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SCOTLAND’S STORY
A HISTORY OF SCOTLAND
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
BY H. E. MARSHALL
WITH PICTURES BY
J. R. SKELTON, JOHN HASSALL
AND J. SHAW CROMPTON
THOMAS NELSON AND SONS Ltd.
LONDON EDINBURGH PARIS MELBOURNE
TORONTO AND NEW YORK
TO
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‘HOLD YOU, HOLD YOU, BRAVE WALLACE ! THE ENGLISH
HAVE HANGED ALL YOUR BEST MEN LIKE DOGS’ Frontispiece
AT PAGE
ST. COLUMBA MADE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS, AND THE
GREAT GATES OPENED WIDE . . . . . 16
‘DO YOU SEE THAT LITTLE WHITE SAIL FAR OUT TO SEA?
YONDER IS MACDUFF’ . . . . . . 44
THERE STEPPED FROM OUT THE CROWD AN OLD, OLD
MAN . . . . . . . . . . 86
AT NIGHT, WHEN THEY GATHERED ROUND THE WATCH-
FIRES, THE KING WOULD READ STORIES OUT OF OLD
BOOKS . . . . . . . . 140
FULL OF NEW HOPE BRUCE SPRANG TO LAND . . 144
BRUCE BROUGHT HIS BATTLE-AXE CRASHING DOWN UPON
THE HEAD OF BOHUN ... . . . . 174
WHEN A STONE HIT THE WALLS, BLACK AGNES WOULD
BID HER MAIDS WIPE THE SPOT WITH A CLEAN
WHITE CLOTH . . . . . . . . 192
‘BUT THANKS BE TO GOD, THERE ARE FEW OF MY
ANCESTORS WHO HAVE DIED IN THEIR BEDS’ . . 204
FOR THERE IN THE GARDEN WALKED THE FAIREST LADY
HE HAD EVER SEEN . . . . . . . 226
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BRAVE CATHERINE TRIED IN VAIN TO KEEP THEM BACK . 234
‘A HALTER WOULD BETTER BECOME YOU’ . . . 256
SIR ANDREW, WITH HIS TWO SHIPS, THE ‘ YELLOW CARVEL’
AND THE ‘ FLOWER,’ BEAT FIVE OF THE ENGLISH . 266
THE TRAMPLE OF HORSES’ HOOFS AND THE LOWING OF
CATTLE . . . . . . . . . . 286
IN SOME SUNNY PALACE GARDEN THE DAYS PASSED
HAPPILY FOR THE QUEEN AND HER MARIES . . 300
QUEEN MARY AND KNOX HAD MANY TALKS TOGETHER . 304
THE MARQUIS LOOKED SO HANDSOME, GRAND, AND GRAVE,
THAT EVERY ONE WAS FULL OF SAD ASTONISHMENT 346
WHILE THE MINISTER PREACHED AND PRAYED, SENTINELS
KEPT WATCH . . . . . . . . 358
THE FLAGS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM . . . . 386
‘ GENTLEMEN,’ HE CRIED, DRAWING HIS SWORD, ‘I HAVE
THROWN AWAY THE SCABBARD’ . . . . . 400
[ CONTENTS TO SCOTLAND'S STORY ]
CONTENTS
CHAP. PAGE
I. THE STORY OF PRINCE GATHELUS .... 1
II. A FIGHT WITH THE ROMANS ..... 5
III. THE MARCH OF THE ROMANS..... 10
IV. THE STORY OF SAINT COLUMBA .... 14
V. HOW THE FRENCH AND THE SCOTS BECAME
FRIENDS ........ 19
VI. THE LAST OF THE PICTIS...... 24
VII. HOW A PLOUGHMAN WON A BATTLE .... 29
VIII. MACBETH AND THE THREE WEIRD SISTERS . . 83
IX. MACBETH—THE MURDER OF BANQUO .... 87
X. MACBETH —HOW THE THANE OF FIFE WENT TO
ENGLAND........ 41
XL MACBETH —HOW BIRNAM WOOD CAME TO DUNSI-
NANE......... 45
XII. MALCOLM CANMORE—HOW THE KING OVERCAME A
TRAITOR........ 50
XIII. MAIXX)LM CANMORE—HOW SAINT MARGARET CAME
TO SCOTLAND....... 55
XIV. THE STORY OF PIERCE-EYE..... 61
XV. THE REIGNS OF DONALD BANE, DUNCAN, AND EDGAR 65
XVI. ALEXANDER I., THE FIERCE..... 67
XVII. DAVID I., THE SORE SAINT—THE BATTLE OF THE
STANDARD ....... 70
XVIII. WILLIAM I., THE LION...... 78
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XIX. THE STORY OF ALEXANDER II..... . 82
XX. ALEXANDER III.-HOW THE LITTLE KING WAS
CROWNED AND MARRIED.... . 86
XXI. ALEXANDER III.—THE TAMING OF THE RAVENS . 90
XXII. ALEXANDER III.—HOW A BEAUTIFUL LADY TOOK
A BRAVE KNIGHT PRISONER.... 94
XXIII. ALEXANDER III.—HOW THE KING RODE HOME
WARD THROUGH THE DARK NIGHT.. . 98
XXIV. THE MAID OF NORWAY .... . . .101
XXV. JOHN BALIOL—THE SIEGE OF BERWICK . . 104
XXVI. JOHN BALIOL—THE LAST OF TOOM TABARD . 108
XXVII. THE ADVENTURES OF SIR WILLIAM WALLACE . 110
XXVIII. WILLIAM WALLACE —THE BLACK PARLIAMENT
OF AYR........ 116
XXIX. WILLIAM WALLACE —THE BATTLE OF STIRLING
BRIDGE.... . ... 118
XXX. WILLIAM WALLACE—THE BATTLE OF FALKIRK . 121
XXXI. WILLIAM WALLACE—THE TURNING OF A LOAF . 127
XXXII. ROBERT THE BRUCE—HOW THE BRUCE RECEIVED
A LETTER AND STRUCK A BLOW . . .131
XXXIII. ROBERT THE BRUCE — HOW THE KING WAS
CROWNED.... . ...136
XXXIV. ROBERT THE BRUCE — IF AT FIRST YOU DON’T
SUCCEED, TRY AGAIN.... . 140
XXXV. ROBERT THE BRUCE—THE KING TRIES AGAIN . 144
XXXVI. ROBERT THE BRUCE—THE FIGHT AT THE FORD . 149
XXXVII. ROBERT THE BRUCE —HOW THE KING ESCAPED
FROM TRAITORS, AND HOW HE MET A TRUE
WOMAN.... . ... 152
XXXVIII. ROBERT THE BRUCE—THE TAKING OF PERTH . 168
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XXXIX. ROBERT THE BRUCE —HOW TWO CASTLES WERE
WON.... . ....163
XL. ROBERT THE BRUCE—HOW THE CASTLE OF EDIN
BURGH WAS TAKEN.... . .167
XLL ROBERT THE BRUCE—HOW SIR HENRY DE BOHUN
MET HIS DEATH.... . ..171
XLII. ROBERT THE BRUCE—THE STORY OF THE BATTLE
OF BANNOCKBURN.... . .176
XLIII. ROBERT THE BRUCE —HOW THE SCOTS CARRIED
THE WAR INTO ENGLAND .... . 179
XLIV. ROBERT THE BRUCE—THE HEART OF THE KING . . 185
XLV. DAVID II.—THE STORY OF BLACK AGNES . . 189
XLVI. DAVID II.—THE BATTLE OF NEVILLES CROSS . 193
XLVII. ROBERT II. — HOW THE FRENCH AND THE SCOTS
MADE WAR ON ENGLAND .... . 197
XLVIII. ROBERT II.—THE STORY OF THE BATTLE OF OTTER-
BURN .... . ...202
XLIX. ROBERT III.—THE STORY OF A FEARFUL HIGHLAND
TOURNAMENT.... . ..207
L. ROBERT III. —THE STORY OF THE DUKE OF
ROTHESAY.... . ...211
LI. REGENT ALBANY—THE STORY OF THE BATTLE OF
HARLAW.... . ...216
LII. REGENT MURDOCH—THE SCOTS IN FRANCE . . . 220
LIII. JAMES I.—THE BEAUTIFUL LADY OF THE GARDEN. . 224
LIV. JAMES I.—THE POET KING, HOW HE REIGNED, AND
HOW HE DIED.... . ..229
LV. JAMES II. OF THE FIERY FACE —THE STORY OF
THE BLACK DINNER.... . .237
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LVI. JAMES II. OF THE FIERY FACE—THE FALL OF THE
BLACK DOUGLASES . . . . . .244
LVII. JAMES III.—THE STORY OF THE BOYDS . . 251
LVIII. JAMES III.—HOW A MASON BECAME AN EARL . 254
LIX. JAMES III.—THE BATTLE OF SAUCHIEBURN . . 269
LX. JAMES IV.—THE STORY OF A GREAT SEA FIGHT . 263
LXI. JAMES IV.—THE THISTLE AND THE ROSE . . 268
LXII. JAMES IV.—FLODDEN FIELD . . . . 275
LXIII. JAMES V., THE KING OF THE COMMONS—THE FALL
OF THE RED DOUGLASES . 279
LXIV. JAMES V., THE KING OF THE COMMONS —THE
STORY OF JOHNNIE ARMSTRONG . . . 285
LXV. JAMES V.—THE GOODMAN OF BALLENGIECH . 289
LXVI. JAMES V., THE KING OF THE COMMONS—HIS LAST
DAYS ....... 292
LXVII. MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS—FRANCE . . 296
LXVIII. MARY—DARNLEY AND RIZZIO.... . . 303
LXIX. MARY—BOTHWELL.... . .. 309
LXX. MARY—HOW THE QUEEN ESCAPED, AND HOW SHE
WAS MADE PRISONER AGAIN . . . 316
LXXI. JAMES VI. — KING’S MEN AND QUEENS MEN . . 321
LXXII. JAMES VI.—ABOUT THE DEATH OF TWO QUEENS
AND THE JOINING OF TWO CROWNS . . 328
LXXIII. JAMES VI.—NEW SCOTLAND .... . . 333
LXXIV. CHARLES I.—THE KING AND THE COVENANT . 336
LXXV. CHARLES I.—HOW THE SOLDIER POET HELPED
THE KING.... . .. 340
LXXVI. CROMWELL—HOW THE SOLDIER POET DIED . 344
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LXXVIL CROMWELL—FOR THE CROWN . . .348
LXXVIII. CHARLES II.—HOW THE KING CAME TO HIS OWN
AGAIN.... . . . 363
LXXIX. CHARLES II.—THE CHURCH AMONG THE HILLS . 357
LXXX. JAMES VII.—A FORLORN HOPE . . .363
LXXXL JAMES VII.—THE BATTLE OF KILLIECRANKIE . 367
LXXXII. WILLIAM III. AND MARY II.—THE STORY OF THE
GLEN OF WEEPING . . . 370
LXXXIII. WILLIAM III.—FORTUNE’S GILDED SAILS . . 374
LXXXIV. ANNE—HOW THE UNION JACK WAS MADE . 382
LXXXV. GEORGE I.—FOR THE KING OVER THE WATER . 387
LXXXVI. GEORGE II.—A STORY OF SMUGGLERS . . 392
LXXXVII. GEORGE II.—THE STORY OF HOW PRINCE
CHARLIE CAME HOME . . . . . . 399
LXXXVIII. GEORGE II. — THE WANDERINGS OF BONNIE
PRINCE CHARLIE . . . . . . . 406
LXXXIX. GEORGE III.—ABOUT A GREATER CONQUEROR
THAN KINGS . . . 411
XC. GEORGE IV.—GOD SAVE THE KING . . . 414
LIST OF KINGS FROM DUNCAN I . . . 419
INDEX . . . . . . . . . 423 [BELOW]
[ INDEX to Scotland's Story ]
Achaius, Kino, makes a league with
Charlemagne, 19-22.
Agricola in Scotland, 6-9.
Albany, John Duke of (Regent), 280-1.
Albany, Robert Duke of, 207-8, 212-
14 ; Regent, 216.
Alexander I. (the Fierce), and the
robber lord of Mearns, 68 ; and the
traitors, 69.
Alexander II., 81-85.
Alexander III., crowning and marriage
of, 86-7 ; tames the ‘ Ravens,’ 90-3 ;
death, 99-100.
Alexander, Sir William, colonises
Nova Scotia, 333-5.
Alnwick, Malcolm Canmore killed at,
62-3 ; William the Lion’s tourna
ment at, 78-9.
Angus, Earls of (Red Douglases). See
Douglas.
Anne, Queen, 383, 387.
Antonine’s Wall, 10.
Argvll, Duke of, at Sheriffmuir, 389-
90.
Argyll, Marquis of, 349 ; execution of,
366.
Argyll, Earl of, his rebellion, 363-4 ;
his execution, 365-6.
Arran, Bruce in, 144.
Arran, James Stewart, Earl of, 325-7.
Arran, the Regent, 296, 299.
Armstrong, Johnnie, 286-288.
Ayr, the Black Parliament of, 115-117.
Babington Conspiracy, the, 328.
Baliol, Bernard de, 72, 78.
Baliol, John (King), swears fealty to
Edward I., 102-3 ; 104-9.
Baliol, Edward, claims the Crown,
189-91. 195.
Ballengiech, the Goodman of, 289-91.
Bank of England founded, 375.
Bannockburn, battle of, 171-8 ; its
effect, 178.
Banquo, the murder of, 38.
Barns of Ayr, the, 115-17.
Barons, rise of the, 197, 206.
Barton, Sir Andrew (admiral), 264,
270.
Battles, three hundred and fourteen,
between Scots and English, 386.
Baugé, Scots assist French at the battle
of, 220-1.
Beaton, Cardinal, 296, 297-8.
Beaufort, Lady Jane, marries James I.,
229-30.
‘ Bell-the-Cat,’ 257.
Bell, Henry, 413.
Berwick, siege of, 106-7.
Binning takes Linlithgow Castle,
163-4.
Birnam Wood comes to Dunsinane,
45-9.
Bisset, Walter, and the Earl of Athole,
83-4.
Black Agnes, the story of, 191-2.
Black bull’s head the sign of death,
242.
Black Death in Scotland, 193.
Black Dinner in Edinburgh Castle,
238-43.
Bohun, Sir Henry de, 174-5.
Border reivers, James v. subdues the.
285-8.
Bothwell and Queen Mary, 310-15.
Bothwellhaugh, Hamilton of, assassin
ates the Regent Murray, 321.
Boundary of Scotland, the old, 59.
Boyds, the story of the, 252-3.
‘British Solomon,’ the, 335.
423
INDEX
424 SCOTLAND S STORY
Britons and Saxons, war between, and
the Picts and Scots, 12-13.
Bruces :—
Robert de, 72, 73.
Robert de (Competitor), 102-3.
Robert de, marries Countess of
Carrick, 94-7, 105, 109.
Edward, 169, 172.
Nigel, 140-2.
Bruce, King Robert the. See Robert I.
Buchan, Countess of, puts the Crown
on Bruce’s head, 137 ; imprisoned in
a cage, 142.
Burghon-Sands, death of Edward I.
at, 158.
‘ Burned Candlemas,’ the, 195.
‘ Butcher ’ Cumberland, 404.
Caledonia, name given to Darien,
378.
Carberry Hill, the surrender at, 314.
Carrick, Marjorie Countess of, ‘ takes
captive ’ Robert de Bruce, 94-7.
Castle Douglas, 187.
Charles I., his tyranny, 336-7 ; sur
renders to the Scots, 343.
Charles II. signs the Covenant, 348 ;
crowned, 349 ; his restoration, 354-
6 ; and the Covenanters, 357-62.
Charlie, the story of Prince, 399-410.
Church among the Hills, the, 357-62.
Clan Kay and Clan Chattan, fight
between, 208-10.
Claverhouse, Graham of (Viscount
Dundee), 367 ; at Killiecrankie,
368-9.
Cochrane, Earl of Mar (favourite of
James III.), 254-8.
Columba, St, the story of, 14-18.
Comet, the first Clyde steamboat, 413.
Commonwealth, the rule of the, 353-4.
Competitors, twelve, for the Crown,
102.
Comyn, Bruce and the Red, 131-5.
Congregation, the Lords of the, 300-1.
Constable of France, a Scottish,
221.
Covenanters, the, 338-47, 356-62,
367-48.
Conventicles, the, 357-61.
Crichton, Sir William, 238-42.
Cromwell, Oliver, 344, 349-50, 353.
Cromwell, Richard, 353.
‘ Crowning mercy,’ Cromwell’s, 350.
Crusades, the, 80-1.
Culloden, battle of, 404.
Dalswinton Loch, first steamboat tried
on, 413.
Dalyell, General, 360.
Danes invade Scotland, 29.
Darien Scheme, the, 375-82 ; obstructed
by English and Dutch, 377.
Darnley, marries Queen Mary, 304 :
Rizzio and, 305-8 ; murder of, 309-
12.
David I. (‘ the Sore Saint’), 70-76.
David II., 189-96.
Dead man who won a battle, 205.
Derby, Prince Charlie at, 403.
Donald Bane (or White), 37, 65, 66.
Donald of the Isles and the battle of
Harlaw, 216-17.
Douglas, Earls of (Black Douglases) :—
Sir James the, 140, 156, 160; takes
Roxburgh Castle, 164-6 ; 172,
173, 179, 182-3 ; and the Heart
of Bruce, 185-8.
Archibald, 238.
William, 238 ; at the Black Dinner,
241-2.
‘ Gross James,’ 244.
William, his insolence, 244-6 ;
stabbed by James II., 246-8.
James, his rebellion and fall, 247-8.
Douglas, Earls of Angus (Red Dou
glases) :—
Archibald, 5th Earl (‘Bell-the-
Cat’), 257-8.
Archibald, 6th Earl, marries Mar
garet Tudor, 279.
Douglas, Catherine (‘ Barlass’), 233.
Douglas, claims the crown, 197 ; and
Otterburn, 202-5 ; ‘ Tine-man,’ 221-
2 ; Wars, 324.
Douglases, power of the, 238, 248 ;
tyranny of the, 281 ; fall of the
Black, 244-8 ; fall of the Red, 281-4.
Drunken Parliament, the, 356.
Dukes, the first Scottish, 207.
Dumfries, the Red Comyn slain at,
134-5.
Dunbar, battle of, 349.
Dunbar Castle, Black Agnes at siege
of, 191-2 ; Queen Mary at, 313.
Duncan I. (the Gracious), and his
murder, 33-6.
Duncan II.. 65.
INDEX 425
Dunfermline Abbey, burial place of
Queen Margaret and Robert the
Bruce, 64, 186.
Dunse Law, the Scots army at, 339.
Dupplin Moor, battle of, 190.
Edgar, King of Scots, his dream,
66 ; 67.
Edinburgh, 211 ; execution of Mon-
trose at, 346-7 ; the Porteous Riot
at, 396-8.
Edinburgh Castle, taken by Randolph,
167-8 ; the Black Dinner in, 238-43 ;
siege of, 324-5 ; 415-16.
Edward I., 98 ; chooses John Baliol
king, 101-3 ; at siege of Berwick,
106-7 ; dying commands, 159.
Edward II., 158, 159, 169-70 ; at
Bannockburn, 171-8 ; dethroned,
179.
Edward III., 179-84 ; his invasions of
Scotland, 191, 195, 196.
Elizabeth, Queen, and Queen Mary,
300, 319-20, 328-30 ; death of, 331.
‘ End of an old song,’ the, 386.
English King invades Scotland for the
last time, 212.
Falkirk, battles of, 121-5, 403-4.
Falkland, castle of, Duke of Rothesay
in, 213-14 ; escape of James v. from,
281-4.
‘ Fifteen,’ the, 388.
Flemish merchants of Berwick, the
brave, 107.
Flodden, the story of, 275-8.
Flora Macdonald and Prince Charlie,
406-9.
Forts built by Agricola, 7.
‘ Forty-five,’ the, 404.
Fotheringay Castle, execution of Queen
Mary in, 328-30.
‘ Friar of Ayr’s Blessing,’ 117.
French and Scots, ancient friendship
of, 19-22, 194 ; make war against
England, 198, 201 ; Scots Guard,
222.
Galgacus (Caledonian chief), 7-8.
Gathelus, the story of Prince, 1-4.
Geddes, Jenny, and the ‘ Mass Book,’
337-8.
George I., 387-92.
George II., 392, 414.
George III., 414.
George IV.’s visit to Scotland, 414-17.
Gillies’ Hill, 172, 177.
Glencoe, Massacre of, 370-5.
Gowrie Conspiracy, 326-7.
Graham, Sir John the, 113, 124-5.
Graham, Sir Robert the, 231-5, 237.
Graham’s Dyke, 10.
Great Michael built by James IV., 265.
Great Supplication, the, 339.
Greyfriars Churchyard, Edinburgh,
signing of the National Covenant
in, 338.
Haco, King, defeat and death of, 90-
93.
Hadrian’s Wall, 10, 11, 12.
Halidon Hill, battle of, 191.
Harlaw, battle of, 216-18.
Hay family ennobled at battle of Lun-
carty, 30-2.
Henry viii., 296-7.
Henry III. of England appoints a
Scottish Regent, 89.
Hiberus, 3, 4.
Highland Host, ravages of the, 360-1.
Holyrood Palace, 332, 355, 401.
Hotspur, Harry, 202-5.
Howieson, Jock, and the King, 289-91.
Huntingdon, David I. swears fealty to
English King as Earl of, 70.
Hy, ancient name of Iona, 15.
Iona, St. Columba and, 15-18 ; burial
place of kings, 28 ; 29.
Jacobite Rising, of 1715, 388-91 ; of
1746, 399-410.
Jacobites, why so called, 368.
James I. (the ‘ Poet King ’), in prison in
England, 214-15 ; and the lady of the
garden, 224-8 ; his wise rule, 230-1 ;
his assassination, 232-6.
James II. (‘ Fiery Face’), 237-50 ; killed
at Roxburgh Castle, 249.
James III., 251-3 ; his favourites,
254-8 ; at Sauchieburn, 260-2.
James IV., 263-78 ; marries Margaret
Tudor, 269-70 ; at Flodden, 275-8.
James v. (the King of the Commons),
breaks the power of the Douglases,
281-4 ; subdues the Border reivers,
285-8 ; and Jock Howieson, 289-91 ;
292-5.
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James VI., succeeds to throne of Eng
land, 331-2 ; 333-6.
James VII. driven from his kingdom,
367-8.
John an unlucky name, 207.
John of England ravages Scotland, 88-9.
John of the Leaden Sword, 222.
Kennedy, Bishop, 251-2.
Kenneth Macalpine, 24 ; his ruse with
the lords, 26-6 ; 27-8.
Kenneth III. at the battle of Luncarty,
29-31.
Killiecrankie, battle of, 368-9.
‘ Killing Time,’ the, 362, 367.
‘King over the water,’ 387-91.
Kings (Jacobite) who never ruled,
409-10.
King’s men and Queen’s men, struggle
between, 321-7.
King’s Quair, James I.’s poem, 225.
Kirkcaldy of Grange, 322-5.
Kirk o‘ Field, the tragedy of, 311-12.
Kirkpatrick ‘ maks siccar,’ 135.
Knox, John, 300-1 ; and Queen Mary,
304 ; 316.
Langside, battle of, 319.
Largs, battle of, 90-3.
Lauder bridge, the cat ‘ belled ’ at,
256-8.
Lauderdale, Duke of, 360.
Lennox, the Regent, 322.
Leslie, Sir Alexander, 339.
Leslie, General David, 343.
Lilies of France in the Scottish
standard, 22.
Linlithgow, Binning’s capture of, 163-
4 ; abduction of James III. from,
252 ; birth of Queen Mary at, 295 ;
Regent Murray assassinated at,
321-2.
Livingstone, Sir Alexander, 239.
Loch Leven Castle, Queen Mary im
prisoned in, 316-18.
Lulath’s rebellion against Malcolm
Canmore, 51.
Luncarty, battle of, 29-32.
Macbeth, and the Weird Sisters, 34-
6, 39 ; and the murder of 8anquo,
38 ; his cruelty, 39, 44 ; slain, 49.
Macdonald, Flora, 406-9.
Macduff, Thane of Fife, 41-50.
Mackay, General, at Killieerankie,
368-9.
Mackenzie, Roderick, taken for Prince
Charlie, and executed, 408.
Maitland of Lethington, 322-5.
Malcolm III. (Canmore or Bighead),
37, 45-9 ; King, 50 ; how he over
came a traitor, 51-4 ; marries
Princess Margaret, 56; slain at
Alnwick, 62-3.
Malcolm IV. (‘the Maiden’), 76-7.
Mar, Earl of, his ‘ hunting-party,’
388-91.
Mar, the Regent, 323.
Margaret, Queen, comes to Scotland,
55-6 ; her piety and learning, 58 ;
death of, 63.
Margaret Tudor, marries James IV.,
269-70 ; marries Earl of Angus, 279.
Margaret’s Hope, 55.
Mary of Guise, 296 ; Regent, 298,
300, 301.
Mary Queen of Scots, birth, 295 ; in
France, 299-302 ; returns to Scot
land, 303 ; marries Darnley, 304 ;
Rizzio and, 305-8 ; Kirk o‘ Field,
309-12 ; marries Bothwell, 313 ;
abdicates, 316 ; escapes from Loch
Leven Castle, 317-18 ; a prisoner in
England, 319-20 ; her execution,
328-31.
Mason becomes an earl, 254-6.
Matilda, Princesses, the four, 71.
Melrose Abbey, the Heart of Bruce
and ‘Otterburn’ Douglas buried in,
187, 205.
Menteith, Sir John de, betrays Wallace,
127-9.
Methven, battle of, 138-9.
Monk, General, 350 ; brings back the
King, 354.
Montrose, John Baliol surrenders his
throne at, 108.
Montrose, the Great Marquis of, how
he fought for the King, 341-5 ; his
execution, 346-7.
Morton, the Regent, 323-6.
Murdoch, the Regent, 220-3.
Murray, the Regent, 304, 305, 316,
319, 320 ; assassinated, 321-2.
National Covenant, the, 338-9.
Navy, rise of the Scottish, 264-5.
Neville’s Cross, battle of, 194-5
Norsemen defeated by Alexander iii.,
90-3.
Northampton, Peace of, Scottish in
dependence secured by, 184.
Northumbria held from the King of
England, 61.
Norway, Maid of, 98, 101-2.
Nova Scotia, the founding of, 333-5.
Ogilvie, George, saves the Regalia,
350-2.
‘Old Mr. Melancholy’ (the Old Pre
tender), 390.
Orkney and Shetland given to James
iii. as a wedding present, 253.
Orkney, Montrose in, 345.
Otterburn, battle of, 202-5.
Over-lordship of Scotland claimed by
English Kings, 61, 80, 84, 87, 88, 98,
102, 103, 190, 195, 211, 293.
Parliament, sanctions the Reforma
tion, 301 ; Riding of the, 355 ; the
last, 384.
Paterson, William (founder of the
Bank of England), 375.
Perth, the taking of, 160-3 ; battle
between the Clans at, 208-10 ; assas
sination of James I. at, 232-6.
Philiphaugh, battle of, 343.
Picts, the, 5, 16-17 ; war between
Scots and, 24-8.
Pierce-eye (or Percy), the story of,
62-3.
Pinkie, battle of, 298.
Ploughman wins a battle, 29-32.
Porteous Riot, the, 395-8.
Prestonpans, battle of, 401-2.
Protestant martyr in Scotland, the
first, 219.
Puritans and Covenanters, 340-1.
Randolph, Earl of Moray, 160 ; takes
Edinburgh Castle, 167-8 ; loses and
recovers a ‘rose from his chaplet,’
173-4 ; 179, 183, 189.
‘ Ravens,’ the taming of the, 90-93.
Rebellion, the Great, 340.
‘ Redshanks,’ English name for the
Scots, 184.
Reformation, the, 292, 300-1.
Regalia, how it was saved, 350-2 ;
locked away, 385 ; and again re
covered, 414-16.
Resby, John, first Protestant martyr,
219.
Rescissory Act, what it provided, 356.
Restoration, the, 354-5.
Revolution, the Glorious, 367-8.
Richard of the Lion Heart frees William
the Lion from fealty, 80, 81.
Riding of the Parliament, 355-6 ; the
last, 384.
Rizzio, David, murder of, 305-8.
Robert I. (the Bruce), meets Wallace on
the field of Falkirk, 125-6 ; and the
Red Comyn, 131-5 ; crowned, 135-7 ;
at battle of Methven, 138-9 ; his
adventures, 140-2, 144-51, 156-61 ;
and the spider, 143 ; his escape from
traitors, 152-4 ; at Bannockburn,
171-84 ; the Heart, of the King,
185-8.
Robert the High Steward (Robert II.),
193, 195, 197-206.
Robert III., 207-15.
Romans in Scotland, 6-9 ; built forts
and walls, 7, 10 ; the period of their
occupation, 12.
Rothesay, David, Duke of, 207-211
his death, 213-14.
Rothsay, Scots Prince, 4.
Roxburgh Castle, taken by the Black
Douglas, 164-6 ; James II. killed at,
249 ; 251.
Rullion Green, battle of, 359-60.
‘ Run-about-Raid,’ the, 305.
Ruthven, Raid of, 326-7.
St. Giles, Edinburgh, 337-8.
Sauchieburn, battle of, 259-62.
Saxons, Britons call in the, 12-13.
Scone, 50, 136, 190, 198, 349.
Scota, wife to Gathelus, 1, 2.
Scotia (meaning Ireland), 4.
Scots Guard in France, 222.
Scots, the early, in Spain and Ireland,
2-4 ; come to Scotland, 5 ; their
method of fighting the English, 201
Scott, Sir Walter, 415.
Seafights between Scots and English,
266-7, 270-4.
Security, Act of, passed, 383.
Severus, the Emperor, in Scotland, 11.
Sharpe, James, Archbishop of St
Andrews, 357, 361.
8heriffmuir, battle of, 388-9.
Sinclair, Oliver, 294.
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Smugglers, a story of, 392-8.
Soldier poet who helped the King,
341-7.
Solway Moss, battle of, 293-4.
Somerled’s rebellion, 76.
Spaniards attack the Darien colonists,
380-1.
Spider, Bruce and the, 143.
Stair, Master of, and the Massacre of
Glencoe, 37l-3 ; 376.
Standard, battle of the, 7l-4.
Standard of Scotland (how it was
made), 22.
Stephen Bull, 266-7.
Stewart sovereigns, the first of the,
197 ; the last of the, 387.
Stirling Bridge, battle of, 118-20.
Stirling Castle, 168, 239, 246.
Stone of Destiny, legend of the, 60 ;
80 ; removed to Westminster, 109.
Succession, Act of, passed, 383.
Tartans, when first worn, 57.
Thane (title meaning Earl), 34.
Thistle and the Rose, marriage of the,
268.
Thistle, Order of the, founded, 23.
Three hundred and fourteen battles
between Scots and English, 386.
‘Tine man’ Douglas, 221-2.
Tobacco, introduction of, 335.
‘Toom Tabard’ (John Baliol), 108-9.
Tournament, a fearful Highland, 208-
10.
Twelve competitors for the Crown,
102.
Union Jack, how it was made, 386-6.
Union of the Crowns, 332.
Union of the Parliaments, 383-6.
Wallace, Sir William, his adven
tures, 110-14 ; the Black Parliament
of Ayr, 117 ; at Stirling Bridge, 118-
20 ; at Falkirk, 121-6 ; betrayed
and executed, 127-30.
Walter the Steward, 38, 197.
Watt, James, and the steam-engine,
411-13.
‘ Wee bit hassock o’ land,’ 156.
William the Conqueror and Malcolm
Canmore, 59-60.
William (the Lion), 78 ; a prisoner in
England, 80 ; 81.
William III. (of Orange) and the Glori
ous Revolution, 367, 383.
Wishart, George, 298.
Wood, Sir Andrew (admiral), 263-4
265.
Wooing, a rough, 297.
[ WHY WAS SCOTLAND'S STORY WAS WRITTEN ]
WHY THIS BOOK WAS WRITTEN
‘ It is very nice,’ said Caledonia, as she closed her book
with a sigh ; ‘ but why did you not tell us stories of
Scotland ? ‘
‘ Because there was no need. That has been done
already by a great and clever man.’
‘ Oh, but children sometimes like the stories which are
written by the not great and clever people best,’ said
Caledonia wisely. ‘ Littler children do, anyhow. They
are more simpler, you know.’
‘ Oh indeed ! ’ said I.
‘ I wish you would write Scotland‘s Story for littler
children like me,’ went on Caledonia, ‘ and please put
more battles in it than in Our Island Story. But you
must not say that the Scots were defeated. I don‘t like
it at all when you say “ The Scots and the Picts were
driven back.” ’
‘But you know we were defeated sometimes, Caledonia.’
Caledonia looked grave. That was very serious. Pre
sently her face brightened. ‘ Well, if we were, you needn’t
write about those times,’ she said.
So, because Caledonia asked me, I have written Scot-
land‘s Story. I am afraid it will not please her altogether,
for I have had to say more than once or twice that
viii SCOTLAND’S STORY
‘ the Scots were defeated.’ But I would remind her that
‘ defeated ’ and ‘ conquered ’ are words with quite different
meanings, and that perhaps it is no disgrace for a plucky
little nation to have been defeated often, and yet never
conquered by her great and splendid neighbour.
‘ Fairy tales !’ I hear some wise people murmur as
they turn the pages. Yes, there are fairy tales here, and
I make no apology for them, for has not a grave and
learned historian said that there ought to be two histories
of Scotland — one woven with the golden threads of
romance and glittering with the rubies and sapphires of
Fairyland ? Such, surely, ought to be the children’s
Scotland.
So I dedicate my book to the ‘ littler children,’ as
Caledonia calls them, who care for their country’s story-
It is sent into the world in no vain spirit of rivalry,
but rather as a humble tribute to the great Master of
Romance, who wrote Tales for his little grandson, and I
shall be well repaid, if my tales but form stepping-stones
by which little feet may pass to his Enchanted Land.
H. E. MARSHALL.
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