"(Third) for ane displeasure that they apprehend to be done against them by their neighbour, to take up a plaine feide against him and without respect to God, King or Commonweale to bang it out bravelie, he and all his kinne against him and all his."
The author continues by saying, "'Banging it out bravely' was altogether characteristic of the sixteenth-century Scot." After spending almost five months here I think it is safe to say that sort of behaviour is still characteristic for most Scots.
One more thing to share with you all before I run off to my test, from the same delightful book:
"The nuns, on the other hand, though few in number, were more scandalous than the monks. They were normally too illiterate even to write their own names. A report to Rome in 1556 gave a colourful account of their unchastities. They were frequently so undisciplined that they no longer even bothered to live within the nunnery precincts. By mid-century a Scotsman could hardly have done worse by his daughter than in sending her to a nunnery …”
Apparently the nuns back then really had it going on. Wish me luck people!
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