The History Of Scotland - Volume 12: From Jacobite Leaders To The End Of Jacobitism by Andrew Lang

Author:Andrew Lang [Lang, Andrew]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9783849604578
Google: Bv7m5IRy71kC
Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag
Published: 2012-01-15T03:06:20+00:00

The Prince had plenty of courage as regards the perils' of war: his departure from his army after Culloden was caused by the anxieties of one who had a price of £30,000 on his head, and was constantly warned of treacherous enterprises against his life. Nobody denies that, at Derby, he alone was anxious to advance though three armies larger than his own were on his front, flank, and rear. His conduct under fire, as a boy, was all that his party could wish; but his Spanish friends petted him, and we learn that he over-ate himself, and, like most boys, hated the trouble of writing letters to his people. His exploits made him not less wilful than he had been, and his tour as Count of Albany through the great cities of northern Italy (May 1737) was too brilliant for his head. He treated Murray no better than usual: " He gives us rather more uneasiness when he travels," Murray wrote to James. Meanwhile he had his great purpose before him: he hardened himself by long marches and by frequent shooting expeditions in the hills, and he acquired, for pacific purposes, considerable skill in music.

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