Probably more accurate to say that Scottish culture is a fusion of different origins, including northern English. Linguistically, it is closer to English, but it would be a mistake to think of the Kingdom of Scots as simply a northern version of Northumbria, and it would also be a mistake to presume that Gaelic culture could not move south, given the right circumstances. After all, it only took a century or so for Anglian culture to take hold in current day Lowland Scotland - it would only take a century or so for it to change back, less in fact, as there were many areas where Gaelic or Old Welsh culture survived for a long time after the Northumbrian takeover.
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Probably more accurate to say that Scottish culture is a fusion of different origins, including northern English. Linguistically, it is closer to English, but it would be a mistake to think of the Kingdom of Scots as simply a northern version of Northumbria, and it would also be a mistake to presume that Gaelic culture could not move south, given the right circumstances. After all, it only took a century or so for Anglian culture to take hold in current day Lowland Scotland - it would only take a century or so for it to change back, less in fact, as there were many areas where Gaelic or Old Welsh culture survived for a long time after the Northumbrian takeover.
Successful Tripartite Indenture, with Scotland later coming into union with Northumbria? 
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Indeed. Which is one reason why I dislike Tony Jones' Puritan World and similar TLs. Everyone seems to think that the English Republic was a theocracy, just because Puritan ideals were politically strong there, but it was arguably the most religiously tolerant state in Europe apart from the Ottoman Empire perhaps.
For everyone except the Papists, but just business as usual there, I fear....
Certainly it was pretty good for dissenters and Jews.