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THE HISTORIE OF SCOTLAND.
The Wo-
menis habit
how decent.
thair maner
of sleiping.
Ane new
maner of
kuikrie.
thame selfes co^tinuallie in the sueit of the Barresse, or
in siklyke ane exercise. In makeng thame, appeirit na
kair or trauel neglected athir in arte or decore : as w1
threid of silke, cheiflie greine, or rid, al the partes of the
sarke maist artificiouslie thay sewit. 5
Bot the cleithing of the wome« with thame was maist
decent, for thair cotes war syd evin to the 55hanckleth,
wyd mantilis abone, or playdes all embroudiret artifici¬
ouslie ; bracelets about thair armes, iewalis about thair
neck, broches hinging at thair halse, baith cuwlie and 10
decent, and mekle to thair decore and outsett. Bot that
we pas nocht far frome the men, quhen al thair kair was
to excel in glore of weirfair and victorie, thair labour and
hail studie baith in peace and weir was ay sett thairto,
gyueng thame selfes, in a maner, haillie to that exercise. 15
Na men war les diligate than thay, les leicherous, and
mair abhored voluptuous plesour. of quhilk by al that
we haue said, this may be ane evident takne, that thair
heid, ^oung nor aid, thay neuir couered in the nycht.
oft quhen thay restit, thair heid thay laid vpo;z the bair 20
erth, or at leist vpon a greine turfe, or sum of the greiner
bent or raschis, or than a 56groffe seek spred vndir thame.
Albeit thay regairdet no1 mekle diligate cheir, and daintie
dishis sik as kitchines prepares, nochtwithstandeng pru-
dentlie thay fand out a new diuice and maner of kuiking, 25
quhairthrouch verie esilie thair flesh e was sodne, and sa
weil that neuir bettir. for cheiflie in tyme of weir quhen
to the feildes to karie pottis, panis, and vthir kitchine
veshels, thay tho4 hauie and molestful, in place of potis
and sik seithing vesselis, the painches of ane ox or ane 30
kow thay vset cheiflie. Gif necessitie vrge, this day thay
take the hail 57meklewame of ane slain ox, thay turne and
58dicht it, thay fill it partlie with watir partlie with flesche,
thay hing it in the cruik or a 59sting, eftir the maner of a
pott, and sa thay kuik it verie cowmodiouslie vpo/z the 35
fyre. In quhilke kynd of seithing, is another vtilitie jit