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... king sits in Dunfermline town Drinking the blude - red wine ; ' O whare will I get a skeely skipper To sail this new ship o ' mine ? ' O up and spak an eldern knight , Sat at the king's right knee ; ' Sir Patrick Spens is the best ...
... king sits in Dunfermline town Drinking the blude - red wine ; ' O whare will I get a skeely skipper To sail this new ship o ' mine ? ' O up and spak an eldern knight , Sat at the king's right knee ; ' Sir Patrick Spens is the best ...
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... King thought mair o ' Marie Hamilton Than the Queen and a ' her lands . She hadna been about the King's court A month , but barely one , Till she was beloved by a ' the King's court And the King the only man . She hadna been about the ...
... King thought mair o ' Marie Hamilton Than the Queen and a ' her lands . She hadna been about the King's court A month , but barely one , Till she was beloved by a ' the King's court And the King the only man . She hadna been about the ...
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... King Charlie , Neither you , nor ony ither Scottish lord , Durst avow to the plundering of Airlie . ' Gif my gude lord war now at hame , As he is with his king , There durst nae a Campbell in a ' Argyll Set fit on Airlie green . " Ten ...
... King Charlie , Neither you , nor ony ither Scottish lord , Durst avow to the plundering of Airlie . ' Gif my gude lord war now at hame , As he is with his king , There durst nae a Campbell in a ' Argyll Set fit on Airlie green . " Ten ...
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Alexander Montgomerie b 1540 d | 80 |
Fulke Greville Lord Brooke b 1554 | 145 |
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