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418 MINSTKEI-SY OF
" the regent, and he paid so much regard to it, that ho
'* resolved to return by the same gate through which
'« he had entered, and to fetch a compass round tlie
" town. But, as the crowd about the gate was great,
" and he himself unacquainted with fear, he proceeded
" directly along the street ; and the throng of people
*' obliging him to move very slowly, gave the assassin
*' time to take so true an aim, that he shot him, with
" a single bullet, through the lower part of his belly,
" and killed the horse of a gentleman who rode on his
" other side. His followers instantly endeavoui-ed to
" break into the house, whence the blow had come ; but
'* they found the door strongly barricaded, and, before
'* it could be forced open^ Hamilton had nnounted a
" fleet horse,* which stood ready for him at a back pas-
*' sage, and was got far beyond their reach. The regent
" died the same night of his wound." — History of Scot-
land, book V.
Bothwellhaugh rode straight to Hamilton, where he
was received in triumph ; for the ashes of the houses
in Clydesdale, which had been burned by Murray's ar-
my, werfe yet smoking ; and party prejudice, the habits
of the age, and the enormity of the provocation, seem-
ed, to his kinsmen, to justify his deed. After a short
abode at Hamilton, this fierce and determined man left
Scotland, and served in France, under the patronage of
the family of Guise, to whom he was doubtless recom-
* The gift of Lord John Hamilton, Cotnmendator of Arbroath.
" the regent, and he paid so much regard to it, that ho
'* resolved to return by the same gate through which
'« he had entered, and to fetch a compass round tlie
" town. But, as the crowd about the gate was great,
" and he himself unacquainted with fear, he proceeded
" directly along the street ; and the throng of people
*' obliging him to move very slowly, gave the assassin
*' time to take so true an aim, that he shot him, with
" a single bullet, through the lower part of his belly,
" and killed the horse of a gentleman who rode on his
" other side. His followers instantly endeavoui-ed to
" break into the house, whence the blow had come ; but
'* they found the door strongly barricaded, and, before
'* it could be forced open^ Hamilton had nnounted a
" fleet horse,* which stood ready for him at a back pas-
*' sage, and was got far beyond their reach. The regent
" died the same night of his wound." — History of Scot-
land, book V.
Bothwellhaugh rode straight to Hamilton, where he
was received in triumph ; for the ashes of the houses
in Clydesdale, which had been burned by Murray's ar-
my, werfe yet smoking ; and party prejudice, the habits
of the age, and the enormity of the provocation, seem-
ed, to his kinsmen, to justify his deed. After a short
abode at Hamilton, this fierce and determined man left
Scotland, and served in France, under the patronage of
the family of Guise, to whom he was doubtless recom-
* The gift of Lord John Hamilton, Cotnmendator of Arbroath.
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Early Gaelic Book Collections > J. F. Campbell Collection > Minstrelsy of the Scottish border > Volume 3 > (430) |
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Description | Vol III. |
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Shelfmark | Cam.2.d.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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