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    Well the second bit seems to be a reading of the Repeal of the Act of Proscription, as was suggested. I couldn't quite make out everything that was said right at the beginning when knocking on the door frame. Something about all Scots coming in peace, of course said while carrying an unsheathed sword, so sort of a historical equivalent of the saying, "Peace, through superior Firepower". Which in a church setting fills me with mixed feeling.
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    Quote Originally Posted by AFS1970 View Post
    Well the second bit seems to be a reading of the Repeal of the Act of Proscription, as was suggested. I couldn't quite make out everything that was said right at the beginning when knocking on the door frame. Something about all Scots coming in peace, of course said while carrying an unsheathed sword, so sort of a historical equivalent of the saying, "Peace, through superior Firepower". Which in a church setting fills me with mixed feeling.
    In the 1st Battalion of the Cameronian Regiment it was customary for pickets to be posted at the four corners of the kirk to symbolize the armed sentries that guarded the outdoor meetings (conventicles) of the Covenanters during the Killing Times of the 1600s.

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