may be seen guarding the gate at Southampton.
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Dame Margaret was Roderick Dhu’s mother, but had acted as mother to Ellen, and held a higher place in her affections than the ties of blood would warrant.
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Bitterest.
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An old name of Stirling Castle.
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Fitz means “son” in Norman French.
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“By the misfortunes of the earlier Jameses and the internal feuds of the Scottish chiefs, the kingly power had become little more than a name.”
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Knows.
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A half-brother of James V. (James Fitz-James).
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Hilly or undulating land.
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Refreshing.
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The Highlanders’ battle air, played upon the bagpipes.
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Untilled land.
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A kind of heron said to utter a loud and peculiar booming note.
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A mailed glove used by warriors in the middle ages to protect their hands from wounds.
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Repeated.
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A small European song bird.
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Highland chieftains often retained in their service a bard or minstrel, who was well versed not only in the genealogy and achievements of the particular clan or family to which he was attached, but in the more general history of Scotland as well.
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Ranged in order of battle.
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Recompense.
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Of ducks.
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The ancient and powerful family of Graham of Dumbarton and Stirling supplied some of the most remarkable characters in Scottish annals.
