Sir David Lindsay, in the curious drama, published by Mr Pinkerton, introduces, as one of his dramatis personae, Common Thift, a borderer, who is supposed to come to Fife to steal the Earl of Rothes' best hackney, and Lord Lindsay's brown jennet.
"Minstrelsy of the Scottish border (3rd ed) (1 of 3)"
Walter Scott
I tell thee he who passed was a goodly Knight, clad in a green vesture, and riding on a great black jennet.
"The Scottish Fairy Book"
Elizabeth W. Grierson
There they are, and there is Madame on the jennet she purchased from M. le duc de Sully-he was but the Sieur de Rosny then-hola!
"The Chevalier d'Auriac"
S. (Sidney) Levett-Yeats