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Specimens of English literature from the 'Ploughmans crede' to the ...

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4jC—yOTES.—4734.Hen'elci bors. a horse that is a heriot. The whole passage isWritten aj;ainst <strong>the</strong> dues paid by <strong>the</strong> poor on <strong>the</strong> occasion <strong>of</strong> a death.The poor man has three cows ; <strong>the</strong> first <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se <strong>the</strong> A-icar takes as al.iirial-fce for <strong>the</strong> man himself; <strong>the</strong> second, because <strong>the</strong> wife is buried,incl <strong>the</strong> third because <strong>the</strong> ek^est child dies. But, besides this, <strong>the</strong>re is<strong>the</strong> heriot due <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> landlord. Jamieson says— '<strong>the</strong> heriot primarilyMinified <strong>the</strong> tribute

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