The History Of Scotland - Volume 8: From The Scots Invasion To The Restoration by Andrew Lang

Author:Andrew Lang [Lang, Andrew]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9783849604684
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Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag
Published: 2012-12-13T00:00:00+00:00

As to the embers of the Royalist rising, David Leslie drove Huntly into the wilds of Lochaber, where he was unwelcome to the Camerons; and then, meeting Argyll and Sir James Turner at Dunblane, Leslie moved against the Macdonalds in Kintyre. Turner reflected that, though Royalists, the Macdonalds had deserted Montrose, but forgot that he himself, though a Royalist, had fought for the Covenant. Trysting at Inveraray, Leslie marched into Kintyre, where Colkitto, " no sbjour he was, though stout enough," left the passes undefended. The levels of Kintyre suited regular forces, and Colkitto fled to Islay. He stationed 300 men at Dunavertie, a castle without any water supply, and left his father's garrison, also waterless, at Duniveg "a mad prank." He himself retired to Ireland, where he perished in a brawl, clearly enough Montrose's victories owed much to the valour, nothing to the tactics and strategy, of the brave Colkitto. The Dunavertie garrison yielded, by Leslie's command, "to the kingdom's mercy, and not to his " " a nice distinction," says Sir James. They were then all put to the sword, Turner only succeeding in saving one young man. He never heard Argyll advise Leslie to take the usual Covenanting course; but David Leslie confessed to him that Argyll egged on Nevoy to pray and preach for massacre. Turner vainly pleaded with Leslie, for " Mr. John Nave " (Nevoy), a preacher, kept praying and preaching for cold-blooded butchery. Apparently Leslie thought that Nevoy represented " the mercy of the kingdom," and Turner believed that " he hath repented it many times since."

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