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... Earl of Leicester , and Latin verses to Chan- cellor Cecil . In 1567 appeared : 3.'Horace his arte of Poetrie , pistles , and Satyrs , Eng- lished and to the Earle of Ormounte , by Tho . Drant , addressed , ' 4to . Drant found the ...
... Earl of Leicester , and Latin verses to Chan- cellor Cecil . In 1567 appeared : 3.'Horace his arte of Poetrie , pistles , and Satyrs , Eng- lished and to the Earle of Ormounte , by Tho . Drant , addressed , ' 4to . Drant found the ...
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... earl of Newport , General William Fairfax , Sir Thomas Overbury , Dr. Donne , Hilkiah Crooke , and others . In the print room at the British Museum are some rare sets of engravings of the Sibyls ' and the Seasons . ' Contemporary with ...
... earl of Newport , General William Fairfax , Sir Thomas Overbury , Dr. Donne , Hilkiah Crooke , and others . In the print room at the British Museum are some rare sets of engravings of the Sibyls ' and the Seasons . ' Contemporary with ...
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... Earl of Carrick was keeper of Edinburgh Castle , for which he had five hundred merks a year as salary ( Exchequer ... Earl of Atholl , and next year Earl of Carrick . Four years before her aunt Margaret Logie married David II . The ...
... Earl of Carrick was keeper of Edinburgh Castle , for which he had five hundred merks a year as salary ( Exchequer ... Earl of Atholl , and next year Earl of Carrick . Four years before her aunt Margaret Logie married David II . The ...
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... earl of Douglas , al- though he had been before promised to Eliza- beth , daughter of the Earl of March , led to the revolt of that nobleman and an invasion of Scotland by Henry IV , who in 1399 had dethroned Richard II . Henry advanced ...
... earl of Douglas , al- though he had been before promised to Eliza- beth , daughter of the Earl of March , led to the revolt of that nobleman and an invasion of Scotland by Henry IV , who in 1399 had dethroned Richard II . Henry advanced ...
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... Earl of Mar's insurrection . The statement that he wrote on horseback a letter from the field , which gave the magis- trates of Edinburgh the first news of the battle of Sheriffmuir , 13 Nov. 1715 , is not confirmed by any record of the ...
... Earl of Mar's insurrection . The statement that he wrote on horseback a letter from the field , which gave the magis- trates of Edinburgh the first news of the battle of Sheriffmuir , 13 Nov. 1715 , is not confirmed by any record of the ...
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