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Waverley Novels: Castle Dangerous. Tales of a grandfather. First series
Waverley Novels Castle Dangerous Tales of a grandfather First series Author:Walter Scott Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: APPENDIX—No. I. Extracts from " The History of the Houses of Douglas and Angus. By Master David Hume of Godscroft." Fol. Edit. And here indeed the cours... more »e of the King's misfortunes begins to make some halt and stay by thus much prosperous successe in his own person; but more in the person of Sir James, by the re-conquests of his owne castles and countries. From hence he went into Doug- lasdale, where, by the means of his father's old servant, Thomas Dickson, he took in the Castle of Douglas, and aot being able to keep it, he caused burn it, contenting himself with this, that his enemies had one strength fewer in that country than before. The manner of his taking of it is said to have beene thus:—Sir James taking only with him two of his servants, went to Thomas Dickson, of whom he was received with tears, after he had revealed himself to him, for the good old man knew him not at first, being in mean and homely apparell. There be kept him secretly in a quiet chamber, and brought unto him such as had been trusty servants to his father, not all at once, but apart by one and one, for fear of dis- coverie. Their advice was, that on Palmsunday, when the English would come forth to the church, and his partners were conveened, that then he should give the word, and cry the Douglas slogan, and presently set upon them that should happen to be there, who being despatched, the Castle might be taken easily. This being concluded, and they come, so soon as the English were entered into the church with palms in their hands, (according to the costume of that day,) little suspecting or fearing any such thing, Sir James, according to their appointment, cryeH too soon (a Doug-las, a Douglas!) which being; heard m the church, (this was Saint Bride's church of Douglas,) Thomas Dickson, supposin...« less