eremit

Ane Frier Paule, of Sylva, an eremit of muckle godliness who wond in a cell neir, by this kirk, whar daily he went to mattins, seid that for ten zeirs, one the eighth of September, tweye hours before day, he saw a light descende from heaven upon it, whelk he seyd was the B.

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(and greener than any of the rest) under whose umbrage the famous eremit

Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2) Or A Discourse of Forest Trees John Evelyn 1663