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Authors: Walter Scott
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gp
Flat cap, like a beret.
gq
That is, the prayer book (Latin).
gr
Substitution.
gs
Do your duty, proud knights (French).
gt
Your will be done (Latin).
gu
Why do the heathen rage? (Latin; from the Bible, Psalm 2:1).
gv
In spite of.
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“Dissertation on Romance and Minstrelsy,” prefixed to Ritson’s
Ancient Metrical Romances,
p. clxxxvii [author’s note].
Ancient Metrical Romances,
p. clxxxvii [author’s note].
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A
tulchan
is a calf’s skin stuffed, and placed before a cow who has lost its calf, to induce the animal to part with her milk. The resemblance between such a tulchan and a bishop named to transmit the temporalities of a benefice to some powerful patron is easily understood [author’s note].
tulchan
is a calf’s skin stuffed, and placed before a cow who has lost its calf, to induce the animal to part with her milk. The resemblance between such a tulchan and a bishop named to transmit the temporalities of a benefice to some powerful patron is easily understood [author’s note].
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