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Provost repaired to the King's presence to demand a full inquiry. At a council held the following day, trial by ordeal of bier-right, or by combat, was ordered; and suspicion having fallen on Ramorny's household, each of his servants was required to pass before the corpse, in the belief that the wounds would bleed afresh as the culprit approached. Bonthron, however, chose the alternative of combat, and, having been struck down by Gow, was led away to be hanged. But Dwining had arranged that he should merely be suspended so that he could breathe and during the night he and Sir John's page Eviot cut him down and carried him off.
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clan. Having returned from his father's funeral, Conachar pleaded for the hand of
Catharine, without which he felt he should disgrace himself in the approaching combat with the Clan Chattan. Simon, however, reminded him that she was betrothed to the armourer, and his foster father promised to screen him in the conflict. At the instigation of his uncle, the Prince had been committed to the custody of the Earl of Errol; but, with the Duke's connivance, he was enticed by Ramorny and the apothecary to escape to the
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afforded those inside an excellent view of the Inch, was adapted into a grandstand for the King and his entourage. Henry Gow, having consented to supply Eachin (Conachar) with a suit of armour, volunteered to take the place of one of the Clan
Chattan who failed to appear. A terrible conflict ensued, during which Torquil and his eight sons all fell defending their chief, who at last fled from the battle-ground unwounded and dishonoured. On hearing of Rothesay's death,
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between an equal number of their bravest men in the royal presence, and a commission was issued for the suppression of heresy. The old monarch, having learnt that his son was one of those who had attempted to force their way into the glover's house, insisted that he should dismiss his Master of the Horse, who encouraged all his follies; and while
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placing a ladder against her window. Having cut off the hand of one, and seized another, who, however, managed to escape, he left the neighbours to pursue the rest, and was saluted by
Catharine as her lover. The citizens waited on the provost, who, having heard their grievance, issued a challenge of defiance to the offenders.
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September 1396. The murder of Rothesay occurred in March 1402. James was captured by the English in March 1406. Robert III died in April 1406. Scott manipulates the historic record for dramatic effect, concentrating
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Ch. 10 (33): Charteris informs Gow that Eachin is seeking
Catherine's hand. Norman nan Ord, one of Torquil's sons, arrives to request a suit of armour for Eachin. After defeating Norman at throwing the hammer Gow agrees, providing that Eachin and he meet in single fight after the clan combat. Douglas
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expiated his own and his father's guilt on the scaffold. The warrants against Simon and his daughter, and Father
Clement, were cancelled by the intervention of the Earl of Douglas, and the Church was conciliated with Dwining's ill-gotten wealth. Conachar either became a hermit, or, legend has it, was
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Ch. 6 (29): Eachin confesses his secret cowardice to Glover, and after making it clear that his daughter is not available the citizen takes up residence with
Booshalloch. About a fortnight later, he overhears Eachin and his foster-father Torquil discussing a plan to withdraw the young chieftain from
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Rothsay's positive qualities with a sceptical Albany. The Earl of March arrives, threatening to withdraw his allegiance and his presence. Rothsay is seen flirting with the minstrel Louise in the courtyard. Alone with Robert, March maintains that Rothsay's marriage to Marjory
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Ch. 1 (13): March warns in Council of the danger posed by Douglas before leaving for his castle at Dunbar. Rothsay suggests a combat to settle the feud between the Chattan and Quhele clans. Anselm's request for a commission to investigate the threat of heresy is approved. Rothsay agrees to dismiss
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Catharine had learnt that she and her father were both suspected by the commission; and the Provost having offered to place her under the care of The Douglas's daughter, the deserted wife of the Prince, the old glover sought the protection of his former apprentice, who was now the chieftain of his
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ordering his followers to seize and scourge her. Henry Gow, however, was at hand, and the prince, having committed her to his protection, attended his father's council, at which it was determined that the hostile Clans Chattan and Quhele ("Kay") should be invited to settle their feud by a combat
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extremely highly. There was general praise for the varied cast of contrasting characters, all contributing to a coherent and gripping plot. Dwining was found particularly powerful, and several reviewers thought Catherine more interesting than many of Scott's heroines. The original and sensitive
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The fate of Proudfute, whose body was at first mistaken for that of the armourer, excited general commotion in the city; while Catharine, on hearing the news, rushed to her lover's house and was folded in his arms. Her father then accompanied him to the town council, where he was chosen as the
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Ch. 11 (23): Exposed by the bier-right, and defeated by Gow, Bonthron accuses Rothsay who is forced to retire from Court into the keeping of the Earl of Errol. Gow is feted at a celebratory dinner. Bonthron is apparently executed, but next morning his body has disappeared.
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The armourer had maimed the Prince's Master of the Horse, Sir John Ramorny, whose desire for revenge was encouraged by the apothecary, Dwining. An assassin named Bonthron undertook to waylay and murder Henry Gow. On Shrovetide evening old Simon was visited by a party of
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teaching of Father Clement, was being urged by him to favour the secret suit of the Prince, her other lover, Conachar, who had rejoined his clan, appeared to carry off her councillor from arrest as an apostate reformer.
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was captured by the English king. Albany transferred the regency to his son; but, nineteen years afterwards, the rightful heir returned, and
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Highlanders. Catherine expresses her disapproval of the cult of arms.
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Landon, Letitia Elizabeth (1838). "poetical illustration".
317:(1644; reissued 1648), and (for many details about Perth)
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342:St Valentine's Day; or, The Fair Maid of Perth
311:The History of the Houses of Douglas and Angus
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756:and Albany have an uneasy conversation.
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834:Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas
616:The Earl of Errol, Lord High Constable
595:The Devil's Dick, one of his followers
591:Archibald Douglas, 3rd Earl of Douglas
997:(Edinburgh and London, 1943), 269‒70.
610:Sir Louis Lunden, town-clerk of Perth
557:Prior Anselm, of St Dominic's Convent
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1601:Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft
1403:(1831–1832, pub. posthumously 2008)
1075:at the Walter Scott Digital Archive
856:Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges
195:(known at the time as Saint John's
995:A Bibliography of Sir Walter Scott
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1868:British novels adapted into films
1440:Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border
533:Father Clement, a Carthusian monk
530:Father Francis, a Dominican friar
527:Luckie Shoolbred, his housekeeper
344:was published on 15 May 1828, by
217:, which was eventually to become
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854:(1838–1875), from a libretto by
601:, the duke's master of the horse
587:Louise, a minstrel from Provence
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811:David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay
782:Departures from historical fact
773:Almost all the reviewers rated
622:Norman nan Ord, one of his sons
364:The standard modern edition of
1863:Novels set in the 14th century
1571:Abstract of the Eyrbiggia-Saga
1411:(1832, pub. posthumously 2008)
518:Niel Booshalloch, his herdsman
290:Orygynale Cronykil of Scotland
27:1828 novel by Sir Walter Scott
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1126:A Key to the Waverley Novels
607:Anthony Bonthron, an assassin
136:387 (Edinburgh Edition, 1999)
78:Chronicles of the Canongate;
1448:The Lay of the Last Minstrel
850:is an opera in four acts by
495:Principal characters in bold
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1104:public domain audiobook at
993:see James Clarkson Corson,
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892:Other Literary Inspirations
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613:Lindsay, Earl of Crawford
524:, an armourer and burgess
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30:For the Bizet opera, see
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807:Battle of the North Inch
741:the forthcoming combat.
554:Kit Henshaw, his servant
270:Chronica gentis scotorum
189:Battle of the North Inch
1488:The Bridal of Triermain
1248:The Bride of Lammermoor
1240:The Heart of Midlothian
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1009:La Jolie fille de Perth
847:La jolie fille de Perth
315:David Hume of Godscroft
277:, and its continuation
203:Composition and sources
40:The Fair Maid of Perth
32:La jolie fille de Perth
1858:Novels set in Scotland
1848:Novels by Walter Scott
1782:Dandie Dinmont Terrier
1593:Tales of a Grandfather
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1721:Jedediah Cleishbotham
1644:The Doom of Devorgoil
1512:The Lord of the Isles
1504:The Field of Waterloo
1384:Count Robert of Paris
1304:The Fortunes of Nigel
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238:Saint Valentine's Eve
1812:Sir Walter Scott Way
1690:John Gibson Lockhart
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1520:Harold the Dauntless
1472:The Lady of the Lake
1256:A Legend of Montrose
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805:. In the novel, the
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243:Scott's sources for
1843:1828 British novels
1792:"Hail to the Chief"
1542:, 1st series (1827)
1312:Peveril of the Peak
1128:(1880), now in the
1112:"Perth Magistrates"
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522:Henry Gow, or Smith
319:The Muses Threnodie
176:St. Valentine's Day
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1817:Walter Scott Prize
1761:Sir Arthur Wardour
1705:William Wordsworth
1400:The Siege of Malta
1376:Anne of Geierstein
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431:Fair Maid's House
376:Plot introduction
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676:Volume Two
468:the usurper
260:The Wallace
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