Chronicles of Gretna Green, Volume 1R. Bentley, 1844 - Anecdotes Gretna Green is officially known as Gretna. |
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... present borders , and would have possibly secured to Scotland all the countries north of the Humber . Fate , however , had so balanced the power , by making two equally astute kings contemporaneous , and equalities were so balanced ...
... present borders , and would have possibly secured to Scotland all the countries north of the Humber . Fate , however , had so balanced the power , by making two equally astute kings contemporaneous , and equalities were so balanced ...
Page 91
... present receive into their banquet - hall , being only a company of unprotected women , they were content to lay aside the broidering needle and the distaff , to forget white - seam and shell - work for a space , and to strain their ...
... present receive into their banquet - hall , being only a company of unprotected women , they were content to lay aside the broidering needle and the distaff , to forget white - seam and shell - work for a space , and to strain their ...
Page 100
... present position ; and retired as far as Stirling , where a battle was fought , and where Wallace gained the day . Cressingham , one of Warrenne's generals , much hated by the adverse party , was slain in this action ; and his enemies ...
... present position ; and retired as far as Stirling , where a battle was fought , and where Wallace gained the day . Cressingham , one of Warrenne's generals , much hated by the adverse party , was slain in this action ; and his enemies ...
Page 102
... present , and hearing what passed , forthwith sent a messenger to his friend in durance , with twelve pence and a pair of spurs . Bruce took the hint , and pre- pared for flight . We are pleasantly informed that he had the shoes of his ...
... present , and hearing what passed , forthwith sent a messenger to his friend in durance , with twelve pence and a pair of spurs . Bruce took the hint , and pre- pared for flight . We are pleasantly informed that he had the shoes of his ...
Page 104
... present day , on the great Moss the eye of the peregrinator meets but a cheerless view of black peat and barrenness , relieved partially with squalid huts and thriftless enclosures ; in the troublous reign of Edward I. , the face of ...
... present day , on the great Moss the eye of the peregrinator meets but a cheerless view of black peat and barrenness , relieved partially with squalid huts and thriftless enclosures ; in the troublous reign of Edward I. , the face of ...
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afterwards albeit amongst ancient Annandale arms army Arthur Baliol baron battle Bernicia betwixt border Bothwell Britons Bruce Buccleuch called Carlisle castle CHAPTER clan command cows crown Cumberland Cumbria death Debateable Land declared divers Douglas Duke Earl Edward enemies England English favour fierce fight Firth foes forsooth fought Gretna Green ground gude harper hastily head honour horse howbeit invaded James John Baliol Johnie Armstrong king King Arthur kingdom knight lady Liddesdale Lochmaben Lord Scroop Majestie mare matter monarch moss-troopers never nobles outlaws Owain passion peace peradventure Peredur Picts plunder prince prisoner Queen Reged reign returned river river Eden river Sark Sark Saxons says Scotch Scotland Scots Scottish side Sir Gawaine Sir John Sir Kai Sir Robert Cary Solway Firth Solway Moss sword thee thieves thing thou thousand tion told took unto vassals walls warden Western Marches wherefore wherein whilst ycleped
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Page 257 - Elizabeth by the Grace of God Queen of England France and Ireland Defender of the Faith &c.
Page 39 - In truth," said the Countess, "evil is thy disposition; but if thou knowest what is to my advantage, declare it to me." " I will do so," said she. " Thou knowest that, except by warfare and arms, it is impossible for thee to preserve thy possessions ; delay not, therefore, to seek some one who can defend them.
Page 225 - N'a c'y de moi que la moitié: Une part te reste , elle est tienne ; Je la fie à ton amitié Pour que de l'autre il te souvienne.
Page 260 - For I have neither wit, nor words, nor worth, Action, nor utterance, nor the power of speech To stir men's blood.
Page 9 - go back to the court, and tell Arthur either to come himself, or to send some other to fight with me; and unless he do so quickly, I will not wait for him.
Page 11 - And Peredur stood and compared the blackness of the raven, and the whiteness of the snow, and the redness of the blood, to the hair of the lady...
Page 13 - Thou mightest use more pleasant words, wert thou so minded: and it behoves thee not upon me to wreak thy wrath and thy displeasure. Methinks I shall bring the knight hither with me without breaking either my arm or my shoulder.
Page 36 - it is no more possible for me to open to thee from hence, than it is for thee to set me free.
Page 10 - If he is overthrown by the knight, he will be counted by him to be an honourable person of the Court, and an eternal disgrace will it be to Arthur and his warriors. And if he is slain, the disgrace will be the same, and moreover, his sin will be upon him; therefore will I go to see what has befallen him." So Owain went to the meadow, and he found Peredur dragging the man about, "What art thou doing thus," said Owain. "This iron coat," said Peredur, "will never come from off him; not by my efforts,...
Page 272 - Borders of the two respective counties of Northumberland and Cumberland, and the most adjacent parts of Scotland ; and they, taking the opportunity of the large waste ground, heaths, and mosses, and the many intricate and dangerous ways and by-paths in those parts, do usually, after the most notorious crimes committed by them, escape over from the one kingdom to the other respectively, and so avoid the hand of justice, in regard the ofFences done and perpetrated in the one kingdom cannot be punished...