In September he surprised and routed Montrose at Philiphaugh near Selkirk, and was rewarded by the committee of estates with a present of -50,000 merks and a gold chain; but his victory was marred by the butchery of the captured Irish - men, women and children - to whom quarter had been given. [Please select]
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"Then a bed of heather, or a thousand merks." [Please select]
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"Four hundred merks for an old Blue-Gown." [Please select]
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To preach at a separate meeting in a private house subjected the minister to a fine of 5000 merks (about 278 pounds). [Please select]
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It cost that body five hundred merks ere he got to the south of Bally-Brough. [Please select]
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--Strike off a cipher from the sum--I am content to bail him for forty merks. [Please select]
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However Rob Roy honestly paid the Bailie his thousand merks, principal and interest, in good French gold. [Please select]
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French men-at-arms now helped the Scots to recover Berwick, merely to lose it again in 1356; in 1357 David was set free: his ransom, 100,000 merks, was to be paid by instalment. [Please select]
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"Here are their descriptions," continued the Cornet, pulling out a proclamation, "the reward of a thousand merks is on each of their heads." [Please select]
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