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Show Thedefcription ofScotland. rs, and here our datlie nourithment +, The fet thereon thep aansomesaSinaia that theres uealing of thefe things twill procure bntome tye ha: tred of findsie warthie op renofoned perfonages -_chiefelie fed,was either fuch as they got by bunting, -taberein they twke great delight, a ftbich increas -_ednotaliftle thetr rength and nim lenefte orelfe Toenien:peestots‘ue that egnave this our daies though after an other manor and far dif (of frbieh fetw twill perldto heare theirdoings touched t becaufe ote fuch fae) tame cattell a cegion%»tbo oaat s éefe twas accompte crepant from the ble and cuftome of other cour Tequeft bnto me, amd leat Z Mould ferme ingrate tries. The firkes 02 pong beefets bngeloed, tweets not to bearken tte them in this bebalfe ; J bane condefcended tothe performanceof theit defires, 1. ther bill pongfor beale , 02 geld,to the end tbat hep map ferneafterivarnfo2tillage in ee p of the and fo much the rather, for that they allenge botu it ground, bnt the cotvcalfes and beifers ee mei Will beveric profitable bnto all the readers, bute _tlled till thep be {with calfe , for then e » fa {peciallie uch as are not immobderatlic giuen over «and mo delicious to the mea : e bearor wnto their otune affections, 102 fo aholie d2otunen teat of our elders twas filth, botwbeit no! yi o in their tone fenfualitte and pleafures, but bpon -_‘fomud fothe plentie thereof , as for that our lands be be confideration of fipolefomte admonition twill -_laieoften twaft and pnitillen , becaufe of the great tie iwilling toleaue thatioeuer offendeth in them. twarres thich thep commiontie had in ae p ae Firk ofall therefore, Ftwilldeclare what blages brake allo their fatt eaclie inthe as gt baue bene among our elders both intime of warre andpeace, and bp that twifedomeand induftric thep ., fomeflenderrepatt, and fo continucd toithon a havepzeuatled fo long time again {uch andfo ma -other diet butill (upper time, in tihich they bad a ‘the Sarous,nertof allthe Danes thichbaue enteredinto this Fland with huge armies fo {potle and fuboue the fame. Surthermoze, Z willfetdotwne Avith fo much breuitic as J can, bolw the falling by machs tere neuer oneseearaey. tetbee ae firousof reff thzoughthe fulnefe of theit at -fuch time as they determined offet en a ‘ -_-rmerie,thep bled akind of Aquanite bold of al eh littleand little from: the frugalitie and cuttoms of and onelie conftiting of fach hearbs # totsas gt i" niemightie aduecfaries,asfirtk the aitains,then one di ,Aberebp it came to palle , theft nd tn thefy otwne gardens, otheriuife are. theit forefathers, theit vertue andforce alfo began dzinke twas ale: but in time of warre, ther me dn dike oder to oecaie. Ano finallichowinthefe -Daieseither by the clemencicof our neighbours, 02 30 Wwereinforced folie tn campe, they contented - -felues twith tater as renicl for their oe id . x2 bp there delicat negligencerather than by our ofone -_-fouldier alfo had fo much meale as migh) nities i" privet,wwel{uein fecuriticand thereby as ittwere ‘for adaie hich he made bp in cakes, a ee oucribelimed and tozayyed bpinall auarice and eg: -thecoles, as the Romans Frias a nae cote, thereinto our wantof erercife and martiall and the emperour Caracalla bimfelfe ( protvelle doth maruellouflic impell bs. -Certes ¥beléue thathy this meanesfadhasareof bath rememibyed.) Scloomeid they eate anie Sieh , i ; tents , ercept thep gottt{ from the fr abugty in their couragious fot (epetreteiningafauour ‘ cee thett ens Will refoifeto -_faries; fuch as they had liketwile twas ean bas iufliexepeehendedyand the difono2 gottenthereby Sane 5twill the wather anbzeffe them: -to thent. ; Thep brought furthermore from toeit pomentnlt felucs toreformation of their effate, thereby to re couet the ancient renotwine of theirforefathers;in anfivering to their profwetic , than pour a reprody nto theivfucceffours , though their lewd bebauts _-ficld iwith them, a vetfell of butter, cb oatshed --miilbe, and bineger tempered togitber ats eae choragaint ertreme hunger on fhich = bef feed and {ucke out the moffture, ten 0 enfoo -_ralw , becaufe they {uypofedthe {nice meee | heare their manhod € great pzotwelle commended in this toile, as others of the contrariefect(in {ere 4° fo nourifh berie abunbdantlie . 1But " ines uilemancr andicedtogather gens, amd tpendthetr moe plentifull amonatt them, Be He eee times, in idle ercefle uid riot) {eing their errozs ee their b{uall pzetes , ozcould not a ours neuer tobe forgiuen. Shis % protett before all fiocould not be gotten. Anlibe mance, i ot men , that ahatioeucr ¥ tall {peake of the enill 5° uer thep bap entred into league " tecentle aimanersof our times, J do notmeane it ontoall, butthofe oulic thomeblind {elfe-loue,couctoufnes, dntemperancie,, erceffe and abufe of all Goos god gifts haue fo touched, that thep oeferne much moze fobe reprebended than will vouchfafeto attempt . this my latewardtreatife .Zherefeifanie man all thinkebimtelfe tobe rubbedonthegallbyme, Acounfell him that be conceate not pis infirmitic, their enturies, thep would notline in ue ; - that thereby thep would fuffer. their wi a ae to degenerat, but thep din keepe them ' a estes _-foxmer Adinitic and. nimblenete of ao Bt -_twifh,continuall bunting (a game great ete amongeft our ancefts2s).92 with sat ‘ate tet _illes,bsto the pallies, o2 from the bal a patie _hilles , 02 twith twzeffling, and {ach peeee a bpfwhing reuenge on other men, but rathet inves -_aberebp thep were neuer tole. Their wine bismifoemeanors, thich is the oneandbetterbalfe -_-rniards,twitha little tuft of beare onelic spam Dur elders although thep were right bertuous troubled with Gchneffc , by tbich geen tourito procurethe remedte in firft acknowlenging 6° altvaics fhauen after the mancr of naeee ofbiseure, > forparts,anb neuer coucred , except ube ceeds The defcription of Scotlaid. and ferue thelr appointed Hfes 5 theiv hofen were as the armiedin{ct forivard, thep fue. the: firtt Hs Shaper sito of linen o2 wollen, thich newer came -_uing creature that they found, in Ghote bloud they higher than their knees , thett breeches twerc fox the not onelife bathen their fwo2ds, but alfo tatten therz moft part of hempe,clobesalfo thep hav fox. winter _of wwith their. mouthes, with no lefle religion andat. mabe of courfetvoll, but in the funtmer tinte thep fuvance coneetuen, thanif they -had alreadie bene thare of the finef that could begotten. Xhep fept {ure of fomenotable and foxtunate bidozie. Chen Moreouer ether bpon the bare Hoze o2 palletsiof -thep fat their otone blond tun fom them.in. the ffrato ,teaching their childzen enen fromthete tv fight, they pared neuer 4 whit attonithen withthe fancie to efetu eafe, and pradtife the like bardneffes~ ntatter., ‘but rather doubling thetr courages, with an fith tt toas m caule of fulpictonof the mothers ro moze egernetic they allatlen thety enimics.Zhis alfo fideltie toward hic hufband,to feke affrangenurfe is tobe noted of then, that they neuer fought-anie forbirebilozen (although bir mitkefailed) each woe ictozie by treafon, falthod, 0? feight,as thinking mairivoulotake intolerable patties tobzing bpand it a great repzoch to twin the field any otheriwife nourifh birotwne children. Ahep thought them furry than by mere manbod , qotwelle anv plaine fhermove not to be Bindlie foftered , ercept thep nealing. foere fo well nouvityed after thetr births twith the When thep went fo2th bute the wars, ead) one milkeof their baefts, as thep were before thep were went twitl the king of bisotone colt (ercept the bir bonetith the bloudof their ofpnebellies, nap they -_ren fouldio2) trhich cuffomets pet in bie. afany were feared leatt thep ould aegenerat and growoutof -_tronbien With the falling eutll, 02 leproffc, o2 falien Bind , ercept thep gaue thei {ucke themfelues , and 20 frantike, 02 othertuife twas ont of his tits, thep efthewed firange imilke , therefore in labour and {were Diligentlie fought ont sand leat thole difeates painfulncte thep terecquall, ¢ neither fer regar? -_thoulpaffe further bp infectuous generation tnto ded the beat in fummmer o2 coldim winter, but tras their iffne ¢/pofteritie,thep gelnen the men. Mut the uelled barefwted, and tn tinte of twarres the mem foomen wore fecluded fo fame odplace far off front had thefr caviages and bicualstrufien bebind them the companié of men, there if he afterward bayer on their ho2tles , 02 elfe bpon their otone fhoulners nen tobe gotten twith child, both fhe and the infant thithout refufall of anie labour intofned bnto them by theircapteins. Fithapened thenrat anietimetobebanquithed, Xhe violence that tuas done fo anie one of them, thas reputed common to all, ¢fuchivastheir dead» lic fue conceiued inthefecates, that pntillthey bad Tequited the like with mo2eertremitie , thepwonld neuer be quict noz let go their difpleature. The nov bleftand moff convagtons gentleman twvould fone defire to be placed in thefore tward,there his ball twould oft fall out, and quarell one twithanother. Sometines it hapened that theircapteine wasber are fo iuilling to giue cnerie manhis otwn,thatthep P20ch to onerliue their leader . De grauesandfepulders of our noblemen bad commmontie fo manie obelifks and fpires pitchen a be fome furplufageaboue the bare couenant, they -_qwill breake off and not go foxtvards twith the bars gaine, foe timein the field . Sf anic fonlvier had bene -_egpptians from tubence thep came, and trall thete boutthem , as the deceaffed had killed enimiesbes priuate affaires thep bfed not to fwatte foith commorn pante,and bantthed as anerile ;hethat fled or went from the battelt withont leaueof his capteine ,was oftwriting(# wotnotby ubat meanes) is pertthen ano loff,anb pet thep haue certeineletters proper bre Gaine uherefoeuer he was metafterward stwithout ante (udgemento2fentence, and all bis gads cons ficaten to the prince. heir light armourin thofe to the mfelues,abich were fomtime incommon bie: butamong {uc as reteine the ancient fpeach, they haue thefr afpirations, dipthongs, and p2onunetatis finothich hangen atthe five of theotoner, and in bzetwithall, but onlie thep tebich inbabit in the maidens ¢ toiues (if thep were not with dild) mars pope, but as hula ferme bef fo conc HE Hep blev atthe fir the rites amd maners of the & bad talked 02 gone bp and dolwne twith bis letters,as other nations did; but rather with cibers fno2d at bis five, and not naked in bis band, fox and figures of creatures mabe fn manor of letters, then vfen thep light armourfo: the moft part, be as their epitaphes bpon thetr tomes and fepulcers was terriblie {courged: but be that fold 02 mo2ga 6° remaining amongtt bs do hitherto declare . Sper Sed bis weapon , twas forthwith cutfrombis com> _uerthelefe in our times this bieroglyyhicall maner might be more ffrong and able to fuftet ‘bo? and dailie trauell. . paauerie a Eheir aparrell tas not made for we cies, fie,hichisagueatabating ofthe fozce thereof onto onto reafon: in prinate bargains ¢ contracts thep found in the ficlo twithout bis flint and tinder bor, -_iwinter then tharpett weather Metven foal end that the foles oftheir feet(ahicb ee seat ae) acd in fummner ivith beat ann in He firtt attempt twas to fet diftoxd amongt the peres and pincesot the realite, neuertheleffe then thep their enfmies gnto bim, anddeliuer bint, 02 elfe if band would fuadenlie ruth in theough the thickettof middginke fober, and contented init (ud) fod as {as readieatband and prepared thith little cof, Dilicon the ground,toithout all manerof fittingand bolting, thereby to pleate the palate sbutbakeppp apacame fromthe mill twithont anie fueh curtofe home againe from the fwarres,they mould be gine to fo manp enormitics, that the fametheir exceste thep couln not fodm, they would altogither lofe their {pill peeld the moze. And fo farre ts it grotwne into lines with bint, thinking ita perpetual note of ree 50 a cuffome enenin thefe our baies, that ercept there thereto abuckler, but afterward beanter armour fame into general bfage. Seecebeabcontenaf fac Guttasgrein moft rear _pered that after their people fhoulo returne ¢ come are genilic intreated, ab twith courteous moveras tion, thep are found to be verie tradable and pliant 02 if fhep bad anie Toes, thep dDipe cfpecialliei _the twater ere fhep did put them um , aeate, tote Furthermoze,as tultice in timeof tvar was conv fet with extreme perill, 02 peraduenturefome other Of the nobilitic , in Hhich cafes thep that were of bis temperat , ttbtch is the founteine ¢o2iginall of all beutues,, Jn Mepe thep twerecompetent,in meate -_dzofwneditvone frethriner o2 other. montlie daiuento perke,fo in daies of peace our cu -_triementhat offended, tere off feuerelie punithed ann withinconuenient rigoz. 3fo2 theptwell confis lage 02 feruice ¢ manbod fhoulb reabilett be fene, thoulo hardliebe reftreined but bp ertreame feucs and fach twasthe friendthtp of the nobilitie amongtt 40 ritie fuchalfo fas their nature , that fo fone ag themfelues, that thilft they contended tehich of them thep knew themfelues guiltie of any offenfe conv thould be moff faithful and friendlie to other, thep mitted againt the eftate 02 commontvealth, their palle , that fely of our nation tn old o arta -_to be bald and heareleffe. Thep went * tn ici ueners, Dronkards, andegregious 'peuourers:of -pictuals were punithed alo by death,fire being pers they fled twitt {ach {peedto the mounteins, that no 30 mittentodenourefomudas they lifted, and then bo2tle might ouertake them, andbevie oft efcaped. both in twarre abzoad, and at boutein peace, tere petnenertheleffe inconucrfations bebauiour terie -fwererun through with the lance. Gluttongs:and ras daies confiftcd of the lance, the botwe, the long 3m thefe dates alfo the women of ourcountrie of no lefle courage than the men , for all font a3 Wellin the fielo as pip the men, andfo fone on better than any other. Zhe common fort are not bigher part of the countric,anb fith thep haue their language moze eloquent and apt than others , they are called poets; they makealfo ports tnith greatfos lemnitie and honour,being bozne out therein by the _authoritie of the pzince.Befives the Mill alfoof mar -_npotberarts and (ciences,thole rulesandmethons are |