A collection of ancient and modern Scottish ballads, etc
A collection of ancient and modern Scottish ballads, etc A collection of ancient and modern Scottish ballads, etc
88 They gave him a wheaten loaf to eat. And after that a can of beer And they cried a' with ae consent, *' Eat, brave Noble, and make gude cheer. *' Confess my lord's horse, Hobbie," they said, " And to-morrow in Carlisle thou's no die." " How can I confefs them," Hobbie says, *' When I never saw them with mine e'e.'* Then Hobbie has sworn a fu' great aith. By the day that he was gotten or born. He never had ony thing o' my lord's. That either eat him grass or corn. " Now fare thee weel, sweet Mangerton ! For I think again I'll ne'er thee see : I wad hae betrayed nae lad alive For a^ the gowd in Christentie. *' And fare thee weel, sweet Liddesdale Baith the hie land and the law Keep ye weel frae the traitot Maina ! For gowd and gear he'U sell ye a'. *^ Yet wad I rather be ca'd Hol^bie Noble, In Carlisle where he suffers for his faut. Than I'd be ca'd the traitor Mains, That eats and drinks o' the meal and maut,*"* ; ; !
THE BONxNIE EARL 0^ MURHAY, [In 1591, while James Sixth's kingdom was agitated with domestic broils, that monarch, with his mind clouded by the superstitions of the times, and to make a vain dis- play of his pedantic learning, employed himself in hear- ing causes of witchcrart,^Bnd punishing many persons for that alleged crime. Some of those who were tortured, with the view no doubt of obtaining a remission of their Sufferings, accused Francis Stuart, Earl of Bothwell, grandson to James V. of having tampeted with them to discover the time of the king's death, &c. On this charge Bothwell'was committed to prison, from whence he made his escape to hi^^ estates on ti.e borders, where he raised a band of followers ready to undertake any en- terprise. Spurred on by his haughty and volent spirit, he resolved to attempt to seize James, then in the palace of Holyroodhouse, which he almost effected, he and hi§ borderers having got into the court of the palace under cover of the night, but r^n alarm being given, the citizens of Edinburgh hastened to the deience of the king, and Bothwell escaped with some difficulty. " The enterprise thus defeated," says Archbishop Spots- wood, " Bothwell went into the north, looking to be supplyed by the Earl of Murray, his cousen-germane j which the king suspecting, Andrew, Lord Ochiltre^ h3
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THE BONxNIE EARL 0^ MURHAY,<br />
[In 1591, while James Sixth's kingdom was agitated with<br />
domestic broils, that monarch, with his mind clouded by<br />
the superstitions <strong>of</strong> the times, <strong>and</strong> to make a vain dis-<br />
play <strong>of</strong> his pedantic learning, employed himself in hear-<br />
ing causes <strong>of</strong> witchcrart,^Bnd punishing many persons for<br />
that alleged crime. Some <strong>of</strong> those who were tortured,<br />
with the view no doubt <strong>of</strong> obtaining a remission <strong>of</strong> their<br />
Sufferings, accused Francis Stuart, Earl <strong>of</strong> Bothwell,<br />
gr<strong>and</strong>son to James V. <strong>of</strong> having tampeted with them to<br />
discover the time <strong>of</strong> the king's death, &c. On this<br />
charge Bothwell'was committed to prison, from whence<br />
he made his escape to hi^^ estates on ti.e borders, where<br />
he raised a b<strong>and</strong> <strong>of</strong> followers ready to undertake any en-<br />
terprise. Spurred on by his haughty <strong>and</strong> volent spirit,<br />
he resolved to attempt to seize James, then in the palace<br />
<strong>of</strong> Holyroodhouse, which he almost effected, he <strong>and</strong> hi§<br />
borderers having got into the court <strong>of</strong> the palace under<br />
cover <strong>of</strong> the night, but r^n alarm being given, the citizens<br />
<strong>of</strong> Edinburgh hastened to the deience <strong>of</strong> the king, <strong>and</strong><br />
Bothwell escaped with some difficulty.<br />
" The enterprise thus defeated," says Archbishop Spots-<br />
wood, " Bothwell went into the north, looking to be<br />
supplyed by the Earl <strong>of</strong> Murray, his cousen-germane j<br />
which the king suspecting, Andrew, Lord Ochiltre^<br />
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