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38 THE LAIRDS OF GLENLYON.
And broken host and dastard flight,
The field, where grim Death sits bedight,
Confess to our prowess fairly ?
Dream'st yet of safety, sleeping dame ?
Hear, then, to my pibroch's echoing swell :
It tells the sgeul,* and tells it well,
Of slaughtered men
And forayed glen,
The victor's joy and your country's shame :
Who is first in the chase will find the game.
Rise, widowed dame ?
The breezes fan
The Campbells' broad banners early !
The victors quartered themselves for some time among
the vanquished. They brought home the spoils without
mishap ; and in addition to the cattle, as the Highlanders
express it, they brought " Or GJiallu gu bord Bhealaich "
— " the gold of Caithness to the table of Balloch " (or Tay-
mouth). In 1681, the king put an end to the feud, by
making Sinclair Earl of Caithness, and granting Sir John
a new patent of nobility, dated 13th August, 1681, creating
him Earl of Breadalbane and Holland, with the precedency
of the former patent.
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And broken host and dastard flight,
The field, where grim Death sits bedight,
Confess to our prowess fairly ?
Dream'st yet of safety, sleeping dame ?
Hear, then, to my pibroch's echoing swell :
It tells the sgeul,* and tells it well,
Of slaughtered men
And forayed glen,
The victor's joy and your country's shame :
Who is first in the chase will find the game.
Rise, widowed dame ?
The breezes fan
The Campbells' broad banners early !
The victors quartered themselves for some time among
the vanquished. They brought home the spoils without
mishap ; and in addition to the cattle, as the Highlanders
express it, they brought " Or GJiallu gu bord Bhealaich "
— " the gold of Caithness to the table of Balloch " (or Tay-
mouth). In 1681, the king put an end to the feud, by
making Sinclair Earl of Caithness, and granting Sir John
a new patent of nobility, dated 13th August, 1681, creating
him Earl of Breadalbane and Holland, with the precedency
of the former patent.
News.
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| Description | Historical sketches relating to the districts of Appin, Glenlyon, and Breadalbane. [With special reference to Sir Donald Currie of Garth and Glenlyon.] By Duncan Campbell. Perth : [Printed by] S. Cowan & Co., 1886. A collection of the author's articles contributed to the “Perthshire Advertiser” between August, 1855, and June, 1858, revised and republished for Sir Donald Currie. Printed for private circulation. |
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| Shelfmark | A.113.b |
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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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