Old Mortality Volume 1 Chapter 16
from The Walter Scott Library Hosted by Sir Walter Scott
In which the doomed embassy of truce descends amid bitter defiance, and a fatal shot rends the hope of peace, igniting a fierce and disorderly conflict across a treacherous morass. The valiant but beleaguered royalists, led by the unwavering Claverhouse, struggle bravely yet finally yield to the overwhelming insurgent force, their retreat marked by heroic charges and desperate combat.
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