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54 The Stuart Dynasty.
has an account of events subsequent to Sauchiebum which is
of great interest. Sir Andrew Wood, the celebrated sailor
whom James III. had patronised. and advanced, was waiting
in the Firth of Forth with some ships of war during that
battle, and sending on shore to find the King, was obliged to
be contented with bringing off a few wounded loyalists in
the vain hope that he might be amongst the number.
Nothing could at first be heard of the missing monarch. His
mangled body was, however, soon discovered, and buried at
Cambuskenneth, where Queen Victoria has erected a monu-
ment to his memory, together with that of his Queen,
Margaret of Denmark, also buried in that romantic Abbe)',
under the shadow of Stirling and near the sluggish waters
of the river Forth.

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