Wilson's Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative Tales of the Borders, and of Scotland, Vol. 5: With an Illustrative Glossary of the Scottish Dialect

Excerpt from Wilson's Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative Tales of the Borders, and of Scotland, Vol. 5: With an Illustrative Glossary of the Scottish DialectThe town had, for some time, been under siege, and being one of those that Edward was determined to hold to the last, was promised succour with the first supplies that should enter the Tay. It was commanded by William Oliphant, an Anglicised Scot, who, with a firmness worthy of a better cause, had resolved to be true to the enemy of his country, and to give up the town only with his life.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.