Periods 1 - 4
FOOTNOTES
PERIOD 1 1 i.e. dry, unadorned, cryptic and pedantic.
2 Theoretically, till a cleric was provided for it, but often for life and without duties.
3 "Ave" = an address or prayer to the Virgin Mary.
4 "Credo" = the Creed.
5 Services for the deceased.
6 Cowper, Task, Book 5.
PERIOD 2 1 i.e., concerning the law of the kingdom among the Scots.
2 "I have hated the congregation of evil doers" (Psalm 26:5a).
3 "Hail, O queen" (i.e. Mary); a chant beginning with these words.
4 i.e. genius or wit.
5 i.e. lacked.
PERIOD 4 1 i.e. perplexed.
2 Under penalty for a breach of the peace.
3 A district in Ayrshire.
4 An accused person.
5 A libel or satire.