynis.—_A. Scott._ The period at which the circumstances recorded in the following narrative happened was in the troubled year of 1639.
shaken
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From this reading The intemperate zeal with which Charles prosecuted his views (occasioned by a misconception of the national character of his subjects), and his averseness to compromise or conciliation, first gave rise to the combination called the Covenanters; weak at first, but in a short time too powerful to be shaken by the exertions of the High Churchmen.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading The intemperate zeal with which Charles prosecuted his views (occasioned by a misconception of the national character of his subjects), and his averseness to compromise or conciliation, first gave rise to the combination called the Covenanters; weak at first, but in a short time too powerful to be shaken by the exertions of the High Churchmen.
sic
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From this reading In May, quhen men yied everichone With Robene Hoid and Littil John, To bring in bowis and birken bobynis, Now all sic game is fastlings gone, Bot gif if be amangs clowin Robbynis.—_A. Scott._ The period at which the circumstances recorded in the following narrative happened was in the troubled year of 1639.
single
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From this reading The first cause of these disturbances was the attempt of the monarch to establish Episcopacy over Scotland—a form of worship which had always been disliked by the Scotch, as they considered it but a single step removed from Popery.
solitary
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From this reading At that time the points in dispute betwixt Charles and his subjects were most violently contested, and the partizans of each were in arms all over the country, endeavouring, by partial and solitary operations, to gain the ascendancy for their faction.
stand
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From this reading One of the first and most politic steps taken by the Council of the Covenant, denominated “the Tables,” was the framing of the celebrated Bond or Covenant; the subscribers of which bound themselves to resist the introduction of Popery and Prelacy, and to stand by each other in case of innovations on the established worship.
step
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From this reading The first cause of these disturbances was the attempt of the monarch to establish Episcopacy over Scotland—a form of worship which had always been disliked by the Scotch, as they considered it but a single step removed from Popery.
steps
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From this reading One of the first and most politic steps taken by the Council of the Covenant, denominated “the Tables,” was the framing of the celebrated Bond or Covenant; the subscribers of which bound themselves to resist the introduction of Popery and Prelacy, and to stand by each other in case of innovations on the established worship.
subjects
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From this reading At that time the points in dispute betwixt Charles and his subjects were most violently contested, and the partizans of each were in arms all over the country, endeavouring, by partial and solitary operations, to gain the ascendancy for their faction.
subscribers
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From this reading One of the first and most politic steps taken by the Council of the Covenant, denominated “the Tables,” was the framing of the celebrated Bond or Covenant; the subscribers of which bound themselves to resist the introduction of Popery and Prelacy, and to stand by each other in case of innovations on the established worship.
Tables
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From this reading One of the first and most politic steps taken by the Council of the Covenant, denominated “the Tables,” was the framing of the celebrated Bond or Covenant; the subscribers of which bound themselves to resist the introduction of Popery and Prelacy, and to stand by each other in case of innovations on the established worship.
taken
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From this reading One of the first and most politic steps taken by the Council of the Covenant, denominated “the Tables,” was the framing of the celebrated Bond or Covenant; the subscribers of which bound themselves to resist the introduction of Popery and Prelacy, and to stand by each other in case of innovations on the established worship.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading At that time the points in dispute betwixt Charles and his subjects were most violently contested, and the partizans of each were in arms all over the country, endeavouring, by partial and solitary operations, to gain the ascendancy for their faction.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In May, quhen men yied everichone With Robene Hoid and Littil John, To bring in bowis and birken bobynis, Now all sic game is fastlings gone, Bot gif if be amangs clowin Robbynis.—_A. Scott._ The period at which the circumstances recorded in the following narrative happened was in the troubled year of 1639.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading At that time the points in dispute betwixt Charles and his subjects were most violently contested, and the partizans of each were in arms all over the country, endeavouring, by partial and solitary operations, to gain the ascendancy for their faction.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading One of the first and most politic steps taken by the Council of the Covenant, denominated “the Tables,” was the framing of the celebrated Bond or Covenant; the subscribers of which bound themselves to resist the introduction of Popery and Prelacy, and to stand by each other in case of innovations on the established worship.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading The first cause of these disturbances was the attempt of the monarch to establish Episcopacy over Scotland—a form of worship which had always been disliked by the Scotch, as they considered it but a single step removed from Popery.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The first cause of these disturbances was the attempt of the monarch to establish Episcopacy over Scotland—a form of worship which had always been disliked by the Scotch, as they considered it but a single step removed from Popery.
time
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From this reading At that time the points in dispute betwixt Charles and his subjects were most violently contested, and the partizans of each were in arms all over the country, endeavouring, by partial and solitary operations, to gain the ascendancy for their faction.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In May, quhen men yied everichone With Robene Hoid and Littil John, To bring in bowis and birken bobynis, Now all sic game is fastlings gone, Bot gif if be amangs clowin Robbynis.—_A. Scott._ The period at which the circumstances recorded in the following narrative happened was in the troubled year of 1639.
too
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From this reading The intemperate zeal with which Charles prosecuted his views (occasioned by a misconception of the national character of his subjects), and his averseness to compromise or conciliation, first gave rise to the combination called the Covenanters; weak at first, but in a short time too powerful to be shaken by the exertions of the High Churchmen.
troubled
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From this reading In May, quhen men yied everichone With Robene Hoid and Littil John, To bring in bowis and birken bobynis, Now all sic game is fastlings gone, Bot gif if be amangs clowin Robbynis.—_A. Scott._ The period at which the circumstances recorded in the following narrative happened was in the troubled year of 1639.
views
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From this reading The intemperate zeal with which Charles prosecuted his views (occasioned by a misconception of the national character of his subjects), and his averseness to compromise or conciliation, first gave rise to the combination called the Covenanters; weak at first, but in a short time too powerful to be shaken by the exertions of the High Churchmen.
violently
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From this reading At that time the points in dispute betwixt Charles and his subjects were most violently contested, and the partizans of each were in arms all over the country, endeavouring, by partial and solitary operations, to gain the ascendancy for their faction.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In May, quhen men yied everichone With Robene Hoid and Littil John, To bring in bowis and birken bobynis, Now all sic game is fastlings gone, Bot gif if be amangs clowin Robbynis.—_A. Scott._ The period at which the circumstances recorded in the following narrative happened was in the troubled year of 1639.
weak
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From this reading The intemperate zeal with which Charles prosecuted his views (occasioned by a misconception of the national character of his subjects), and his averseness to compromise or conciliation, first gave rise to the combination called the Covenanters; weak at first, but in a short time too powerful to be shaken by the exertions of the High Churchmen.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading At that time the points in dispute betwixt Charles and his subjects were most violently contested, and the partizans of each were in arms all over the country, endeavouring, by partial and solitary operations, to gain the ascendancy for their faction.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading In May, quhen men yied everichone With Robene Hoid and Littil John, To bring in bowis and birken bobynis, Now all sic game is fastlings gone, Bot gif if be amangs clowin Robbynis.—_A. Scott._ The period at which the circumstances recorded in the following narrative happened was in the troubled year of 1639.
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading In May, quhen men yied everichone With Robene Hoid and Littil John, To bring in bowis and birken bobynis, Now all sic game is fastlings gone, Bot gif if be amangs clowin Robbynis.—_A. Scott._ The period at which the circumstances recorded in the following narrative happened was in the troubled year of 1639.
worship
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From this reading The first cause of these disturbances was the attempt of the monarch to establish Episcopacy over Scotland—a form of worship which had always been disliked by the Scotch, as they considered it but a single step removed from Popery.
year
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From this reading In May, quhen men yied everichone With Robene Hoid and Littil John, To bring in bowis and birken bobynis, Now all sic game is fastlings gone, Bot gif if be amangs clowin Robbynis.—_A. Scott._ The period at which the circumstances recorded in the following narrative happened was in the troubled year of 1639.
yied
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From this reading In May, quhen men yied everichone With Robene Hoid and Littil John, To bring in bowis and birken bobynis, Now all sic game is fastlings gone, Bot gif if be amangs clowin Robbynis.—_A. Scott._ The period at which the circumstances recorded in the following narrative happened was in the troubled year of 1639.
zeal
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From this reading The intemperate zeal with which Charles prosecuted his views (occasioned by a misconception of the national character of his subjects), and his averseness to compromise or conciliation, first gave rise to the combination called the Covenanters; weak at first, but in a short time too powerful to be shaken by the exertions of the High Churchmen.
