SCOTTISH COVENANTS
\skˈɒtɪʃ kˈʌvənənts], \skˈɒtɪʃ kˈʌvənənts], \s_k_ˈɒ_t_ɪ_ʃ k_ˈʌ_v_ə_n_ə_n_t_s]\
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National C., subscribed at Edinburgh, A.D. 1638, embodying the Confession of Faith of 1580 and 1581; caused by Charles I.'s attempt to enforce Episcopacy.
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Solemn League and C., ratified by General Assembly at Edinburgh, A.D. 1643 ; an endeavour to enforce Presbyterian uniformity in the three kingdoms, an army being sent into England against Charles. Subscribers bound themselves to mutual defence, and to the extirpation of popery, prelacy, superstition, heresy, schism, and profaneness.
By Henry Percy Smith
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Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.