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Coldinghame stands pleasant, and verifies the byword that the kirkmen choised ever the warmest nests.

From Publications of the Scottish History Society, Volume 36 Journals of Sir John Lauder Lord Fountainhall with His Observations on Public Affairs and Other Memoranda 1665-1676 by Fountainhall, John Lauder, Lord

Please to gar have this, or the copy, to the clergy and kirkmen, and keap the principale, and thy Grace shall have experience gif I go aganis ane worde that I haif hecht.

From The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) by Laing, David

There's mair knavery among kirkmen than honesty amang courtiers.

From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander