An Outline of the Relations Between England and Scotland (500-1701).

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Blackie & son, 1901 - England - 225 pages
 

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Page ix - These fertile plains, that softened vale, Were once the birthright of the Gael; The stranger came with iron hand, And from our fathers reft the land.
Page 105 - Front, flank, and rear, the squadrons sweep, To break the Scottish circle deep, That fought around their king. But yet, though thick the shafts as snow, Though charging knights like whirlwinds go, Though bill-men ply the ghastly blow, Unbroken was the ring ; The stubborn spearmen still made good Their dark unpenetrable wood, Each stepping where his comrade stood, The instant that he fell.
Page 113 - And so he recommended himself to the mercy of Almighty God, and spake little from that time forth, but turned his back unto his lords, and his face unto the wall.
Page 151 - I may truly vaunt it; here I sit, and govern it with my Pen; I write, and it is done; and by a Clerk of the Council I govern Scotland now, which others could not do by the Sword.
Page 76 - Robert II died in 1390, and was succeeded by his eldest son, John, Earl of Carrick, who...
Page 157 - Then the Presbyter, standing up, shall say the Prayer of Consecration, as followeth. But then, during the time of Consecration, he shall stand at such a part of the holy Table, where he may with the more ease and decency use both his hands.
Page 178 - Ere the king's crown go down, there are crowns to be broke ; So each cavalier, who loves honour and me, Let him follow the bonnet of bonnie Dundee.
Page 149 - What God hath conjoined then, let no man separate. I am the husband, and all the whole isle is my lawful wife ; I am the head and it is my body; I am the shepherd and it is my flock...
Page 140 - On the other hand, nothing had been " sufficiently proven or shown by them against the Queen, their sovereign, whereby the Queen of England should conceive or take any evil opinion of her good sister for anything yet seen.

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