Boece
Americannoun
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On the occasion referred to, Boece tells us that a great tree was cast on shore, and was divided, by order of the "laird" of the ground, by means of a saw.
From Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky by Holden, Edward Singleton
Hector Boethius, or Boece, the old Scottish historian, combats this version of the story.
From Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained by Lee, H. W. (Henry William)
They looked like nothing of the sort; but Bacon may have remembered Birnam Wood, either from Boece or Holinshed, or from the play itself.
From The Valet's tragedy, and other studies by Lang, Andrew
This part of Holingshed is an Abridgment of Johne Bellenden's translation of the noble clerk, Hector Boece, imprinted at Edinburgh, in Fol.
From Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare by Smith, David Nichol
Ay, ay," rejoined Oldbuck, "you mean, I suppose, Mair and Boece, the Jachin and Boaz, not of history but of falsification and forgery.
From The Antiquary — Volume 02 by Scott, Walter, Sir
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