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... king to resign his hereditary sheriffship of Forfarshire for fifty thousand merks ( about 2,9007 . sterling ) , and obtained the king's bond for that sum , but the money was never paid . In 1628 , also , Charles ordered the Scottish ...
... king to resign his hereditary sheriffship of Forfarshire for fifty thousand merks ( about 2,9007 . sterling ) , and obtained the king's bond for that sum , but the money was never paid . In 1628 , also , Charles ordered the Scottish ...
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... king of Scot- land , being a great promoter of schools and education ; and King Josina , a century and a half before the Christian era , writing on botany and the practice of medicine . ' Gray died in 1614 . [ William Anderson's ...
... king of Scot- land , being a great promoter of schools and education ; and King Josina , a century and a half before the Christian era , writing on botany and the practice of medicine . ' Gray died in 1614 . [ William Anderson's ...
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... king's cause ( ib . p . 70 ) . After the surrender of Dun- dee he took an oath of allegiance to the Eng- lish ( ib . p . 72 ) , and displayed great activity in preparing for the defence of the town against Argyll , whom the English ...
... king's cause ( ib . p . 70 ) . After the surrender of Dun- dee he took an oath of allegiance to the Eng- lish ( ib . p . 72 ) , and displayed great activity in preparing for the defence of the town against Argyll , whom the English ...
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... king. experience in France had acquired a compre- hensive knowledge of men and affairs . He had been commissioned by Mary to represent her interests at the court of her son , and he commended himself to James by betraying her secrets ...
... king. experience in France had acquired a compre- hensive knowledge of men and affairs . He had been commissioned by Mary to represent her interests at the court of her son , and he commended himself to James by betraying her secrets ...
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... king ' were , however , vain ( several letters of Wotton , ib . pp . 498-9 ) , and finally on 30 June Wotton intimated that proceedings against him were to be deferred till after the conclusion of the league ( ib . p . 500 ) . An ...
... king ' were , however , vain ( several letters of Wotton , ib . pp . 498-9 ) , and finally on 30 June Wotton intimated that proceedings against him were to be deferred till after the conclusion of the league ( ib . p . 500 ) . An ...
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