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Quotation dates: 1569
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Gogy, a. and n. (?) — 1569 Bann. Memor. 6.
When the principallis are thus dispatched, ȝe may doe with the gogy lairdis what ȝe list 1569 Ib. 11.
As for the nobilitie, … some ar grit men and puissant; some ar feble and gogeis
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