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... Ruthven , to the Abbey of Scone . It appears , from some of the signatures , that it was granted in or before the year 1210. I grant , " says the donor , " and by this charter have confirmed to God , and to the Church of the Holy ...
... Ruthven , to the Abbey of Scone . It appears , from some of the signatures , that it was granted in or before the year 1210. I grant , " says the donor , " and by this charter have confirmed to God , and to the Church of the Holy ...
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... Ruthven , She- riff of Perth ; Alexander Auchinleck ; Lundie of Lundie ; Arthur Bisset ; Cleveland Ker ; Little ; Rutherfurd ; with Mr. John Blair , who was chaplain to Wallace , and wrote his history in Latin , which was afterwards ...
... Ruthven , She- riff of Perth ; Alexander Auchinleck ; Lundie of Lundie ; Arthur Bisset ; Cleveland Ker ; Little ; Rutherfurd ; with Mr. John Blair , who was chaplain to Wallace , and wrote his history in Latin , which was afterwards ...
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... Ruthven , and the occult and still inexplicable affair of the so - called Gowrie conspiracy . To these may be added some of the more engrossing passages of the life and reign of the unfortunate Mary , and especially the Reformation of ...
... Ruthven , and the occult and still inexplicable affair of the so - called Gowrie conspiracy . To these may be added some of the more engrossing passages of the life and reign of the unfortunate Mary , and especially the Reformation of ...
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... Ruthven , sheriff of Perth , at the head of his guards , while leading a thief from Athole to the gallows . A sharp skirmish began . Gormac , with thirty of his followers , were slain ; the rest fled to the mountains . After this , the ...
... Ruthven , sheriff of Perth , at the head of his guards , while leading a thief from Athole to the gallows . A sharp skirmish began . Gormac , with thirty of his followers , were slain ; the rest fled to the mountains . After this , the ...
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... Ruthven , the Queen would not be reconciled to Angus , and procured a divorce , contrary to the advice of her brother Henry . She after- wards married Henry Stewart , son to Lord Evandale , whom her son , James the Fifth , created Lord ...
... Ruthven , the Queen would not be reconciled to Angus , and procured a divorce , contrary to the advice of her brother Henry . She after- wards married Henry Stewart , son to Lord Evandale , whom her son , James the Fifth , created Lord ...
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afterwards Alexander Ruthven Altar amongst ancient Andrew appears Argyle arms army Athole attended Bailie Baliol betwixt Bishop Blair Castle bridge brother Bruce called Castle Chapel Charles Church Clan command Council Court Covenanters crown David death deponent Duke Dundee Dunkeld Earl of Athole Earl of Gowrie Earl of Mar Edinburgh elected England English erected Fair City Falkland favour Gall gate George Gowrie's hand Henry Henry Adamson Highland honour horse inhabitants James the Sixth John Kinfauns King's kingdom Kinnoull Lady land Lord Luncarty Macbeth Magistrates Maister Alexander Majestie's Majesty Majesty's marched Marquess Master ment Monastery Monsier Montrose Murray nobles Parliament party passed Patrick persons present Prince Albert prisoner Provost Queen Reformation Regent reign river river Tay Robert Royal Ruthven says Scone Scotland Scots Scottish side Stewart Stirling Street sword tion took town Town-Council unto Wallace walls William
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Page 364 - His person was tall and thin, seeming to incline to be lean rather than to fill as he grows in years. His countenance was pale, yet he seems to be sanguine in his constitution, and has something of a vivacity in his eye that perhaps would have been more visible, if he had not been under dejected circumstances and surrounded with...
Page 364 - ... we were tenfold more so in him. We saw nothing in him that looked like spirit. He never appeared with cheerfulness and vigour to animate us. Our men began to despise him ; some asked if he could speak. His countenance looked extremely heavy.
Page 29 - Thanes that had sent oxen so weak and so unfit for labour, when he had so much work for them to do. Some one replied that the oxen belonged to Macduff, the Thane of Fife. " Then," said the King, in great anger, " since the Thane of Fife sends such worthless cattle as these to do my labour, I will put his own neck into the yoke, and make him drag the burdens himself.
Page 291 - And he brought forth the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king.
Page 53 - Lindesay rushed into the church, and made the matter certain with a vengeance, by despatching the wounded Comyn with their daggers. His uncle, Sir Robert Comyn, was slain at the same time. This slaughter of Comyn was a rash and cruel action; and the historian of Bruce observes, that it was followed by the displeasure of Heaven; for no man ever went through more misfortunes than Robert Bruce, although he at length rose to great honor. After the deed was done, Bruce might be called desperate. He had...
Page 291 - And Jehoiada made a covenant between the Lord and the king and the people, that they should be the Lord's people ; between the king also and the people.
Page 52 - The other was John Comyn, or Cuming, of Badenoch, usually called the Red Comyn, to distinguish him from his kinsman, the Black Comyn, so named from his swarthy complexion. These two great and powerful barons had taken part with Sir William Wallace in the wars against England ; but, after the defeat of Falkirk, being fearful of losing their great estates, and considering the freedom of Scotland as beyond the possibility of being recovered...
Page 374 - For the LORD will have compassion on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land : and the stranger shall join himself with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.
Page 32 - Macbeth broke no law of hospitality in his attempt on Duncan's life. He attacked and slew the King at a place called Bothgowan, or the Smith's House, near Elgin, in 1039, and not, as has been supposed, in his own castle of Inverness. The act was bloody, as was the complexion of the times ; but, in very truth, the claim of Macbeth to the throne, according to the rule of Scottish succession, was better than that of Duncan.
Page 364 - I think, as his affairs were situated, no man can say, that his appearing grave and composed was a token of his want of thought, but rather of a significant anxiety, grounded upon the prospect of his inevitable ruin, which he could not be so void of sense as not to see plainly before him, at least when he came to see how inconsistent his measures were, how unsteady the resolutions of his guides, and how impossible it was to make them agree with one another.