A General History of Scotland from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time, Volum 4author, 1767 |
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A General History of Scotland from the Earliest Accounts to the ..., Volum 4 William Guthrie Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1767 |
A General History of Scotland from the Earliest Accounts to the ..., Volum 4 William Guthrie Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1767 |
A General History of Scotland,: From the Earliest Accounts to the Present ... William Guthrie Ingen forhåndsvisning tilgjengelig - 2016 |
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Side 313 - And if any man believe that this description of the ship be not of verity, as we have written, let him pass to the gate of Tullibardin, and there, before the same, he will see the length and breadth of her planted with hawthorn by the wright that helped to make her.
Side 359 - ... or deftroyed. James feems to have fo far regarded the advice of his wifeft counfellors, as not to abandon his ftrong fituation. They endeavoured to perfuade him, that it was a fufficient guard to his honour, if he did not decline the battle on the day appointed; and that his engagement did not bind him to fight upon difadvantageous ground. The Scots, at the fame time, knew of their enemy's diftreffes; and, they remonftrated to their king, that he lacked nothing but patience to be victorious.
Side 365 - Grace, within one of mine, by the which ye shall see at length the great victory that our Lord hath sent your subjects in your absence : and for this cause, it is no need herein to trouble your grace with long writing ; but to my thinking this battle hath been to your Grace,, and all your realm, the greatest honour that could be, and more than ye should win all the crown of France...
Side 160 - In return for the assistance promised by Edward, the Duke of Albany engaged to do him fealty and homage for his realm of Scotland within six months after he should have secured possession of the crown and the greater part of the kingdom. Immediately afterwards Edward constituted his brother, the Duke...
Side 314 - James; and feveral letters that parTed between them are (till extant. The king of Denmark, next to the French monarch, was the favourite ally of James ; who, early in his reign, had compromifed fome differences between them. It likewife appears from the hiftories of the north, that both James and his father had given...
Side 9 - AD law was ready to protect him; and that he was welcome to the principal direction of affairs under the crown, and to the firft place in the royal confidence ; nay, that all former offences done by himfelf and his friends fhould be pardoned and forgot.
Side 366 - I thought to send himself to you, but our Englishmen would not suffer it. It should have been better for him to have been in peace, than to have this reward. All that God sendeth is for the best. My lord of Surrey, my Henry, would fain know your pleasure in burying the king of Scotts' body.; for he hath written to me so.
Side 363 - Crawford and Montrose, who were marching up to support the Highlanders, among whom the king and his attendants were now fighting on foot; while Stanley, making a circuit round the hill, attacked the Highlanders in the rear. Crawford and Montrose, not being seconded...
Side 348 - I am sent hither to intreat you for this time to delay your expedition, and to proceed no farther in your intended journey : for if you do, ye shall not prosper in your enterprise, nor any of your followers.
Side 359 - Scots, at the fame time, knew of their enemy's diftreffes; and, they remonftrated to their king, that he lacked nothing but patience to be victorious. The Scots, thus lying on the defenfive, the earl of Surry again fent Rouge Croix to inform James that he was ready to give him battle,. James was nettled at this tacit imputation upon his honour. It is certain, that he neglected the...