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Page 283 - Caledonia ; or, an Account, Historical and Topographical, of North Britain, from the most Ancient to the Present Times.
Page 249 - Patrick rusched rudlie vpoun the Duchman, and strak him on his knies, and the Duchman being on his knies, the king kest his hatt over the castle wall, and caused the judges to stay and red thame ; hot the heraldis and trumpetteris cryed and soundit, saying the victorie was sir Patrikis. This sir Patrik Hamiltoun was brother germane to the earle of Arrane, and sister bairnes with the kingis grace, and was ane wyse and valiant man all his dayes. This king James the Feird was weill learned in the airt...
Page 257 - Quhen this schip past to the sea, and was lying in the road, the king caused shott ane cannon at hir, to essay hir if shoe was wight, bot the cannon deired hir not.
Page 264 - He seemed to be ane man of fiftie yeires, and cam fast fordwardis, crying among the lordis, and speciallie for the king, saying, that he desired to speak with him, quhill at the last he cam to the dask quhair the king was at his prayeris. Bot when he saw the king he gave him no due reverence nor salutatioun, but leined him doun gruf.
Page 278 - ... lang time, bot at the last the kingis host defenced the tuo armies, and pat thame back. Then the great battell of Ingland, led be the lord Howard, who was vnder his father the earle of Surrey governour of that battell, who cam furiouslie vpoun the king againe, with tuentie thousand fresch fightand men, and the kingis battell met thame, and encountered them verrie hardlie, and fought verrie cruellie a long space, with vncertaine victorie, quhill the streames ran with blood quhair they war. The...