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Title: The Scottish Cavalier, Volume 2 (of 3) An Historical Romance
Release Date: August 23, 2021 [eBook #66121]
*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE SCOTTISH CAVALIER, VOLUME 2 (OF 3)
***AUTHOR OF "THE ROMANCE OF WAR, OR THE GORDON HIGHLANDERS," "MEMOIRS OF KIRKALDY OF GRANGE," &C.
Dost thou admit his right, Thus to transfer our ancient Scottish crown? Ay, Scotland was a kingdom once, And, by the might of God, a kingdom still shall be! ROBERT THE BRUCE, ACT II.
LONDON: HENRY COLBURN, PUBLISHER, GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET.
I. Les Gardes Ecossais II. The Glove III. A Ball in the Olden Time IV. Two Loves for One Heart V. Beatrix Gilruth VI. The Sedan VII. Adventures of the Night Concluded VIII. The Fencing Lesson IX. The Luckenbooths X. The White Horse Cellar XI. The Betrothal XII. The Defiance XIII. The March for England XIV. The Hawk and the Dove XV. A Statesman of 1688 XVI. Trust and Mistrust XVII. The Guisards XVIII. The Revolt at Ipswich XIX. Free Quarters XX. The Redeemed Pledge XXI. The Swart Rüyters
Thus shall your country's annals boast your corps, And, glorious thought! in times and ages hence, Some valiant chief to stimulate the more, And urge his troops, the battle in suspense, Shall hold your bright example to their view. RUDDIMAUN'S MAG.
Louis, surnamed the Saint, King of France, having taken the cross, sailed with a splendid retinue of knights, nobles, and soldiers bent on the delivery of Jerusalem from the profanation of the Moslem; and, landing in the East, laid siege to Damietta (in Lower Egypt), which he triumphantly won by storm. But, after enduring innumerable hardships and disasters by the sword, and by pestilence from the fœtid waters of the marshy Nile and the Lake of Menzaleh, he was overthrown in battle at Mansoura, and made captive by the Soldan.