to do, and he entered London on the 29th of May, -his thirtieth birthday. a-bol-ish, do away with. ar-mour, a coat of mail. cap-tür-ing, carrying off. law-ful, according to law. 1 Scone (Skoon), 2 miles north of Perth. In its ancient abbey the Kings of Scotland used to be crowned, sitting on a famous stone (the Lia Fail, or Stone of Destiny), now part of the coronation chair in Westminster Abbey. low-er orders, poor classes. 2 Dunbar.-On the coast; nearly 30 miles east of Edinburgh. 3 Portland.-A peninsula in the south of Dorsetshire. 4 From Scotland. Where he had been sent by Cromwell. 11. THE EXECUTION OF MONTROSE. [James Grahame, Marquis of Montrose, was at one time a Covenanter; but in the course of the struggle between King and Parliament, he became a Royalist. While the Scottish army was in England, supporting the cause of the Parliament, Montrose in 1645 gathered a host of Highlanders and Irishmen, with which he overran Scotland. At Philiphaugh, however, his career was cut short by General David Leslie, who defeated him and drove him to the Highlands for refuge. He was captured in 1650, and was executed at Edinburgh. The story of his execution is supposed to be told here by one of his old soldiers to young Evan Cameron of Lochiel, who afterwards served under Claverhouse.See page 84, note 14.] 1. Come hither, Evan Cameron ! Come, stand beside my knee- There's shouting on the mountain side, There's war within the blast Old faces look upon me, Old forms go trooping past. And my dim spirit wakes again 2. "Twas I that led the Highland host What time the plaided clans came down To battle with Montrose. I've told thee how the Southrons fell Beneath the broad claymore, I've told thee how we swept Dundee, 3. A traitor sold him to his foes ;- 4. They brought him to the Watergate, They set him high upon a cart— They drew his hands behind his back, Then, as a hound is slipped from leash, They cheered the common throng, And blew the note with yell and shout, 5. But when he came, though pale and wan, He looked so great and high, 6. They placed him next. Within the solemn hall,4 Where once the Scottish kings were throned Amidst their nobles all. But there was dust of vulgar feet And 'perjured traitors filled the place 7. "Now, by my faith as belted knight, And by the bright Saint Andrew's cross 5 Yea, by a greater, mightier oath— And oh, that such should be !- By that dark stream of royal blood 8. "There is a chamber far away Where sleep the good and brave, But a better place ye have named for me For truth and right, 'gainst treason's might, In the eye of earth and heaven. And God who made shall gather them :7 I go C. The morning dawned full darkly, And the jagged streak of the levin-bolt The thunder crashed across the heaven, Yet aye broke in, with muffled beat, There was madness on the earth below, And anger in the sky; And young and old, and rich and poor, 10. He mounted up the scaffold, (681) And he turned him to the crowd; A But they dared not trust the people, The eye of God shone through: As though the thunder slept within- 11. A beam of light fell o'er him, Like a glory round the shriven, There was another heavy sound, |