Provincial Antiquities of ScotlandR. Cadell, 1834 - 457 էջ |
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afterwards ancient Angus antiquary antiquity appears arms authority barons battle beautiful Berwick betwixt Border Borthwick Borthwick Castle Britons building called Celtic chancellor chapel chief church clans Crichton Castle crown Dalkeith death defence Duke Duke of Albany Dunbar Dunnotter Earl of Angus Earl of Bothwell Earl of Douglas Earl of Mar Edinburgh Edinburgh Castle enemy England English erected fortress frequently frontier garrison hands Honnouris honour inhabitants James IV Jedburgh John Jonson king king's kingdom Knight Knight of Liddesdale Laird land Leith Liddesdale Linlithgow Lord Lothian Majesties manner marches ment monarch moss-troopers neighbouring noble Northumberland occasion Ogilvy palace Parliament party period person possession present prisoner probably Queen regalia reign rendered residence Roman royal rude ruins Saint Saxon sceptre Scotland Scots Scottish Scottish Border seems Seton side silver plaitt stone sword Tantallon tion tower town tribes usually wall warden
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Էջ 14 - O'er Batulum, and where Abella sees, From her high tow'rs, the harvest of her trees. And these (as was the Teuton use of old) Wield brazen swords, and brazen bucklers hold; Sling weighty stones, when from afar they fight; Their casques are cork, a covering thick and light. Next these in rank, the warlike Ufens went, And led the mountain troops that Nursia sent. The rude Equicolae his rule obey'd; Hunting their sport, and plund'ring was their trade.
Էջ 313 - By the Eternal and Almighty God, who liveth and reigneth for ever, we become your liege-men, and truth and faith shall bear unto you, and live and die with you against all manner of folk whatsoever, in your service, according to the National Covenant and Solemn League and Covenant.
Էջ 332 - I raised the pavement-stone just before the pulpit, in the night tyme, and digged under it ane hole, and put them in there, and filled up the hole, and layed down the stone just as it was before, and removed the mould that remained, that none would have...
Էջ 288 - Lea, knight, saved me out of the flames, and brought me into England. In gratitude to him for his kindness, I, who hitherto served only at the baptism of the children of kings, do now most willingly offer the same service, even to the meanest of the English nation. Lea the Conqueror hath so commanded. Adieu. AD 1543, in the 36th year of King Henry VIII.
Էջ 449 - JFast-Castle is more like the nest of some gigantic roc or condor, than a dwelling for human creatures, being so completely allied in colour and rugged appearance with the huge cliffs, amongst which it seems to be jammed, that it is difficult to discover what is rock and what is building.
Էջ 118 - ... the hot-trod. This pursuit was maintained with a . lighted piece of turf carried on a spear, with hue and cry, bugle-horn, and blood-hound, that all might be aware of the purpose of the party.
Էջ 434 - it was better to hear the lark sing than the mouse cheep," was adopted by every Border chief. For these combined reasons the residence of the chieftain was commonly a large...
Էջ 258 - I recollect once," said Dugald Stewart, speaking of Burns, "he told me, when I was admiring a distant prospect in one of our morning walks, that the sight of so many smoking cottages gave a pleasure to his mind which none could understand, who had not witnessed, like himself, the happiness and worth which they contained.
Էջ 451 - John Napier should do his utmost diligence to search and seek out, and by all craft and ingine to find out the same, and by the grace of God shall either find out the same, or make it sure that no such thing has been there.
Էջ 323 - ... still gets the credit of having dismasted an English vessel steering for the harbour of Stonehaven, at the distance of a mile and a half. These traditions, however agreeable to our national prejudices, and in harmony with the popular...