... men and three yeomen chosen to shoot against the English-men, to wit, David Wemyss of that ilk, David Arnot of that ilk, and Mr. John Wedderburn, vicar of Dundee; the yeomen, John Thomson, in Leith, Steven Taburner, with a piper, called Alexander... History of the County of Fife: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time - Page 36by John M. Leighton - 1840Full view - About this book
| Robert Lindsay - Scotland - 1728 - 268 pages
...Piper called Alexander ЪаШе. They ihot very near, and warred the Eng/tßj-Men of the Enterprize, and wan the hundred Crowns and the Tun of Wine ; which made the King very merry, that his Men wan the Viftory. THIS Eng/iß Jftnbaflador got Prefence in St. Andrews, and there he Ihew his Commifïïon... | |
| Walter Scott - Arthurian legend - 1810 - 454 pages
...Steven Taburner, with a piper, called Alexander Bailie ; they shot very near, and warred (worsted) the English-men of the enterprise, and wan the hundred...wine, which made the king very merry, that his men wan the victory."— P. 147. Note XI. Robin Hood.— St. XXII. p. 224. The exhibition of this renowned... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 284 pages
...Leith, Steven Taburner, with a piper, called Alexander Bailie; they shot very near, and warred (worsted) the English-men of the enterprise, and wan the hundred...wine, which made the king very merry that his men wan the victory."— P. 147. Note XI. 1 linhhi Hood P. 36. The exhibition of this renowned outlaw and... | |
| James Mitchell - Scotland - 1825 - 798 pages
...with a piper, called Alexander Bailie : they shot very near, and warred (worsted) the Knplish-тев of the enterprise, and wan the hundred crowns and the tun of wine, which made the king very merry, and his men wan the victor}-." HONOR TO THE BARDS. At ri court held at Icolmkill, Î3d of August,1609,... | |
| James Logan - Celts - 1831 - 434 pages
...called Alexander Baillie. They shot very near, and warred the Englishmen of the enterprise, and won the hundred crowns and the tun of wine ; which made the king very merry." The Scots' Highlanders and the Gael of Ulster continued to use the bow till the beginning of last century.... | |
| James Logan - Celts - 1833 - 556 pages
...called Alexander Baillie. They shot very near, and warred the Englishmen of the enterprise, atd won the hundred crowns and the tun of wine; which made the king very merry." The Scots' Highlanders and the Gael of Ulster continued to use the bow till the beginning of last century.... | |
| Walter Scott, J. W. Lake - Poetry - 1838 - 496 pages
...Leith, Steven Taburner, with a piper, called Alexander Bailie; they shot very near, and warred (worsted) the English-men of the enterprise, and wan the hundred crowns and the tun of wine, which made the king тегу merry that his men wan the victory." — P. 147 -Robin Hood.— P. 152. The exhibition of... | |
| Charles Jobson Lyon - St. Andrews (Scotland) - 1838 - 268 pages
...a piper called Alexander Bailie. They shot very near, and warred the Englishmen of the enterprize, and wan the hundred crowns and the tun of wine ; which made the king very merry, that his men wan the victory." The following extract from Mr J. Melville's " Diary" contains another feat of archery... | |
| 726 pages
...remarking, with a spice of sly triumph, that " they warre (worsted) the Englishmen of the enterprize, and wan the hundred crowns and the tun of wine, which made the king very merry, that his men wan the victory." Such was the esteem in which gymnastics were held in the olden time ; but it remained... | |
| John William Carleton - 1853 - 756 pages
...remarking, with a spice of sly triumph, that " they warre (worsted) the Englishmen of the enterprize, and wan the hundred crowns and the tun of wine, which made the king very merry, that his men wan the victory." Such was the esteem in which gymnastics were held in the olden time ; but it remained... | |
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