Talk:Alexander Barclay
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I don't think that one can really look at text this old and state that it looks like Scottish language: all old forms of English look like Scots (and undoubtedly the languages of Northern England were more like Scots than Southern English, which is the standard form today). For example, even in Westminster they say the "ayes" to the right.
Similarly, the not all the land north of the tweed has always been scottish: it has been an changeable border.
