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Quotation dates: 1597
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Towis, n. ? pl. (?) — 1597 Misc. Spald. C. I 160.
Thow art accusit as ane commoun witche and socerar … and … that ye ar mwrderer be thy … socerie … of ane sone of Johnne Dugeit … in so far as the barne … cuming out at his awin father dure meting thé thow tuicht baith thy awin cheikis with thy awin towis and handis, onspeckand ane word to the barne
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