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GLOSSARY AND NOTES. Line Page 1. 11. Lawty. French,
loyaute?honesty, fidelity. Page 2. 7. Cune spilt?the coinage
defaced. 29. MM? meddle. PageS. 8. A sched but substance?a shadow
without substance. 16. To swelly?to swallow. 31.
Brawdir?embroidery?Begary?stripes of cloth sewed on as ornaments.
The General Assembly, 1575, in regulating the dress of Ministers,
say: " We think all kind of broidering unseemly, all begairies of
velvet in gown, hose, or coat"?Calderwood's Hist. p. 823. In Vol.
III. of the New Edition of the Scots Acts of Parl. p. 221. (1581.
Cap. 18.) Anentthe excefle of coiftlie cleithing, andc. "It is
ftatute and ordanit, That nane of his hines fubjectis, man nor
woman, being under the degreis of duikis, erlis, lordis of
parliament, knictis, or landit gentilmen, andc. andc. fal ufe or
weir in thair cleithing or apparrell, or lyning thairof, any claith
of gold or filver, welvet, fatyne, damas, Taffateis, or any
begareis, freinjeis, pafinents, or broderie of gold," andc. Line
Page 4. 1. Lucive?a kind of fur, supposed to be that of the otter.
2. Begaine?covered. ? Growme?a paramour or lover, usually
masculine. 4. Slamb over uffaird?besmeared with pomatum or paint.
24, 25. I kend weill Kilbuk and Ding-dew, Bot I preift ma ill to
haif TraM.trew; These names probably refer to some of the courtiers
of King James; and they may at the same time have been the names of
some of his favourite hounds. It would appear from the following
extract that he had a hound called Tell-true:?" The King is become
very ill; I will say " no worse. For, being at the hunting, when he
came home, he drank to " all his dogs. Among the rest, he had one
called Tell-true, to whom he " spake thir words:?' Tell-true, I
drink to thee above all the rest of my " ' ...
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