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iaft, he ftiould fight with more advantage
in the North, be more in the centre of his
adherents, and be better able to fatigue and
harrais the Englijb troops, by marches thro*
hills and mountains they were not accuf-
tomed with.
Mean while the confederate army (for
fo they may now be filled) moved into
Scotland without the fmalleft interruption.
The -ftandard of Malcolm was fet up at An-
nand \ he was proclaimed King of Scotland
amidft refounding acclamations of applaufe,
and took upon him the command of the
whole army : he confirmed in Sibert, his
grandfather, the chief command of the Eng-
,lijh, and appointed his illufirious friend Ed¬
mund a lieutenant-general; and the fame
rank for Scotland was beftowed upon Ar-
gyfe, GlamiS) and Macduff. They continued
marching, and accumulating numbers every
hour. The Englijb troops were aftoniftied,
when at this time they found themfelves in
the heart of a country, where they imagined
they were to meet their enemies, not to fee
nor hear of any but friends, and the moft
joyful falutations of a hearty welcome:
they therefore proceeded in fuch ipirits,
as rhuft have fubdued Macbeth, if he could
have affembled an army equal to Malcolm's.
JVlacbeth perceiving that his army hourly
diminiilied, at length, unwilling at any rate
w to
iaft, he ftiould fight with more advantage
in the North, be more in the centre of his
adherents, and be better able to fatigue and
harrais the Englijb troops, by marches thro*
hills and mountains they were not accuf-
tomed with.
Mean while the confederate army (for
fo they may now be filled) moved into
Scotland without the fmalleft interruption.
The -ftandard of Malcolm was fet up at An-
nand \ he was proclaimed King of Scotland
amidft refounding acclamations of applaufe,
and took upon him the command of the
whole army : he confirmed in Sibert, his
grandfather, the chief command of the Eng-
,lijh, and appointed his illufirious friend Ed¬
mund a lieutenant-general; and the fame
rank for Scotland was beftowed upon Ar-
gyfe, GlamiS) and Macduff. They continued
marching, and accumulating numbers every
hour. The Englijb troops were aftoniftied,
when at this time they found themfelves in
the heart of a country, where they imagined
they were to meet their enemies, not to fee
nor hear of any but friends, and the moft
joyful falutations of a hearty welcome:
they therefore proceeded in fuch ipirits,
as rhuft have fubdued Macbeth, if he could
have affembled an army equal to Malcolm's.
JVlacbeth perceiving that his army hourly
diminiilied, at length, unwilling at any rate
w to
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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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