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  • Guthrie, past and enterit in the said tolbuyt, and in the said servandes passage vp the Hie streit, then schote furth thairof at thame ane dog, and hurt ane servand of the said childer.

    The Abbot 2008

  • In the opening upe of his text he was moderat the space of an halff houre; bot when he enterit to application he maid me sa to grew and tremble that I could nocht hald a pen to wryt.

    The Scottish Reformation Its Epochs, Episodes, Leaders, and Distinctive Characteristics Alexander F. Mitchell

  • In 1511, "Schir William Layng," is described as "Maister Elymosinar in the Princes house;" £13, 6s. 8d. having been previously paid "for his liveray clathis, be ane precept, above the ordinar, admittit to him in my Lord Prince house;" and in July that year, £20 was "gevin to Schir William Layng, Chaplane, enterit this zere (in the Household)."

    The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox

  • God, no pairte ever enterit in our consait; nor suffer your selfis be thairby led frome youre dew obedience; assureing yow, ye sall ever fynd with us trewth in promeisses, and ane moderlie luif towartis all; yow behaifand your selffis our [920] obedient subjectis.

    The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox

  • God we tak to record, that na sick thing hes to this day enterit in oure hartis.

    The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox

  • We declairit farther unto thame, that yf thay enterit in hostilitie and bloody warre aganest us, that the same sould remane langar than thair and oure lyves, to witt, evin in all posteriteis to come, so lang as naturall Scottishmen suld have power to revenge suche crewelty, and maist horribill ingratitude.

    The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox

  • Cannogait, Kingorne, Kirkcaldy, Dysert, with the depauperat saullis that this day dwell thairin, can testifie; quhais oppressioun, as doutless it is enterit in befoir the justice sait of God, sa aucht it justlie to move oure hartis to have reuth and compassioun upoun thir oure pure brethren, and at oure poweris to provide remedy for the same.

    The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox

  • We loitered casually down the street, marked the doorway we were to enterit was a laundryand then strolled back again, keeping an eye on all the windows and cafes.

    Down and Out in Paris and London 1933

  • Then dyuers amang them enterit in a raisonyng, maruelling that all ther deuellerie culd do na harm to the King, as it did till others dyuers.

    The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology Margaret Alice Murray 1913

  • It’s true that one voluntarily enters this system of regulation, but the government offers many special advantages and inducements to enterit.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Libertarian Squishiness: 2009

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