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Download torrent The History of Scotland from the Accession of Alexander III to the Union Volume 8

Download torrent The History of Scotland from the Accession of Alexander III to the Union Volume 8

The History of Scotland from the Accession of Alexander III to the Union Volume 8 by Patrick Fraser Tytler
The History of Scotland from the Accession of Alexander III to the Union Volume 8
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Author: Patrick Fraser Tytler
Page Count: 124 pages
Published Date: 01 May 2012
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781232455196
File size: 10 Mb
File Name: The.History.of.Scotland.from.the.Accession.of.Alexander.III.to.the.Union.Volume.8.pdf
Download Link: The History of Scotland from the Accession of Alexander III to the Union Volume 8
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1866 Excerpt: ...lady and household, occupied the royal apartments within the castle. J He had now four of the strongest fortresses of the country at his devotion, --Dumbarton, Stirling, Black MS. Letter, State-paper Office. Sir Edward Hoby to Lord Burghley, Aug. 15,1584. t MS. Letter, State-paper Office, Walsingham to Davison, July 12,1584t and Ibid., Walsingham to Davison, Aug. 13, 1584. t MS. State-paper Office, Davison to Walsingham, Aug. 16,1584. nesa, and Edinburgh; and his ambition enlarging by what it fed on, he assumed a kingly consequence and state which offended the ancient nobility, and excited their fear and envy. On his return from the conference at Foulden Kirk, he was welcomed with cannon by the castle; a ceremony, as it was remarked, never used but in time of parliament, and to the king or regents: and when, soon after, summonses were issued for the meeting of the three Estates, all the country looked forward with alarm to a renewal of the proscriptions and plunder which had already commenced against the exiled lords. But the reality even outran their anticipation. Arran, assisted by his lady, a woman whose pride and insolence exceeded his own, domineered over the deliberations of parliament; and, to the scandal of all, insisted on those Acts, which they had previously prepared, being passed at once without reasoning. Sixty persons were forfeited;-f many were driven to purchase pardons at a high ransom; and the unhappy Countess of Gowrie was treated with a cruelty and brutality which excited the utmost commiseration in all who witnessed it. This lady, a daughter of Henry Stewart lord Methven, on the last day of the parliament, had obtained admission to an antechamber, where, as the king passed, she hoped to have an opportunity of pleading for herself and her..

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