donatrix

When he did straighten up, with the jessamine garland upon his heart, the donatrix had vanished.

Tartarin of Tarascon Alphonse Daudet 1868

Act, he is lauded for “suppressing the rebellious fanatical partie in the western and other shires of the realme, and putting lawes to vigorous execution against them, as His Majesties Advocate Deput,” and the lands of Dalvennan are said to have been transferred to him by “Jean Gordon, as donatrix,” who was the uterine sister of John

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