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Princes may sumtyme seik solace
With mirth and lawful mirrines 
         Thair spririts to reioyis
And richt sa Halking and Hunting
Ar honest pastimes for ane King
         Into the tyme of peace:
And leirne to rin an heavie spear
That he into the tyme of wear
         May follow at the cheace[1]

[1] Hamer, D (ed), The Works of David Lindsay of the Mount 1490-1555, Vol II: Ane Satyre of the Thrie Estaitis (Scottish Text Society 1955), p185

This blog is a repository for  comments and short reflections arising from PhD research into hunting and poaching on the Breadalbane Estates in the southern Highlands of Scotland in the early modern period.

I am a postgraduate research student at the University of Strathclyde, working with Dr Alison Cathcart (University of Stirling), Dr David Wilson (University of Strathclyde) and Professor Allan Macinnes.