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THE SCOTTISH BORDER, 81
THE SANG
OF
THE OUTLAW MURRAY.
This ballad appears to have been composed about the
reign of James V. It commemorates a transaction, sup-
posed to have taken place betwixt a Scottish monarch,
and an ancestor of the ancient family of Murray of Phi-
liphaugh, in Selkirkshire. The editor is unable to ascer-
tain the historical foundation of the tale; nor is it proba-
ble that any light can be thrown upon the subject, with-
out an accurate examination of the family charter chest.
It is certain, that, during the civil wars betwixt Bruce
and Baliol, the family of Philiphaugh existed, and was
powerful; for their ancestor, Archibald de Moravia, sub-
scribes the oath of fealty to Edward I. A. D. 1 2.06. It is^
therefore, not unlikely, that, residing in a wild and fron-
THE SANG
OF
THE OUTLAW MURRAY.
This ballad appears to have been composed about the
reign of James V. It commemorates a transaction, sup-
posed to have taken place betwixt a Scottish monarch,
and an ancestor of the ancient family of Murray of Phi-
liphaugh, in Selkirkshire. The editor is unable to ascer-
tain the historical foundation of the tale; nor is it proba-
ble that any light can be thrown upon the subject, with-
out an accurate examination of the family charter chest.
It is certain, that, during the civil wars betwixt Bruce
and Baliol, the family of Philiphaugh existed, and was
powerful; for their ancestor, Archibald de Moravia, sub-
scribes the oath of fealty to Edward I. A. D. 1 2.06. It is^
therefore, not unlikely, that, residing in a wild and fron-
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > J. F. Campbell Collection > Minstrelsy of the Scottish border > Volume 1 > (283) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/80611722 |
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| Description | Vol. I . |
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| Shelfmark | Cam.2.d.17 |
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| Description | Consisting of historical and romantic ballads, collected in the southern counties of Scotland; with a few of modern date, founded upon local tradition. |
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| Shelfmark | Cam.2.d.17-19 |
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| Description | Volumes from a collection of 610 books rich in Highland folklore, Ossianic literature and other Celtic subjects. Many of the books annotated by John Francis Campbell of Islay, who assembled the collection. |
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| Description | Selected items from five 'Special and Named Printed Collections'. Includes books in Gaelic and other Celtic languages, works about the Gaels, their languages, literature, culture and history. |
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