| 1887 - 610 pages
...of the rest of his family by puttino- into the mouth of the old Earl, his father, the remark : — ' Thanks to St. Bothan, son of mine, Save Gawain, ne'er could pen a line.' In which, however, he did his martial brood a wrong. Their signatures, reproduced in facsimile by Mr.... | |
| Berwickshire Naturalists' Club (Scotland) - 1857 - 526 pages
...grievous injustice in making him the patron of ignorance in the art of writing, when he makes the old Earl of Angus exclaim " Thanks to St. Bothan, son of mine Save Oawin ne'er could pen a line."d Among secular duties, agriculture principally engaged our saint, and... | |
| Charles Webb Le Bas - 1832 - 498 pages
...words of the Douglas in Marmion : by heaven it liked me ill When the king praised his clerkly skill. Thanks to St. Bothan, son of mine, Save Gawain, ne'er could pen a line. So said I, and so say I still, Let my boy Bishop fret his fill. their fears. So long as this habit... | |
| Walter Scott, J. W. Lake - 1838 - 496 pages
...knight so foul. a deed.'" At first in heart it liked me ill, When the king praised his clerkly skill. Thanks to St Bothan, son of mine, Save Gawain, ne'er could pen a line: So swore ], and I iwear it still, Let my boy-bishop fret his fill. — St Mary mend my fiery mood !... | |
| Agnes Strickland, Elisabeth Strickland - 1854 - 398 pages
...in Scotland in the beginning of that century, when he makes Darnley's great-grandfather, Archibald, Earl of Angus, exclaim — " Thanks to St Bothan, son of mine, Save Gawain, ne'er could pen a line." So much for Laing's obj ection, if it be granted him, that Leslie, the historian of Scotland, acted... | |
| Agnes Strickland - 1854 - 398 pages
...in Scotland in the beginning of that century, when he makes Daruley's great-grandfather, Archibald, Earl of Angus, exclaim— " Thanks to St Bothan, son of mine, Save Gawain, ne'er could pen a line.'* So much for Laing's objection,if it be granted him, that Leslie, the historian of Scotland, acted as... | |
| 1866 - 586 pages
...those days could read or write. The Barons of the realm were like the children of the Black Douglas: ' Thanks to St. Bothan, son of mine, Save Gawain, ne'er could pen a line.' It was his province to prepare the various writs and precepts that issued out of the Curia Regis, and... | |
| 1866 - 604 pages
...those days could read or write. The Barons of the realm were like the children of the Black Douglas : ' Thanks to St. Bothan, son of mine, Save Gawain, ne'er could pen a line.' It was his province to prepare the various writs and precepts that issued out of the Curia Regis, and... | |
| William Forsyth - 1874 - 620 pages
...those days could read or write. The Barons of the realm were like the children of the Black Douglas : Thanks to St. Bothan, son of mine, Save Gawain, ne'er could pen a line. It was his province to prepare the various writs and precepts that issued out of the Curia Regis, and... | |
| National Association for the Promotion of Social Science (Great Britain) - 1874 - 748 pages
...specially fitted (I do not say fit) for their vocation in times when the Douglas is reported to have said, Thanks to St. Bothan ! son of mine, Save Gawain,* ne'er could pen a line, was by degrees extended to the upper strata of the lay community, and made its way gradually downwards... | |
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