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The Antiquary 1845

"Put up your pocket-book and your keelyvine pen then, for I downa speak out an ye hae writing materials in your hands -- they're a scaur to unlearned folk like me -- Od, ane o 'the clerks in the neist room will clink down, in black and white, as muckle as wad hang a man, before ane kens what he's saying."

The Antiquary — Volume 02 Walter Scott 1801

"Put up your pocket-book and your keelyvine pen then, for I downa speak out an ye hae writing materials in your hands -- they're a scaur to unlearned folk like me -- Od, ane o 'the clerks in the neist room will clink down, in black and white, as muckle as wad hang a man, before ane kens what he's saying."

The Antiquary — Complete Walter Scott 1801

“Put up your pocket-book and your keelyvine pen then, for I downa speak out an ye hae writing materials in your hands — they’re a scaur to unlearned folk like me — Od, ane o’ the clerks in the neist room will clink down, in black and white, as muckle as wad hang a man, before ane kens what he’s saying.”

The Antiquary 1584