"Reiver" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... be a Comander of the rest of the Spritis; and he waittis wpon Margret Brodie, in Aulderne. The name of the saxt Sprit is called Thieff of Hell, Wait wpon Hir Selfe; and he waitis also on the said Bessie Wilson. The name of the sevinth Sprit is called The Read Reiver; and he is my owin Spirit, that waittis on my selfe, and is still clothed in blak. The aucht Spirit is called Robert the Jackis, still clothed in dune, and seimes to be aiged. He is ane glaiked gowked Spirit. The nynth Spirit ...
— The Witch-cult in Western Europe - A Study in Anthropology • Margaret Alice Murray
... thou rank reiver! There's never a Scot shall set thee free: Before ye cross my castle yate I trow ye shall take ...
— Ballad Book • Katherine Lee Bates (ed.)
... bayberry] ?a corruption for 'braw ivory': or bayberry maylaurel-wood. cramoisie] crimson. reiver] robber. dow] ...
— Book of English Verse • Bulchevy |
