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THE SCOTTISH BORDER. 15
BATTLE OF PHIIJPHAUGH.
This ballad is so immediately connected with the form-
er, that the editor is enabled to continue his sketch of
historical transactions from the march of Lesly.
In the insurrection of l6'80, all Scotland, south from
the Grampians, was activelyand zealouslyengaged. Rut,
after the treaty of Rippon, the first fury of the revolu-
tionary torrent may be said to have foamed off its force,
and many of the nobility began to look round with hor-
ror, upon the rocks and shelves amongst which it had
hurried them. Numbers regarded the defence of Scot-
land as a just and necessary warfare, who did not see the
same reason for interfering in the affairs of England. The
visit of King Charles to the metropolis of his fathers, in
all probability, produced its effect on his nobles. Some
were allied to the house of Stuart by blood; all regarded
it as the source of their honours, and venerated the ancient

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Volume 2
DescriptionVol. II .
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Minstrelsy of the Scottish border
DescriptionConsisting 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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