This is worth repeating
NB:
apropos of this mention of the schiavona I will interject here with this pertinent information:
One of the solutions to Border Reiving was to encourage the leaders to remove the problem. In 1603 Walter Scott of Buccleuch took 2,000 Reivers to fight “The Belgic Wars” and to become mercenaries in Europe’s religious and political conflicts. As a consequence, the presence of schiavone amongst local Border Reivers becomes perfectly understandable.
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