The King's Advocate; Or, the Adventures of a Witchfinder (Paperback)

Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1859. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... high treason and attempting to murder in open court Sir Adam Otterburn of Redhall. The excitement in the city was great. The whole garrison of Sir James stood to their arms, and buckled on their harness; the brass culverins of the Spur were loaded; the gates were closed, and bridges drawn up; while a crowd composed of thousands covered the south and north side* of the Castle-bill up even unto the very ramparts of the hornwork, nor dispersed until long after the lingering sun of Jul) had set behind the hills of Dunblane. CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE EARL'S DARING. " Dione, then: Thy wrongs with patience bear And share those griefs inferior powers must shaie Unnumbered woes mankind from us sustain. And men with woes afflict the gods again." Tkel> . //AV. A Few chapters back, we left the Earl of Ashi., "s. alone upon the solitary beach near the cavern, on the mornmg of that day which beheld his unhappy sister for the first jme an inmate of the Castle of Edinburgh. His more bitter feelings of hostility to James had been soothed, for the monarch possessed the charn of the Stuart race --that charm which won the hearts of all wh