W., F. S · Boston, D. Lothrop and company · leaf 255
as made Regent of the Scottish kingdom. The adhe-rents to the cause of the unfortunate queen were numerous, andretained some strong fortresses in her name. Among them was thatof Dumbarton Castle. It stood on the crest of an almost precipi-tous rock which rose from the centre of a plain, and was… … Pollok. Kirkpatrick STOiaiCS AIJOlT FLAGS AND (JKKSTS. 117 important to wrest it from the adherents of Queen Mary. It wasapparently so unassailable that the commandant of the fortress didnot exercise the usual caution in guarding its ramparts, and trustedtoo much to its position and strength of…
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