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... , with craft to bribe Any basest Scottish lordling , Norman - bred , that would kneel down , Swearing fealty to a swindler For the bauble of a crown . Baliol took the bribe , as Clio , Just recorder WALLACE AND BRUCE . 105.
... , with craft to bribe Any basest Scottish lordling , Norman - bred , that would kneel down , Swearing fealty to a swindler For the bauble of a crown . Baliol took the bribe , as Clio , Just recorder WALLACE AND BRUCE . 105.
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... Scottish land swooped he . Methven knew his scathful scourging , Almond water flowed with blood ; Rough Glendochart's rocky current , Far Loch Awe's long - gleaming flood , Saw the rightful monarch hounded By the proud usurper's host ...
... Scottish land swooped he . Methven knew his scathful scourging , Almond water flowed with blood ; Rough Glendochart's rocky current , Far Loch Awe's long - gleaming flood , Saw the rightful monarch hounded By the proud usurper's host ...
Page 118
... Scottish clan ; But He did laugh who sits in heaven , And into blessing changed the ban . Edward died ; but not with him Died his fell and forceful doing ; With the heirship of his rancour , Edward's Edward rushed 118 A SONG OF HEROES .
... Scottish clan ; But He did laugh who sits in heaven , And into blessing changed the ban . Edward died ; but not with him Died his fell and forceful doing ; With the heirship of his rancour , Edward's Edward rushed 118 A SONG OF HEROES .
Page 123
... Scottish slogan , While the gillies on the hill , Spreading show of sheets for banners , Downward rushed with forward will ; Which the fear - struck , far beholding , Fled like children from a ghost ; And their king , with floating ...
... Scottish slogan , While the gillies on the hill , Spreading show of sheets for banners , Downward rushed with forward will ; Which the fear - struck , far beholding , Fled like children from a ghost ; And their king , with floating ...
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... Scottish Saints , ' Edinburgh , 1872. Anyhow , he was a Celt , not a Saxon - as the body of the Scottish people , up to the time of Malcolm Canmore , specially in those western parts , was decidedly Celtic . P. 77. " The battle of ...
... Scottish Saints , ' Edinburgh , 1872. Anyhow , he was a Celt , not a Saxon - as the body of the Scottish people , up to the time of Malcolm Canmore , specially in those western parts , was decidedly Celtic . P. 77. " The battle of ...
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