Memorable Wars of ScotlandW. P. Nimmo, 1867 - 208 trang |
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Abbot of Inchaffray advance Alexander amongst Angus archers Argyle armed armour attack banner BATTLE OF LARGS Berwick bishop body Bothwell Bruce Burghley camp castle centre charge commanded declared defeat deserted despatched Douglas dreadful Drury Earl of Lennox Earl of Mar Earl of Surrey Edinburgh Edward Edward Bruce Elizabeth encamped enemy England English army expedition fell field Firth Firth of Clyde fleet force France garrison governor Grange ground Haco Highlanders hill honour horse hundred Huntly infantry instantly island Isles joined Killigrew king's knights Lennox letter Loch Long Maclean master men-at-arms ment military monarch Moray Morton NIMMO'S nobility nobles Norwegian numbers orders passed PATRICK FRASER TYTLER person plunder prisoners proceeded queen Randolph ranks rear regent retreat Ronaldsvoe Scots Scottish army sent ships Sir James Sir James Douglas Sir William slain slaughter soldiers soon spears squadron Stirling tion took troops vassals victory Wallace whilst whole wounded
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Trang 117 - My age renders my body of no use in battle, and my counsel is despised ; but I leave my two sons and the vassals of Douglas in the field : may old Angus's foreboding prove unfounded...
Trang 180 - Go,'' said he, addressing Lindsay the minister of Leith, " to yonder man in the castle, whom you know I have loved so dearly, and tell him that I have sent you yet once more to warn him, in the name of God, to leave that evil cause. * * * Neither the craggy rock in which he miserably confides, nor the carnal prudence of that man [meaning...
Trang 8 - ... perhaps, on account of these discrepancies, that Dr Macpherson, in his Critical Dissertations, arises to such a pitch of incredulity, as to doubt whether such an event as the battle of Largs ever took place. The veracity of the Norwegian Chronicle is ascertained by what Mr Tytler justly calls " a fine example of the clear and certain light reflected by the exact sciences upon history.
Trang 86 - The riches obtained by the plunder of the English, and the subsequent ransom paid for the multitude of the prisoners, must have been very great. Their exact amount cannot be easily estimated, but some idea of its greatness may be formed by the tone of deep lamentation assumed by the Monk of Malmesbury. " O day of vengeance and of misfortune...
Trang 123 - ... high rank ; the remainder being composed of the gentry, the farmers, and landed yeomanry, who disdained to fly when their sovereign and his nobles lay stretched in heaps around them. Amongst the slain were thirteen earls — Crawford, Montrose, Huntly, Lennox, Argyle, Errol, Athole, Morton...
Trang 123 - Scottish nobles, who threw themselves into a circle round the body and defended it till darkness separated the combatants. At this time Surrey was uncertain of the result of the battle, the remains of the enemy's centre still held the field, Home with his borderers hovered on the left, and the commander wisely allowed neither pursuit nor plunder, but drew off his men and kept a strict watch during the night. When the morning broke, the Scottish artillery were seen standing deserted on the side of...