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into_o o_o and_o the_o into_o tt_z also_o in_o low_a germany_n they_o call_v the_o scythian_n and_o scottish_n schotten_a nennius_n the_o britain_n write_v scythae_n hiberniam_fw-la obtinuerunt_fw-la the_o scythian_n get_v ireland_n king_n alfredus_fw-la translate_n the_o history_n of_o orosius_n into_o the_o saxon_a tongue_n term_v the_o scot_n scyttan_n the_o borderer_n upon_o scotland_n call_v they_o to_o this_o day_n skytte_n and_o sket_n walsingham_n write_v of_o the_o country_n call_v sicia_n alias_o scythia_n we_o have_v scita_fw-la sciticus_fw-la scoticus_n scotus_n and_o scotia_n ranulphus_fw-la monk_n of_o chester_n write_v as_o sir_n john_n trevisa_n the_o priest_n in_o old_a english_a lay_v it_o down_o scott_n be_v call_v as_o it_o be_v scytes_n for_o they_o come_v out_o of_o scytia_n matthew_n monk_n of_o westminster_n say_v exit_fw-la pictis_fw-la &_o hibernensibus_fw-la scoti_n originem_fw-la habuerunt_fw-la quasi_fw-la ex_fw-la diversis_fw-la nationibus_fw-la compacti_fw-la scot_n enim_fw-la illud_fw-la dicitur_fw-la quòd_fw-la ex_fw-la diversis_fw-la rebus_fw-la in_o unum_fw-la acervum_fw-la congregatur_fw-la deinde_fw-la verò_fw-la terra_fw-la illa_fw-la quae_fw-la prius_fw-la albania_n dicebatur_fw-la à _fw-la scotis_n scotia_n nuncupatur_fw-la anno_fw-la gratiae_fw-la 77._o of_o pict_n and_o irish_a the_o scot_n have_v their_o original_n as_o it_o be_v compact_v of_o divers_a nation_n for_o that_o be_v call_v scot_n which_o of_o divers_a thing_n be_v gather_v into_o one_o heap_n afterward_o that_o land_n which_o be_v first_o call_v albania_n of_o the_o scot_n be_v call_v scotia_n 1._o and_o beda_n write_v that_o the_o country_n now_o call_v scotland_n be_v inhabit_v by_o pict_n that_o be_v scythian_n again_o in_o process_n of_o time_n say_v he_o britain_n beside_o britain_n and_o pict_n receive_v a_o three_o nation_n that_o be_v of_o scot_n upon_o the_o side_n of_o the_o pict_n 1._o of_o the_o same_o opinion_n be_v volateran_n and_o 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