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THE BATTLE OF BIGGAR. 447
Na charge I bad off king or oyir lord,
Gret harm I thooht hys gud deid suld be smored.
I haiff said her ner as ye process gais,
And fenzied nocht for freindschip nor for fais."
We have no intention to stand up and implicitly maintain
that a battle, with all the incidents detailed by Blind Harry,
actually took place at Biggar ; but, at the same time, we have
little doubt that in these unsettled times some engagement or
another was fought at this place, on which the narrative of the
Minstrel was, in a great measure, founded.

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Biggar and the House of Fleming
Description'An account of the Biggar district, archaeological, historical, and biographical'. By William Hunter. 2nd edition. Edinburgh: William Paterson, 1867.
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Histories of Scottish families
DescriptionA selection of almost 400 printed items relating to the history of Scottish families, mostly dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes memoirs, genealogies and clan histories, with a few produced by emigrant families. The earliest family history goes back to AD 916.