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Title: The history of England, from the accession of James the Second
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron, 1800-1859 Firth, C. H. (Charles Harding), 1857-1936
Subjects: Great Britain -- History James II, 1685-1688 Great Britain -- History William and Mary, 1689-1702
Publisher: London : Macmillan
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
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congregation alive. While the flames wereraging, the hereditary musician of the murderers mocked the shrieksof the perishing crowd with the notes of his bagpipe.^ A band ofMacgregors, having cut off the head of an enemv, laid it, the mouthfilled with bread and cheese, on his sisters table, and had the satisfactionof seeing her go mad with horror at the sight. The) then carried theghastly trophy in triumph to their chief. The whole clan met underthe roof of an ancient church. Every one in turn laid his hand on the j^dead mans scalp, and vowed to defend the slayers.^ The inhabitants \ of Eigg seized some Macleods, bound them hand and foot, and turned i )them adrift in a boat to be swallowed up b)- the waves, or to perish of i ^hunger. The Macleods retaliated by driving the population of Eigg ^Johnsons Tour to the Hebrides. « -Proclamation of the Privy Council of Scotland, Feb. 4. 1589. I give this reference on theauthority of Sir Walter Scott. See the preface to the Legend of Montrose.
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/>. ^,ytr-/^<y/^//^/^j^^ r y//r/// ARCHIBALD, FIRST DUKE OF ARGVLEFrom a mezzotint by R. Cooper, after a painting by W. Aikman 2152 HISTORY OF ENGLAND chap, xv.ii into a cavern, lighlin^^ a fire at tlic iMitrancc, and suffocating the wholerace, men, women, and children. It is much less strange that the twogreat h.arls of the house of Campbell, animated h)- the passions ofHighland chieftains, should lia\e planned a Highland revenge, thanthat the) shouM ha\c found an accomplice, and something more thanan accomplice, in tiie Master of Stair. The Master of Stair was one of the first men of his time, a jurist,a statesman, a fine .scholar, an eloquent orator. His polished mannersand lively conversation were the delight of aristocratical societies ; andnone who met him in such societies would have thought it possible thathe could bear the chief part in any atrocious crime. His political prin-ciples were lax, yet not more lax than those of most Scotch politicianso

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