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Licet communius a vulgo dicatur quod sylvestres Scoti erant victi, ab annalibus tamen oppositum invenio: solum Insularum comes coactus est retrocedere, et plures occisos habuit quam Scoti domiti .... "
An Outline of the Relations between England and Scotland (500-1707) Robert S. Rait
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Sed cum retrocedere vellet multitudine hostium obrutus, tum demum equum cecidisse seque captum fuisse. "
The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen Rudolf Erich Raspe 1765
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