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canto ir. A KEPPOCH SONG. 93
For filthy lucre breaks the bond,
Ancient laws are now bemoan'd.
Say now the cause of Barlaw dire,
And why that waste of martial fire;
Doth Ennerlochy laurels yield,
Where kindred blood did stain the field :
Say is it glory for the Scot,
That faith and love be quite forgot ;
That Bannockburn should quite expire,.
By th' ruin of its potent sire?
Doth Heaven prosper such events;
Who can approve ingrate intents?
What laurels spring on Flodden-field*,
No Ronald there the Scots to shield?
Scotia, but the tool of France,
A Norfolk's fame doth high advance:
But still a Scott doth win the day,
And Walters purse attests the lay.
* Flodden-, or Flouden-field, where the Scots were defeated
by the English, under the command of the Earl of Surry,
Earl Marshal of England ; James the Fourth, with the flower
of the Scottish nobility, being slain in the action, anno 1513.
In consideration of this, and other gallant services, Surry hid
the title of Duke of Norfolk restored to him. — British Plu-
tarcfy.
For filthy lucre breaks the bond,
Ancient laws are now bemoan'd.
Say now the cause of Barlaw dire,
And why that waste of martial fire;
Doth Ennerlochy laurels yield,
Where kindred blood did stain the field :
Say is it glory for the Scot,
That faith and love be quite forgot ;
That Bannockburn should quite expire,.
By th' ruin of its potent sire?
Doth Heaven prosper such events;
Who can approve ingrate intents?
What laurels spring on Flodden-field*,
No Ronald there the Scots to shield?
Scotia, but the tool of France,
A Norfolk's fame doth high advance:
But still a Scott doth win the day,
And Walters purse attests the lay.
* Flodden-, or Flouden-field, where the Scots were defeated
by the English, under the command of the Earl of Surry,
Earl Marshal of England ; James the Fourth, with the flower
of the Scottish nobility, being slain in the action, anno 1513.
In consideration of this, and other gallant services, Surry hid
the title of Duke of Norfolk restored to him. — British Plu-
tarcfy.
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| Description | A poem in five cantos: being the origin and history of the family, alias Donald, Lord of the Isles, carried down to its extinction, with a continuation of the family of Keppoch; the whole combined with the history of Scotland, with notes and references, and concluding with an analysis of the Scotch acts of Parliament, relative to the Douglas association; and an address to His Royal Highness the prince regent. By John Paul Macdonald. Montrose : Printed for the author by J. Watt, 1815. |
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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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