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In the autumn of 1799, while on a visit to Lord Douglas at Bothwell Castle, on the Clyde, Scott made an excursion to Craignethan and, as he afterwards said, immediately fell in love with it so much that he wanted to live there. Lord Douglas offered him the use for life of a very good house at one corner of the court. It was built in 1665 and we found it still in excellent repair. Scott did not at once decline the offer, but circumstances made it impossible to accept. That he made a very careful examination of the ruin, however, is shown by the unusually accurate descriptions. Ch. 2 (15): The body arrives at Loudon Hill where the royalist force is preparing for battle with the Covenanters. Following the defeat at Bothwell Bridge, Morton flees the battle field. He is soon captured by some of the extreme Covenanters, who see him as a traitor, and get ready to execute him. He is rescued by Claverhouse, who has been led to the scene by Cuddie Headrigg. Morton later witnesses the trial and torture of fellow rebels, before going into exile. June 1679 : battle of Drumclog in South Lanarkshire between a group of Covenanters and the forces of John Graham of Claverhouse. Victory of the Covenanters.

Old Mortality" had five children: three sons, Walter, Robert, and John; two daughters, Margaret and Janet. I have procured some curious information respecting the life of John before he went to America, but this communication is already too long, so that I must retain it for another paper. Set in the late 17th century, the novel focuses on one Henry Morton, who becomes involved with the armed struggle of the Covenanters - who wished a return to pure Presbyterianism in Scotland - and the Cavaliers, or supporters of the English monarch and, thereby, of the Church of England. Two battles are detailed: that of Drumclog, in which the Covenanters were largely successful, and that of Bothwell Bridge, in which factionalism within the Convenanter ranks led to a less propitious result. Scott is quite adept at describing the extremism on both sides of the issue, and the manner in which one's loyalties, if one had anything resembling an open mind, could be mixed. Morton cares for Edith Bellenden, a daughter in a Royalist family which opposes the uprising, and after he flees the Bothwell battle scene, he is captured and branded a traitor by the more extreme Covenanters. Things work their way out as they usually do in Scott's complex interweaving of characters and situations. This book is an education. I don't get it all--war between presbyterians and episcopalians? I had no idea--but I understand so much Scottish history so much more now.The last character that I want to mention, one I did like, is Cuddie Headrigg. Cuddie is a peasant who reluctantly joins the rebellion because of his personal loyalty to Morton, as well as his own fanatical Covenanting mother, this lady almost drove me crazy; Cuddie acts as a manservant to Morton and he was the one who would make me smile, when I could understand what he was saying that is which brings me to this, the Scottish dialect again. Here you go, enjoy some samples: Old Mortality by Katherine Anne Porter is a short novel set in the South at the turn of the twentieth century. The narrative revolves around the impressions that two sisters, Maria and Miranda, gain from the family members around them. Scott moves his story along by following the chief character, Henry Morton of Milnwood, a moderate. He has some sympathy with the Covenanters in their fight for religious liberty but is appalled by the indiscriminate violence that is practiced. He reflects, though, "it is impossible to deny the praise of devoted courage in peasants, who without leaders, without money, without any fixed plan of action and almost without arms, borne out by their innate zeal and a detestation of their rulers, ventured to declare open war against the established government, supported by a regular army and the whole force of three kingdoms." Old Mortality, Dumfries. Photographic Views of Dumfries and Neighbourhood, Kings Arms Hotel Period: 19th Century Description:

Old Mortality' is set during the 1679 rebellion of the Covenanters, immediately after the assassination of the Archbishop of St. Andrews. The story is very intense and sometimes rather gruesome, but there were some really humorous scenes as well! I also enjoyed the Scottish dialect spoken by many of the characters...it can be a challenge to understand at times, but having read Robert Burns, I was able to understand it pretty well. 😂 Sir Walter received a visit from Joseph Train, who had provided him with so much antiquarian information for The Lord of the Islesand Guy Mannering. My family were of the Episcopal Church, the established religion of Ireland, in which I was born and brought up with great care and attention; and from the religious impressions which I there received, I am, under the guidance of a divine providence, indebted for my future conduct and success in life. My father was a farmer in the country, with a large family. His name was William. My mother's name was Elizabeth (her maiden name was Peoples). They were both descended from a mixture of English and Scotch families who had settled in Ireland after the conquest of that country. I was born on the first day of November, Old Style, in the year seventeen hundred and fifty-two, at the place called Fanat [now Fanad, about 12 miles from Londonderry], in the county of Donegal, Ireland, and was sent by my family at the early age of fourteen years to Philadelphia, for the purpose of being brought up to mercantile pursuits, where I arrived in the month of April, 1766." It Is about 30 years since or more that the author met this singular person in the churchyard of Dunnottar, when spending a day or two with the late learned and excellent clergyman Mr. Walker the minister of that parish, for the purpose of a close examination of the ruins of the Castle of Dunnottar, and other subjects of antiquarian research in that neighbourhood. Old mortality chanced to be at the same place on the usual business of his pilgrimage; for the Castle of Dunnottar, though lying in the anti-covenanting district of the Mearns, was, with the parish churchyard, celebrated for the oppressions sustained there by the Cameronians in the time of James II.Ch. 8: Mause and Cuddie find shelter at Milnewood. Bothwell arrests Henry for succouring Burley. Mause and Cuddie prepare to leave Milnewood after she has uttered fanatically extreme Covenanting sentiments.



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