History of the house and race of Douglas and Angus
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HOUSE OF DOUGLAS. 1 97
Archibaldus Dux Turonensis, &c.
Bis rictus, captusqtte amisso militc; casus
Dcniquc cum sociis, Vernolice occubui:
Dura meis raro qffuhit victoria signis:
Nostra tamen nusquam sunt data terga Jugce.
Semper at ingentes hece dextra reliquit acervos,
Hostibus et semper maxima damna dedit.
Uinc fortis inctgnique ducis veracibus ornant
Me titulis; nee non hostis et ipse colit.
In me virtutem videos, verumque laborem:
Fortunam proprio quis regat arbitrio?
Discito, ab eventu qui censes facta virosque,
Exemplo, non sic esse notanda, meo»
Archibald Tine-man Duke of Touraine.
Twice with my army's rout I lost the field;
Now, with my friends, I am at Vernoil kill d;
My labours hardly met with victory,
Yet did I never stay behind, nor flie,
But kill'd my foes on heaps: my valiant arm
Did ever bring revenge, and equal harm.
Hence was I honoured, as most lit to be
A leader, courted ev'n by th' enemy,
In me you may the height of worth behold;
But ah, who in his power can fortune hold?
. O! you, who from th' event your censure take,
Disprove yourselves, and me the instance make.
Of Archibald the Fourth of that Name, the Four-
ieenth Lord, and F'fth Earl of Douglas, he was
the First Earl of Wigton, Lord of Both-well, Gallo-
way and Annandale, the Second Duke of Touraine,
Lord of Longueville, and Marshal of France.
U NTO Archibald Tine-man succeeded his eldest son Ar-
chibald : he had to wife Mauld Lindsay, daughter to David
Archibaldus Dux Turonensis, &c.
Bis rictus, captusqtte amisso militc; casus
Dcniquc cum sociis, Vernolice occubui:
Dura meis raro qffuhit victoria signis:
Nostra tamen nusquam sunt data terga Jugce.
Semper at ingentes hece dextra reliquit acervos,
Hostibus et semper maxima damna dedit.
Uinc fortis inctgnique ducis veracibus ornant
Me titulis; nee non hostis et ipse colit.
In me virtutem videos, verumque laborem:
Fortunam proprio quis regat arbitrio?
Discito, ab eventu qui censes facta virosque,
Exemplo, non sic esse notanda, meo»
Archibald Tine-man Duke of Touraine.
Twice with my army's rout I lost the field;
Now, with my friends, I am at Vernoil kill d;
My labours hardly met with victory,
Yet did I never stay behind, nor flie,
But kill'd my foes on heaps: my valiant arm
Did ever bring revenge, and equal harm.
Hence was I honoured, as most lit to be
A leader, courted ev'n by th' enemy,
In me you may the height of worth behold;
But ah, who in his power can fortune hold?
. O! you, who from th' event your censure take,
Disprove yourselves, and me the instance make.
Of Archibald the Fourth of that Name, the Four-
ieenth Lord, and F'fth Earl of Douglas, he was
the First Earl of Wigton, Lord of Both-well, Gallo-
way and Annandale, the Second Duke of Touraine,
Lord of Longueville, and Marshal of France.
U NTO Archibald Tine-man succeeded his eldest son Ar-
chibald : he had to wife Mauld Lindsay, daughter to David
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Description | A selection of almost 400 printed items relating to the history of Scottish families, mostly dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes memoirs, genealogies and clan histories, with a few produced by emigrant families. The earliest family history goes back to AD 916. |
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