Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—S

Scotus

(Duns). Died 1309. His epitaph at Cologne is -

Scotia me genuit, Anglia me suscepit,
Gallia me docuit, Colonia me tenet.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Scourge of Christians
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