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Testifie, Testefé, n. [Testify(e v.] = Testificat n. — 1590 Stirling Parish Registers in Sc. Ant. VI 166.
Johne Tullot, now in Stirling, late of Muthill (broght testifie from Mr. Johne Davidsone, minister there) 1600 Acts IV 246/2.
That … they [sc. noblemen] may … produce sic testefeis of thair antiquiteis as may informe the saidis commissionaris with certificatioun
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