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How foon the ruffians hadfinifhed their fa-
vage purpofe, they went their ways, leav¬
ing the poor abufed gentlewoman, de¬
prived of all fenfation, befmeared with
the blood of one, and amidft the heart¬
rending cries of the two furviving children !
In this deplorable condition, did the mife-
rable hulband, after fome hours fearch, find
his violated family ! What could be done
in fuch a cafe for her recovery, was done^
but ineffedlually *, the poor woman did not
furvive the calamity many hours.
‘ Maclean then fearlefs, or rather care-'
lefs of the King’s refentment, prefents
himfelf at court, and fupplicates redrefs.
The villain owned the flagitious fa£t, but
urged in his defence, that it was in terrorem
of others, who difputed the King’s autho¬
rity j and having appealed to the falfe tes¬
timony of his acceffaries, Maclean was ac-
cufed of having fpoken contemptuoufly of
the King*, and in fine, in place of obtaining
redrefs, he was thrown into prifon, and
there fecretly murdered.
* It would be too fhocking to the humane
ear, if I fhould recount any more of the
barbarities, with which every day then
diflinguiffied this flagitious reign! I
difiembled almoft a conftant indifpofition,
that I might fhun the mortification of be¬
ing prefent in fuch a diabolical council,
which
How foon the ruffians hadfinifhed their fa-
vage purpofe, they went their ways, leav¬
ing the poor abufed gentlewoman, de¬
prived of all fenfation, befmeared with
the blood of one, and amidft the heart¬
rending cries of the two furviving children !
In this deplorable condition, did the mife-
rable hulband, after fome hours fearch, find
his violated family ! What could be done
in fuch a cafe for her recovery, was done^
but ineffedlually *, the poor woman did not
furvive the calamity many hours.
‘ Maclean then fearlefs, or rather care-'
lefs of the King’s refentment, prefents
himfelf at court, and fupplicates redrefs.
The villain owned the flagitious fa£t, but
urged in his defence, that it was in terrorem
of others, who difputed the King’s autho¬
rity j and having appealed to the falfe tes¬
timony of his acceffaries, Maclean was ac-
cufed of having fpoken contemptuoufly of
the King*, and in fine, in place of obtaining
redrefs, he was thrown into prifon, and
there fecretly murdered.
* It would be too fhocking to the humane
ear, if I fhould recount any more of the
barbarities, with which every day then
diflinguiffied this flagitious reign! I
difiembled almoft a conftant indifpofition,
that I might fhun the mortification of be¬
ing prefent in fuch a diabolical council,
which
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| Description | Or, memoirs, intrigues, and atchievements, of personages, who have been chosen by the most celebrated poets, as the fittest characters for theatrical representations. ... Vol. I. Containing the life, ... of Macbeth. By a gentleman, no professed author, but a lover of history, and of the theatre. |
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| Shelfmark | ABS.1.81.182 |
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| Description | Thousands of printed books from the Antiquarian Books of Scotland collection which dates from 1641 to the 1980s. The collection consists of 14,800 books which were published in Scotland or have a Scottish connection, e.g. through the author, printer or owner. Subjects covered include sport, education, diseases, adventure, occupations, Jacobites, politics and religion. Among the 29 languages represented are English, Gaelic, Italian, French, Russian and Swedish. |
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