The History of Scotland, Vol. 4

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Excerpt from The History of Scotland, Vol. 4: From Agricola's Invasion to the Revolution of 1688 The regent remembered how convenient it was to France to hold a real position in the soil of Scotland, by having Dunbar Castle garrisoned and governed by Frenchmen. She would have done well, too, to remem her how Offensive that was to the people, and how it imperilled the French alliance. At Eyemouth, to the south of Dunbar, a fort was built on the new method of fortification adopted abroad - a step towards the Vauban type of fortresses. It was garrisoned by French troops. She pondered how She might, one by one, pick the strongholds of the great barons out of their hands and make them royal fortresses. Of these, old Angus's Castle of Tantallon was the most tempt ing, and she began to ply its owner with hints, which drew from him, according to tradition, a celebrated an swer, marked by his own peculiar cast of grim derision. Yes, his castle and all he had were at her grace's com mand, but before God he vowed that he must himself he the governor, for no other person could hold it so well. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.