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Romantic castles and palaces (1901)

Singleton, Esther, d 1930, [from old catalog] ed. and tr · New York, Dodd, Mead & co. · leaf 50

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ses which the invaders possessed within Scotland,could not brook that the peel in his vicinity, which waslarge, strong, and well supplied with arms and garrisons,should remain unassailed. He formed a stratagem, equallyremarkable for ingenuity and audacity. The garrison wasusually supplied by… … PALACE OF LINLITHGOW 23 as to conceal eight well-armed and determined men ; theteam was driven by a sturdy peasant, who bore a sharp axeunder his gaberdion. Binnock himself walked beside thewaggon, to superintend, as it seemed, the safe delivery ofthe forage. The porter, on approach of Binnock,…

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